The Sun. — London, England, 1841-01-02 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION THE OPINION OF THE CITY SOLICITOR ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE POOR-LAW. TO THE WORSHIPFUL THE POLICE COMMITTEE. GENTLEMEN—In obedience to your directions, I have the honour to report in writing the opinions upon the construction of the Poor-law, which at your last meeting I delivered, viva voce, to the Committee. I have hereunto annexed a copy of the several sec tions of the Act of Parliament, which bear upon the particular questions submitted to my consideration. I have also appended copies of two of the orders of the Commissioners which, having been made under the authority of the statute, and in conformity with its pro visions, must be equally received as law, and construed, in reference to the wording of the several clauses of the Act, as much as if they had been incorporated in and formed part of the statute itself. I have not the smallest doubt but that it is the duty of the Board of Guardiaas in the City of London Union, to make provision for giving, in cases of urgent neces sity, immediate shelter, either temporary or permanent, as the case may require, to houseless wanderers found in a state of destitution within the limits of the Union. ... - By the 26th and 76th sections of the Act, work houses for each Union are to be provided. It is not prescribed by the Act that these workhouses shall be situtated within the district ; if, therefore, the Guar dians with a view to the ecenomioal administration of the funds, or the better to secure the health of the in mates, or for other lawful reason, shall see fit to o ccupy a workhouse at a distance from London, they are un doubtedly at liberty to do so ; but, in my o pinion, the fact that the workhouse is at a distance, does not exonerate them from the obligation of providing tempo rary shelter upon the spot, in all cases of emergency where the necessities of the case do not admit of imme diate removal, to the house provided in ordinary cases, kr the reception - of the poor. The Committee will perceive that the 52d section of the Statute expressly mentions " temporary lodging" as well as " food and medicine " as being part of the relief to be provided in cases of particular urgency. It is true the Words " temporary lodging " are not repeated in the 541,11 section of the Act, or in the or ders of the Commissioners, and thence some persons have contended that " lodging, or shelter" is not of the description of relief required to be provided in cases of emergency. I confess that the attempt to put upon the S:atuto such a construction appears to me quits untenable. The word " medicine" is omitted in these ciaus2s, es well as " temporary lodging," yet it will be se trcely contended that a person perishing in the street from the consequence of accident or active disease, is not entitled to medieel relief, as instantaneous and effectual es if he were dying from want of food. The a-ICI sec tion expressly says that the relit f is to be " such es each ease shall require;' and it would be an insult to common sense to say that this requirement of the Statute would be complied with by offering bread so a house's: s stranger, about to perish of cold, eel to refuse hirn shClt&r " such as l:is case required." I have, the honour to be, Your rust obedient servant, C H A iILES Ci!.3/ Solicitor. Dec. 1, 1810. 4 an:ls Wil.iam IV. cap. 76. S,:c. 52. Au: el wheri: , as a practice has obtained of giving relic! . to pervious Cr their who at the time of jog for or teeeiving such reiicf were wholly or partially in the emp:nyment of ; and the relief of ate tlieir foluilics is in many places ado:I -LI:Acted iu moth.s productive of evil in other reFpeets. And whereas, ni:ty arise in case any imme diate and u:-.ivers.il remedy is Littcuipted to be app!ied in tl;e matters ttior;sdid, 13:: it further enacted and rtitcr :be pig -ing of tl the said hy ;roil Ilan be for such rules, rs, ;ego lations as tie y may thiufi tit t-o declare, to whet extent sled fer tali it perieii, the relief to be given to able-lintlicd persons or to their femilies in any particular parish or union miry be admiedatereel Cut of the workhouse of such parish er union by payments in moaey or with food or clothing, in L . :C(I or partly in kind and partly in money, and hi what proportioes,to what persons or class of persons, at what times and places, on whit conditions and in wh at mante.r such out-door relief may be eirorded. And all relief which shall be given by any Overseer, GuartYtaa, or otle r person having the con trol or distribution of the futois of such parish or tinier, contrary to such erders or regulations, shall be, and tho same is hereby declared to be unlawful, and shall be disallowed in the accounts of the person giving the same, stilit'et to the exceptions hereinafter mentioned. Pro sided always, that is ease the Overseers or Guardians of any parish or union, to which such orders or raeela titins shall be addressed or directed, shall, upon censi d,ration of the special circumstances of such pariih or union, or of any person or class of persons therein, ba-of opiniou Oust the application and enforcing of such orders or regulations, or of any part thereof, at the time or in tLo manner prescribed by the said Ceturnissinners, would be ittespedieut, it shell be lawful for such Over seers or Guardiana to delay the operation of well orders or regulations, or of eny part thereof, for any I er:od not exceeding the space of thirty days, to be reckoned from the dsy of the receipt of such orders or regulations. And such Overseers or Guardians shall, twenty days at the least before the expiration of such thirty days, make a statement and Repot t of such special circutnsiances to the said Commissioners. And all relief which shall be given by such Overseers or Guardians before as answer to such lloport shall have been returned by the said Connuisioner3, if otherwise lawful, shall not be deemed unlawful, although the same shall have been giver. contrary to such orders or regulations, or any of tl:cas ; but io case the said Qornmiesioners shall disap rove of such delay, or think that for the future such orders or regulations ought to come into operation, eot tvielistanding the special circumstances alleged by such Oserseer or Guardian, it shall he lawful for the seitl Commissioners by a peremptory order to direct that from and after a day to be teed thereby such orders and re gulations, or such parts or medqieations thereof as they may think expedient and proper, shall be enforced and observed by such Overseers and Guardians. And if any allowance be clack, or relief given by such Over. seers or Guardians, after the last mentioned period, contrary to such last mentioned order, the amount of the relief or all.e.vance shall be disallowed in the accounts of the party giving the same. Provided also that a quarterly report of all such cases as shall occur in any quarter shall at the end of every such quarter be 'sill by the: said Commiesiemers before one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State. Provided also teat in case the Overseers or Guerdians of any Parish or Union in which such orders or regulations shall be its force shall depart from them er any of them in any particu lar instance or instances of emergency, and shall withi n tifteeta days after 'such departure report the same, and the grounds thereof, to the add Commissioners, and the s.aid Commissioners shall approve of such departure, or if. the relief so given shall have been given in food, tem porary lodging, or medicine, and shall have been so re ported as aforesaid, then and in either of such cases the relief granted by such Overseers or Guardians if other wise lawful shall not be unlawful or subjeet to be dis allowed. Sec. 54. And be it further enacted, that from and. after the passing, of this Act the ordering, giving, and directing of all relief to the poor of any parish, which accerdieg to the pros isions of any of the said recited Acts, or of an . Act peised in the -first and second years of the reign of his present Majesty, iatituled " An Act for the better regulation of Vestries, and- fcr the ap pointment of Auditors of Acccounts in certain Parishes in England and Wales," or of this Act, or of any local Acts, shall be under the government and control of any Guardians of the Poor or of any Select Vestry, and whether forming part of any Union or incorporation or not (but subject in all cases to, and saving and except ing the powers of the said Commissioners appointed under this Act) shall appertain and belong exclusively to such Guardians of the Poor or Select Vestry, accord ing to the respective provisions of the Acts under which: such Guardians or Select Vestry may have been or shait be appointed ; and it shall not be lawful for any Over sew of the poor to give any further or other relief or al lowance from the Poor-rate than such as shall be or dered by such Guardians or Select Vestry, except in. woes of s u dd en an d urgen t necessity, in which cases h e i s hereby r equ i red to give suc h t e mporary relief as each. case shall require in articles of absolute necessity, but not in money, and whether the applicant for relief be settled in the parish where he shall apply for relief or not ; provided alway s that in case such Overseer shall refuse or neglect to give such necessary relief int any such case of necessity to poor persons not settled nor usually residing in the parish to which such over seer belongs, it shall and may be lawful for any Justic es of the Peace to order the said Overseer by wr:tingwriting,.under his hand end seal, to g i ve such temporary in artic!es of absolute necessity as the ewe shall requ;re, but not in money. And in case such o..etseer shad! • disobey such order,_ he shall, on the conviction beforw• two JusCeeseforfeit any sum not exceeding fiv e p oun d., , which such Justic •a shell order, provided alwass that: any Justice of the Peace slia:l he ea:powered to rise similar order for .medical mike (enly),o any patielione „ es well as out-parishioner, where any ca •c of sudde . te • and dangerous illness may reeetire it. And any Over— ecer shall be liable to the same penalties as aforesaitt for disobeying st:ch order, l aUt it shall not be lawf u l f or any Justice or Justices to order relief to . any person or persoes from the Poor-rates o f an y such pariah, except.. as hereiebelore provY.cti. - Rulvs and ()..I,rs cf the (;orainiisicners , undcr thq.auttority cl 4 ai; :i 5, I.V. 4 : e. 7 op THE ny.LIEVING OITICER. cans of sudden and urgent-neceisity„, to give such por at y rdi t f a , eac h ase t••quirc, eithf r by phie;ng pd4er in the workhouse or af • lording rolid out of the bens° in Prticks of neCeLsity, but not in money; tihttber theFFtfor" relief be stttLd in any pariah or•place comprised in 113 03 Union or not. DEITIES OF TilE CIIIITC;;WARDENS AND ovERFLEEs— Fourtbly.—lr •CLuicharl - n or elver s ", I the' Poor of any • p.ilish - or plum; in th's Union shall, in our' THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1841. case of sudden and urgent necessity deem it right that temporary relief to any pauper in articles of necessity should be given out of the workhouse, such Church warden or Overseer shall, if po:sible, cause ti:e same to be given to the relieving officer for such parish or place ; but if such Church,varden or Overseer shall g;ve such relief himself he shall forthwith report the same in writing to such relieving officer. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUCIL. THE LATE JAMES WOOD'S WILL-HITCHINS AND OTHERS V. GOODLAKE AND OTHERS. The argument in this appeal was appointed to come on yesterday, at tea o'clock, and accordingly the Coun sel and parties assembled at that hour in great force. The Attorney-General, Mr. P e mberton, Dr. Addams, and Mr. C. Austen, appeared for the appellants (Sir Matthew Wood, and the two other surviving executors); the Solicitor-General, Sir W. Follett, Dr. Burnaby, and Dr. Jenner, for the adherents (the Corporation of Glou cester, Mr. Helps, and the other legatees under the codicil) ; Sir F. Pollock, Mr. Sergeant Bompas, and Dr. Curteis, for the respondent, Mr. Hitching ; and Mr. Cresswell, Dr. Phillimore, and Dr. Haggard for the other respondent, Mrs. Goodlake. The members of the Judicial Committee present were Lord Brougham, the Vice-Chancellor, Mr. Ju:ticc Erskine, and Dr. Lushington. The Attorney-General was about to begin his argu ment in support of the appeal, when Sir F. PeeLecK said he felt it to be his duty on the part of Mr. Hitchins, one of the respondents, to object to the case being heard before the Court as at present constituted. One of their Lordships had been engaged as Counsel for some of the parties in the cause in the Court below, and although neither his client nor himself could for a moment suppose that any partiality or undue bias would influence the mind of that Learned Judge, yet he must say, for his own part, that he would not submit the points upon which he re lied, with that boldness which his client's interests re quired, to a Judge whose mind might be stored with in formation which he had obtained privately, out of the case, affording an answer perhaps to observations which he might think it his duty to make upon the evidence. _ _ _ After some discussion, in which several of the Coun sel joined, Dr. LUSHINGTON said that he had consented tAith great reluctance to hear this case, but his own scruples had been overruled by their Lordships, and he was re quested to sit as the only means of making a Court for the purpose. He found that the same thing had been done by Sir Anthony Hart, who had sat there upon cases is which he bad been counsel, and he had himself done the same thing in other appeals from Doctors' Commons, and no such objection was ever thought or. Now that it had been made, however, and urged in st ch a way, he would request to be allowed to withdraw. Lord BROUGHAM said their Lordships would endea vour to make a Court to hear this case on islotiday next, and, d they could do so, due notice would be given to the parties ; in the meantime the argument must be adjourned sine die. INSOLVENT DEBTOR'd COURT. ---•~-- IN TILL HATI'LL OF JOAN TAYLOR STANWAY, AN AL- LEGED LUNATIC Tide case came before the Court on Monday by special appointment, in the shape of a commission, cn the alleged question of insanity'. The prisoner, a young man, who was in attendance, accompanied by numerous friemth, had been an iroarnoncer •in Oxford street, and had been confined in the Fleet prison for debt since June last. In lth-ptearib:?.r the warden (Mr. B:own) called in (under the 192 d section of. the Act relating to insolvent debtors) Mr. Harmer, the late Alderman, who heard evidence, and on his own view gave a certlh.iate that the prisoner was insane and incapable of taking the benclit of the Act r. 3 ordiil.-,ry person. Mr. Cooper, a surgeon, had given a similar certificate, and Stanway was dracribed as a source of darig•r and annoyance to the " establish ment," as it was tcrm2d. Mr. Brown, on there documents, filed a petition, .as required by the statute, and a day was appointed for the hearing, alien the d'scharge, if not resisted, would have been proncuneeil, and an assignee could have been ap piiiated. In ease of iasn.c prisemers no schedules are requir,d, but the property of the parties vested in the Court. Tire prisoner, it was stated, had read an ad vertisement that he was branded us a lunatic, and his relations came to the Court to dismiss the petition filed by the warden, which application v.-us opposed en the ground that the certificate of insanity given by the Al derman Was conclusi‘e. The COURT, however, held that they would hear viva toce evidence whether the man was now insane. Mr. Brown brought ferward no evidence of insanity. Accordingly a number of I is fellow-prisoners were examined, whose testimony showed that Stanway acted rationally cnou b h except when excited by drink, at which time ly.; conducted himself in a manner so vio lent as to rcs;‘rnide The prisonei's brother gave evidence, as o .as William Gowan], who had managed the business of the prisoner and his father in Oxford-street for twenty-nine years. The prisoner was examined, and gave his evidence in a very clear and sensible manner. The COURT dismissed the petition presented by Mr. Brown, and the prisoner was telen back to the Flemt Prison, where it is understood he will remain until he receives his share under his fathcr's will, ;vhca he can r m. ; all his creditors. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. miiNSIO.Y-HOU SE. TIIE ADMINISTRATION OF TILE POOR-LAW IN THE CITY.—Mr. Pewtress, the Deputy Of Bridge Ward, whose Report upon the Administration of the Peer laws in the City appeared en Tuesday in the news papers, wrote the following letter to the Lord Mayor:— January Ist, 1841. TO the 111411 t tionourable the Lord Mayor. MY LORD—I have just read an article in the Pluming Herald in reply to a report I have written on that part of the New Poor-law which relates to the destitute poor. if the writer had fully understood the • law, he would never have written the following sen tence, on which the whole of his reasoning is based : " The relief which the poor have a right to ask for, but which the Guardians if they please may refuse under the existing Poor-law, is what Mr. Pewtress called prompt, effectual, and permanent relief to desti tate persons." N ,w the destitute poor have not only a right to ask for relief by the provisions of this law, but something nore—they can demand relief. The writer continues and asserts, " but which the Guardians, if they please, msy refuse, under the existing poor-law." This state ment is incorrect. The Guardians cannot legally red fuse relief, and if they or any other officers acting under them should refuse to administer relief they directly in cur penalties, far the first offence 51., for the second offence 101., and for the third offence•2o/. • Here is ample security for the protection of these destitute persons, if the administrators of the law would see that it was fairly and properly enforced. The writer further states that " we took notice yes terday-of the exceptional provisions which enables, but does not require a Magistrate to give relief when re fused by an overseer, in case of urgent distress, to a person settled in the parish." The power of the Magis trate to order relief to destitute persons is transferred to the officers appointed under the. New Pocr-law Act, with the excepted cases which the writer has stated; and while the law has relieved the Magistrate from the painful duty of investigating cases of distress, and trans ferred it to another body, whose entire attention is to be devoted to this object, it has at the same time armsd the Magistrate with pore: equal to meet the case, seen effectually to remedy every refusal of relief to a desti tute person. And no relieving officer, overseer, or master of the workhouse would commit a second offence, if his first refusal of relief were promptly visited by the infliction of the penalty which the laws enjoins. If you consult the police reports in the Times and other daily journals, from the year 1888 to the present time, and examine the various cases which have been brought before the Magistrates, where persons in a state of destitution complained that relief had been re fund by an officer of the poor, you will find scarcely an instance, except in the mayoralty of and person of Al derman Wilson, in which a Magistrate ever threatehed to enforce the penalty of the law against such offenders. I hope your Lordship will cause the summary and exposition of the law so ably drawn up by the City So licitor to be presented to the public, which will, I have no doubt, remove all difficulties on the subject. I take the liberty to address your Lordship on this vital sub ject, because I believe that my answer to the objections I h a ve quoted will be likely, through the medium of the to reach th e w h o l e o f the d a i ly press, ti.tn';conductors of which, although holding diff:rent opinions on the operation of the Poor-laws, manifest a dek p intetest is the condition of those for whose pro tection they were framed. I remain, my Lord, yours very respectfully, THOMAS Ph:WI TRESS. W e give the opinion to which Mr. Pewtress refers elsewh ere . Matilda Straljbrd, a woman of great strength of be an d, also with having, upon teas n i with havint,, br b e e e a g t c li n t a be m fo a r n e , the Lord Mayor, charged being t u n e • ached some policemen; and. broken nto custody, thrashed several panes o! it 'file prisor • I • fought several .cr, weo . -,vas said to have men at dderent times, swenered up to the bar, as if ,;! she feared no man, and di sp i: y 'The complainant ; " • that without receivir, the slightest provccation, the vira- - Mind ed an awful e!enched fist. e o attacked hirin• Your eye cki fellow,' said she ; and, in an instant gave l~him a etroightforivard pelt j ust b etween the eyes. Sh e J then tore his coat and shirt, and when the• policemen were calied to his assistance, she turned upon them, end fasten( d upon them like a tiger. co :iceman said that the woman had been lie ,: quently charged with having assaulted men, women,_ and children. . When she was tipsy, she did not care how many were opposed to her. The LORD DelAYOR—Why, Matilda, this is a very bad account that I have of you. Prisoner—lt is indeed, my Lord. The Lotto I\lAvolt—What can you say for your sel? Prisoner—l'm blest if I remember anything about it. The LORD MAYOR—What ! You were so much intoxicated that you forget what happened ? Prisoner —Jist so, please your Lordship. Wasn't I precious happy ; but it was all the fault of the New-year. The LORD MAYOR—Well—you shall begin the New-year at the treadmill. Inspector Woodruff said that wherever the prisoner appeared she excited terror, and that her knack of breAking windows from long experience was such, that some publicans thought it safer to let her have drink for nothing than by refusal to hazard the tap-room windows. The prisoner, who laughed at the recital of her qualifications, was then committed to prison. THE• ANTI-BRIDGE TOLL ASSOCIATION.— Mr. Cope, jun., the Secretary to the Anti-Bridge Toll As sociation, waited upon the Lord Mayor, on Wednesday, for the purpose of informing his Lordship that the offi cers of the Association had done all in their power to find Mr. " John Jackson," who had addressed a letter to his Lordship, insinuating that the gentleman who was collecting subscriptions were not authorised, but their efforts had proved ineffectual. A person of that name had been formerly employed by the Association, but his services had been dispensed with. At all events the writer of the letter could not be found, and a letter di rected to the address mentioned in John Jackson's corn munication to the Lord Mayor, had been returned to the Association, with the information that no such per son was there. The LORD MAvort regretted that any one should write to him complaining of conduct for which there was no foundation. Mr. Cope added that the lady who had signed the petitions and given the subscription, had been waited upon on the subject, and that she declared that she had most cheerfully subscribed, and that there were no grounds fur the insinuations. contained in the letter to his Lordship signed " John Jackson." AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR DECEMBER. At the clese of the 3ear we have, to call the atten• tion of cur readers to circumstances, retrospective and prospective, of no little importance ; but before we do this—yet still influentially connected with it—we must refer to meteorological phenomena, and this we .are enabled to do by some communications just received; very extensively. In recent notices we have had oc casieo to mention the extreme equability of temperature which prevailed from August to. November. In the last number of the Quarterly Journal of Agriculture p. 437, there is the following remark ;—" It is allowed that the month of October is the period for the turnip increasing largely in the bulls. Not:, it may have been observed that the temperature, throughout all October was very moderate, seldom rising above 55 deg. in the warmest part of the day, though never falling below 40 deg. in the night. This monotoncua or torpid state of temperature is unfavourable to vegetation. Plants may survive, but cannot increase in it. Still there is a great hulk of excellent foot for stock on the land, and, so far as the, season has as yet gene, it, consumption has been attended with pleasaet weathOr, and this is a mat ter of no mean consideration in the feeding of stock, pertieularly of sheep, on turuips." Thus tee perceive that at and round Edinburgh the weather was nearly the satire as that which was reported to exist around Ltoolon ; but this is not all ; we have to cite a more singular coincidence. • A letter from the same oily, per • date Dec. 23 instant, informs us that shies: the 15th of the month there Itad been severe frost occasionally. "On the morning of that day the ther mometer stood at 24 degrees Fahrenheit, and at eleven o'clock, forenoon, at 29 degt coo. O. the 16th we had o tittle snow, which soon disappeared, with a subsequent thaw ; but at present. the frost is " black," as we say here, when there is no snow en the ground"-24 deg. thea, that is, in gardener's language 8 deg. of frost was ale; lowest degree t xperienced at Edinburgh ! Vs'ith us tire first fortright of December ranged between 33 and 44 deg., the two first days only being warmer. On the 14th the lowest was 26 dee..—on the 16th snow just covering the ground, with 24 deg., but on the 18th moaning we found the mercury at 19, or 13 deg. of frost. Ever • since toe frost has continued, but oith no severity ; though we read of much .now in Kent, and of extreme cold in Surrey. Toe inference we draw is this, that latitude has little to do with temperatura, and that in tile centre, nay, in the south of France, extreme rigour may occur, while Scotland shall enjoy a comparatively temperate scaton. The columns of that great collector of evidence, the llark Lane Express, assures us that a more propitious " seed-time," one of g reater promise for the future, has seldom occurred ; and to the truth of this announce ment, which is based on general information, we add the testimony derived front actual observation. 'Fire winter wheats are, however, better than the spring sown ; oven in Edinburgh the former has weighed as much as 6611). per bushel. Barley was a float crop everywhere, and, at the lowest weights, is heavy. Po tatoes hate been partial ; in some parts a bulky crop has been obtained, but where the tubers have been planted during dry weather the result has been light ; but, its a whole, the harvest and consequent prospects are much superior to those of 1839, Prices may yet recede, but 60s. to 635. per quarter for wheat is not dear, and, as butchers' meat is high, it will naturalise as do the high prices of tea and sugar, " drive the working people to bay more wheat bread, oatmeal, and corn rice than they did last year." " Labourers are in full work, earning 9s. and 10s. per week." As to the crops in the ground we can say nothing ; the land is locked up and repose is general. We could wish that the snow had been a little deeper if frost is to continue ; but unless the latter is to assume a char acter of more rigour nothing need be apprehended. The old year departs with a prospect of peace and plenty ; what its successor may present belongs to the future, but we say ; as We have always said, " Let us hope and trust with confidence." • "AWAKE ! ARISE! OR BE FOR EVER FALLEN." The tocsin is fairly sounded through the length and breadth of the United Kingdom,—the watchword, "Down with the Corn-laws." Every association establish ed with the avowed object of agitating for repeal is at this moment calling together its members—organising its movements—increasing its numbers—collecting sub scriptions—dividing itself into sub-committees, each having charge o! a separeu_' district, for the purpose of procuring petitions—influencing Members of Parliament _soliciting the aid of the ministers of the Gospel—and all other means which can be devised for attacking with redoubled vigour this monstrous and unholy monopoly. Associations! wain do the advocates of dear bread compel you to put forth your strength ; again are you re quired to labour to procure justice from the Legislature. The puerile arguments of the landlords are now found to be nothing more than selfish pretences in order to keep up rents, end everywhere have our lecturers met with sympathy and co-operation. Let each association exert itself to the utmost ; let every borough or district, in which one has not been formed, establish one forthwith. Three gentlemen, remember, are sufficient as a commencement, and by sending their names to the Council they will be duly enrolled among the good men and true, now bound to gether in one great league for the overthrow of the bread tax. Once formed, they will Snd numbers rally round them ; the foundations of our national prosperity are undermined, the currency deranged, trade embar rassed, the revenue, in spite of the late additions to our taxation, decreasing, the people worse fed, worse clad, worse housed, and all under the operation of this vile law. Arouse, then, associations! For the sake of our children, our country, for the sake of humanity, of justice, and of religion, let us make another glorious effort. A million and a half of names were last year attached to petitions for the repeal of the bread tax, let us this year double the number. On such a question every man is responsible for his actions. Apathy in this case is sinful ; for any man, whatever may be his party politics, who has a convic tion of the wickedness of the bread tax, and does not endeavour to abolish it, is not an honest man. Every association then in its own sphere of useful ness will act at once and with vigour, and every mem ber of each association will, we are convinced, to the utmost of his ability, help forward the cause. Let there be a glorious rivalry among us which shall do the most, for it is a moral impossibility in such a cause and with such an organization that we should fail of success.— Anti-Corn•latu Circular. • MANCHESTER, DEC. 31.—ROBBERY OF THE BANE OF MANCIIESTER.—The persons who were last week apprehended on suspicion of having eon - milled this robbery have been discharged, it appearing that the police hadgot hold of the wrong parties, though one of them was confidently sworn to by the Posy-office clerk. Through the instrumentality of Messrs Pannerruans, one of whose notes had been similarly pucloined, the Teal offender has been daected • ho was apprehended on Tuesday after noon at one of the branch post-offices, whither he had gone in cmpectation of receiving a banker's order, which he had appointed to be sent there. Ha is a lad of 17 }cars of age, named John Bourne, and has been, cm plo.yed in a hosi er y ware h ouse b e l :ng i ng to Messrs. Luxe, . of Church-street lie w as b r3ug ht before the Magistrates ycstcrday, and again to-ilay, wh• - :11 he Was fully committed, the ccse being falearly made out sgairst Mr. J. S—Balls, one of Oat; best light comedians of the day, end not an unworthy successor of lilliston, in ma s n ta y rr o in f g, t , h i e t Ivpiati great applause at ; where l ts of that inimitable c ome di an , i s now we arc glad to find that the manager, Mr. Tcrnan, is reap.: ing a just and liberal reward for his enterprising spirit. A person who has recently pas.:cd the Simplon states that, at the - villve of that name, .up to the. 15th inst., the thermemetcr had turf f.-d!cfl•there more than 10 degrees z:ro of Reaumur, or above sore of Fahrenheit. PERE COUPE-TOUJOURS. At the junction of the Boulevards St. Martin and du Temple, in Paris, there lives a confectioner, whose shop is about the size of one's hand, and yet the business which the owner drives is so consider able, that he will probably enough become the founder of a family. If ever he sets up an equipage the most appropriate crest to affix upon the panel of his carriage would be a muffin. " From morn till dewy eve" he is engaged in the vending of this grateful cate, which differs somewhat from those to which we are accustomed in London, being baked in an oblong form, and then cut into little squares Our confectioner cuts up and disposes of many thousands of these in a single day. He is related to have been more than once seen for fifteen hours in succession cutting away at these dainties. Hence comes his sobriquet "Coupe-toujours," which at this day is the only name by which the old man is known amongst the good folk of Paris. It is doubtful whether there is a single Parisian unacquainted with this true civic hero, his old es tablished gastronomic celebrity, the most popular of rich men, and the richest perhaps of hommes populaires. His name, you know it already. Doubtless he has some genuine and inalienable patronymic, and has received at the baptismal font some sainted addition, by which he is known to his own family and his immediate neighbours, such as "Jean," " Pierre," or " Barnabe ;" but his veritable historic name, as sounded by the trumpet of fame, is that of " Pere coupe-toujours." He is the emperor of dough, the regenerator of stiffly kneaded paste, the Napoleon of hot muffins and crumpets, and dearly prized by all these sacred titles to thousands of throbbing hearts and grateful stomachs. Yet this day is he forced to undergo the fate of all great men ; and even Coupe-tou jours has his enemies—witness Madame Barbillon, that aged lady who has " pulled him up" before the Juge du Paix. Madame Barbillon (to the Judge)—Le voila ! I am forced to bring him before you—the seducer Of youth, the endoctrincur of boys in petticoats. I place him in your hands. He is the cause why my Fifi will never become an avocat. Judge—Who is this Fifi ? Madame Barbillon—A little boy of mine, who was born in '22, the year of the great frost. Figure to yourself a youth, who was evidently born to end his days as Chancellor of France, a garcon who could speak for a whole evening without so much as spitting. Eh bien ! Pere Coupe-toujours pre vents him from succeeding. Muffins will mar his career. Pere Coupe-toujours—Quelle betise ! Muffins, indeed, mar the success of a man of mind ! Ask of M. Thiers, who did me the honour a dozen years back to eat them at my place with M. Felix Ban din. They used to take 15c, worth between them. Ask M. Thiers if muffins marred his advancement. Madame Barbillon—'Tis ail malice. Tile per sons he mentions ate 'em—they didn't make 'em. Fdi makes them in eartloads,,, but doesn't cat 'em —not he. T! , .z.s.t'S the tact, and it's not very fattening. Judge—lnform Me, Madam, of what it is pre cisely you complain. Madame Bar bilion—Lt him give me back my son, whom he has thrust into his oven.—(Gene ral laughter.) You must know that I sent my son to Paris to study under his uncle, who has the honour to be an under-clerk in an . effiee at the Ecole de Droit. I thought him already more learned titan a bailiff. I arrived in Paris eight days since, de scended from the diligence, and ran de suite to the Boulevard St. Martin, where my brother has his domicile. I felt myself monstrous hungry, and, see ing a patissier's on my way, I stepped i n and asked for a couple of sous' worth of muffins. " Enlevez le :hied!" was the answer, and they flung me the pastry. Grand Dien ! that " enlevez" made me shudder. I cast my eyes on the being who han dled the comestible, and although he wore a cotton night cap, which was not of the cleanest, I recog nised him at once. It was my son I What I want to-day is that man to restore him to me—that man qui exploite mon enfant, who has plunged him up to his armpits in his kneading-trough. Pere Coupe-toujours—l respect your maternal sentiments.—(Laughter ) Oui c est vrai ; but I must be permitted to make one observation. It .was your own son who solicited permission to enter my establishment, and be taken as my apprentice. The coquin loved muffins much better than the seven codes, and asked permission to make them. Madame Barbilion—What does that matter to me ? Why did you listen to his nonsense ? am determined to make him an avocat, will he, nil he. A youth with a precious avenir is not to lose it so easily. Yes, a youth who has an uncle an under-clerk in an office at the Ecole de Droit—ma foi, oui Pere Coupe-toujours—Mais, Madame, he is al ready d'une jolie force at the kneading-trough. He will make you a cake like a sexagenarian-patissier. I really thought you would have been delighted to hear of his progress. Madame Barbillon—Delighted ! Vile patissier ! An enfant destined to wear a robe and a square cap ! Flattered, forsooth, to see him with his shirt sleeves tucked up, his face all over flour, his throat bare, and his head wrapped up in a cotton nightcap, as if he was created and placed in the world for no other purpose but to make brioches. C'est beau, par exemple ! Pere Coupe-tonjours— Everybody might have been .satisfied. If he chose to be a baker from twelve till five, he might have gone to the Ecole de Droit in the morning. I never would have pre vented that. He might hare crammed himself with law in the morning and with muffins at night. Believe me, madam, the latter are more savoury, and, like many. other folks, I prefer them. Your lawsuit strips the ribs, your muffins cover them. — (Laughter.) Madame Barbillon—Yes, and if it came to be • known w en.l.4e went to. Pere Coupe.toujours—He is apprenticed to me, and I am entitieel.to his services. Madame Barbillou.—But what will the gentle men of the bar Fay to it t . Judge—There is no dishonour in it, although it certainly is a little bizarre. Besides, 'Madame, the existing arrangement, if pursued, will. prevent the necessity of pronouncing judgment-, and will provide the boy with the means of support. The proud mother, after some hesitation, con sented to allow the cause to be erased from the list, with the understanding that her son should be pro visionally partitioned into two equal parts—one half apprentice avocat, the other half apprentice patissier. Pere Coupe-toujours—You have acted, Madam, with a true eye to the interests of your son. For, voyei-irons, if he turns out a " cake" at the bar, he can fall back into the kneading-trough. He thus will never be without a crumb to pick up, or a crust to eat, and that is more than can be said of all the gentlemen of the long robe. 'The parties then left die Court, all in an appa rent state of high satisfaction. The " dough•ty" barrister in futuro pulled out a cake from his poc ket, and ate it very contentedly. 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Such vivid pictures of life at Oxford as are affirded in Peter Priggin-.'s sketch have never before been made public, and, while the college-man will at once acknowledge their truthrulucss, and enjoy the gusto with which the humorous Peter descants on the hitherto-hidden mysteries of Alma Mater, the general reader twist admit his obligations to the writer for having been allowcd to be=in'e a participator in scenes of fun and frolic, which " Life " iu no other poi tion of the world, perhaps, could have presented to his view. Toere are many portions of these laughter-exciting volumes, which, for buoyancy arid originality of humour, arc scarcely a pproached by any writer of the day. The description of Dooneffi.i and his t6demy . may vie with /30z's celebrated sketch of Squeers and the Yorkshire school. PRICES OF CANAL,DOCK,ASSUR ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, FRIDAY, JAN. 1. Number Dividend " Price of per -- CANALS, net Shares. Annum. Paid. Shire. 1.766 7 per cent. Ashton & Oldharn...Average97/.lBs.sh, 110 1,4 4 .2 41. Ashby ..cle-le-Zeuch Average 1151.5 h , 72 1,969 Basing,stolie.... 1001.5h. 5 1,005 51. Brecknock and Abergavennr 150/. sh. 02 8,c66 1.16 th . 10!. Birmingham, 1-16th share ...qt. & 71!. 201 4,000 Ditto & Liverpool Junct.l2.'ll. sh. 100 pd 26 600 31. Bridgewater and Taunton.loo/. sh. all pd - 100 5!. Chelme.r and Blackwater lOOl. sh . 101 .500 32/. Caventry 1001,sh. 660 Croydon... ...... ... Average 31/.26.10d. sh. - 060 51. Os Dudley ... 1001. sh. 973! COO 131. Derby lool.sh. 100 20,00) 4 per cent. Danube and Mayne 411.135. 4 d.pd 34 3,5751 4'. Ellesmere and Chester Average 13.?...5h. 81 231 621 Erewash l6ol.en. 750 1,20 301. Forth and Clycle....Avera7e 5401.163. eb, 6;0 11,9(.0 8/. Grand junction 1001. sh 140 , Ali 255. Grand Union lool.sh. 24 ?,500 Grand 5urrey......... .„ lool.sh. 15 1,0001 41. per cent . Ditto (optional) Lan 1001. 3096 Grand Western lOOl. sh. all pd 10 COO 13/.125. Rd. Glanorganshire, Awn'. cost 1721.139.4 d. 230 749 12:. Grantham ~..s 150/.sh. 20: 1 6,208 21. Os. HuddettAield ....Average 5 11. 6s. 6d. sh. 27 100 25.39.8 1/.los. Kennet 2.nd Avon, Av. 39/. 18s. 10d. sh 25 11,6999 1/. 7s. Lancaster Average 471. Cs. 8d 2736 2,8971 301 Leeds and Liverpool lOOl. oh 760 515 15 . 1. Leicester 140/.81. 110 1,897 5/.os. Leicester & Northampton Aver F3/.10: 735,', 2.400 101, Monmouthshire lOO2 .sh 200 150 1 0/. Melton Mowbray .,. 1031. eh. 200 500 251. Mersey and Irwel l lool.B h. 565 3,00 d 2!. 10s. Macclesfield lOOl. sh. all pd 241,j 217 171. Neath lOOl.Oll. 325 0 ,400 51. Peak Forest Average about 78/. sh. 75 - 21,418 6.3. Regent's (or London) Av. 1131.162.8 d. sh. 10)6 6,669 6/. per cent. Rozfldale Average 85/. sh. 67 500 8/. Shropshire /251. sh. 150 800 101.0 s. B.3rnerset Coal l5O/.5h. 189 ;COO!. 41 per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock ...... ...121 1 0 s. sh. 11 4 700 flf/. Staftbrd and Worcester 140/. sh . 650 500 151. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 280 300 9/, Stourbridge). _ «...145Lsh. 396 3,647 2!. Os. Stratford-on-Avon i tver....791. 9s. , fl. sh. 41 533 121/ Swansea lOO/. sh. 265 3,762 2/. Bs. Serern and Wye and Railway Av. 35/. sh. 45 2,60016 h. 321. 106. Trent and Mersey, 1 share 1001.6h. 580 8,149 • Thames and Medway Av. 191. ss. Bd. sh. 2 1,0005h.1 161. Warwick an d 13 4 rmiagham lOO/.sh! 245 0001 sh. j 930 13: Warwick and 11 aptw," lOU sh; 175 7,000 41' Worcestee& Birmingham Av.7B/.136. sh. 56)4 5.000 325. Wilts and 13erks Aversee 67/. lOs 8d: sh. 27 eon 6., Wytlev and Essington 125/. sh 74 1 1 46 Wlloc , ton '','...: oh. 30 90 5 1 1. Wey and Aeon. llOl. sn. 22 DOCKS. 1 ' 1" & 3 3 c. Commerc al lOO l. sh . 65 1,C6515h. P. East and West India ....Stock VS 3,239;310.1/. 60s. p.ct. London Stock 67 Ditto Bonds 2,209 31. 6s. sd. Bristol Average If'!. Vs. sh. 75 62,324/. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lOB 352,752 5 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 99 1 4 500,1510 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds 204.1.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years Deptford Pier .... 201. sh. 201. pd 10 BRIO 0 ES. ,flOO 10s. Hammersmitli 50/.lh. 21 7,201 Southwark, Old Ac. t:11. 2s.'?'.. sh. 2k, 1,7 , 0 1/. 153. Ditto, New, 017! per cent. ...... 30/. sh. 13 ~(1;,0 ..... . Waterloo . 100 , . sh. 3 5,1)00 995. Od. Ditto, Old Annuities of Ii! 'V. pd ilily, 5,01,0 19s. Dl. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. ... ...... 401. pd 17 , e, ,10,0001. 51. per cent. Llittc 11C11,13 5,048 .tfis Vauxhall ...... ~. Av erne 701. 16s. 3d. sh 261 , 2i ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 311 es Albion 5OO/. sh. 501. pd 73 50,000 6 T i e , c a t 'l Allianceß .3 ritish SeForeignlo6/.sh. II!. pd 1!4 40,030 • 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine lOO/, pd 5Y . , 4,000 11. per sh. Atlas 5Ol. sh. 51. pit IP•4 1,2001811. 51. - Birmingham 1'ire...... ...... 250/. sh. 551. pd 10714 21.1,0N0 4/. per cent. British fire 2501. sh. se/. pd 40 14,C('0 6/ per cent. British Commercial 'Ol. oh. 51. pd 514 50o1) 51. per cent. Clerical & Medkel Life, 1601.5 h. 211 ea pit 4 t o ,'n;`o, 3? Os County ION. sh. 10!. pd IC 20,i.09 Sc. Eagle 'O/. sh. 51. pd .5.?•; 4 - - 5 per cent. 200 ~, ,,l ii 301 65. Economic Lit , 1203!. oh. 2501. pd 400 2,271 fail. 4.01" c e nt. European Li i•i 20 /. sh. all pd 22 50f13) iii. Ditto, New ... .. 2O/. sh. 91. i:d IT' 000,0( , 0/. 6/:per ct Globe Stock 121 ye 23'3)0 .7,1• Guarei,aii 3 - 1, ,- :00 s. fi.i.!. . Hope 2,504,60 51. 7s. (M. linii2ria I Fi re , 001. sh. 50/. ppdlos 7,0 9s. ImperLl Lite IOW. sh. 10/. pd 10 3150 5/ pc: cent. InUeianit.y 2.l,ritie IIW. sh. 21. p 09% 2 , 020 3! 103 Kent Fire _ Cl. sh. all pd 102 3/. I)itC.o Li re 'ol. pd 60 10,000 13s. Law Life lOOl. sh. 1;11. IA 10 5).410 les. Lon,itm, Fire ON/, sh. 12/. 10s. pd IS)4 09M 105. Landon, Siiip ..., ..... 201. sh. 121. 10s. pil 18 ,1 ,,i it(',C , CO3/. ... ..... liiiiisrva Lite -1001. sh. ~ ;iO4)0/. National Lo;:n Fui - al ...-.... 20,ctin 51. per cent. Palladium Lit , 5Ol sh. 91. pd 2/ 6s 50,060 4/. per cent. l'r, - titor Ir- - . '9/. sh 21. pi 18, Oil 10,0 , 0 4 per cent. Proteg,nt LAssenters ...,11.0/. sh. si. pd 5V,. 2,:,00 H. Pi evfgent lute 2;0,00 0 7e. Rock Life ~ 49,••.2, 1 5/. per (i7nt. I;.ciii al Exchange `,' ork 200 r,)l 910 5 per cent. University Li ,, ("0..31. 31. ',AI 0 1 4 5, - ;,:;U1 4 per cent. United Kin; , ,lom Life....., 100/. sh. 51. pd 7 1 / 4 JO/NT STOCK BAN N.S. 2i,i'1 , 9 ..... A grie. zini Cum. of Ireland 23/. sh. 101. pd 5060 C. per cent. Australa?i - 10/. sh. 40/. pd 51% 16, - .1110 10 percent. Bank of Bit mingham 5C./. sh. 10/. pd . 10% :,,,, IEO 10 per cent. Birmini - Olion Bank 5Ol. sh. 101. pd 23 :1 - 1.(0 6 per cent. London Se NestininEt,r 100/ .9h. 25/. pd 20% GC 1100 5/. Lcruion Joint Stock , 01. sh. 101. pd 13 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaiitrr lOO/. sh. 20/. 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Ditto, New lOO/. sh. 75/, pd ino 0,1 . 00 3/.os. Equitatile ..,50/. pd 20 IVO° 21 per cent. Imperial 5B/. sh. 575 800 51. per cent. Isle oh Thanet 252. sh. 20/. pd Ir.s% 2,350 6/. per cent. Indepmdent 'W. sh. all r.... 49 0,000 41. per cant. Phamix. Nil/. 01. 39/. pet 3:3! , 6 I,COO 41. per cent. Rateliff lOO/. sh. E.O/. pd 63 4,000 B,irth iLinitropoiitan 5 l/. sh. 19/. pd 17 9,000 41. per cent. Unita General 501. sh. 47/. psi 3:734 240 51. per cant. Warwick 5O/. sh. 50 400 5/. per cent WaitefiOd 2,1 7 C0 - 1. Westminster Chartered 6,000 129 . Ditto New . 51/. sh. 10/. pd 11 38 780 3 per cent. Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. 181. pd WAT E it WO II ic S 1,800 lOs Birmingham 25/. sh. 25/. pd t. 9. 1,424 71. East I.oncloi. lho/. sh. 170 5,500 21 15s. Grand Junction Average 411. Lis. 40. sh. 65 2,000 2/. Kent - 11e1. sh. 453 372 10/. Liverpool Bootle 2 ,01. sh. 526 1,500) 2 ilOs Nit - x River London Bridge Water Ann... CO 6,486 2/ lOs Manchester and Salford 109/. sh. 55 1,000 4 per cant. South Loudon 1(801. sh. 1013,', 8,294 411, West Middlesex Average 63/.'l2s. 90. sh. 101 1.060 11 14i York Building Co. Lessee Prop. 100/, sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 6,3Q0 Birmingham and Derby ...... VW pd 70 9 , 5f,0 ......... Birmingham and Gloucester 00/ pd t:7 15,000 Bristol and Exeter lOOl. sh. lit pd 3; 7,500 ...... ... Cheltenham Se G. Western MO/. sh. 62 ../. t.',:r :3,604 ......... Clarence 1001. sh. 100/ pd 25 8,000 Dublin and Drogheda 1001. sh. 5?. p 0 :30,000 Eastern Counties 9 5/. sh. `3.1.. pd F7,:y 10,000 Great North of England 1001. sh. 70/. pd 57 10,9:8 14 per cent. Grgini Junction lOOl ch. all pd 2113,', 25r,009 ......... Great Western - IT/. sh. 651. pd 91 25,01.0 ... ...... Ditto New , 0/. sh. 10'. pit (12 1 4 6,060 per cent Gosport Junction.. OOl. sh. 351. nil 3. 2,000 5 per cent. Hartlepool li::0/. eh. 1001. pd 145:4 8,000 u .. Hull and Selby 'ol. sh. 50/, pd 43 2,100 4/.pertent. Leeds and Selby 5,103 10 per cent. Liverpool& Manchester 104./.511. 100/.8,1 135 7,063 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares 51'1. pd 57 1 ,4 11,495 10'per cent. Ditto Quarter Share- "51. id 45 0(1,000 London ant) Brighton 50/. sh. 50/ pd 41331 24,800 .... ..... London and Illackwzill 25/. sh. 22V. pd IS% 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich -20/. sta. 20/ }al 7;i 25,000 8 per cent. London & Birmingham 1t44. sh. 901. pd 171 23,003 ... ...... Ditto Quarter Shares ....25/. 515. 51. pd 27 :31,250 ...... ... Dit o New Shares 321. sh. -211. pit 4 kv,, 36,009 5 per cent. London and S. 'Western Av. 58!, I7s. ti. s'i t./ .2 33,000 ......... London and Croydon( V. ~:„. /5 , ,: d. I ' 2 Ditto New Scrip.... _S "• '`" ''' ` 12)4 13,000 Manchestes.r and Lecc1,3...100/. sh. 001. pd 71'4 0,000 Ditto IL,lf ,Shares 5O/. 251. pd ',ill, 19,000 Manchester and 13 riniagharn 70/.sh. 40/. V 7 'a Ditto Extension 7l. nil 3 l.i 10,1100 ... ...... Midland Counties... 10:3. sh. 107, pd 75 15,000 ...... ... North Midland Ditto New 5,128 Norilicyn and Eastern-. COL xll 301. pd t 3 '...,t1 , 111 Preston and Wyse ''3!. sh :30/. lid 26 23,000 South Eastern and Dover 1,;'00 101. per cent. Stockton and Darlington .........100/.sh. 275 9,000 ...... ... 'ilia/:es Haven 5Ol. sh 51. pa 6,C00 York and North Midland 50 . sh. 50/. pd 63 MINES. 8,000 ........_. Albion Coppe , 51. s'.. 11/. pd 12 4,000 11. ss. Alien l5l. sh. 112/. u: pd 10 10,000 ~,.. Anglo Mcxican,iss. 51. pin.loo/. sh. al 1 d 1 Ditto Subscription 0 51. rn 14 2,000 10/. Bolanos 150/. sh all pd 35 10,000 1/. 103 Brezilianlmp. iss. 51. pm...25/.01.2U pd 12 6,000 Iti;tcatibas & Cocacs United 25/.5h.2/. pd 15 11 ; 600 ..., ... : . Ditto St. John Del Rey ...'2Ol. sh. 141 pd 2 1(1,0150 bolivgr Copper Company, 20/. sh. 20/. pd I In i - 4 it) 20,000 British Iron . 50/. sh. 5 51 pd 1 ) 000 BIT ish Copper 5/. sh. 44/. pd 1% C tt 1 BrAtica Gal. - d Candonga....... 7il. ixi 5 10,000 14 Copiapo t5OO ~. Colombian, iss, 51. pm 5 51 . sh. 55 /. pd 01. i 2,t.:150 31. English 20,1t00 General Mining Association2o/ 611.18/. pd 6 6,155 Mexican Company lOOl. sh. 5711 pd 6 3,000 Polberou Consols . lO/. sh. Si. pd 4 11,500 Real dcl Monte, Unregistered 3 Ditto Loan Notes 150/. pd 160 30, 000 ......... United Mexican, iss. 2 pm. 401. sh. all pd 244 Dittt, Scrip 3% Ditto New Scrip 51 and 5% West Cork 5Ol. sh 501. pd 38 LITERARY 1 LiSTITUTIONS. 1,000 1,500 London University lOOl. sh. all pd C 00 King' College lOOl. IC% MISCELLANEOUS. 10. :C9 15s. Australian Agricultural.loo/4sh. 28/. pd 37% 8,1 - k0 1 , per cent. British American Land Company 231. pd 10 10,04,C /. per cent. Canada Company lOOl. sh. 301. pd 5114 DO,OCC 51.1cr cent. Upper Canaßa Loan City Bonds, 4 per cent lO O l6 UeneralSteam Navigation 15/. s h. 111. 20,000 11. Os.pd 2IY 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock ,000 1/. London Com. Sale Roorns ....Av. 75/. Eh, 19 8,000 12,4/. pd 12 New Brunswick Land Compasy...sol pd It?, 2,54 5/. p'r cent. Rev ersienary Int. r/. 50c...100/. sh. 100/. pd no " !, G33 pee cent. Ditto New 00/. eh. 100/. el 117 .., 4,000 10,000 6, Van Die.ner.'s Land.... 100/. sli. 17;/, pd 4 LIST of SCOTTISH EC OMPANIES' PI?ICES D. 19 C , IS-10. BANKS. f,009 mu. 01, p. ct. Bank of Scotland -SM. 6s. Bd. sh. all pd 163 0 - 000 ' ,0001. 6 p . et. Ilcyal of Scotland 100/. sh. all pd 157 - ' 5 00.00e/. 8 p. ct. Briclsh Linen Comp - Any 100/. sh. all pd : ) .33 500,0001. 61. is. ct. Commercial 'ool. ch. lOW. pd 178 500oole. 00. et. National lol3.sh. 10/. pd 14.% 50,000/. 71, p. ct. Glasgow Unin 2504 sh. 501. pd 8 1 1000.0t - j ed. 6p. ct. W estern of Scotland -.22001. sh 40/. pd 73 INSURANCE COMPANIES. 7 250,0005 h. 6 1p. ct. Scottish Union 20i. still/. pd 27s rd. 7,500 7p. ct. Hercules 100/. sh. 10/. pd 13 ii 10e,01.0 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland .10/. sh. all pd 9 !,.i 50,000 B p. Cl. North British 200/. sh. 10/. pd IS;4 1,000 Bp. ct. Caledonian Fire 1001. sh. 10/, pd 21 5,1)00 6p. ct. Edinburgh Lite 100/. Eh. 10/. pd 15 1 4 100,000 31 p. et. West of Scotland lO/. pd MISCELLANEOUS. 4,818 ......... Fdin. ',lid G las. Ult. Can:l l s o i. sh. an pd 10 Ditto A 110caMd!...............0nt. sh. all pd 47 5,40( 5 per cent. Edinh. Joint 'it.el: Watcr.9.sl. sh.,all pd 35 2,h005t3 :5 per cent. Shotts Iron Founctery 501 sh 481. pd 53 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburg:t & Leith Glass:lV& sh. 101. pd e 4,501) JO per cent. Edinburgh Coal Oa , ,.5/. sh. all pd 51.% 4,450 10 per cent. C.htsrow Gas "....'5/. sh. all pd 52X, 7:0 7; per cant. ....eirii Coal Gas )0' h. all pd 51 .1,1Z!•0 4 Itai'Avay 501. sh 58 Edinburgh :,pd Dalkeit 2 .1 .C0" 5 per Cult. 1,70114a:0e Loan Cornrsnv .51 ch.od 0 Ui NOVEL CRICKET IVIATCII.—On Monday !fowl game of cricket was played on the Mill-pond, Ten terden, an extensive pine of water of about thirty acres, by two elevens, one company being on katcs, and the other without. It is thought that about 1,000 persons assembled to witness the " ups and downs" of the com petitors, which were both numerous and highly amusing. Although the skaters had the advantage in rapidity of lo comotion, their fielding; or rather their iceing, was less suce,ssful; and after a goal and laughable contest their opponents bore away the palm.—Brighton Gazette. STATE OF TRADE AT NOTTING- HAM. (From the Nottingham Review.) The fancy bobbin net trade is still so extremely dull, that many of the machine owners contemplate to single hand their machines. Indeed the old system of making stock seems nearly exploded. The rapid change of patterns makes it almost unsafe to speculate even in the " best things." We are assured that though the chain wheels have not been successful at Radford and Tiverton, yet they work well at Chesterfield. The prin cipal impediment hitherto has been the chain entangling. Power nets are as usual in tolerable demand, particu larly in quillings. Some few plain hand machines arc yet at work, making very narrow breadths. The silk warp blond trade is no better, many of the hands have no warps, and the major part are stinted. Some attempts have been made by the country master: to take out work at a reduced price. The journey men keep a vigilant eye upon these parties. Every effort is making at the factory to make the ,newly-in vented French jacquard nets and scarfs. The cotton trade is still very depressed. It is hoped that the manufacturers and workmen will devote their attention to the application of the jacquard and the chain wheel to that description of manufacture, as there is little doubt that Altaire has applied at Lyons the spring lever and the revolving card to his nine tatting frames. The busher bobbin net machine is yet progressing in making the most extensive flowered patterns. It is now making one nearly twenty inches in length. In making open work, how ever complicated the pattern, or the button-hole, it loses no speed. But in making linen work such is not the case. Still the machine, though a first essay, has, we are assured, made sixty racks a week in regular hours, that is, two men working sixteen hours per day. The drawer and pantaloon trade is still in a good condition. The cut-up hands have plenty of employ ment, but we were grieved to hear the frames going on Christmas Eve, and even on Christmas Day at night. Are we ever to come to the French system of working on Sundays ? is asked by many a thoughtful aching heart amongst the poorer operatives. The silk glove trade is still depressed. It is better in Derbyshire. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. PRICE OF BIi.EAD. The h'.ghes' rite i ‘he MAccol:s is 910, for the lb Go, d Breld may be had a: 7%.1. PIII:Ei OF SEEDS. Per Quarter Per Cwt. New E-gl sh 11.2 ti C10ve . ..50s Pes'St. Fcin ... —s 5.". , .s 70s Old ; Ur - , DP° —s —s —s'ttye G ass —s Es :C New Foreign Di.to —s sqs "i.:s Pacey Grass —s —s --, 01. Di to Di to ... ...... —s —s —s'L'hseed, for te di. g —s 49s 5 s 1 , ew White Clover 45s st's f Os:Dit o, for sowing ......—s CO, N's Old On t , Dit.:o —s —s —CDitto, for crushi..g ~,..—s 42s lt;s \kw Tre cii —s :Ss 425,E1.m . ..—s 36s 42., Old l!itio s 20s :I , 's Canary —s 60s I, :s 7Y folium s 458 70s! Per 11.;shel.._ _ . .. .. E: giisia Carraway —s ;;Os s?s White Muit_rd ....;4s Cld to Its 0 , Foreign Ditto Coriaudar ... —s Its 16s Tares 7s 6d tc 12s Co PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown, rer ton Ditto, refined Linseed Oil o 10 Line td Oil Cake at thi Mill (per 1000) l4 0 Ita; c ake. per to . PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 11211, Town Tallow L2 i 3 ! I Melting Stull' £1 13 0 Yellow Rusth .. 9 9 &Ditto Rough I 0 White ... . ... ~ 0 I Grave; Soap Ditto 0 0 0 Good Dregs 0 5 0 PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone 01 61b3, - • • • • - Price of T.:11 - o.,v (as stated by the TallO‘ir Mehers) ...... 2s. 11!4d COAL MARKET. Ships anivid since kst marhct-day, EP. s. d. rwhll.,'s \Vest Hartley 2O 0 Walls EA Helton £4 . s. d , ..—. _ ... Ord's lietillugh 1•ontop Windsor West Hartley ........ Wyiari W.W.I End Hilda. ..... .........2 6 4‘ , 211: , End Se!,,aour Tees l:3 3 Walls End Perkins 2l 1 W Hs End t.liff . W. E. Brad:iv - 11's Elettor .. 21 ts. tit ills End Devonshire 2::.• 1: Walls End Haswell. ... 24 t (From the London New Price Current of January 1 ) Scums —lii the \Was India market it has been a close lieliday this week, business w:11 however be resumed on Tuesday, when it is expected that there will be a fair de_ wand from both Rfincrs and Grocers. The stock is 15. 9 75 blids and tierces less than lasts, year at this time. There has been only one arrival since this day week. REFINED.—There has been an improved demand for Refined Goods for home consumption this week, pricea Is to is 6,1 higher ; ecrnmen sorts arc firmer; Standard Lumps at 91s 6cl to 925, Hamburgh Loaves good and fine 93i to 975, Tittkra 92t to 965, brown Lumps low nod good 88s to 913 per cwt. Treacle .of common qualitity at 36s Gd to 3 75, but for other kin& prices have given way ; 40s is the present value of Patent, and 41a 61 433 for bast old make and golden syrup. Bastards good quality et 603 to 655, ord kinds 503 per cwt. For Pieces, prices have improved ; good and fine descrip tions at 783 to 84s, ord and mid 743 to 77s per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar at 335. Loaves, 10 and 141bs 36s Gd to 37s 61 per cwt. Treacle at 153 per cwt. Bas tards arid Pieces move off slowly, the former at 163 to 193, and the latter at 20s to 263. Dutch Crushed Sugar at 31s 3d on board in Helland. MAURITIUS. —Holders have displayed more firmness, and by private treaty several parcels have been disposed of at Gd to Is above the rates of the last public sale fer yellow sorts; brown descriptions have brought small pro fits on the late sales. There has been no arrival, but some are daily expected. EAST Lame —White descriptions of Bengal, at prices Is above those of the last public sale. Brown and yellow kinds at rather higher rates. Siam low white at 24.; 61, middling 253 to 26a, good middling and good 26s 63 to 27s 61 per cwt Java is held firmly. FOREIGN.—YeIIow Havannah at 23s 61 to 24s for mid dling and good middling, and 24s 6d to 25; for good and fine quality. White is held firmly. Brown kinds of Bra zil at 19a 6d to 22s for low and fine dry quality; for white descriptions, prices have an upward tendency; Pernambuco 24r 61 for middling white. Porto Rico at 23s to 23s 63 for good quality. COFFEE.—Although the private transactions in British Plantation this week have been unimportant, still buyers have been more disposed to purchase clean descriptions, and they have been compelled to pay rather higher rates for small parcels, holders mwtly display firmness, and are looking for a much better demand ere long, but few parcels are offering for sale. In the value of East India or Cape descriptions little variation has taken place; holders for the most part are not disposed to press sales and supply the market sparingly, but the demand from the home trade has been only for small parcels; good ordi nary Ceylon is not to be purchased under 73s per cwt, but St. Domingo and the better sorts of Brazil born the Cape are in request by the shippers, and prices continue gradually to advance. Mocha of fine quality has been disposed of in small parcels at stiff' prices, the supply being small. The market for Foreign wears a firm aspect, and a fair amount of business hart been transacted since we last wrote at stiff prices. Fine ordinary Rio has been disposed of at 455, ordinary and good ordinary 41s to 443, St. Domingo good and fine ordinary 43s 6i to 44s 6d per cwt. Tee.—The market for Free Trade has presented a firm aspect since our last report; there has been a good de mand for cash parcels of both black and green descriptions for actual consumption, and buyers have been compelled to pay rather higher rates ; common descriptions of Congou have been disposed cf at 23 10 to 2s 1h 1, mid and good blackish leaf 2s 21 to 2a 3d, and fine 2s 4d to 23 441; the lower sorts have been the most in request; ord Twaekay has been selling at 2s Id to 2s 11. d per lb. For short prompts the transactions have been on a more extended scale, and common Congou has produced 2s 21 per lb. Upon these terms, however, many parties will not sell, and but few parcels are offering for sale ; no auction is yet declared. In the speculative market a fair business has been transacted, and Company's Congou has produced 2s lid to 2; l d cash, and 2s 2d to 2s 2FI with short prompts. The deliveries from the warehouses continue good, and last week amounted to 310,000 lbs. The report is again renewed that Pekin has fallen into the hands of the British Forces, but it is not credited by most parties, To-day there was a good deal of inquiry for Fred Trade Tea, but the unwillingness of holders to sell prevented large transactions, stillthere was a fair business transacted, and at prices in favour of sellers, the lowest point of the market for common clean Congou for cash is 2s lid, and common 'rwankay is with difficulty to be purchased under 23 lid. Company's Congou was in good request, and sales were made at 2s lid to 23 2d cash, and the market closed with a firm appearanCe. Advices from China are looked for with much anxiety. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—The transactions in Jamaica Rum have been on a more extended scale this week, and full prices have been paid, fine sorts are the most wanted, but of such few parcels are to be had : the sales have been 180 puns, 29 to 30 per cent overproof at 6s to 63 Id, 31 to 33 over 6s 2d to 63 41, 34 to 36 over 63 5d to Ga 61, 37 to 39 over 63 7d to 63 93, favourite marks 7s to 7s 23. For Leewards, how ever the demand has been dull, and rather lower rates have been accepted for common sorts, but strong kinds have maintained their former value : 120 puns have been disposed of, proof to 2 per cent overproof at 2s 84e1 to 2s 90. East India is id cheaper, 220 hirds Calcutta have been sold at 2s 10 proof strength, and 200 hhds Mauritius at 2a 61 proof: at present rates liewcver several holders of Rum are not disposed to realize, and keep their samples from the market. Fine old descriptions of Brandy have been in 4ir request at full prices, sales have been made as high as 5s 61 per gallon, but for other kinds not much demand has existed, holders are however firm. Geneva has been taken sparingly for export at Is 11 d to 2a per gallon. For British Corn Spirits the demand is limited ai 103, cash. To-day there was more business doing in Leeward Island Rum, prices were firmer and a parcel was disposed of at 2a 10d for 2 per cent over; proofs are with difficulty now to be bad under 2s 91d. The demand for Jamaica was good at the rates quoted above. FRUIT. —For fine descriptions of Currants and Valencia , Raisins the demand has been steady and prices firm, but ordinary sorts of which there is a large stock have naet with a dull sale ; holders, however, not disposed to submit to lower . rates. In other kinds of Fruit few sales have been made ; holders, however, for the most part, expect that a better demand will prevail shortly. SPICES--Cassia Lignea, low middling, has realized 88s to 893, middling !Ms, good middling and good 91s to 935, and fine thin quill, of which little is to he had is worth 963 per cwt. In black Pepper there has not been much doing, common Sumatra .31(1 per lb. White at former rates. For East and West India Clore holders ere unwilling to submit to lower rates. Cloves la Id to Is 10 paid for Bourbon for shipping. For Nutmegs and Mace prices keep firm. For Cinnair.on, last sale's rates have been paid. Rim—For Bengal this week, prces are still en the advance : low middling, white has realizA I3s, middling 133 63, good middling 13s 91 to 14s, good and fire 14s 61 to 15s; the principal part has, however, been EVENIN G E 0 trflON disposed of at 13s 6d for middling *bite. Fo several parcels of yellow 103 a lOs 6d have been paid. Java good and flue white have been disposed of by private treaty at II a to 13s, middling lOs to 103 6d, ordinary 83 91 to 93 6d per cwt. Siam 8s 6d to lls 6d. Carolina at 34s to 36s per cwt. To-day Bengal was much sought after, and 13s 9d j ffe re d for middling white ; but the quantity unsold being small, checked buying. Oms.—Although buyers of common descriptions of Fish Oils have purchased less freely this week, still holders have displayed firmness, and a fair amount of business has been transacted, principally to supply the wants of the home trade ; pale Seal has realized 341, brown and yellow 28/ to 321, Cod 27/ lOs to 28/, Southern, fine 291 to 301, - good 281 to 281 10s, ordinary and mid 261t0 27110 s per tun ; for Sperm Oil, prices still have an upward tendency. Linseed Oil at 28s to 28361 on the spot, and 293 to 303 for delivery. Rape Oil pale at 455, and brown 44s per cwt. East India Cocoa Nut 403 for good quality. Palm, in prices no variation has taken place. Olive is held firmly. TALLOW.—There has been more activity in the market this week, and prices have improved 3d to 6d per cwt for linzs;an Tallow ; on the spot for Petersburgh Yellow Candle, prices have advanced to 47s 91 to 48s per cwt., for delivery in the next two months at 48s. South American at 40s to 47s for low and fine quality. Town Tallow bas been in fair request. To.dsy prices were lower, 47s 5d was the nearest quo tatien on the spot fcr P Y C, and 47s 9d to 48s fa delivery, and the market closed with dull aspects. COUNT ETS. Pease. Per Quarter. Abingdon Andover Banbury Basi. gs toko Circnc"ster Coventry Dave.try Derby Howden Hungerford Malton S. to s. 51 66 54 60 52 60 `0 52 61 s. to s. 30 40 33 41 27 31 27 38 34 36 s. to S. 26 34 i 6 34 24 29 3?. 29 132 26 35 2PI 34 24 31 8. 8. 44 46 42 49 40 -- 64 72 63 6 S 3 44 30 t 6 53 0 GS 7,1 52 75 54 67 63 8U 32 5S 25 38 25 40 25 33 22 :13 25 34 :4 32 26 :32 29 38 39 46 / 42 -- Mai; enhead Nottingham \Vantage Warwick Winchester York 34 4i 31 40 _ ... - 70 40 - 60 3.2 40 28 30 Per Bushel. Birmingham! s. d. 8. d. 70 79 s. d. s. d. 39 53 s. d. s. d. 40 49 s d. s. d 66 70 Boan9. a. to a. 44 511 48 52 40 42 30 44 48 50 40 42 44 52 43 51 47 36 46 - 43 s. d, s. d. 56 68 EDINBURCIIi COHN 2,IARKET.—Dee, 23 Wheat. Barley. Oat 3. Pease.. First 7lls. Od. 374.6 d. 20s. Cl. ;1 423, Od. Second 62 0 31 0 24 0 40 0 Third Average price of Wheat 2/. 19$ 31, PRICES OP PROVISIONS, &C. Beef, per to. Os. Cd. to Gs, 7d. Freshßutter, lb. 0.3.0 d. to Is. 14 0 6 0 7 Salt Ditto U 10 1 1 0 S 1 0 Ditto, per cts 2.-92 0 112 0 0 5 0 7 Eggs, per doz... 0 0 1 2 Lamb, per 0,r...... 0 0 0 0 OatStraw(kpi.).. 7 0 9 0 0 42 I Wheat Ditto.... 6 0 • 8 0 2a,rtern Loaf Si 0 9 Barley Ditto 5 6 . 7 • Potatoes, 0 5 0 0 Hay, 0 0 .1 0 EDII , 7AUIIGII MEAL MARKET.—Dec, a 9, Per S.tcl: of 2SOlb. Imp. Per Stone of Imp. First Oatmeal Snond 8 I 8• Barleymeal 0 1 P ca s L issal 1 8 0 Peasemeal 0 1 Pot Barley from 30s. to 50s. per sack. Beans. 424 Oci, 40 a 36 0 CORNWALL MARKETS. (Calculated at at gallons to the bushel.) Ni,,!:: t. Barley. _ Oats . Crum... ......... .. 0 7 8 0 3 6, 0 2 b fiel,tene — 9 0 0 4 0_ 0 3 a_ • St. Austell 0 7 5 0 3 6 —_o 2 3 g(01 , 1111 :..A , 4,,r , 1 f ii 7 6 3 0 3 G 0 ' 2 8 Liunce,ton Cam ,Itord 6 8 7 8 3 6 4 0 n 4 2 8 Pclizanco 6 6 7 4 4 0 4 4 2 4 2 9 . MINING INT 2itantity of Copper Ores gold at Re Proditc.? Qtt Intit y of tine ( tipper Amcunt of sale, 20 UP.4s. 6d 'ELLIGEW CE. Tons.ewt-QV !druth 1E1: week... 3,964 21 0 .•.• -Average Ctundard, 124/, is. ed. HAMBUR MARKETS. GR. iNhcat, Marks 3' 2 to '142 --- Magdeburg 212 to 35; Anhalt, white 313 to 1;54 red 312 to 342 Brutisuiek AIN. Barley, Mecklenburgh Magdeburgh 1 -- Holstein --- Summer Oats, Eisler -- Mecklenburg Holstein East Friesland Vcase, Mecklenburg Beans Buck 'Wheat lllapesced, Hanover ilMalt liTares 151 to 185 . 174 to ISO , 113 to 10, 132 to 15 0 . 93 to 11 1 . 120 to 13 6 ' 120 to 13 9 1 5 to 1 . 2( 1 210 to '225 to. (iO to 223 to 22 5 144 t, 151). 330 to 40 - Mecklenburg.. 270 to 3511 -- Polish 'AD to ::")-1 -- It olstein Rye, oec•klenburg Dantzic - Elbing Lnd Ka -225 t 2 240 - Up! and lliga COTi Carolina and Tennes.we 7%t0 9% Georgia, IA ttt:tt - 1 4, 2d (A ii'ii . id and 4th .., W i 6!4 CON. Maranliam Madras 4li b i Swats 4lt 5 .,,:• 1 Domingo ..... FEE. COF Mnha 11 to IN Batavia i% 5% .. Sumatra — Rio 4% 5!4 Bahia SUGAR.— (Wit', Havannah, White Brown 5 6 Rio, White 54 6% Brown . 4li 5% Manilla. Brov Dcaling() La Guayra g 6,4 Porto Rico SU „'ff , Ilavannall 4% 67.; • 87, Discount.) Bahia, White 574 to tt, B rown 5 f Pernambuco, White —5% l e Brown 5 2.- 1, 5 to 04 EXECUTION OF A FEMALE IN FRANCE:!' On the 19th instant, at noon precisely, the sentence el death was carried into execution, in the town of Neverst, on the person of the widow Guyonnet, convicted of poison' ing her husband. Like every other. French criminal, sl , e; had appealed against her sentenc e , a l t h oug h t h e finding 0'; the jury was upon the clearest evidence. Her a pp e al was' rejected by the Court of Cassation. Since that period 0. considerable delay had intervened; and an erroneol• belief pretty generally prevailed that her sentence won't be ultimately commuted. For some time past, full of CO fidence that she would obtain a commutation of the extra]• penalty, she had resumed all the original gaiety of her elle" racter. " She could not believe," she averred, " that if she was destined to end her d a y s on a scaffold, they won't . have taken so much pains to render her accouchemen t favourable," The principal reason of the delay in, carrying her sentence into execution had been the cir', cumstance that she was expected to become a mother , When the fatal period arrived, the proper officer entered' the prison at half-past eight o'clock. and read to her the decree which announced to her the final rejection of he r appeal, and the confirmation of the capital sentence. UPI: e receivin this terrible intelligen ce s h e a t once p erc eive t, that she had only a few minutes to live. A nervous tre mor seized her, and she fell to the graund senseless. Ng' verthcicss she supported with much resignation the fright' ful preparations of the toilette, and upon its terminatie tt mounted with a tolerably steady step the fatal vehicle. where her confessor took his place by her side. W i ll i she arrived at the place of suffering, she gav e hero , ' quietly into the hands of the executioner, and in a fee minutes after had ceased to live. The rain fell all th e time in torrents, but an immense crowd had assembled- For 11 years past there had not been at Nevers a single apital punishment. Among the subjects discussed in the last letter 9, from India is the very great inefficiency of t h e m edical' service, which seems to be ascribed generally to an lI I ' judged economy on the part of the Government at 13 0 ': gal. It is said, that the demand for medical men is s ° great, that scarcely a day pases without scme applie s ' tion from one station or another, while no aid can be given. Every merchant ship that has brought a sure ) ! into harbour, has, it seems, been deprived of him t° . meet the demand. Compl a i n t s are ma d e th at t h e nog: of medical teen is by no means what it ought to be, thia t . they are overlooked in every directi on , an d t h at s i c kness and mortality have increased among them to an unpre . cedented degree during the last eighteen months. IV' other complaint among persons connected with Inch* and one that is discussed in the Indian journals, is t" insufficiency of European officers on regimental dutY, in the native army—a defe c t w hi c h i s cons idered particularly alarming, sin ce t h e on l y ac k now , mode of preserving the fidelity of the native troops is an effective establishment of European officer: It is observed, that as the natives are progressing in civil" : sati , in, particularly those of the army, they will becom e more conscious of their own power, and will therefor.° need a larger portion of European officers. With their pay it seems they are satisfied enough, b u t th e alleged cause of their mortification is, that the consideration for: merly shown for their welfare has almost entirely va nishe°', Those acquainted with I n di a say t h at the interest o f the . Indian troops in the w e lf are o f t h e i r E uropean officers le, very great, and that they conclude, that when their sucte— riots are not respected, they are neglected themselves' In addition to the scarcity of Europe an o ffi cers , i t i s said that the power and authority of the regimental officers be g been so much diminished that it i s littl e more t h an nom inal,' The tendency of this is to re n d er th e nat i ve troops indly forent for those placed over them, and even to regard till . ® with contempt, which, it is said, has actually been the case. REGISTER STOVES, 3 ft. wide, 248.; Bras . - Poles for Window Curtains, Is. ad. per foot. Register s tove* Bd. per inch ; elliptic stoves, 4d. per inch ; register staves' • with bright fronts, bright and black bars, bronzed ornament s ' 1003. ; brass poles for window curtains, 11, inch diameter , Is. 3d. per foot ; 2 inches, Is. Bd. ; a 2 inch pole, 3 feet 6 inches long, with ends, rings, and brackets, complete, for 19 5 : Catalogues gratis, containing the price of every article ►n ironmongery. RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxford-street. On the 28th ult., at Cliffc Hall, Yorkshire, Lady O'Brien, 6f a daughter. On the 28th ult., the lady of W. Peel, Esq., of Liverpoo l, of a £orl. On the 29th ult., at Newark, Nottinghamshire, the lady of C. Tallents, Esq., of a daughter. On the 31st ult., in Regent's-square, the lady of P. S. Duval , - Esq., of a daughter. On the Ist inst., at Mitcham, the lady of C. Ring, Esq., ° f Doctor's-commons, of a son. MARRIED. On the 29th ult., at St. Mary's, Islington, T. E. Mathias' surgeon, of Tonbridge.place, New-road, to Sarah Ann,daugh" ter of the late J. Moate, Esq., of flythe, Kent. On the Ist inst., at Christchurch, St. Marylebone, J• w " Ratoman, Esq., of the Avenue.:oad, Regent's-park, to Ern i Louisa Rosa, only daughter of th e l a t e Li eutenan t-Colone l Machu, C. 8., Surveyor-General of India. DMZ). On the 31st ult., Captain John Crossley, late of the 7th Dragocn Guards. On the 29th of December, at her residence, Mill House, «' Cowes, Mary, r eli c t o f th e late Admiral Osborne, aged 87. her the poor of thi s town h a v e l os t th e i r b est f r i en d her inc ° , l, "," - j , was distt ibuted to the necessito us , h er c h ar i ty wason ly bound' by her means. On the 29th Wt., at Batcombe, Somersetshire, the Rev. be Corey, ttO years Rect or o f t h e par i s h es o f Bate"' - and Upton Ncbie. lic t On the 25th last., at Trevor- F q uare , Brompton, Sarah, r e „ t . of Lieutenant. Colonel George Tad, late of the 29th Regir2l:,,;;o. Lon lii : zild Published by IifURDO YOUNG"' No. IP2, StrA:!ti, at Th e Sun Office, No. 112, Strar -the county of Aiiddlelex.—Saturclay, January, 2, IS4I Wheat. Y CORN MAR Barley. Oats. ;., ""- * , .•,ap • G et Sea With Hu n Cori I it a Ivor " : T • of i ug h , • bet, • on r Twe POI and Maj N . Boil 0 .i• ~i i t :, S Mr. Con of I lion, san e soy `Jai t 1 Pc St CI i tor t ' Cat bilii seri De, of i Ist ,vid4 tale Re, Ce; and Br an( at