The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-07 00:00:00

EVENING SUN PUBLIC MEETING IN SOUTH WARK. In parsurnce of a requisition addressed to the High Bailiff of Southwark, by a number of inhabitant house holders, a public meeting was held yesterday at the Town-hall, for the purpose of taking into consideration the intolerable state of distress that at present existed throughout the country. The hall was completely filled. At one o'clock precisely John Holmes, Esq., the High Bailiff of the town and borough of Southwark, took the chair, and stated thAt he had called the present meeting in consequence of WIT quisition which had been addressed to hint, numerously and respectably signed. He trusted that the resolutions which they meant to propose would be, ofd character to reflect credit on themselves, and pro motFthe great objects they had in view. —(Cheers.) - The requisition having been read by the Town Clerk, Mr. is Woon, M.P., said that he had been invited by the requisition to attend the meeting. He understood that they meant to propose an address to the Queen on the subject of the present distress, and as one of the mem bers for the borough he would undoubtedly give them all the assistance in his power in relation to this subject. He also understood that there was another petition to be proposed to the meeting, but he could net pledge himself to support the prayer of it, not knowing its contents.—(Cheers.) Mr. BLACILBIORE rose to propose the first resolution. In the first place, he must congratulate them on the High Bailiff taking the chair at a meeting of the working classes. He hoped such conduct would long be remem bered by the working men. Let them but unite with the middle glass, arid they might bid defiance to all the efforts of the aristocracy.—(Cheers.) They had nothing to hope from the aristocracy. They had only to look to Liie way in which the deputation from Paisley had been treated to be c2pvinced that they must trust to them selves for a reme - d y. The distress in that town was ex treme, yet, whey the deputation waited on a Noble Duke for Mc purpose of having the matter brought before her Majesty, that individual refused to receive them. — (Cries of " Shame !") The feeling of the people of Southwark was now aroused, and they were now setting an example to every other part of the country. There was not one of the working men that did not feel the evil effects of the Corn-laws, yet they all knew that if the working men had had a voice in the Government, these things would never have taken place.—(Cheers.) He hoped the cry begun in Southwark would be raised in every other part of the country, and that the Queen's Ministers would be compelled to alter those laws under which the nation was at present suffering.—(Cheers.) Every working man had the same feelings as an aristo crat, and was equally anxious to provide for his family. There were now eight millions of working men who, ab staining altogether from intoxicating liquors, were anxious and willing to improve the condition of their children, by training - them up in those habits of sobriety which con.: duced so much to the comfort of the working man. very encouragement, therefore, ought to be given him to continue in this path, and nothing could so much tend to this as to afford him a cheap and plentiful supply of food. He begged, therefore, to propose the resolution which he had before read.—(Cheers.) Mr. KILLICH seconded the motion. Mr. SPURR spoke in support of the resolution, from a conviction that the distress was not local in its character, but general, and not only general in reference to the nation, but felt by all classes of society throughout the empire. He believed that the distress was to be attri buted to the cause mentioned in the resolution—to no thing less than to class legislation.—(Cheers.) Would the repeal of the Corn-laws remove the distress P--(Cries of" Yes, yes," drowned in loud shouts of " No.") They might repeal the Corn-law, but its repeal, unaccom panied by other measures, would injure the working classes.—(Cheers and cries of "No.") That law was passed by a House of Commons composed nearly of the same classes as the present. If they ever hoped, then, to see the law repealed, they must be able to send men into the House willing to do justice to all without in jury to any.—(Cheers.) The distress was no doubt to be attributed to class legislation, and the present Corn law was only one of the evils of that system of Go eernment. Front the time of George I. to that of tleorge 111., dewing the reign of the thr ee G eor g es, no less than 9,000,000 . acres, of waste, land, on which . the people had been accustomed to f ee d th e i r geese an d pigs, had been taken from them by Enclosure Acts. This was another of the evils of dais legislation. Thou sands had been thrown out of employment by the intro duction of machinery, and the cry of a repeal of the Corn-laws had been raised because it was said it would give employment to and better the wages of the working elastics, but as the wages were regulated by the demand for labour the effect of a repeal of the Corn-laws Would rather be to reduce the wages than otherwise, inasmuch as a great portion of the people thrown out of employ ment in the agricrlt tral districts would flock to the ma nufacturing towns in search of employment.—(Cries of 'o, no," and " Yes, yes.") A Parliament elec'ed by Uni ver,al Suffrage would reduce the hours of labour, and atihrd the working men time for the cultivation of their minds. Gentlemen might raise subscriptions to relieve the distress, but the working classes did not seek charity. They wished for justice.—(Cheers.) The time was com ing whan all opposition would give -way. Let them, then, not swerve, but stand to theirpr:neiples-the Char ter and no surrender.—(Great cheers.) For these reasons he begged to support the res{flution.—(Chcers.) Theresolutioli was then put, and unanimously agreed to. Mr.APSI.nr. PELLy“, ir. moving the adoption of the address to her Maksty, said that, although he could nut ,th e length which the meeting seemed inclined to go in the work of retin'nt, he hoped they would not re fuse his assistance and that of others merely on the groiand.: that they did not go the full length of the Chartists—(Uproar, and cries of" Yes.") In his opinion, class legislation had entailed injuries on the country, which-required a speedy remedy. Ile would not go into details. on this head, but would only ref e r to St urges Bourne's Act, as a proof of the inju s stice of class legisla tion. By that Act, the right_of voting was proportioned entirely to a mars property, and lau. it a proprietor might vote at the election - of guardians for the poor by merely sending his proxies. He b,-1i ved that if the working- classes had had a I:tir share in the Government such things would not have occurred ; but though he was in favour of an extension of the Parliamentary suffrage, he could not go to the extent of universal suf frage.—(Groans.) He was .satisfied that they ought. to ha ve either household suffrage or (Shouts of disap probation and great uproar, amid which Mr. Spurr stAipell forward, and entreated them to give the gentle man a patient hearing. Let them hear what his argu ments were.] He was of opinion that they ought to have either household suffrage or some educational test of a person's fitness for exercising the franchise. He was willing to concede much for the sake of unanimity. He said so at their last meeting, and he was there to redeem his pledge. lie was quite willing to lend his assistance to ferward some inquiry into the distress which now over whelmed the country, and to point out the nature of it, since they could nor agree as to its cause. Ile agreed with a principle which he found laid down in the intro duction to Blackstone 's Commentaries, " that the written law rinds fiR no other reason than because it, is approved of by the judgment of the people." If ail written laws had passed in that spirit he verily believed that the Corn-laws woul i never have existed. Locke held that when the Legisl tore betrayed its trust, the people had the pow,.r of altering its Constitution. He agreed in opinirm with those Ivritars. There were many in stances in history of changes made of such a nature ; but at the same time he thought it was the duty of every one to petition in a constitutional manner. He had another quotation which he wished to bring to their notice. nontesquieu observed, that if the Constitution perishes it will be whenNer the legislative power be comes more corrupt that the executive. He really he lievenl they were in that condition at present. lie be lieved that there was no instance in country in which the the history of any right to vote was so basely pur chased as it was in England during the last election. If they had a virtuas Parliament they wo u ld have a virtu ous people, but it requ i red a virtuous people to make a virtuous Parliament. L et them look, therefore, ook, therefore, to the education of their children. There were Sunday schools —(Laughter)—and he would be glad to see other schools to which the children of the wor k ing f classes reerr c e o d uld to b : sent to be educated. The spe a k er then pamphlet entitled, " Clerical Conformi ty, by the Rev. J. Specieer, M.A., Curate of Hinton, near ilatie" in support eof his v l ow s of the w hue on Church Reform, and on an equal this distri butioalth of the Church. If adopted the fund arising, ther efrom would enablewtehree people of England to ablflish all Church -rates, all Poor rates, together with all compulsory charity. The writer of the pamphlet also stated that he was fa voura b le to an extended Suffrage, and the Vote by Ballet.—(cheers.) In all these points he agreed with the writer, because he knewthat thry could not have a reform in th e S tat e without heaving a reform in the C hurch . It was with seem rektotance that he gave his consent to the Con. eluding paragraph of the address, but in order to secure ananimity lie would stretch a point and move its adop tion ifithout any amendment. He begged to m ove, therefore, that the following address be presented to her Majesty : The address was then read by the Town Clerk, as follows : " May it please pur Majesty— " That we, your Majesty's subjects, inhabitants of the borough of Southwark, having taken into consideration the distressed state of the country, beg to approach . your Majesty for the purpose of bringing before your Majesty our opinion of the cause of such distress. " We beg to finite your Majesty that there are in all parts of the count-'thousands of industrious persons who cap scarcely obtain a sufficiency of food to support their eitstence, and that many are dying from the want of the common necessaries of life. Th a t the distress is not con fined to one portion of the community or to one branch of trade, but that the trad esmen , th e sma ll agr i cu l tur i s t s , and manufacturers are alike on the brink of ruin. " That by an unjust system of legislation laws have heen enacted which luvre produced this state of affairs. That by the operation of the Corn awl other restrictive laws, the trade, manufacture; and commerce of this country have been gradually declining away, until many of the manufacturers have been compelled to close their workshops. Thousands of quarters of wheat have rotted in the bonded stores whilst the people have been starving. " This state of things, we are of opinion, would not have happened had the people been fully and fairly repre sented in tile Commons House of Parliament. "We therefore humbly pray your Majesty, with a view to the immediate relief of your Majesty's suffering people, to instruct your Majesty's Ministers Immediately to convoke the Parliament, and to convey to it your Ma jesty's sracious wish that the corn and provision laws should be at once taken into consideration, with a view to their repeal. " We al;o humbly pray your Majesty to instruct your Majesty's at the same time Ministers to introduce into the Commons !louse of Parliament a bill for the enact ment of the principles contained in the People's Charter." 1)r. BEDFORD said he was glad to say that meeting had given the lie to its opponent s , f or it was proved that no aid from the police was neces sary. —(Cheers.) It was • a peaceable and quiet meeting, creditable to the working men. He fur one was not disposed to shake a rod at the Government, but he would ask what would become of the army and navy if all the working men with hungry bellies were to declare that they would have justice ? (Loud cheers.) If it had not been for the press, what would they have known of the disgraceful conduct of the Duke of Wellington in reference to the Paisley deputation ?—(Groans and hisses.) The same press would now diffuse to the whole country that South wark had had a large meeting, and a quiet meeting—a meeting that needed no aid nor overlooking from the police.—(Hear, hear.) He confessed he could not go the entire length to which some present were disposed to go, add he had had some difficulty, especially with the last clause of the address, but be had waived his scruples. After deprecating all disunion and differences of opinion among Reformers, Dr. Bedford pr,oceeded to say that distress was unquestionably attributable to class legisla tion.—(Hear, hear.) While that existed, there would be no remedy for the evils. With respect to Universal Suffrage, he believed that property would always have a certain weight in society, and if Universal Suffrage were adopted to-morrow, property would have the sway. — (No, no.) Let him not be misunderstood ; by that he meant to say that property would have a sufficient pre ponderance to counter-balance any evils that might arise from Universal Suffrage.—(Cheers.) Mr. PARKER (a working man) said the gratitude of the meeting was particularly due to their revered and vene rated High Bailiff, who presided over them that day. Much had been said about the extravagance that had been ex hibited by the Chartists at various public meetings, but he would take occasion to say, that that extravagance, if such it was to be called, was exactly similar to that which was exhibited by the middle classes at the time the Reform Bill was in progress. They had met there with the view of bettering their condition.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He, for one, stood before them an evidence of the evil effect of the want of political power, for he was a journeyman tailor, who in vain had sought for employ ment. There were 15,000 journeymen tailors, of whom there were 9,000 out of employ, and 6,000 in par tial employ ' • and the result was, that the 9,000 were continually knocking at the doors of the 6,000, and en deavouring to gain the work. They (the working men did not want the 'property already acquired by others, but they wanted a fair protection for their own labour. He, as a working man, indignantly repelled the insinua tion that they wished to grasp the property of others— (Cheers)—it was true they wished to acquire property of their own to maintain, educate, and clothe their chil dren, but they had no design of spoliation.—(Hear, hear.) All they desired was equal privileges with other classes.—(Cheers.) Mr. WiLsorr was glad to see that differences of opinion had been merged. He was convinced that all the points of the Charter were good and necessary ; but, as they never could get half a dozen men to think exactly alike on all the details of any one subject, those minor points ought not to be absolutely insisted upon. Mr. RIDLEY proceeded to say that he agreed with the address as far as it went, and gave an account of the distress existing among the people as it had fallen under his own eye while traversing the counties of Essex and Sussex. It had been said, and propagated widely too, that the country was over-populated. No such thing. There was enough of land to maintain five times the population. The speaker then proceeded to condemn the system of large farms, and contended, as we un derstood, that if the land were divided in allotments of five or six acres, the occupiers would be far happier. If the Charter were the law of the land, these things would be remedied. If that were the case the working men would not seek to become aristocrats or non-producers, but laws would be passed that would give a man a living from his labour, and then capitalists would find it to their interest to go hand in hand with their m e n. All the miseries and suf- 1 ferings endured by working men were produced by class leei slation. The legislators were aristocrats, and was it to be supposed they would make laws to injure them yselves ?—(Hear, hear.) Look at the increase of gaols and poor-houses ! In 1792 there were but forty-three pri soni in the country, and now there were from 140 to 150. —(Hear, hear.) There was no hope for the people until the Charter should become the law of the land. The HIGH BAILIFF then put the Address, which he declared to be carried unanimously. It was proposed by Mr. SPURR, that as the Address contained a request that the Queen would be pleased to summon Parliament immediately, it would be necessary to forward the Address immediately through the Secre tary of State, and a resolution was carried that the High Bailiff do present the Address to the Secretary of State to be placed in the hands of her Majesty. Mr. MAYNARD (a Chartist) then rose to move the adoption of " the national petition," which he read at length. (The formidable extent of this document precludes its admission into our columns.) After reading the peti tion Mr. Maynard begged to move its adoption, and that the Members for the borough b 3 requested to present the same to the House of Commons. Mr. JEANS :ieconded the motion. Mr. ITEAnNE:was_announced..to speak amid much up roar and cries of "No secretary to the Corn-law League." When silence was obtained, he said he rose to submit a petition somewhat different from that proposed, in many of the points of which he could not agree. It was as serte l in that petition that Prince Albert had an allowance of 10.:1 per diem, when the fact was that it was only 21.—(Great uproar.) Again be asked why it was they had not mentioned the - salary of the Queen Dowager, who received upwards of 271 every day. Was there an alliance between the Chartists and the Tories, that the salary of this lady had not been mentioned in the petition ?. After stating the several points which he ob jected to in The - national petition, he, amid much confu sion, proposel a petition, whiCh stated that the distress was to be ascribed to the Corn and other restrictive laws, and praying that the Charter might become the law of the land. The adoption of the amended petition was then put to the meeting, bnt only four hands were held up in its favour. The National Petition was then pat and carried by a great majority. Oa the motion that the Members for the borough be requested to support the prayer of the National Petition, Alderman IltrwitEßY said that be could not agree to such a motion, for though he approved of some parts eat the petition, there. were other parts of it which he could not approve of.—(Groans and interruption.) He had waited until every person had spoken, and they ought to hear what he had got to say. He said that there were allegations in thee petition which were not true—(Great uproar)—one of which was that certain men had been tried by packed juries. He did not believe they had been so tried.—(oe, oh.) The juries in this country were pure.—(Renewed groans.) He would . like to ask any ‘vorking man whether he would not rather be tried by a jury chosen from the aristocracy than one chosen from his own class —(" No, no.") The petition prayed for the repeal of the Union with Ireland—(hear, hear) —to that he could not consent.—(Uproar continued.) ile had lived long enough to remember the anarchy which had been caused in the time of the French Revo lution— A Voice in the Meeting—By what? Alderman liumrnEny—By the - same system which the Chartists of the present day sought to establish.— (Grnana and hisses.) Mr. SPURR begged the meeting to be quirt. " Be," said he, " still as death." Aldermen lIUMPIIERY —lf they had the Charter it Nvoitld not be long before they were as still as death.— (Uproar.) Much confusion here ensued ; the Chartists per. isted in drowning the lion. Gentleman's voice by screechings and h ow li ngs o f t h e most var i e d desc ription. Amidst the din we understood him to contend against the principle of the division of laid into small allot ments. Suppose, said he, the land were divided as you require into small portions of five or six acres to each person. Well, each man marries, begets children, say five or six, or seven ; these children have an equal right, each and every one of them, to an allotment as *ell as the sire. Suppose, then, it were admitted that five or six acres would support a family in comfort, how would the subsequent subdivision among the children answer the same purpose ? What would then be the condition of the children, and of their children ?—(hear, hear, and Chartist yells.) Among other absurdities it had been objected that eight millions of waste land had, during the reigns of the Georges, been taken into cul tivation for the benefit of the people.—(Great uproar, and cries of "No, no !" during which Mr. Spurr denied that that had been his argument. The greatest part, he said, remained uncultivated, and much of that which was in cultivation was compulsorily worked by the paupers in the union workhouses, at the command of gentlemen and noble lords.) But he (Mr. Alderman Humphery) wanted to know how much of that land had actually been thrown into profitable cultivation. Why, eight millions of acres had been cultivat , sd for the benefit of' the people.—(" Prove it, prove it.") It' the small al lotment system were carried into effect, not three months Would elapse before large .farms would again exist:— — (Tremendous uproar.) He would exhort them to go home and reflect, and would recommend those who could read to read their Bibles.--(The confusion here baffles all description ; yells, execrations, whistlings, and hoot ings, conte n d e d for pre-eminence of discord, and effec tually ar k s 7 v h en e t g 2r t e h fo e r l e l r o e_r n t . l..red.) Member from continuing his Amidst th e confusion' Mr. MAYNARD withdrew his re solution that the members ‘: be requested to support the prayer of the petition," and requested substtuted a motion that The din that prevailed' Mr. Wood only at t est t e h d e to give it his support. ting prevented us f rom vouching con f c e l r us t io h n e of a th ceur e a m ey ee o t- f an in that ess tr anspired. concluded at abo u t a quarter TYthheinbgus past five. STIANCE.A _ --,—.. EXTRAORDINARY CIRCH N zt ri i a e t rurred on the Some. . adjoining Mr. o k uz fe la e ds were gular instance of the voracity of th e • b f the one in the subsiding of the flood from the footpath Oldham's mill, a few days since. engaged in play, and dabbling with their naked waters overflowing the banks of the Lean), wahpeinke ofe about juvenile party was seized by the foot by 41bs. weight, and such was the tenacity with which thi s t tyrant of the watery clement kept its hold, th at it was with no little difficulty the boy succeeded in shakily,- it off, which having at length accomplished, he carried it to the domicile of his parents, where it formed part of the family meal a few hours afterwards.—Learain g i or , Courier. THE REV. MR. HARRIS, OF ALFORD.--An esteemed correspondent writes as follows :—The seces sion of Mr. Harris from the Protestant faith is contra dicted. He has, indeed, resigned the pastorate of the Independent church, and has, I believe, attended the parish chur c h, w h ere th e doctrines of Puscyism are preached. His little flock had become quite tired of his genuflexions, crossings,-and saints' days. It would not give me the least surprise to hear that Mr. Harris had really become a Papist, as his practices haVe long been tending in that direction. He has been living quite a monkish life. He was originally a Catholic. He is a man of highly respectable intellectual character; his attainments are very considerable and ho is almost as arailiar with the Fathers as.with his alphabet.—,Patriot. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEAn3 ER 7, 1841. S PHUT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The position in his Lordship's letter which has roused the ire of the Times, is, that if the people of England be but united, the question of free-trade will eventually triumph ; in fact,, that the downfal of monarchy is at hand; that prohibitory duties will share the fate of reli gious disqualifications, negro slavery, and other works of darkness. His Lordship proceeded to illustrate and strengthen the opinion expressed in the encouraging form ofassurance to the Plymouth addressers, by a reference to facts with which they, and all, are well acquainted :--" The men " (Wellington and Peel) " who surrendered what they deemed the external bulwarks of the. Church and the Constitution to the menaces of the Ro man Catholic Association of Ireland, will be sure to yield the fortress of commercial restriction when they shall be summoned to do so by the peaceful but powerful voice of the people of England and Scotland." Now what is there in this either false or foolish ? Did not pub lic opinion compel the Duke of Welling ton and Sir Robert Peel to abandon their antagonistical position to repeal the laws which imposed religious restrictions on Ro man Catholics and other classes of Dis senters from the National Church? What does the Times find in this part of his Lordship's letter to assail with either ridicule or reasoning? Was Catholic Emancipation the fruit of con viction in those statesmen of injustice to the Roman Catholics, too long excluded from the privileges and immunities of freemen by the penal laws in force against them, or was it wrested from their fears? In other words, was Catholic Emancipation a sacrifice to expediency, or a spon taneous emanation of political justice? If of the former, it was public opinion which strengthened the demands of the clainiants, without which they would have still urged their demands in vain; if of the latter, the Duke and Sir Robert Peel would not have ventured to introduce the measure. In either case, public opinion, which the Times with more boldness than honesty ven tures to despise, effected that great national mea sure. The same may be said of the repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts, which excluded Pro testant Dissenters from municipal and other posts on account of their relious opinions. The slave trade, and at length slavery in the British Colonies, fell before the same resistless energy - . When the abolition of those inhuman practices was first proposed in Parliament, the project was regarded as chimerical, and its advocates were scouted as fools and madmen. Let any one compare the commencement of those struggles which finally issued in triumph, to which Lord J. Russell al luded as ministering hope to the advocates of free trade principles, the fewness of the numbers and, with few exceptions, the destitution of rank and influence among those who identified them selves with their cause; with the host of doors ready to pour in their petitions into both Houses of the Legislature so soon as Parliament shall assemble, urging the adoption of those principles upon the Legislature ; thus giving real power to the more than 260 advocates of free-trade within the walls of the House of Commons, ready by their speeches and votes to enforce upon the Legislature the claims of the people. And then let the Times rail, and the Tories snarl, at the statesman who has predicted that Sir Robert Peel must either yield to, or fall before, public opinion, thus combined to demand a repeal of the prohibitory duties upon corn, and other ar ticles of general consumption. The foundation on which Lord John Russell rests his predictions of a final and early triumph of the cause on which he and his colleagues staked their existence as a Government, and which with them sustained a temporary defeat by the combination of those classes which imagine their interests are bound up with monopoly—that foundation remains un shaken. Neither fraud nor force can prevail to overthrow it. Lord John Russell's reputation and reasoning are equally beyond the reach of those who would gladly diminish the influence of both. STANDARD.—When Sir Robert Peel was driven from office by "the appropriation clause" Ministers of April, 1833, the nation acknow ledged the merits of the retiring Minister by thousands of addresses, bearing more than one million! of signatures, presented within a week, or at most within a fortnight, of the announcement of the Right Ho nourable Baronet's resignation. These ad dresses, so prompt, so numerous, and so nu merously signed, came from all classes and descriptions of the people, without any other distinction than that the addressers were all intelligent and all respectable. The Whig- Radical Cabinet has now been three months expecting and canvassing the condolence of the people ; and with what result? Just two ad dresses : one fr, m certain persons (who call them selves a meeting) at Plymouth, directed to Lord J. Russell; the second, which appears for the first time this morning in the columns of the Morning Chronicle, is from the town council of Bridg north, and addressed to Lord Palmerston—sug gested, too, as is confessed, by the fact that the Noble Lord happened to be in the neighbour hood. As to Lord Melbourne, Lord Normsiihy t and the rest, they are as wholly forgotten as if they never had been born, or never made any more serious claims upon public notice than " Whistle for it" and " Matilda." The neglected Ministers have, however, this consolation, that if they have bad no addresses to parade, they have escaped the necessity of showing them selves in answers. How ninth reason Lord John seen and the self erston can be , Russell has to complain of such a f orce d exhi ebxitiiloensu, the re extractedpub l public h as ft ernL alreadyerd Palmerston scarcely less afflicting. .COURIER.—There is but little, as all who read it will readily admit, in . Lord J. Russell's curt reply to the Plymouth deputation, either to invite or justify a second notice of its meagre contents; yet the peculiarly artful assumptions, adopted evidently with the view of e ep as )ullie mind.with erroneous o andss i inferences to the cause, o r coml.& n r nation ofcauscs, that has planed " a new Ministry in power" (the words are well chosen, for the late Ministry, though in place, was not in power); and the vivid eagerness with which these have been grasped at and expanded into long and laboured tirades against the principles, political and fiscal, of the present Government, render a recurrence to the subject a matter of duty, how unpleasant soever it may be. We may at once state, that the direct and sole purpose of that cunningly contrived document was, to convey an impression that the Whig Government had endured martyrdom in the cause of free trade, and that to its devotedness to that principle was solely ascribable its downfitl in July last. " We have (boldly vaunts the ex-Colonial Secre tary) ruined ourselves in endeavouring to relieve the country; consider and admire (he virtually adds) the fervency of that patriotism, and the emi nence of that disinterestedness which prompted us, her Majesty's chosen Ministers, to peril, nay, of our own free-will and accord to sacrifice, our places, our salaries, our consistency, our all, in the glorious cause of fiscal reform." Now, to us, the challenging of the nation's gratitude and confi dence on the grounds here specified appears the very height of daring effrontery. The Whig Cabi net had been known by friends and foes to be in a ricketty, declining condition, long anterior to its final annihilation. The cause which operated to weaken its strength, and da mage its character in and out of Parliament it is not necessary for us either to examine orspe cify. It is sufficient for the purpose of our present argument, to know that immediately preceding the session oflB4l, the belief was generally entertained that the Ministry would find it impossible, even as the House of Commons was then constituted, to struggle through half the session; that belief was strengthened into conviction by the simultaneous and significant defeats their party sustained at the various isolated elections which immediately fol lowed the meeting of Parliament. The conscious ness that "we cannot be worse off," is always a great temptation in the way of the weak and the selfish. It induced the - Whig Ministry to in cline a favourable ear to the evil prompters of the " league," and to adventure the course which precipitated, not caused, its ruin. Thus we have seen that the " endeavours " of which Lord John Russell so thrasonically boasts, were not made to relieve the country, but to prop up the Ministry ; and that they proceeded, not from an anxiety to case the country of any por tion of its burdens, or trade of any of its restric tions, but simply and solely from a desire to pro long or renew the tenure of their own official existence. ONE DAY LATER from AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. The packet ship Sheffield, Captain Allan, ar. rived here late l ast night from New York, whence she sailed on the evening of the 16th ult. By her we have a New York paper one day later than those received by the Britannia on Wednesday last. It contains no news of im portance. The New York Money Market on the 15th is described as having been animated, and the prices of Stock generally are said to have been firm. The rates of Exchange on Eng land stood at 9 to 10 per cent. premium, with but little doing. Despatches from the Governors of the Mauritius, and the Cape of Good Mope were received yesterday at the Cplonial-office. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT, Dec. G. ALLINGTON V. PAINE. The Court was occupied nearly the whole day with this suit, which was instituted to recover the sum of 1501. alleged to have been accidentally omitted in an account that had been settled. It appeared from the evidence that on the Ist of January, 1829, the defendant was in debted to a gentleman named Williamson in the sum of 1,0001., which was secured by mortgage, and that on the same day Mr. Williamson advanced to the defendant a further sum of 3001., for which on the 28th of May fol lowing the defendant executed a further charge on the mortgaged estate for the sum of 3501. In the month of September, defendant being desirous of a further ad vance of money, applied to Mr. Peppercorne, who was the Solicitor both of himself and Mr. Williamson, to raise for him the sum of 2001, which Mr. Peppercorne did ; the sum of 601., one portion of it, being pro cured from Mr. Williamson, and the remainder from a friend of Mr. Peppercorne, and in the month of May following the defendant, as was admitted by the answer, received a check for the sum of 1501. from Mr, Williamson. Mr. Williamson having died, and appointed the plaintiff his executor, an account was set tled between Mr. Peppercorne and the defendant, by which it appeared that there was a sum of 2001. due to Mr. Williamson from defendant for principal money, and interest computed from the 7th of September, 1829 to the 2d of June, 1831, that being the time up to which the account was made. On the other side of the account was a memorandum by defendant, " Cash from Mr. Williamson, Sept. 10, 200/." The account being thus settled, nothing more transpired between the parties on this business until seven or eight years afterwards, when defendant received a letter from Mr. Peppercorne, inform ing him that he had found by Mr. Williamson's banking account that a sum of 1501. was paid to defendant on the 20th May, 1830, and that, as he was unable to ac count for it, he should be obliged to the defendant to look through his accounts, and afford him some informa tion on the subject. To this letter defendant replied that he had examined all his papers, and found that he had received no money either from Mr. Williamson or Mr. Peppercorne in the month of May 1830. Some further correspondence took place on the subject, in which de fendant asserted that if he had received the money in ques tion at all, he had only done so as part of the 2001. pro cured for him by Mr. Peppercorne, and which had been included in the settled account. Under these circum stances the bill was filed by the plaintiff on the 18th April, 1839, to which an answer was put in to the effect above stated. There was no evidence on the subject given by Mr. Peppercorne. Mr. Pemberton and Mr. Milne having appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Kindersley and Mr. Purvis for the defendant, The MASTER of the RoLLs said the evidence that should have been adduced in this case had not beep brought forward. Taking the account signed by the parties, and connecting it with the correspondence, there was a prima facie case that the sum of 2001., of which at first only 60/. had keen paid by Mr. Williamson, had by subseqent ar rangement been paid out of money belonging to that gentleman ; but it was very possible that might admit of explanation. He thought that Mr. Peppercorne ought to have been examined ; and he should, therefore, refer the case back for further inquiry. INSOLVENT COURT, Dec. 7. IN RE MATTER OF T. GUY. The insolvent in this case had been a farmer, in Suf. folk, and subsequently became the proprietor of a Club- house in St. James's-street. He was opposed by Mr. Nicholls, on behalf of Mrs. Broadwood, one of the well-known firm of Broadwood and Co., pianoforte-makers. He was supported by Messrs. Cooke and Woodruffe. Mr. Nicifora.s applied to the Court with respect to a number of documents held by a man of the name of Nias, touching certain annuities, at one time in the pos session of the insolvent, and stated as worth 18,0001., which Mr. Nias alleged he had a lien upon, owing to some purchases which had been effected. Mr. Commissioner LAW said he was sure all those documents now in Mr. Nias's hands, and which were not legally necessary for him to hold as security, would be available to the creditors. Mr. Nias having expressed his concurrence with the Learned Commissioner's assertion, the case was adjourned. CENTRAL CIUMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. STEAM-BOAT ROBBERY. —George Dixon, aged 22, was indicted for committing a robbery, with violence, on William Drake, and stealing one bottle-flask and one handkerchief, value Bs., his property on the Adelphi Pier. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. CLARKSON (with whom was Mr. DOANE) having stated the case for the prosecution, called William Drake—l ant a coal-merchant, Ping at Bloomsbury. On the 26th I went with my brother - and a party to Gravesend, in the Bachelor steamer. The prisoner was on board, comin g back from Gravesend. The boat had been eng a g e d by a friend of mine. I assisted him in collecting the money for the refreshments served on board. My attention was called to" The prisoner at the bar. We arrived at the Adelphi stairs a little after seven o'clock. I was among the last who landed. I had a Mackintosh, in the pocket of which I had a silk handkerchief and a flask. I had given over the money I had collected, about 21, to my friend, before I landed. As soon as I landed I was attacked by the prisoner and others he struck me about the head, and then I felt his -hand'ih my Mackintosh pocket. I said "'Scotty, *hat are you about ; I know you." I was then knocked down and kicked. My brother, who was with me was .alsO ill-used. I have never recovered my flask or handkerchief. One side of my Mackintosh was cut off. The pocket was cut away. •Cross-examined by Mr. PAYNE—TIIO boat was hired to take down a party to see a prize-fight. It was hired by Mr. Banks, who keeps the Hare and Hounds at Buckeridge-street, St. Giles. Lynch and Pitman were of ourparty. I saw no dispute between Lynch or Pitman and the prisoner. I have occasionally gone to prize-fights. (Mr. Payne here put in the deposition of the witness at Bow-street, and i% was read by the Clerk of the Arraigns, from which it appeared that the prisoner had been called Scotty frequently during the course of the voyage, and had attempted to rob the prosecutor in the cabin on the voy age up. Nothing appeared in the deposition as to the witnesa's collecting money.) lle-examined--I was in the after cabin when he at tempted to rob me the first time. I had been collecting money before the prisoner and his friends surrounded me, and attempted to put their hands into my pockets. It Was then I heard the prisoner called Scotty by his companions. Joseph Drake, ..brother of the prosecutor, was with • him at the time of the robbery, and corroborated s. testimony. Witness swore distinctly to the prisoner. Witness, was also knocked down himself, and robbed of a handkerchief and a pair of gloves. Cross-examined—Heard of a row between Lynch and the prisoner, but did not see it. Henry Sure, porter, at the Waterman's Adelphi-pier, remembered the night in question. He heard the cry of murder and went to see what was the matter, he saw one man dowe and several others kicking him; he heard the man who was down call out "Scotty, don't murder me," and " Scotty I know you." Saw a person very much like. the prisoner there. The more the man who was down cried, the more they beat him. Cross-examined—Was not examined before the Magis trate, although he was at Bow-street. .Reuben Warren, master of the Waterman steamer, was going along the Adelphi pier on the night in ques tion when the passengers landed from the Bachelor. Heard a man say, " I don't want any of this Seotty," and saw the man who said so knocked down And ill-used. He with several others went on the pier to his assist ance, and the person ran away, being the man there. James Tidmarsh, 51 M.—l received instructions to apprehend Scotty, and in consequence I apprehended the prisoner at a public-house in St. George's market. I told him I wanted him for robbing an d ill-using a person named Drake. He said he knew nothing about it. On his road to the station-house he said, " I did not expect this from these people." I received the Mackintosh produced from another policeman of the E division. He is not here. Cross-examined—l was not examined before the Ma gistrate. —W. Drake recalled—l gave the Mackintosh to a police. man of the E division. It is in the same state now that - - it was immediately after the robbery. Mr. PAYNE having addressed the Jury for the prisoner, called the following witnesses : Thomas Smallwood, law stationer, Denzil-street, was on board the Bachelor on her return from Gravesend, but did not belong to the party of the prisoner or that of the prosecutor. On the voyage up a quarrel arose between Lynch and the prisoner. Lynch struck the pri soner. The prosecutor and his brother were both pre sent, and must have seen it. I know Lynch to be an intimate friend of the prosecutor. Pitman is another of 'his friends. Pitman said to me in the hearing of the prosecutor, that he did not care for Scotty and his mob, for his mob was larger than Scotty's, and could lick the lot of them. Prosecutor was selling brandy out of a dark green bottle flask all day. Witness went ashore at Blackwell. Cross-examined by Mr. DOANE—I have lived in Den zil-street seven months. I have three clerks. I know Jem Burns, the pugilist. Igo. to Banks' occasionally, to the ladies' harmonious club. The RECORDER—Do not let all St. Giles's loose upon us—do not go more into this than you can help. Mr. DoAmE—Did you not hear Lynch accuse the prisoner, as one of the swell mob, with attempting to pick his pocket ? Witne;S—On my oath he did not. I never saw Lynch struck. Jerry Bryant wanted to fight, and the Captain said he would put the steam off if there was any fighting. I have known the prisoner for two years. Re-examined—l know Lynch ; he is in the same line of business as the prosecutor ; he keeps a coal-shed ' and chops wood—that is what he means by being a coal-m erc h ant and a timber-merchant. Mrs. Harrison was with last witness on the occasion in question, and saw a person strike the prisoner. Knows none of the parties. Landed at the Adelphi• pier. There was a great rush to get ashore. Saw the prisoner pass in the crowd ; they were all drunk. Two or three per sons were With him. Witness, Cousins, and Floyd went up the steps together. Prisoner was about thirty yards before them. 'Witness and his friends went away directly as fast as they could. Saw the prisoner afterwards i n the Strand going towards Charing-cross, about 300 yards from the pier. That was a quarter of an hour after the first time witness saw him. Witness had lost sight of him in the meantime. James Cousins was with last witness. Saw prisoner leave the boat, and saw him two or three times before ho got into the Strand. Heard no disturbance. Cross-examined by Mr. DOANE—I was with Harrison all the time. I was never charged with any offence. By the COURT—I have seen the prisoner occasionally at sporting-houses. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS FRO3I TUE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—The . following official letter was written in answer to an application respecting the distribution of the money obtained through Captain Elli o t' s arrangements with Canton : " — Foreign-office, Dec. 2, 184 " Gentlemen—With reference to your letter of the Ist of November, requesting information as to the intentions of her Majesty's Government with respect to the distri bution of the money obtained from the Chinese authori ties at Canton under the arrangements entered into by Captain Elliot with those authorities on the 27th of May last, I am directed by the Earl of Aberdeen to ac9naint you; that the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury have stated, that they are precluded from en tertaining the question submitted in your letter. The money to which you refer, having been obtained from the Chinese authorities at Canton, in order to relieve that city from hostile pressure, is a droit of the Crown ; and as such, after paying what her Majesty may graci ously be pleased to grant to the forces employed at Canton, it must be carried to the account of the Conso lidated Fund. " I am, Gentlemen, your most obedient humble servant, " CANNING. " Sir G. De H. Larpent, Bart., J. H. Palmer, Esq., J. A. Smith, Esq., G. Lyall, Esq." Our letters from Amsterdam, alluding to Ba ron Rothschild's interviews with the Finance Minister of the Hague, for the purpose of capi talising the Belgian part of the Netherlands na tional debt, mention it as generally believed that the Baron's last proposition was to give in several instalments the sum of 95,000,000 florins, from which he would obtain from Belgium 100,000,000 florins, in 5 per Cent. stock. It is further sup posed, though it is hard to say with what degree of certainty, that if these terms are accepted, the Government will use the money in cancelling the old 5 per Cent. Stock, and this supposition is used to explain a peculiar state of the Dutch Stock -market. The Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been buoyant, but the Five per Cents. very flat, and this is attributed to the notion that the Government will cancel them at par. manner view we h ave t a k en o f th e manner in which the questions put by the deputation of the Committee of Spanish Bond holders were met by the new Envoy from Madrid, Senor Sancho, seemed to be fully ac quiesced in by the more calculating part of the public interested in the subject of them. That Spain should in the course of one short twelve month, namely, on the Ist of January, 1843, be able to resume payment in full of the interest of five per cent. on her general home and foreign debt, which approaches sixty millions in amount, and will require a surplus revenue of three mil lions sterling per annum, is, in the present diffi cult circumstances of the Treasury, deemed wholly chimerical. We witness the struggle that is making against the Ist of January next, and which we are by no means prepared to say will be a successful one, to provide the small sum necessary to cover the two half-years' dividends, at the rate of three per cent. per annum, on ten millions of coupons it is intended to capitalise, namely, three hundred thousand pounds. The depu tation appear to be sanguine, but those who know anything of the financial proceedings of the two Peninsular Governments, know perfectly well, and no one can be more cognisant of the fact than the worthy chairman, Mr. Thornton, himself, that, if he (Mr. Thornton) does obtain the punctual payment of the full (5l per cent.) interest on the Treasury Bonds, or Exchequer Bills, of Portugal, neither his exertions, nor those of his zealous coadjutor, Mr. Tasker, have been sufficient, although more than five years have elapsed since Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid issued similar securities, to extract one single sixpence in the shape either of principal or irate.. rest in the instance of Spain. And yet there is this marked and most material difference between the two cases—the Treasury paper of Portugal was never advertised to be paid off, whereas that of Spain was, and this in the most imposing lan guage too, that the London embassy could use so far back as the year 1837. We return thus speedily to the subject, be cause, from the melancholy retrospect we have of the past financial career of the Spanish Go vernments and their unscrupulous agents, and the extensive misery of ivhich they have been the occasion, we feel that we cannot put our readers too fully on their guard. Letters from the north of England mention the suspension of payment of a private banking house, at a considerable town on the borders of Scotland. The intelligence caused much anxiety to parties interested, and is probably but too true, as, upon application being made at the house of agency in London, it was found that payments on account of the party in question were refused. No explanation was, however, afforded. • SUN.—A good deal of business was transacted to-day in the Public Securities,. and in all instances the , quota.; tions were well - supported. For delivery to-morrow; Consols realised 891 to 894, and for the opening in Jarmary 884 to 891. The news from India of the Bir man King's movements had no effect upon prices. Ex chequer Bills were 10s. to 12s. premium, and East India Bonds 2s. premium. Bank Stock improved to 1654 , . Bargain!: were effected in many Securities which had `not been dealt in previously for some time, the New Five per Cents. being at 117, the Three-and-a-Half per Cents, of 1818 at 984, and the Three per Cents..of 1726 at 83,4. The Reduced Three-and-a• Half per Cents. were firm at 9q- to 4, and the Three per Cents. at SBa In the Foreign Market the operations were not of magnitude, and generally prices underwent no material alteration. The Active Spanish Bonds left off; however, ,rather better, viz., 23 to 231. The Coupons were steady at 20. The New Three per Cent. Portuguese Bonds were at 334, and - the Three per Cents. 191 to 20. Co lombian Stock was at 204 to 20i, and Mexican at 25i ; French Five per Cents. were 116 f., and the Three per Cents. 80f. 374 c; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. rea lized 524. •• The Brighton Shares continued heavy, but the other lines maintained their quotations.• Great Western brought ; Birmingham Thirds, 224 ; the . New, 2.3.1 ; the York and North Midland, N ew , 15 ; an d the South Western, IG-a to • 17i premium ; Brighton were 141- to 141 and Croydon, 2} discount. A NEW COMPOUND OF CARBON AND SILICA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir—As the possibility of converting Carbon into Silicon is now engaging the attention of chemists, I beg to state that when one part, by huh, of finely powdered carbon or ,lumbago is intimately mixed with five or six of silica powder, these substances unite by fusion at a heat below whiteness. But carbon by itself is infusible; and silica does not fuse when alone at a heat below that produced by the ox-hydrogen blow-pipe. As this com pound is not mentioned in Berzelius's Traiti, nor other chemical works last published, it may beconsidered new. —Yours obediently, H. PRATER. LOSS OF FOUR PILOTS. H UNA, PENTLAND PRIII-1, Nov. 27.—1 t is my painful duty to inform you of the loss of three of the Stroma pacts, and one of their sons, in the Pentland Frith, on the morning of Friday, the 19th inst. They were cited, upon a Sheriff's warrant, to appear at Bus wiel, South Ronaldshay, to give evidence in an investi gation at present going on before the Sheriff of Orkney. They left Stroma early in the morning, the weather at the time favourable, but a good deal of sea run ning in the Frith, although it could not be perceived from the island. When near South Ronaldshay, between the Barth Head and the Lowther Rock, about a male from the shore, a sea filled the boat, which immediately swamped, and the four unfortunate men met with a watery grave. The heartrending circum stance was witnessed by persons on the ebore ; but it was impossible to reader any assistance, as no boat could leave upon the day in question, the wind being dead on shore, although the Caithness mail-boat made Buswick in comparative safety in about an hour and a half afterwards ; but-by that time the swell had set far west. The names of the individuals who have thus perished are :—A. Sinclair, Peter Green, W. Sinclair, and his son John.—Shipping Gazette. DARING OUTRAGE.—Yesterday forenoon In speetorsMiller and several other officers of the N Divi sion,:were proceeding to Hatton-garden Police Court with their prisoners for examination, when, on their arrival near the Islington turnpike-gate, they were surrounded by nearly 200 low ruffians, who attacked them, and en deavoured to rescue the prisoners, named Sarah May, alias King, James May, and Henry Wybrew, notorious characters, who were in custody for stealing a leg of pork. The officers were knocked down and severely maltreated. Police constable Ching, who took the above-named prisoners into custody, was beaten and kicked until he lay apparently lifeless, and he was car ried from the spot for medical ' assistance, and now remains in a dangerous state. A desperate conflict took place between the police and the parties who attempted the rescue, but eventually the constables succeeded in apprehending four desperate fellows, well-known thieves, the ringleaders, and lodging them in the station-house. In the course of the day they were placed at the bar, before Mr. Combe, when they gave their names Lorton, Lee, Sergeant, and May. The officers and several respectable witnesses, identfied them, and a surgeon's certificate being produced pro nouncing Ching to be in danger, the prisoners were re manded for a week. The prisoners charged with the fe lony were subsequently placed at the bar, and they were remanded until Wednesday next, it being suggested by Mr. Comb o t h at in so desperate a case th Commission ers of Police should prosecute, and that a solicitor should attend to watch the proceedings. Inspector Miller said he would communicate with the Commissioners on the subject. THE MURDER OF MR. WESTWOOD.—.Within the last few days some kind of clue has, it is said, been gained with regard to the murder of Mr. Westwood, the watchmaker. The particulars gleaned by the police were at once made known to the Police Commissioners, but from the great secrecy observed we are unable to give any further information which may be at all relied on relative to the subject in question. John Floyd, portmanteau-maker, Wild-steeet, Drury - lane, was in the Bachelor, and landed at the Adelphi pier. Saw prisoner after he left the boat in George street, and afterwards in the Strand. When witness saw him in the Strand, prisoner was going towards Tem ple-bar. Richard Haggard, house and estate agent, in Mitre court, Fleet-street, and Marchmont-street, was in com pany with prisoner on board the Bachelor. Landed with him at the Adelphi-stairs, Witness took prisoner away, because there was a general fight. They went together to a public-house in the Strand. They re mained together half an hour after they landed, and during the whole time the prisoner did not interfere with the prosecutor at all. Cross-examined by Mr. DOANE—I never saw the pri soner until the day in question, when I saw him ill-used, and gave him my card. There were a great many of us. I did not take him away from the general fight, any more than the rest. Mr. DOANE—You swore you did, just now. Wit ness—l persuaded him to go. Mr. DoANE—Then, it required your persu as i on t o in duce him to leave the fight ? Witness—l heard the cry of murder. I never heard the word Scotty used during the day. There were six or seven of us. We walked to gether up George-street and to the Strand, to No. 45, a public-house. It is towards Temple-bar. I new saw a Mackintosh. MR. DOANE having replied, The RECORDER summed up, and the Jury found the prisoner Guilty. The REconiiEu having made inquiries as to the pri soner's character, .was answered that the prisoner was an associate of thieves, and had been summarily convicted for picking pockets at Ascot. The prisoner denied that he had ever been an asso cial e of thieves, or that he had been summarily con victed ; and protested that he was innocent of the crime of which he had been convicted. The RECORDER sentenced him to one year's imprison , ment and hard labour. NEW COURT Solomon Levine and Edward Beaumont, were indicted for having in their possession 2,600 yards of calico, of the value of 130 L, knowing it to have been stolen, the property of 4jexander Forbes. Mr. CLARKSON and Mr. BODKIN conducted the prose cution, and Mr. C. PHILLIPS and Mr. ITUDDLESTONE appeared for the prisoner. The facts of this case were recently before the public, when it was heard at the Mansion-house. The pri soners, who were represented as commission agents, had in their possession articles similar to those named in the indictment, and had disposed of prints to various persons. A great number of witnesses were, examined, and the evidence was extremely . dry and complicated. The mark upon. the calico was proved to be that of the pro secutor. The property had been delivered at the car riers' wharf, but not by either of the prisoners. Mr. C. PHILLIPS having addressed the Jury, The Learned COMMON SERGEANT summed up the evidence, and the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty against the prisoners. - There was another count in the indictment, charging the prisoner Beaumont with a former conviction, on which occasion he was sentenced to nine months' impri sonment. The COMMON SERGEANT then sentenced Levine to 14 years' and Beaumont to 20 years' transportation. James AlPEtven was ind;cted for having stolen a pocket-handkerchief from a person unknown. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and the Common Ser geant sentenced him to three months' imprisonment and hard labour. On the prosecutor receiving his ;entente, ho said that he had been sold like a bullock. The COMMON SERGEANT then asked several constables in the Court if the prisoner was known, and they all declared him to be a well-known thief, and the leader of a gang. The COMMON SERGEANT then recalled his judgment, and sentenced the prisoner to ten years' transportation. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION HOUSE. A man named Samuel Simmons, who has been some time suspected of violating the New Police Act, by selling spirits on Sunday mornings, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with a transgression of that kind. A Custom-house officer, dressed like a sailor, threw himself in the way of the defendant, and asked him where they could get a drop of any thing good ? " I've got a drop here," said the defendant, and, taking him aside, filled him out two penn'orth from a bottle into a glass. Witness immediately seized the flying publican, and accused him of the offence ; and the latter spilled the gin about, and dashed the bottle against the ground, de claring that no revenue humbug should get the better of him. The Lon") MAYOR—I suppose this mode of selling gin is very generally practised ?—The officer stated that such fellows bought the gin on Saturday night, and doc tored it for Sunday morning, in consequence of the obli gation upon the publicans to keep th e i r h ouses c l ose d till one o'clock on the Sabbath. A vast deal of rubbish was sold in that narmer in the low neighbourhoods of the me trop The LORD MAYOR (to the defendant)—This trade of yours won't do. What can you say for yourself ? De fefidant—l had only a half-pint in the bottle for myself, as I was going to travel, and this man tried to get it from me, so that sooner than he should have it, I spilled it- The Loan MAYOR —You must pay for this. The re spectable publicans who sell good articles, and arc at great expense in a great variety of ways, are obliged to close their doors against profit, while you profit by poison. You must pay the penalty of 251. for this offence. Defendant—l can't-pay anytking. The LORD MAYOR—It is not in my power to mitigate the penalty if I were disposed to do so. The defendant stated that he was a poor journeyman The officers stated•that they knew him to - be a tailor in the week days, and a flying publican on the Sundays. The LORD M.t.yon—lf he cannot pay he must go to the treadmill for three months.—Committed to the tread mill. John Hdiert, a journeyman mason, was charged with having assauited a young man for working for Mr. Fur nival, a master mason, some of whose men had," struck" for wages. He was also charged with having assaulted the master himself. The first complainant was, it appeared, at work in Ald gate Church, when the defendant, accompanied by an other man entered, and asked him whether he was not ashamed to be at work there. He replied that he was not, and the defendant immediately said, " punch your b— head," and proceeded to carry the threat into execution by knocking him about, an amusement in which the defendant's companion joined. The LORD MAYOR asked whether nobody came to the assistance of tho • young man who was thus knocked about. It . was stated that some of Mr. Furnival's men who were at work at some distance, and who thought it was all a joke until they saw the young man violently attacked ran to help him, and the defendant and his friend then ran away. The defendant having been afterwards ap prehended struck Mr. Furnival for attempting to detain and make him answer for the assault. The Loan MAYOR—Did ,this arise out of the strike of some of the workmen ?—An officer stated that it did. Several of Mr. Furnival's men and other masters' men had struck, and were about Cornhill idling and threat ening the police. The LORD MAYOR—I shall make an example of every man of those who may be brought before me for such gross misconduct. How much does Mr. Furnival pay die masons he employs ? . Mr. Furnival-4s. Gd. a (lay each for nine hours work, and those who struck have been lying in wait fur those who are satisfied with the wages. Ido not know whether the defendant was em ployed by me or not. The Loan MAYOR—This all springs out of the Houses of Parliament strike. But that example will not be nefit any of its followers. The defendant must find two good sureties of 251. each, and be bound over him self in the sum of 501. to appear to answer for the two assaults, and he inustgive twenty-four hours' notice of bail. I hope, too, that the police will be able to get hold of the man who assisted the defendant in the attack upon the young man. Two girls who have been, brought up (as it were) in Bishopsgate workhouse were charged with haiing broken thirty-four panes of glass in the house, because they were not allowed to run about, And disturb the poor old inmates. The Master of the Workhouse stated that the de fondants were incorrigible creatures, upon whom neither indulgence nor ordinary. punishment had any effect. One of the defendants—Oh, dear me ! Don't you be lieve a word that ere old chap says. Please'your Lord ship we broke the windows because he wouldn't let us go to church. The females were ordered toßridewell for two months. One (,f the girls—l hope they'll let us go to church there your Lordship. LAMBETH -STREET. Yesterday no fewer than six lads, the oldest of whom did not exceed twelve years, while others were not much more than eight, were brought before Mr. NORTON, for further examination, on charges of felony. While the two last, who were charged with stealing a pair of trou sers from the door of a draper, were under examination, Cook, the gaoler, remarked that some time ago a female named APCarthy had been charged .at this office with purchasing the plunder of nearly a dozen of juvenile thieves, and disposing of it at a small chandler's shop which she kept. This woman, in consequence of what had taken place, and from the attention of the po lice being constantly directed towards her, lie (Cook) had every reason to believe, discontinued her prac tices, but he had no doubt there was some other person in the neighbourhood of George-yard or Wentworth-street who had taken up her trade, and encouraged these boys in the commission of depre dations of all sorts. His reason for thinking this was, that on the arrival of the prison van at the Court on that morning with the six boys, of whom the prisoners at the bar formed two, a little prostitute, who had no doubt been waiting for them, addressed each by name, and af terwards sent them a quantity of bread and cheese, and a pot of porter for their lunch. The MAGISTRATE endeavoured to learn from the young urchins who the girl was, or where she came from, but they all concealed it. Tyeywer b e etv a l ll e r e e n m t a h n e d ir edtoaf u fu ture day, and spent the interval examina tion and the arrival of the prison van to take them to Clerkenwell in singing flash songs and abusing the gaoler for refusing to let them have more beer. The drunken charges were more than usually nume rous yesterday, and amongst them were at least a dozen in which the parties were stated to be found in so insen sible a state as not to be able to move. , g Where are you coming to, .boy?" said a gen tleman in an angry tone to a dirty l ittle urchin, as t h ey met face to face on the narrow pavement in Wych• s t reet, on Saturday night. " There, Sir, when you move, " was the laconic reply. The gentleman gave him W. EVENING SUN IRELAND. REMOVAL OF STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATES; Duni,m, DEC. 3.—The following circulars have des issued from the Castle. Ten of the Stiendiary ) 15 ._,1 trates appointed by the late Government arc to b , duced at one sweep, in consequence, it is said, 01 Je d' present state of the country" meaning the unexalnl,lis. tranquillity produced by the Whigs in Ireland. J.,"0. system of Stipendiary Magistrates was one of the ro s i _ causes the existing tranquillity, for they check upon the "great unpaid," and the penPl e :. 5 , longer left to the tender mercies of the Orange Just yielded confidence in the administration of justice.s the Tories are determined to put the country in a , fl , °l y ea p they are sowing the wind, and assuredly they "- the whirlwind : acted a:, " Dublin Castle, Nov. 29, 18-11.ra. "My Lord—lt a pp ear i ng t o h e r Majesty's mcnt that, in the present state of the country, the ber of Stipendiary Magistrates may be safely reduce am directed by the Lord Lieutenant to acquaint Po, that after the 31st of Dec em b er next, no Stip e n tli3J Magistrate will be stationed at --. req uest "I am further requested by hi s Excellency to ther that you will inform her M a j es ty' s Government vvhce"our any and what additi ons t o th e L oca l Magistraci °1 Y a i of • county will be rendered nec e ssary by the re m°, the Stipendiary Magistrate from " I have, &c. (Signed) ELIOT." /. 81. " Sir,—l an directed you that it is the intention of her Majesty's &vernal,' e " b D y uthbelinLCoradstllluNteorvia.:tot,o infor,n, the num ber os ° L t to yeduce, on the 31st of December next, Stipendiary Magistrates, and thatyou, as one a the recently . appointed, may be among those whose servcia will be dispensed with. Should this be the ease n u il w to receive, in addition to the salary which will 13 ' - ,i e nt ie you, an allowance of 331. for the cost of removal, an": 10 shilling per mile for your travelling expenses fr' ll . l Yfrc ?resent station to the place where you last resided in and previously to your appointment* —I have , Sx",, (Signed) ELIOT. THE MARKETS. PRICE OF BREADtro . ~ for O . 4°) lhe highest pike of Km id i.i the iVL:olis is Iv. Loaf. Gotd Bread may be had at Sid. PRICES QF SEEDS. Per Cwt. dew Engrsh Red Clover...7Gs 95s I St. Fein .......... ..... ...... ..........s 2.. . rm g ie .: -' Old Ditto Ditto s s —s, Rye Grass.. ................ , New Foreign Ditto --s 70s 928 Pacey Grass ............ .....„ s es 011 Ditto I)i:to —s —s —sLinsecti, for fccding ~.s 600 fy' s New White Clover 56s 60s 70s!Dit. o, for sowing ....... -- 4 4 5 ..-J4,5 ' Old Ditto Ditto s- s —s' Ditto, for crushing .- , ,, New Treroil —s 20s 40s Hemp ..... „ ....... ~.......,—, es Y''' Old Ditto s 200 383'Canary • .. ... . ............ . •--- pd Tr folium -s iSs 7081 E glish Carraway —s 50s Ns White Mulsitearrtr.!lllol°d lt'fillb'44so(‘'d , Foreign Ditto Coriander --s 46s 50s,Brown Ditto ......... I?: t i d to l' —s s --s,Tares ...........•...••• ' 0 PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 1121N .X1 I / rown Tallow £2 13 6 M e lti ng St u ff ......••• .. 1 4 a 0 Yellow Russia White it 0 0 Graves . ........... . . ..•........ 0 ° Soap Ditto. 0 0 0 Good Drags .............. lli i PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of 8 110 ' . ..,:is. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters),, ...... •'' PRICE OF OIL. 5.14° Rape Oil, brown, per ton ••••••'' " C 54 i ~- Ditto, refined Linseed Oil l4 Linseed Oil Cake at Ur! 3lill (per WOO) ........... Rape Lake, per ton CO M -- s. ci. _ _:AL ___ Ships arrived since P. d.' Chester Main ... 15 Liolywell Ma n lB t• Old Tanfield l4 1 Ord's Redheugh l4 C Tanfied Moor Bute's l5 0 West Hartley .........., lB 6 West Wylam Walls End Hedlcy lB V Walls End Hilda lB 3, Walls End Haswell. Walls End Raton 20 9 ARKE'f. last market.day, 49• Walls End Lambton Wads End Shincliff -;',; 6 Walls End Stewart's 9 South Pelton ........•""' 6 Walls End Cassop ........ 621 0 Walls End ttartlepo°"..., `. 1) ., 0 Tennant's HartlepooL.,;:ee's I , 6 Walls Ent Parrington,iveslB 0 Walls End Richarrlso9 . Walls End Tees Het?? ......... 17 Howard's Netherton Nal COUNTRY CUR. Wheat. S. to 8. 58 73 GO 70 56 16 Per Quarter . Carlisle Hcatiam Morpeth Pcnrith Sheffield Winchester Per Bushel Carmarthen Cowbridge iwanse a Per 8011. Barnardcastl 15 0 18 0 Durham l2 0 16 6 Richmond l2 6 IS 6 Stockton ,13 0 19 6 Barley. 3. to 8. N MAR Oats. .ETS. — Beans. 36 .3s Y 7 33 s. to s. CO 69 s. d. s. d. 7 d 8 0 76 80 76 84 S. tO S. e / 4 . 36 0. 40 3. 5 0 1 ; 0,, 0! 0' 0: 1 , 31 '6 °Y . 10 ° 9 ° JO° 9 ° 90 1.3 28 21 1,6 --- -- 39 4 ' .4 41 31 22 33 s. d. s. d. 00 40 00 40 40 44 20 26 8. d. s. d. 00 23' 00 30 26 3 Oj 90 4 " cd. d. s• 6 0 0 . 50 5 j 50 °I 89 9 80 9 10 0 11 40 74 69 6 60 74 6 0 7 • 6 1i0 0 0 la 6 10 0 12 0 9 0 11 6 90 9 NEWCASTLE CO NEXCHANGE• wh ite ; Wheat, Northumberland 543.66s ....... 55 ' , pl. Norfolk and Suffolk...." ...... " fas. 683....." 6 ,1 5 .: OE. •—•- Berwick and Scotch r,Os 645...•••• P.. VS. Foreign Rye, Norfolk and Sullolk 44s. 468.............: ....a• , Foreign 36s. 415 ....... ..... 0 ....s., Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk 319. 3 8 s••••••• ..„:••••,. Grinding and Feeding 033 3)5...••• .....4 • lalt, Norfolk and Suffolk .. LBs 643 ....... •"''' ..../. .... Beans, Small 429 441.. ..... ._ ....d. --..-• Tick ....... 40 3 . 429. ...... - 7 ~..i. Pease, White 428 445• • ••• . 0 __ a s . .0 66 . Gray . . 323, 34; ..... .. _. ....E. Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe ......... 21s. 263..••••• --- ""....5. .---------- Feed - Foreign ... 2os. 229. ...... - 1: ...), Flour (per sack) 49s. Ns.. .... . ••• SCOTCH MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans__ 3S sj therdeen 60 to 70 27 to 2S 20 to 24 —t° „.; ;15 gi Berwick as 51 17 21 15 21 30 •-'„:," gd Coldstream . 40 52 22 24 17 19 Cupar (Fife 45 65 20 31 18 22 22 51 Dunbar., 56 61 22 31 17 24 37 / Elgin 7O 72 30 31 2.2 1:l1 4S 59 Inverness CO 70 29 31 2-2 25 :32 31 Kelso ....,.,. 40 55 24 27 17 20 3o 32 1, Kirk:llly 151 66 29 35 20 25 45. 48 '- Perth 6O 67 al 40 25 35 41 44 '; t iy. 1.77;,, , The size of the measure varies throughout th B COto HADDINOfON CORN MARKET. fel Wheat. Harley. Oats. Beans , First 706 Od 358 Od 04 04 46, Oa .0. Second CO. Od Sletd 238 6d Vs Od 0 4 siB Od 2Ss 08 21s Od 313 Od Average. 3 - 66.3.1.7 12ths. . . id Wheat. Oats. Beans. I ..... 2 0 7 0 6 Od 26. i Od 46, Od .....- Th i 604 Od 23s 6,1 I 40.; Od ...-§ 54s Od 21s Od :313 Od -verage 3 l. 66.3.1.7 12the. (' GLASGOW CORN Mi lIKET. .. e. a'. o 19 ~" ne4l. 70 • 71v. Wheat, per 2401 b. s. d. s. d. Oats. per 4 , 1 , % British, old 340 t 037 6 Iri.b . " .... .........."' 19 .---4 new Cunada, free 0 0 Beans, Per . 18 Irish Barley, par 3201 b Scottish .........• ...... . .....,, ib English 27 6 30 0 Pease, Scott i e 4 5 0 Scottish 25 0 28 Si Oatineal,pe__„.r•- „. Irish DALKEITH CORN MARKETL., e. 4frl ~ Wheat. Barley. I Oats. , 17 , 1 -1,1 421 ~,,,,' First 7ls Co 31s 6d 25s 4d ',, J : od oil O d Second 124 Od :3ls Cd 22s 41 ,17 s . od Third 4 -,s Od 2is Od hs Od '' 0 " 0 0 0 00° i s teli The owner of an amb u l a ti n g menag . er „ novi calculated that if all the ferocious animals foret confined in Europe were let loose in an ininilen-rds, „ .1 4" it would contain 225 lions, 289 tigers, 302 l e°l4 yes , panthers, 67 elephants, 10 rhinoceroses, 2, 700 vr " go d 9 " rattle-snakes, 216 boa-constrictors, 1,040 hyen tls ' crocodiles. —Somerset Gazette. SILVER WATCHES. 00 0 ; E. J. DENT, by special appointmen t, , pigluOt meter and Watchmaker to the Queen, and his Ro)g,.,' Prince Albert, offers an extensive assortment of 1 i" taP .- Watches at 41. 14s. 6d., each From their great a _ al a a plo. r .l over those of the vertical description in performance, „Or,. ance, and flatneis, he recommends them for ladies ( i ),r_ e b r men's wear. 'They have elegant engraved or plain s so,; and cases, and 'the movements are j ewelled in four 11 7 pest the performance guaranteed. An abstract from r lr C I I o ° ' f Lectures on the Constrwdion and Managem ent meters, Watches, a n d Cl oc k s , may be had gratuitoow customers, or to the public, price ls., at 82, Strand. SILVER TEA SERVICES.—A. B. S Av and Suns, Manufacturing Silversmith, Ne. 14, Cool)," don, opposite the Bank of England, submit the prices • qv , following SILVER TEA and COFFEE SERVICE' a atgl Cottage Pattern is plain, standing en shell feet, the tiogs coffee-pots with a fl owe r ornament en the lids. r y a se Pattern is richly embossed with flowers and scrolls. ',"'" of either is new and elegant : COIT AGE PATTERN. I l'AT010.• a 0 £ s. Strong Silver Tea-p0t..... 12 0 Strong Silver Teap ot ...... 10 Ditto Sugar Basin 616 Di tto Sugar Basi° 1 0 Ditto Milk Ewer. 410 Ditto Cream Ditto ° Ditto Coffee-pot. 15 0 Ditto Coff ee- P °t. ..-- - ` -' 0 P ° £3B 6 C0mp1ete ......... .. 5 l os, A s e e em v n ar i m a i ) t t l h y e a t eef Show - rooms upwards o! where 6fty Te a and abned selected Coffee Seevrevrife rht ee l 0 , be of Silver requisite for the sideboard or plate .chest. Pa' s ' 01 0 of prices, illustrated with sketches if the various articles, and forwarded postage free to any part of the kint111•1 014*oesit• 13. SAVORY and SONS, No. 9, Cornhill, London, the Bank of England. 13 IR THS. of On the 3d inst., at York, the Countess of Feint° to, son and heir. IF 11 On the 26th ult., at Genoa, the lady' o f Busse Esq., of a daughter. the il dY 1, On the 4th inst., at Pratt-street, Camden -town, cope the Rev. W. L. Coxhead, assistant Minister of C am of a daughter g O° On the sth . _ inst., at Limehouse, Mrs J. Dowsonr I' On the 6th inst., it Hanover-terrace, Berne :PT' : Robert Thurburn, of a son. , ... bit! MARRIED. On the 4th instant, at Trinity Church, Clapuli e gept" Rev. Edward Phillips, Mr. H. Tovey,ofAlbany-streetu_. japes park, surveyor, to Patience, eldest daughter of Dir, to Lunn, of Shurlock, near Twyford, Berks. AD" On the Ist inst., at Dublin, J. W. Walsh, E sl' Martha, youngest daughter of the late J. S. Willcocksto. i l, i . On the 4th inst., at St. Mary's, Lambeth , o ,'„,bter ° Anichini, of South Lambeth, to Helen, younges t '''' _../ W. G. Rolfes, of Ship-lane, Lambeth On the 2d inst., at St. DO!yEthilissex, Susan, th e relict II the late John Gelding, Esq., . - nd ' mother of Dr. GodivPrars, On the Ist of October, at and Lear Barracks, De' Pe " the tb d he c el e o p l l se y td l W a w m ei f e set n otlefnddibaßheegrimfaemnitl. Lieutenant-Colonel and friends, Bush, K. 1% . I H a . r y , B c ° a n 1 n a w 6 ° oi l t i i a On the Ist inst., after a short but severe illness, in ' to ll . year, Mr. Thomas S e ll e y, of the Green Bank Hotel, 1711017„fet, The death of Mr. Selley is a subject of very general Ow for he was hi g hl y es t eeme d by a large circle of friends. Ma ria On the 27th u lt., i n B e df or d-place, Commercial -road, tack, Charlotte, reli c t o f th e R ev . W. Wright, late o f Cotters Northamptonshire, a Maria, 79. Dm/. l ' ' On the 29th ult., the eldest daughter o f the e• - • , Durham, of Ely, age d 22. ifl 10 °' On the 3d inst., at Great Baddow, Emma Elisabeth, Mr. H. S. Gilson, solicitor. f Bre . ' 4' On the 3d inst , at Paisley, Mr. W. Sh ar p , jun., ()- street, London. . pio o n, n a t g h e e d 3 i d l inst., in Dover-street , Piccadilly, Isabella:lb: On the 4th inst., at St. Ann's-hill, near Liverpool/ Henderson, Esq., aged 85. Hort° euII t On the 4th inst., in Green-park, Bath , J . C. A cot or On the 4th inst., Lucy, the wife of G . Ho gg , of We cliff, Leeds, late of Dulwich-common, Surrey. ~._O l OOO On the sth inst., J. W. Bennett , Esq ., of the Away" _.....ef Somerset House, aged 59. London: Printed a - id Published by MURDO UZLiti, No. 112, Strand, at The Sus Office, No. 112, 0 7i . the County of Widdlosea, Tuesday, Decca n 7 0 111' 1 ,~ l e t r 7 'i, ~~ ~ ~. i , I i * l , 1 r, I;3' C. ?'r,.i ,~;,~ u h F~