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is, however, seldom resorted to by men of business where there is no reason to doubt the credit of the party drawing the check. The jobber, on the other hand, having sold the stock to some other broker, who buys for his principal, re ceives, in return, his check ; so that, by this simple pro cess of passing four checks—viz., that of the purchaser to his broker, that of the broker to the jobber, that of the jobber again to the broker who first sold the stock, and that of the latter to his principal, the whole trans action is completed. To advert to another technical peculiarity appertain ing to the stock Exchange, which may appear puzzling to the unitiated. The terms" Bull" and " Bear" are doubtless familiar to most even of our country readers, without their being aware, probably, of their meaning. A " Bull" is one who speculates for a rise, whereas a " Bear," on the contrary, is he who speculates for a fall. The " Bull" would, for instance, buy 100,0001. Consols for the settling-day, or, as it is technically termed, " for the account," with the object of selling them again during the intervening period at a higher price. The " Bear," on the other hand, would sell the 100,0001. stock (which, however, he does not possess), "for the account," with a view of buying them in for the purpose of balancing the transaction at a lower price than he originally sold them at. In stirring pe riods, when fluctuations of 4 or .5 per cent. often occur during " one account," vast profits may be realized, or equal losses sustained, by these gambling operations. The transactions in the foreign market arc carried on much in the same way as in that of the English stocks, with the exception that the settling days are much more frequent, occurring, as they do, once in every fortnight. The Foreign " House" is quite of modern origin, but it is subject to the same rules and regulations as the Eng lish, with a few exceptions. The dealings are there carried on in all the foreign stocks, as well as in railway, mining, and other shares. The jobbers are distinct from those in the English house, although there is nothing to prevent them from dealing in both, if they possess suffi cient intelligence to enable them to give their attention in two places at once. In connexion with time-bargains may be noticed that important branch of business which goes under the de nomination of " continuation," or " carrying over." This is nothing more than interest for money borrowed or lent on security of stock. The rate of this continuation or interest varies according to the abundance or scarcity of money, and the nature of the security offered. For instance, on British stocks, even when money is very scarce, it seldom exceeds the rate of 5 per cent. per annum from one account to another ; whereas, in the foreign market, where the security consists of foreign bonds of various and doubtful descriptions, it ranges from 5 to 10 per cent., or even more, on particular oc casions, when it reaches 15 per cent. per annum. There are several causes which tend to produce this extraordinary variation in the rates of continuation; for in the case of Consols, which constitute the only stock for speculation in time-bargains in the English market, the price varies so little in comparison with the value of the stock, in the course of an " account," that the security is considered good in itself; and, therefore, no extra charge is superadded by the party who lends his money. This is not the case with regard to foreign stocks, which are constantly fluctuating in value, a fact te, be accounted for by the extremely precarious nature of this description of property. Most of the bonds in circulation in the fore;gn house have ceased to bear any interest whatever, and many of them bear upon them the marks of their shame and disgrace in the shape of the arrears of interest called " coupons," overdue for several years. It is not, therefore, to be wondered at, that foreign securities of this description do not com mand the same credit as our own English stocks, and it must hence follow as a matter of course that parties who wish to raise money upon them must consent to pay a higher rate of interest for the accommodation. A great deal of business is transacted in this way, and some brokers, who possess the means of obtaining large sums of money without much difficulty, devote their entire attention to it. The process by which the operation is effected is simple, both in the English and foreign market. The present rate of continuation in the Consol-market is 9.l6ths per cent. until the open ing ; and if a person, we will suppose, wishes to lend money on that stock, from the shutting (on the 2d of December) to the opening (on the 14th of January, 1842), his broker procures him 1,0001. Consols as security, for which he furnishes the money at the actual price of the day, whieh is 90, making 9001., and re-sells, at the same time, the said 1,000/. stock for the opening (on the 14th of January), at 90 9-16, making 9061. 12s. 5d., and thereby leaving a difference in his favour of Si. 12s. 6d. for the loan of:9001., dudeg the above period of forty four days, which will be found to be at the rate of Si. 3s. Bd. per cent, per annum. On Foreign securities the principle is the same : supposing he lends on the security of Spanish Bands, he receives assecurity 5,1001., for which he pays on the 30th of November, at the price of 24i per cent., 1,2491. 10s., but sells it to the same party for the 15thof December (the next settling day) at 24 9-16ths producing 1,2521. 13s. 9d., l eav i ng a difference in his iavour of 3/. 3s. 9d., or 1-16th upon the stock bought and resold, which for 15 days, is equal to per cent, per month, or 12-Bths per cent. per annum, equal to 76/. 10s., being at the rate of about 61.25. 6d. per cent. per annum interest. This calculation is made upon the current rate of interest for the " con tinuation " of that stock on the 20th of November, which was considered as extremely low. The continuation on shares, in which a great deal of business is also done, varies but little from the above ; but a difficulty here arises which offers a great obstacle to the lending of money for abort periods. The stamps, which by law are necessary for the due transfer of property of this description, and without which transfer there could be no security to the lender of money, are so onerous, and press so heavily on all bona fide transactions, that, notwithstanding the many attempts made at various times to evade them, they operate materially against the parties who lend money upon them, and, in fact, neutralize all profit for short periods. Persons who have sold shares or stock, if they are not in immediate want of their money, frequently avail themselves of this method of " continuation" in order to obtain interest for it, until they actually deliver the stock. On the other hand, speculators for the rise are by this means able to carry over their purchases from one account to another ; and al though it may appear strange that they should be paying at the rate of 5 and even 10 per cent. per an num interest on a stock which, in the instance of Con sols, pays them actually nothing ; still, when viewed solely in the light of speculations, the rise in either se curity, if it take place, will more than compensate for this apparent inconsistency. The proceedings of the Stock Exchange are regu lated by a Committee consisting of thirty members, who are elected from the general body every Lady-day, each member having one vote. They take care that the rules and regulations enacted for the admission and ex pulsion of members, and for the settlement of disputes, are properly observed, and although some of their laws are at variance with the established laws of the country, they are not s o s t r i ct l y enforced by the Committee as to bring them into collision with the courts of justice • y they fully answer th e purpose for which they were in tended, and all the mem b ers, previously to their ad mission, subscribe to the condition s there laid down. All members, on being admitted, ea are t ob , liged_ to ro duce three securities of 300/, years of their probation, which 9001. becomes the first . two goes. t forfeited in the event of their failure, an d of f th t e h creditors h. of the new member. In conseqenceo business, eir on e lo w e g interdicted from engaging in any other coming members of the Stock Exchange, they no laws, and; therefore, are i longer subject to the Bankrupt the event of failure, all their asset s are secured to th n e creditors in the house, to the ex c l us i on of those out of it. This rule is enforced in order to secure the h ouse from the loss which would ensue to its memb ers , were the legal creditors (if an y existed) to s t ep i n and lay ,ors claim to their property. The tendency of the above regulation is to insur e honesty amongst its members. Should any principal hale reason to complain, he has only to appeal to the Committee, who instantly take cognizance of the matter, and subject it to the strictest investigation. Defaulters whose conduct has been dishonourable are punished, and an ex a mple is made of them by publicly affixing their names in the house on what is termed the " black board." This is the heaviest disgrace which a member can possibly experience. Such is the manner in which the business of the Stock Exchange is carried on and transacted. NEW TELEGRAPH TO THE DOWNS.—This new telegraph being no w com pl e t e d, p re li m i n ary experi ments as to its working hav e b een t rie d th r oughout the N., hole lino for the last two or three days, which have been found to answer the most sanguine expectations. During the experiments crowds of persons have :,een attracted on London-bridge, to witness the working of the telegraph at its terminus, on the sum mit of the tower at Topping's Wharf, Tooley-street, a height of upwards of 150 feet. It will be opened un the _lst of January, 1842. The intermediate stations are on elevated spots at Forest Hill (Peckham Rye), Knock holt Leeches, Wrotham, Blue Bell Hill, Chatham, Isle of Sheppy, Whitstable, Herne Bay, Minster, Broadstairs, and Deal. The code of signals to be used are the invention of Lieutenant Barnard Watson, Loyal Navy, and will be similar to those established between Holyhead and Liverpool. The arrival of a ship Off the Downs can be communicated to the terminus, at London-bridge, in the short spaee of five minutes. Other lines are also at the present moment in active preparation, and telegraphs have been erected at Skerza Head, Peterhead, Pentland Firth, Flamborough Head, Yarmouth, Orfordness, North Foreland, St. Catherine's Point, and the Needles (Isle of Wight.), Old Head of Kinsale; all of which will be in communication with the London line. On Tuesday afternoon last a lighted lucifer match was introduced into the letter-box of the Bir mingham Post-office, and one letter was destroyed before the fire was discovered by the eF'rk in attendance. No clue has pt been obtained to the perpetrator of the dia bolical attempt, but the authorities are not without hope that the ser miscreant may b e apprehended.—Birmingham Adverti. MORNING SUN WEST INDIES. Her Majesty's packet, Sheldrake, Mr. Williams, Mas ter, R.N., commanding, (Lieutenant Morgan, who went out in charge, having died soon after leaving St. Thomas, on her passage homewards) arrived at Falmouth on Wednesday night. She left Barbadoes on October 12, St. Lucie and Martinique on the 13th, Dominique and Guadaloupe 14th, Antigua 15th, Montserrat, Nevis, and St. Kitt's 17th, Tortola 19th, and St. Thomas Nov. 6. The Firefly steamer brought up her Windward Island mails; and the Tartarus, those from Jamaica. The crews of her Majesty's ships had for the most part been exceed ingly unhealthy. At Jamaica, on Nov. 1, were the Mag nificent, Racehorse, Electra, Comus, Vestal, Fair Rosa mond, and Pickle. The Sappho conveyed the Pandora's La Guayra mail from Barbadoes, some of the steamers hav ing been thrown out of the line ; one, the Flamer, being obliged to sail for Guadeloupe, being short of fuel, with out touching at Trinidad. The English schooner, Maid of Erin, Incledon, had arrived at St. Lucie, and reported having been boarded by a piratical hermaphrodite brig north of that island, when she was plundered of provi sions, water, and money. The Sheldrake's passengers were, Lieut. Wingrove, R.N., Mr. Symes, surgeon, R.N., Mr. Reep, purser, R.N., Capt. Fuller, 59th Regiment, and lady, Mr. Reed, Mr. Illidge, and Miss Goldsmith. The Crane, which followed her, having arrived on Mon day, her advices have, for novelty, all been enticirated. Freight, 6,0001. A small mail of about 450 letters was sent on shore at Falmouth on Wednesday, ex the M. Wilhelmina, from Rio de Jaieiro of October 6. The packet Pigeon arrived there on that day from England. (From the Barbadoes Papers.) We regret to understand that his Excellency the Go vernor is by no means in that state of health which could be desired, and that it is not unlikely that he will be obliged to leave this island shortly for England. WEST INDIA CROPS.—Notwithstanding the continued cry of dry weather, the harvest in the little island of Barbadoes has proved anything but unproductive. From the returns published by the Barbadian, it would appear that of the whole crop, 16,781 hhds. 1,450 tierces and 995 barrels have been exported, equal to nearly 18,000 hhds., and from which " adding the quantity of sugar consumed in the island (continues the same paper), and the great consumption of the canes which have been ' sucked,' we may say the crop has exceeded 20,000 hhds." A pretty good harvest this, size and seasons considered. Will Jamaica ship forty thousand ? We doubt it ; and yet she has shipped three times that ; and with equal cultivation may do so again, and more. In Tobago also the sugar crop is still very deficient ; that of 1841 being only 2,460 Mids. 225 tierces, and 222 brls., against upwards of 4,000 hhds. of the year preced ing. We have not seen the returns from the other islands, but when we do we shall report accordingly. The town of St. John, Antigua, seems to be a very unfortunate and almost fated place. In addition to the late ravages by fire, which occurred only a few months ago, another most atrocious attempt to produce a catas trophe of a similar nature has just been providentially discovered in time to prevent the full development of the incendiary's designs. The following is the descrip of the occurrence by the Antigua Gazette : " On Monday night, at a few minutes to eleven, the springing of police rattles intimated the occurrence 1 of a conflagration in the town, which induced us to go out for the purpose of ascertaining the locality of the fire. Upon looking around without discovering either flames or their reflection, we were induced to conclude that the fire had been got under, which we soon found had been accomplished. Finding the fire in question had com menced in the dwelling-house of Mr. Peter P. Walter, in Long-street, we repaired to the spot and found a full exemplification of the more than murderous malignity of the incendiary or incendiaries, whose demoniac attempt to send a whole family, consisting of twelve immortal souls, into eternity without one moment's preparation, had been so providentially averted by a timely discovery of a plot which, we are persuaded, had its origin in the hellish feeling of revenge. The plot was laid by depo siting two burning brands between a sofa and the wainscot of NI r. Walter's sitting-room—and, as if determined to glut his vengeance by a human sacrifice, the miscreant incendiary, not satisfied with setting fire to the sofa al luded to, deposited in the same room—within the space of twelve feet from the burning sofa, in a closet or cup board, four other burning brands and a parcel of deal shavings—the more effectually to accomplish his diabo lical purpose. The discovery of the flames is attributable to the circumstance of the rapid ignition which took place in the sofa, on account of the inflammable materials of which it was composed. It is supposed that the flames would have reached the upper floor but for the great age of the straw contained in the sofa—a family piece of fur niture of upwards of 40 years standing. " His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor adminis tering the General Government, as soon as he learnt the particulars of the above incendiarism, appointed a Board of Magistrates to investigate the circumstances connected with the fire—but we are sorry to say that the Magis trates were not able to elicit any evidence calculated to lead to a discovery of the incendiary." 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 m aking 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 Pendre 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 wading 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 fellow-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 Guildhall, 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 -1 rionethshire, was appointed Chairman of the day. I The Rev. J. W. MAssie, of Salford, after regret- ting that be had not the g ilt of tongues, in order th a t he might mak e hi mse lf understood by his Welsh audi tors, proceeded to state that ha 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 acd 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, awns a and aright his kind-h ear t e d mo th er liv e and reign till h e grey-h ea d e d man), and he truste d that i n their address they would embody their knowledge and their I wishes, as far as th am T id h s e t lßouedv. e condition of th e p oor was a ff ecte d Sr. sr by the Corn-laws, The Rev. G en tl eman conc l u d e d c J h . e e D s A: e l E t h s, at of t,h Nevin, eeaa se being h er called h a v n u a p o a n s proceeded to ot e w se a m s b o l r e i d gin w a a ll s y given themis t e o the iattion misery of t h e sopeople. u g ht t h St h e e y G to o i s ce pe i. tate their Divine Ma s t er , b y l : bothngforwsaprdiriatunadilbyoladhld advocating the cause of t h e poor, W. DAvics, of Salem, said a t a h a a h t on pd r m es a s n e y d t e m T p h o e r ai Rev.] 3 . occasions temporary hardships and difficulti es cas es th e upon different classes, and that in all mor e unfortunate received the sympath y of h is class but the misery which had n o w 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 p rove 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 tile rate of their wages (which varied from 1 Is. to I:3s. or 15e., but did not advance with an ad vance in the price of bread), and many of them were THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1841. 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 be resided were actually starving. He knew an honest working man who had nothing for his breakfast but the tea kaves 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 bad only one shirt, which, having washed, and having no fire wherewith to dry it, sbe 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.—TIC public meeting of the conference commenced at six o'clock, in the new Mar ket Hall. There was an 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 beyond the precincts of the building. The proceedings excited the highest interest, nod 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." The Rev. Gentleman supported the resolution in an 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 resolution have received the sanction of the Legislature, and are supported by the dominant party in 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 5,000. 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 Dwygyfylebi, 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.PAnny, 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 GRIFFTH 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 vvell as the mining districts in North Wales, 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 increasing 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 declare 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 ',tieso realms. Yet we trust our expressions of congrm o i, t i on w ill not be deemed less loyal and affectionp:, e, " assem bled to address you r Majesty, while thus y, eve bail the birth of your Royal son as heir of our Ile are reserved the highest :ave British kings, for whom Sovereign honours belonging 'so and descending by l ong here dthitiasraynscuiecnctespsrioinncipay_, 4 irom the Second Edward, born in the . .enerable walls surroun d us . M ay t h e castleprinc Prince whose 'oorn 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. I'd 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 convictions 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. W e 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 tl.e 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. W e have but too well accredited testimony regard'ing other parts of your Majesty's empire to remain in doubt whether others suffers as do our flocks and neigh hours in the Principality. We read of the teas of thousands of skilful and willing craftsmen who subsist on the scanty pittance of public charity, and the seasonable epli en n ft sufull and relianceit h ou t debase a n on y efforts and contr ib ut i ons of humane individuals—a kind of m omentary maintenance calculated to impoverish the donors the pe rfeelingsin the an en t sympathyb a e n n d efi e at l nt a od r a t p c h a t e e r ce r onmt of a ni the un rtey : solici tude uniformly who suffer, andetv,oirnctehde hbaypyp•oinuerssMoale3s,toyurtopweaorpdise,thaoande encouraged by your Queenly determination to " rule in t r i i , g e h c te o o n u s t s i ne u s t s i Onal prerogatives v ested in you, as our " we humbl y , yet earnestly, entreat that t 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 om h a ih all techee,Statutes s; o t a f i nb y l o i ts u hh r ee d r b e o a u l f m on r. „ ties i o ne e ds d aoff may reae be cuo 17 e l x vm p e u er : g le e d wr rt r your people. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Dec. 3. The Lord Chancellor was occupied, during the whole of the morning, with the hearing of lunatic petitions, which offered no feature of public interest. ROLLS' COURT, Dec. 3. THE SHEFFIELD CANAL COMPANY V. THE SHEFFIELD AND ROTHERHAM RAILWAY CO3IPANY. The MASTER of the Thum gave judgment in this case, which was argued in November last, and the facts of which were fully reported in The Sun. His Lordship said the suit arose out of an agreement founded on a letter for the payment of an annuity of 100/. by the defen- dants to the plaintiffs; and having recapitulated the facts at length, and dwelt particularly on the declaration of the agent of the defendants at his last interview on the subject. with the agent of the plaintiffs that " they would fight it out," his Lordship said that he was of opinion there had been a waiver of the agreement by the agent of the plaintiffs, which agreement could not therefore be re newed by his subsequently accepting it. The plaintiffs' agent had rejected the offer of the 18th June, and could nut bind defendants by it. On the 20th, the defendants having conceded one point, were willing to renew the contract, but this offer was rejected by the agent of the plaintiffs, as the former had been, and it could not now be converted into a binding agreement. Ile was of opinion there never was a binding agreement, and the bill must therefore be dismissed with costs. WESTENRA v. GREGORY. This suit was instituted by the plaintiff, Col. Westenra, a younger son of Lord Rossmore, to charge the separate estate of his late wife, with certain debts that had been contracted by her during her coverture. A marriage having been contemplated between the plaintiff and Lady East, indentures of lease and release were executed on the 28th and 29th of March 1834, between Col. Westenra and Lady East and the defendants, wherby she assigned to the defendants all the estate she was entitled to under the will of her late husband, to hold the same after the solemnization of her marriage with the plaintiff, upon such trusts as she should at any time thereafter appoint ; and she also assigned a leasehold house in Green -street, Grosvenor-square, and all other the lease hold estates and property in which she had any interest, to the defendants, to hold the same as to the leasehold estates, upon such trusts as she during her lifetime should appoint, and after her death, at the discretion of the trustees, to invest the moneys arising therefrom in the funds, and to stand possessed of the same to such uses as she should have appointed, and in default of ap pointment in trust for her next of kin, as if she had died unmarried. The marriage took place on the 3lst of March, 1834, and Mrs. Westenra died on the 17th of November, 1838, having made a will on 3d Feb. 1837, whereby she gave certain bequests to her husband, and the residue of her property to her four nieces, and appointed the defendants her executors, who proved her will. After the death of Mrs. Westenra, it appeared that the property she had directeoo be invested for the benefit of her husband, realised 16,0001., and that the debts remaining unpaid at the time of her decease, amounted to about 4,0001., which the nieces, as the re siduary legatees, objected to the payment of out of her ' separate estate. A bill was accordingly filed by the plain tiff, praying that an account might be taken of the separate estate of Mrs. Westenra, and of the debts due from her on account thereof, at the time of her decease, and that the defendants might be directed to pay the same out of her separate estates. _ _ _ - _ Mr. Pemberton and other Learned Counsel appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Turner and other Learned Counsel for the defendants. And after some discussiP,i,, at the suggestion of the Master of the hulls, it ar ranged between them that the inquiry Prav' ..o for b the ."'ruaster to state bill should be made, with liberty for ti c special circumstances. COURT, Dec. 3. lIA-Nirc:e IL ORS' the vIIANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) VICE (Before C HERRING V. CLOBERY. This w, as an application, on the part of the plaintiff, that ne might be discharged from the custody of the Warden of the Fleet prison, and that the processes of contempt, in the several attachments issued against him, at the instance of the defendant, for the non-payment of costs, might be stayed. It appeared that the costs in question had been incurred by the plaintiff in a former suit, which his Honour had decided against him, and those costs not having been paid, he had been committed for contempt. The decision, however, of his Honour was now under appeal to the Lord Chancellor ; and the plaintiff prayed that he might be discharged front prison, for the purpose of enabling him to conduct the appeal, while he offered security for his re-appearance, in case it sheuld be decided against him. The nature of the application having been stated by Mr. ROMILLY for the plaintiff, Mr. RICHARDS objected, for the defence, that the Court could not entertain it, until the plaintiff had cleared him self from a contempt of Court, by paying the sum of 271. 11s. Id., the costs of a former application. After some discussion the Court decided that the pre sent application could not be heard until the plaintiff had cleared himself of the contempt. The money was then paid in, His Honour observing that that looked more like buginess than anything he had fur many a day seen in that Court. Mr. RomiLLy was again about to proceed with the ap plication, when - Mr. RICHARDS observed that the plaintiff should fur ther clear himself of contempt of Court by the payment of two different sums; the one amounting to 161., and the other to 131. These sums having been also paid in, Mr. RomILLv again rose to address the Court, and was again interrupted by Mr. RICHARDS, who contended that the Court could not entertain the application to discharge the prisoner until he had paid the sum of 800/., the costs of the former suit, in which his Honour had decided and awarded against him. By the non-payment of that sum he had been guilty of a contempt of Court, from which he was bound, before he could take any proceedings there, to clear himself. The plaintiff did not complain that „ne attachment was wrung, or that it had been in formally executed ; and he could not, therefore, at pre sent, obtain its suspension. Mr. ROMILLY said that the plaintiff did not wish to evade the attachment, as he would give sufficient security for his re-appearance in case the appeal to the Lord Chancellor was decided against him. The plaintiff would have been entitled to make the application to his Honour at the time the bill of costs had been lodged ; and he should not now suffer from having delayed taking such a step. His lloNoru said that it was a well-established rule of Court, that proceedings on a decree should not be stayed merely because an appeal had been lodged. If the effect of the decree might be to place in jeopardy the very thing at issue, that might be a reason why the Court should interfere to stay proceedings. But he did not see any grounds for such interference in the present case ; and he should, therefore dismiss the application with costs. (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) His HONOUR 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 account of the impossibility of bringing it to a conclusion. The arguments of Coun• sel will be resumed on this day, and we shall notice shy new points of interest which may arise during the hearing. _ (Befoe Vice-Chancellor IVIGRAm.) LITTLE V. GRu iLLE. Counsel. Th e cause i, points raised by His HONOUR decided sr s , ine of the 1 to be set down for further hear ing next week., TOMLIN V. TOMLIN. Tne 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 SUM in' dispute was 60,0001., 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 entire 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 50,6701. ; which sum, by the expenses of probate, was reduced to 49,0001. Ilis 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 th e d eceased. 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 Tornline. Mary Belcey died in 1835. Letters of administration were taken out at 50,0001., by Robert Sacket and James Tomline, and pro bate duty p a id for that amount. Shortly after Mary's death, in a statement of account by Mr. Dearlmg, who had acted as Solicitor fur the deceased and her brother durin g their life, it was admitted that . Thomas's est a t e was indebted to those of Eliz9t eth and Mary to the amount of 50,000/. Matter; stood thus in the m defend us „ nit : Seplelaber, 1835. N othing scel y ed more easy than to a',,,Just th e c l aims of the par'iles seve ra lly interestedthe estat e . Af ter some delay, however, it was su in g tgietasttedthet?e' counts. It Wr,d ti be some m i s t a k e i n the a L t- Contend that upon the death of Eli ya' i Robert Sachet Tomlin, • as, instead of dividing the debt equally, beth T had t, •, .en tom the whole penalty of th bondor had taken the ehule sum of 4 9,0001., as due from s himslf 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 th e bond. Th e L earned Counsel read a 'document, which was put in, in the handwriting of Robert Sachet Tomlin, pur porting to be a copy of one formerly in the handwritin g of Thomas Belc e y, stating that he had been mistaken in his calculation of the bebt due from himself to his sister, and that in c onsideration of those mistakes his sister Mary had agreed to release him from all debts appear ing on the accounts. Shortly before his decease, it ap peared that the testator wished to increase his property, and Mary, the trustee of the bond, whose duty it was to enforce payment, had destroyed it. The account was not questioned as between Mary Belcey and her .bro th A.. The whole defence rested upon the statement that the testator h a d c h arged himself with the whole amount or• the bond as due to Mary. The object of the suit was to have it declared, that at the death of Elizabeth Eel cey, Thomas was indebted to her in the sum of 50,6701., the case of the plaintiff not being prejudiced in the account to be taken by the act of Thomas Belcey, in destroying the accounts of the debts due from himself to the estate of his deCeased sister. Mr. COLVILLE followed on the same side, and put in a number of documents relating to the suit. The arguments are to be resumed this day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 4. DODSWORTH V. PARDY. This was an action for an assault. The plaintiff is the foreman of Messrs. Mayne, Read, and Co., wholesale floor-cloth manufacturers, of the Dover-road. They have also a warehouse in the Queen's Head-yard, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; and in the month of October last a lad, who was carrying some food 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 seized the meat and swal lowed it, and the defendant offered to pay the boy for it. 'The plaintiff, who was looking on, went up to the defend ant and asked him why he did not pay the boy for it. The defendant walked into the kennel and shut the gate, and the plaintiff asked him why he did not come out and speak to him like a man, and applied to him the term dog-stealer, The result was that the defendant struck the plaintiff several blows in the face, blackened one of his eyes, and injured his arm. It was for this assault the action was brought. Several witnesses were exa mined for the plaintiff; who deposed to the above facts. Mr. THESIGER, for the defendant, submitted that the plaintiff was entitled to a very small measure of da mages for the assault, because it was evident that he had • brought the attack upon himself, by the insulting and offensive expressions which he had applied to the de fendant, who was ready to make every reparation for what his dog had done. It appeared to him that after using the words " thief, cheat, and dog• stealer," the plaintiff richly deserved the punishnient he had met with. The assault could not, of course, be justified by any expressions which might be used, but; in the present instance, a very small amount of damages would meet the justice of the case. A servant of the defendant, who was stated to be the proprietor of a canine depot for supplying noblemen and gentlemen with sporting dogs, saw the assault, which he said was provoked by the insulting language of the plaintiff. He also stated that the plaintiff came back in half an hour, and wanted the defendant to come out and fight. He was a witness at Bow. street, in a case of assault, in which Mr. Pardy was the defendant. Mr, Pardy was fined 21. William Stebbing saw the plaintiff squaring at the de fendant, and saying " Come out like a man,' before the assault took place. Another witness, named Thompson, heard the plaintiff say, " Come out, you dog-stealer, and fight like a man." Mr. JONES having replied, the Learned Judge summed up, observing that the case might have been very easily adjudicated before a Magistrate. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Da , mages 5/. CO U -RT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 3, WILLIAMSON, D.D. V. COLLIER, M.D. Mr. Scfgeala ANDREWS (with whom were Mr. Ser gea7..i, Stocks and Mr. P. Williams), stated that the ac tion was brought by Dr. Williamson, the headmaster of Westminster School, to recover 421. from the defendant, Dr. Collier, a physician living in Spring-gardens, for the education of his two sons at that school. It appeared that Westminster School consisted of a number of boys, a certain portion being on the foundation, and the other what were called home boarders. The terms on which home-boarders were received were ten guineas as an en trance fee, and fifteen guineas a year, nayable half yearly. The schooling of the dgendanes sons com menced in 1838, and the payments went on regularly un til Midsummer, 1839. The amount now sought to be obtained consisted of the sum of 31/. 10,. for the school ing of the, two boys from Midsummer, 1839, to Midsum mer, 1840, 101. 10s., the entrance fee of one of the boys, which, for the convenience of Dr. Collier, was not paid at the time of entrance, but allowed to stand over. In September, 1840, Dr. Collier took his sons away from the school without assigning any reason, and afterwards refused to pay the amount that was due. He (Mr. Sergeant Andrews) was surprised to find this ac tion defended. He had looked upon it as an undefended action ; for Dr. Collier having paid for the early portion of the schooling of his sons had admitted the principle of the demand. In addition to that, he bad subsequently sent a check for the sum now claimed, stating that it was post-dated, and giving a reason for his having post-dated it. He should, however, call evidence to prove the jus tice of the demand, and then the plaintiff would be en titled, in the absence of any evidence to rebut it, to the full amount of the claim. The following witnesses were then called The Rev. Mr. Bentale—l am one of the ushers of Westminster School, and have been so between thirteen and fourteen years. Dr. Williamson is the head master. Ten guineas are paid on the entrance of each boy into , Westminster School ; seven guineas and a half are paid half:yearly, by what are called home-boarders. I was educated at Westminster School. Dr. Williamson was a Fellow of Trinity College. There are four masters at Westminster at present. The number has been reduced. Mr. Preston, the second master, managed the pecuniary concerns of the school in respect of the home. boarders. He is dead. The two sons of the defendant attended the school, but lived at home, Mr. Thomas Andrew Rush, a clerk in tke banking house of Drummond and Co., produced two checks, drawn by Dr. Collier, in favour of the Rev. Mr. Preston, the second master of Westminster School, one for 261. 55., and the other for 15/. 15s. The witness also iden tified the handwriting of Dr. Collier. . The following letter was then read from Dr. Collier to the Rev. Mr. Preston : " Reverend Sir—l enclose you a check for 42Z I hope when Dr. Williamson and yourself consider the matter, you will discover that my pertinacitlin sending my boys in the face of what I have suffered, is to be explained by my devoted attachment to the ancient institutions of my country, and that, apart from any compliments or civili ties from myself, I may expect your watchful attention to them.—l am, Reverend Sir, &c. " P.S. I have taken the liberty to date my check next month, as I told you, on their first entrance, that the ,portion of my income set apart for that purpose comes due about such period. I have settled bill, and if any further be forthcoming, I shall, on your recommen dation, be happy to attend to it." This having closed the plaintiff's case, Mr. Sergeant SHEE submitted that the plaintiff must be nonsuited, as there was nothing to show that Dr. Wil liamson was the proper party to bring the action. Dr. Williamson was merely the head-master of the school. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE thought the head-master was the proper person to recover, and asked the Learned Counsel how he proposed to get over the letter which the defendant had written, containing a check for the claim which he now disputed. Mr. Sergeant SDEE hoped he should have no difficulty in respect of that letter, and proceeded to address the Jury for the defendant. He personally should not have been sorry if he could have stopped this inquiry into a very painful case, by taking advantage of what certainly appeared to him a valid legal objection. His Lordship had, however, over-ruled the obje„zon, and he must therefore proceed with the case, and at once te.ll- them, that the ground on which Dr. Collier, by the advice en his friends, and under a strong sense of duty, resisted this claim ) did not depend upon any technicality, but up on t plain, broad, intelligible pritleittle, that hn trtisted the jurymen, as parents of families, would understand and approve of. It gave him (Mr. Sergeant Shee)the greatest possible pleasure that in stating what Dr. Collier thought to be a case of gross neglect on the part of the masters of Westminster flahool, it would not be necessary for him to cast the smallest reflection upon the personal character of Dr. Williamson, who held as high a character as any one could hold as a clergyman of the Church of England, a gentleman, and a scholar. He did not desire to throw the least discredit on Dr. Williamson's right to that high character, nor to suggest that he had done anything per sonally . that derogated from it. But Dr. Collier did, with pain and grief, and without any vindictive feelings, complain that Dr. Williamsou, following the high pur suits he did, and with that high character, had alto. gether neglected the education of children committed to his care ; that their health had suffered from that neglect, and that, _either from the injury to their health, or the want of proper attention to their instruction, his boys had learnt nothing, and made no progress at all in their studies ; but, on the contrary, that they had contracted habits of which Dr. Collier entirely disap proved, and which had been contracted, cot under the eye of Dr. Williamson, but in the immediate vicinity of his house, in the precincts of the school; and in the hours of recreation had been subjected to systematic ill-treat ment on the part of the elder boys, by which their health had been injured, and they rendered incapable of prosecuting their studies. This question was not one of money but wholly one of principle with Dr, Collier. He complained that when the masters were informed of the ill-treatment his sons were subjected to they paid no at tention to the complaint, and that his sons, although they were well advanced in the Latin language when they entered Westnfinster School, knew nothing about it when they lefi. Both the boys had delicate constitutions, particularly the younger, and when Dr. Collier first took them to school, he called the attention of Dr. Williamson to the fact; and, besides, the younger had suffered from a fractured skull, and would conse quently require peculiar attention. Dr. Williamson pro mised that every attention should be paid,to them : in stead of that, hmp- " tem - • ever, from th e fi rs t to th e l as t, a sys the grossest ill-treatment and actual cruelty on the part of the elder boys had been permitted by the master to be pursued towards these two boys. He should prove that frequent complaints were made by the younger boy to Dr. Williamson of his having been ill treated by the elder boys ; and that while Dr. William son, instead of interfering, as head-master he ought, to oared the bad habits of those undisciplined youths, dis couraged all such application by telling him not to come to him with such complaints. So great was the cruelty practised towards the younger boy, that he had a perfect horror of returning to the school •, and, after the Christ mas vacation in 1839, when he had left his futho,o. for the purpose of going to the school, instead of going there he rap away, and remained from school and home for upwardl of a week. The effect of the ltr tm on the eld er b oy was still more remarkable, and if ea lieh e a n d t died from it, it would not have been, as he (I\ir. Sergeant Shea) was in a condition to prove, the first boy that had died at Westminster School under similar circumstances. But on one occas i on the elder boy went home to his father's h ouse i n Spring-gardens dangerously ill, suffer ing from a concussion of the brain, in consequence of a brutal and unmanly kick by an elder boy . on his tem ple. Dr. Collier, finding that his son's health was •seriously injured, and that they made no intellectual improvement, determined to remove them from the school, and in September, 1840, he took them away. It had been stated by his Learned Friend that the ten guineas entrance fee for the younger boy had not been paid at th e ti me o f entrance, to su i t Dr. Colliee6 arrangement. But it was, in fact, in consequence of an agreement which he had entered into with the Rev. Mr. Preston that that money should not be paid until it was seen whether the boy could, being in a delicate state of health, make a footing in school. Such were the circum stanscs of the case ; and he (Mr. Sergeant Shea) trusted that, notwithstanding the letter of the defendant, the Jury would feel he was properly, from a feeling of duty and justice, defending this action, and give a verdict in his favour. A number of witnesses were then called, being the tutors and ushers of the boys, who spoke of the deficiency of their progress. Master F. Collier—l am the son of Dr. Collier, who resides in Spring-gardens, and has a country-house at Chiswick. In 1838 I lost my mother. Previously to that time I had been instructed by my father and the two last witnesses. I learned from them the rudiments of the Latin grammar. My father afterwards took me and my brother George to the Rev. Mr. Preston, at Westminster School. When we joined the school we slept at home. We were placed in the petit school, super intended by Mr. Preston. My father told Dr. "Williamson that my brother had fractured his skull, which rendered his intellects rather weak, and requested he might be taken care of, and not placed with the other boys. Dr. Williamson promised to take care of him. Dr. Williamson said it was optional whether we had private tutors or not, and agreed that my father might act as such when we were at home. I generally occupied the first place, and my brother was mostly nearly last. We learnt the Delectus, Clarke's Exer cises, and the Westminster Latin Grammar. After wards we were put into Ovid's Metamorphoses and Fa:ti, and then I was put into the Greek Delectus, the first book of the ./Eneid, and Ovid's Epistles. I was in them when I left. My brother was not. We had no in struction in arithmetic. We had instruction in the cate chism. We mixed with the boys in the hours of recrea tion. There is a practice called bullying among the boys. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—The plaintiff i s entitled to the payment of the bill, unless you can show anything wrong on his part. Why did not the boys go to their father's house in the hours of recreation ? The Wit ness--We were obliged, my Lord, to remain. We were ordered to attend the places of recreation by the senior boys, and they were authorised by the' master. My younger brother was ill-treated hundreds of times. The ill-treatment was, they came behind him and knocked him down and struck him with the handles of the rods. I have frequently been struck by a key and knocked over the forms for fun. A 'boy of eighteen did that. I and my brother have complained frequently to D r.William son, and he has told us to go about our business. Once I was walking up College-street, going home to breakfast, and a boy came behind me, knocked my head, and ran away. I was laid up two or three days from sickness. I complained to Mr. Preston, but nothing was done. My brother has complained to Dr. Williamson, and Dr. Williamson told him to go about his business ; if he heard any more about it he would flog him himself. I remember a boy named Emery dying. I have seen him receive blows and kicks. My brother, in consequence of the ill treat ment, could not do his lesson, and it made the school so hateful to him he could not bear to go there. After the holidays, in 1839, my brother, instead of going to school ran away. An objection was made to my father being pri vate tutor because our exercises were without mistake. When I left Westminster school I am sure I did not know Latin so well as when I went. Before we went we had read the Delectus through, and other books, but we could not read them when we left the school. My father took us away in March, 1840. He complained of habits such as smoking and drinking, which we had acquired. He complained to Mr. Preston. Other boys at the school smoked and drank. Ido not know whether it was known to Mr. Preston, but if it was it was taken no notice of. George Collier examined—l am fourteen years of age. Before I went to Westminster School I had fractured my skull. No care was taken of me, but I was ill-Used by the boys, and when I complained to Dr. Williamson, he told me not to come bothering him. I ran away. Mr. Emery—ln 1839 I had a son at Westminster School. He is dead. I complained to Dr. Williamson of the general system in the school. Dr. Williamson complained to me of my son's negligence. I said it was unknown to me. I saw Dr. Williamson after my son's death. I told him my child was dead. He appeared surprised. I said you must have known it. He was re quested to go and give him spiritual consolation, but he did not. I also told him it was a pity the boys were al lowed to go on as they did. He treated it in a light way, and I told him that as a Christian and a minister he ought to pay attention to such things. My son died of an in jury he received in the school. Sir. Gray—l live in Smith-street. Young Emery died in my house. Before his death I wrote to Dr. William son, but received no answer. Young Emery was never well after a pugilistic contest in which he was engaged. The case for the defendant being closed, the jury im mediately said they were perfectly ready to give their verdict, and would give it now if his Lordship could re ceive it. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE asked if it was in favour of the plaintiff ? The Foreman said it was ; and, on the intimation of his Lordship that they could find it then, immediately returned a verdict for the sum claimed. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec. 3. WHITMORE, WELLS, AND CO.'S BANKRUPTCY. In this case, the dividends declared the other day are found to run in the following proportions, and will be announced as payable by the official assignee in the course of a few days :-4S. in the pound on the joint estate; 20s. in the pound on the separate estate of J. Wells, 15s. in the pound on the separate estate of E. Whitmore, 20s. in the pound on the separate estate of F. Whitmore, and 6s. in the pound en the separate es tate of J. Wells, jun. It is impossible to hazard any opi nion as to the ultimate dividends, the outstanding assets consisting of securities not yet arrived at maturity, of par. ties seeking time to pay their engagements, of any dividends payable by Messrs. Daintry, Ryle, and Co., of Manchester, and of the surplus of the separate estates of Messrs. J. Wells, sen., and F. Whitmore. Should the hopes of the assignees in respect to these be realised, the creditors will probably receive a further and better dividend. GARRY AND CURTIS'S BANKRUPTCY. A second dividend was declared to the creditors under this bankruptcy to-day, the parties to which were en gaged in the Baltic trade. The junior partner has filled the chair of the'Bank of England, and was for a long period one of the Directors of that establishment. The dividend is expected to amount to between 6d. and 7d., and will, with the former dividend declared (2s. 2d.), make a total dividend of 2s. Bd. and a fraction, announced payable by this estate. The creditors will receive notice of the time of payment in regular course. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 4.—The examination for the Pitt scholarship takes place on the 24th of next month. The candidates are required to signify their intention of offer ing themselves on or before the 31st inst., in a Latin epistle, to be delivered personally. The examiners are the Vice-Chancellor, the Public Orator, the Regius Pro fessor of Greek, Mr. Humphry, of Trinity College, and Mr. G. J. Kennedy, of Corpus College. The following degrees have just been conferred : MASTER OF DIVINITY—Thomas Willis, Caius College. MASTERS OF ARTS—S. R. Carver, Catherine Hall ;J. M. Wilkins, Trinity College ; J. T. Stanford, Christ's College. 12 . - 1 ,.. 7 1EL0R OF ARTS—Charles Richson, Catherine Hall. In the , ex. : 4 nination held at Gonville and Caius College, on the 2d and Orb' _following days, the fi rs t pl aces i n Ma to the following : thematic* were assignes. FRESIIMEL—Hopking, ,Ist prize ; Woodhouse, 2d prize ; Watson, jam,; Brooke. . SENIOR Sorns.—Suffield ; Otile;", q. ; Eastwood, se. q. No prize was given to the Junior Sephs. The first place in Moral Philosophy for the Junior Sophs to G-puld. The Rer, I. Whytehead, M.A., of St. John's Colleo, late curate of Freshwater (Isle of Wight), is appointed Chaplain to the Bishop of New Zealand, and expects to embark at Plymouth early in -December. The Rev. J. J. Frobisher, M.A., of Trinity College, has been appointed to the Vicarage of Raise, Somerset shire patroness, Mrs. Frobisher. The Bets Isaac Ritchie M.A., late of Pembroke Col lege, and assistant curate of Clapham, has been appointed Rector of the Collegiate Sehoel, and assistant Minister of St. Mary's Episcopal Chapel, Glasgow. The Lord Bishop of Ely has collated the Rev. James Millard, M.A., of St. John's College, to the Rectory of Connington, in this county. On the 23d ult., the Rev. Robert Moulton .Atkinson, M.A., formerly of St. John's College, curate of Madding ton, Wilts, was instituted on his own petition, to the Rectory of Great Cbeverill, in the same county, void by the death of the Rev. Robert Moms,. At a meeting of the Corporation of Wimborne, the Rev. Edward Bankes, LL.B., formerly of Trinity Hall, and Rector of Corfe Castle, was unanimously elected official of the Peculiar and exempt jurisdiction of Wimborne Minister, in !he room of W. J. Bankes, Esq., resigned. WOOLWICH, DEC. 2. ROYAL ARTILLERY. Major Kendall's company, 4th battalion, assenilted on the guard mounting parade, and marched at three o'clo' this afternoon, preceded by the band playing the usual parting airs, to the Royal Arsenal ; from whence they were conveyed in boats to the Numa transport-ship, anchored in the river, for a passage to Barbadoes, to re live Captain I, Morgan's company at that statioh. Major Kendall being it! Attleties on a particular service ho, the command devolves upon Second Captain Mee, with Lieutenants Ellis and Mackie, accompanies the company, and embarked at the same time in the Name transport-ship, Captain Morgans company proceeded to Barbadoes on the 29th of December, 1834, and con sequently have been seven year s on that station. Major mostly re _ Kendall's company appeared fine yon men ; cruits, and were in excellent spirits. Captal:! 11.4 e, pre vious to their embarkation, read the regulations they would have to attend to on board the vessel, and they are well adapted to ensure regularity and comfort, and I Contain aduilrable prec autions against dangers fro m fi re Othff amitittitth NAVAL 'Nil - MU tiEnD, t, ;mhtning steam-ves se l, serrinZ in the The crew of • Meteor steam-vessel , we re to De-121id off to .morrow, hu the order has been countermanded, and they will be trans ferred to the former vessel for immediate service. HANNWAL.—The keel of a 90-gun ship, to be named the Hannibal. has been, laid in the same spot where the Trafalgar was built, in the Woolwich Dock yard, and a number of workmen are actively employed in preparing the timber for her construction. The Han nibal will be a splendid vessel, on Sir William Symonds's plan, and have a great breadth of beam, for which ves sels designed by the present surveyor of the navy are distiwuishod. The following are the dimensions of the Hannt bal --Length on the gun deck, 204 feet ; breadth extreme, 60 feet ; breadth for tonnage, 39 feet 2 inches; breadth moulded, 38 feet 4 inches ; depth in hold, 23 feat 6 inches: . MORNING SUN THE MARKETS-SAT 1.3 111:0A1; NEWGATE AND LEADENLIALL. _;tb The supplies were moderate of all kinds °finest, ri ce. a good demand, but in prices no variation took Beef, 3s. to 4s. ; Mutton, 3s. to 4s. ; Veal, 3 s . e 4s. Bd. ; Pork, 3s. 10d. to ss. 4d. per stone of 8 lb. u tai; and Poultry were in good request, supplies being, s lls higher rates in a few instances only were paid. good demand at the late advance. WHITECHAPEL MARKET. but For Pork and choice Veal the Trade was good, 1 , bad for all descriptions of middling meat. The sue of country-killed rucat very limited.-Beef,2s.Bd. tv";: Mutton, 2s. to 3s. 10d. ; Veal, 3s. 4d. to ss. ; to 3s. Bd. to ss. 6d. Clover, 3i. to 51. 155.; HAY , 41. Bs.; Straw, 11. Bd. to IL I2F. TEA MARKET. It to The operations in free trade were small,' but boll were firm, and would not sell common Congo tiou Is. 9d. cash. Company's dull of sale at that rate. TALLOW MARKET. •ces and Pr i There was a good demand for P.Y. Candle, de, were firm ; 48s. 3d. to 48s. 6d. on the spot and f„ °r d f o r livery up to the end of the year, and 49 5. to 495. • spring months. Town Tallow 50s. 6d. cash. SPIRIT MARKET. Prices of Rum are on the decline, and few buYers to be met with. Proof Leewards Is. 10d. Brandy we S ! i d si fair sale at firm rates. Corn Spirits in brisk regti 10s. 4d. cash. FRUIT MARKET. A brisk demand for home consumption ; 365. Paid fi)r cat . the best Valentia Raisins, and 565. to 61s. for Sew tants. The supply large. METAL MARKET. 4 A lively demand for Speller, ard prices firm s take" on the spot. Iron firm and in demand. L ead vvn cio sparingly, but prices were firm. Tin met Yi attention, and prices were firm. . COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last market.day, 21' Wylaut ........ 6 N;; Sl West ls End Haswell....,'" ql Walls*fnd Hetto n p Walls Ena - lamb ryr n 51 41 • Wails End Sh..— • Walls End Stevi a:s 1, Z in . o Howard's Netherton' Bell, Robson & Co. Hartley it; • Chester Main Uolyweil Main Newcastle Hartley Ord's Kedheugh Tantied Moor Bute's West Hartley .......... -.. 18 ul 14 61 14 0' , 15 01 18 6 COUNTRY CORN MARKETS' 1 0 e Boo'. 1.----‹ • Wheat. Barley. Oats. ~... ........-- 1 33 s. 41 _____ ..._.......... --- Per Quaiter , s. to s. s , t o s. s. to s. 11„0 to; Abingdon ... 58 7'4 30 26 24 3(1 40 .... ,•. &Mover 63 70 33 34 25 27 --_, 40 ,^ - 72 tt I/hid:ay Rash gstokc CO 72 32 37 24 18 4i 4 ,1 3 1 .., g , Cirenc"ster 6O 70 :12 35 24 25 .. 4 2 4 'loventry — 67 32 33 24 31 ~, t 44 oaventry 48 5 41 Derby 65 77 30 38 23 28 3' 41 mi - , Howden "" I Hungerford 50 74 29 37 25 CO 4. 40 -- Malton Mai. enhead 59 81 32 35 25 31 40 44 ... ~.. Nottingham 60 77 i'.3 32 :43 28 41 46 ..' 1 Wantage 63 80 30 31 30 32 3 6 ~..." 1 Warwick - 4 3 ~..--. Winchester 76 36 20 -- 41 4 York 5B 70 30 36 19 24 3 5 if , ;11 s. ( I. lj 0 Per Bushel s.d. s.d. s.d. s. (1. s. s. d. s. cl, 7 0 I Birmingham 70 86 36 46 36 40 5 0 ra 6/b WAKEFIELD C43RN 81A11h„ j.. 6.1- 4 ije e l,„' Wneat, Red, Norfolk and Suffolk ..... .... —s. 63 14 .`"80. f ine'," „. ------- Lin. and Cam. ' to , 63`,44. —---- Yorkshire —s. 58s. ' 64 "ek - ,,, VO bite ..k--- Foreign, Red —s. 644. r. Ics , ' o ic , , White , 6 , ..1. k , c, .. ~7, .. -,... to ,- fit e• 11. .. . . .. . .. __. .. 31 41 44 40 „ i if A s. d• i s. d. s. d.ls.d. s. d. s. d, „ fi n° 70 561 3 6 4 6 5 0 ' fJy WAKEFIELD C R ta j 64 l . e 14 ' Wneat, Red, Norfolk and Suffolk. 6:38. ivoy. °neat to 6• -------- Lin. and Cam. , 5-• , o to ,, fin 50 „,. Yorkshire ff' White Foreign, Red 64s. • •A's• pe al. White 63;• s Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk Lincolnshire --- Yorkshire Wold 28 3• p. c 2 65. to 4 5. Beans, New s. ----- Foreign 333. to 00e 71b -- Old Oats, Potato to o i tis. Tt ne •••••••-•-• Poland t o ' 2 ' l ' 1 : WI Friesland and Small --S. I.o_a healing Shutting Malt 404 fin e ex Pe • 3 8i. • . Rapeseed HULL CORN MARKET. 658. 67i. Oh • ai , f• 6" tiOs• (-- ;, Whit( (per Quarter) * Red ' 68,3.641 ;IP ..65, Wheat, ~ 3.25. •-ts. 50581. . 1 04. 325. ZtT: V; " 316'; 99'.1N. ********** *** 5." , 59.5. bos t ' s• ge• 554 Oats, se, et rei4 a9s. 4d, 46:nod, 24, 4) 41 • .4,1 19 0 36 " -• 7s 6d. - Barley, Foreign Malting Grinding Oats, British Foreign (in bond) Beans Pease, Grey ..... Blue and White Linseed Flour (per sack) Rapeseed per 10 quartcrs) EDINBURGH C , W neat. Barley. First Us. Od 38s. Od. second 66 d 31, 0 third Average price of Wheat PRICES OP PR( Beef, per in. Us. sd. to 011.0c1.' Mutton 0 5 0 7 0 7 0 10 05 0 7 Lamo, per qr. «« 3 0 4 0 cwt.,.....39 0 42 0 31. )VISIONS. u" p I 0 Oco Freshßutter, 01 6 0 Salt Ditt0....... , •• f s 0 1 Ditto, per eivt." 0 0 Eggs, per dos... 8 0 . 9 0 OatStraw(Kl 4 .)• • 6 6 11' Wheat Ditto... , 6 0 Quartern Loaf ~.. 09/ 010 Barley Ditto ..... v ',', it Potatoes.l4lb. .... 0 0 0 5 Hay, perst....-* , i I EDINBURGH MEAL MARK OI , 4 O. 1 1 9 10 Per Sack of 2801 b. imp. Per Stone 01 ' .. 1 First Oatmeal ~... RI IS 1, First Oatmeal ........ • ... , O, s i l n *Second ditto 1 16 0 Second ditto ..••."":',.' ~0 ji" Barleymeai 1 8 0 Barlemeal ....... .. ~ .. . .. Peasemeal . Pot Barley from 30s. to Vs. per sack CORNWALL MARKETS. (Calculated at 24 gallons to the bu 540. )................ . / P . ...s. et ?: t o i 7. . 7 d os . z. s. d oe . tir ey s . 3 di 5. r• o t ; I ' l 1 1 1 3 i l Wheat- Barley. _ Pruro Helstene St. Austell — 0 8 0 0 3 8 ' LI ilodmin L is u k n e c a e r s d ton .... 58 7 - 0 0 0 3 4 3 4 80 : 1 00 1 ;5 . 9 4 Camc I ford 6 6 7 8 3 0 3 4 2 il ' Penzance - " O'' er A o l e N s l c N ol O d a l t N ß T e E dr L ut l. h l i G a i,;)l w C ee t ... .. , 1 ; 9 5 " 4 5.(: 9 t. 4) 0 Quantity of Copp i2uA Average amntoiutyn otloi Producefiftsiaei. Copper - )14 25. od. --.... ........ ,0,91. :16, 4 94/ is. 04 —A standar d " +hp ... v ....... . ......jon• Dougherty,SE,lllo34 60' SENSATIONS OF so BdErefaNdGfullyCiftrrorr or a d e t he . since by being crushed between 4 ra ilro 3( t eleP ci ° t t ; side wall of the ticket office at t l i le to leav e e t- 1,1 15 r 11) r. has so far recovered as to be enable d te ase e ase 0 ' - jaWi' for his home, at Lancaster, Pa. Th e - t he Ye l l Ape is a remarkable instance of escape W 111 , 4 01' 0 Z;70 1 of death. His recollection of the . 5 . e11 ; - and '-- r ear rienced during the accident is distl ne th ",t the and indeed. His first expectation was ~,- do n , ce :botil would be stopped, but it continued "!of 1- ",'" 4t t ° thus . increased the pressure—those pa r-- t he n r " t wo tweehlichtheweerffeeettsheofmtohset rash. In h: ili g lion3.3 en s t tic e c r ce “: l 9r o/ he felt his ribs giving way, and to t- y l io i e ntiiel; the terrible sensation connected with th e d, wile' ) 0 tion of the blood from the body to the he ad , r to be to him like a flame passing from t-e I l c e s 1 ' 1)4 0 - former. At this moment he became so i l' s ' 13 5 ' r enP a pc l c b a a r ck w w a a s rd im fo m r e h d i i s at r e e l l y eas t e h , e t r h ea e f b te o r dy st f o a P l r in e ; to !hi t i l :s o h o e , as that of a dead man. His return w 3 01 0 7 00, 0 0 described as though he was under the effect s !,,,e li fter pleasant dream, from which he felt consc v e or be relieved when he awoke. To those Whe saw Ail' the accident, it appeared impossible that lend tic rive, and yet, through a kind Providence, , 5 pr iot a re and unwearied attentions of Dr. Dunbar, 11 ' 0;10 physician, he has been restored to life. ) 1 , 0 5. g American. On Saturday, a little after one gas-fitter named Charles Lowen was einplon,"Deatre.img, o'cl°, C 7:,pai ri i) "l the gas-pipes in the interior of Drury-lane ' oin e Ve qs foot slipped • from a beam upon which he "*` f i ef. „kea and he was precipitated from a height of thir, t Y le g n il i f. regret to state the unfortunate man had h' s D i s co' by the fall ;he was immediately conveyed bY• , workmen to Charing -cross Hospital. ____ ...efl SP' 1 cS. ----- "ArO C hf , .....}PIA J. E D N E T NT, L B E 2 V , ER SILVER • - wag' '''' Clock Maker, by special Strand,appointment herer tis l e t i l 1 ti t . t t l Qoen and his Royal Highness Prince A- 11, I r v irAl . c ol ASSORTMENT of these superiorly constructea t ,ilve r r for il t , at 61. 6e. each. They have double-bottomed fl a 0 e ca rr e e jewelled (six holes) movements, and c ontin ea ents : 0 g i whilst being wound, with other modern m oves a do etagoet°‘„ performance guaranteed. Their particul ar a tou ch e r ail,' strength, moderate price, capability of bearivg . o f rel t rs , motion without derangement, and small expell:!, 1 0: e z if they meet with injury. Gold cases from 81. •.` t o , 82, strand, three doors west of Cecil-street. 0 3 i i i iths, No. 14, Cornhill, London It ' tt ert e l at , t.D . ' t PLATE.—A. B. SAVORY and SC 1.1 1,e' ' it s e il t f_ef facturing Silversmiths, Bank of England).—The best wrought Fiddlel w ine . 4 er ° Spoons and Forks, at 7s. 2d. per ounce. The frit; j lir 6, weights recommended, but the articles may b e ' 4 d heavier at the same price per ounce : s d. 10 $ oa. ; , , , • 7 ,it 12 Fiddle Pattern Silver Table Spoons 30 at 7 ,t,' , • 1:1 P 4 12 ditto Dessert ditto 20 at 7 ; /I 5 0 12 ditto 12 ditto Dessert di t to 20 at ,‘, 2 , 5 1 6 g 2 ditto Gravy Spoons 10 at 2..- 51 0 0 1 ditto Table Forks 30 aZ 2 1,. $ , ! g Soup Ladle... 10 a t . 1 8 ..... 1 0 4 ditto Sauce ditto... 10 a t , , $ l 4 ditto i ditto Fish Slice... ........... ~; ... ... 1 1;„( 12 ditto Tea Spoons... JO at , s _ . ,) _ 1 ditto Salt Spoons(gilt strong., 3 1 6 , 0 Pair Sugar Tongs ( 0 "7105 7) or lr N.B. A price current, stamped as a n ewsraP e ! . i ' ve to It i. will be sent into the country, drawings, and containing every information relat appii ,, or tu chase of silver or Sheffield plate, may be bad ( " n j o an' s ./ .• - paid letter. . -...----- / free of postage, On the 4th inst., Mrs. B lr l e ß lan T d H , o 8 f • ------_ fe tte - Icito of A daughter. l‘irs. On t he 2d inst at M the H °D. . 1 Gellibrand Hubb •, ontagu-square , 5 ard, of a daughter. the Fa:eo°, quo On the 30th ult., at Clifton, the ladof T. C l ' y / Esq., of a son. At Leamington, the Countess of Airlie, o f a s on. ,,," ta 41 , MARRIED. 1 1If ' 1. eo On the let inst., at Watford, Herts, Mr. Saielo.tfor. %pit, Harriet, second daughter of John Dy 01), Esq. , °I c rl 5 j , !: On the 2d - inst., at Ashtead, near 1.7..p50m, - 1 4,; e e 9t9' - r‘ i Frederick Denshire, Esq., late Captain o her - , , t ?, f ps ,s,P' Regiment, son of the late Major Denshire, ofth e i n iel 1 t o Llialbeth Mary Anne, only daughter of 1,10 113 fi . Esq., ot ',..!ie Bengal Civil Service. lo , ~,, Ba rton , 4 , / At Faversn.:m, Kent, Lieut.-Colonel W. oi: he rd, Shel' .Matines, to Charn..."°, daughter of the late J. s ~....—_—__. d , DIED. 0 01 1 Lieut. On tbe 9th of October, at 2 3 Arhao °es, Megs ra. •f ' R.N., Commander of her Majesty'a liteaulr.wood„ Pte. , On the lst inst., at Worthing. Sussex, J. a the i ii te o ch ooft On the 2d inst., at Ludlow, Alan' , reli ct ~ _ . 1 : 1 1 ,4p Hodges, aged 69. On the 6th of Se . pte m on er o , f the ~ ,l itoid Captain Alexander Hodges, Bengal army , s.,,,,oitagte ' , i On .he 27th tilt., at Sheffield House, -.'.'' pea! , James, the wife of Dr. Lang. Chstinlng li At Barbadoes, Mr. H. T. Walker, of J O SusteX, aged 24. late l" i G SloPer' r At Boulogne, Mary, wife of the Rev. • ,- Woodhay, Berks, and Lymingtoii, fleets , .---.,,q( b 0 nit'-..---- _.--------- -----<V 0 v . ' . „.„p0 s to '. 4 London : Printed a' id Publishe d by Al u ''." 112, l b No. 112, Stran d, at The Sun. Office, litre,le' the County of DlidcUetex, Malloy/ Do°lll "%,