The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-21 00:00:00

EVENING SUN MONEY IVIARKET and CITY NEWS. FRoM TIM MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. ES.-e-Fr in recent incr.:Lies on the sub lee.-t, it ti t!.e quei o er. (i f duties coin the coio ceeee eee 'ee e etecli more hie- Joreint eee; iJee ne-t, the:, iL is t eing ti li e t.gifated iu :Al; her quarters than the parties wno first made their complaint, and that from being a matter affecting the interests of private indirideak, it has become one of de cided TliriOf Tylpf.ir iirf'. At first the intro duction.. ee r; neetif4ettired state, and afterward,. melting it down, was spoken of rather as a contingency of the present state of the tariff —as a fraud on the revenue that might perhaps take place in a few instances—but now it appears that there are no bounds to the injuries which the existing anomaly may inflict on the revenue. So little is done to the snear to give it the appear ance of a manufitetured article, that there is not the slightest dificulty in restoring it, so ai to be perfectly fit fbr the use of the tnanufacturers of British wines, and of tin almost endless list of trades in which sugar is employed, and in which this article, paying scarcely any duty, may be used, to the utter exclusion of that which contributes so materially to the reve nue. As for the means that have been adopted to import sugar at 7s. Gd. instead of 245. per cwt. (for such is the difference), in some instances a few almonds pieced whole in the sugar, and with out the slightest alteration in the sugar itself have been found sufficient to stamp the sugar as an article of confectionery ; in others, a black mass is produced by Thixing, sugar with charcoal, which, when the sugar is melted, rises to the surface, and can be removed immediately. The ease with which thls is effected is so great, that the practice may end almost in the consumption of foreign sugar. alone ; for the whole expense of separating the sugar from the particles of other matter is estimated at about 2s Gd. per cwt., which, added to the 7s. 6d., makes but 103 ; so that all chance of competition is taken from the employers of raw sugar, which has to pay 245. Another point is, that there is every reason to believe that foreign, and not British, c o l on i a l sugars are employed by the manufacturers of the Channel Islands, for such is the state of the law, that it seems they could import goods made from Colonial sugar free of duty altogether, so that the payment even of this small duty of 78. 6d. would seem t) imply that foreign sugar is employed. Indeed, the cheap rate at which sugar can be made in Cuba and other slave holding countries would, of itself, render it ex tremely probable that a preference to foreign -sugar would be given in the Channel Islands, above that produced in our own colonies. Viewed under these aspects, it will be seen that the question assumes a most extensive bearing; fir wit only does the adeliseion of the confectionery at low rates injure the revenue by depriving it of much of the duty on sugar, and the workmen, by giving a premium to foreign labour, but it also injures our East and West Indian posses- Lions, and holds forth an encouragement to slave labour. POST. ---The Stock Markets were generally worse to-day, and, although the quotations for taoney ace...nu:nod:l6on have not exceeded from 4 to 5 per cent. on the security of English Stock, loans were greedily accepted at the lower rate, and this to the utmost possible extent. It was reported, by way of accounting for the depres sion, that advices of ao unfavourable nature had been received from Paris, and that some fresh difficulty had arisen on the American boundary question, but no particulars upktyn either subject transpired that we are aware or. CHRONICLE.—The injurious effects of the Corn-laws epon the Money Market are power fully developed by Mr. Greg, chairman of the great meeting at Manchester, on the cotton trade, in his speech report e d i n t h e C hronicle of this day. Towards the conclusion of his address, and in the recapitulation of his reasons for be lieving that the Corn-laws are the principal cause of the prevailing distress, Mr. Greg instanced the derangement of the currency which they oc casioned, by compelling us to pay for our imports of corn in bullion. We believe that the " sliding scale," by rendering any steady trade for the supply of this market irrieracticable, was the principal reason which prevented the continental growers from taking payment of their corn in British goods. As no steady demand comes from this country, or can be depended on by the foreign merchants when orders are received in the Baltic and Me diterranean ports, the supply is inadequate, prices take an immediate start, and the cost is enhanced probably 50 per cent. ; the gold is im mediately drained off from the Bank . • the Di rectors apply th e " screw, " and bring down the price of every thing. Thus, while the price of food is doubled to the consumer, the price of the produce of his labour is depressed in an equal proportion. Then foreigners take advantage of our low prices and appear in our markets, buying at forty millions goods which ought to have been worth fifty millions. In the last few years, the price of the different kinds of foreign corn imported has been increased 16,000,0901. by the influence of the sliding-scale. The titcts adduced by Mr. Greg afford new evi dence, if such were wanting, of the falsehood of the monopolist argument, that the price of labour must fall proportionally to a fall in the price of corn. The effect of a rise in cite price of corn is to produce a fall in the price of labour. When the supply of corn in this country is deficient, the increased demand raises the price abroad, hieh must be peid for in bullion. tilat payment drains the Bank of her gold, and turns the ex vitages against this country. On the other hand, when the harvest has been abundant in this country, and the price of corn consequently .heap, there is an influx of gold from the legiti mate operations of trade, our exports exceed : , or imports, and the Bank, being relieved from any fear of pressure on her ce4rs to pay for tiod, keeps itneley easy, and an adiiional reinetity 01 it is in exchange fir cote toodities. ne.ee. ene prodaetien nee the dr. inand for labour increases ; and that demand, rising above the supply, necessarily im proves the money price of wages. If the 1 6,000,000/. taken off for the price of corn during the last few years, as a tax to maintain the rent of laud, had been DOW in the coffers of the Bank, her pusition would have been that. of unquestionable stability, and she would have been abl e t o k eep up a full currency, and greatly to alleviat e the preeeu r e of distress ; , but in stead of beta. ; atr"irs she has been strueglitre hard to keep herself from rail'i and. rifler having weathered the Payment of ten.i million and a half of quarters tor 1 841, the Directors are looking forward with renewed anxiety to meet the im portations of 184'2. SUN.—There was not maul) business done to-day in the Stock Market, and the quotations exhibited less buoy ancy. Fon present transfe r C onsols were not dealt in to-day, hot for Account they closed at 89 to 89' ex. di vidend. Exchequer Bills ranged from los. to 1 9 5 4 . rem. , and East India Bonds prem. The ReducedPThree. per Cents. brought 89,i to /1 ; and the Three -and-a-Half per Cents. 98-i to 99k. In the Foreign Market there were bargains in most ef the Stocks, but without much fluctuation in prices. The Active Spanish Securities were a shade lower, be ieg at 234 to 23 ; Portuguese New Five per C ents. realisod ; Russian Bonds improved to 114 ; m exican , vere steady at 26{ ; Colombian at 20 4 1 - ; and Per ev i„ at 14i. ; Brazilian Stock of 1839 was marked .150 ; and Chilian Bonds were 7 9 i ; Belgian touched 101 ; D an i sh, 801 ; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 51k. A. moderate business was done in the Share Market, though easier rates were accepted when sales became at all pressed. London and Birmingham Railway Shares were 75 ; the New 25 ; G reat W estern , 19 to 19 e ; the New, 9:4 ; the Gosport Junction, 61 ; and the South Western, 19i to 184 prem. ; Brighton Shares were 114 to 121 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 11 ; Midland Counties, 154; and South Eastern, 22+ discount ; A.us• trills4ia Bank Shares were 134 prem. WESTMINSTER ABBEY DESCRIBED BY A N Aster.tcsx.—There is a great nuisance connected with Westminster Abbey, growing out of the f a ct, that, through the week, one cannot get into these churches without for it, while on the Sabbath the admission fee is They therefore constitute the most important : 141a celi (II public curiosity and amusement in the city on the Lord's•dav, being sometimes thronged like a tnena gorl- When soy the admission fee is taken off, I opght to nstriet this expression, There is an ineffuble mean- Dela about the whole matter. On the Sabbath, while tw'ql• are admitted through the external portal of the Abbey without fee, a railing or iron fence, the gate of which is locked by the keeper, prevents them ffom turning either to the right or left to explor e th e curiosities o f the Cathedral, unless they pay for it, and turns them into the enclosures of the choir, where they hear Divine Service and the music gratis, end soberly go out again. But, it they are vt:llinsr to pay, they may run round the Cathedral on the Sabbath, and in time of service, if they choose, as on any oth er d ay , or at any othe r time ; and the admission fee of three pence at the portal being taken off to clear a way gratis as fAr as the choir, makes the cost of seeing the Cathedral on Sunday just three-pence sterling less than on a week day t My house shall be called a house of prayer, but r; have made it a den of thieves." It is mean erv,ah, to a great and t o wealthy nation su c h as E ng l an d , to tax the entrttnee the house of God in the week-time, gathering a pitiful revenu e at church doors, for the sight crythe inside of the buildings ; but, to contrive such an a lternating tariff Jew- of prices for t h e L ord ' s-day inclusive, j is sort of obbing business, into which, one wou ld think, the holy Mother Church Establishme n t would hardly condescend to enter.—New York Evangelist, Nov. 20. Sir James Graham had a long interview with Sir Tz. p ee l yesterday morning, at the Right lion. Baronet's residence 14 Whitehall-gardens. THE . SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1841. LAW INTELLIGENCE. S PIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THS EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—Fruud or ignorance are he only solutions the Spectator can find for our apposi i i;Ja to what it calls the " Wakefield-principle," in the Somewhat alarming practical shape which its ingenious framer has now given it! It is charitably disposed to ascribe as much as it can to ignorance ; .but even ignorance of this saving knowledge is itself something so deeply culpable as to furnish no excuse for the daring impiety of our colonial heresies. In short, there is a small knot of persons with great talents for scheming, and self-eulogy, who have been occu pied so unweariedly, for a series of years, in prais ing themselves and thei r self-supporting system of colonisation, that now, when the trial of that sys tem has proved that it is not self-supporting, and when its partisans themselves, by the pen of their Inventor-in-Chief, make a formal applica- tion to Government to support their self-sup porting system by borrowing money to set it going, on the security of its future working (a security belied by every fact of its working in the past)—the slightest demonstration of resist ance to this modest proposal transports them with such a degree of rage that they lose the coolness of players at those deep games!—and throw about charges of fraud and ignorance, as if there were no fear of awkward retorts! With out condescending to such retorts, and leaving wholly to public judgment the question on which side anything fraudulent is likely to be found, as regards these projects—we shall continue our humble, but (as we see from the Spectator's anger) not useless, efforts to dispel whatever ignorance may exist about them amongst general readers. The Spectator persists in affirming that we have misrepresented the nature of the money-borrowing operation which it is now proposed to devolve on Government — and to devolve on Government (be it ob served) for the purpose of peopling the waste lands of new colonies. Now it is very hard if we have misrepresented the nature of this pro posed loan, for we have taken the representation of it from the plain words of Mr. Wakefield him self. But we have not misrepresented it; and we defy the Spectator to show we have done so. We have, indeed, drawn a conclusion of our own from what is nowproposed—thatfurther require ments would inevitasly be pressed on the Go vernment, if once it takes the initiative as a principal in these operations; and that Govern ment, after taking the first step, would find it difficult or impossible to avoid taking every future step at the cost of the mother country. STANDARD.—The fancied divisions in the Conservative party still serve to keep awake the kind solicitude of the Opposition. It is a duty of humanity to calm, when it is in our power to do so, an anxiety so amiable and so tormenting. In the first place, then, we beg to assure our Whig- Radical friends that there is no greater amount of divisions among Conservatives, than must al ways exist among honest men of independent minds. Such divisions are inevitable, and they will generally appear greater, or rather most numerous, in proportion to the magnitude and honesty of a party; but they are not the divi sions which weaken a party, or take from its unity of character. In the second place, we would remind our Whig-Radical friends of the nature of our position, and of our divisions, which render a diversity of opinion among Con servatives a very different thing from what it was in the late Cabinet. First, of the nature of our divisions. The subjects of these divisions are said to be " the Poor-laws, Ireland, and the con troversy about Puseyism." These, if we mis take not, are subjects upon which Whig-Radi cals are at least as much divided as Conserva tives can be said to be—a great deal more divided than Conservatives have ever been. Upon the subject of the Poor-laws we imagine that the Radical and Chartist sections of the opposition have rather a stronger hostility to the new law than any of the Conservative party have ever professed—they certainly have shown their hostility in a more violent manner. But whatever may have been the difference of opinion among Conservatives upon the law in question some years ago, and how much soever they may still differ upon the merely abstract principle of the law—a question of speculation, and therefore a harmless question—we believe that as to its practical application no difference of opinion re mains. We all coincide in the opinion of Sir Robert Peel, that the law must be administered witnesses ; and he trusted that when the whole of the facts were laid before them, the Jury would find a ver dict for his client. John J. Robinson—l am master of the Argus. We anchored, on the. 27th of January, in Gravesend Reach, and on the 28th, about noon, got under way. The Polly got under way just before us. We were beat ing up the river, the Polly being more ahead, and rather on the weather-bow. There was a strong breeze. When I was in stays, on the north shore, I observed the Ves per ; her maintopsail was loose ; she was moving to wards us down the reach ; there was no one at the helm. As we drew near, about a hundred yards off, I saw the men sheeting the maintopsail home. The Polly passed a-head of the Vesper. We were on the same tack, and a little lower down the river. I found the Vesper was running over the tide about two knots an hour, as we neareeher. I hailed her to put her helm a starboard ; and if she had done that, sh•s would have passed under our stem, and gone clear. I saw a hand run aft, and put the helm to port. I saw there would be a collision, and dropt the anchor, and hove the main-yard to the mast. Their bowsprit went aboard of us abaft the foremast. There was no hailing from the Vesper. The fluke of their anchor struck us about four and a half feet below the water-line. Some of my crew called to them to lower the anchor down before we struck. Cross-examined—lt was about noon when we got under way. I was within half a mile of the Vesper when I saw her maintopsail loose. I did not hear the windlass at all, nor see any man at it. I could have worn the vessel when I hailed the Vesper, but it was not my business to do so. We had 377 tons of coal on board. At the distance of 150 yards I might have gone about, or laid the sails aback. The only thing I heard from the Captain of the Vesper was a request to haul up our topsail. - Thomas Taylor, seaman on board the Argus—When we were coming towards the Vesper, she was moving, and her maintopsail was full. We called to her to star board her helm, and to lower her anchor down. The Polly was right a-head of us, and went clear of the Vesper. There was plenty of time for her to have lowered her anchor. I heard no hailing from them that I recollect. William Smith—l was master of the Polly in January last. We were a little to windward of the Argus. When we crossed the Vesper's hawse they were heaving the anchor up, and the maintopsail Was just loosed. We cleared their jib boom. If the Vesper had continued in the same place, from the course the Argus w a s sa ili ng , there is no doubt she would have cleared her. If the ...- Vesper was drifting up with the tide there was the less likelihood of a collision. If I was in the Argus I would have held '.n my caurse. I saw the collision, and would say that the Vesper run into the Argus. Patrick Belton—l was cook and seaman on board the Argus in January last. When within two or three cables length I saw the Vesper's maintopsail full ; the stock of their anchor was two or three feet above the water. I should say she was under way going over the tide, there being a strong breeze. His evidence as to the collision was similar to that of the previous witnesses. George Wolner, seaman on board the Argus, heard his master hail the other vessel to starboard her helm. The answer was that he would not. The carpenter told them to lower their anchor, but they did not. His master hailed the vessel two or three times—nobody hailed from the Vesper. When the two ships came together they were sheeting borne the maintopsail of the Vesper. The Captain of the Vesper was then coming from the cabin companion with a cloak on his arm. William Saunderson, carpenter of the Argus, John ston, a waterman, who was going down the river at the time, John Lawrence, a waterman, Joseph Brand, a pilot, William Read, and Henry Mountford, were all examined at some length for the purpose of showing that the Vesper had way upon her down the river—that she should have starboarded her helm, and by passing under the stern of the other vessel avoided the accident. Nathaniel Middleton, one of the Surveyors of Lloyd's, knew the Vesper. She stood in list El. Her value was about 1,4001. in a more Christian manner, and look with grati tude and confidence to the determination of the Premier to keep the Commissioners tightly in hand by shortening the term of their commission. COURIER.—At the Manchester Conference, Mr. Greg, the late Member for that town, is re ported to have delivered some extraordinary facts, if facts they may be accepted, as w ith un doubting mind he evidently entertained them, for his authority, a respectable foreigner, then a resident partaking of the hospitalities of his house, is thus described :—" As the largest machine-maker and manufacturer in Europe, he has been visiting every part of the Con tinent; he has built mills in almost every part of Europe, from Naples and Salerno in the south, up as far as the borders of Russia upon the north ; he has filled them with machinery; he knows the rate of wages, the amountand cost of production, and every thing connected with it; and in the course of three days I derived a great deal of information myself; and I have no doubt the facts are new and interesting to many present. I have also had a late opportunity of 1 inquiring into the state of the cotton trade in 1 America. This large manufacturer and machine- 1 maker is a Swiss gentleman, well known to many upon the platform; and is a most intelligent man, and one who has good opportunities of ob taining extensive and accurate information." George Bailey—l surveyed the Vesper in Dec. 1839. I thought her value then about 4L 10s. per ton. In two years she would deteriorate from ss. to 10s. per ton. Mr. THESIGER addressed the Jury in reply. Lord DENMAN said the question of whether theplaintiffs were entitled to recover or not would depend upon their opinion as to whether the former had used ordinary care and caution, and that the defendant's vessel had not done so. The question of damages he would make no observa tion upon, as they had heard the evidence given with re gard to that . point. The whole question depended upon what their opinion was as to the party in fault, and whether they believed that the plaintiffs' vessel had such way upon her as would enabled her to have avoided the accident. The Jury retired, and after a short consultation, re. ,urned with a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 1,41'5/. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 20. ;Sittings in London before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury.) CRAWSHAY V. THOMPSON. WP re - quest the attention of the working classes to the dainty picture of operative comforts to be enjoyed in Austrian factories. " One fact is - curious as to the comforts of living, and as showing the cheapness of provisions which feed the people in his Austrian mills, which they sell out in messes of ten each to grown-up persons, and the price of the ten messes cooked together is four kreutzers a day, or about 441., little more than a penny farthing, for which they 'get animal food every day ; porridge in the morning, hotch-potch with meat fur dinner, and soup for the evening meal. They net all this for little more than lid. a day ; and not only , L they live on this, but live in comfort ; so this gentleman said he wiiuld not wish to live better himself than his people do." With a rate of living, as here stated, of" little more than a penny farthing" per day, or about 71d. per week, and with hours of work ranging from 16 to 18 hours per day, a fact which neither Mr. Greg nor his "intelli gent" friend by the way condescended upon, we cease to wonder that Austrian and Saxon work men out of two shillings and sixpence a week wages accumulate fortunes, and, as the veracious Dr:Bowring assures us, buy land and houses and become stately proprietors. But, if the "intelli- gent" Swi tzerspeW truth, what, we ask Mr. Greg, has the melancholy fact to do with Corn-laws? Does he, then, does the Anti-Corn-law League, really contemplate reducing English operatives to this " botch- potch" dogs' meat dietary by the abolition of Corn-laws and the grinding down of wages to the Austrian starvation standard? Why, if bread and beef were each brought down to one halfpenny per pound, the weekly living of a labourer here, on his present scale of consumption,, and with the enjoyment of other cu'toinary adjuncts ofhome arid colo nial vegetable products, would still amount to double the Austrian sum, leaving all beverage but spring water out of the question altogether. Why, there is not a dogs' meat man of this me tropolis who would contract to find the canine race at such a rate per head as these miserable Austrian boors are provisioned for. We most deeply deplore that so respectable a man as Mr. Greg confessedly is, and mad e o f f ar e th er an d better stuff than ie Manchester Orator who raised once on a memorable ti me a " d emon f rom the Thames," should lend himself to such outra assaults upon c ommon sense, and retail • poses. f t e : r ti i:s which, if good for a nyt hi ng, go to prove a vast deal too much for Anti-Cora-litw purposes. The plaintiffs and the defendants are extensive dealers in iron, and this action was brought to recover &images from the defendant for having imitated the mark by which the iron produced in the plaintiff's works was usually distinguished. The case occupied the whole of Friday and Saturday, and did not conclude until half-past seven o'clock on Monday evening. It appeared from the evidence (which had very little in it of popular interest) that the defendant had, for a great many years, marked the wrought-iron bars pro duced at his works at Merthyr Tydvil with the stamped impression of an oval, inclosing his initials W. C. His iron attained a great reputation in Turkey and in Asia Minor, where also the defendant, Alderman Thompson, M.P., had a good market for the products of his Welsh ironworks. The defendant lately, within a few years, adopted, at the desire of Eastern correspondents, an oval, inclosing the letters W. 0. ; and it was the plain tiff's present case that this device 'was a fraud, contrived for the purpose of deceiving the Turks and Asiatics into the belief that they were purchasing Crawshay's metal, when it was really Thompson's. A great number of witresses were examined as to whether it was possible that the resemblance of the marks could mislead a purchaser, and their opinions were very contradictory. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, in summing up, told the Jury it was for them to draw their own conclusions from that evidence, and from their examination of the stamps which were produced. After about an hour's deliberation the Jury found a verdict for the defendant. The case for the plaintiff was conducted by the At torney-General, with whom were Mr. Crowther and Mr. Watson. The opposite Counsel were the Solicitor-Gene ral, Mr. Sergeant Channel, and Mr. Sergeant Bompas. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec. 20. IN RE ALEXANDER LEVI NEWTON. The bankrupt in this case, against whom the fiat was issued in June last, appeared in Court on his adjourned examination. Ile had been an extensive dealer in dia. monds, carrying on business in Bury-street, St. Mary Axe, and his debts and liabilities amounted to betwt en 57,0001 and 60,0001., while the assets were estimated about 20,0001. The bankrupt underwent a long examination by Mr. Clarkson, who appeared on behalf of the assignees, rela , five to the disposal of a quantity of diamonds and jewel lery, which he had pledged with various pawnbrokers since and previous to the issuing of the fiat, and likewise respecting certain moneys which he had paid away in household expenses ; many of which items the Learned Counsel contended had not been paid, but were put down pore than once and grossly exaggerated, for the purpose of making up the amount of 8651, which he marked down in his balance sheet for the purpose of squaring his accounts. He also underwent an examination with respect to the sum of 1,7771., which he alleged to have been lent by his sister-in-law, and for which she now sought to claim against the es t te. It appeared by the examination, that he had pawned upwards of 6,0001: worth of plate with Messrs. Gandle and Co. for 3,8001., and Messrs. Glench man and Busse of Hamburgh had also taken in plate to the value of 5,0001., on which they had advanced the sum of 2,5001. payable by draft at the Hamburgh Bank. He had also pledged other valuable property, which was omitted in his accounts. The LEARNED COMMISSIONER said this was s case which called for a searching inquiry, and he should adjourn the case from day to day, as it required that he should keep the matter full in his memory. THE MASTER OUTWITTED.—At a plough ing match, which recently took place at a village within six miles of Chesterfield, the following amusing adven ture occurred :—A boy asked his master to allow him to attend it. "Oh, no," said the master, "I have plenty Of work for you at home ;" upon which the boy went quietly to work in his master's field. In the course of a short time the farmer prepared himself to attend the meeting, but thought it proper, on his way, to call and THE SOCIETY Or ANTIQUARI ES. — o n T h i see how the boy was getting on in the field. As he did the tre e _ ' the not plough exactly to his master's satisfaction, the latter day evening, Mr. Godwin, jun., drew the attention of u t r h S e . buildings, . dismounted from his nag, threw the bridle over a gate, Society to the fact, that many stones, both inside and and told the boy he would teach him to plough. He outside various ancient buildings in England, bead ea therefore commenced working and talking—supposing collar mark Similaror sy m m b a o r l i s evidently d t h o e n n F 'o r r e k ncoh r the boy was behind, paying attention to all that he said, but on arriving at the other end of the field, to his great and Mr. Godwin exhibited a series of diagrams, showin • s urprise and mortification he found the boy was gone, Redcl life. at the similarity which exists between those of the tw o countries. Gloucester Cathedral, Furness Abbey, c heet. leaving his master in charge of the animals. There was no wh other alternative for him but to take them home, ham's College, Manchester, St. Mary's, Bristol, St. Pierre, at Poitiers, in France, and the Rade- bus e . re he found the boy, in apparent indi ff erence to the gonde in the same city, were amongst the chief examples, Coiid ln u e e ss. The master severely reprimanded him for his t, and once more set off to the field of sport. The The Ambassadors froiu the Courts of Russia, b oy, , joke to the end of however, again outwitted him, having arrived there France, Prussia, Austria, and Turkey, and the Consuls before hi s h w .t i s th da l ) i , i s s — plo c t , t a g m h b a r n .d d horses , and having master,me l tttor for the prize, which he won. It of several Foreign States, met at tlic! Council-o ffi ce yes- started as a c Le-day morning, sh o rtly a f te r n i ne o ' c lock, and remained is expected that the master will not hear the last of the in deliberation several hours. t ge lust., Journal. The Kin°. (Frederick William I.) one day , Our Madrid advices , of the Bth lust contain Kind stopped a candidate of divinity in the street, and, on . little or no political intel l i gence of interest. " Govern learning that h e was a native of Berlin, told him that the ment has sent some deta o clnents of troops to various Berlin people were good for nothing. " That is the rule, points of New Castille t o act the robbers who to be sure," replied the candidate, " but I know two infest the high roads. three aged clergy- Berlin boys who are exceptions." "And who are they?" men of the Cathedral, includin edo tle Dean, had been "Your Majesty and myself," replied the candidate. arrested, and imprisoned for an iinputed o ff ence in the The King desired him to call the following day at the nomination of an ecclesiasticalA decree of the Palace, and, having reason, on further examination, to Regent has been issued for th officer.adm ad mission of Chilian be satisfied with him, he immediately gave him a living. vessels into Spanish ports on the same conditions as —Campbell's Frederick the Great. l i those of neutral Powers. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 20. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord DENMAN and a Special Jury.) SHEPHERD AND OTHERS V. ---, Mr. CRESS WELL i n con ti nuat i on f rom oar After- noon Edition of yesterday) said—His anchor was banging at the hawse•hole, and if he did not choose to take any steps to prevent the accident, he might at least have lowered down his anchor a few feet—the men being all reedit at the windlass, and the whole of the mischief would then have been avoided. He would now call his POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Yesterday Inspector Merchant, Of the City Police, waited upon Sir. Peter Laurie, by order of the. Police Commissioner, to give some explanation respecting tv:o offences committed in the Alderman's ward. Sir PETER LAURIE stated that he had received a letter from a respectable inhabitant of Noble-street, complain ing that his house had been twice burglariously entered in a fortnight with impunity, and that the police were so inattentive that property was not half so well watched now as under the old watch system. Sir Peter wished to know what information the Inspector had respecting these robberies. The Inspector stated that he had been informed of the circumstances. The premises were not broken open, but entered by a false key, and no person in the house to take care of it. Sir PETER asked how the parties had got away unde tected with their booty?—lnspector Merchant said that on one occasion all that was taken was 30s. in cash, and in the other a suit of clothes and some cotton balls. The key enabled the thief to enter in a moment. He beliered he had a clue to the thief. At these very premises the person in charge of them left one end of a bar unfastened on Saturday night. Sir PETER observed that these robberies were each committed on •the Sunday. More houses wero broken into on that day than any other in the week.—The In spector said that was because so many houses were left unprotected then. Sir PETER said, he understood the feeling of insecu rity was such, that in many pl aces th e inhabitants em ployed private watchmen.—The Inspector replied, that was the case in the very street of which Sir Peter was speaking. There was a private watchman, who was never out of the street during the whole night. UNION-HALL. Yesterday Jeremiah Ftnn and Michael Mannich were brought before Mr. Traill, charged with violently as saulting Mr. Henry Hawkins, of Elm-court, Temple, and two other gentlemen, named Hawke, by whom he was accompanied, with intent to rob them. Mr. Hawkins, whose face was disfigured owing to the violence of the attack made upon him, stated that on Saturday night, about half -past twelve o'clock, in return ing from a friend's house at Camberwell, accompanied by Mr. Hawke and his brother, they were attacked by four men. He (Mr. Hawkins) was walking arm-in arm with his two friends, when, in passing the end of Bowyer-lane, a gang of five or six men, who were going in a contrary direction, came upon them, and before he had time to distinguish the features of any of them he was struck a violent blow on the bridge of the nose, which knocked him down into the mud. While he was lying on the ground two other fellows fell upon him, with whom he had a severe struggle, during which they beat him about the body ; and he attributed their not having robbed him besides to the circumstance of his having his great coat on, which was buttoned tightly from the neck down to the lower part of the waist. He felt the hands of one of his assailants round his waist, as if he was feel ing for the pockets wherein he kept either his watch or his money. During the period occupied by the attack upon complainant, his two friends were assaulted by others of the gang, who all ran away down Bowyer-lane when an alarm was made and the police called for. Mr. Hawkins added that he subsequently went in pursuit of his assailants, and succeeded in securing Manuick, who ran up a court leading out of Bowyer-lane, where he was found concealed behind a water-butt. The other prisoner was taken into custody within a short distance of the spot where the outrage was committed. In reply to Mr. Traill, the complainant said that he was walking between his two friends at the time he was struck, and that they were going quietly along conversing when he received the blow which felled him to the ground. After some further evidence was gone into, the priso ners were remanded for further examination. THAMES POLICE. Yesterday James Reeves, a shipwright, of No. 11, Randall-street, Poplar, was brought before Mr. Bra derip, charged with committing an assault of an aggra vated and cowardly description on Sarah Ann Page, a respectable married woman, residing at No. 5, Lime house-causeway. The complainant stated that she was in Poplar about eight o'clock in the evening, and the prisoner came up to her, and in an impudent manner asked her if she knew him. She told him she did not, and he then invited her to take hold of his arm, which she refused to do, and quickened her pace for the purpose of relieving herself from the annoyance. The prisoner kept up with her, and as he went along put his arm round her waist. She begged of him to leave her alone, and said if he did not he would be sorry for it. He still continued putting his arm round her waist, and afterwards conducted himself in a most gross Manner, and tried to throw her on the ground. She remonstrated with him on the impropriety of his behaviour, and said he should suffer for having in sulted her. The defendant, on hearing this, became more violent than ever, said he would split her head open, and made use of the most abominable expressions, which she was ashamed to repeat. She struggled and got away from him, and went home and told her husband what had occurred. Her husband accompanied her to the house where the prisoner lodges, in Randall-street, and while they were knocking at the door the prisoner came home, and was given into custody. In answer to ques tions by Mr. Broderip Mrs. Page said she threatened to scratch the prisoner's face when he took liberties with her, and that the place where he assaulted her was very dark, and that he detained her ten minutes, and behaved most improperly. The prisoner, in defence, said he was very tipsy, and excited through drink. Me was very sorry for having acted as he had done. Several witnesses were called, who said they had known the defendant a long time, and knew him to be a very respectable young man. Mr. BRODERIP said, the conduct cf the defendant was not very respectable. He had been requested to dispose of the case summarily, and should do so. lie fined the defendant 4/. for the assault on Mrs. Page, and 20s. for the assault on the Police-sergeant. In default of pay ment, the defendant would be impris one d f ur two mont h s. The penalty was immediately paid. CROYDON POLICE. Three men, named Alder Bailey, and S co tt, were Adams, and S u th er l an d , ' novel circ ums t ances . Th e defendants sußnaeeerd was, that they u n l aw f u ll y char hh brought aa rrgg ee d against , b i f t o h r e t3hlee felony,ss r rooted up and destroyed a quantity of shrubs and trees, to an amount exceeding 51., and which, by an Act of Parliament of the 7th and Bth Geo. IV. is declared to be felony. Mr. G. PENFOLD attended in support of the charge, and he stated the circumstances under which the alleged offence was committed. It appeared that a gentleman named Rogers had let one of his houses at Croydon, and there being some dispute between him and the servant, the latter threatened that he would do some injury to the property, and, in pursuance of that threat, he removed all the furniture without paying any rent, covered the outside of the house and every room in it with tar, and employed the defendants to root up and destroy every tree and shrub that was in the garden, and the pre mises were then deserted, and Mr. Rogers was unable to obtain possession of them until it was given to him by two Magistrates in due form. Having discovered that the defendants were the parties who destroyed the shrubs and trees, Mr. Rogers felt it necessary to take steps to have them punished for their share in the outrage. Mr. Penfold having read the clause in the Act of Parliament, making the offence felony, said he should show that the prisoners had destroyed property much greater than the amount specified in the Act, and he should then call upon the Magistrates to commit them to take their trials. Mr. ADAMS inquired whether at the time the alleged offence was committed the tenantcy of the party in pos session had determined ? Mr. PENFomrsaid it had not, and the tenant was at the time in legal possession of the premises. The Bench said that as this was the case, they did not think the present charge could be sustained ; and although the tenant himself might be civilly liable for the damage that had been done, yet they did not think the parties who obeyed his orders could be brought within the scope of the Act in question. In answer to questions from the Bench, the defendants said they were employed by the tenant to destroy all the things in the garden, and they were told that it was to be laid out afresh, and they did not know they were doing wrong. They also said that they were employed to tar the outside of the house. Mr. Peßfold said the work of mischief was not begun until alter ten o'clock at night, and they must have known they were doing wrong. The Bench said that it was a most scandalous proceed ing, but as they did not think the charge could in law be made out against the present defendants they could not proceed any fnrther in the matter. The defendants were then discharged. SOUTHAMPTON. DEC. 19.—This town yesterday was the scene of great excitement, on account of the intended departure of three of the West India mail-steamers, the Tweed, Solway, and Clyde. Crowds of persons were on the qucy to witness the number of carts and waggons that were con tinually' arriving, filled with ship stores ; and to see also the multitude of boats plying to and from the steamers. Letter-bags were placed on board the packets for the following places, viz. :—Barbadoes, St. Lucia, Mar tinique, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Antigua, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitt's, Tortola, St. Thomas, Juan's, Porto Rico, Grand Key, Turk's Island, Hayti, St. Jago de Cuba, Belize, Havannah, St. Vincent, Grenada, Trini dad, La Guayra, Porto Cabello, Curacoa. Santa Martha, Carthagene, Jamaica, Madeira, Surinam, Demerara, Ber bice, and Tobago. As the steamers did not start precisely at the time ap pointed, they received all the letters that reached South ampton by the London day mail. A pilot took the Tweed outside the Needles last evening. The Solway and Clyde dropped down Southampton water this morn ing. The tradesmen here are overjoyed at the prospect of the immense sums of money which these mail packets will cause to be spent in the town. During the whole of Friday night last, hundreds of workmen were engaged to enable the Southampto i n tradesmen to complete orders before the departure of the vesseli. Every. vessel took in 6001. worth of live stock and eatable stores. The Tweed, Solway, and Clyde, had a considerable number of passengers on board. The Directors have caused printed rules to bo placed in the saloons of the vessels for the regulation of the behaviour of the passen gers, and the observance of which rules will be strictly enforced. No games of chance will be allowed to be played, no scenes of riot must be indulged in, and the sacredness of the Sabbath-day must not be violated. The Mail Packet Company have purchased a piece of ground on the road to Netly Abbey, of DTessrs. Buchan and Son, at an expense of nearly 13,0002, to form a dock, and to erect workshops and manufactories to repair their vessels. Mr. David Urquhart, who was domesticated in the splendid mansion of Mrs. Stuart Hall, which is situated about a mile from Southampton, on the site of the ancient Roman station Clausentum, and where he indited those terribly laughed-at philippics against Lord Palmerstdn, has not been seen here for some time. He is at present recovering himself at Torquay from his successful la bours. He attempted. to form a class of young men in this town, a short time ago, to teach them the science of diplomacy ; but his puplls, finding that the whole sci - once consisted in horror or Russia and hatred of Lord Palmerston, refused his instructions. The Duke and Duchess of Leeds havo been staying some time at the Dolphin Hotel. EXPLOSION AND FIRES IN DUNDEE. About half-past nine last night (Thursday), an alarm spread that the mill at the West Wards, Scouringburn. belonging to Messrs. Wyllie and Johnston, was on fire. which proved but too true. A great portion of the mill was destroyed, but we are happy to learn that the pre mises are Insured. - - In an incredibly short time after the fire at Wyllie and Johnston's mill was discovered, an accident of a much more serious nature occurred at the Gas works one of the tanks having exploded. The building in which the tank was placed was instantaneously levelled with the ground, the walls of it being thrown flat almost in a solid mass. Fortunately, the only part of the works in which there were any of the workmen, or any human being, was the retort-house, closely adjoining the east end of the tank ; and the consequence is that we have not to record the death of more titan two boys who were sitting in the retort-house. Seven workmen employed there escaped, with one exception, without injury, and that slight. The effect of the shock upon the adjoin ing buildings was dreadful. The Bone-mill belonging to Mr. James Anderson, immediately on the west of the Gas-work, has been severely shattered, the windows were entirely knocked in, and some of the stones in the inside of the walls have been forced out and thrown to a considerable distance. A number of the houses in the Gas Work-lane and some in Blackscroft have been unroofed. The windows of Prince's. street Chapel, and in houses as far up as the Wallace-town Church, have been smashed. In almost all the houses along Blackscroft they have met with the same fate. In many instances the window-shutters which were close') have been forced from their hinges, and even cellar-doors which were locked have been burst open. The shock of the explosion was felt all over the town, and in a great many places the gas was immediately extinguished b‘ it; and in the course of a very s h o rt tim e th e t own , w i t h the exception of those parts of it supplied from the tank at the west-end, in the immediate vicinity of the fire at Wyllie and Johnston's premises, was in darkness. The confusion over the whole town was great, some rushing to the fire at the west and others to the fire at the east end, and none knowing where the greatest injury might be done. The body of one of the boys had been got, and th _other was in the course of being dug out of the ruin!. We understand their names are Warden and Bruce. Thi fire was completely extinguished.—Dundee Advertiser. LLOYD'S SHIPPING VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The Penguin, from Bour bon to Bordeaux, Oct. 6, lat. 35 S., lon. 27 E. ; British King, Bombay to Liverpool, lat. 36 S., lon. 20 E., the Bolivar, arrived at the Cape. British ship, No. 4,697 (new supplement), Sept. 30, lat. 25 S., lon. 58 E.: Dutch ship, No. 497, Oct. 7, lat. 39 S., lon. 41 E. ; Urania, Dutch ship, off the Cape, Oct. 17, by the Catha rine, arrived at Liverpool. Spalding schooner, lat. 50 N., lon. 8 W. ; Comet, Cork to Sydney, lat. BN. ; Pampero, Liverpool to Monte Video, lat. 7 N., lon. 18 W., by the St. George, arrived at the Cape. Gratitude, Java to Cowes, Oet. 3, lat. 35 S., lon. 24 E., by the Favourite, arrived at the Cape. William Lushington, Bombay to Liverpool, Sept. 23, lat. 29 S., lon. 44 E ; Earl Clare, China to London, Sept. 28, lat. 31, lon. 34 E., by the Romeo, arrived at the Cape. Majestic (large vessel), 12th inst., lat. 50, lon. 8, by the Gazelle. arrived in the River. Challenger, Clyde to Trinidad, 18th ult., lat. 19, lon. 34, by the Kitty, arrived in th• Downs. Marquis of Huntley, Read, of London, 20th ult., off Gaspar, by the Universe, arrived at Bristol John, Bristol to Boston, 7th ult., lat. 45, lon. 38, by th e Westminster arrived a t N ew York. Cheribon, for Sin gapore, 4th u!t., lat. 2, lon. 22 ; Fortitude, Payne, Lon don to Hobart Town, 9th ult., lat. 7 N., lon. 19 W. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—Courier, Scott. from the Cape of Good llope, in the River, sailed from Table Bay 19th October, St. Helena Ist November ; Peter Proctor, Armstrong, from Van Diemen's Land, in the Downs, sailed from Launceston 7th August. Arrivals at St. Helena—A Portuguese schooner. October 26, prize to the Acorn ; Maid of Mona, 26th, from the Cape, and sailed 28th to London ; Reform, 26th, from London ; Olympe, 28th, from Bourbon, and sailed 31st to Bordeaux : Hannah, 29th, from Mauri tius, and sailed 30th to Lor.don ; Star, 30th, from Zan zibar to Salem ; London, 30th, from Sumatra to the Me diterranean ; Sons of Commerce, Mainland, 30th, from Madras, and sailed 31st to London ; Celine, 30th, from Bourbon, and sailed 31st to Bordeaux ; Apolline, 31st, from China to London ; Princess Sophia, 31st, from Ba tavia, and sailed Ist Novmber to Rotterdam ; Dyonesia Catherina, 31st, from Batavia, and sailed to Amsterdam; Gratitude, 31st, from Java to London ; Mary, Ridley, from Calcutta to London ; Lena, Nov. 1, from Calcutta to Liverpool. Arrivals in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope—Ano nyma, 7th Oct., from Portsmouth in 55 days, and sailed 12th to Bombay ; St. George, 9th, from Bristol ; liam Salthouse, 12th, from Quebec ; Plantagenet, 12th. from London ; Favourite, 12th, from Moulmein ; City of London, 13th, from London ; Margaret, 13th from Cowes ; Romeo, 15th, from Calcutta , and to sail 20th for London. Arrivals in Simon's Bay—Lord Goderich, Mills, 1s Oct., from London, and sailed 3d to Hobart Town Bolivar, from Bombay ; her Majesty's ship Conway, from China. Arrivals in Algoa Bay—Sea-gull, 26th Sept., from London, and sailed 30th to Madras ; Harlequin. Gar wood, 26th, from London ; Hero, 28th, from Table Bay ; Maid of Mona, 3d Oct., from Table Bay. Departures from Table Bay—Lady Bowden, 4th Oct., to Batavia ; Talent, 6th, to Sydney ; Amity, 6th, to London ; Transit, Bth, to Swan River ; Louisa and Couch, 9th, to Algoa Bay ; Union, 10th, to Mauritius ; Apprentice, 10th, to Algoa Bay. BARON GUNDI.ING, THE COURT FOOL. The dignity of Chamberlain was destined to experi ence the satirical humour of the King, who, in 1726, conferred the token of it, on Baron Gundling. At a full meeting of the smoking club, the appointment was deli vered to him, and the gold key fastened by the riband to his coat. Gundling was vain enough to feel highly flattered, and never went abroad without his gold key. But, as his daily course led to the wine•shop, and he frequently slept off his debauch in filthy pl ice., some officers one day, for a frolic cut off his key, and carried it to the King. Next day, when Gundling appeared at Court without his key, the King took him severely to task, and intimated that he must eipect to be treated in the same manner as a saldier who part: with his musket fo drink. In vain did Gundlins implore pardon ; the King pretend©d to be very angry, and desired him to come to him the next day. Here, in solemn conclave, a wooden key, gilt,at least a yard long, was handed to him on a wooden platter of proportionate dimensions, and fas tened by a huge blue riband to his bosom, that it might always be in his sight. He was ordered never to ap pear without this key upon pain of the royal displeasure. After he had dragged this ponderous distinction about for a week, the lost key was restored to him, and this time he had it fastened with strong wire to the skirt of his coat by a locksmith. By way of a new frolic, the King ordered an ape to be dressed exactly like Gund ling, and decorated with a chamberlain's key. At din ner be then reproved the grand master of the ceremo nies for his dissolute life, and for his youthful transgres sions, saying it was scandalous that he should turn his children adrift in the world without making any pro vision for them. Gundling would have vindicated him self, when the ape, his counterpart, was brought in and presented to him as his son, and Gundling was forced to acknowledge and embrace him, the little brute at the same time making some sharp attacks on his father's wig,"—Campbell's Frederick the Great and his Times. MURDER AT ToTNEs—Great sensation has been created here by the death of a man named Kelly, a travelling pedlar, in consequence of severe bl ows g i ven him with a poker by a woman with whom he was in the habit of travelling. At an inquest held on Friday last, at the North Star Inn, before Joseph Gribble, Esq , Coroner, the evidence elicited was to the following effect!—The deceased was at the Fairybridge Inn, in Totness, on the 20th November, in company with the woman with whom he travelled, and whose name was Sarah Baker. He was very tipsy, and after they had sat down for about half an hour, she, without any provocation at that time, seized the poker and struck him twice on the head and shoulders. The landlord interfered, and took away the poker, and she then took the fire-pan, inflicting a tremendous blow upon the middle of his back. After this she caught him by the hair of his head, and struck him twenty or thirty blows with her fist, and beat him with her shoe ; he stooped forward, leaning on his knees, and she th en ki c k e d hi m i n t h e f ace ; the landlord then again interfered, and put the deceased to bed. The prisoner, who is said to be a fine-grown and rather handsome woman, but who has the expression of a perfect virago, has been committed for trial on the charge o f wilful murder.—Sonzerset County Gazette. DISTRESS IN CARLISLE.—A requisition signed by some of the principal inhabitants of all parties, was this week presented to the Mayor, requesting him to call a public meeting on an early day, for the purpose of considering what steps can be taken to relieve the distress which prevails to a great extent amongst the poor. In compliance with this the Mayor has called a public meeting for that purpose, on Tuesday, Decem ber 21, to be held in the Town-hall, at twelve o'clock. We trust that the meeting will be well attended, and that steps will be immediately taken to give that assist ance to the poor which is essentially necessary at this inclement season of the year. A correspondent suggests the propriety of making collections in all our places of worship, so that every one may be enabled to contribute his mite.—Carlisle Journal. THE LITERARY PRIESTHOOD.—Of all priest hrods, aristocracies, governing classes, at present extant in the world, there is no class comparable for importance to that priesthool of the writers of books. This is a fact which he who runs may read, and draw inferences from. " Literature will take care of itself," answered Mr. Pitt, when applied to for some help for Burns. " Yes," an swers Mr. Southey, " it will take care of itself ; and of you too, if you do not look to it."— Thomas Carlyle. FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. A dreadful attempt at murder was made the day be fore yesterday on a female, nearly 70 years of age, who is portress of a house in the Rue des Tourneiles, in the Marais. The criminal is her son-in-law, to whom, before and since the death of her husband, she appears to have acted as a kind parent, as also to his brother, who is a soldier. Notwithstanding her kindness he was conti nually insulting; her, and reproaching her with having been wanting in attentions to his father. A few days ago the son-in-law showed her two pistols which he had bought, one of which he said was for her and the other fur himself. Next day, about noon, and when she was alone in her lodge, the murderer came down stairs, and having opened the window of the lodge, fired at her with one of two pistols which he had with him. The ball having missed the intended object, the wretch broke open the door of the lodge and rushed in, for the pur pose of murdering her with the remaining pistol. The old woman, however, with the energy of despair, seized the arm of her son-in-law, and struggled with him suc cessfully, until by her cries some of the lodgers had been attracted to the spot. These persons disarmed the ruf fian, and a guard having been sent for, he was imme diately taken before the Commissary of Police, by whom he was sent to prison. The Corresponsal of Madrid states that the robbers, who attacked the Madrid and Seville diligence, near Puerto Lapiehe, as we mentioned some days since, were seven in number, well mounted, and armed to the teeth. They spread a blanket in the road, and ordered the pas iengers to throw on it all their money and jewels. One of the travellers, whom, by his uniform, they took fur General Balboa, was placed apart, and they seemed as if they were ;;ping to shoot him immediately. One of them asked, " Who was the last general shot at Ma arid ?" The reply was, " General Leon."—" Ah," said one of the robbers, " he was more of a Carlist than the Holy Mary herself or even than Carlos V. !" He then turned to the Marquesa de Tres Palacios, sister of the unfortunate Leon, who was in mourning, and asked her if she was the general's widow. She replied that she was his sister, and begged of them not to take from her a souvenir of her brother, which she valued above all things. They agreed to leave this in her possession ; bat they took her money, and the articles which they got rum ate the Passengers were valued at a large sum. Five of the rattan carried off the articles thus stolen aeon a couple of horses, the other two kept guard over the traveller whom they mistoo.i: for General Bal- Joa. A detachment of troops at length iti;nroaching, mused the robbers to make off, leaving the passet,:ers stripped of almost every thing. Some days ago a young man, wearing a long beard, entered the residence of an old Captain of the navy in Paris, and made inquiries after a certain M. Delangie, of Jaen, a history of whose voyages the inquirer had read, ae said, with great admiration. The Captain replied hat he had no knowledge whatever of the person men ioned, and after some little difficulty got rid of his visitor. Conceiving some suspicions the Captain asked the porter of the house how the man had gained admis sion. The porter said that he had seen no one enter but a young man, who said he was going to Madame 8., .oho lived in the apartment over the Captain ; but this ady, on being applied to, said no such person had been 'o see her. Three days after, the Captain received a sum of B,ooof. in bank notes, but, recollecting the mysterious visitor, took the precaution of concealing the money among a large collection of shells in his room, instead of putting it into the secretary. Soon afterwards he went out, and after a while the hirsute young gentleman re turned to pay, as he said, another visit to Madame 8., but, in fact, picked the lock of the door of the Captain's apartment, broke open the secretary, took out the Cap- tam's epaulettes, a sum of money, and other valuables to the amount altogether of 3,000 f. From the confusion the rest of the furniture was left in there was little doubt that the thief was informed cf the Captain's receipt of the 8,000 f., and had made a minutesearch for it, but had overlooked the cabinet of shells. His enormous beard was a false one, for it was fount in the apartment, hav ing been taken off and left, to avoid the wearer's being recognised. M. Delaroche, the responsible editor of the National, has surrendered himself for the purpose of undergoing the four months' imprisonment to which he was con demned by the Court of Assize on the of October ; but on the report of two physicians as to the state of his health, he has been allowed, whilst unwell, to reside in the maison de sante of Dr. Pinel, instead of undergoing his sentence in gaol. A case of usury was brought before the Correctional Tribunal the day before yesterday, a•zl was decided by default, the accused party, named De Villars, having absconded. Among other usurious acts imputed to him it was stated that he used to lend to the most favoured of his clients at 10 per cent., but made them take some goods as part of the sum advanced—silk handkerchiefs, for example. To others he gave a considerable quan tity of beer, and to one individual a quantity of coffins, as part of their loans. In one case he had required 160 f. interest on 300 f. lent for only - 20 days, or 960 per cent. per annum. The Court adjudged him guilty, and imposed a fine of 40,000 f. M. Fevre, the Inspector-General of Ponts et Chaus sees, has just made his report of an experiment on a system of bridge building, the invention of Mr. Neville, an English_ engineer. The experiment was made on a small bridge, six metres sixty centimetres in length, and one in width, in the factory of Messrs. Bouttevillain and Brunet. Each end of this bridge, which weighs 700 kilogrammes was placed on a beam, without being se cured by masonry, or any other means. A weight of 6,000 kilogrammes, which was about 1,000 kilogrammes per superficial metre, having been placed upon the bridge, it only yielded 9 millimetres at the ends, and a kind of cart heavily laden was drawn over it without pro ducing the slightest effect upon its solidity. These trials having been made, M. Fevre, with the concurrence of several distinguished men of science who were present, pronounced them to be conclusive of the superiority of Mr. Neville's system. A trunk-maker named Leguay, in the Rue Coquilli aere, was alone in his shop the evening before last, when one of several persons who were looking at articles out side endeavoured to divert his attention, while the others were attempting to steal a portmanteau at the door. He observed their manoeuvres, and defeated them by calling out aux vole urs. The other man tried to make off with a trunk, but he followed him, when just as he was about to seize him, the villain drew a dagger, and stabbed him in several places. Leguay relinquished his hold and fell, but the assassin was secured by other persons. His vic tim is not dead, but is in great danger. A new mode of raising the wind has just been brought into action. A man with a pipe in his mouth, selecting as his victim any respectable looking person in a crowd-, ed street, contrives to jostle against him and drop his pipe, which breaks into pieces. The gentleman naturally asks pardon. " You are very polite," replies the smoker, " but that does not mend my pipe, and I have not a sou to buy another." This has been tried many times lately, and has never failed to produce much more than the value of the pipe anti the tobacco it contained. The Breton of Nantes states that a young French tra veller, M. Rochet d'Hericourt, is about to attempt a journey completely across Africa, in the torrid zone, like M. Caille. The responsible editor and the chief editor of the Journal de l'Eure were tried on Monday before the Court of Assizes, at Evreux, for two articles in that paper, pub lished on the 14th and 16th of September, and which were incriminated as attacking the principle of the King's administrative irresponsibility an d th e f orm o f th e do• vernment. The Advocate General made a long an,l la boured requisitory, in which he dwelt on the danger of the doctrines contained in the articles in question. M. Jules Favre pleaded in defence, and observed that, for ten years, this Journal had never been suhjected to a political prosecution. The Jury, after an hour's deli beration, brought in a verdict of acquittal for both the accused ; and the President had some difficulty in re pressing the exclamations of approbation which arose among the auditory. A few nights since a man entered the guard-house at the Barriere des Martyrs, and asked permission to warm himself, pretending to be a police-officer, but on being questioned could produce no proofs of his quality. Sus picions being thus created, he was searched, and found to have about him two loaded pistols, - a small packet of gunpowder, thirteen buckshots, a bullet cut into quarters, two chevalieres made of hair, a small pocket-book con taining three letters, a knife, and a small piece of black ribbon. He was detained till the morning, and then taken before the Mayor of' Montmartre, to whom he de clared that his name was Monnoyeur, his age 25, that he lived with his uncle, a boot-maker, in the Rue de Richelieu. Being transferred to the Prefecture, lie was committed to take his trial for carrying prohibited arms, and male his appearance yesterday before the Correc tional Tribunal upon this charge. On being interrogated he replied that he carried the pistols with the intent of shooting himself, and entered the guard. house because lie wished to defer the attempt till the morning. As to his motives, he affirmel that he was unhappy in his family, weary of being a burthen upon his uncle, and wished to die. He was sentenced to imprisonment for six clays. The King has promoted to be Officers of the Legion of Honour Messrs. Dufrenoy and Elie de Beaumont, on their terminating the General Geological Map of France, a work of the highest interest and value to the scientific world. The Sleek states that the Military School of Saint- Cyr has been much disturbed lately by the violent mani festations of displeasure expressed by the great body of the pupils at some favours bestowed upon a pupil who the son of one of the superior officers. A pupil, who had the rank of corporal, has been broken, and four others have been expelled. We find the following in the Toulonnais : —“The widow of General Allard, the favourite of the King of Lahore, was the daughter of a nabob vanquished by the General, and at the death of her father was only ten years old. The General took charge of her education, and when of suitable age married her, and had several children by her. She and her family came with the General to France, and settled at St. Tropez, where he wished the children to be educated, leaving them all be hind him when he returned to Lahore and died. The children have all been brought up in the Roman Ca tholic religion, into which, however, their mother has never been admitted. She has lately been very desirous of being baptised, and made every preparation of her mind under due instruction. Having expressed a wish that the King and Qxr•en should be her sponsors, their Majesties readily concoted, and nominated the Prefect of the Var and Mine. Tessiere to be their proxies. The ceremony is to take place shortly, preparatory to which the august godrather and godmother sent a handsome snuff-box, with the King's cypher in diamonds, for M. Tessiere, and a necklace of the same valuable materials for his lady. With these was another box sealed to be delivered to Mine. Allard when the ceremony was com pleted, and which was believed to contain a cross richly set in brilliants, to be worn by her as an emblem of the faith she had adopted. The King, i n acknow ledgment of the services rendered to France by the late General when in India, promised to be the protector of his children, and has thus given a proof of his bene- EVENIING SUN volence towards them and; dal. tura, the intimate fried of ti. 'e brave Allard, and i. 'ir mother. General Vol' Ventura, his brother, affairs of the deceased. will lioth be pt sent at the bap . tism of his wid6w." w boy h as h, 'on to India to settle the Count A. de Brignole,. with the a vcrnment, and under the patronage of Ar;miral , V v erbu t ,, e ; the Duke de Luynes, tile Bishops of Henn. 's B n l l-, 3n. " - ' f o ur and other distinguished. personages, has l'ounci"" schools for boys ()f . indir.ent parents, intemied for the pi,--cobation of Go; navy and merchant service, who will be bolu'ded an properly educated, until they are qualified 'to g 0 t° sea ' and are appointed to ships. Tim Directors have an odic! for Paris, at No. 28, Rue Basso du Rempart. For 20019 paid by a subscriber, a boy may be admitted into this school, boarded, and educated, tili he is lit for sea. s The price of bread for the remainder of the month I fixed at 34 centimes the kilogramme. DREADFUL DEATH OF A FEMAL E FROM STARVATION. Yesterby a lengthened inquiry was proceede d wit h rn before Mr. T. IViikley, M.P., Coroner for the w este Division of Middlesex, and a respectable Jury , i " ti , s . 1 Board-room of alielseaWorkhouse, Arthur-street, road, Chelsea, into the circumstances attendant u pon tg death of Maria 11fansficld, aged 32 years, who died in die above Workhouse On Thursday last. Mary Ann 111 lie sn deposed that she was one of the nurses in Chelsea Wo-Ithouse. On Wednesday, tie 1 5 _f 1 l inst., the deceased was :e.ought into that Worlihonse , was delivered into wi trit ss't-i charge from the Casualty ward. Witness gav e the .(leceasee, whom she hail lie"r seen before, by order of the e;.?et' root every half hour, and sat up with her during Le k night. Deceased was in a most miserable and we i l a state, and one of her legs had a bad sore. De k e, ea ' to ' when carried to witness's moat w.as hardly aw e b p s put on her, she exclaimed, speak, but after she was washed, aod clean cl',""; another nurse in the house, on seeing the dee eP t a asked her if she had not slept there about a week gl en which the deceased replied in the affirmaii ve ; ; ; D `'d tbr coh, 7 o " ; itu n c i . t. ) . N e - i . n: Mrs. Fox asked her why she had not betbre aPP"„s hick an order for admission into the workhouse, "; ed she replied that she had don e so , b u t h a d been ~reitle t by Mr. Newsom. the reli ev i ng o ffi cer . Deceased (galley say why Mr. N ew s om h a d re f use d h er , n or did sh e r : s o4 when or where he h a d s o d one . D ecease d's feet we- r to cold as ice all ni g ht, an d w it ness a ppli e d hot wg te i is them, but c ou ld ge t no warmt h i n t h em . Deee eset the course of th e n i g ht sa id s h e s h ou ld n ot _troublle 3 r , - ! on' long, and di e d a b ou t h a lf- past one o ' c l oc k on , t bu t ie - - d ay a r t ,,:noon. The doctor on W e dnesday n g"' he sired witness to watch deceased during the night, e;,,tl did not believe she would live till morning. D ee :i t t i er made no complaint to witness against any on e, did she complain of having suffered from want e at ta~ se d The Rev. Wm. Jay, curate of Upper Chelsea, ( 1 '4 0 ,4 4 that on Wednesday last, between twelve and on e `,'„, t he while visiting in the neighbourhood, he first se 'il e s• deceased sitting on a eligir in a yard in the Boys/. hen pital-row, Chelsea, with several poor persons rounaviset. who stated that she was dying from cold a nd h t o g Witness immediately inquired if she had had ao i t given her, ar.d found she ha 4 had some l ' rend „ ) ;e • instantly got the first conveyance be eocild wn s had her brought to that workhouse, )where i s h b e r immediately admitted. The persons arel.'"" "„id he peared to be strangers to her, but when wittlf eg 7 1 0 would send her to the workhouse, they said it -,. ( e fasea of no use, as she had been there before and bee° , Ni admission. Deceased appeared too ill to speak. Robert Hall Adcock, porter at the workhouse, ed that the deceased had two or three time been ad e) for a night's lodging, but he never knew her to APPsed. for an order of admission and be refused. Deal had told him she belonged to Newington parish. p air Mr. Newsom, the relieving-officer ; John Sisd e z e a sons' per, who attends the applicants for relief ; and that, the ter of the workhouse, swore most positi - .6 1 Y t " w ork' deceased never applied for admission into th e ,.„ n tlt. house nor had been refused either directly or John Webb, a miserable-looking man, re 6 `, l- „T th e Lawrance-yard, Jews-row, Chelsea, deposA t ' t. ,,f the deceased had for three months slept on the stairs aped house where he resided, where she had nightly off her bonnet and sat down. She had nothing t ° fl i e rs sist on but half-a-pint of beer and a bit of brea d, woo persons sometimes gave her. Deceased told he o r p ir, sons of the house that she belonged to Newing te bat rish, and that she had applied for relief at Chel see lk 0 had been refused, and having a bad leg could n ot wo w ga far as Newington. He had tried to persuade he! ii her into the workhouse, and when he offered to go sv, t . t or, she refused the offer. He had never seen her in i t i l t of and he had no doubt that she had died from the wa proper food. rota - The Jury, after cons u lti ng together, then re-,eoci no verdict, " Th a t th e d ecease d di e d f r om want of ' 1 ,. ) the common neces sar i es o f lif e , and without ttle the part of the parochial authorities of Chelsea. THE M ARKJTS. F f ir' the 4111 t h e •vit-tr,pl' , 4l 14 t 80. PILLE the highes• e of .•, i I.r.af. Gucci Bred may be had 3 COAL L 0 2: • Walls End Lambton •••'"'•• lO Wahs End Pemberton .••••_•_ 9 0 : Walls v Wa a Walls End EEn. dd Nsvtc Russell's i,w, ta rv,e,i. : - 1 . ....c .. ............. l 3 0 South l'elton . .... • 0 Walls End Caradfte .......... Wal Is En • Casso.• ............. Walls Etid Hartlepool ••••*" 0 Walls End Kelloe ... , ........ • 0 „ Tennant's Hartlepool Walls End Adel • Ide ..... j i Walls En.l arrington Tee 6 Wails End Barrett .......»••' iv 0 Walls End Coundon IEI Walls Et d Evenwood ••••" 10 5 W .11s End Gordon •••" Walls E , 1 Sevny).4r Tee 1 .. 0 Walls End Tee. Hett ° " ... Wal s F. d 'leer Pialls End West Te o ............ ti Blvth.) ......................... . 6 Hartley• Howar d -4 Netherte Ships arrived sin c e • d. Adair's Bell, Robson & Co. Hartley 1. 0 Chester Main ..... 16 Lioly well Mall lB 4 - New "Canfield M00r... Ord's Redheugh l5 Original windsor's Pontop 17 3 Ravensworth West Hartley 15 Town:ey ...., 15 6 West Hartley ......... Walls E d Bewie- . e and C s4s Walls End Brown's Walls End Clennell Walls End Josforth Walls End Hedlcy lO : 3 Walls End Hilda Walls End Killingworth ... 18 6 Walis End Newmarch .... 17 9 Wails End N , .r. hu ,berla d 19 • Walls End Perkins.... ..... Waits End Ramsey W Praddyll'slletto.! 22 0 Walls End Grange lB 6 Walls End Haswell. ... 21 9 Walls End Hetton 22 4, A RKET. • last marlet day, A COUNTRY CORNII%.I s. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Per Quarter.' s. to s. S. to s. a. to s. 5 . to 46 Carlisle 5B 73 46 Hexham 160 10 36 St? 3 2 S -- 4 0 3: Morpeth 54 4:4 N 35 1 a 2 38 49 Pen nth 64 33 22 -- 4 7 Sg Sheffield — 66 27 3° , 1 " s. Winchest r 44 66 27 32 i() 26 40 c t sol 41. Per Bushel. s.d. s.d. s.d. sd.a. d. 1.41- s• d . "a 00 , 0 Carmarthen 70 81. 00 40 00 ‘, 53, p° at 0 1 3owbriage `" 601 4 " twansea 76 86 40 44 26 30 5 10 0 Per 8011. I '1 0 9 0 101 Barnardcastl 16 0 0 0 8 9 9 0 4 0 7 4 9 6 1; 1 .." 9 5 11. Durham 130 166 6 9 0 9 69 0 0 i„,'" ‘ r ; 1 4 0 Richmond 126 18 100 11 0 60 74 tOO ; Stockton 15 0196 9 0 9 i 6 0 700 0 11 .I ,' DR. ,' • DR. DICKSON'S FALLACIES OF I. " a- , frO CULTY.—This work (we quote the revie w of IL d an d Tait's Magazine) " has at last been fairly Poi,lpporc abused into fame." It must be ratifying to lir.l/-iittie to know that a French translation of volume will appear in Paris early next m onth, t 1""" 110 title of " Erreurs de Medicins." German and J-t 6 ,„a translations are also in progress. Messrs. SimP kir . l ,-.. o f Marshall, the London publishers of the " the Faculty," will supply the trifle and the Pub lic the foreign editions as they tome out. his aclinirali,r-tbe SILVER WATCHES. ci,ronc r E. J. DENT, by special appointment, ,iio,pesl meter and Watchmaker to the Queen, and his 1 - 1 15 ) 61 "0. 13 ' Prince Albert, offers an extensive assortment of 11°v:1.11'10g° Watches at 41. 14s. 6d., each From their great „at, over those of the vertical description in performance, 'll)4le ance, and flatness, he recommends them for ladies or g r d i a ls men's wear. They have elegant en2raved or plain s ' l i v e e 0,, 61 and cases, and the movements are jewelled in four hn De pt , the performance guaranteed. An abstract from M r ;-. 1 „00 0 " Lectures on the Constrwltion and Mana : ement of bl meters, Watches, and Clocks, may be bad gratuitou J customers, or to the public, price ls t ~a 82, itVg• *— GOLD WA t.HES, LONDON - -- co ob i" ' A. B. SAVORY ai.o ONS, Watchmakers, No. 9, r O O a London, opposite tl., anki of England, submit for sell t , of very large STOCK f , GOLD WATCHES, the of which are made and n ished under the careful ins o r.• experienced workme• .n the i r own premises, and ea c h '' ranted for correct pet!t, mance. S FOR LADIES. Fine Vertical Watch jewelled, in engine-turned 10 10 0 gold cases and gold ,t iis, warranted............ .• Fine Vertical Watche7 jewelled, with double backed engine-turne gold cases and gold dials, 12 12 warranted ........................................ Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four 0 hole., with double-ba - -.ked gold cases and gald 1 4 dials, warranted ......... SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN. . Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled is four holes, seconds, and double-backed Oil cases, aIS • warranted Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled 0 in six holes, seconds, double-backed gold cases 17 17 and enamel dials, warranted Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled 0 in sot holes, seconds, double-backed gold cases ni 0 and gold dials, warranted ............... Either of the Gentlemen's Watches may be I,l '_l4 o ' hunting cages for 31. 3s. each extra. N. 13. See ) " Watches purchased in exchange. RIR7IIS place, 0 0 0 n n o t t I . the e e ae 13318to,htnthh.i i n s t., lI S t3V , at th N e i vk c , e if . e ll o l f rs iir T . . H ß . il ß il o i : o vl u i s n e a: o ° ; ;Iri' ,huff' on the 19thA k t he lady of J. W. Harrison, Esq.,, „,tber, the of re a c;tatuhgeh• Rev.er. James re , in in s s t t ., , at Cambridge terrace, 113ue.par , of a daughter. . MARRIRD. On the 9th inst. the British Ebasq, Fl o rence, C'—dnardrig, Pellew Alainwaring, , at Esq. st , elde son of m Captain R. Mai n lijeco R. N., of Whitrore-hall and Biddolph, St afford, to Cat widow of the late D. Trant, Esq. ti ters On the 16th i ns t , at Sidtnth, Devon, Williarn Chant E5q.,111.D., (l a t e surgeon East India n avy), of IlfrarombNr. Georgina F rances Do&ley FLunstead. e.dest daughter ui D.Fiamstead, Esq., of Little Hallam, Nottinghamshire. Coffee-house, DIED. iilr' ilb - t h h o e u r e, th c o o f ek D s e p c u e r m -s b tr e t r ,e , tll,larsieJdoshsn. Element, of the - -1. On the 15th inst., in Norris'-street, Ann, Charles Bale, 1 1 d ') q., or A hemarle-street, age t 4.. • , • 114,10 On the 2d inst ,at Freeman's C 1 'll W i''" -court, orn it , Michael Russell. . . , e ke, On the 16th inst., at Boul M J Whtte,o ogne-sur- ur. J . Esq., late I • ' lnspecting Surgeon of Hospitals. I ' h 11 0 ' e' On the 17th inst John Hasl ch, Esq., eldest son of t— e ',, J. Haslneh, Kentish-town, aged 27. onbi , On the 17th inst. at Dumfries, Captain John Polls relict of till' hi lt/ R.N., late of Spring field, Cumberlaud. „.......!--of , :_-..--:---------„„ —,'sG, London : Printed and Published by MURDO Y ()t- ' ci in No. 112. Stran ~ at The Alt Offiee, No. 1 It , St" "' ' the County of filiddlesex, Tuesday, December 21, 1841 bt•utbe !N r ;',T l ( t ht eel '4 O inr T HAI or the tort]