The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-14 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC. 14. Number Dividend of per CANALS. Price Der Bridgewater and Taunton.lool. A. all il Clielmer and Blackwater ..... ....lOW. eh. 105 300 321. Coventry 1001.5 h. 300 Croyder. Avenge3ll.2B 10d. sh. 2, f 0 51. tra. Dudley ..... 94 ............... ..10fil, :20,000 4 ter cent. Danube and :'elayne 411.1:1s. 4d.pd 3.574 4' Elean...,re and Chester ATfuzgel33:..l%. 75 2.11 621 ErLwasa 41 15/ Shrewsbury 1251.8 h. 980 W. 3t3urlmidge ..... 14.51.5 h. 396 3,047 2!. Os. Stratford:6n: Avon it r.d'....791. 95. tid. 3h. 35 = 1211 Sw,nsea lool.sh. 265 ,71172 21. 1!s. Se-ern and Wyc &Railway AT.26. 9s. sh. 45 2,9trlen. at. 105. Trent and Mersey, 1 share lleq. eh. 500 .3.149 Thames and Medway Av. 121. 55. ed. sh. 2 1,0005h.1 ~„. War.P.a. anti EPrnatlgham lool.sh 250 1,06015 h, ''' 0"0 13 , . Warwick and "Napton . 1001. sh . 117 7.000 41 Worcester ISt Birmingham Av.7SQBe. sh. 55 -5.1:00 565. Wilts and Berke' , Average 671. 10e 9d. sh. 28% dOti 6. Wg ties and Lesington 125/. sh '74 W:rneacn ......... ........ :=. 3h. 7.0 905 1, Wey and Actin llOl. Bn. 20 DOCKS. 2 . 6006 3p. C. Commerc at ~...... 1001.1 d. 81 I, l '6sisti. 5 pz.r rent. Fsst and West India -.......... Stock 102% 3,£'38,310:1. 31. p. ct. London Stock 72).j Ditto Bonds 2,209 31.65. sd. Brizsn! Average 1:'1. 95. sh. 75 C0D.,32.4/. 4/. per cm t. Ditto Notes, various amounts.... ...... . 108 3t2,752 5 yer cent. St. Katharine Stock 92 sce.pvi 4 per cent. Ditto Bords ... looi 204'.020 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years Deptford Pier 2W. sn. 20/. pd 10 BRIDGES. 1,600 1/. Hainmerem:ti KOLA. 2134 1,231 Southwark, Old ...... ~.Av. 631. 2s Fd. sh. fli... 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New. of per cent., 501. sh. 1534 0,000 5,000 225. Od. 1,9tt0, Old Annuities of 8/ 601. p 4 21 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. 4Ol. pd 1834 50,060/ 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds 5,948 27s Vauxhall .......,.Average 70!. 10s. 3d. sh 26 ASSURANCF COMPANIES. 2,000 3/111s Albion ..-Ar 5001. sh. .Cl. pd 72 1,1,,100 16 per cent.] Alliance British &Foreignloo/.5h.1!1. pd 13% and 15s. 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine IC 1. sli. 51. pd 4% 24,060 11. per sh. Atli: 5Ol. sh. 5/. pc] 11 1,20015 h. Si. Birmingham 1' ire "501. sh. 551. pd 107% 20,000 4!. per cent. British Fire 250/. eh. M. pd 40 12,000 61. per cent. Eritish Commercial .... .504 .b . 51. pd 6 5,000 61. per cent. Clerical Sr Medical Life, 160/.sh. 2110 s pd IN 4,000 310 s County lOO/. sh. 10/. pd I c 9,000 ss. Eag1e...................... ........ 501. oh. 51. pd 4% „,„,, 5 per eent.l "" land 301 bs. j Economic Lite 16001. ah. 250!. p d 406 2,271 225. per cent. European Li. • 00!. sh. all pd 22 50,00X1 2s, Ditto, New 20/. sh. V. pd IX, 1,000,0001. (I.per et Glol , e Stock 115 0 0,0041 5/* Guar,tian 30,000 4s. 0/ Hope 50/.0. 51. pd 53 4 2,400 Si. 123. 6d. Imperial Fire 5061. sh. 50/. pd 113 7,590 12s. Imperial Life ... 1004 sh. 10/. pd 11 13,45'S 51. par cent. Inemnity Marine lOO/. eh. 81. pd 2i 2,i20 3/ 103 Kent Fire 5O/. sh. all pd 92 31. Ditto Life .501. pd 66 10,000 Ibis. Law Life - ..1001. sh. 101. pd 31% 5,000 lOs. London, Fire 251, sh. 121. 108. pd 18 1 4 3,900 10s. London, Ship 0 5/. sh. 121. 10s. pd 1834 1,4 - 00,000/. ... ..... Minerva /Mt 1001. ob. 5%0,000/. 3:•1,c(,0 5/. per cent. Palladium Lite 5O!. sh. 21. pd 216 s 50,C00 51. per cent. Protector Ins 201. sh. 21. pd 181,Pd 10,1100 4 per cent. Protestant Dissenters -.160/. sh. 5/. pd , 534 2,500 1/. Provident Life ....,........ 1000. sh. 10/. pd 20 90 0 0660 4s. Od. Rock Life .................... .......... .... 21. pd 374 89,2201 51. per cast. Royal Exchange ........ ............... Stock 150 6,00:4 5 per cent. Universal , Life lOW. sh. Si. pd 831, 10,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100/. sh. 51. pd 7% JOINT STOCK BANKS. 25,000 A gric and Cum. of Ireland2sl. sh. 101. pd 15,000 8 per cent. Australasia 40/. sh. 40/. pd 53 10,006 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham 501. sh. IC!. pd 13 10,600 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 31,000 6 per cent. London & Westminster 100/ oh. 20!. pd 21% 60,000 51. London Joint Sto^k 5Ol. sh. 10!. pd 1234 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster lOOl. :h. 20/. pd 90 25,000 10 per cent. Liverpool 1001 sh. 121/. pd 1834 50,000 71percent Manchester and Liver ] air - /.5h. 151. pd 1004 peel Distri-. 20,000 7 per *rat. Manchester lOO/. sh. 101. pd 4% 211,000 8 pee cent. Provincial Bank of 1 relandlool. sh. 251.134 41 10.000 6ier 1 cnt National Bank of Ireland 50/. sh. 1711. pd 17 , 4 I 3 ,o'O 6 per sent National Prov...cial Eng.loo/. sh. 35/. pd 3434 10,006 Ditto New 101. oh. lOL pd 10 1 1 1,000 Gloucestershire 50/. sh. 101. pd 32 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire ............. ........ 50/. oh. 51. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,600 10s Od Bath . . ......... .............. ......... sh. 161. pd 22 5,000 British 401. sh. 161. pd 18 5.000 11.percent.1 Ditto Provincial 201. sh. 191. pd 24% and Bs. 6s. 928 61 lOs Birmingham .50/. sh. 96 4,250 2/ Os liristol 2Ol. sh. 86 2,250 8/ 10s Brighton 2Ol. sh. 13% 750 31 lOs Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 15/. pd 9 2,471 41 per cent. Brighton General 2O/. sh. all pd 934 4,000 71.105. Continental Consolidated ....751. (12j1.pd 110 1,000 101. City of London.. ....... ....lOW. sh. all pd 105 1,000 61. Ditto, New lOOl. sh. 751. pd 150 4,000 3/.os. Equitably ...30/. pd 20 10,600 3/. per cent. Imperial 561. sh. 59 800 51. per cent. Isle of Thanct 251. sh. 20/. pd 1834 2,350 6/. per cont. Independent ............ ..........30Lah. slip., 56 9,000 41. per cent. Phoenix 5O/. oh. 391. pd 32 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratcliff lOOl. sh. 80/. pd 63 4,000 South Metropolitan 50/. sh. - 2334/. pd 18 9.000 51. per cent. United General .501. sir. 4 7 / 4 3d 27 240 51. per cent. Warwick .......501. sh. 50 400 51. per cent Wakefield 2,660 3/. Westminster Chartered ... 5Ol. sh. 58 6,000 12s. Ditto New .................571. sh 101. pd 11% 780 3 per cent. Yarmouth .....................201. sh, 16!. pd WATER WORKS. - --- - - -- - - 4,800 31s. Birmingham ..., 251. sh. 25/. pd 21 4,433 71. East London 1001. sh. 162 5,500 2/ 15s. Grand Junction Average 411. 13s. 4d. sh. 55 2,000 :21. Kent 100/. sh. 52% 372 101. Liverpool Bootle .................« 2201. sh. 325 1,500 2110 s New River London Bridge Water Ann... 60 6,486 21 lOs Manchester and 5a1f0rd..........."1001. sh. .54 1,000 5 per cant. South London lOOl. sh. 98 8,294 4 ji. West Middlesex Average 631.5125. 9d. sh. 90 1,360 11 14s York Building (So. Lessee Prop. 1001. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 6,300 2/. Os. Birmingham and Derby ...- ....... 100/ pd 475,, 9,5V..,0 ._. Birmingham and Gloucester......loo4 pd 55% 150) I/. 4s. Bristol and Exeter .... ..... 100/. sh. 60 pd 27% 7,500 -.. Cheltenha m & G.W es t ern 1001 . s h. 72st 4 22% 3,009 ..«..... Clarence 1001. sh. 1001 pd 2? 8,1300 ... ...... Dublin and Drogheda 1001. sh. 5/. pd 60,006 ......... Eastern Counties 25/. sh. 234 pd 7% 111,()00 ...... ... Great North of England 1001. sh. 90/. pd efl 10,918 13 per cent. Grand Junction lOOl. sh. all pd 199 ' , 5,' 00 3 per cent. Great Western 1001. sh. 654 pd Bi% 25,000 Ditto New 504 sh. 504 pd 59% 6,003 5 per cent Gosport Junction... 504 sh. 50/. pd 55% 2,000 6 per cent. Ihrtlepool 160/. sin 1001. pd 145% 8,000 Hull and Selby 5Ol. s h. 504 pd 28 2,100 4 per cast. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 65% 5,1(10 10 per cent. Liverpool& Manchester 10t I.sh. 1001. pd 199 N 7,9 8 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares 504 pd 91) 11,195 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 251. pd 45 35,000 .....-.. London and Brighton 501. sh. 501. pd 313 5 24,000 20,000 9 per cent. London and Oreenwich -.201. sk. 201. pd 6 1 ,4 25,000 st per cent. London & Birmingham 1001. sh. 904 pd 162 25,000 21. Os Ditto Quarter Shares ....254 sh. 51. pd 22% 31,250 .... 36,000 5 per cent. London and S.Western Av. 381,175. 9d. 50% 33,000 ......... London and Croydon'? 11% .... ..... Ditto New Scrip.... j Av. 13/. 15s. 9d. , . 1 72 13,000 61 per cent. Manchester and Leeds .1004 sh. 70/. pd 67 13,000 ..... .... Di tto Half Shares •• 501. 25/. pd 21 10,000 ...... 10,000 21.1Ps Midland Counties.. .,,, 100/ sh 106/. 81 % 0,000 04 Os North Midland .. • • Pd 6 11.105 Ditto New. ... ... I'M sh. ICI°I Pd • J 0,256 an i ...... ... ................ 404 pd , 34 1 4 , 2,6tiu Preston and Wyre .. . .....• 5%Z. sh. 3:15ti11. pd d pd 36 68,000 - -- sh. - - 1,000 104 per cent. Stockton and Darlington'. ...... ..... IV.. s Pd h. 265 Thames Haven Midland SO . /7M 51. pd 0 . 030 """ 1 : * York and North6,ooo •5O . ah. 501 d E9' • P MINES. Albion C0pper.........,... . . ... 54s , i .1 D 8,000 ji. 54. Alton ..... .. ....... .......151 sti 12/..liit• pd . 4 Anglo Illexican,iss. 51. 0in . 100 1 . ..5 h h .2 .:1 4 , pd id 110 5 2 1 4,000 10.006 ... Ditto Subscription .;.„ 10?. Bolanos .. .«.. ..... "* .1 =••»...25/. p u I ,060 i / 108 Brazilianlmp. iss. si. my ; ..... g, 2015. . ,. .i h..2:11. 1 :: 3 , 4 1° . ( 12 ° -- - Macaubas & Lotuses United 2 sh.‘"lol..Pdrid 21 1 6 1: 0 10 0 ..".." Ditto St. John .. D.. ... 1 . 11 .. e .......104 Bolivar Copper Company, 20,.. h. .,.. pd 1% 10,000 10,000 Ditto Scrip British Iron lOO4 sh. 60/. - 20,000 ... ...... British Copper Pd 51. sh. T. N 11/4 .000 elti BrAnCa ........ . ..... ................6 4pd ..2. Candonga .... 10,000 11 Copiapo .... .. . . )____ ... 2 , 0 5 1 1 11t I 3L Pti 10 8,500 ... Columbian, iss. J 1• 1 H i • j • Wl 4 Oik 14 Cs. pd 2 - 2,t+50 'II. English 26,000 ...... ... General Mining Associatio lo n 0 20 1. 1gh . . 6. 18/ , . pd ~,,,, 6,155 ... Mexican Company 3,0110 rolht reit Consols lO/. sh. 8/, pd 4 2 Real del Monte lin resistered 11,500 1501. pd 160 Ditto Loan Notes 30,000 ........ Unitcd Mexican, i:s. 2 pm. 40/. sh, all pd Dittt. Scrip l% Ditto New Scrip 41 psi 3 Wc...t Cork ....... ......... ..... SO/. sh 50/. pd 38 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 ..... .... Lond , n, with Bronze Ticket ...7._5! all s.sh i . 21 7 1,500 ......... London University .........1004 O n p d 700 King' College lOOl. Jog MISCELLANEOUS. 10,E 15s. Australian Agricultural.loo/.'sh. gel. pd 39 6,1f20 1. percent. British American Land Company 314 pd 9 10 ,000 Ft per cc:i t. Canada C0mpany._........100/. sh. 32F. pd 28 - 10 .000 Si. per cent. Upper Cana,;.a Loan City Bonds, 4 par cent ... lOO 20 .000 1/. Gs. GencralStearn Navigation 151 h. 141. pd 24Ni 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock ........ ......., ....... 254 .000 ii, London Corn. Sale Room s ....A v . 75/. s h. 19% 004 ..»..... Caoutchouc Company 12;/. pd 12% New Brunswick Land Compar.y...so/. pd 12 1.T, 5 , 4 M. per c , nt. Rcversinary Int. 50c...100/. sh. MO/. pd 92% ',".•' 5/. per cent. Ditto New...." ......... 100/. sh. 1001. pd 107 1 4.000 Thames Tunnel 5Ol. sh. all psi 10 .000 .......' n Gs. Van Dze.ner.'s Land.... 100/. sh. 181/. pd 7% LI ST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES DEC,. 11 . 1841. BANKS. l 'El'L °34 ' 61 . P. et. Bank of Scotland ...MI. 6s. Sd. fh. all pd 1 56 2,wr- et. Bryal of Scotland 1001. sh. all rd 151% 5 . (4). ,, 0°1 11 , 8 , 1 . P et. British Linen Company 100/. sh. all pd 210 ~003,,.. °). P. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 100/.0 165 s°°n' ,National lool.lh. 104 pd 14 500,008, o '. P. ct. GI sow Union 250/. sh. 30/. pd 64 1,000.0:40/. 6P. ct. Western a of Scotland 2001.511 401. pd 71 IN SURANCE COMPANIES. 25(0°°8h * 61 P• et. Scottish Union 20/. sh. 11, pd 255.0 d. 7,300 la p. et. Hercules 1004 sh. 10/. pd 13 100,000 10 p. ct. insurance Co. of Scotland ./0/. sh. all pd gib 50,000 , 1 2 P. 14-- North British.. ..... ..... .200/. sh. le/. pd 17% 1,000 .0 P. ct. Caledonian Fire " IQOI. sh. 10/, pd 20 5,001 10 P• ct. Edinburgh Life 100/. sh. 101. pd 15 10 0 , 000 31 P . rt * Vi e , t et Scotland ......... ........ 101. pd (I . S M ISCELLANEO 4,918 .......... Edin. and Glas. Un. CanalSOLsh. all pd 10 Ditto A.11 0cated....., ... .9(11. sh. all pd 48 225,40 ( ei per cent. Edinb. Joint Stack l Arat . er.2s/. sh all pd 34 I,ooosh 2 per cent. Shotts Iron kounderr .50/ sh 41 pd 0,000 3 per cent . Edinburgh & Leith Gl . a " s ' s. 20/;sh. 16 8 4° /. pd 3 % 4.500 10 10 pe pe r cent. Glasgow cent. Edinburgh Gas Coal G a5.........25/.sh. all pd 49 4.45 „ ...... ..... ......25/.sh. a ll p d 52 750 71 per cent' L2Uh Coal Gas .. .. „„ 1 150 ......... Edinburgh ann D'iliel.thrlailway 50/. sh . 20 / „ .h• all pd 21 30 ____........_ A Jol " FOR A DUCAT 1"--M r . Bodkin, M.P. for REchester, had an interview with Sir James G ra h am , at the Home-office, on Saturday. —Court Cir cular. Bodkin is a rat, and is therefore sure to find fa vour with " irother" Graham. PRICES OF CANAL,DOCK,ASSI) R ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. &c. &c. Snare,. A ;num. Paid. Sim: e 1,766 7 per cent. Ashton& Oldharn...Averag e 971. 18s. sh. 104% 1,482 41. As hby.de-le-Zouc h Arzrage 1151.6 h . 72 1,260 Bacingstoke.... lool.o h. 5 4,045 SF. Breckncck and Aberglvenny ISO/. A. 92 5,00.11.16t12. 101. Birmingham, I.loth share .. ,811. & 711. 200 4,000 ..".., Ditto Pe Liverpcol Junct.l 9 ;l. A.lOO pi 41 • ,2J7 3M. FortL hnd Clydv....Averaye 490/. IGs. Is. 6N) 11.F00 7i. Gr:.nd Junction lool.in 11l 2,.49j 255. Grand Onion lool.sh 26 ',SCO „....... Grand Surrey..... .. ......... lool.sh. 15 1,002/ S. 13. r• cent . Ditto (optional) ' Ciao 1601. 091 Grand Western ......- ..... - 11. sh. allpd 10 1 %' roo 131.125. tOd . Gisanorganshire, Aver. cost 1721.134.4 d. 220 749 121. Granthva ...... ...... l5O/.sh. '420 0 735 21. Os. Huddersfilld......Arerage 5 /1. 6s.ld. sh 21 100 .....„.. Kensingteo ..».........».....101 1 ,h. all pd 105 25.328 ILIGs. Kennet znd Avon, Av. 391.195. led. sh 22a Il,' 99j 11. 7s. Lanca%ter Average 47/. Gs. 8d 23 2,897 t 311. Leeds and Liverpool lOOl. sh 7W 545: . 1 11. Leicester .. 1401.11 15(1 ,897 5/.l l s. Lcisester & Nortl,ampton Aver. t ,, 31.10r 71% 2,409 101 Monmouthshire 1001.91' 200 2,•.#0 101. Melton Mowbray .........1001. eh. 117 509 251. Mersey and Irvrall lOOl. sh . 550 3,000 21. 10s. Macciesteld lool.Bh. all pd c. 21 247 171. Neath IOOI.A, 325 2,400 M. Peak Forest.... ..... Avm.ge about 731. sh. 72 1,418 84.. Regent's (or London) Av. 33/.16;.8d. sh. 9 }f r., CI. nochdale Average 851.4 h. 15 54;0 N. Sb:rooshi , e ,./251.5h. 137 SO9 10/. Os. Somerset Coal ..... ...................1501.5h. 190 3,00/. 4,1 p-r cent Ditto Lock Fund 5t0ck......... 121.105. sh. III; 700 361. Stafford and Worcester.. ..... „.....1401.5h. 686. EV ENITN G SUN C4ANCERY_COURT-(THIS DAY.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE EARL OF STANFORD AND OTHERS. This was a bill filed by her Majesty's Attorney- General at the relation of several inhabitants of Man chester, for the purpose of obtaining a better ad ministration of the funds of the Manchester Free Grammar School, of which the defendants were trustees. The case had already been heard at length before the late Lord Chancellor, who delivered his judgment in the matter ; but a caveat having been entered against the decree, the case came before the:Court to-day for re-hearing. It appears from the statement of Mr. BETHELL, who opened the case for the Attorney-General, that the in come of the school, which had been founded for the purpose of giving gratuitous instruction to the children of the poor of the neighbourhood of Manchester, amounted at present to more than 5,000 L The relators complained—first, that the entire revenue was not effectually ,devoted to the „objects of the charity secondly, that it was not confined to those who were really the persons who should be benefited by it ; and, thirdly, they complained of the mode of electing the trustees of the fund. Not more than two hundred chil dren were educated in the school; and of these a portion were the children of persons living in various parts of England, and residing at the houses of different masters of the school as borders, for the purpose of participat ing in the education, which the immense revenues of the establishment enabled the masters to give. Those boys wore generally the children of men of property, and did nut in any way come within the inten tions of the founder of the charity. Again, the trustees were elected almost exclusively from a class of persons who, though men of rank, and no doubt men of nondurable intentions, were, from the very station which they filled, incapable of attending to such an institution, and unacquainted with the means of con verting the trust to the best use. In the year 1825 the Commissioners of Education laid before Parliament a Report, from which it appeared that the revenues of the school amounted at that time to upwards of 4,0001., while the expenses of the school were little more than 2,0001., WI a balance, in addition, in the hands of the trustees of 11,000/. :The Commissioners concluded their Report by recommending an extension of the system of education then adopted in the school, and that means should be taken to afford opportunity fur educating a greater number of children. No attempt had been made to carry that recommendation into ef fect until the year 1833, when an application had been made to the Court of Chancery, on the part of the trustees of the charity, for further powers to enable them to extend the system of edu cation contemplated by the original grant. The relators, however, complained of the nature of the powers thus granted, and stated that the charity was still diverted from its original destination. The address of Mr. BETBELL occupied the Court from an early hour in the morningnntil its rising, after three o'clock ; and the further arguments on the case were ordered to be resumed to-morrow. Was that your only reason ?—No. State any other reasons which influenced you ?—lf I did not pay the bills as they became due, or give security, I would have been made a bankrupt. Were these the only reasons inducing you to secure his debt a fortnight before the first bill became due ? —No. State what further reasons you had?—Because I thought if I got the lease before referred to out of Mr. R. P. Pritchard's hands, that I should then be able to assign that lease to my brother, as he had often asked me, and which I had promised to do. I also thought that by giving the guarantee of my brother for a sum which I should be able to pay off, I might expect my brother to be a security for me again. It being now past four o'clock, the further examination was adjourned till eleven o'clock to-morrow. INCREASE OF' CRIME IN THE COUNTY. (From the Liverpool Times.) Our readers must have been struck with the alarming frequency of late of crime of a very daring character. Scarcely a week passes without the record of some act of atrocity, perpetrated by gangs more or less numerous, in different parts of the adjoining districts. It is, therefore, not without some surprise that we find reports gaining strength of an intention t o su pp ress a l arge body of force charged with the protection of life and property. There is a peculiarity attending most of the recent out rages, which calls for the most serious deliberation before such a step should be taken. The audacious burglaries and attempts to rob and murder, which we have had to notice from time to time, have, for the most part, been per petrated in the more lonely and unfrequented neighbour hoods, by men who :issin from the densely-populated towns, where the practised skill and efficiency of the police present dangerous obstacles to their enterprises, and who then, choosing their point of attack, fall upon the lonely farm-house, or the passenger in solitary roads. By reference to another column, it will be seen that the desperate attack upon the house of an aged farmer, at Myerscough, was the concerted scheme of a notorious gang from Preston. It will be seen, too, that a burglary, though of less serious aspect, has been committed at Cadishead, by a gang from Hyde, near Stockport, another at Broad Green, by a gang from Liverpool, and other acts of rapine and violence, concocted and executed by parties from Liverpool, Chester, and other towns will be in the recollection of our readers. The ease may be very different in the purely agricultu ral counties, but to diminish the defences against crime, where crime is so frequently engendered, by want and the contiguity of similar depravity, in thickly populated towns, is a matter of very serious import, and calls fur a very careful survey of the probable consequences. COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO THE COLLECTION OF THE CUSTOMS' RE VENUES. The Members of this Commission have arrived in Liverpool, and will begin their examination of witnesses this day, at the Custom-house. The following are the names of the Commissioners, Lord Granville Somerset, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Honour able H. Bingham Baring, eldest son of Lord Ashbur tor, and Alexander Pringle, Esq., M.P., Commis sioners of the Treasury. We understand that the diffe rent mercantile and shipping associations have appointed deputations to wait upon the Commissioners, for the purpose of pointing out to them the alterations which they consider desirable in the mode of collecting the revenue in this port, and if any private individuals have any suggestions to make, it would be well that they should take this opportunity of laying them before tli Commissioners.—Liverpool Times. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. exaggeration rather than fiction; and delights rather in the implied than in the open falsehood. Is any portion of the population, any class of the people visited with the pressure ofunusual distress, forthwith the faculty we are speaking of seizes upon the fact, and by the magic of amplification works it up into a fearful and startling picture of ruin, famine, and desolation. Has distress engendered discontent, and discontent clamour, forthwith mob-oratory shouts aloud " Hear and tremble at the voice of a starving people !" Does disappointed faction seek to console itself for present calamities by predictions of future greatness, and to hide the shame of recent de feats in the glory of coming conquests, it sum mons mob-oratory to its aid, and gratifies gaping expectants with the announcement that "if the people are united their voice will be heard and their demands complied with." Now, through all such exhibitions, for we can call them nothing else, whether, as in D er by, th ey cons i st o f post-prandial harangues, or as at Plymouth and in Bridgnorth, in cool combinations of spite and peevishness, the glaring fallacy runs ofconsidering and representing a fraction of the community as the whole body of the people--- , of speaking of a restless and dissatisfied minority as of the nation at large. This is the standing sophism with Anti- Corn-law men of every grade—with Acland as with Lord John Russell, with Cobden as with Palmerston. THE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) BY THE QUEEN—A PROCLAMATION. VICTORIA, R.—Whereas our Parliament stands pro rogued to Tuesday the twenty-first day of this instant December ; We, with the advice of our Privy Council, do hereby publish and declare, that the said Parliament shall be further prorogued, on the said twenty-first day of this instant, December, to Thursday the third day of February next ; and we have given order to our Chancellor of that part of our United Kingdom called Great Britain, to prepare a Commission for proroguing the same accordingly ; and we do hereby further, with the advice aforesaid, declare our Royal will and pleasure, that the said Parliament shall, on the said Thursday; the 3d day of February next, assemble and be holden for the dispatch of divers urgent and important affaiis : and the Lords Spiri tual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires and Burghs of the House of Commons, are hereby required and commanded to give their attendance accordingly, at Westminster, on the said Thursday, the third day of February next. Given at Our Court at Windsor, this tenth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, and in the fifth year of Our reign. GOD save the QUEEN. BY THE QUEEN—A PROCLAMATION, In order to the Electing a Peer of Scotland. *VICTORIA, R.—Whereas Thomas Earl of Elgin was duly elected and returned to be one of the sixteen Peers of Scotland to sit in the House of Peers in the present Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and is since deceased ; in order to the &coring another Peer of Scotland to sit in his room, we do, by the advice of our Privy Council issue forth this our Royal Proclamation, strictly charging and commanding all the Peers of Scotland to assemble and meet at Holyrood-house, and Edin burgh, on Wednesday the nineteenth day of January next ensuing, between the hours of twelve and two in the afternoon, to nominate and choose another Peer of Scotland to sit and vote in the House of Peers in this present Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the room of the said Thomas Earl of Elgin, deceased, by open election and plurality of voices of the Peers that shall be then present, and of the proxies of such as shall be absent (such proxies being Peers, and producing a mandate in writing, duly signed before witnesses, and both the constituent and proxy being qualified according to law), and the Lord Clerk Register, or such two of the Principal Clerks of the Session as shall be appointed by him to officiate in his name, are hereby respectively required to attend such meeting, and to administer the oaths required by law to be taken there by the said Peers, and to take their votes ; and, immediately after such election made and duly ex amined, to certify the name of the Peer so elected, and to sign and attest the same in the presence of the said Peers the electers,and return such certificate into Our High Court of Chancery of Great Britain ; and We strictly charge and command that this Our Royal Proclamation be duly pub lished at the Market-cross at Edinburgh, and in all the county towns of Scotland, twenty-five days at least be fore the time hereby appointed for the meeting of the said Peers to proceed on such election. Given at Our Court at Windsor, the tenth day of De cember, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, and in the fifth year of Our reign. FROM THE EVENING FAFFMS OF THIS DA]. BAPTISM OF THE .1 - . I• ItINCE OF WALES. STANDARD.---The baptism of the Prince of Wales is expected to take place at the end of next mozoni, and, according to the present ar rangP-inent, the place will be St. George's Chapel, Windsor. This solemn rite will be ce lebrated under circumstances of unusual in terest, and what we cannot but consider as the most auspicious. The sponsors invited to answer at the font for the future Monarch of this great empire are-The King of Prussia ; the Duke of Cambridge; Ferdinand, Duke of Saxe Coburg, uncle to Prince Albert; the Prin cess Sophia; and the Duchess of Saxe Coburg. It is understood to be the intention of the King 2, of Prussia to visit this country, in order that he may in person assist at the baptism ; and surely no visitor can be more welcome to the Christian people of England than a Prince who is not more by his position than by his own sincere conviction, the representative and 'champion of the Protestant cause upon the Continent of Eu rope-the protector of the exiles from Ziller thall, our associate in the foundation of the Pro testant Church of Jerusalem. England and Prussia have never stood in union but for their common glory, and for the good of mankind never separated but for a common loss, and to the injury of the civilized world. Their union was, we trust, cemented for ever on the field of Waterloo. Thanks to our Gracious Queen, it is now to be recognised by . another bond of affection, so domestic, fami liar, and kindly, that we shall seem to have esta blished a relation of brotherhood, with the men who so gallantly fought by our side in the fiercest and most momentous contest the world has ever witnessed. We trust that the Duke of Saxe Co burg will also be able to attend. Had he no other claims to the love of this people than his relation ship to our Queen and to the amiable and excel lent Prince who holds the second place in this empire -that would entitle him to a hearty wel come, such as Englishmen know how to give when their hearts are engaged; but the Duke also had a share in the deliverance of Europe, and his personal qualities would command re spect everywhere. But we need say no more. England will know how to receive the Royal and Illustrious guests of their beloved Queen, invited upon an occasion so joyful at the present, and so full of hope. GLOBE.-The Post treats as " City gossip" the statement of our City Correspondent yester day, respecting the intentions of the Ministry to At the Court at Windsor, the 10th day of December, propose a change in the Corn-laws; and adds, 1841, present, the Queen's Most Excellnt Majesty in that " the first leading article" of our paper was Council,--ber Majesty having been pleased to appoint " devoted to commendation of the plan to which the Right Honourable James Archibald Lord Wham the gossip of the City has given birth." Consi- cliffe, the Lord President of the Council, to be Lord dering that our first leading article consisted of Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the west riding of three lines, the essence of eul og y mus t have beets the county of York, his Lordship t hi s d ay took the usual condensed n within wonderfully small space; and Oaths a pp o i n t e d t o be taken thereupon, instead of the we should not have much trouble in doing what Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy. the Post has the malice to surmise, should Sir [The f o ll ow in g article should have appeared in the Robert Peel really propose a similar scheme- Gazette of October 15, 1841 :-] " eat," namely, " every word of applause we DOWNING-STREET, OCT. 14, 1841. have uttered upon the subject." The words of The Queen has been pleased to nominate and appoint applause which we uttered were " commutation Captains Edward Belcher, William Warren, Harry Eyres, and mitigation"-w or d s w hi c h may excite feel- and ings of exultation at th e Old B a i ley, b ut consti. b eof Companions B are l s An of r uhc Balovv, of the R o y a l N avy , to the e t Honourable Military O r d er tute no very raptur ous d escr i pt i on o f a c h ange of t Bah. commercial policy. Wh e th er w h at h as trans- FOREIGN-OFFICE, D EC. 9. The Queen has been pleased t o appo i nt Capta i n Atkins pired. is nothing mo re th an " t h e goss i p of the Hamerton, of the Honourable E ast I nd i a Company ' s City," time will show ; we on ly say , at present, Svice, to be her a that there is nothing i n th e statement which the Imaum of MuscatM. jesty's Cons u l i n t h e d om i n i ons of should suspend the earnest efforts of the friends WHITEHALL, DEC. 11. of free trade for a moment. Nothing but the The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. portents of the season, and the pressure of Francis Wylie to the church and parish of Elgin, in the public necessity, will induc e th e part i sans of presbytery of Elgin a n d c ou n ty o f Moray, vacant by the monopoly to loosen their hold even t h us f ar ; no- transportation of the Rev. Ale xan d er W a lk er to the thing but urgency for the w h o l e d e b t w il l ex ch u T r h c e h L 0 of .d(. heellor has appointed Charles Urquhart. Ovingtonee M M'Ctort from them even the first instalment. r. Ord, of Middlesborou g h, i n th ecounty of York, Gent., tube ulloch has given the f o ll ow i ng j ust descrip- a Master Extraordin ar y i n th e Hi gh Court of Chancery. tion of the existing "slidingscale"-thatslippery WHITEHALL, DEC. 10. snake which will be "scotched, but not killed,'' The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Lyon Foster, of by the change stated as in contemplation ;- Hertford, in the county of Hertford, Gent. to be a Master Ex " To the necessary fluctuations in the price of traordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Regiment A o II D OFF oo IC nii E, li , r u . t. l4 j. 1841._ r corn, caused by variations in the harvests, a gra- Yo Yor ke to be Cap ; source scale of duties superinduce an artificial Ist : tain, by urchase, vice Brevet Major Owen, who retirei; source of variation. Cornet W. B. Barttelot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice " The duty imposed by the Act 9 Geo. IV., Yorke • T. Thoroton, G ent ., to b e Cornet by purchase, vice cap. 60, and at present c h argea bl e on corn im- Barttelet, Dec. 14. m lb)th f ßegir t zen i t a o ti f i Light Dragoons-Surgeon D. Murray, ported into this country, is of this description. Thus, when the price of wheat is between 61s. po e n half- a ootl ec be I S 4 u . rgeon, vice W. R. Rogers, who r . eti r r o e m s u and 625. the duty is 255. Bd., increasing by ls. for 7th Regiment of Foot-Lieut. T. St. Vincent H. C. Trou every ls. that the price is below 61s. ; but bridge to be Captai n , b y purchase, v i ce Bernal, who retires, above this amount the progression is different. Dec. 14. When, for example, the price of wheat Bth Foot--Ensign W. Bayly to be Adjutant, vice Holmes, is between 665. and 675. the duty is 20s. Bd., pro l t 3 n t e h te l l o , o D t. December 14. F P insett, ent., to be Ens by pur -1 when between 675. and 68 s . th e d uty i s 18s. chase, v ice Scott, promoted ; A s G sistant- Swgeon J. ign Robertson, Sd. ; when between 68s. and 695. the duty is M.D. to be Surg eon , v i ce Murray, appointed to the 10th 16s. Bd. ; and wh en th e p r i ce i s b etween 695. and Light Dragoons; T. G. Scot, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, TlC2eBßholgottsonvie ' i Dec. 14. e 70s. the duty is 13s. Bd., th e di sproport i on be- ut coming still greater as th e p r i ce a d vances. Now, Lieut t enant, e T. . H. 11. L a k e , f rom t h e 21st Foot, to be Banbury, who reti res up on h a lf- pay of the to show the p rac ti ca l o p erat i on o f th i s duty, let 54th Foot, Dec. 14. it be supposed that when prices here are between 31st Foot-Lieut. J. L. Wilton, from ha'f-pay of the 54th 695. and 70s. a quarter, a merchant orders a cargo Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Lake, appointed to the 28th Foot, of wheat from Dantzic or some other port; and Dec. 46 14. thFoot-Assi t that in the interval between the giving of the staff, to be Assista nt-Surgeon, .I. e A eo D. M‘Bean from the promoted' to be order and the arrival of the grain the price has Staff-Surgeon of the Secosriasys,leDec.wle4n., sunk to 625. In this case, the wheat will sell 92d Foot-Lieutenant James Cox to be Captain, by Fur for 7s. or Bs. a quarter less than the importer chase, vice Bayly, who retires, 14th Dec. ; Ensign James Charles Gordon be Lieutenanant, by purchase, vice Cox, expected; and the duty on it will be 245. Bd., Dec. ; , J. c. G e o s rd G on ord l o 4 n til Gent., to be Ensign, by per whereas, when the order was given, and prices 14th Dec. vice were between 695. and 705., the duty was only 13s. 2d West India Regiment -J. C.. M'Pherson, Gent. to be Bd. ;so that the merchant, besides having to sell Ensign, without purchase, vice Clarke, deceased,-Dec. 14. L i n i e t u h t e . Colonel-Arm y ; CaptainW . H ay l , half-pad v o . n Foth e rgn ,of Unattache d, th the 50 50 th his wheat at Bs. below his estimate, will have to pay on the article so reduced in price an addi• tional d gn u gre ty ant o 7 f , 1 ls. I No wonder that the corn • Fogt, to be Major in th e Army, Nov. 23. biaIIOFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 11. double that riskb trade should have been so very ruinous to those ' who have embarked in it of late years. The risk to B be nz C v o E lo T n - el Royal Regiment of Artillery -Second Captain E. F. Grant to be Adjutant, vice Dupuis, - who resigns the Adjutancy only, attendi • • u under t ( )du a , r n i yscircumstances, Legislationti ithis respemoleet p a r s o tc v i e )an r n - - ! April 14. Corps of Royal E ngineers -Second-Lieutenant R. Burnaby tradictory to ever Commission principle as can easily to be First-Lieutenant, vice Durnford, promoted, Dec. 7. °AlUndltieExittra-val\lganbt ; Commission by the Governor and Captain of the Isle of Wight. be imagined." -N., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Nov. 25. Commission by the Lord Liautenant of Cumberland. five Sir G. Musgrave, Bart. to Lieutenant, Nov. 4 - oratory is ever exaggera- H. P. Gordon, P. its • staple materials are Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Westmoreland. loose statements, rando Sir Gee. 11.1usgrave, Bart. to be Deputy Lieutenant, Nov. 4. m assertions vehement appeals, and vapid as illogical 'deductions.Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire. In after-dinner effusions its features a -William Huntly Campbell, Esq , to are most prominently and peculiarstr be Catain,July 1. strongly deve- I Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire. loped; although it sometimes seeks to dis 1 ' Pay , Queen's Own Royal Yeomanry -William Briscoe, Gent. to its beauties and compass its end in the shape be Cornet, vice Iron, resigned, Dec. 9. of a statistical essay or carefully concoct€ d Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Nottingham address ; but, however guised, the marks of its Sherwood Ran gers-Clumb er Troop-G. H. Vernon, origin are too forcibly and deeply • d Gent., to beFirst Lieutenant, vice E. Unwin, deceased. impresse 1 Mansfield Troop-E. Wright, Gent. , to be Comet , vice C. upon it not to be readily recognised. It loves ' Colvile, promoted. 1 GOD save the QUEEN. At the Court at Windsor, the 10th day of December, 1841, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.—Whereas by the lute Act of Unifor mity, which establisheth the Liturgy, and enacts, that no form or order of Common Prayer be openly used other than what is prescribed or appointed to be used in and by the said Book, it is notwithstanding pro vided, that in all those Prayers, Litanies, and Collects which do anywise relate to the King, Queen, or Royal Progeny, the names be altered and changed from time to time, and fitted to the present occasion, according to direction of lawful authority : her Majesty was pleased Ws day in Council to declare her Royal will and plea slue, that in all the Prayers, Litanies, and Collects for the Royal Family, the words " The Prince of Wales" be inserted immediately after the words " The Prince Albert." And her Majesty doth strictly charge and command, that no edition of the Common Prayer be from henceforth printed but with this amendment ; and that in the meantime, till copies of such edition may be had, all Parsons, Vicars, and Curates, within this realm do (for the preventing of mistakes), with the pen, correct and amend all such Prayers in their Church Books, according to the foregoing direc tions: And for the better notice hereof, that this Order be forthwith printed and published, and sent to the several parishes ; and that the Right Reverend the Bishops do take care that obedience be paid to the same accordingly. WM. L. BATHURST. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) IN THE MATTER OF WM. HITCHCOCK, A BANKRUPT. (Continued from our. Afternoon Edition.) Did nut R. P. Pritchard:hold other securities th - an your brother's for the payment of his debt?—None, except in the bills of exchange, I swear, that I recollect. Had he not at any time held any other securities for his debt?—Yes. What security bad he held?—The lease of No. 116 house, being part of my premises in Regent-street. Anything else?—Nothing that I recollect or believe. When did that lease pass from him to your brother George?—Early in July, I think. It was previous to a bill becoming due. State when.—l cannot give a better answer than early in July. It was the same day on which the deeds are dated. Were these deeds prepared ?—Yes. By whom ?—Marsden and Pritchard. State when you arranged with R. P. Pritchard and your brother George to transfer those securities from Pritchard to your brother George?—l do not recollect the date, but I should think the latter end of June or the beginning of July. Which of them did you first see on the subject?—l do not recollect. Will you swearlyou do not remember ?—I will. Did you see them both in reference to transferring the lease from one to another ?—Yes. Where did you see your brother George on the sub ject ?—I should think in his country house. What did you say to him, or he to you on this subject, when you first saw him?---I told him that Mr. R. P. Pritchard had advanced to me the sum of 2,0001., and for which I had accepted two bills of exchange ; that one of them was coming due shortly, and th:it I had applied to Mr. IL P. Pritchard for a re newal of. them ; I had told Mr. R. P. Pritchard that I should be unable to pay it when it became :clue. I also told him that the second bill I should not be able to pay, and requested him to give me time to pay them. He declined to renew the first bill, or to wait for payment of either, and threatened to make me a bankrupt unless I paid the bills as they became due, or gave further security. I think I told him also that I had told Mr. R. P. Pritchard that I would ask my brother to be such security. What did you say respecting the debt of Mr. Pritch ard ?—I told him that Mr. Pritchard would not renew the bill, and threatened to make me a bankrupt. My brother refused to become my guarantee at first, but he did agree afterwards to guarantee the payment of the 2,000/. The lease was then given back to me, and I assigned it to my brother in consideration of his respon sibility to Cook and Pritcluird. Now, when was this first interview ?—I have no re collection of the date, except that it was perhaps a fort night before the first bill which became due, which was July 22. The second was due Aug. 13. Then the first interview would be about the Bth of July?—lt was about a fortnight before the 22d July. Will you swear it was a fortnight before ?—No, I will not. I think it was so. I will swear it was about a fort night before. Was this all that passed between your brother and you at this interview?—That is the substance—all that I re collect. You will not swear it is the substance of the whole ? I will not ; it is all I recollect. When did you see him a second time on this subject? —I can scargely recollect ; it was a day or two. Where did you see him the second time f—l don't recollect. Will you swear it was not at Marsden and Pritchard's? —I will. • What passed at that interview ?—I do not recollect. Do you recollect any other interview with your bro ther on this subject ?—No. Will you swear that ?—Yes. Am I not to believe that I am on my oath in all I am saying. Mr. ASRURST—Oh yes ; but you are not to suppose I believe all you are swearing. —(A laugh.) You have said that at the firnt interview your brother refused to become your guarantee, and that you cannot recollect what took place at any other interview when the lease was passed to him. Do you mean to adhere to that statement ? The bankrupt appealed to the Learned Commissioner. He had said that at a subsequent interview his brother had agreed to become security for the 2,0001., but he did not recollect what passed. The question was an impro per one, because it assumed facts opposed to the evi dence formerly given. Mr. ASHURST amended the question. You have said you cannot recollect what had passed at any other inter view than the first, although the leases transferring your property were signed by you both. Do you adhere to that statement ? The bankrupt appealed to the Commmissioner again ; the question was a most intricate one. The COMMISSIONER ruled that the question was a pro per one, and ought to be answered. The question was repeated several times.—l do not recollect anything that occurred at any of these inter views be) and what I have already stated. Do you adhere to the answers already given ?—I do, certainly. When did you afterwards see Mr. Pritchard on the subject of the transfer of the lease to your brother ?—I don't recollect. State as near as you can.—l should think ten days or a fortnight previous to the first bill at riving at maturity. Will you swear it was as long as that ?—I will not ; but I think it was. Where did you see him ?—Either in Mr. Pritchard's roo m or Mr. Marsden's room ; I don't recollect which. W as any one present besides you and him?—l do not recollect, but I think n o t. Who proposed the intended arrangement between you? —I did. lonlgloedw cato fora rtwofo twelvemonth c h D a rod 3 t , h o e u r m e m nee f eo iy a t rn bo ou m ? e — e t previously.h had ere there,whenet Mr. the it . r o p o . m pr b i e t smnetttte3;oeunr business. casionally_ c im itt i e la n r tal —on renewing a bill. was On aC S ? b usiness ° C Was the meeting between Mr. R. P. Pritchard and your brother respecting th e l suit of a previous a cting the accidental, or the re p think of a previous appointment. When I found when it should become duea could not pay the bill den and Pritchard's clerk' s beli eveOffich' left w or d a t M ars - Pritchard came to town, I wanted t to at when Mr. P. s believe this would be the way in w hi c r ak to bin]. I the first inter view was brought about, and which led to the s econ d brit I don't recollect distinctly. ; pyoed arrange he brother gua inteivie What you say in respect of thgeetprmo ment I t sid I thought I could rantee for the payment of the 2,0001., if me time. He consented, and gave me the tirC uld give Was this all that passed at the first be tween you and Mr. IL P. Pritchard ?—That is thew sub stance of the conversation, and all that I recollect. I'LL ' Will you swear that that is the substance of all that passed?—Yes, or I would not already have sworn it. Did you meet Mr. R. P. Pritchard again on the sub ject ?—I cannot recollect ; I think I did. Do you remember that there was a second interview ? —Yes. What passed then 2—l cannot be sure of what took place at that particular interview, but I believe I told him that my brother had agreed to guarantee the 2,0001. ; and I expected, if my brother did so guarantee, the lease, which he then held, should be given back to me. He consented to this arrangement. Who gave the instructions for the preparation of the deeds ?—I did. When P.-i Cannot say ; but I should think a few days prior to the bill becoming due. It might have been a fortnight. To - whom ?—To Marsden. Seeing that you were dishonouring all your other bills, what made you so anxious to save Mr. Pritchard, you at the time receiving lawyer's letters from all your other creditors ?—ln order to complete the arrange ments entered into with Cook and Gladstone. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1841. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. FRANCIS SHERWIN, dentist, Bruton-street, Perkeley. square. BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM M'EVOY and JOSEPH JOHNSON, stone masons, Harrow-road, to surrender Dec. 23, at twelve, and Jan. 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, Ba singhall-street, official assignee ; Turner, Percy-street, Bed ford-square. HENRY CASTLE, ship-owner, Lucas-street, Bother hithe, Dec. 24, at twelve, and Jan. 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Frederick's-place. Old Jewry, offi cial assignee ; Haslana and Bischoff, Copthall-court, Throg rnorton-st reet. WILLIAM MOWBRAY POTTS, grocer, Newcastle upon-Tyne, Jan. 7 and 25, at one, at the Bankrupt Commis sion -room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Galsworthy and Nichols, Cook's-court, Lincoln's Inn, London ; Dove, Newcastle-upon- Tyne. GEORGE SHAW, grocer, Wakefield, Yorkshire, Dec. 22, at eleven, at the Sessions-house, Wakefield. and Jan. 25, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds. Laurence and Taylor, Old Fish-street, Dostors'-commons, London; Haxby and Scholey, Wakefield. WM. BALLINGER, baker, Swansea, Dec. 21 and Jan. 25, at eleven, at she Castle Hotel, Swansea. Williams and David,Swnnsea. BENONI FISHER, ironmonger, Walsall, Staffordshire, Dec. 28 and Jan. 25, at twelve, at the Swan Hotel, Wolver hampton. Philpot and Son, Southampton-street, Blooms bury, Kondon; James, Waisall; Wheates and Staniforth, Sheffield. JAMES TRUBSIIAW, jun., iron-founder, Stafford, Dec. 31, and Jau. 25, at one, at the George Inn, Stafford. White and Eyre, Bedford-row, London ; Foster, Wolverhampton. JAMES WELDON, feather merchant, Bell's-buildings, Salisbury-square, Dec. 24, and Jan. 25, at eleven, at the Black Horse Inn, Kiddermi ns t er. Michael, Red Lion. square, London ; Bird and Saunders, or Talbot, Kidderminster. RICE WILLIAMS, woollen draper, Ywllholi , Carnarvon shire, Dec. 29 and Jan. 25, at twelve, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester. Johnson, Son, and Wetherall, Temple, London ; Mawson. Manchester. ISAAC TAYLOR and URIAH TAYLOR, clothiers, Meltham, Almondbury, Yorkshire, Dec. 30 at two, and Jan. 25 at ten, at the Pack Horse Inn, Huddersfield. Bettie, Fisher, and Sudlow, Claancery-lane, London ; Stephenson, Floyd, and Booth, Holmfirth. '1 HOMAS PEAK PEARSON, grocer, Liverpool, Dcc. 28 and Jun. 25, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Vincent and Sherwood, Inner-Temple, London; Littledale and Bardswell, Liverpool. ROBERT SANDS, lace manufacturer, Nottingham, Dee. 27 and Jan. 25, at twelve, at the George the Fourth Hotel, Nottingham. Perry, Smith, and Perry, Nottingham ; Austen and Hobson, Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn, London. ROGER HA SLAM, cotton-spinner, Little Bolton, Lan cas'er, Dec. 24, at one, and Jan. 25, at eleven, at the Com missioner's-rooms, Bolton-le-Moors. Morris, Allen, and Simp son, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn ; Glover, Bolton-le-Moors. WILLIAM KEEP, tailor, Northumberland-street, Strand, Dec. 21, at one, and Jan. 25, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Parken and Webster, New Boswell -court, Lincoln's Inn-fields. WILLIAM SMITH BATSON, JOHN WILSON, and JOHN LANGHORN, bankers, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Dec. 22 and Jan. 25, at ten, at the King's Arms Inn, Berwick upon-Tweed; Weddell, Berwick-upon-Tweed; Meggison, Pringle, and Manisty, King's.road, Bedford-row, London. ROBERT DRAKE, engraver, Bristol, Dec. 28 and Jan. 25, at two, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol ; Surr, Lombard street, London; Whittington and Castle, Broad-street, Bristol. COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam CF. 12 7i Ditto, at sight Rotterdam .2 U. 12 8 Antwerp Hamburgh M.B. 13 13i Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 60 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 90 Frankfort on Maine... 1501 Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37i Berlin-- ... Vienna, effec. 11. 3 M 953 Trieste, ditto 9 55 Madrid Cadiz 36i Bilbao 36 Barcelona Seville , ANGE.—(THIS DA Y.) F Gibraltar .. ...,.. 'Leghorn ... ..... Genoa . 25 90 Milan Venice Naples ......... .. ... 39i Palermo, per oz 119 Lisbon Oporto 52 Rio Janeiro 27 Bahia Buenos Ayres ... New York, 21 days sight 46i Philadelphia 46 PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ Foreign Gold, bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin —.3 17 5 New Doubloons ......0 0 0 New Dollars ~ .0 4 10 Silver in Bars... 0 4 113 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London Mercantile Journal of December 14.) SUGAR.—For West India Muscovado Sugar the market has continued firm, and a fair business has been done: both the grocers and refiners have continued to purchase steadily, and the transactions would no doubt have been more extended had the show of samples exhibited a better assortment. There was less demand to-day for British Plantation Sugar, but holders were firm, and obtained the rates of last week, except a public sale of 113 hhds and trcs Bar• badoes, at which prices declined 6d per cwt; middling to fine sold at 66s 6d to 73s per cwt. The private sales were only 100 hhds and trcs. aMAURITIIIS.—OnIy 47 bags of this description have been offered by public auction, which sold at 54s to 55s for low foxy brown. Privately scarcely any business has been done, and prices are little better than nominal. EAST INDlA.—White qualities of Bengal continue scarce, and buyers are unwilling to pay the prices asked. Yellow and Khaur descriptions at easier rates; fine white Jss 6d good middling and good white at 70s to 735, middling greyish white at 65s to 665, soft bright yellow at 62s 6d to 635, low and middling bright yellow 54s to 58s 6d, fine dry brown in chests 535 , damp foxy brown 50s, and ordinary b rown 42s t o 45s 6d per cwt. Manila, low middling dry grey at 175,6 d, damp ditto 16s 6d, middling dry brown at 15s to 15s 6d, one lot 16s, damp ditto 14s 6d to 15s, and washed at 13s 6d to 14s per cwt. At public sale 1,440 bags Bengal went at a reduction on former rates of is to is 6d per cwt; good white sold at 67s to 68s per cwt. FOREIGN.—The market is looking rather firmer; brown and yellow Bahia at 17s, whites 19s to 23s for low to good quality. REFINED—For refined goods this week stiffer rates paid ; standard lumps 81s 6d to 82s, and brown 74s to 795. In treacle 27s 6d to 34s paid for low to fine. Bas tards 42s to 58s, and Pieces good to fine at 71s to 765. Bonded Crushed Sugar at 28s 6d to 28s 9d, and 29s is mostly demanded by refiners. MOLASSES.—The demand for West India has been good this week, al l higher prices for the fine qualities. Fine Antigna and Barbadoes have realised 30s, middling St Vincents 965, and fair Dominica 25s per cwt. COFFEE.—The market for home consumption descrip tions continues in a dull state, with declining prices ; but, as most of the importers still show a reluctance to realize, the reduction is very gradual. Jamaica, fine middling went at 130 s to 1325, good and fine ordinary at 70s to 96s ; Demerara. fine fine ordinary unclean at 725, and ordinary at 55s to 61s per cwt. Ceylon at 81s to 94s for fine ord and superior B.P. sort, and 65s to 66s for low good ord; ord 66s to 66s 6d per cwt. In Mocha no sales worth reporting have taken place in the absence of public sales. All other kinds of East India and Cape descriptions of Coffee must be quoted 2s to 3s per cwt. lower, with a dull sale. La Guayra at 41s 6d to 42s for good ordinary, and about 500 bags Malabar sort at 52s per cwt. There was no public sale to-day, and privately the operations were extremely limited, but the offers of lower rates were rejected. COCOA..—For West India descriptions, prices are still depressed ; at 4ls to 42 for goood fair red, at 35s 6d to 37s 6d for fair dull red and at 35s for old dull red. TEA.—The same dulness that has pervaded the market for some weeks past is continued, and a further slight re duction has taken place in prices. There was a fair demand to-day for Tea to supply both town and country orders, and holders were firm Company's Congou is Slid to Is 9i-d per lb. The deli veries keep lafge. CASSIA LlGNEA.—Another large parcel having been pressed upon the market, a further reduction of is to 2s per cwt has taken place in the value of the article. NUTMEGS.—There is a fair request, and prices are steady. 18 casks from the Cape offered' at public sale went at 3s 9d for fair first quality. GINGER.—East India continues in very limited request, and prices remain very low ; fine Bengal may be had at 17s to 18s per cwt. PEPPER.—The market is dull, and a part only of 500 bags Malabar sold at 3411 to 31-d for fair quality, being the full value. RICE.—A small parcel of low Bengal at public sale sold at 8s to 9s per cwt. FRUIT,—The demand continues brisk for all descrip tions. SPIRITS.—The Rum market continues quiet, but as the holders do not press sales, prices are sup : ported. The transactions of the week are confined to a few small parcels, comprising Demerara of good quality, 31 to 34 overproof at 3s 8d to 3s lOd, and proof East India at is aid to is 4d per gallon. The nominal price of proof Leeward is is 10d per gallon. In consequence of the prices of Brandy in France having opened about 3d per gallon higher than was anticipated, this market has become firmer, and a fair business has been done at an improvement of Id to 2d per gallon, with a prospect of still higher prices. Ge neva in steady request at 2s to 2s Id for export, and at 2s 6d to 2s 9d for home use. British Corn Spirits in de mand at lOs 4d per gallon. OILS.—Iu the early part of the week some parcels of common Fish Oils were pressing on the market by the merchants, which created a flatness, and depressed pr ices ; they have, how ever, b een all cleared off, con sequently the market has become firm. In Sperm Oil prices remain as before quoted. Linseed Oil was dull of sale early last week, and the price fell to 35s 6d, but few sellers can now be found b e l ow 36s 9cl or 37s per cwt. on the spot. Rape Oil rather firmer. Arrivals of new Olive Oil have caused a depression in the value of the article, and the market is quiet. Gali poli at 781 per tun. Cocoa Nut Oil firm ; fine Ceylon fetches 40s and 40s 6d, duty paid. Palm Oil at former prices. TALLow.—The advanced prices of Russian Tallow no deed last week have been maintained; the latest price paid for fine yellow Candle on the spot was 48s, at a hich there are steady buyers, and for delivery up to the end of the year 47s 9d would be accepted. For deli very in the spring months the nominal figure is 48s 6d per cwt. South American Tallow at fair prices, from 43s to 46s 6d for low to good quality. TALLOW is not quite so much in demand, but prices are steady. P. Y. U. on the spot 48s. per cwt. AN INDIAN EXECUTION,.-.-.While we re mained here the chief caused a wretched prisoner or two, whom his people had caught, to be blown from theroouths of cannon, a mode of death, perhaps, the quickest and least cruel of any. One of the unfortunates, the only one I saw executed, bring blown to shivers in a second ; his legs and head, both severed from the trunk, being the only portions we could recognise afterwards as having be longed to the human form. The wretch was tied, stand ing on the ground, with his back- to the mouth of the cannon, and met his end with the same philosophy that most natives evince on those occasions.—Captain Fane's Five Years in India. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Two very respectable-looking persons, named Fletcher and Taylor, were placed at the bar before Mr. Alderman Thompson, on a charge of defrauding Mr, T. Powell of the sun of 501. Mr. Pelham attended for the prosecution. The complainant stated, that about a fortnight since the prisoner Taylor was introduced to him as a general agent, who had very extensive connections amongst the West Indian consignees, and he (Mr. Powell) ac companied him to Birmingham, to purchse a quantity of fancy articles, which Taylor represented could be sold, through his connections in Calcutta, at a large per ten tage profit. The goods were brought to London, and stored in a room in Lime-street, until their shipment, the prisoner Taylor giving him the key of the room as a security for the payment of the money advanced to effect the purchase. For about four days subsequent the goods were left untouched, but on the fifth Taylor, in company with Fletcher, brought a locksmith and burst open the door, when he removed a great quantity of them, which were pledged at several pawnbrokers in the neighbourhood. _ A number of other witnesses being examined in sup port of the prosecution, and the goods having been pro duced by the pawnbroker, and identified by Mr. Powell, Mr. Dixon, who attended on behalf of the prisoner, contended that the transaction was one of partnership, and without the pale of the criminal law. Mr. Alderman THomrsort said he would adjourn the case until next Tuesday, but as there appeared a differ ence in the criminality of the two parties he should ac cept bail for Fletcher s appearance on that day. MARLBOR - OUGFI-STREEf. Yesterday Joseph Adams, the fashionable swindler, a ho was brought up in custody, from Southampton, was again placed at the bar, on his second re-examination. As on the former occasion, Mr. Humphrey, the solici tor, appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Flower, of Hat ton-garden, on the part of the prisoner. After a number of shopkeepers, robbed by the pri soner, had been examined, William Terry, the sergeant of the Southampton police, who apprehended the prisoner, stated that on searching him he found about twelve shillings in silver in his pockets, and also a valuable gold watch. 11:g likewise wore at the time a diamond pin and. finger-ring. On his being searched the follow ing day at the gaol at Southampton, a small bag in the shape of a heart, and made to fit in the cavity of the pit of the stomach, was found under his flannel waist coat, and next to his skin : it contained a 51 Bank of England note, two sovereigns, and between 20 and 30 pawnbrokers' duplicates. In a trunk at his lodgings was found among the other papers a certificate of his dis charge from the General Penitentiary, Millbank, West minster, which led to the discovery that he had been con victed of felony, and sentenced to transportation. Mr. Charles Prince Hall, the Chief Officer of Bath, stated, that he was present at the trial and conviction of the prisoner, in 1834, at the Taunton Sessions, for steal ing two gold watches, of the value of thirteen guinea's each, the property of Mr. Reginald Lautien, of Bath, watchmaker and jeweller. The prisoner was sentenced to seven years' transportation, which was commuted to imprisonment in the Penitentiary, and the prisoner served three years there, and then, by some interest, he obtained a free pardon. Mrs. Colonel Hill, who had been summoned to attend, not having arrived in town, Mr. MALTBY said, he should remand the prisoner until Monday next, when, if that lady neglected to attend, he should be under the neces sity of bringing her before him by a warrant. WORSHIP-STREET. SINGULAR CASE Os HIGHWAY ROBBE William Jones, a young journeyman weaver, was charged on sus picion of having violently assaulted Mr. John Warren Green, a trimming-manufacturer, and stolen from his person a parcel, containing thirty-nine pieces of silk-cord, value 51. The prosecutor stated at about eleven o'clock on Sa turday night he was returning home to his residence in Quaker-street, Spitalfields, carrying the parcel under his arm, and he had nearly reached his own door, when he suddenly received a violent blow on the back of the head that Jelled him to the ground and rendered him in sensible. He did not see the person of his assailant, nor was he aware that any one was near him until he received the blow. On recovering his senses he found that his parcel was gone, and that he was under the care of a policeman and another person, who assisted him to his place of abode. He obtained no tidings relative to the transaction until the following after noon, when the prisoner called at his house and said that he had a quantity of silk cord for sale, at the same time producing two pieces, which he immediately identi fied as part of the property of which he had been robbed. He was enabled positively to swear to it in consequence of its having two knots at each end of it which he had himself tied in a very peculiar way. Upon asking the prisoner to wjaom the property bel onge d, th e l a tt er sa id that he had Eeen commissioned to sell it by a person who had 29 more pieces for sale, and that he wanted 21. for the lot. Witness then said that he would purchase the lot at the required price, and he desired the prisoner to return back for the remainder, and he would give him ss. for his trouble. The prisoner accordingly withdrew, but he returned soon afterwards and said that he could not find the man who had employed him to sell the property; upon which witness sent for Sergeant Peaklc, of the H division, and gave the prisoner into custody. Sergeant Peakle stated that after apprehending the prisoner, he questioned him on the subject, and he said that the man by whom he was employed to sell the cord was an entire stranger to him, and that he appointed to meet him in an adjoining street, but on going there he was unable to find him. Police-constable Trew, of the H division, said that he had known the prisoner for at least five years to be an associate of notorious thieves ; that he had been confined in the House of Correction upon a summary committal, and had been twice tried for felony, and once convicted, at the Old Bailey. A person, who gave his name Daniel Scavington, and who said that he was a weaver, contradicted the asser tion of the officer that the prisoner had been convicted at the Old Bailey. He attended at the prisoner's trial for the purpose of giving him a character, and the jury acquitted him. He was well acquainted with the pri soner, and knew him to be a hard-working industrious young man. Mary Evans, the wife of a beer-shop keeper, attended with a view of proving an alibi, but her evidence was entirely nugatory. Mr. BROLTGHTON said that he should remand the pri soner on the charge ; but as he was inclined to believe, from the remarkable circumstance of his having offered the property for sale to the prosecutor himself, that he was an accessory after the fact rather than a principal, he should take bail for his appearance. The prisoner was remanded until Saturday next. CHARTISM IN BILSTON. On Saturday morning, at about eleven o'clock, the Public-office of this town was surrounded by about five or six hundred working men, drenched to the skin, the rain having fallen in torrents, and the poor fellows un able to gain admittance. It appears a public meeting was called by the High Constable, in compliance with a requisition, signed by the Gentry, Clergy, Magistrates, &c., for the purpose of presenting a congratulatory ad dress to her Majesty and Prince Albert, on the late aus picious 'event of the birth of a young Prince ; eleven o'clock was the hour appointed. The HIGH CONSTABLE proposed the Rev. S. H. Fletcher to the chair, which was seconded by one of the great unwashed, a Mr. Baldwin, Magistrate and iron master, amidst great confusion. Mr. STIRAN moved as an amendment, that Mr. John Cadley, a working man, do take the chair, which was se conded by a respectable tradesman. The amendment was carried in the affirmative, amidst several rounds of cheers, waving of hats, and great applause. The divines, dogberries, lawyers, and iron-masters of this vast mining district, were confounded ; they looked unutterable things, and seemed completely chop-fallen— it was a display of the unwashed and ignorant set in array against the mighty and intelligent ; and least of all to be expected from what is termed the poor and despised colliers, who risk their lives and toil hard for little or no remuneration, subject to every imposition that their Christian taskmasters think proper to •inipose in the shape of tommy and truck. The CHAIRMAN then addressed the meeting by say ing, —Fellow. working men of Bilston, her Majesty ought to be proud of such subjects ; you have nobly done your duty by the good sense you have evinced by placing a working. man to preside over this meeting, in preference to a booby squire or a canting hypocritical parson. Mr. BALDWIN then took a paper out of his pocket far the purpose of intimidating the Chairman; when Mr. Magis trate was boldly called to order. Mr. B. said, lam a Justice of the Peace; when the Chairman said, "I know it, and I am placed here to make you keep it, and not commit a breach of it," and then read the following proposition:— " Whilst we congratulate your Majesty on the late happy event, we cannot but acquaint your Majesty that thousands of virtuous and modest women, your Majes ty's subjects, aro passing the like natural extremities on beds of straw, without even a pillow thereon to lay their heads—that starvation and misery are pervading the whole length and breadth of the land ; and we attribute this state of things to class legislation ; and in order to secure to the whole of your Majesty's subjects the blessings of plenty and good government, as well as to convince them of your kind disposition towards them, we entr ea t y our M a j es ty to order the release of all Chartist prisoners, and to call to your councils such men as will make the document entitled 'The People's ChatTer ; theTawor thel;nd." The Rev. S. H. FLETCHER then read, as an address, a leaf of flattering nonsense calling upon Divine Providence for a blessing upon her Majesty, the young heir, Prince Albert, the royal household, and all those who were entrusted with the education of the young Prince, when about thirty or forty kid-skin gloves were held up, but it was no go. A huge forest of blistered and unwashed hands were held up for Mr. Stiran's proposition, which was carried. Mr. STIRAN remarked that he did not believe her Ma jesty called for such filthy adulation, but he would call on Providence for a blessing for the starving m illi ons that were lying in the hedges and streets, without a morsel of food to put in their hungry mouths, while her Majesty, and all belonging to her, had an over-abundant flow of every luxury. This was also unanimously carried. The meeting closed with three cheers for the Charter, and three cheers for Feargus O'Connor.—Staffordshire Examiner. EXTRAORDINARY single root of potatoes POTATOwaE; growing A short time sincee in Mrs. Skitter's garden, at Shrub End Farm, Leyd en , th e t o p o f w hi c h, when green, extended over to space measuring 33 feet in circumference. A few days since it was dug up, when the amount of produce was found to be 231 pota toes, some of which were very fine, and the greater part fit for the table.--Ipswich Express. EVENING SUN MONEY I%IARNET and CITY NE SUN.—Theo perations in the Engl ish:llarket were limited'character to-day as to afford but little so' r e general remark. The range of prises was, i.n nearly instance, the same as on Saturday. For special trar,ir'd to-morrow, Consols have been done at 191 11,911 *;;•• for the opening at 88i to without the dividerd. chequer Bills hare been again marked 10s. to 120.1 )1 4 mium, and East India Bonds to-day have touched ls. toed premium. Bank Stock was dull at 165. The IteduF_: Three and a-Half per Cents. were without a ite , fr tw i f being 98i to 1, and the Three per Cent. A nnuitiesBt4 t i ° „! . There was a little activity iu Spanish Stock to-. ;),; and the price was rather better supported. The Bonds have been marked 23:1 to 23i for present trans , and 2 4 to 24 for the settling day, 'Thursday nex t ' I°l. ay, •. A. den— tuguese Old Five per Cents, were at 53 t ex dirt Brazil Stock was lower, the reduction being from 6.ltir 63. Russian Bonds were worth 113 f ; Dutch TWO'S a-Half per Cents. sii ; and the Five per Cents 9 9 i of tl f l o a r r Shares were rather brisker than Stocks, a nd keli",7, at Saturday's range. Great Western Railway were 18f to 20, the New 9 to 10, the London and 13 T h mingham 71 to 72, th e Thi r d s 221, and the tw o, Western 18k to 17f premium. The Brighton 1 3 1' d s Blackwell 15, the C ro yd on 9i , t h e M a nchester and Leten 4 to 5, the Midl a nd Counties 16, and the South :28.tierw, 25 discount. Australasian Bank Shares were 12 prey, and London Joint Stock 2i premium. DARKNESS OF THE METR°. POLIS ROADS. ; the Yesterday aftern oon a meet i ng took Place , n j o erir vestry-room of Ham mersm ith Ch urc h, and, by a " .l- 111 6 mint, in the large room of the Latymer school . ,be Rev. F. T. Att wood, the vicar, having b een called te;,,, chair, read the req u i s iti on an d t h e no tice issued I*.e'iff churchwardens calling the meeting ; s and hav e in a g ned b ,_ fi p so r : explained the oltjectsfor which it d been Bowling said he rose with great pleasure to move 11 . 0 rv o ly lotion of more imfortance than any motion Pr evi t ing moved in that vestry—(Hear, hear)—not even 0P: 0 u,- the emancipation of th a t p ar i s h f rom that of Fe'''bb e tY (Hear, hear.) After the recent dreadful met of re o av and desperate attempt at murder which had bee n d, the' at Turnham-green, ft behoved, he would conten be shopkeepers of the district, so many of wh°ll the. l saw present, not to oppose the lighting; ft e o r r would have no purch asers at t h e i r s hops —(Hear, hear.) The mo ti on h e s h ou ld propose i ll : 1,6 "That the provisions of the General A Lighting, t hat adopted within th e di s t r i ct a b ove - name d, and also the meeting proceed t o e l ec t i nspectors under the iv, ,„ it ing and fix the amount of ra t e t o b e gran t e d for the e year." The Rev. T. T. HAVERFIELD seconded the M m uch He contended that lighting the roads would not se w benefit the higher classes as those classes wh o P a r esei t rates, who would thereby be protected from the P a o(' dangers of murderous assaults and robberies": cries of " Hear, hear")—and from the dange— accident by the public conveyances. , self sa Mr, WADDEN felt it to be a duty he oven Pim his fellow-parishioners to oppose the n2otion• ` OO hear, hear.) After commenting in strong te ri c e stri t c ° Report of the Committee appointed by the ta ., th consider the subject o f li g hti ng the high rotA speaker concluded by mov i ng a ' an amendraeeth,ad bet the meeting, and the purposes ibr which , !t p l ecrsl called, be adjourned until that day six months• d ste t) er, h c "„ Mr. REARDON said, as a poor ratepayer up to say that out of the rate ayer., wh e tber" affected by the measure if the Act vvas , :!c l° P f l er of tr were at least a third who already find it a greatest difficulty to pay their poor-rates. -- k;`,.. of " Hear, hear, hear," and " It's too true. ; vo tc o l himself not long ago b een o bli ge d t o pa" 1 0 1 ; 14 ocl l er pay them, and it th ere f o r e wou ld b e ou t of 1 pay a lighting rate. ; Ine l • Several other gentlemen addressed the tneet' n w ho 10 continued interruptions from Captain AckerleY'lliifir a stentorian voice, called out " Explain thing' , no humbugging." to pen g' The CHAIRMAN then p rocee d e d to put t"ebeid men P' meat, for which an immense forest of hands we' o .lo' and against it but a comparatively small nutebeirgr' e a the amidst loud cr i es o f " Ten to one," he d e, amendment carri e d. Ligh ting A poll, under th e provisions of the Genera ice 01'6 Act, was the n d ema nded, of which ten days' 11 " . be given, and the meeting separated. - - LCO Y D'S SHIPPINw 131 0 : WITH.—Wm. SPOKEN WIT—W. ThOCCIpSOII, . y el O. to Jamaica, l a t. 45, l on . 11, b y t h e Royalist , a r1 4 1 3 0 114 Cork. Emma Clinton, London to Port Phillifloiroao• lat. 2 S., lon. 20 W. ; A urora, A m sterdam t o ;. r iveil,!! 20th ult., lat. 22 N. lon. 32, by the Devon , Liverpool. T r it on , xebec to - C a rdigan, 2 4 " i 46, lon. 67, by the Glenbervie, arrived at rac is T t fi ) oril ll / dine, Nantes to Guadeloupe, lon. 38, by t l ,l: m r , - e ' arrived at Havre. Pilgrim, Hamburg, to t I, ;1 9. Oct 26, lat. 4 N. lon. 23 W. ; Malvcre, O ct. . r e. 3 lon. 24, by the Ernestine, arrived in the -"°,s. tague, Liverpool to Bombay,; Sept. 25, lat. E. ; Lydia, Copenhagen to Santa Cruz, 2 ' ll - : 1 0.5. 27, lon. 35, by the Glenswelly, arrived in the m" THE MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. M r 11° io the h,ghest rri t e o f ,t re t d i,, the 31 , tropolis is lus•nA Loaf. Got d Bre_td may be had at 81d. rn.KEi OF SEEDS. , 6 Per Cwt. I P er Quar ter , - 4 ,s Sew English Red C10ver...76s 95s St. Fein ............ ......' . ....5 0 ° ~ Old Ditto Ditto —s • —s —s Rye Grass... ........... .....-- h .--i 5 s New Foreign Ditto..., --s 703 92s Pace} , Grass ...•••••"*"::, 4 0 OHDP - to Di.to —s —s —3 Linseed, for . ......."....s "`, 5 15 New White Clover 56s 1)(s 70s Ditto , for sowing •••'•• '_s . :,, b 0 Old Ditto Ditto — s - s —s Ditto, for crusbiot '" . .....s t ,, 90 6 New Tre.oil ... . Old Ditto — s 20s 40s Hemp ..... - ..... ......- ......... ...-s 5 , 4 s 20s 583 Canary , ............ ...1 _ 1 to oe 4 Tr folium -s 4Ss 70s Per li isr,. od . 5, 3 Foreign Pglish Car Ditto raw" —s s 5 46 ° : 525 503 Brown White D M g0 t4 .. r . d .... :: .: i 5 ; 5 CI :: '741 Coriander ... —s s —s,Tares .........- .... .....112 1 ': , ,it I C o PRILE OF TALLOW, SOAP, S c a.. l ;,, ........... „I i g 0 Town Tallow - ..R2 13 6 Melting SI" ... . ......... " h 0 Yellow Russia White 0 U C Graves ..... ,' ........... id Soap Ditto 0 0 I Good Dregs "of 5110 , ;,.:s. I I stone .. ..... PRICE OF RAW FAT, per , ... ... Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melt"' - 0 PttloE OF OIL. Xh 3 ;*o ... ..... , A. . Rape Oil, brown, per ton ..... .... ......... .. ............. * 0 Ditto, refined .................................... •• ....... ii 0 Linseed Oil ..... .. ........................ ........•••• .. ,„.. 7 10 Lins .ed Oil Cake at the IVlill . (per 10110). ....... ..,...* Race Cake, per ton ............... ..... ............. A. COAL N Ships arrived since d. Adair's - 15 & dell, Robson & Co. Hartley 16 6 Buddle's West klartley l6 t Carr's Hartley Chariot te l6 6 12olywell Ma n lB i Old Tanfield l4 t 'Fantleld Moor l9 01 Townley... .............. ..... , l4 6i Walls End Brown's Walls End Clennell l5 ti Walls End Hadley lB 0 Walls End Hilda. Walls End Hotspur Walls End Killutgworth MARKET. last market.day, 130. 0. 0 Edv‘ZW:.elngannriadancinitcr:oe:iiill......t.l.k..?.l.l7l:::: i ll ; 1 Walls End Lantbton,';'ijo..n. i 0 g Walls End Itussell'b J.' 07 . Walls-End Stewart's ....... "0 : I Wads End Shincliff ...•.•«" JP I f ITennant's Hartlepool ......... it , ; Walls End Adel,ide. ......... ;ii Walls End Coundon .•••••"'" 11 , 9 Walls El• 1 Seymour Taw a . 2 _ Anthracite ........................ n . Cowpen .......................... iv . W its ' NEWCASTLE CORN EXL I4 AN O k. 0,41 Red. 5 1 Wheat, Northumb e rl an d 54.. 6611..... 60. ...., - Norfolk and Suffolk Os. 688 "*" .. 54 , ' 707„ ----- Barwick and Scotch 503.6x44+.••"•• ON .. ----- Foreign 663. 764-••• ...h •• Rye, Norfolk And Suffolk . •- 4 .4.1 ---Foreign ilia. 41+....•• ~..4. _ Barley, Malting, Norf o lk an d Suffolk 3ls. 3•59 ''''''' ~...6• *" . 7, p Grinding and Feeding Ofe. Ws. •" ~..e. ''.. Malt, Norfolk and Suff o lk t.B3 611 •.• ..•• .....;,.--.• Beans, Small 42e. 444.•••••• ............-:. Tick ...OP 40.. a. 4its ....... 0 .,N. * , , Pease, White 42s. 44c • ••• _r. -- Gray Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe 24s. 268.. •..•• .........„.•„ J ••-- Feed 5 Foreign ' ‘2o,„ 6,?•„‘s ....... ....... Flour (per sack) .195• 525.....•• •-• .1! By a singular mistake yesterday, set r till o g nie h b : . letter, instead of " the workhouse board::: o„ il a t,ely to 7 o . e v tors rendered it " the workhouse boars deb characterised " insolvent d e bt ors " as "insolei° —Leeds Times. ia l !P e° , GOLD WATCHES.—E. J. DENT,e appointment, Chro n o me t er a nd Watclun s ker 1 0 W t er o''" and his Royal Highness Prince rt, offers so 4ax e'''. , assortment of HORIZONTAL WATCHES at / 0 I deo cl; From their great advantages over those of the verti cs oale v ,r, tion in performance, appearance, and flatness he re c them for Ladies' and Gentlemen's wear. lie?' b ile flu' ar eagraved or plain gold dials and cases, and the inoveineed. )5 jewelled in four holes, a n d the performance gua r t oo v i a abstract from Mr. Dent's Lectures on the Centrc_ be ! I s eo% Management of Chronometer Watches and Clocks tiZstr gratuitously by customers, or to the public price PATENT LEVER W A - ohic - This celebrated construction (the most accurate pric e ; watch can be made) is now offered at the followingseose% with the latest improvements, i. e. the detached esca t 2 111(1 jewelled in four holes, hand to mark the seconds, a n taming power to continue going while winding SILVER CASES 6 a capped double - bottom cases, pped ......... gig i s 6 With hunting cases, cappedc. ........... '" 0 Size for Ladies, with " e L le D ga C n A t S g E o s l . d dial ... 1 1 i 4 0 Ditto in double-backed eases... 1 : 13 0 Size for Gentlemen, enamelled dial ..... 1 ° ;/ 0 Ditto extra full size, capped ......... 17 1: o riel A Pamphlet, containing observa.t.i.o.n..;;:especting I ". e ces bow struetions on which watches are made, with t h e pri dr con in gold and silver cams, and a variety of sketches of ° w ill h e signs, which have just been completed in gold sent, gratis and postage free, on application by letter t?„ Loa' Chains , A ,13. SAVORY and SONS, Watchmakers, No. 9, Co rnbiu, don, opposite the Bank of England. On the 16th of Octobeßr I a lTil iad S r . as, i r G'• Fr ' of Fryer, a daughter. ' , (l i r too, On the 16th ult.,at la . 1 . Constantinople, the 5 0 0 Cumberbath, Esq., her Majesty ' s v- 'ul that place, . re-Cons at a daughter. i'• On the 11 1 inst. , • t i in Eaton-place, the lady of the Be' the lady of Mkt ° Fuller, of a daughter. li n ter , On the ie I Ith inst., at Bayswater, the lady of Frederic C Mundy, Esq., of a daughter. . lacer On the 11th inst., Mrs. W. Oldershaw, Canonbury P of a son. P. On the 12th inst. , at St. Ann's-hill, Wandsworth, Mr l " Bell, of a daughter. ur T- O n the 12th inst., at Torrington•square, t h e wife of Y• • Prieh • aid, Esq., of a daughter. w ool, On the 12th S t John's - inst., at Hamilton - terrace, Mrs • Richard Winter, of a daughter --- MARRIED. On the 11th inst., at St. Margars, Canterber urY, Fsq, of that city, to Grace,et' irrt dau ht o f the l at luo .B n e t ; ke, Esq., of Sup;)erton, DIED. . q. ,IP. On the 7th inst., at Teignmouth, St. Sidwell's. Exeter. -0 bar d On the 9th inst., at St. Helier s, Jersey , Alajor .0 0 Ogilvie Meriton, late of the Bombay army On the 10th inst., at Barnes-t e rrace, Mr ' s. 111. Munday. ,------ _ - - -- oef Stanley Bullock, B> London: Printed a • id Published by MURDO It OVN 1 i No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 1 12 S i tr a lj: the County of Middlesex, Tuesday, Decep3ber 1 4, .`"