The Sun. — London, England, 1841-01-15 00:00:00

MORNING EDITION- SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS, 'CYRON.I THE DAILY PAIPERS OF YESTERDAY.) (From the Morning Chronicle.) "There is often a long leap from a general principle, of 'undeniable "soundness, to the partisan purpose of a day for which that principle is cited. Thus the limes very justly affirms that " the character of this country is essentially Conservative." But a marvellous distance has to be tra velled over, and, as we apprehend, insurmountable ob stacles to be encountered, between that proposition and tart reference of the Times, that Toryism will find itself in a majority at the next general election. That " the character of tli country is essentially Conservative" is a truth, and it is also a truth that the people " are Con servative, not because they prefer one set of partisans to another, but because their tendencies are to fixedness rather than to change." Neither of these facts will help the Tories. Their fraudulent assumption of the epithet " Conservative " &sea not make them in heritors of the good that belongs to the prin eip!e of conservation. The impudent adoption of a family name makes no legal conveyance of the family estate. One reason why the domination of Toryism be came intolerable, and why it never can be permanently resumed is, that its character, on this very point, is at mortal variance with the character of the English people. Toryism is anti-Conservative; its whole history is that of change ; and the necessity of progressive Reform (the real Conservatism), has arisen out of the long progression of its corruptions and abuses, Of not one national insti tution has Toryism ever proved itself a faithful and suc cessful conservator. It erilled the monar ch y b y pro mising absolutis m . I t abased popular r epresentation into mere nomination. It swamped the ancient Peerage by an inundation of political and legal adventurers. Tee spiri tual character of the Church was sunk by it into an offensive compound of worldliness and fanaticism. With law it tampered until there was no terror for the rich and no remedy for the poor. It has not been conservative even of its own concessions; but having apostatised into the enactment of Catholic Eman cipation, treated its own measure as a dead letter. And when t h e p e ople, as one man, demanded the reform, which it oppose 1, there and there only, was the real Con servative principle. The Times represents the popular feeling which obtained the Reform Act es " a siugle de termination," art isolated outbreak. This is very shallow philosophy, and a most suicidal argument. Were it so, the British would be demonstrably a most theoretical people. They would be capable of intense excite ment for a sheer abstraction. Every body knows the re verse. The Reform agitation was anything but unprac tical. In its most formidable demonstrations it neither sprung from, nor tended to any defined and coherent theory I of representation. The old system was found not to work well in the popular estimation. It accumulated grievances. Scots were bought and sold, like the cattle in Smithfield Market, and with them the ro-',,ts and interests of the community. The House -of Commons degenerated into a taxing machine, with whatever worse purposes the Minister of the day might desire to accomplish. Among the mil lions whose mighty voice enforced the passing of the Re form Act, there were none who cor.fined their views to a mere change of forms. All contemplated results. Re presentation was desired for the sake of the consequences of representation. Law that should protect, a Church that should instruct, and taxation pressing lightly and tailing fairly ; these were the ends, of Conservative cha racier as to the spirit of our institutions, to which Reformers looked, through the medium of a more equalized representa tion. They were not the idiots which the Times re presents them, regarding the means only, and resting there with out any ulterior purpose. They were true to the national character. They hoped, as they desired, that anti- Conserv:ti t:ye Toryism would be crushed by the reform. That agi tation was not, what the argument of the 7'imes requires it to have been, an irrational and singular effort, a por tentous aberration, an effect without a cause.. In the order of moral causation, it necessarily arose from the col lision between the Conservative character of the nation and the corruptions of Toryism. A wide-spread disap pointment has followed. The party resources of Toryism had been miscalculated. Its sneaking perversion of the epir:t by means of the letter of the Reform Act—its relent less hostility to the rights, instruction, and improvement of the people—its disgraceful pandering to every class prejudice acd sinister interest—aed its sordid sacri fice of the very semblance of principle to the regain ing of place and profit, had been underrated. Hence discontent with the avoliors of the Reform Act, and with their disinclination to confirm their work by such further organic charges as were needful to its practical efficiency. Hence the unnatural apathy of some; the schism of others; and the co-operetion (only for the purposes of retaliatory annoyance) of others with the anti-Conservative Tories themselves. And hence the very phenomena to a pith the Times refers, for a very dif- Lrent purpose. We mean the Tory successes in Parlia mentary and Municipal elections. They arc very easily accounted far by the foregoing statement. It could not happen otherwise. But to take them as predictive of a general and permanent support of Toryism by the nation, is building their house upon the sand with a vengeance. Let us see how the fact that " the character of this country is essentially Conservative," acts upon the Carn-law ques tion. Is it Conservation to repress the regular growth of that manufacturing system by which the nation has been enriched and aguran+z ^d ? Is it Conservation to deny work acid food to the mulLiduciinous population that is al ready brought into existence under this system? Iv it Conservation to annihilate our foreign markets, turn away our foreign customers, and play the game of cur fureign competitors? Is it Cunservation to block up the greas and on'y owlet for the increasing surplus popu laiisn of our starving agricultural labourers? Is it Con ace ration to rely, fur the nation's food, on an agriculture which in no our year grows a sufficient supply, even with all the stimulus and advantages of an inhuman mono poly ? Is it Conservation to tax the non-agricultural consumers (Jewel nine millions of pounds sterling pee an eum for no earthly purpose but to keep rents up to d o uble what th ey were a generation since, and thus enable bankrupt proprietors of land to cheat their mortgagees and plunder the public? Such policy is Tory, but it is not Conservative. And this, as we have lately shown, has now become, and will continue, the hustings' question. It will have much more to do with the next election than all the ward polling between Mr. Higgins and Mr. Wiggins fur a town" councillorship. If the Tories could take cffiee, ve would dare them to take it, and to appeal to the tyunfry,. as a Bread-Tax Administration. Even the Times • - d oss not venture to put the question on that ground. It smuggles a pretended proof of the popularity of Toryism under the false colours of a perverted word. It shill s between national Conservatism, which is one this g, and a great reality, and Tory Conservatism, which is quit^ a different thing, and a peat humbug. Will our Contemporary put the argument plainly, and then stick to it? Will he say, "the character of thin country is essentially taxed-bread eating ?" Will he prove that the English Constitution can only be nourished by taxed bread? Then there will be some basis for h s prognos tications. Short of that he only plays a plausible game with verbal counters. The first thing of which the people arc conservative is of themselves. Whigs and Tories will both find this as they come to the poll-booth. The par tisan catechism will be cut short. With the man in the Lace, to the Tiestion " What are you ?" they will answer, I hungry." Will all the word-jugglery of the Times persuade them to he conservative of hunger? and of bread tax ? (From the Morning Herabl.) Mr. Powell, surveyor to the Waterloo Bridge Company, denied, on the inquest held on the body of the unfortunate Scott, that the deceased had been hired by the Company to exhibit his dangerous tricks to a morbid, sight-hunting generation. Be it so ;we will concede that no bargain was absolutely struck between the Company and Scott— that no terms were stipulated for the show; we will allow that the Company " did not meet until the 16th instant," and that, therefore, no express engagement could be en tered into between the parties. Scott, however, " had had money made him a present by the Southwark Bridge Company, and thought it likely the Waterloo Bridge people would do the same." S uc h i n the testimony of Godfrey, Scott's landlord. Mr. Powell, howeser, would give no express consent to the ex hibi t i on : " the Company' did not meet until the I6sh i nstant, " was his peremptory rep ly. Now, what follows? Scott, with a remembrance of the hberality of the men of Southwark, has every con fidence in the gratitude of the men of Waterloo. Ile says to G idtrey, " I have a scaffold; erect it." Upon the:, Godfrey takes the scaffold o n th e b r id ge, and, in his , wen words, was never interfered with." The scaffold is put up, and stands the whole of Sunday, as most sig nificant advertisement of the doings of Scott on the suc ceeding day. Thousands saw the scaffold—thousands read the bills placarded at either end of the bridge, announcing the tricks of the diver; but somehow, the people connected with the bridge—the people employed by the Company, were so busy at the toll-places that they never beheld the preparations " over the second arch of the east side" of the structure never read the advertisements narrating the aeor o ders of the show. We really were not aware that the aneney-takers at toll places were such Areachants—such unwordly people. Henceforth, we shall have the loftiest notions of the innocence of all turnpikerroen. Let US, however, suppose that certain parties had erected a scaffold, an d w ith e ff ec ti ve i ns truments for the mischief, had ssished for a whole day to employ themselves defacing aotl injuring the bridge. Would the scaffold have been tuffered to remain, if loss, and not profit to the Company had been the result of its erection ? Let the truth be said. Were not the servants of the Company too much rapt by the prospect of an increase of pennies at the toll to con• sider, as they ought to have considered, the scaffold at the second arch? (From the Globe.) It would be difficult to fix on an instance in which gross misrepresentation has been more unblushingly persisted in than is afforded by the statements respect ing Frost and his fellow-c onv i cts, w i th which most of the Tory Papers still abound. We cannot but repeat what we have already, in everyform of language, stated, that in thn treatment of these no depart ure f rom the course Well there has been inv,.:riably pursued. No instructions were sent to the Governor of the colony respectin g them ; he was left to the ordinary regulations which be is bound to follow in all cases, and from them there is no reason to believe he has departed. It it be meant that Frost ought to have been placed in a gang of convicts working in chains upon the road, we take leave to differ fromA e opinion. To have subjected a man of his years, who had never been accustomed to muscular labour, to such work, would have been torture, to be speedily followed in such a climate by death ; and would have laid any Government which had issued such directions, or had allowed such an 0-1410 M the,char ge o f v i n di ct i ve c ruelty. Hit be there has been, in the ease of Frost, -.,- i _ ~.. c ' Or- - - - i• - #t 1 4 ( les by which the treatment of con . ..., ~ ~,, ,: aim 7govcr ..,. ~ r by any reward, in any form or _ ~.. . ,sal‘c . ;., r they tar they perform, we beg again to 0 4 ~, deny that tit* . . ecn any su c h rem i ss i on, relaxat i on, -. , of reward ; and demand of those who' venture on the 1 ' assertion that there has been, to adduce the proof. We have reason to believe that the letter which has appeared in the public papers as written by Frost, has undergone material alterations and interpolations ; especially as we have seen a letter from Frost of a very different kind, in which be states that " he and his fellow-convicts were placed on board the Mandarin in the prison dress, and suffered severely from the cold, until pieces of tarpaulin were given them, which they threw over their shoulders." 'i his certainly is at: variance with the statement that they were allowed, on reaching Port Arthur, to retain and wear part of their own clothes. We shall here close the controversy.' If there be any Member of Parliament so utterly demented as to place the slightest confidence in the reveries in which the Tory journals have e in dulged, let him move immediately on the meeting of Parliament for all the c orrespondence, and all other papers, papers, which have any relation to the matter in issue, and we will undertake to say that the motion will meet with a ready assent from the Government. (From the Courier.) There is no foreign news of any importance in the Paris Papers of Tuesday, and the principal subject of interest in domestic matters is the disgraceful at tempt of the students and other revolutionary scions of Young France to assist in an insidious attempt to insult both the Queen and Prince Albert, through the medium of a theatrical performance; to which we alluded yesterday. This choice speci men of mischievous nonsense is entitled " Il etait une fois un Roi et une Keine" (there was once a King and a Queen), but the good sense of the Go vernment prevented this exhibition, which, although intended to ridicule England and the English, would probably have been chiefly remarkable for covering its authors and all who assisted in carrying out their views, with contempt. Elsewhere we have given some inte resting particulars from the Times respecting this pre cious concoction, which appears exceedingly well calcu lated to exhibit the character of the French agitators in its true light. They appear to be precisely the men who would injure in the dark, not having the courage to give effect to their vicious imaginings in an open and direct man ner. " Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike," these French patriots, as they style themselves, seem deter mined to show to the world that they merit the con tempt of all reasonable and thinking men. The journals are of course still occupied with the Fortification Bill, in which, it appears, M. Tillers intends to propose seve ral essential changes. M. Tillers was to make his re port to the Chamber on the subject yesterday. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. -- (WEDNESDAY EVENING.) TIME S.—The sales of stock made yesterday by the ;overnment broker are now understood to have been a ortion of that invested for account of the savings -banks, )ut the proceeds it is believed are not to be for the use tf those institutions, but of the Government itself. The sales were in reality much beyond the amount at first stated, and were partly in Consuls and partly in Three per Cents. Reduced, making together about 100,0001. stock, which will be delivered, it is said, in this week. That the money is not for the savings-banks themselves is apparent from the fact that no run exists upon any of them, and that the deposits are on the increase; and hence the transaction referred to assumes greater impor tance than would otherwise belong to it, since it now becomes a financial measure of the Goverment, the extent of which is almost without limit and without control, and of which advantage may be taken to cover the deficit of the year, and to obviate the necessity of corning into the market for a loan or with a new issue of Exchequer Bills. The impression among the leading brokers is, that it is intended to continue a series of these operations, as the market may be found in a condition to bear them, and that this will be the chief reliance of the Chancelior of the Exchequer in recruiting his " ways and means" for the present year. His friends in the city even go the length of assigning some substantial reasons why this the proper course for him to pursue. They reckon, fi:st, upon the fortunate events which have occurred in Egypt, and India, and China, not only to bring aboat an , early diminution of expenditure, but to supply him, if the Chinese fulfil their engagement, with a large sum of money ; and next, they calculate that there will be a great increase of revenue in the course of the year, as our trade is manifesting great activity, and a de mand fur our manufactures is springing up in all parts of the world, so that he may not only be enabled to dispense with a loan, but to repay at the end of the year by a surplus of revenue the sum which he has raised in the manner described in the beginning of it. We give these as the sanguine speculations of a party determined to take the best view of things possible. They are not likely to have much influence upon prices, as the rise of stock to be produced by the golden prospects of the Ministry must be counteracted for a time by the continual throwing of stock upon the market for sale, which is implied by the operation alluded to. There is required evidently, in this state of things, the most careful and judicious conduct on the part of the Bank of England to give free scope to the new enterprise which has arisen among the trading interest, without encouraging overtrading and speculation. After the lessons which the Directors have lately had on the subject, and the respon sibility they are under at the present moment to perform their exact duty to the commerce of the country, it is really to be hoped that they will give to it all the encou ragement that it ought to receive, and in the manner best calculated to make that encouragement effee;ive. They have already lost more than one similar opportunity in tak. ing the alarm when they ought to have felt and to have inspired confidence, and have been punished for it by the lowest stock of bullion, taking the length of the time it has continued low, that the Bank has ever experienced. A legitimate trade, ascertained to be so, and made prosperous by well-timed advances, would soon replenish the coffers of the Bank, and prove that an alliance upon sound prin ciples between the trading interests and the " managers of the circulation" is the only real security for the prosperity of both. It appears probable, from some of the accounts from the manufacturing districts, that the great scarcity of money has placed the middle class of manufacturers, among whom industry and character usually constitute credit, under disad vantages to which they ought not to be exposed, and which tend to throw the whole business into the hands of a few large capitalists. Such men are frequently less liable to overtrading and speculation than their more wealthy com petitors, and the trade promoted through their means less subject consequently to any dangerous reaction ; yet they, in the event of any pressure, are sure to be the first to suffer. The great fault of late years in the management of banks is, that they seldom discriminate in the degrees of credit, but give all their confidence to a few persons, who are thus led on gradually to their own ruin and that of those who confide in them. We really believe, from what we have heard, that a careful inquisition into the means of credit among the middle class of manufacturers in Lan cashire and Yorkshire, and a proportionate assistance to enable them to follow out their legitimate and safe opera tions, would he at this moment one of the most useful ap plications of capital that can possibly be imagined.! Without any very great deal of business having been transacted, the English funds assumed more firmness, and a slight advance took place. PO ST.—We have bat little change to notice in the value of the public securities. The Foreign Funds were nearly stagnant the whole of the day, and, upon the close of business, both markets exhibited some depression of prices as compared with the earlier quotations. Accounts from Lima to the 16th of September have come to hand. They state that the present Government would very well sustain itself. Gamarra, the President, bad been adopting some very liberal measures, and was daily becoming more popular. The commercial regula tions of the country were on a good footing. Callao and Lima are to be connected by the construction of a rail way. Everything is, in fact, described as looking well, and it was considered that this encouraging state of affairs would Le materially assisted and upheld by the introduction of steam, the prompt intercourse that would be established between one point and another being calculated to eradicate smuggling, and put an effec tual stop to all revolutionary proceedings. The existing difficulties between Peru and Bolivia were to be settled by New Granada. Chili was going on prosperously, and it was expected that her resources would be immensely im proved by the aid of steam. Her political institutions would, moreover, there was no doubt, be greatly strength ened through the same medium. She had exported two hundred thousand bushels of wheat to Australia in the past year, and her mineral treasures would, it was certain, ren der her before long one of the richest countries in the world. " The French Minister," says a private letter from which we write, " is giving this country ( l'cru we believe is meant) a good deal of trouble. He has chal enged the Minister of Finance, and rendered private quarrel a matter of public importance. It would be a happy circumstance if we had never seen a Frenchman this side of Cape Horn." Neither of the steamers (Peru and Chili) had yet made her appearance at Lima. The whole of the population of that city was, in the interval, in anxious expectation of their arrival, Ore most extraordinary interest respecting them having been excited. It is known in London that both vessels were seen in the Straits of Magellan some time since, so that long before this they must doubtless be in active operation between Valparaiso and Lima. Major-General Sir Howard Elphinstone, begs to say that the Spectacles he has now had some time in use , have fully redeemed the assurance of the Messrs. S. and B. Solomone as to their excellence, and having found so much comfort and advantage from their use tar prefer able to every other kind of Glasses which he has been in the constant habit of making use of for a great number of y ears he, therefore, feels a pleasure in recommendinc , them to his friends. 13, Norfolk-street, Park-lane, the 6th November, 1340.—Messrs. Solomons,39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Intel, and 76, King NVil liam-street, Bank of England, state that immediately those newly. invented Spectacles aro ed before imper fect vision, every object becomes ear and distinct, and the most minute particle is se vith distinctness, so that the most aged imperfect ecomes bright and brilliant, and is b roug ht t o its yo ful, natural, and original state. Their Invisible Oper we Voice Conductor, for deaf per sons, is not the least perceptible nor more uncomfortable than having a piece of wool in its place; they give imme diate relief to old standing e xtreme cases of deafness. These val ut bl e inventions have also gained the patronage of the Royal Family, and the unqualified approbation of above four hundred of the principal members of the medi cal profession, and numerous individuals of high distinc• tion, who have been greatly benefited by their use. No connection with persons of the same name. 39, Albe marle-street, opposite the York Hotel, and 76, King Wil ham-street, Bank of England. ACCIDENTS FROM THE FROST.—NO less than eleven persons, who had met with accidents from the frost, were admitted into St. Bartholomew's Hospital on Satur day last. TIIE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15. 1811 TH.E TIDE HARBOUR. (From Patchwork, by Captain Basil Hall, IteN.) I hardly know two things more different in appear. ance than what is called a tide harbour when the sea is in, and the same harbour when the sea is out. At high-water we behold a beautiful basin, brimful, and bearing on its surface numberless vessels, all of whose masts, ropes, and sails, loosed to dry, are reflected in the mirror upon which they rest so gracefully, that we know not which to admire most—the bold originals, in all their pomp and bustle, or their inverted and soft ened representations beneath. The little boats which pass up and down, or flit across the harbour, and the ships arriving or departing, some dropping their anchor with a thundering plash into the stream, and others la boriously heaving up that ponderous mass of iron to their bows, give an endless variety to this busy scene. The cheerful voice of the seamen, singing as they work, mingling with the anxious word of command spoken by the cautious pilots, form a fitting music for the scene. Even the brawling of the noisy boatmen has its cha racteristic and stirring interest as they cross and re cross the port with hawsers, which they tic and untie, or pass along from post to post, with an address that astonishes the ignorant and delights the profes sional eye, netting the whole space over with cords, with the industry of spiders, as if their mischievous purpose were to catch and retain the ships, not to expedite their departure, or aid their entrance into the port. The adjacent wharfs and piers, at that busiest, bscause the most available, season of the tide, called emphatically the " top of high-water," are generally crowded with spectators, composed either of persons eagerly watching the arrival of long-looked-for friends, or bidding an adieu to those who arc departing ; or, finally, of that large majority of idlers, who, having no precise business any where, are attracted, unconsciously, by the inherent beauty and interest of this ever-varying scene, and who, without having either taste or knowledge enough to analyse their feelings, are yet moved by what is so essen tially picturesque, that the dullest senses are made to feel its charm. Nor is this a scene which palls on the observation, for it is scarcely possible that we shall dis cover it to be alike on any two days of the year. On one day there may be either a faint breeze or a dead calm. The vessels, in that case, drop out gently to sea with the first turn of the ebb, while others enter the harbour with the last drain of flood : each being aided by a little tiny boat, connected with its parent bark by a cord, alternately dipping in the water and jerked out of it, as the seamen, with a loud huzza, strain their backs to the oar. Or it may happen, that an entering or de parting ship is drawn along by a rope, or warp as it is called, kept as tight as a rod of iron by fifty or a hun dred hands, lining the long projecting pier, at the end of which stands the lighthouse—that lighthouse of which, in the bright blaze of sunshine, it has been sati rically remarked, we take no more note than of a friend whose assistance we require no longer, though it pro bably crosses the recollection of some of the more re flecting of the spectators, that the time has been when, in a dark and stormy night, a single glimpse of this now neglected beacon was held worth a ship-load of silver ! On such a fine day as I am supposing, dozens, or even hundreds, of ships and vessels or various sizes and des criptions, from all the mercantile nations of the earth, are seen jostling one another, dropping out, or dropping in, towing, warping, sailing, steaming, on their diffe rent courses, " a mighty maze but not without a plan." Even to inexperienced observation this appa rent mass of confusion is very pleasing ; though to such it must see sa as inexplicable and beyond control as that of the planetary movements or the vagaries of tile moon, which all admire, though few understand. When, however, there happens to be a brisk wind blowing, the scene is totally different. The elements now meet in op position, for the wind, instead of slumbering as before, and letting the silent tide have its own placid way, is roused up, and having set itself against the current, sorely puzzles, but rarely baffles entirely, the skill of the seaman. Then it is, that the talents and local knowledge of the pilots, and the hardy intrepidity of the captains come into play ; and men who, in the calm of the day before, we should not have discovered to be much above their fellows in courage or capacity, now claim their due superiority. At such moments the commander is cheerfully and even eagerly obeyed by those very men who, in the pride of ignorance and the presumption of security, were far less docile in the calm. If we watch a ship coming in we shell see the anchor all ready to let go—the cables ranged along the deck—the leadsman in the chains taking cast after cast as briskly as he can, and singing out the sound ings to the anxious pilot, as the harbour's mouth is neared. On entering it the tacks become shorter, and are made with more smartness. The helm is put down quickly, the head. sheets let fly in a moment, and about she comes. The yards spin round, ropes crack, and sails shake, as if the whole machinery of seamanship was going to pieces. As she heels to the gale, under the unrestrained leverage of the masts, the old ships creak from stem to stern, by the friction of the timbers and beams against one another, and to shore-going senses it would seem that the danger was great. But if we now take notice of the weatherwise glance of the pilot's eye, or mark the tranquil deportment of the captain by his side, or observe the cheery laugh of the dripping crew, as the waves curl or break over them, we shall under stand, although we cannot tell how, that in the midst of what seems tumult, and hazard, and difficulty, all is order and safety. Thus at moments when in our ignorance we fancy the vessel is to be driven against the reeks, or absorbed by the seas, as she gradually forces her way in or out of the harbour, we discover that the people most concerned know that all danger is past, and arc chatting, at their ease, about indif ferent matters ! Instead of a whole squadron of great ships, and a mosquito fleet of small craft, coming and going, when the weather was fine and the sea smooth, we now detect only one or two of the sturdiest class venturing to face the gale, and urged by competition or the love of gain in some of its mul tifarious shapes, determined, at all risks, to commence their voyage. Or we spy in the distance, returning to its native port, a white sail, well bleached by the al tercate sun and rain of many a tropical day. 'FO the accustomed eye it is nothing but a pleasing spot of light, relieving the black angry sky behind ; but to the anxious ken of the merchant, whose soul is afloat, it tells another story. He sees in his richly-freighted argosie in the offing the cent. per cent. of well-directed enterprise, and as his darling ship enters the port, cheered on her way by the j )yous shouts of a thousand welcomes, the grateful owner blesses his lucky stars, and as he returns the hardy captain's salute, he ap plauds his own discrimination in having selected so fitting a commander to conduct his distant adventure. The weather-beaten ship herself, dashing past like a meteor, enters the harbour before the wind, and is soon tightly lashed in security, after all her perils, by the side of her master's warehouse. Careless observers may contrast, to her disparagement, her battered ap pearance, her dirty, grass-grown sides, spliced ropes, and threadbare and many patched sails, worn thin and white by long use, with the smartly-painted hulls, the stiff and gummy canvas, the well-tarred shrouds and unstretched cordage of the departing ships. But all these, though scarcely noticed by the uninitiated, being characteristic marks of protracted hard work, are respected by all those to whom the scenes with which they are associated are familiar, and bring back a thousand hardships, as well as joys, to a sailor's mind In like manner, the well-tanned countenance of the ex perienced commander, and the iron grasp of the rope ' worn Het, are right welcome to the grateful " owner,'- who receives his officer not as a servant but as a friend,' when he leaps to the shore, and reports that ha has made a successful voyage. The anxieties of both par ties—the hazards of the voyage, the doubts, the delays, the difficulties, so painful at the moment, are so no longer, but, on the contrary, furnish topics for the most delightful converse and mutual congratulation. Such are one or two of the thousand scenes which a tide harbour, such as Leith or Dieppe, presents at high water ; but when the tide has ebbed out, a very diffe rent set of objects strike the eye. Almost all the pic turesque beauty of the spot is gone. The beautiful ovcrfl:wing basin is now a huge and almost empty trough, for the only water which can be discovered is a slender dirty stream, struggling through a meadow of mud. The shipping, instead of riding triumphantly, like " things of life," on the bosom of the sea, and casting their reflected images deep into the tide, are now flung about at random ; and, instead of point ing their tall masts to the sky, like so many Gothic spires, are inclined over at every angle to the horizon. Same are fairly laid prostrate on their beam-ends ; others thrown out of the perpendicular, like the trees of an American forest after a hurricane ; all of them seem ing more or less deranged from the naturally erect posi tion, and sticking, as if ashamed of themselves, in a bed of silt ; there, all sailorless and disconsolate, the poor ships lie, as if they were nothing but wrecks, rotting and useless, in the dirty, sledgy, impassable slime. The pretty' little boats, which an hour or two before skimmed merrily from side to side of the harbour, are now half-buried in the mud, with their noses down,their sterns up, their oars tumbled about, the rudders unship ped. The only visible things at this dead season are a few wretched, amphibious-looking personages, " mud-larks," as they are emphatically called—booted to the thigh, struggling like flies through a glue-pot, knee-deep in the silt, in the dirty hope of picking up birts of cordage, or other scraps of stores dropped from the ships. All is now silence, both on ship-board and on the shore, for as most of the vessels cannot be reached, the wearied seamen profit by the occasion and go to rest, while the process of loading and unloading is intermitted. At such/ times, too, the usual group of idle spectators, even if there were anything to look at, would be deterred from approaching the spot by the offensive vapours, which the heat of the sun sends up from the horrid accumulation of dirt in the waterless harbour. POST-OFFICE MONEY ORDERS.-.—it is not generally knovrn that the Pest-office will pay money or ders through a banker. We hear that the increase of money orders since the reduction of the fees in November last, in London, is about threefold, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, JAN. 14. Lunatic petitions and causes of no public interest ecau pied the Lord Chancellor all day. VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT, JAN. 14. ROE V. DUNKERTON AND OTHERS-THE GREAT CHEESE CAUSE. In this case a motion was this morning made on behalf of the defendants (23 in number) for the dissolution of an injuncticn granted by his Honour on the 7th instant, re straining them from advertising or exhibiting to the pub• lic a large Somersetshire cheese, the joint property of the parties to the suit, which was made and intended for her Majesty. From the press of other matter we can only give a short statement of the facts of the case, which are these :—lt appears that one of the defendants, Mr. Norris, being ac tuated by feelings of loyalty towards her Majesty, in May, 1830, suggested to several of his neighbours residing at West Pennard, in Somersetshire, a very noted dairy dis trict, and near the celebrated Cheddar, that a Cheese should be presented to her Majesty, as a mark of the loyalty and attachment on the part of the in habitants of that parish towards their youthful and beloved Sovereign, and that it should be formed by a contribution of one or more meals of the milk of all the cows kept in the pariah of West Penn; , rd. In the June following the defendants Drinkerton and Norris called upon the other farmers keeping cows in the parish, who cordially acqui esced in the suggestion. The two plaintiffs, Roo and Page, were among that number. The cheese was formed, and is considered by those who hare obtained a sight of it, to be a beautiful specimen of agricultural pro duce, and we believe has been acknowledged by those who are experienced in such matters, to be the finest that ever came out of Somersetshire. Its shape is octagonal, and measures 9 feet 4 inches in circumference, 3 feet in dia meter, and 20 inches in depth, and weighs about 11 cwt. It is ornamented by the Royal arms, and is beautifully stamped with various appropriate devices. We should state that this enormous cheese was prepared front the meals nii!lt of 737 cows—a meal being the quantity of milk obtained from a cow at one [sinking. The curiosity of every person in that part of the country being excited, and many persons wishing to see the " Royal cheese," it was agreed by the Committee that it should be exhibited, and that a box should be placed in the room, for the collection of subscriptions ; the balance of which, after defraying the expenses of making the cheese, was to he dictritiuted among the poor of the parish. Wearing apparel, bed linen, and clothing, to the amount of 271., was accerdingly bestowed upon the poor ; but the sum collected (although many farmers and gentlemen in the neighbourhood made contributions):leA having been adequate to the sum expend ed in the manufacture of this cheese and the purchasing of utensils, and so en; and as the cheese would not he ripe and in a fit state to present to her Majesty until June, 1841, it was agreed at a public- meeting of the parties interested, that it should be brought to London, arid ex hibited in the Egyptian Hell, Piccadilly, provided the consent of her Majesty for that purpose could he obtained ; but nothing was to be done to endanger the acceptance of it by her Majesty, which was always the main and paramount object in view. On the 29th December a procession was formed, and the cheese conveyed in a waggon from the village, the dairy women who had been employed in its creation joining in the procession. Beer and cider was distributed among the vil lagers, and the healths of her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the little Princess, were toasted amidst the acelatna tions of those assembled. The cheese arrived in London by the Great Western Railway on the 31st of December, and on the Ist of January was placed in the Egyptian Ile&L. The two plaintiffs, who may be considered as par ties in the concern, not ceinciding in the view that had been taken by the other parties, applied to the Vice-Chancellor for an injunction to restrain a public ex hibition, which his Honour then granted. Mr. G. RICHARDS (with whom was Mr. Andcrdon) this morning moved to dissolve the injunction. Mr. Knight Bruce and Mr. Wright opposed the motion. The VICE-CoaNeetieoe, without hearing the reply of Mr. Richards, dissolved the injunction, with costs. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, JAN. 14. ( Sittings in Banco). WATERS, EXECUTOR, V. TIIF. EARL. OF TIIANET. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved in this csse for a rule to show cause why the verdict for the plaintiff should not be set aside, and a nonsuit entered. It was an action upon two bills of exchange, brought by the endorsee against the drawer and endorser. The bills were for the sums of 465/ 13s and 658/, and were dated so far back as the 9th of August, 1802. The hills were drawn by the defendant, upon the lion. Henry Tufton, in favour of R. Nilson, and were made payable six months after date. The first and second counts were in the usual form, and the third was upon en agreement, signed by the defendant, to the effect that in consideration of Mr. R. Wilson having agreed not to sue him upon the two bills of exchange, then overdue, the defendant debarred himself from pleading the Statute of Limitations, in the event of his being sued for the same ; and he also agreed to pay the amount with le gal interest, whenever his circumstances admitted, and he was called upon. At the time the bills were drawn the de fendant had two elder brothers, Sackville, then Earl of Thanet, and Charles, and the defendant had only an al- lowanee of 5001 per annum. When Sackville died, in February, 1825, some estates came into the dsfendant's j possession, which he sold to Charles for 11,000/., and 1,600/. per annum. tie might then have been considered of ability to pay, but all doubts were removed in April, 1832, when Charles died, and the defendant came into rossession of the large estates as Earl of Thanet. The action was not commenced for more than six years after that date—namely, Nov. 1838, and the question for the i Court was, whether the cause of action did accrue within six years of the defendant being of ability to pay—who tiler a demand on the part of the plaintiff was necessary within the six years, and before the statute began to run. After citing some authorities on the subject, The COURT took time to consider its decision. HOLLAND V. CURZON. Mr. ERLE moved in this case for a rule to show cause why the verdict for th e plaintiff should not he set aside, i and a new trial had. It was an action upon a promissory note for 1,000/. made to Reynolds, who had endorsed It to Muller, by whom it had beer, indorsed to the plaintiff. The defendant pleaded that the note h a d b een g i ven f or money lost in a gambling transaction with Reynolds, who had endorsed the note to Mullar, by whom it had been passed to the plaintiff without consideration, and after notice. Ile held in his hands affidavits, which dis closed a collusion on the part of the witnesses and the plaintiff—the former had been subpoenaed, but had not ap peared, and it turned out that Reynolds was the step-son of Mullar—that Birkenshaw, another witness, was the nephew of Nlullar—that Holland :had lately taken the be nefit of the Act, when Mullar acted as assignee, and that they were colluding together to keep out of the way. Under these circumstances, he trusted that the Court would give the defendant an opportunity of bringing the ease again. s Lord D E NMAN said the statement made at the trial was certainly very suspicious, but he could not have put it off without convicting the parties of a gross m i s d emeanour , but the defendant was entitled to the rule.—Rule granted. MOFFET T V. SYDEN LIAM. Mr. KELLY moved in this case, whi c h h a d b ee n before Lord Denman at the last Guildhall sittings, and a verdict had for the plaintiff, for a rule to set as id e t h e ver di ct an d enter a nonsuit. The action was brought to recover da. mages against the defendant for n o t accept i ng a very l arge In February, of betwelB4o , t h e defendant tradedcon tot 700 and 800 chests of tea from the plaintiff , and the s ale had been made throu g h the medium of a broke r. Th e question which the Court quantity fo ofr tc tea. purchase had to decide was, whether parole ev id ence cou ld b e re ceiaed, not to explain. a variance which existed between bought and sold notes, but whether evidence of that na ture could be received to superadd what he considered an entirely new term to the contract. After entering at some length into the point of difference b e tween the notes, which consisted in not specifying the number of the break, and the time of payment for one portion of the teas sold. The COURT granted the rule. BROOKES V. INRITTY. Sir F. POLLOCK moved, in this case, for a rule to show cause why the verdict of 2001. and odd, for the plaintiff should not be set aside, and a nonsuit entered. It was an action brought by Brookes and Co, linen drapers, in the Borough, to recover the value of a quan tity of long cloths and calico sold to the defendant who had sent them to a packer's, by whom they were rejected on the ground that they were not equal to the sample pieces. The question for the Court was, whether upon the evidence given at the trial there hail been such a bar gain and sale, and such an acceptance by the defendant, as precluded him afterwards from repudiating the goods. After hearing the arguments of Counsel which were of great length, the Court was of opinion that the Jury had properly found that an absolute bargain and sale had taken place. s With respect to the evidence given by the packer, as to the discrepancy between the goods and the sample, the Court would look further into the evidence before pro nouncing its opinion. KING P. CITAPMA N. This was an action for assault and false imprisonment brought by the plaintiff, a seaman on board the ship Mermaid, against the Captain, for having flogged him, on the voyage from London to Bombay. Tho plea was that the plaintiff had conducted himself in a mutinous and disorderly manner, which justified the defendant. The Jury found a verdict for the defendant. Mr. THESIG ER now moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside, on the ground that it was against evidence. lie contended that the evidence completely negatived any charge of mutinous conduct, neglect o f duty, or inciting the crew to mutiny. Mere disorderly conduct would not justify the infliction of so severe a punishment as flogging, because any trifling breach o f discipline might he justify the de fendant in having recourse to flogging' The COURT thought there was no ground for dis turbing the verdict.—Rule refused. COURT OF COMMON PLEA S, JA.v. 14. (Sittings in Banco.) ALEXANDER V. BIRCHEIELD. The plaintiff in this case is an auctioneer, and brought this action to recover the sum of 47/., the amount of a check given to him by the defendant, in payment for two horses bought at an auction in the Horse Rep os i tory, B ar bi can . The check wa s drawn upon the b an k o f Y oung an d Co., Smithfield , on the 10th of M arc h l ast . The plaintiff at th e time made some objecti on t o rece i ve it, on account of the l a ten ess of the ho ur , i t b e i ng then nearly fi ve o'clock ; u p on which th e d e f en d ant said, according to the statement of two witnesses, th a t h e would take care i t s hould b e a ll right. The plaintiff the next day (the 11th of March) paid the check over to his own bankers, by whom it was on the next day, the 1i1;11, presented to Young and Co. at half-past nine o'clock, when these bankers had stopped payment. The defence was that the plain tiff had suffered by his own lathes in not having pre seated the check, at some time in the banking hours of the next day, as the Lord Chief Justice at the trial decided that he was bound to do, unless specially in demnified by the alleged undertaking of the defendant to make it all right. His Lordship said, moreover, that if the Jury believed the evidence of the plaintiff's son, that, after the failure of Young and Co., the bankers, the defendant said " It is fortunate I had not much money there, but tell your father, I will make it all right," they must find for the plaintiff. They did, however, find for the defendant, and the Solicitor-Ge neral now obtained a rule to show cause why a verdict should not be entered for the plaintiff. BAIL COUR7, JAN. 14. (Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) THE QUEEN AT THE PROSECUTION OF THE SKINNERS' COM- FANY V. THF. PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS. Mr. HENDERSON applied, on behalf of the Skinners' Company of the City of London, for a rule calling on the Churchwardens, Overseers, and Vestry of the parish of St. Pancras, to show cause why a mandamus should not issue, ordering them to pay 171. 55., arrears of rent due for a portion of the New-road. It appeared that when the New-road was first made, under the provisions of Act29th George 11., it was agreed that a rent of 515 s should be 29th raid to the Skinners' Company, by the trustees of the road for that portion of the road n hick ran through their estates. By the Act 10th George IV., the roads north of the me tropolis, including the New-road, were declared to be public highways, t@ be kept in repair by the respective parishes through which they passed; and it was enacted that the rent and charges payable on such roads, should also be defrayed by the respective parishes. The parish of St. Pancras had continued to pay this rent up to 1838, when they refuted, on the ground that there was no written agreement for the payme-lt of it. He contended that there was no necess;ty for any such agreement, and therefore hoped the Cout t would grant the application. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS-Take your rule. PROFITS ON THE SALE OF SOUP, WINE &c. &c. LC CKETT V. THE BANK OF ENGLAND. On Tuesday this case came before the Recorder and a special Jury in the Lord Mayor's Court. The plaintiff claimed compensation for good-will and interest in the well-known Cock Tavern, facing the late north gate of the Royal Exchange, required for improvement about to be e6ectcd by the Bank of England. The claim was 18,0941; the Baak, it was understood, had made no offer. Sir W. FOLLETT f•,r the claimant, stated that, under a cane in the Act of Parliament which gave the Corpora tion of the City of London the means to effect the exten sive improvements which wire now taking place in the City, the Bank was also empowered to require premises to be given up for the same purpose. In this case the great Corporation of the Bank of England desired the premises of Mr. Lockett, which, as the Jury must know, had been a tavern of the first resort in the City from time imme morial, and was frequented by its first merchants. Be tween the years 1827 and 1839 Mr. Lockett had expended upon the premises no less a stun than 9,1351, and why should he not be able to leave this to those who would follow him, in the same manner that he could if he had the money in his pocket ? lie did not want to part with a house which he and his father had conducted with profit for half a century; he desired to remain the possessor of it. One of the most important items of the cl.im would be the prat made by Mr. Lockett as a tavern•keeper, and he should only be able to give general evidence of its amount. There would be something ludicrous in showing how beef and calves' heads would cut up into soup, but it was the only means he had of proving it. For instance, he should call witnesses to prove that to make ten gallons of soup it required six calves' heads, 4lbs. of butter, and 6lbs of 11 ,ur. RECOUEER-What name do you give it ? Sir W. FoLLETi.--Mock turtle.—( A laugh.) Ile should take three "years upon which to form an average— the years of 1837, 1838, and 1839. In that period had been bought 6,236 calves' heads—( Loud laughter)—that would give 10 390 gallons; and there were 16 half pint basins to the gallon ; that would be 166,240 basins of soup, at Ild a basin, which was 7,6191 6d.—( Roars of blighter.) There was also another way of making mock turtle, that was with scalps, and two scalps were equal to a head. . . _ The REcoaDEtt—Two scalps make a head. —( Laughter.) Sir W. FOLLETT—It seems so, my Lord.--( A laugh.) There were 296 supplied and that would produce 245 gal lons, or 3,920 basin:.—(A laugh.) This was really ex posing the secrets of the trade, but he could not help it._ ( Laughter. ) Giblet soup would be the next head.—( A laugh.) Thirty sets of giblets would make 10 gallons of soup; 6,159 sets had been purchased; ;hat would give 2,050 gallons, 32,848 basins, at 1 ld, 1,505/ lOs Bd. (A laugh.) The RECORDER—Did you put nothing but giblets in your soup, Sir William ?—( A laugh. ) Sir W. FoLLETr—Yes, my Lord, but that's another head. He would now come to ox-tail.--( Roars of laughter.) Thirty-six tails made ten gallons ; 13,359 tails had been consumed in the three years.—( A laugh.) That would give 3,710 gallons, or 59,360 basins, at I Id, 2.7201 13s 41. Soup bouilli was next —( Renewed laughter.) Fifty lbs of brisket of beef made ten gallons. Mr. Lockett had had 9,714'b of brisket ; that would mate 194 gallons, or 11,107 basins, 1,424/ 2s 81. Gravy soup followed.—( A laugh.) 84,128 basins had been sold.— ( Laughter.) That would produce at 8d each, 2,804/ 5s 4d. The total for soup was 16,2521 lls 4d.—( Roars of laughter.) He would now come to the dinr.ers. These were charged Is 10,1 each, and the amount was 4.E66/ 94, There were other dinners where poultry were supplied, which were charged 2.3 10d ; a fowl, or such, was con sidered sufficient for two persons ; a goose for four.— ( A laugh.) The RECORDER — It used to be said a goose was too much for one, and not enough for two.—(A laugh.) Sir W. FOLLETT—The supply of fowls:had been 1,753, geese 188—( A laugh)—aad at 2s 10d a meal, would come to 603145. Pigeon pies, a small item, 45/ sa. —(A laugh.) For fiats, 325/ 13s 9d had been paid, and he was told 100 per cent. was the usual profit. The RECORDER—One hundred per cent. !—( A laugh.) Sir W. FOLLETT—HC had forgotten to mention the w i se f or the muck turtle.—( A laugh.) Two bottles were put in 10 gallons, and 177 &zeta had been thus consumed. —( A laugh.) The Learned Counsel, having stated some ' other items, said, the gross profits would be found to amount to 4,7051173 Ild. Thompson, the cook, explained how soups were made, and of what. In answer to questions put by the Recorder, he said that in busy times they sold 500 basins of soup a day— upon others from 350 to 400. If he had a bit of ham to spare he would throw it into the pea soup.—( Laughter. ) Benjamin Ming, one of the head waiters, stated that the receipts up to six o'clock were '2Ol. to 251. a day; after that the " supers" attended to the coffee-room. The Court adjourned till the following day, when Mr. Adams, a licensed victualler and guager, residing at Lam ! heti], was called to prove the extent of the trade in wine aad spirits, which he stated he had obtained from the Ex cise return. Mr. A din's stated that the gross consumption for the five and three-quarter years was—brandy, 2,928 bottles ; rum, 144 ; hollands, 162 ; French end German wines, 195 ; port, 10,472 ; sherry, 14,659 ; but from this was to be de ducted the amount of stock on the 4th of December 1840, and the average annual cost appeared to be 7201. The porter and ale supplied to the house was 7s a day, or 109/ 4s a year. Sir W. FOLLETT— And what do you estimate the profit on the wine? avis n ess—On the 3,782/ 4s expended for wine, I esti mate the profit at 3,959/ 17s. The RECORDER-3,9591. 17s. 1 That is a little more than 100/. per cent. ( Loud laughter.) Mr. Adams—lt is, my Lord. The profit on the por ter is 71 per cent. Cro , s-examined—A pipe of wine would cost, with the duty, 141. He supposed it to be kept in bottle three years. The interest of the outlay, corks, &c. would make the cost 108/. 7s. Sir W. FOLLETT—HOW many glasses arc sold from a bottle at the bar ? Mr. Adams—Fourteen, at 6d a glass, producing 7s. (A laugh.) The RECORDER—The bottles must be very large, or the glasses very small.—(Loud laughter.) Mr. Adams continued—The profit on wine sold by the glass was 121 per cent, by bottle 42 per cent. Mr. KELLY—DO the proprietors of gin-palaces make so ' much profit ? Mr. Adams—No; nor one half. The RECORDER—Row do you came to that conclusion ? Mr. Adams—l have kept one for eleven years.—( A laugh.) The RECORDER—They say that the profits of a gin-pa lace are immense. Mr. Adams—lt is a mistake, my Lord.—( A laugh.) Tho RECORDER—Why, I hare heard the profits arc so nearly calculated that what a man may leave, after toss ing the glass off, is of some amount. Mr. Furnell, an eminent accountant, was next exam. fined, and said he had examined all the tradesmen's books. He found in the three years, that 4,655/ 3s 4d was paid to the butchers ; poultry, 781/ 2s 2d ; the fishmonger, 325/ 13s 9d ; bakers, 7271 7s 3d ; hams, 1161 15s ; sauces, 361 5s ; butter and cheese, 34715 s ; green-grocery, 5041; soda-water, 301; stout, 591; and 172 dozen of wine for the mock-turtle soup, 301/ 3s Bd, making a total of 7,871/. He found 4,419 calves' heads had been sup plied, which would make 166,240 basins of soup, and, at lld each, would produce 7,619/; from scalps, 296, 1791 13s 4d. Of giblets, 6,159 pair had been supplied, and would make 32,848 basins, 1,505/ 103 8d ; ox-tails, 13,359, 2 7201 13s 4d ; brisket, 9,714ib5, for soup bouilli, 1,02412 s 8d ; soup meat, 26,2961b5, 2,80415 s 4d ; and the total amount for soup world be 14,221/ 17s sd; 48,3661b3 of meat had been supplied ; 2,127 hams ; 50,9(17 lbs of other meat, tongues, and sausages ; and allowin g one pound for each person's dinner, a t I s 101., would give 4,66619, Of poultry, a fowl or duck would dine two, a goose four. There had been supplied in the three years mentioned 1,753 fowls and ducks, 188'gcese, and 439 pigeons ; and a pigeon pie would dine four. The poultry would thus produce 603145; but as steaks were put in the pigeon pies, they were only calculated to serve three. The profit on the fish, at 100 per cent,. would be 651 i 73 61. The soda-water was charged 6d, but cost 21d. The profit on quart bottles of stout was 100 per cent, and 71 on pints. The whole money received was 20,5881 12s 8d ; and, after deductions, would leave 11,622/ 11s 10d, the balance for the three years. The net profit per annum would be 4,005/ 17s 11d. Mr. Burr—How many basins of soup hare been made in the three years ? Witness -377,568, namely : —Mock-turtle, 166,240, and from scalps, 3,920 ; giblet, 32,848; ox-tail, 59,360 ; bouilli, 31,072 ; and gravy, 84,128 basins; and one-eighth was allowed for waste, leaving net 330,372 basins.— ( A laugh.) The RECORDER—That will make 110,000 a year, 350 a day.—( Laughter.) After some other evidence, Mr. KELLY addressed the jury in reduction of the damage'. The Jury then retired for upwards of an hour, and at half-past eight returned into Court, and assessed toe da mage as follows :—Lease, 1,5001; fixtures, loss by remo val, good-will, and all other damage, s,oool—Total 6,5001, being 12,0001 less than the claim. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A big, bard-drinking Scotchman, named James Miller, was brought before Alderman WILSON, charged with having turned his wife, not only out of her bed, but out of her house, at three o'clock in the morning. The de fendant had been charged with brutal conduct to his wife upon a former occasion, and obliged to find bail. She had forgiven him for the twentieth time, but she found that he was so completely given to strong drinks, which provoked him to the use of his fists, as well as to the use of the foulest tongue that ever demanded mouey of a wife to lay out in gin, that she determined to leave her unfortunate case in the hands of the Magistracy henceforward. It appeared that Mrs. Miller was a widow in respec able business and good circumstances, when about thir teen years ago she unhappily met the hulking fellow at the bar, who just wanted the comfortable situation of husband to an independent easy woman. Her choice was objected to by her relatives and friends, and she soon found that their judgment, not having any mixture of the blind passion in it, was the more correct, for he began to exercise the authority of a lord and master in the most awful manner, soon after he did her the honour to change her name. Alderman WILSON—We have had this gentleman more than once at that bar before. Mr. Hobler said that Mr. Miller had been frequently brought before the Lord Mayor for savage conduct to his wife, who, notwithstanding his violent and drunken habits, more than once interceded for him. Alderman WILSON to Mrs. Miller—You say he turned you out of your bed and your house in this eather ? Mrs. Miller—At three o'clock in the morn ing he dragged me out of bed, and pushed me out at the door ; I was obliged to call a policeman. Alderman WILSON—What have you to say to this charge, defendant? Defendant—Why, my Lord, my good lady and I have been sleeping separate for the last six months, and I thought that was too long, so I pro posed to come to my old quarters, and that was not agreeable to her, so out she started, and 1 suppose kl.el was afraid when she saw me, but she had no occas on, far it was not her that I took hold of, but her pillow. Alderman WILSON—You must find good bail to keep tl.e peace towards her for twelve months. Mrs. Miller said that it was only two or three days ago the sureties which he had been obliged to find to keep the peace towards her had been discharged. Alderman WILSON—We shall protect you against his brutality. Defendant—l beseech you not to be so hard upon me. Her nieces arc the cause of the differ ence between us. Alderman WILSON—They don't make you drunk, and send you to turn her out of her bed and her house at three o'clock of the morning, do they? Defendant— I assure you, my Lord, I'd never do such a thing again. I'll go away to Scotland at once, if you'll discharge me. Mr?. Miller said that she was unwilling to do the man injury. All she wanted was peace. God knew she had suffered for her imprudence. Alderman WILSON—You shall not be subject to such dreadful annoyances. He must find unexceptionable bail. Defendant—l can't find bail, my Lord, and I pray you not to be so hard upon me. I'll tell you what I'll do : I'll go off this moment to Scotland, and then there can be no occasion for bail : I'll cut off at once by the steamer. Alderman WILSON—I must take care that you :lo not murder your wife before you go. Defendant—Send one of your officers with me to sec me off. I assure your Lordship that nothing shall pre vent me. Alderman WILSON-It shall entirely rest with your wife, whom you have so grossly abused. I shall remand you tiil Wednesday week. If Mrs. Miller intercede for you in the mean time, and she states that she has reasori to believe you will go to Scotland and not trou ble her again, I shall attend to any request she may make to me ; but it all depends upon her. The Defendant thanked the Alderman and looked imploringly at his wife, who appeared to be extremely grateful for the resolute tone in which protection the most complete was offered to her. Mr. Miller was then remanded. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. George Glew and George Wichficld, two fresh com plexional, tall, powerful, and remarkably fne-grown young men, evidently from the country, were placed at the bar before Mr. LONG. Police-constable, No. 54, of th^ A division, stated that between six at,d sr vent n Wednesday evening, while on du 'y in Hemming's-row, St. Martin's-lane, he ouservvd the sit fertdants walking together up and down the street, for a considerable time, and on questioning them as to what purpose they were waiting about for, they both declared that they were in a state of utter destitution, and bad not tasted food of any kind for nearly three days and nights, during which time they had been without shelter or a resting place. Seeing that they were in a very exhausted condition, witness took them to the station-house, where they were supplied with a meal and lodging for the nigh'. Defendant, Glew, said they were not begging, although starving—they were too strong, willing, and able to work, to beg, It lurthet cppeared that he was from Yorkshire, and his companion front Cheshire, and both had been at work on the Railroads till the severe weather commenced. Mr. LONG said the Police Constable had acted ex tremely right in taking them into custody. Persons must not be allowed to perish in the street. He then relieved them from out of his private purse, and directed the Police Constable to proceed with them to the Mendicity Society, with his request that their case might receive immediate attention. KILRUSH PETTY SESSIONS. " Blunt—Dull on the edge, or point." WaMer's Dictionary. CLOSE SHAVING.—Paddy O'Brien, the cut of a biped who in Ireland is generally designated " poor and hearty," seized " time by the forelock," and popped into the witness-box with the alacrity of a French Minister pouncing upon a Palmerston blunder. Paddy looked in excellent humour with himself, whoever else might have incurred his displeasure, for it was as a complainant he came forward, and Mr. and Mrs. Horrigan, after some circumlocution, were, it was ascertained, the offending parties. Whether it was that the gentleman happened to be in a sedentary mood, or, which is more probable, was conscious of his error, he begged leave to absent himself on this occasion, and deputed his "rib" to do the honours. " Where's your husband ?" asked his Worship of Mrs. H., who had countenanced as woebegone a look as she could manage to insert into a face something of the hue of the inside of a new boot, with a short snub nose— what a drill-sergeant would call " well up," and a pair of wall-eyes to match. He's lyin' down, my Lord, your Honor," returned Mrs. Horrigan," wid a grate impression on his heart intirely. I':n full sure, meself, he's in for great sick ness, if tisn't a thing the Lord puts over id—praise to his holy name !" Paddy O'Brien pursed up his mouth, and, winking his left eye twice in succession, treated himself to a pro longed fit of laughter. "I ax pardin, gintlemen ; oh, be gor 1 do," he exclaimed ; " but that bates banna ger, so it does. Well, well, but aren't they a deludin' sex ? What look I had, that wouldn't have a ready spoken woman, that way, whin I'd be in a hobble. Erra, Mrs. Hourigan, you don't forget the bar of a varse— " Lough Neagh hones, Lough Neagh hones, Goes in sticks, an' comes out stones." Eh ! warn% thins the words your husband droned out, an' he 'lapin' me countenance ?" The Bench intimated to Paddy O'Brien that it would be acceptable his going into a detail of facts. Paddy—To be sure, Sir. I'll ingage ; why not ? I wanted to biggin' the new year well, as in jeuty bound, an' Navin' a slight thremor in me hand, be rayson ov— Iycb, no matther—only why wasn't Father Matthew born 20 years ago ? Well, Sir, to shorten me story, I wint to Ned Hourigan to shave meself, an' 1 axed him to sharpen the rhazher first. " Never fear," says he, " here's a hone all the ways from Belfast that a soger gem me, 'twill give an edge that id shave a mouse asleep ;" an' wid that he repeated the rhyme consarnin' Lough Neagh, an' lathered meself, an' I'll engage scraped me to that degree that I thought 'twas an oystcrshell was thravellin' over me countenance. .. 7 . And," interrupted his Worship, " you grew impa tient at the way in which he enacted barber, and it led to an altercation between you ?" Paddy O'Brien, slapping his knees vehemently— " Well, well," he said, " be all that's good an' gracious, a body id imagine your wur c hip was t o th e fore—that wasjust the way ov id. See the state I'm in, Paddy ?' says I to Misther O'Neil, the musician ov the Garry owen steamer, "count o' this fellow pretendin' he knew how to shave me.' Well, Paddy O'Neil paused a minit, • Never pretind, Ned Hourigan,' says he, to what you don't comprehind. I reatimber a buxom young cook maid axed meself wanst, at Kilkie, iv I liked lobsther sauce. Oh, might well, Norry,' says I. • Well, then, your hand, says she, handin' me a butther boat full ov hi. To be sure I never seen the like used afore ; but I grew ashamed to confess my ignorance, so I only put the ingredients to me mouth, an' med one swig ov id, dane and clear.. Allileu ! if ever a piper ped for it I d;d. Wid respect to the company, I thought I'd never be done havin' back the thrash to the same cook. I'll be bound I was pale in the face for a fortnight afther id. Believe me, boys, ignorance is 'after than prizumpshin: Wasn't that sinsible o' Paddy O'Neil, gintlemen ?" Magistrate—Don't put yourself under Horrigan's razor again. The case is dismissed." " See that, though ?" replied poor Paddy, with a look of half comical dismay. " Well, well, the world is shavin' me. Mrs. Hourigan, pace be wid you, an' a speedy relase from that impression on his heart to your husband ; all the harm I wish him is a frosty mornin', cowld wather, an' a bad rhazbeer, whin he's in a hurry to go to confissiou."—(Great laughter.) MORNING EDITION' CORN AVERAGES GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN , For the Week ended Jan. t-, 1840, made up from the Returns '4 the inspectors in the different Cities and Lawns in England 19,' Wales, per Imperial Quarter. 10 Wheat 6ls. 9d. l Oats Barley 33s. 6d. 1 Rye AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX vrzEtis. Week ending WHEAT. I BARLEY.I OATS. 1 RYE. 1 BEANS. r YEA' ----'--. -.----- Dec. 4 59 7 32 7 22 :1 34 D. 143 (7 41 '• 1 • 11 19 ... 25 6O 13 2 421533 5 V 1 9 1,6 1 Jan. 1 8 6l 9 113 6 21 6 31 6 I 39 10 ~ 9 " IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF TIIE SIX WEP .. Wheat lO. 2d 1 oats ......... 21s. 7d. B eans 40.. :I' Barley, 323. 1 (cd. I Itye ......... ;',3s. 54. 1 Pease ...... ~.40;. V DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORIg• 61. Wheat 2 . ,. A.I. 1 O a ts Barley l3s. 10d. 1 Rye ... ...... 19 5 . th l :I ease .........11 '. • THE MARKETS-YIISTERD There were no COLONIAL MARKET. was done. Holders were. however, firm, and prices I ,ll ' public sales, and privately little business dement little variation. The art ivsls were light. TEA MARKET. There was little business done, and prices underwent no variation of moment ; the nearest quotation for Coin' pany's Congou cash was is 6id per lb. TALLOW MARKET. ; The demand for P. Y. Candle was steady,-and Pet' firm at 47s on the spot, and 47s 3d for delivery. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET. There was but a moderate supply of Hay at market 01:4 morning, owing to the sad state of the roads; consequent /I, the wholo offered met a ready sale at stiff prices. a nve f 41 to 61., Hay 31. 12s to 41. 18s, Straw 33s to 356 P' load. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS, Wheat. I Barley. Oats. i Beans. 14 04 ' ..------ , -- —,-- - , Per Quarter. s. to s. a. to . fa. to s. a. to s. s t ,, i t s, Briton Braintree 56 65 94 31 jt 6 30 38 46 140 40 IS ighton 59 78 29 36 22 26 3 9 47 33 0; . Cambridge , t Cll — 32 21 i— 33 -- - 41 Chichester.— 61.1 32 2.1 42 -44 r Dunmow 6l 03 96 36 24 30 \35 41 40 ~.. Grantham - y Grimsby 5B 00 35 39 '22 26 42 44 -- 40 Hailsham 52 62 26 32 22 29 I 46 -- Hitchin 5B CO 30 38 !:9 30 128 3! -- 45 Ipswich 55 60 30 34 24 28 139 . 40 39 p Lewes 5B 66 34 36 21 '23 131 34 34 4 0 Lynn 5l 6; 06 39 21 28 142 44 .-- „0.: Maidstone 59 66 36 39 ' 2(1 32 140 !Al ---. 44 Norwich Petworth Rumford 5l 70 28 34 ,20 28 04 90 36 4 0 Sandwich 56 07 31 41 127 34 33 45 39 9 Tnetford ..... Wisbech - .4 Witham 57 67 2 E 34 '2 5 23 36 47 36 . 0 Yarmouth 6O 65 27 31 124 31 JO 42 j 34 L. V ERPOOL CORN M tilKET.—Jan. 12 , gi WHEAT, English, White, per 70Ih. ~.. Red -- Scotch, Welch, and Manx - -- Irish, White 8 0 S 4 --------- Red 7 3 " 0 Foreign OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 45W 2 0 Ili Irish :, . a - 28 3! 38 40 3 t 42 44 40 42 44 46 48 34 4ti 33 45 3 , i 40 44 45 36 47 .+0 42 ,—Jan. 1. vs. 6t, to l U t „ 6 fl 6 0 0' ~... 610 n 0 ~•.. 8 0 c' 6 ~... 7 3 0 Forei, 7 6 J° OATS, English, ~... 2 0 j)i Irish ..., _ 3 0 f, 0 Foreign BARLEY, English, Malting, per ling. quarter 36 0 a 3 ---- Scotch and Irish, pet 60Ihs. Feeding 3 6 BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 4B 0 56 0 Irish, &e. Foreign PEASE, English, perimperial quarter 42 0 4 " Foreign FLOUR, English, per 28093. 43 0 • Irish $ OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2401bs . .. 26 3 Al INDIAN CORN, jar 48011). RYE, per.lmperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter HULL CORN MARKET White (per Quarter) s6s. 58s 6 44 ' Bed 465. 5135. f' 23 ' Foreign 46,. 5,4 5 . (Os. Malting 303. :its. 2 4 z • G r i n ding 2os. 'tis. 305. Oats, British Foreign (in bond) Beans 4os 425.45 5 Pease, Grey . 318.355. s').* Blue and White 4ps. 41s. 4., Linseed 42s. 4fs 4 85 . !!. Flour (per sack) .. --,' 445. :.0, Rapeseed per 10 quarters) —l. 261. 30 4 CHELTENHAM MARKETS. 0 1 d. g 1: Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d. Per lb. Wheat 7 0 9 0 Beef 6 .1 6 . 0 [Salley. 4 0 4 6 Mutton 0,,0 Oats 4 6 5 0 Veal , . ....... / Beans Wheat, Barley, Cease Lamb Hay 4/.104 to 51. O. Od. per ton. CANTERBURY MARKET. • •:, ' -- Wheat, white. 60s. to 685......... 01d...--..... —s. to -- red—......—.... 575. to 643..,,..,. 01d.............. —s. 0 ,5. Barley, Malting —.. 31s. to 365...... Gri nding .. —s. t°,s. Oats .--..---..--. 235. to 275. .....—.. 01.1.....—...-- —s• t° . i Beans ...—....—......—..... 35a. to t's. ........ 01d.....—....... —1 1 • t ° „ „„„s: Pease ..............--.... 425. to —5..... , Grey...... 40s, to , 0 CHELMSFORD MARKET. 2 , 2 toil Wheat, White 67 to 71 Oats 59 lied 4u . „ , Barley Cheralier ... '36 37 Beans, Tick ................ 4g .. Grinding ; • TII E WEA TH ER.—This morning we or a continuance of the thaw with all its comfortless 0 0 0 , mitants. Yesterday afternoon we had a fall of s e iff Within the twenty-four hours immediately preceding 00 o'clock, P. at., there were several remarkable changen weather. The minimum temperature in the Z 90 1;4 0 gardens, in the Regent ' s -pack, at six o'clock yeStw she morning, was at 19 deg. Fahrenheit. At Hacknelj e c thermometer at ten o'clock on Tuesday night was 33 01 yesterday morning at seven o'clock it was 28 deg lit at noon stood at 36 deg. About noon th e re was no - tiO rain, which soon afterwards turned to snow, which._ 'l n t, protected parts settled d ee p. Th e ear ly thaw , sir morning morning rendered tra ve lli ng th roug h t h e princiPo very unpleasant. The frost in the night, which 0 1. : oar severe, rendered the streets dangerous. Most of k t ";pli nibuses from the suburban districts came in wit," "„ 3 0, more extra horses. On inquiry at the Birming" a ; s o( other railway stations it was ascertained that there ,'• 0 0 , delay in the arrival of any of the trains, or the u r ifis coaches connected therewith. State of the Rive r ' fi e rain and thaw of yesterday considerably diminishee4os in the river, but there still remain vast fields of lee °. up and down with the tide, and obstructing then at a tiel to a great extent. The tiers of shipping off the l er, Custom-house, Rotherhithe, and Rateliff still remain 1 01 11 in the ice, which extends in a continuous sheet ha l f Rif across the river at those places, and during the 11:9,,i5t days has done great mischief to the craft ands 'tile Not more than ten steamers have gone up and de - b oo Pool during the last five days, and some of them worked their way along with great ditEculty.--(F ° Second Edition of Last Night.) n rtnt i d Ten convicts under sentence of transP -- o t i for various periods arrived in the river in the col/ or A the week by the ship British empire, from Quebe";" were conveyed by the Thames police on board the to t bulk at Woolwich, previous to their being ee r ., 21 . t ,00 penal settlement in New South Wales and Van Land. Their crimes were of an aggravated deseor e , two had been convicted of murder, and two of OF v sentenced to death by the Judge who tried them errs nasla, which was afterwards commuted to transPldbit for life. The other six had been found guilty of Im o" robbery, and each sentenced to fourteen years sportation - - --- 14 0 1 PLATE.—A. B. SAVORY and SONS , s ite ol i g9 f.cturin,g Silversmiths, No. 14, Cornhill, London, OPP,:,OO', Bank of England. The best wrought SILVER Si 010 and FORKS, Fiddle Pattern, 7s. 2d. per ounce. T e s *Orpo Pattern, 7s. 4d. per ounce. The following are th e i t recommended, but the articles may be had lighter or at the same price per ounce : 14 i 4 Fiddle Pattern. King's Pattern" . 0, oz. s. d. £s. d oz. 0 ..., 4 6,1. 4 114 12 Table Spoons 30 at 7 2...10 15 0 12 Table Spoons 40 at 4 40 , T )9 0 12 Dessert ditto 20 7 2... 734 12 rt ditto 26 ..,' Lol; f'( 12 Table Forks. 3) 7 2...10 15 0 • ab'c Forks 40 4i,..1 li 1.2 Dessert ditto2o 72.. 7 12 Dessertditto 26 ,', 4 , I 1 2 Gravy Spoons 10 7 2.., I 8 2 Gravy Spoons 12 ' g i,.: 7 . 10 I Soup Ladle...lo 7 .. 3-11 8 1 Soup Ladle. 12 ~10.. ;. j 4 Sauce ditto...lo 5... 316 8 4 Sauce ditto... 12 ' ot). ;!I 4 Salt Spoons (gilt strong) 1 0 0 4 Salt Spoons (strong lir' . ..' l ll 1 Fish Slice 2 10 0 1 Fish Shce ............. . ii:,' I .)1 12 Tea Spoons. 10 75316 8 12 Tel Spoons. LI ' .• s ir, 1 Pair Sugar Tongs 0 15 0 1 pair Sugar Tongs ..................... N.B. A Price current, stamped as a Newspaper, 1 . 0 to," by drawings, and containing every information re l3/1 svf ij oif purchase of silver or Sheffield plate, may be had 0 1 0 0 5 , tion, or will be s en t i n t o th e coun t r y, free of postage , / to a paid letter. ir • SIDO i PRIZE CUPS.—New and Second-hand c ss4 PRIZE CUPS are offered at very REDUCED FR- s iye#, selection may be made from a great variety, both a Patterns, at 111" T. COX SAVORY'S, . ...,,...0 Goldsmith and Watchmaker, 4 7, Cornhill (Seven v"- Gracochurch-street), London. . to 11 r Drawings of Cups will b rwarded in answer . . 1) / paid application. .. tie ° 813" It is desirable L era for Drawings should nletl o oti the size or about the price of the Cup or Cups . th" o ' igi required. - - TABLE CANDLESTICKS, superior t° 4 e o l ). &est' for durability, equal in appearance. Table nse- t biof 1,0 inches high, 7s. per pair; 9 inches high, 9s. ; 10 jo k e/ per pair; ditto, with rich shell ottntings, 9 innhe r ost4. 6 o per pair , snuffer tr a y s , ' s hell mountings and e v e" tre, 4s. each. Th articular metal of w hich t 1 great variety of er articles are made, can only. b ° ' ' silver by reference to the stamp. Catalogues grati s ' o ivie l RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxford. _O4, o'l CO ° i DIED. 'Fibs' On the 13th ult., at Norwich, Joseph F. - AG , aged 48. ~ s hil l 911: On the 18th of August last, on board her MajestY.bolt,o leaky, in the China seas, Charles Wheatley 1 "` l a te " t he s if, mate of the above named ship, (youngest son of H. Newbolt, Chief Judge at Madras. , k, P A On the 3d inst., in Albany-strcet, Regen'' S.Par Or Hammans, professor of music. On the 10th inst., Elizabeth, widow of the late Esq., late of Worcestershir 6, e, aged 70. ---- ° London : Printed and Published by 1\111111)( 1 , orso No. 112, ,titrand, at The g„„ Ogee, No. 1. 1 1 40. , I the county of Aliddietei.—Friday, J anuerY)sP . ,' I An on pa To 'ta n Dock, 22d i Ter; , !loot, 14 g, I:, Tal liv ers th at Fi nes fore Cat 44413 e, C kj 1 . 44 BIRTHS. 6 91 " On the 11th inst., at Kennington, the lady 0 . 1 ' l. o f, S' Esq., of a son On the I Ith inst., at Kensington-gravel-pits, 111;000 Callcott, of a daughter. On the 12th inst., at Whetstone, the lady of 0. D' ft' Esq 0 ., of a son. gull° i d n the 12th inst., at Dulwich-wood House, Robertson, of a son. i f of r At Broxmore-park, Wiltshire, Mrs. Bristow, w if e Bristow, Esq., of a daughter. ir MARRIED. ne c i f V; On NI inday last, at All Saints' Church, by tb4 r . A - ,81 4 '' Symons, Vicar, Mr. Henry Flucle, only son of - 10,„ l is of High-town, Hereford, pastry-cook and bak e u r ' o , ; e l Charlotte Winifred, second daughter of the ' l ' Trumper, Curate of Clifford, Herefordshire. A f the On the 19th ult., hter oat Malta, H. Unwin, Egl'' - 1 °444141 Civil Service, to Margaret Louisa, second daug if IP i' Forbes; Esq., of Ham, Surrey Itir* rsir• On the Ilth inst., at St. Mary's, Isling Banner, of Liverpool, to Ma- da ughterof t he r Y garet, 0. Sutherland, of the same place. EA' OE On the 12th inst., Moses Quixano Henriques,. too, ton, tel , maica, to Elizabeth Mazy, daughter of W. Ludding , .f.rier'