The Sun. — London, England, 1841-11-29 00:00:00

EVENING gUN SECOND. EDITION AMERICAN NEWS EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING. We have received by express from Liverpool New York Papers, two days later than those brought by the Acadia steamer. The Oxford packet ship, Captain Rathbone, was telegraphed off Point Lynas, at 11, A.M., yesterday, and was towed in by a steamer about 10. 30 last evening. The Europe and Independence line of packet ships were going into the Bay when the Oxford sailed. There is little or no intelligence in the papers before us. Sunday having intervened since the departure of the steamer, the opera tions in the Money Market had been to a very limited extent previously to the departure of the Oxford on Monday. The sales of local stock were—in Delaware and Hudson, at a decline of per cent. ; Farmers' Trust, ; Long Island, I ; Mohawk, ; Harlem, improved, ; Paterson, In other stock but little had transpired. There is no political news of any interest what. ever. THE FUNDS--(CLOSING PRICES.) BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock ... 164 ; India Stock. 3 per Cent Red. BB Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons B9 IDitto Old Annuities ... 3i per Cent Red 97a ;Ditto New Annuities... New 3i r per Cent 99a Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2id 6pm New 5 per Cent — Ditto 5001 lO pia Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small. . Jan 1860. ...... ... 12a Bank Stock for Acct — Oct 1859 India Stock for Acct.... Jan. 1860. FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... ;Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto 33% Brazilian 80nd5.... ...... Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres,6 per ces. !Russian, 5 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent..... 'Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per cent.. Skianish, 5 per cent 25 Ditto, 1824. l9i (Ditto, Deferred ... 12 4 Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent Exchange —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per cent.... French, 3 per cent —f. —c Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825 Dutch, 2i per cent s2a Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. 15 Ditto, 5 per cent....... 99% SHARES Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 55% Great Western Railway( 65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid s7i Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) 36* London and South Western North Midland Railway (100) SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—The sensation produced by the abrupt termination of the Michaelmas Term, and the adjournment of the Court of Queen's Bench, on Thursday last, has by no means diminished. The act itself was extraordinary, and wanted that to which lawyers attach commanding import ance—precedent. The manner in which it was done is also commented upon as partaking more of temper than of dignity, and as therefore calculated rather to diminish respect for the Court than to reprove with effect the absence of Counsel, or to promote the public inte rests, by securing a more regular attendance of the Bar. There can be no question that the absence of Counsel from the Court, when the case is called on for argument or for trial, is as disre spectful to the Court as it is unjust to the party who has retained and actuully paid for the an ticipated advocacy. Lord Denman, by suddenly closing the term, in consequence of the absence of Counsel, in cases which stood in the paper, in flicted severe injury on the parties, whose inte rests were thus necessarily postponed. Thus pu nishment was inflicted upon them of no ordinary weight, although they were altogether innocent, both f,in intention and in act, of the "disrespect to its dignity," which the course adopted by the Court was designed to punish. Lord Den man's conduct in his high office is generally marked by consideration combined with dig nity. The suaviter in modo has seldom been found blended with the fortiter in re more happily than in the conduct of this exalted judicial functionary when presiding in the. Court of which he is no less the ornament than the oracle. Conceding to Lord Denman this un constrained testimony of well-earned coinmenda tion, we the more deeply regret the absence of his usual consideration, and the momentary sus pension of his proverbial equanimity, in the pro ceeding to which we have alluded. The reason as signed by his Lordship for this proceeding was, we think, insufficient to justify the extraordinary step. If " the time of the Courts of Justice be the pro perty of the public," as his Lordship observed when animadverting on the absence- of Counsel from their posts, then the public functionaries, who preside as Judges in those Courts, and are paid by the public for their presence and services, should not be too prone to consult their personal convenience when the public interests call for its occasional sacrifice. A very short retiremen t by the Judges from the Bench to the adjoining chamber would have enabled the attorneys to have gone or sent for the Counsel they had re tained, and thus have obtained their presence. STANDARD.—Lord John Russell has writ ten to certain persons at Plymouth, in reply to an address of condolence. There is not much in the letter, but the following 'sententious apology for the abortive budget, justifies a remark :-- "They attempted, above all, to subject the ad mission of foreign corn to a known and moderate duty, in place of a scale so curiously adjusted, that it baulks the farmer at one moment and starves the people at another, while it defrauds the revenue at all times." Allowing for monstrous exaggeration, Lord John's view of the Corn-laws has some founda tion. These laws, though they do not " baulk the farmer" as is proved by the rapid advance of agriculture, or starve the people, as we see by wheat at 61s. the quarter, after four successive bad harvests, certainly do temper prices, so as to prevent desperate speculations in agriculture, and to control, though they cannot prevent, desperate speculations in commerce. Thus they certainly do support prices at one time, and reduce them at another, so as to keep a steady supply ; b u t w h a t does Lord John mean by "defrauding the revenue at all times ?" the phrase with which he completes his triad. Does his Lordship maintain that food is natu rally a proper object of taxation, or that corn can be justifiably taxed at any time, except with the view of rendering justice to all classes of the people--a constant supply? Lord John must . either mean this, or he writes non sense. Where there is no right there can be no wrong, and a furpaound the nthe revenue can be committed o n l y hypothesis df that a revenue is due. But is arevetheenue Morningue ronthe food of the people Perhaps Chro nicle,. or some Corn-law lecturer, will answer us. Lord John says that the Ministers whs have suc ceeded to him and his colleagues have an easy tas k ; and an easy task no doubt they would have, if, like the Whig Cabinet, they had no care ex w order to propose brin t ep o cept to keep their placesah; itnbertt:ewin ot il d l di sm iss Sir R. Peel's c back • their pre decessors. But with a war ini America and on the Continent, a in China, a war in Central Asia, jealousies repeal seditio n r e in e in Ireland, and an anti-Corn-law se d irtei revenue o England, a deficient harvest, And a minus the necessary expenditure, Sir Robert Peel has certainly inherited no ." bed of rose s ; but still there is no cause fo r des p ondi ng when Sir Robert Peel is Prime Minister. MONEY-ORDER OFFICE.—The public are no w beginninc , to appreoiate the advantages of the money-order office system, from the safety and facility of transmitting property,, and settling small transactions or debts without the inconve nience, expense, and delay hith e rto experienced. The system is daily ramifying into new channels, and diffusinc , its benefits throughout the land. The office in St. Martin's-le-Grand commenced with three clerks : it now employs seventy, and the average sum paid is abuut three thousand pounds daily. HER MAJESTY AND THE INFANT PRINCE. — We have reason to believe that her Majesty has expressed a disinclination to perform any act in consequence of which the new-horn heir to the Throne would be addressed by a title similar to that by which his Illustrious father is designated and add resse d. It i s a l s o sa id that both - to the Premier and the Lord Chancellor this &ding on the part of her Majesty has been made the sub ject of a formal communication, for the purpose of ascertaining how far, with due regard to es tablished precedent, it can be acted upon in set tling the style of the interesting subject of the in quiry. " The Infant Prince" is the appellation which is used throughout the Household, when speaking of the Royal Infant; and this title is understood to be that for which her Majesty has expressed a decided preference. DEATH OF GENERAL SIR THOMAS MOLY'. NEMTX.—DiecI, this morning, after a short illness, Gene ral Sir Thomas Molyneaux. He is succeeded in his title and estates by his son George, now Sir George Moly neaux, Baronet. The Supplement to the London Gazette of Tuesday, containing the Brevet, which reached town this morning, announced the promotion of the late Baro net to the rank of General in the Army.—Dublin Mail of Friday. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)" NEW COURT. Moses Hunt was indicted for stealing, and John Row land for receiving, with a guilty knowledge, two nose bags, containing a quantity of oats, the property of Tho mas Johnson. The prisoner Rowland pleaded guilty. The property was missed by the prosecutor, and he suspecting the prisoners, had their houses searched, and the bags and corn were found upon the premises. The Jury at once found the prisoners Guilty. The two prisoners were then severally sentenced to five months' imprisonment and hard labour. ATTEMPT AT ASSASSINATION NEAR TIPTON, STAFFORDSHIRE. BIRMINGHAM, SATURDAY EVENING.—Last night, be tween eight and nine o'clock, as Mr. John Prince, of Tipton, in the County of Stafford, was returning home, he was met near to his residence by a man named Ed ward Bridgewater, licensed victualler, of this town, with whom he had had some money transactions, who pre sented a pistol at him. Mr. Prince struck him on the arm and the pistol fell upon the ground. Bridgewater then drew another pistol from his pocket and fired it at Mr. Prince, which happily did not take effect. Bridge water made his escape and returned to Birmingham. This evening he was apprehended, and will be brought up for examination before the Magistrates, at Bilston, on Tuesday morning. Mr. Prince is an extensive coal mer chant. SIR ROBERT PEEL AND THE CORN-LAWS.-PROGRESS OF INQUIRY. We learn that Sir Robert Peel has sent agents to the Continent for the purpose of collecting detaild informa tion relative to the average rates of wages, the prices of food, and other circumstances bearing on the condition of the humbler classes. Judging from the characters of the gentlemen to whom this mission has been entrusted, there would appear to be every disposition on the part of the Right Hon. Baronet to obtain accurate and un biassed information. To what use he may hereafter be disposed to turn that information, time only can show. He has been raised to his present exalted position by an alliance of all the monopolists with all who have, or who believe they have, an interest in the maintenance of corruption. Such alliances have occurred in earlier periods of the Right Hon. Baronet's history, and the world need scarcely be reminded of the fact, that, after using such alliances as means towards the attainment of power, the Right Hon. Baronet has abandoned the im practicable policy of a party held together by such ties, and has, with the assistance of his political opponents, carried out measures to which he had throughout his whole previous career, declared the most irreconcileable hostility. The fact, that agents have been sent abroad to collect the information to which we have alluded, indicates a wish on the part of Sir Robert Peel to be prepared to choose his own course in the storm which he sees gather ing. We do not give him credit for any broad statesman like views on the great question of the Corn-laws ; we do not suspect him of a wish to break up a party, bound by no sympathy but the love of corruption ; but when we contemplate his previous career, and find him in the most important acts of his public life, avowedly ready to sacrifice principle to expediency, and party 'predilec tions to political convenience, we are naturally led to at tach some signification to the private missions of which the knowledge has reached us within the last few days. Of one thing Sir R. Peel may rest assured. The same disinterested support from the Liberal party, by which he and the Duke of Wellington were enabled to convert the abolition of the Test and Corporation Acts into a Government measure—the same cordial co-opera tion without which it would have been impossible for them to carry Catholic Emancipation—will be given to them, should they come forward in the ensuing Session, and call upon Parliament to unshackle the trade of the country, and remove those barbarous restrictions which create famine when abundance is within reach, by con demning thousands and tens of thousands to idleness and hunger, while food and employment are courting their acceptance, and are placed beyond their reach only by the selfish grasping conduct of a tyrannical oli garchy. In the meantime, we may, perhaps, anticipate some of . . the information which Sir R. Peel looks to obtain through the medium of his agents. The statements we have published for some time past relative to the prices of food abroad and at home, have been extremely distasteful to those who advocate the continuance of our present famine laws. For that we were prepared. Our facts have been occasionally carped at, but having been cau tious in our assertions, our opponents, with the best will in the world, have not been able to convict us of one material inaccuracy. The only resource which remained for them, was a vague assertion, that if food was dearer in England than elsewhere, wages at least were higher. We denied this from the first, but we were not prepared with details ; we felt the necessity, however, of demolish ing the last hold in which the advocates of dear food had entrenched themselves, and lost no time in setting inqui ries on foot in different parts of the Continent, as to the current rates of wages, and the prices of those articles of food usually consumed by the working classes. To some of these inquiries we have obtained replies, and though we hope, before long, to collect more complete materials, we think we are already in possession of sufficient infor mation to justify our laying a portion of it before our readers. In the statements we are about to make we shall confine ourselves to Germany. From all parts, then, of Germany to which we have addressed our inquiries, we have been assured, in the first place, that employment is readily to be had by those wish to obtain it, Nowhere do we hear of large bodies of well-disposed workmen being out of work. This we were prepared for. There are no Corn-laws in Germany, and on that very account there are fewer fluc tuations in trade. Their foreign commerce is less ex tensive than ours, but more regular, their merchants not being obliged every now and then, like our merchants, by the capricious operation of a sliding scale, to with draw their capital from its customary employment. This subject, however, would lead us too far for our present purpose. We have facts and figures to deal with, and will abstain for a while from more general questions. Let us see, then, what the wages are in Germany. In Hamburgh we find the current wages of able-bodied workmen from 9s. to 14s. a week. These are not the wages of skilful mechanics, nor of men employed at piecework or for a few weeks now and then, but men employed all the year round at fixed wages. In sugar refineries in Hamburgh, all workmen receive their board and lodging, and about 6s. a week in addition. In Ham burgh, let it be remembered, we have stated, more than once, that meat costs about half what it costs in London. Our correspondent assures us we have rather overstated the Hambugh price. The rye bread, which German labourers eat in preference to wheaten bread, costs in Hamburgh lid per lb. The wheaten bread is for the most part very nearly as dear in Germany as in England. This is because the people at large consume but little of it, and what is consumed there is mostly sold in the form of what in this country would be called fancy bread. In the interior of Germany we find provisions cheaper and wages lower. At Berlin, rye bread is sold at Id. a pound ; the best wheaten bread at 21-d. a pound ; beef at 4d. ; mutton at 31d. ; and the wages of able-bodied men range from 7s. 6d. to 9s. a week. At Leipsic 7s. 6d. are the average wages of able-bodied labourers, and the prices of flood are nearly the same as at Berlin. We have returns likewise from Kiel, Breslau, Konigs berg, and Hanover, at which places the average wages are a trifle lower than at Leipsic, but food of every de scription considerably cheaper. It is not only bread and meat that are cheaper, but all the little luxuries of the poor, such as tea, coffee, sugar, tobacco, &c., are incomparably cheaper. The prices of these articles sent us from Hamburgh are the wholesale prices at which they are bought by the shopkeepers, so that some addition must be made for the retailer's profit. Brazil coffee sells at from 3d. to 5-id. a pound ; Havan nab, 4d. to 64d. ; white Brazil sugar at from 4id. to 6d. a pound ; brown at 3d. to 4td. Bohea tea at Is. 7id. a pound, Congou at 2s. to 2s. 20., Hyson at 2s. 31d. to 3s. 7id. a pound. American leaf tobacco at 2d. to kid. a pound, St. Domingo at sd. to llid. a pound. Yet Hamburgh, take it all in all, is not a lightly taxed State ; but the taxes are not thrown almost exclusively upon the food and comforts of the poor. Herrings and sprats, if caught by foreign fishermen, are not rigorously excluded from the provision market, while lobsters and turbots are admitted duty free. The Hamburgh mer chant is allowed to buy his wheat and rye wherever he can buy it on the best terms, and the cheapest oxen and sheep are those which the Hamburgh butcher purchase, let them come from his own neighbourhood, from Prussia, or from Hanover.—Morning Chronicle. Sir James Graham left town last night by the nine o'clock London and Birmingham train for Netherby Hall, Cumberland. Lord Bexley and the Rev. Mr. Millman had an interview with Mr. Phillips, at the Home Office this Majesty m orning, relati ng to the presentation of the addresses agreed t o b y the parish of St. Margaret's, Westminster, to her and Prince Albert, on the birth of a Prince. A few mornings • since a military execution took place at Marseilles. nt-M ea ajA serge an t name d L emo i ne , beans -Major who had killed his se or by discharging his musket close Co o his biz urt-Martial t , was shot y in and had been condemned by rison. He died repentant,pr a e n se d nce . of th e w h o l e gar giving the platoon appointed to shoot the great firmness, fi re with his own mouth. The Phar o on which to exe cution took place was crowded with speetathorsh the g iThe following from Geneva, of the 19th inst., is given by the De bats .—" The Cou nc il of State s.' a sembled to-day, and wishin g to anti cipate the demand s of public opinion, re solved to make the followin g e s changes :—A reduction i n the numbers of the members of the Council ; a par tition of the initiative between the two Councils ; an a cknowledgment of the right o f petitioning ; a repeal of the second paragraph of the Constitution, by which no alteration can be made in tho constitutional Charter without the assent of a majority of two-thirds in the two Councils. These amendments are said to have been voted, after a long and animated debate, by two-thirds of the members of the Conncil. It is, however, doubted whether this measure will calm the agitation which is increasing ; it being feared that the people will consider the conces sions as calculated to put out of their minds the two chief reformations demanded by the Association of March 3, viz., a wide reform in the electoral law, and a general municipal law for the whole canton. However this may be, it is now certain that the Constitution of 1814 will be modified. We are assured that the Council of State, anticipating the legal period for the convoca tion of the legislative body, has fixed its meeting for llonday, the 22d inst. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1841. RELIEF TO THE POOR. A few days ago, at Union-Hall, two Guardians of St. George's parish waited on the Magistrate relative to the case of the girl Gardener, who, it will be recollected, was turned out of her father's house, and afterwards, ac cording to her own account and that of a policeman of the M division, refused relief on her application to the parochial authorities of St. George's and St. Saviour's parishes, being at the time in a state of destitution. The guardians alluded to the previous report of the case in the papers, and said that it was calculated to con vey an impression that she had experienced very unfeeling treatment at the hands of those to whom she applied for relief after her father had closed his doors against her. Now, the facts of the case were not such as had been stated ; but when the girl applied at St. George's, upon inquiry it was ascertained that she had not slept in the parish the night previously, but in that of St. Sa viour's, the adjoining parish, where they were bound to afford her that casual relief which the necessity of the case required. The poor girl had been admitted into St. George's workhouse, and slept there one eight, when the father turned her out, but instead of being sent about her business the next morning, as the report described, she left of her own accord, a policeman having called at the house and took her away with him. The Guardians then adverted to the subject of the relieving of vagrants and casual poor. great numbers of whom were in the nightly habit of applying for' admission into the work house, and to such an extent had the evil increased that the Guardians of an adjoining parish had written to the Poor-law Commissioners on the subject, and the follow ing was their reply : " Poor-law Commistion-office, Somerset-house. " Sir—l am directed by the Poor-law Commissioners to state that they have had under their consideration your letter of the Ist inst., together with its enclosure' relating to the relief of vagrants and casual poor. The Commissioners are deeply sensible of the importance and difficulty of the subject to which those papers refer, and in the present state of the law they feel it impossible to offer advice which can be wholly satisfactory either to the Guardians or to themselves. The first and paramount duty of those to whom the administration of relief of the poor is intrusted must be to provide effectually and in stantly for all cases of urgent want. This object the Commissioners feel confident will always be kept in view by the Guardians, at whatever risk, or at whatever cost it may be attained. The Commissioners know by experience the too easy and indiscriminate re ception of all applicants who present them selves for a night's lodging often affords to street mendicants and impostors that portion of food and shelter which should be reserved for the really des titute. Prostitutes have been known to go forth to their occupation in the streets every morning, and to return at night, for a fortnight in succession, to the vagrant ward of a workhouse, which was thus wholly misapplied, and rendered a place of contamination to those whom misfortune, and not vice, might bring thither. For those evils the only effectual remedy would be an esta blishment for the reception of persons casually destitute separate from the workhouse, conducted on different principles of discipline, and with a power of temporary detention as a test of the urgency of the want which brought the applicant to seek shelter in it. In the mean time the Commissioners hope that the erection of a hand mill in your workhouse, which should be applicable to the casual poor, might do much to diminish the num ber of able-bodied male applicants. There could be no objection to the Guardians affixing a notice to the gate of the workhouse, and at the residence of the relieving officer, to the effect that no order for admission to the vagrant ward will, under ordinary circumstances, be given after a certain hour, remembering, of course, that really urgent cases must form an exception to every rule, and be admitted on application at the workhouse at all times. In general, the fact of an applicant being brought by any of the police should be taken as prima facie evidence of real and urgent want, inasmuch as it is the duty of the body to treat as offenders, under the Vagrant Act, any impostors or persons committing acts of vagrancy within their district. The Commissioners haveevery reason to believe that the Inspectors of Police will take care that proper caution is exercised by the constables under their control, so that the shelter and relief intended for the destitute may not be absorbed by wilful and habitual mendicants. " The Commissioners have caused a copy of this letter to be forwarded to the Commissioners of the Metropoli• tan Police.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, " E. CHADWICK, Secretary." The Guardians, then, in reference to the girl Gar dener's case, said that it had been ascertained her fa ther's place of settlement was at Mitcham, whether it was intended to pass her on her exclusion from his house. Mr. COTTINGHAM said, that since the inquiry had taken place before him, a benevolent gentleman, having read the account of the case in the newspapers, had not only transmitted two guineas for her immediate relief, but had also, through the medium of the Mendicity So ciety, to which he was a subscriber, undertaken to pro cure her a situation where she would be enabled to earn an honest livelihood, and save her from the impending ruin which was likely to result from the unfeeling con duct of her parent. ORIGIN OF THE RICHMOND CEMETERY, DUBLIN. A County meeting was held at Dublin on Saturday last, for the purpose of furthering the undertakings of the " Land Investment Company." The High Sheriff. Thomas Boy-se, Esq., in the course of an eloquent speech, gave the following account of the foundation of the Richmond Cemetery, and the great object secured to Catholics by the movement :—I recollect (said the Learned High Sheriff) that about fourteen years ago the people of the city of Dublin were in a state of per petual confusion and irritation in coinsequence of the Protestant clergymen of the city refusing permission to the Catholic clergymen to read the office of the dead over the remains of their deceased parishioners. In the assertion of this ungracious right the police force wore called in, and on more than one occasion blood was shed in the grave-yard.—(Hear, hear.) To remedy this state of things, the present Lord Plunket, then Attorney-General, introduced a Bill into the House of Commons, which passed. This Bill is known as " The Easement of Burial Bill." It was so insulting in its spirit, that although professing to remedy the evil, it made matters worse than they were in their original state. Amongst other provisions it contained one, that the nearest of kin of a deceased Catholic should serve twelve hours' notice on the parson of the parish of his intention to inter the remains of his deceased relative in the parish churchyard, and to have the office of the dead said over them. The parson had the power to assent or dissent, and in the event of refusing permission, he was liable to a civil action in the due course of law, the body of the deceased being outside the gate in the in terim, and, of course, approaching rapidly to a state of decomposition.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) Find ing this state Of the law absolutely intolerable, the subject was, by myself and others, frequently brought under the notice of the Catholic Associa tion ; and, assisted by Mr. O'Connell, w• succeeded in getting from the funds of the Association a sum of 8001., with which a Committee then appointed—of which I was one—purchased the fee simple of four acres of land at Richmond, near Dublin, which we enclosed with a twelve-foot wall, and, after being consecrated, was converted int• a cemetery, where persons of all re ligious persuasions could be interred without the con sent of the parson. The first rule made by the Direc tors was, that in the descent of frail human nature to the grave there should be no religious distinction.— (Hear, and cheers.) The parson of the parish, finding his revenues diminished to the extent of 1,5001., raved and complained that his vested rights were evaded ; but, on inquiry, he found that the law afforded no remedy; and his churchyard, which at all seasons of the year, exhi bited the appearance of a ploughed field, from the number of interments, threw up such a crop of noxious weeds and loathsome lgrass that it afforded employment to the moan er three times during that and every succeeding season since. —(Hear.) An additional result has followed the labours of the Directors—namely, that the fees arising from interments were so large, that they have been en abled to take a tract of forty acres of land adjoining the Botanical Gardens, on the north side of Dublin, which is also enclosed and devoted to the interment of the dead without religious distinction ; a large space is devoted to the interment of the poor without any charge ; and the Directors have continued to govern this society since the year 1828 gratuitously. The parson's freehold right has been destroyed without being directly invaded— Lord Plunket's insulting "Easement of Burial Bill" re mains a dead letter on the statute•book, and that which was considered perfectly impracticable—namely, the in terment of the Catholic or Protestant Dissenter, without the leave of the parson, has been fully accomplished. FIRES AT MANCHESTER• It is our painful duty to record the occurrence of three serious fires during the week, involving the de struction of considerable property. The first was on Wednesday afternoon, when about four o'clock, the oil cloth manufactory of Messrs. Harnpson and Knight, Pickford street, Alum-street, Great Ancoats, was dis covered to be on fire. The fire originated in some oil cloths hung out of one of the windows igniting f-om the heat of a fire in the yard, into which some oil had been spilt from the boiler. The damage done was about 300/. worth, but is covered by an insurance in the West of England Fire-office. About half-past four o'clock on Thursday morning information was given of a fire at Messrs. Peter and Thomas Wood's timber-yard, Oxford -street, opposite the bottom of James's-street. The fire originated in an open shed, in which was a saw-mill, and communicated with a building of two stories over it, used as a workshop for joiners. The roof and property in the upper storey were destroyed, and the property it the shed, but there was some salvage in the story immediately over the shed, and in the engine house to the amount of about 3001. The total loss is about 1,0001. or 1,2001, including building, stock, and machinery. The whole property is insured in the West of England. The fire is supposed- to have originated from the over-heating of the saws, by fric tion, which having communicated with the saw-dust, it was supposed to have smouldered all night and broke out in the morning. The third fire broke out early yesterday morning, in the warehose of Mr. E. Bancroft, straw-bonnet manufac turer, which is situate on the north side of St. Anne's street, at the corner of Back-square. The building, which is four stories high, with a frontage of about twenty yards to St. Anne's-street, has recently been partially re b u il t. The ground story was occupied as shop s , f our i n number, and the other three stor i es formed the w are h ouse of Mr. Bancroft, to w hi c h access was given by a d oor at t h e corner of Back - square . The shops wer e i n the several occupations of Messrs. G . Scott and Co., see d smen Mr. Briudley, fi s hmonger, Mr. Harrison, hat manufacturer, and Messrs.' Dixon and Bell, combustible cigar and tobacco deale rs . O w i ng to t h e excee di ng ly lightt was gutted unroofed 01\01fad in a Mr. Ba nc r v o e f r t y ' s s stock h o rt space e building of time. Had there been a proper supply of water from Are first, there is no doubt that most of the property would have been saved.—Manchester Times of Saturday. LAW INTELLIGENCE. BAIL COURT, N0v.27. WARRANTY OF A HORSE.-COOKNEY V. MARRIOTT. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, an at torney, against the defendant, an ironmonger, to recover damages for the sale of an unsound horse, which had been warranted sound. Mr. V. LEE having opened the pleading, Mr. Sergeant LUDLOW stated the case to the Jury. It so happened about the 28th of May, 1840, that the plaintiff was in the situation of a gentleman in want of a horse, and the defendant in that of a gentleman having a horse to dispose of. In consequence the defendant sent a grey horse, the subject of the present action, to the stables of a Mr. Yeomans, a livery stable keeper for the plaintiff see him. Yeomans having examined the horse to ascertain that he was sound in limb, tried to cough him, but was unable to do so, as the horse reared up. Defendant's servant told him not to do that, for the horse was shy about the head. Yeomans then was about to try him with the stick, when Marriott's servant told him not to beat the horse about, for that he was perfectly sound. After having the horse tried in a brake and in the saddle, Mr. Cookney, purchased him for 251. and rode him home, that evening, to his residence at Hampstead. On going up Haverstock-hill, however, certain sounds were eli cited from the chest of Mr. Cookney's new purchase, which, however amusing to the bystanders, were any thing but pleasing to the ears of Mr. Cookney, who, when he examined his horse in the stable, discovered that he had purchased a regular roarer. He thereupon sold him to Mr. Yeomans for 181.., and applied to Mr. Marriott for the difference between that amount and 251., to recover which the present action was brought. Mr. Yeomans placed the horse in a chaise, and sent him down to Ep som races, and on the road he performed like a com plete band of musical instruments, being not only a roarer, but a piper and whistler, drowning the sound of the bugles and horns they passed on the road. The evidence of Mr. Yeomans, the livery stable-keeper, and that of his servants, bore out the statements of the Learned Sergeant's speech, and great laughter was excited by Mr. Yeomans's description of the marvellous musical performances of the horse on the Derby day. Accord ing to his account, the grey must have been the very Lablache of horses. The case for the prosecution being concluded. Mr. ERLE addressed the Jury for the defence, and after ridiculing the idea of the defendant taking in an attorney, said that the real fact was that this was merely an attempt to saddle the defendant with costs. At the time the horse was purchased the plaintiff was distinctly told that Mr. Marriott would not warrant the horse, and the facts showed that such was the case. Where was the necessity of trying the horse if it had been warranted sound ? Mr. Marriott had distinctly told the plaintiff that the horse would not be warranted, and the horse had been taken away from Yeomans's stables in consequence. The plaintiff had then gone to Jewell, the foreman of the Bolt-in-Tun, said he liked the horse, hut that Mr. Marriott would not warrant him. The plaintiff and Jewell had then gone to Marriott's stables. Jewell examined the horse, tried his wind, pronounced him sound, and advised Mr. Cookney to purchase him without warranty. They afterwards met Mr. Marriott, who distinctly told Mr. Cookney he would not warrant him, and Cookney purchased him upon the distinct understanding that there was to be no warranty. The purchase took place on the 28th of May, and on the 29th of May Mr. Cook ney wrote Mr. Marriott a letter, stating that he had discovered that a horse, for the purchase of which he had been in treaty, was waiting for him at Hendon, and requesting . Mr. Marriott to take the horse back ; this Mr. Marriott refused to do ; and on the sth of June, he having sold the horse to Yeomans on the 3(1 of June for 181., Mr. Cookney wrote a letter to Mr. Marriott accusing him of fraud, and threatening him with legal proceedings, unless he re turned the 25L and took the horse back again. With regard to the wonderful story of the adventure on Haver stock-hill, he should prove that on the day of the pur chase, Mr, Cookney said he had driven out his wife with the grey, and was much pleased with his performance. If he was enabled to prove these facts, he thought he should fully entitle himself to their verdict. The - Learned Counsel then called Jewell, the foreman at the Bolt-in-Tun, Mr. Marriott, jun., the son of the defen dant, and other witnesses, whose evidence bore out the statements made in his speech: Mr. Cookney's letters were then put in and read. Mr. Sergeant LUDLOW replied at great length. Mr. Justice PATTESON, in his summing up, charac terised the letter of the plaintiff of the 6th of June as a most offensive letter ; and said that if the plain tiff at that time had .been of opinion that he had re ceived a warranty he would, as a lawyer, in that letter have told the defendant that he proceeded upon that warranty instead of charging him with fraud. The Jury, without a moment's hesitation, returned a verdict for the defendant. Mr. Justice PATTESON—There never was a clearer case. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 27. GREEN V. BAKER. The plaintiff, Ann Green, a domestic servant, brought this action against her late master, Edward Baker, Esq., a gentleman of fortune, living at Lion House, Stamford hill, to recover compensation for the injury she had sus tained in having been falsely imprisoned on a charge of felony. Mr. C. Jones, with whom was Mr. Pearson, ap peared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Thesiger and Mr. Butt conducted the defendant's case. vv William Chambers, police-pergeant 18 N, took the plaintiff into custody in the evening of the 26th April last, for stealing a box; he received directions from Mr. Baker, who had called in the morning of that day, and given information of having been robbed, and at the same time giving the address of Ann Green, at the house of a Mrs. Webb, of Church-street, Newington. The box was found at her lodging, and she was taken to the station-house, when she remained till, the follow ing morning, when she was conveyed before Boyce Combe, Esq., at Hatton-garden, and discharged. Cross-examined—Mr. Baker said he did not wish to press the charge. When he called'he said he had missed several articles and left a paper (put in and read—the following is 'a copy) :—" Ann Green left the service of Mr. Baker on the 24th of April—missing a strong deal box, with a till inside—a set of weights from a half pound downwards—a new scrubbing-brush —some sauce pans newly-tinned, and a silk umbrella. " Ann Green was sent away before her time, in con sequence of leaving a candle burning in her bed-room, us:ng very bad language, and striking the housemaid and footman. We also find that she sold the kitchen stuff, although allowed a gratuity a year for it." Much merriment was occasioned by the reading of this document. Two other witnesses were examined on the part of the plaintiff ; after which Mr. Thesiger addressed the Jury for the defendant. He observed that it was not denied that the box had been taken away, however trifling in value, which would, therefore, support the plea of justification. For the defence Matilda Webster was called. She stated that she was formerly housemaid to the defendant; remembered the plaintiff living there as cook ; the latter was discharged on the 24th of April ; witness brought the box from the plaintiff's room into the hall, and she took it away. Cross-examined—Has left the service of the defend ant. When she brought the box down she did not know it was that which had been kept in the kitchen. There was a lamp in the hall at the time. Could not say whether it was lighted, or whether she went up stairs with a candle. Believes it was light enough without. Cannot say whether it was seven or nine o'clock. Has quarrelled with the plaintiff. There were faults on both sides. Both had given warning, though witness staid there: several months afterwards. Master was in the hall ; he did not say, " There goes one of my boxes ; d— her, if it is, I'll give her law enough for her impu dence." Me only said sbe was " werry himperent." There were four servants—cook, housemaid, footman, and odd man. Edward Baker, defendant's son, stated that the plain tiff had acknowledged her having taken the box when at Hatton-garden, and.requested him to intercede with his father, as she had no father or mother. Cross-examined —Believes she is 40 years of ao . e. The box was produced to the jury, and excited much laughter, as it resembled an old candle-box. It was said to be 40 years old. Mr. C. JONES replied at considerable length ; and the Learned Judge summed up, giving an intimation that, however slight the value of the box, if feloniously ab stracted, the plaintiff's imprisonment was justifiable. The Jury, after a few minutes' deliberation, gave a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 20rl. Lord ABINGER—That, gentlemen, is your verdict, not mine. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. The justice-room was crowded with commercial men in consequence of the understanding that a full examina tion of Jose Joaquirn Gonsolo Baste, charged with hav ing stolen wine warrants of the value of 6001., and eight Portuguese bonds for 5001. each, would take place. Mr. Humphries attended for the prosecutors, and Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Sadgrove defended the prisoner. Both the wine warrants and the Portuguese bonds had been placed in the hands of Mr. Jackson, of Piccadilly, who advanced money to a Mr. Campbell, an acquaintance of the prisoner, upon them. The evidence entered into upon this examination occupied a considerable time. Richard Jackson, of No. 45, Piccadilly, stated that he saw the prisoner for the first time on the 12th instant. He knew a Mr. Campbell, a wine merchant, of Mark lane, who was in the eat ly part of the year indebted to him upon a bill of exchange and partly for cash. About the 17th or 18th of March he had a bill from Mr. Campbell, drawn by J. J. G. Basto, for the sum of 1201., which was not paid. On the 29th of September Mr. Campbell brought to him four Portuguese bonds and deposited them with him, and witness advanced to Campbell upon the bond at that time 1001., and sub sequently 921. 15s. Mr. Campbell afterwards brought him four other similar bonds, upon which he advanced the sum of 6331. 15s. An account was settled between Mr. Campbell and witness, leaving the former in debted to th e latter, 1,000/. On the'l2th of November, in conseque nce of an advertisement witness saw in the newspapers, he sent to Mr. Campbell at Air. Basto's office for an explanation of the extraordinary transaction referred to. Mr. Campbell asked Basto to explain, and that person made a statement which was extremely confused and unintelligible. It appeared to be to the effect that Basto had received the bonds from a a relation in Portugal for the purpo se of g ettin g them converted, and th en sending • them back. Basto and Campbell offered to bring him the 1,000/. and he said he should come to the City to have the matter settled, and that he should not come away without the cash, unless he should find it necessary to go to the Portuguese Financial Agency-office. Mr. Campbell and the prisoner talked together for some time about something which witness did not hear, but he heard Campbell say to Basto, " You have bills," and suggest that some wine-warrants should be given to him. A desk was then opened, and Basto took out a book, and took down some particulars of wines from it, and offered the paper to witness, who refused to receive it. Basto then wrote out some orders, which witness saw were directed to the superintendent of some docks. Wit ness also refused the orders, and then Basto went, taking the orders with him. Witness waited till half-past five o'clock, expecting that the wine-warrants would be brought to him, but they did not arrive. Mr. Campbell and his clerk then promised that the warrants should be at his house in the morning, and the six wine-warrants produced were accordingly brought to him next morning by Mr. Campbell's clerk. In consequence of the publi cation of what took place at the Mansion-house on the subject of these wine-warrants, witness came to the City in order to state what had occurred to him. . . Mr. Campbell's solicitor said he was anxious to ask Mr. Gardiner, the clerk to Mr. Campbell, a few ques tions to show that no imputation could rest upon Mr. Campbell's part in the transaction. In fact, that witness desired to be allowed to add something to the testimony he had already given upon the occasion. Alderman GIBBS said that, as a postponement Was re quired, a full explanation might be given at the final ex amination of the prisoner.—The prisoner was then re manded. Richard Hibbert, the person charged with having de stroyed or detained a will made by his mother in favour of her youngest child, Agnes Hibbert, was brought up for re-examination. Alderman COPELAND stated that he attended as agent to the prisoner's brother, who was the captain of an East Indiaman, with whose family he had long been on the most intimate terms, and for whom he had the highest possible respect. For the sake of the family he requested that the case should be postponed for a few days, in order that an arrangement might be come to if possible. Alderman GIBBS consented to the postponement, but could not help expressing himself very unfavourably of the conduct of the prisoner. BO W-STREET. Samuel TVilliams, who stands charged with stealing a considerable quantity of plate from the house of the Rev. Dr. Giles, of Windlesham Hall, near Bagshot, was brought up for further examination. It will be recol lected that on the former examination, Mr. Kirkham, a pawnbroker in the Strand, and with whom the plate had been pledged by the prisoner, was ordered into custody, but was afterwards admitted to bail on his entering into recognizances, himself in 2001., and one surety i❑ the same amount, to appear again on Saturday. He now at tended, in pursuance of his recognizances. Previous to the case against Williams being gone into, Mr. Clarkson, who appeared on the part of Mr. Kirk ham, stated, that so far from his knowing or even sus- pecting that the prisoner 'Williams had stolen the plate, he had unfortunately been made the dupe of that person, and lie was now willing to be a still greater sufferer, by at once giving up all the plate which had been pledged with him. Ile hoped, however, that the Court would no longer consider that Mr. Kirkham had been guilty of felony, or think it necessary any longer to hold him to bail to answer that or any other charge. Mr. JARDINE said he had, since the former examina- ion, carefully read over the whole of the evidence which was then adduced. The manner in which Mr. Kirkham conducted h'mself on that occasion had led to his being ordered into custody, and a wrrrant being granted to search his house. Now, however, that Mr. Kirkham had received better advice than that by which he appeared to have been guided on the former examin•ition, he would not commit him for trial, or any longer hold him to bail. He was, therefore, discharged from his recogni zanc's, but must remain in Court to give evidence against the prisoner. The case against Williams was then proceeded with. Flower, the Solicitor, attended on his behalf. Dr. Giles repeated the evidence he gave on the pri soner's former examination, adding that he had since been to Windlesham Hall, when he was informed by t servants that the prisoner had removed forty dozen of wine from the cellar, and forwarded it to London, and he had since ascertained that twenty dozen of it was in the possession of an attorney as a security for the amount of a bill of exchange which he had discounted for the prisoner. He had also found on his visit to Windlesham Hill, several letters addressed to the prisoner. Among them was one dated 50, London-wall, and signed by a person named Thornton, in which the writer, among other things, said, " I have just opened a house for play; I have engaged one of Crockford's men. You may, if you join us, have the command of your own money, and need not take an ac tive part unless you choose. I will explain all if you will let me have a private interview with you." On cross-examination, Dr. Giles stated that the pri soner's wife was a highly-respectable lady. Ile believed that the prisoner had pledged his plate in consequence of his being in temporary difficulties. It was understood between them that if the prisoner, wished he might drink the wine in the cellar, and pay for it afterwards. The prisoner had written him a letter, offering to pur chase the plate, but witness took no notice of that letter. Mr. Kirkham and his shopman were next examined, and they produced the prosecutor's plate, and stated that it had been pawned with them by the prisoner at various times between the 2d of June and the 9th of September. Mr. JARDINE said that in the absence of any evidence regarding the stealing of the wine, that part of the case against the prisoner must stand over for the present ; but in the meantime Weston the officer would go to the house where the wine was, and place a seal upon each hamper,,at the same time cautioning the party in whose possession it was that he must not part with it. The prisoner was then remanded until Friday next. William illence, a letter carrier, was committed for trial on a charge of stealing a sovereign from a letter which had been entrusted to him to deliver. Joseph I'aybody, charged with uttering several forged cheques—the particulars of whose case have recently been published—was committed to Newgate for trial. There was no additional evidence given. WORSHIP-STREE On Saturday night, at the close of the office, Mr. 11. TV. Weston, late the proprietor of the Hackney Tempe rance Hotel, Hackney, appeared to a summons before Mr. Broughton, charged with using threatening language towards Mr. William Oxley, M.D., proprietor of the Lunatic Asylum, Hackney, and President of the Hack ney Temperance Society. Mr. Wolfe, a solicitor, at tended for the complainant, who having explained the nature of the charge, at the same time stated that an infamous accusation had been preferred against his client by the defendant, but which was likely to come before another tribunal. The complainant being sworn, said the defendant about a twelvemonth ago obtained possession of one of his houses, for which he was to pay a rent of 401. a year. The house he held was called the Hackney Temperance Hotel. Complainant had a large quantity of furniture in it, and some had been supplied by the defendant. The latter was in arrears of rent two quarters, for which fre quent application was made and negotiations entered into, but without effect, when complainant threatened to place a broker into possession. He had previously paid various rates due by the defendant to prevent a distraint 'upon the goods in the house. On the 15th inst., he stated peremptorily that if he had not some rent given him that a broker should take possession, when, as no arrange ment could be determined upon, he last Saturday took a survey of the furniture in the house, and as it appeared in a most shameful state, he distrained, at the same time giving instructions that the wearing apparel and a few pieces of furniture should be restored. About one o'clock that day the defendant called upon him and asked him if he would not let him have any more furniture, and upon complainant refusing he threatened that he would do for him. He had an umbrella in his hand, which he held up in a menacing attitude, and com plainant was obliged to protect himself by placing the door he was standing by between himself and the defen dant. The latter subsequently circulated a report of a most infamous character against him, and went to a pub lic meeting where he also used expressions highly dero gatory to his profession. Mr. John Newman, London-street, Hackney, coffee house-keeper, said that he knew both complainant and defendant. The former was President of the Hackney Temperance Society. Last Monday night a meeting of the Society was held, at which about 100 members were present, when the defendant, contrary to the regulations, without being called, got on the platform to address the company. He said that Dr. Oxley had used him like a villain, and had robbed him of 501 . , and that he had kept away that evening, as he knew that he (defendant) would be there. Witness called him to order, and told the meeting that the doctor had some pre-arrangements. The defendant, however, continued, and observed that the next time he saw complainant he hoped it would be either at the Old Bailey, or hanging at Newgate. The defendant was hissed by the ladies, and witness eventually succeeded in removing him. By Mr. BROUGHTON--I have known the complainant three-years, and never heard the slightest taint on his character. Mr. BROUGHTON here observed that it was right that he should inform the complainant, that when the officer executed the summons on the defendant, the latter showed him two letters referring to the accusation above alluded to, one of them being addressed to the Commis sioners of Lunacy, and the other to the Earl ol Stan hope, Head President of the Temperance Societies. The defendant remarked that the subject was in course of investigation. Mr. BROUGHTON further observed, that the officer had read the letters to the Commission of Lunacy ; and he stated to him, that, as an action would probably arise out of it, he ought to be particularly acquainted with the contents of the letters. The defendant was held to bail. MIGRATION SCHEME.--To stave off the evil day--to indulge the aristocracy a little longer with their favourite Corn-laws, it is said that the Government is about to launch a new " tub to the whale," in the hope of diverting attention from the real source of all the evils under which the country is suffering. This new scheme is a plan of " emigration upon a large scale." If the poor and helpless alone be taken off, their own condition will be little if at all improved, nor can they add to the wealth or power of the colony upon which they may be thrown for support. Upon those left behind must be cast the burthen of removing those who cannot remove themselves. Thus additional taxes will be required with fewer hands to contribute them. It 7 will be seen f rom severa l announcemen t s i n this paper th:it distress and poverty are overspreading the land, and that the demons of monopoly will at last feel the screw. The slate trade, which is the very es sence of our local prosperity, is fast sinking in the gene ral ruin which Tory monopolists are bringing on the country. At Bangor quay, the property of Col. Douglas Pennant, M.P., trade is actually at a stand-still; the whole amount of orders for one whole week did not ex ceed ten tons. Thirty labourers were discharged from the quay, and four from the slate framing shop. There are in Braich y Cafn Quarry nearly 2,500 persons em ployed, many of whom, unless the curse of monopoly be speedily removed, must of necessity ere long bo clis eharged....—Carnarvon Herald. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. On Saturday, Mr. Martin West, the Commissioner, and a jury, of which Luke Thomas Flood Esq., the Magistrate, was foreman, assembled at the Old Swan, Brompton, to inquire into the state of mind of the Rev. David Magan, formerly of No. 11, Camden-villas, Camden -town, and now an inmate of Dr. Elliott's Lu natic Asylum, Cowper-house, Brompton. Mr. Cole attended as counsel in support of the commission. It appeared that Mr. Magan had betrayed symp toms of insanity previous to the month of October in the past year, and upon the 22d of that month he was suddenly deprived of his senses while taking a drive in his chaise, and became quite imbecile. Upon his reach ing home medical assistance was rendered, and on the following day he became exceedingly violent, and required five persons to restrain him. He roared, kicked, and bit at everybody who came near him, and spat in the face of his keeper. He had no recol lection of recent events, and called persons by their wrong names, insisting that they were his old school fellows, and at other times abusing them for being Jews, Dissenters, and servants of the devil. He imagined that two of his deceased brothers were living and prac tising as surgeons, and that his former wife was alive. He also fancied that he continued to preach from time to time in the parish church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, of which parish he was formerly curate, and greatly re spected. He had no children, although he had been twice married, and as he possessed considerable property in the funds, and a number of leaseholds, it was deemed necessary that these proceedings should be taken by his wife for her own protection. He was removed from Camden-town to Dr. Elliott's asylum, on the 3d of December last, and since that time no change had taken place in his mind. A number of witnesses were examined, who proved that Mr. Megan could not read his prayer-book, or keep up a connected conversation, and that he laboured under the delusions already described. The Rev. Gentleman frequently interrupted the wit nesses while they were giving their evidence by inco herent remarks, and protested that they were all Dr. Davis, a Jew, an enemy of bis, who went to school with him. He likewise declared that the Rev. Mr. Gee, of St. Martin's, ought to be removed by the vicar, and that Mr. Marshall, a surgeon, was a dangerous man, and owed him (Mr. Magan) a large sum of money. The jury returned a verdict, finding the unfortunate gentleman insane from the 22d of October, 1840. FIRE AT THE COLLEGE OF SUR- GLOMS. About half.past eight o'clock on Saturday evening, a fire broke out in the museum attached to the loyal College of Surgeons, Lincoln's Inn-fields. The fire was discovered by police-constable 68 F, who was on duty in Portugal-street, the northern side of which is flanked by the gable end of the building. His attention was first attracted on walking past the spot by a loud crackling noise, and, on observation, a dim light was seen through one of the basement win dows. He immediately hurried round to the front en trance in Lincoln's Inn-fields, and, having given the alarm to the beadle, dispatched messengers to the various fire-engine stations. In a very short time the engine of the brigade establishment from the Holborn station ar arrived on the spot, and soon after that from Chandos street. By this time the flames had made rapid pro gress, and the whole of the pavement floor of the building was in a perfect blaze of light, the greatest fears being entertained for the destruction of the whole of the valuable contents of the far-famed museum. Fortunately there was an excellent supply of water near the spot, and the engines having got into work immediately, a vast body of water was thrown upon the flames, and in a very short period all fear of their extending beyond the lower apartments was at an end. By half-past nine the fire was completely got under. The cause of the accident is not yet clearly explained ; the apartment in which the fire broke out is that in which the heating apparatus for the building is con tained, but it does not appear that it originated from any defeat or mismanagement of the machinery. It is supposed that a spark must have dropped upon the floor of the room, and connected with some light deal boxes which were ranged on one side. It is a most for tunate circumstance that the fire was discovered at so early a period, as it is stated that the next apartment contains nearly sixty barrels of spirits of wine, which, had they once ignited, would, in all probability, have caused the destruction of the whole building, together with its valuable contents. It is not a little singular that this is the fourth fire which has taken place on 4 Saturday evening within the last few weeks. RIGHT OF SEARCH. The Presse, noticing a statement by one of the ournals that the French Minister of Marine has recog nised the right of English cruisers to search French vessels on the coast of Africa, ITith a view to the more effectual abolition of the slave trade, says : " We knew very vrell that this exercise of maritime police, under pretence of executing the treaty, was al ways one of the secret objects of the philanthropic manifestations of England ; we knew that she had suc ceeded in obtaining the recognition of this right of search from all the secondary Powers ; but we also knew that France had energetically rejected this pre tension. We knew what reply M. de Talleyrand made in 1814 to the application addressed to him on this subject by the Duke of Wellington in his note of August the 26th, and with what firmness M. Tal leyrand again declared to Lord Castlereagh, at the Congress of Vienna, that France would not admit, in principle or practice, any other maritime police than that of each Power over its own vessels. We knew, also, that the same pretension having been set up by England at the Congress of Verona in the name of morality and philanthropy, M. de Chateaubriand re plied to the remarks in the following terms :—‘ Ai to the right of search, if the French Government would ever consent to it, it would be attended with the worst consequences ; for the national character of the French and English people is opposed to it. France recognises the freedom of the seas for all flags, and she claims for herself only the independence which she respects in others, and which is suitable to her dignity.' It is evi dent, then, that France had constantly protested, in the name of liberty, against this pretension of the cunning diplomacy of England to exercise a maritime police. Has England since obtained what she could not obtain at Vienna or Verona, and what was so energetically re fused to her by the conquered France of 1814?—and if so, has it been by treaty, or by a ministerial decision ? We cannot believe that she has obtained it ; but the Government owes it to the public not to leave the ques tion in doubt. If, contrary to what appears to us to be possible, an abandonment of precedents full of dignity should have taken place, the Government ought, at least, to state the motives of its conduct." The Moniteur Parisien makes the following reply : " The Globe having mentioned a fact to which it at tached some importance, the Presse, led by it into an error, asks whether it be true that the French Minister of Marine has acceded to the English cruisers the right of visitin g French merchant vessels on the coast o f Africa, under the pretext of repressing the slave trade ; adding, that France alone, among all the European na tions, has always refused to England this humiliating right. This is all erroneous, and may be thus explained. The right of visiting is reciprocal. It results from the treaty of 1833, which binds England, France, Sweden, Denmark, and the - Netherlands to the abolition of this trade. Since that treaty the French cruisers have ex ercised this maritime police on English as well as on all other vessels, as the French vessels have in return been subject to it, and our Minister of the Marine delivers, in this respect, the same commission to our cruisers on the African coast as the English Admiralty delivers to its cruisers." The Presse, in alluding to the reply of the lllonileur Parisien as to the right of search by England of vessels suspected of carrying on the slave trade, says : '• If it be true that England asserts this power in virtue of a treaty in 1833, we have only to regret that the new regime in France should, in this affair, have shown itself less jealous of the dignity of our flag than that which preceded it. As to the observation, that the right of search is reciprocal between France and England, it diminishes very little, in our eyeF, the fault that has been committed. England, undoubtedly, never understood the subject in any other way, and it was this right of reciprocal police which had previously always been energetically refused." ARMY AND NAVY.—The December Numher of The United Service Journal, and .Naval and Military Magazine, contains, among other important papers : Anson's Expedition.—The British Colonies considered as Military Posts, by Lieut. Col. Wilkie.—llistorical Details relative to the Military Force of Great Britain. —Syria, during the Campaign against Mehemet Ali. —Confessions of a Spy.—Anecdotes of Camperdown.— A March and Detachment in Ireland.—Nights on the Fo' Castle. By the Author of " Battlin the Reefer."— Journal of the Operations in China by Sea.—Land Ope rations before Canton in May, by an Officer of the Force.—Move to Maroon Town.—Statistics of Recruit ing.—Sir Gordon Bremer and Captain Elliot.—Exami nations at Sandhurst.--The Brevet and all its details. Presentations of Colours to the 99th Regiment.—Distri bution of the Army and Navy, with all the Naval and Military Intelligence of the Month. We understand that an official Report respecting the combustible parcels thrown into the barracks has been made to the proper authorities, and that it differs in no respect from what we stated last week. The most scru tinizing examination has failed to discover any substance in these paltry combustible parcels calculated to de mis chief, thrown, as they were, into the open space of the barracks. —Observer. The Commissioners appointed to inquire into the mode and expense of the collection of the Public Re venue have selected for their Secretary Mr. Thomas Peregrine Courtenay, of the Treasury, a gentleman qualified in every respect for the office. We hear that tab ishm proceed en t s t o of that great c ommercia l Lord Granville Somerset and the othe r C omm i ss i oners Liverpool, inquireto port.int o l Mr. Courtenay, their Secretary, w as the wi l revenue immed iately cs previously the Pri vate Secretary of Sir George Clerk.-05s EVENING SUN THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats.____ Beal". i rPea1e. ................ Per Quarter s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. to g. ~..4 . ti Abingdon 5B 78 30 36 24 30 40 42 40 " Andover 66 70 33 34 25 27 - -- .... Winbnry 64 74 32 40 28 33 36 4 0 --- Bash.gstoke 60 72 32 37 24 k 8 42 46 42 44 Cirencaster 6O 70 :s2 35 24 25 40 42 3 . S I ;oventry — 67 3,1 39 25 SO 39 't , ' ... Uaventry Derby 65 78 30 38 23 28 43 48 Howden — 63 33 :0 43 31 ••:, M I Hungerford 50 74 29 37 25 30 40 45 38 4 ' alton Mai,Aenhead 58 81 32 35 25 21 40 44 40 4 Nottingham 60 77 28 32 'A 26 41 44 —. '''' Wantage 63 80 36 31 30 32 3 6 46 ...• Warwick Winchester -- 76 36 29 —4, -- York 5B 70 30 36 19 'l4 36 41 Per Bushel s.d.. s. d. s.d. s. d. s. s. d. s.d, s.d. I. d. 0 .1 Birmingham 7 0 86t 3 6 46 36 4 0 5 0 70 60 68 WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET. Wneat, Red, Norfolk and Suffolk ...... ... —s. 83s. to 645. fine els. ----- Lin. and Cam . — s. 58s. to 615. fine 63.. Yorkshire s 58s. to Ms. fine 1 , 2 1 . White --- Foreign, Red —s. 645. to 661. fine 6 0 • ---- White —s. 65 1 . to 70s. nne 7416 Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk 26s. to 31s. tine 330. _ 1 inrnltlchirn .----- Lincolnshire Yorkshire Wo . -- Foreign Beans, New - Old , 303 nag. 275, 40e. to 325. I. to -- 11 . I. to sca. I. to .—s. to 7:s. fine 3% fine 32.. fine SOL One 01 fine Vl' Oats, Potato --- Poland .—s. to ties. —s. ....g. to 265. fine 981 -- Vrierland and Small —s. --s. to 0 08. fine 23 " k.caling Shelling Malt 287. to 295. Od. per Lev. Rapeseed ... l e ad —a. 40s. fine 443. per ~... —1.03, 361.05. 381, Os. Per i 4". NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE. Red. white. Wheat, Northumberland s4e 665....... 55.s.scbg• Norfolk and Suffolk.... ....... 6ss. 633 ....... 663..,.. ,°b • .. Berwick and Scotch ......... Foreign 663. 705....... 6 80 _, I ''' Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk 4ss. 4Ss ....... --s• — 7 Foreign 363 44L .... .. —•s• ' s ' Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffblk 36:. 5g5...„,. .-8.-- 6 - Grinding and Feeding kfi s . 30s. -"'• —. I Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk .. 584 64s ...6., Beans, Small i2.. 1t5.... •—•'• —4. _, -- Tick 403. Us ....... -- -4 * Pease, White 423. 445. ... . 4 * Gray --- ' ..... . . 325. 346. ...... ••••11. Oats, Northumberland, Potatoc 246. 26e --.• -- , —._ --- Feed 223 245....... --11. •'""; Foreign 203.226. .. . 4. . Flour (per sack) 49s. 525....... "-a. '''''. HULL CORN MARKET Whit( (per Quarter) 6ss. 67'. ,Os. 60s. 61s. 1 7 Foreign 66s 645. OD. Malting 3os. 325. : 43 '• Grinding .2Fs. 29 0 M. Oats, British Foreign (in bond) Beans 3B s. 405.4°—a. 4 • Pease, Grey Blue and White Linseed Flour (per sack) .... 56 Rapeseed per 10 quarters) 3 — g 6 01 1 .... 38136 4 56 :379 i 43 : 61 :: , '. Wheat, Barley, CORNWALL MARKETS. (Calculated at 24 gallons to the bushel.) 1:) . e./ 6° ' 4 1 r. d. t° s ill _ 0 5 1 2 0 5 _o 5. 0 - 0 5 . 0 5 a o ' ' 0 2 0 4 0 . •—• MINING INTELLIGENCE. Ton, Quantity of Copper ores sold at Redruth Int week... 3,97 D, Average Produce .a. 71 6 • Quantity of ti no Copper ..../. Amount of sale, 24,4561.135. fd --Average Standard, 1e... Wheat. Barley. Truro.... 00000000 Helstene St. Austell ilodmin Li skeard Launceston .... Camel ford Penzance s. d. to r. d. s. d. to s. d. —o7s—. 8 3 8 —u7l 0 3 9 —O6O 0 3 8 —OBB 0 4 4 —076 8 3 6 —075 • 0 3 8 8676 3 0 3 4 7884 0 4 0 SCOTCH MARKETS. HADDINGTON CORN MARKET. Wheat. Earley. Oats. Beans 74s Od 36s Od 26s Olt 465 Od_, 60. Od nOs d 243 6d 41M cm 565 Od 27s Od 21s Od 37s Od first Second third GLASGOW CORN Mt RKET. lb d . td 7 4 Wheat, per 2401 b. s. d. s. d. Oats, per 264 •i L s 3 0 , Ir , . rlritish, old 350 to 36 0 h ..... ~ ... pew 0 . e British ................••• A Canada, free 0 0 Beans, per 260-ah o e 0, al Irish Bosley, per 3201 b Scottish ... .. .......... ;;;' 0 r Ao English 29 030 0 Pease, Sc otti sh i ..•••• AO Scottish 26 0 29 0 Oatmeal, per I :01b.... ~,?. 0 .. 0 Irish EDINBURGH CORN MARKET. mod , Wheat. Barley. I Oats. 1 ..... 41,...„ First 73s. Od 38s. Od. 28s. 4d. es, Od• ie Second O6 0 34 0 24 0 44 ° 61} , -ir ~ Third Average price of Wheat ' 3l. 0 3 . v .. PRICES OF PROVISIONS. &O. nA Beef, per 10. .......... Os. sd. to 01. Rd. Freshßutter, lb. It . to 4. tthitton_. 0 5 0 7 Salt Ditt0,............ 0 -I° fit. 1 Veal ••••••••••••••••••••••• 0 7 010 Ditto, per cwt•.. 96 o • 11. 9 P0n5..,.,..,,,......,.,.,,. 0 5 0 7 Eggs, per dos... 6 11% 0 Lamn, per qr.OatStraw(kpl.).. 0 fallow, cwt......... 39 0 42 0 Wheat Ditto.... 61. 11 • Quartern Loaf.... 09 1 010 Barley Ditto ..... 6 u 1 Potatoes, 141 b. .... 0 0 0 5 Hay, per5t........ 011 EMNBURCLEI MEAL MARKET il Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. Per Stone 0 1 1410. , First Oatmeal £2 0 C First Oatmeal ........ • ..... 0 Becond ditto.,.. Rarleymeal....... ...... Pt aseineal I fr B om 30s. oPe t a o 9s per se 4 me . al ............ ' ... Pot Barley.. A varage ... 31. Es. 4tl, 6.l2ths. t I s s 1 11 11 COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY Yin' V I/ , AND HUMOURIST, FOR DECEMBER, EDIT ED th 49 MAS HOOD, Esq., with four Illustrations, conte'whv tbe following interesting articles :—A Sea Teatoller,. o v i' is la Editor—New Harmony, by the Editor—Reereatlider Natural History. No. 13. Owls—Graduates a nd A utli°r graduates ; or, The Proctor's Note-Book, by the of " Peter Priggins." No. 3. Going on Progre-Vs the President's Mishap—A Strange Passage in be t isf? of Charles Welford, Esq.—Short Rides in au r olo Omnibus—Bully Bottom's Babes. By Douglas J er jell., ll Esq.—Phineas Quiddy ; or, - Sheer Industry. 1318 . 1 v; Poole, Esq., Author of " Paul Pry." Chapter ' s efil i Janet at Aberdeen—Apostrophe to Iron hoops ; the Promoters of the Science of Surgery—A hint ectitleo, Police, which they may take, if they choosab t :iit' e to Janet. Chapter XV. " Lottery, a Game 01 4 . forto„ v (vide Johnson), therefore not a certain road t o ° lc!: —Chapter XVI. An awful catastrophe—A c „, ° ,, e st, 0 . 0 science—Rational Curiosity—A Coroner's lP ,,TVsst.ch a reflection on that useful Institution—A ' b° e - r in Grundyism, &c.—Bajazet Gag, the Mo, r ep 1 1 ";,,leat' of r a n Star, by Douglas Jerrold, Esq •al • aid John Frost, Esq.—Reminiscences of a 3 e rtit s Chap. I.—Frederick the Great and his T , ... 9 i 111 ` . 1" -- s •e 1, Mr. THEODORE HOOK'S NEW . 0 „ s ,'' I are requested to state that " Fathers and Wr t his by Theodore, Hook, Esq., in 3 vols. post Idisheu o l d Portrait and'Memoir of the Author, Is P t/ stre et ' has day by Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborougc,llo, ll , may now be had at all the libraries. ) 11% fict' ° / -I . ;of'' also just published the following new workso-0u5i11,',4511 1. The Match-maker, by the author of niter, 3. frey," " The Marrying Man" &c., 3 vols• - •'; , 3 vol s . - Q v/ , Clerk, by the author of " Peter Priggins9 1, by , 0 8 The Old English Gentleman, a sporting , on„ Mills, Esq., 3 vols.-4. Charles Chesterfiel' 7, rfoito Adventures of a Youth of Genius, by ~-Nf i r i s ; Cm' 3 vols., with numerous illustrations by „,-" 1 d e rielo t ir Bowling, a Tale of the Sea, by Captain -r re ies 0' mier, R.N., 3 vols. ; and 6. Mr. Theodore 1 1°° " e t) ee)' net ney Married." the Sequel to " Gilbert the plete for 6s. bound, with illustrations f orming tr° id) volume of " Colburn's Standard Novels. vve ar e too l DISTRESS IN LANCASTER. -- f 01 5 a sorry to hear that the labouring population o,tbiag t h en are in a state of distress, which exceeds at*. i ii n e, `` o ,,er have previously felt, though it is as yet t 11 ot ; is compared with the suffering which prevails 1 11 0 le ss P t of towns. At the appeal day last Tuesd a y , n -120 persons appealed against the rate 0 11 , g pf poverty, besides a number who had pre viout le and the many who are expected to do so at tu to a peal day, in about a fortnight. We under be allay the Poor-rate for the next year will have t ° e oren' a s, double the usual amount. W e ho p e that sell:1_01c vised means of relief will be speedily adopted ter Guardian. or sc' I° D (0, 1 PL A TE.—T. COX SAVORY e jo i ,oo ,- turing Silversmith, No. 47, Cornhill, Londoc , se ! vAT Th t Gracechurch-street. The best wrought FIDDLE „„00' 0 01 SILVER SPOONS and FORKS, at 7s. 2d. P er ;Od e " following are the weights recommended , but the be had lighter or heavier at the same price per eunceit. )4 'o aa• fj 12 Fiddle Pattern Silver Table Spoons.. ............ at 7 f..' 0)11 12 ditto Dessert ditt0........... 7 f..• 1 'I 12 ditto '1 able Forks ............... II • 12 ditto Dessert ditto ............... 20 ,f, iI, 2 ditto Gravy Spoons ............ 10 f i $1;11 1 ditto Soup Ladle.... .............. 10 7 i... 00 4 ditto Sauce ditto.. ............... 10 ....... A . 4 ditto Salt Spoons (gilt strong ) .......... II A 1 ditto Fish Slice .................. .. 1/7,1 12 ditto Tea Spoons .. .......... 10 a .. aera te e ....... 1 ,, th e 1 pair ditto Sugar Tongs (strong). ...... .11,0 lies. N.B. A Price Current, stamped as a Newspor4o l by drawings, and containing every information e , ar l f vf er purchase of silver or Sheffield plate may b le tion, or will be sent into the country, froof pev's to a paid letter. of BIRTHS• a, tb6 101 On the 20th inst., as Tredegar-square, Mile -e° the ~1 Robert Towns, Esq., of a son. botbt On the 24th inst., at Lansdowne-terrace , Laol- obr of Lieutenant Poynter Crane, R.N. of a son. , t Illol' On the 24th inst., at the Rectory, Clyst • o n. 00 0 ' Exeter, the lady of the Rev. Edmond Strong, of j a. or the On the 25th inst., at Guernsey, the lady a I/ : e i r. cod e St. Vincent Sainaarez, Rifle Brigade , _ of a daugh w ona On the 25th inst., at Beauf ron t , the lady of fp a t ti. 1 bert, jun., Esq., of a daughter. • 1 • 1 " On the 26th inst., at H am mersmith, Thom, of a son. MARRIED. Sir 0 1 4 On the 23d in s t., a t M oun t M e lville, N. 13., ,West • ar s das, Bart., of B eec h woo d, t o Catherine Margaresf, trat hkin ter of J. W. M e l v ill e , E sq , o f Bennochy a pe _„ the and Lady Catherine Whyte Melville. usr ., On the 27th inst., at St. Marks Myddelton-sq David Cargill, A.M., of Rewa, daughter of Mr. Bicknell, of Conduit-street, shet ter 1 Teejee, Polynesniso,fteer_Asqrsoreoo, On the 27th inst., at St. John's, HackneY,• dso ob Ki i so" Esq., of Park-road, Dalston, to Elisabeth,,fourE.' the late T. 'Wells, Esq., of the Parsonag " 6" Kent. , PO r i f DIED. .- r ., On the 28th inst., at. Bet nard-street, late ° Anne Clements, the wife of G. Johnston,. q t o o „ , graiCarnarvon, and Camden-place, Bat lt,_ 3 1 . RePr er e REu:se.ll-squaf On the 22d inst., at Old Warden, Beds, m_ l ::,„ e Auls_4o o l , On the 20th inst., at the English W. JlP'e u rre .. Susannah Margaret, infant daughter of the e :`,_ rp har i ; On the 21st inst., at the Parsonage House, of L , j eri ost Mrs. M. Jones, relict of the late S. Jones , - 12 .• q A Hill,of ; A u den. li ef On the 22d inst., at Newcastle, • eldest son of the late Mr. of Reigent-sotfroi3trPosniorri:so On the 26th inst., W. Wicking's , '' s q" WW I Islington, aged 64. si gea On the 16th inst., Ann, youngest daughter af 1 " r. 41,, Wyld, of the Wandsworth-road, aged 24. On the 19th inst., in Argyll-street, Mrs. wl° Tr . " tei t b , On the 21st inst., at E ast Harptree, a. of the Rev. T. N. Davidson. 40 , 0 at Wan° SO' London : Printed and Published by lv Plo. 10 , 4,41. No. 112, Strand , a t The Sun Offiee l 0, 1 the County of Niddlesex• Mont* 144°"w ~4 l~ r .: 'h ~,~ ~y.