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

MORNING EDITION THE OPINION OF THE CITY SOLICITOR ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE POOR LAW. TO THE WORSHIPFUL THE POLICE COWMITTII. GENTLEMEN—In obedience to your directions, I have the honour to report in writing the opinions upon the construction of the Poor-law, which at your last meeting I delivered, viva voce, to the Committee. I have hereunto annexed a copy of the several sec tions of the Act of Parliament, which bear upon the particular questions submitted to my consideration. I bare also appended copies of two of the orders of the Commissioners which, having been made under the authority of the st ►lute, and in conformity with its pro ♦isions, must be equally received as law, and construed, in reference to the wording of the several clauses of the Act, as much as if they had been incorporated in and formed part of the statute itself. I have not the smallest doubt but that it is the duty of the Board of Guardians in the City of London Union, to make provision for giving, in cases of urgent neces sity, immediate shelter, either temporary or permanent, as the case may require, to houseless wanderers found in a state of destitution within the limits of the Union. By the 26th and 76th sections of the Act, work houses for each Unioe aro to be provided. It is not prescribed by the Act that these workhouses shall be situtated within the district • if, therefore, the Guar dians with a view to the economical a dministration of the funds, or the better to secure the health of the in mates, or for other lawful reason, shall see fit to occupy a workhouse at a distance from London, they are un doubtedly at liberty to do ao ; but, in my opinion, the fact that the workhouse is at a distance, does not exonerate them from the obligation of providing tempo rary shelter upon the spot, in all cases of emergeucy where the necessities of the case do not admit of imme diate removal, to the house provided in ordinary cases, for the reception of the poor. The Committee will perceive that the 52d section of the Statute expressly mentions " temporary lodging" as well as '' food and medicine " as being part of the relief to be provided in cases of particular urgency. It is true the words " temporary lodging" are not repeated in the .54th section of the Act, or in the or ders of the Commissioners, and thence some persona have contended that " lodging, or shelter" is not of the description of relief required to be provided in cases of emergency. I confess that the attempt to put upon the Statute such a construction appears to me quite untenable. The word " medicine " is omitted in these clauses, as well as " temporary lodging," yet it will be scarcely contended that a person perishing in the street from the consequence of accident or active disease, is not entitled to medical relief, as instantaneous and effectual as if he were dying from want of food. The 54th sec tion expressly says that the relief is to be " such as each case shall require,' and it would be an insult to common sense to say that this requirement of the Statute would be complied with by offering bread to a houseless stranger, about to perish of cold, and to refuse him shelter " such as his case required." I have the honour to be, Your most obedient servant, CHARLES PEARSON, City Solicitor. Guildhall, Dec. 1, 1840. 4 and . 5 William IV. cap. 76. See. 52. And whereas a practice has obtained of giving relief to persons or their families, who at the time of apply ing for or receiving such relief were wholly or partially in the employment of individuals ; and the relief of the able-bodied and their families is in many places admi nistered in modes productive of evil in other respects. And whereas, difficulties may arise in case any imme diate and universal remedy is attempted to be applied in the matters aforesaid, Be it further enacted that from and after the passing of this Act it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners by such rules, orders, and regu lations as they may think fit to declare, to what extent and for what period, the relief to be given to able-bodied persons or to their families in any particular parish or anion may be administered out of the workhouse of such parish or union by payments in money or with food or clothing, in kind or partly in kind and partly in money, and in what proportions, to what persons or class of persons, at what times and places, on what conditions and in whit manner such out-door relief may be afforded. And all relief which shall be given by any Overseer, Guardian, or other person having the con trol or distribution of the funds of such parish or union, contrary to such orders or regulations, shall be, and the same is hereby declared to be unlawful, and shall be disallowed in the accounts of the person giving the same, subject to the exceptions hereinafter mentioned. Pro sided always, that in case the Overseers or Guardian, of any parish or union, to which such orders or regula tions shall be addressed or directed, shall, upon consi deration of the special circumstances of such parish or union, or of any person or class of persons thereM, be of opinion that the application and enforcing of such orders or regulations, or of any part thereof, at the time or in the manner prescribed by the said Commissioners, would be inexpedient, it shall be lawful for such Over seers or Guardians to delay the operation of such orders or regulations, or of any part thereof, for any feriod not exceeding the space of thirty days, to be reckoned from tke day of the receipt of such orders or regulations. Aid such Overseers or Guardians shall, twenty days at the least before the expiration of such thirty days, make a statement and Report of such special circumstances t• the said Commissioners. And all relief which :hall he given by such Overseers or Guardians before an answer to such Report shall have been returned by thy said Commissioners, if otherwise lawful, shall not be deemed unlawful, although the same shall have been given contrary to such orders or regulations, or any of them ; but in case the said Commissioners shall disap prove of such delay, or think that for the future such orders or regulations ought to come into operation, not withstanding the special circumstances alleged by such Overseer or Guardian, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners by a peremptory order to direct that from and after a day to be fixed thereby such orders and re gulations, or such parts or modifications thereof as they may think expedient and proper, shall be enforced and observed by such Overseers and Guardians. And if any allowance be made, or relief given by such Over• seers or Guardians, after the last mentioned period, contrary to such last mentioned order, the amount of the relief or a lowance shall be disallowed in the accounts of the party giving the same. Provided also that a qnartsrly report of all such cases as shall occur in any quarter shall at the end of every such qu irter be laid by the said Commissioners before one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State. Provided also that in case the Overseers or Guardians of any Pariah or Union in which such orders or regulations shall be in force shall depart from them or any of them in any particu lar instance or instances of emergency, and shall within fifteen days after such departure report the same, and the grounds thereof, to the said Commissioners, and the said Commissioners shall approve of such departure, or if the relief so given shall hare been given in food, tem porary lodging, or medicine, and shall have been so re ported as aforesaid, then and in either of such cases the relief granted by such Overseers or Guardians if other wise lawful shall not be unlawful or subject to be dis allowed. Sec. 54. And be it further. enacted, that from and after the passing of this Act the ordering, giving, and directing of all relief to the poor of any parish, which according to the provisions of any of the said recited Acts, or of an Act passed in the first and second years ef the reign of his present Majesty, isitituled " An Act for the better regulation of Vestries, and for the ap pointment of Auditors of Acccounts in certain Parishes is England and Wales," or of this Act, or of any local Acts, shall be under the government and control of anv Guardians of the Poor or of any Select Vestry, and whether forming part of any Union or incorporation or no t (but subject in all cases to, and saving and except lag the powers of the said Commissi oners appo i nte d under this Act) shall appe rta i n , and b e l ong exclus i vely es such Guardians of the o or or Sel ect V estry, accord ing to the respective provis ions of th e A cts under which loch Guardians or Select Vestry may have b,2em or shall be appointed ; and it shall not be lawful for any Over aeer of the poor to give any further or other relief or al lowance from the Poor-rate than such as shall be or dered by such Guardians or Select Vestry, except i n cases of s u dd en and urgent necess i ty , in which cases he is hereby r equ i red to give such temporary relief as each case shall r equ i re in articles of absolute necess i ty, but n trot in money, and whether the applicant for relief be settled in the parish where ho shall apply for relief or not ; provided - ( "ay' that in case such Overseer shall refuse or neglect to give such necessary relief in any such case of necessity to poor persons not settled nor usually residing in the pariah to which such over seer belongs, it shall and msy be lawful for any Justice eaf the Peace to order the said Overseer by writing, under his hand and seal, to give such temporary reli ef in articles of absolute nee. 3,ity as th e ca , a shall require, but not in money. And in case su h o.e -seer shall disobey such o:der, he shall, on the conviction before two Justices, forfeit any sum not exceeding five pounds which such .Justic is shall order, pr o vid e d always that' 1 any Justice of the Peace shall he empowered to give a similar order for medical relief (only),to any parishioner, as we ll as ow-parishioner, whe re any Cage Of sudden reqi.ire it. And any Over and dangerous illness may seer shall be liabl , ! to the sans , penaltie s as a f oresaid for disobeying such order, but it shall not be l aw f u l f or at y Ilstice or Justices to order relief to any person or p.rsons from the Poor-rates of any such parish, except as hereit.before p-ovided. i ± -4r i ef , _ ii zt any parish or place . 4 . titivritr. r cHURCMVARDENi AND OVERSEERS. .14 - ViirilAA.. If any Churchwarden or Overseer of the Rules and Orders of the Commissioners, made under the authority of 4 and 5, W. 4, C. 76 : . DUTIES OP THE RELIEVING OFFICER. Thirdly.—ln cases of sudden and urgent necessity, to give siKllttmorary relief as each case shall require, either brpiasprthe pauper in the workhouse or of stersiingirigW, ; the house in articles of absolute ',..c , r1 \ OA_ . money ; whethe r the applicant for 71.14 . I) , .4~;.. P 4s! oirsuy parish or place in this Union `hall, is any case of sudden and urgent necessity deem it right that temporary relief to any pauper in articles of necessity should be given out of the workhouse, such Church warden or Overseer shall, if possible, cause the same to be given to the relieving officer for such parish or place ; but if such Churchwarden or Overseer shall give such relief himself he shall forthwith report the same in writing to such relieving officer. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUCIL. THE LATE JAMES WOOD'S WILL-HITCHINS AND OTHERS V. GOODLAKE AND OTHERS. Tha argument in this appeal was appointed to come on yesterday, at ten o'clock, and accordingly the Coun sel and parties assembled at that hour in great force. The Attorney-General, Mr. Pemberton, Dr. Addams, and Mr. C. Austen, appeared for the appellants (Sir Matthew Wood, and the two other surviving executors); the Solicitor-General, Sir W. Follett, Dr. Burnaby, and Dr. Jenner, for the adherents (the Corporation of Glou cester, Mr. Helps. and the other legatees under the codicil) ; Sir F. Pollock, Mr. Sergeant Bompas, and Dr. Curteis, for the respondent, Mr. Hitchins ; and Mr. Creswell, Dr. Phillimore, and Dr. Haggard for the other respondent, Mrs. Goodlake. The members of the Judicial Committee present were Lord Brougham, the Vice-Chancellor, Mr. Justice Erskine, and Dr. Lushington. The Attorney-General was about to begin his argu ment in support of the appeal, when Sir F. PoLLocx said he felt it to be his duty on the part of Mr. Hitchins, one of the respondents, to object to the ease being heard before the Court as at present constituted. One of their Lordships had been engaged as Counsel for some of the parties in the cause in the Court below, and although neither his client nor himself could for a moment suppose that any partiality or undue bias would influence the mind of that Learned Judge, yet he must say, for his own part, that he would not submit the points upon which he re lied, with that boldness which his client's interests re quired, to a Judge whose mind might be stored with in formation which he had obtained privately, out of the case, affording an answer perhaps to observations which he might think it his duty to make upon the evidence. After some discussion, in which several of the Coun sel joined, Dr. LustuNGToN said that he had consented with great reluctance to hear this case, but his own scruples had been overruled by their Lordships, and he was re quested to sit as the only means of making a Court for the purpose. He found that the same thing had bccn done by Sir Anthony Hart, who had sat there upon cases in which he had been counsel, and he had himself done the same thing in other appeals from Doctors' Commons, and no such objection was ever thought of. Now that it had been made, however, and urged in at ah a way, he would request to be allowed to withdraw. Lord BROUGHAM said their Lordships would endea vour to make a Court to hear this case on Monday next, and, if they could do so, due notice would be given to the parties ; in the meantime the argument must be adjourned sine die. INSOLVENT DEBTOR'S COURT. IN THE MATTER OF JOHN TAYLOR BTANWAY, AN AL- LEGED LUNATIC. This case came before the Court on Monday by special appointment, in the shape of a commission, on the alleged question of insanity. The prisoner, a young man, who was in attendance, accompanied by numerous friends, had been an ironmonger in Oxford street, and had been confined in the Fleet prison for debt since June last. In September the warden (Mr. Brown) called in (under the 192 d section of the Act relating to insolvent debtors) Mr. Harmer, the late Alderman, who heard evidence, and on his own view gave a certificate that the prisoner was insane and incapable of taking the benefit of the Act as an ordinary person. Mr. Cooper, a surgeon, had given a similar certificate, and Stanway was described as a source of danger and annoyance to the " establish ment," as it was termed. Mr. Brown, on these documents, filed a petition, as required by the statute, and a day was appointed for the hearing, when the discharge, if not resisted, would have been pronounced, and an assignee could have been ap pointed. In case of insane prisoners no schedules are required, but the property of the parties vested in the Court. The prisoner, it was stated, had read an ad vertisement that he was branded as a lunatic, and his relations came to the Court to dismiss the petition filed by the warden, which application was opposed on the ground that the certificate of insanity given by the Al derman was conclusive. The COURT, however, bold that they would hear viva voce evidence whether the man was now insane. Mr. Brown brought forward no evidence of insanity. Accordingly a number of his fellow-prisoners were examined, whose testimony showed that Stanway acted rationally enough except when excited by drink, at which time he conducted himself in a manner so vio lent as to resemble insanity. The prisoner's brother gave similar evidence, as well as William Goward, who had managed the business of the prisoner and his father in Oxford-street for twenty-nine years. The prisoner was examined, and gave his evidence in a very clear and sensible manner. The COURT dismissed the petition presented by Mr. Brown, and the prisoner was taken back to the Fleet Prison, where it is understood he will remain until he receives his share under his father's will, when he can pay all his creditors. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE POOR-LAW IN THE CITY.—Mr. Pewtress, the Deputy of Bridge Ward, whose Report upon the Administration of the Poor laws in the City appeared en Tuesday in the news papers, wrote the following letter to the Lord Mayor : January Ist, 1841. To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor. MY LORD—I have just read an article in the Morning Herald in reply to a report I have written on that part of the New Poor-law which relates to the destitute poor. if the writer had fully understood the law, he would never have written the following sen tence, on which the whole of his reasoning is based : " The relief which the poor have a right to ask for, but which the Guardians if they please may refuse under the existing Poor-law, is what Mr. Pewtress culled prompt, effectual, and permanent relief to desti tute persons." 1•1‘;w the destitute poor have not only a right to ask for relief by the provisions of this law, but something nore—they can demand relief. The writer continues and asserts, " but which the Guardians, if they please, may refuse, under the existing poor-law." This state ment is incorrect. The Guardians cannot legally rt• fuse relief, and if they or any other officers acting under them should refuse to administer relief they directly in cur penalties, for the first offence 51., for the second offence 101., and for the third offence 201. Here is ample security for the protection of these destitute persons, if the administrators of the law would see that it was fairly and properly enforced. The writer further states that " we took notice yes terday of the exceptional provisions which enables, but does not require a Magistrate to give relief when re fused by an overseer, in case of urgent distress, to a person settled in the parish." The power of the Magis trate to order relief to destitute persons is transferred to the officers appointed under the New Poor-law Act, with the excepted cases which the writer has stated ; and while the law has relieved the Magistrate from the painful duty of investigating cases of distress, and trans ferred it to another body, whose entire attention is to be devoted to this object, it has at the same time armed the Magistrate with power equal to meet the case, and effectually to remedy every refusal of relief to a desti tute person. And no relieving officer, overseer, or master of the workhouse would commit a second offence, if his first refusal of relief were promptly visited by the infliction of the penalty which the laws enjoins. If you consult the police reports in the Times and other daily journals, from the year 1838 to the present time, and examine the various cases which have been brought before the Magistrates, where persons in a state of destitution complained that relief had been re fued by an officer of the poor, you will find scarcely an instance, except in the mayoralty of and person of Al derman Wilson, in which a Magistrate ever threatened to enforce the penalty of the law against such offenders. I hope your Lordship will cause the summary and exposition of the law so ably drawn up by the City So licitor to be presented to the public, which will, I have no doubt, remove all difficulties on the subject, I take the liberty to address your Lordasip on this vital sub ject, because I believe that my answer to the objections I have quoted will be likely, through the medium of the Mansion-house, to reach the whole of the daily press, the conductors of which, although holding different opinions on the operation of the Poor-laws, manifest a deep interest in the condition of those for whose pro tection they were framed. I remain, my Lord, yours very respectfully. THOMAS PE\VTItESS. We give the opinion to which Mr. Pewtress refers elsewhere. Itlatilda Stratford, a woman of great strength of body, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having beaten a man, and also with having, upon being taken into custody, thrashed some policemen, and broken several panes of glass. The prisoner, who was said to have fought several men at different times, swaggered up to the bar, as if she feared no man, and display e d an aw f u l c l e n c hed fist. The complain an t sa i d, that without receiving the slightest provocation, the virago attacked him. " Mind your eye old fellow," said she ; and, in an instant gave him a straightforward pelt just between the eyes. She than tore his coat and shirt, and when the policemen were called to his assistance, she turned upon them, and fastened upon them like a tiger. The policeman said that the woman had been fre- 1 quently charged with having assaulted men, women, and children. When she was tipsy, she did not care how many were opposed to her. The LORD MAYOR—Why, Matilda, this is a very bad account that I have of you. Prisoner—lt is indeed, my Lord. The LORD MAYOR—What can you say for your self ? Prisoner—l'm blest if I remember anything about it. The Loan MAYOR—What! You were so much intoxicated that you forget what happened ? Prisoner —Jist so, please your Lordship. Wasn't I precious happy ; but it was all the fault of the New-year. The LORD MAYOR—Well—you shall begin the New-year at the treadmill. Inspector Woodruff said that wherever the prisoner appeared she excited terror, and that her knack of breaking windows from long experience was such, that some publicans thought it safer to let her have drink for nothing than by refusal to hazard the tap-room windows. The prisoner, who laughed at the recital of her qualifications, was then committed to prison. THE ANTI-BRIDGE TOLL ASSOCIATION. Mr. Cope, jun., the Secretary to the Anti-Bridge 'Foil As sociation, waited upon the Lord Mayor, on Wednesday, for the purpose of informing his Lordship that the offi cers of the Association had done all in their power to find Mr. " John Jackson," who had addressed a letter to his Lordship, insinuating that the gentleman who was collecting subscriptions were not authorised, but their efforts had proved ineffectual. A person of that name had been formerly employed by the Association, but his services had been dispensed with. At all events the writer of the letter could not be found, and a letter di rected to the address mentioned in John Jackson's com munication to the Lord Mayor, had been returned to the Association, with the information that no such per son was there. _ The LORD MAYOR regretted that any one should write to him complaining of conduct for which there was no foundation. Mr. Cope added that the lady who had signed the petitions and given the subscription, had been waited upon on the subject, and that she declared that she had most cheerfully subscribed, and that there were no grounds for the insinuations contained in the letter to his Lordship signed " John Jackson." AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR DECEMBER. At the close of the year we have to call the atten tion of our readers to circumstances, retrospective and prospective, of no little importance ; but before we do this—yet still influentially connected with it—we must refer to meteorological phenomena, and this we are enabled to do by some communications just received, very extensively. In recent notices we have had oc casion to mention the extreme equability of temperature which prevailed from August to November. In the last number of the Quarterly Journal of Agriculture p. 437, there is the following remark ;—" It is allowed that the month of October is the period for the turnip increasing largely in the bulb. Now, it may have been observed that the temperature, throughout all October was very moderate, seldom rising above 55 deg. in the warmest part of the day, though never falling below 40 deg. in the night. This monotonous or torpid state of temperature is unfavourable to vegetation. Plants may survive, but cannot increase in it. Still there is a great bulk of excellent food for stock on the land, and, so far as the season has as yet gone, its consumption has been attended with pleasant weather, and this is a mat ter of no mean consideration in the feeding of stock, particularly of sheep, on turnips." Thus we perceive that at and round Edinburgh the weather was nearly the same as that which was reported to exist around London ; but this is not all ; we have to cite a more singular coincidence. A letter from the same city, per date Dec. 23 instant, informs us that since the 15th of the month there had been severe frost occasionally. "On the morning of that day the ther mometer stood at 24 degrees Fahrenheit, and at eleven o'clock, forenoon, at 29 degrees. On the 16th we had a little snow, which soon disappeared, with a subsequent thaw ; but at present the frost is " black," as we say here, when there is no snow on the ground "-24 deg. then, that is, in gardener's language 8 deg. of frost was the lowest degree experienced at Edinburgh ! With us the first fortnight of December ranged between 33 and 44 deg., the two first days only being warmer. On the 14th the lowest was 26 deg.—on the 16th snow just covering the ground, with 24 deg., but on the 18th moening we found the mercury at 19, or 13 deg. of frost. Ever since the frost has continued, but with no severity, though we read of much snow in Kent, and of extreme cold in Surrey. The inference we draw is this, that latitude has little to do with temperature, and that in the centre, nay, in the south of France, extreme rigour may occur, while Scotland shall enjoy a comparatively temperate season. The columns of that great collector of evidence, the Mark Lane Express, assures us that a more propitious " seed-time," one of greater promise for the future, has seldom occurred ; and to the truth of this announce ment, which is based on general information, we add the testimony derived from actual observation. The winter wheats are, however, better than the spring sown ; even in Edinburgh the former has weighed as much as 661 b. per bushel. Barley was a fine crop every where, and, at the lowest weights, is heavy. Po tatoes hare been partial ; in some parts a bulky crop has been obtained, but where the tubers have been planted (Amin , * dry weather the result has been light ; but, as a whole, ' the harvest and consequent prospects are much superior to those of 1839. Prices may yet recede, but 60s. to 635. per quarter for wheat is not dear, and, as butchers' meat is high, it will naturally, as do the high prices of tea and sugar, " drive the working people to buy more wheat bread, oatmeal, and corn rice than they did last year." " Labourers are in full work, earning 9s. and 10s. per week." As to the crops in the ground we can say nothing ; the land is locked up and repose is general. We could wish that the snow had been a little deeper if frost is to continue ; but unless the latter is to assume a char acter of more rigour nothing need be apprehended. The old year departs with a prospect of peace and plenty ; what its successor may present belongs to the future, but we say, as we have always said, " Let us hope and trust with confidence." " A WAKE ! ARISE! OR BE FOR EVER FALLEN." The tocsin is fairly sounded through the length and breadth of the United Kingdom,—the watchword, "Down with the Corn-laws." Every association establish ed with the avowed object of agitating for repeal is at this moment calling together its members—organising its movements—increasing its numbers—collecting sub scriptions—dividing itself into sub-committees, each having charge of a separate district, for the purpose of procuring petitions—influencing Members of Parliament —saliciting the aid of the ministers of the Gospel—and all other means which can be devised for attacking with redoubled vigour this monstrous and unholy monopoly. Associations! again do the advocates of dear bread compel you to put forth your strength ; again are you re quired to labour to procure justice from the Legislature. The puerile arguments of the landlords are now found to be nothing more than selfish pretences in order to keep up rents, and everywhere have our lecturers met with sympathy and co-operation. Let each association exert itself to the utmost ; let every borough or district, in which one has not been formed, establish one forthwith. Three gentlemen, remember, are sufficient as a commencement, and by sending their names to the Council they will be duly enrolled among the good men and true, now bound to gether in one great league for the overthrow of the bread tax. Once formed, they will find numbers rally round them ; the foundations of our national prosperity are undermined, the currency deranged, trade embar rassed, the revenue, in spite of the late additions to our taxation, decreasing, the people worse fed, worse clad, worse housed, and all under the operation of this vile law. Arouse, then, associations! For the sake of our children, our country, for the sake of humanity, of justice, and of religion, let us make another glorious effort. A million and a half of names were last year attached to petitions for the repeal of the bread tax, let us this year double the number. On such a question every man is responsible for his actions. Apathy in this case is sinful ; for any man, whatever may be his party politics, who has a convic tion of the wickedness of the bread tax, and does not endeavour to abolish It, Is not dh honest man. tvcry association then in its own sphere of useful ness will act at once and with vigour, and every mem ber of each association will, we are convinced, to the utmost of his Ability, help forward the cause. Let there be a glorious rivalry among us which shall do the most, for it is a moral impossibility in such a cause and with such an organization that we should fail of success.-- Anti-corn•lato Circular. MANCHESTER, DEC. 31.—ROBBERY OF TIIE BA3K or MANCIIESTER,—The persons ri ho were last week apprdiended on suspicion of having committed this robbery have been discharged, it appearing that the police had got hold of the wrong parties, though one of them was confidently sworn to by the Post-office clerk. Through the instrumentality of Messrs Bannermans, one of whose notes had been similarly purloined, the seal offender has been detected ; he was opprehended on Tuesday after noon at one of the branch post-offices, whither ho had gone in elpectation of receiving a banker's order, which he had appointed to be s en t t h ere . lie is a lad of 17 years of age, named John Bourne, and has been em ployed in a hosiery warehouse belonging to Messrs. Lowe', of Church-street. He was brDught before the Magistrates yesterday, and again to-day, when he was fully committed, the case being clearly made out against him. Mr. J. S. Balls, one of the best light comedians of the day, and not an unworthy successor of Elliston, in many of the parts of that inimitable comedian, is now " starring" it with great applause at Newcastle ; where we are glad to find that the manager, Mr. Ternan, is reap ing a just and liberal reward for his enterprising spirit. Lord and Lady Carrington have arrived at Wy combe Abbey, but will return to their town residence, Whitehall-place, in about three weds, for the season. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1841. PERE COUPE-TOUJOURS. At the junction of the Boulevards St. Martin and du Temple, in Paris, there lives a confectioners whose shop is about the size of one's hand, and yet the business which the owner drives is so consider able, that he will probably enough become the founder of a family. If ever he sets up an equipage the most appropriate crest to affix upon the panel of his carriage would be a muffin. " From morn till dewy eve" he is engaged in the vending of this grateful cate, which differs somewhat from those to which we are accustomed in London, being baked in an oblong form, and then cut into little squares. Our confectioner cuts up and disposes of many thousands of these in a single day. He is related to have been more than once seen for fifteen hours in succession cutting away at these dainties. Hence comes his sobriquet "Coupe-toujburs," which at this day is the only name by which the old man is known amongst the good folk of Paris. It is doubtful whether there is a single Parisian unacquainted with this true civic hero, his old es tablished gastronomic celebrity, the most popular of rich men, and the richest perhaps of hommes populaires. His name, you know it already. Doubtless be has some genuine and inalienable patronymic, and has received at the baptismal font some sainted addition, by which he is known to his own family and his immediate neighbours, such as " Jean," " Pierre," or " Bainabe ;" but his veritable historic name, as sounded by the trumpet of fame, is that of " Pere coupe-toujours." He is the emperor of dough, the regenerator of stiffly kneaded paste, the Napoleon of hot muffins and crumpets, and dearly prized by all these sacred titles to thousands of throbbing hearts and grateful stomachs. Yet this day is he forced to undergo the fate of all great men ; and even Coupe-tou jours has his enemies—witness Madame Barbillon, that aged lady who has " pulled him up" before the Juge du Paix. Madame Barbillon (to the Judge)—Le voila I I am forced to bring him before you—the seducer of youth, the endoctrineur of boys in petticoats. I place him in your hands. He is the cause why my Fifi will never become an avueat. Judge—Who is this Fifi ? Madame Barbillon—A little boy of mine, who was born in '22, the year of the great frost. Figure to yourself a youth, who was evidently born to end his days as Chancellor of France, a garcon who could speak for a whole evening without so much as spitting. Eh bien ! Pere Coupe•toujours pre vents him from succeeding. Muffins will mar his career. Pere Coupe-toujours—Quelle betise I Muffins, indeed, mar the success of a man of mind I Ask of M. Thiers, who did me the honour a dozen years back to eat them at my place with M. Felix Bau din. They used to take 15c. worth between them. Ask M. Thiers if muffins marred his advancement. Madame Barbillon—'Tis all malice. The per sons he mentions ate 'cm—they didn't make 'cm. Fifi makes them in cartloads, but doesn't eat 'em —not he. That's the fact, and it's not very fattening. Judge—lnform me, Madam, of what it is pre cisely you complain. Madame Barbillon—Let him give me back my son, whom he has thrust into his oven.—(Gene ral laughter.) You must know that I sent my son to Paris to study under his uncle, who has the honour to be an under-clerk in an office at the Ecole de Droit. I thought him already more learned than a bailiff. I arrived in Paris eight days since, de scended from the diligence, and ran de suite to the Boulevard St. Martin, where my brother has his domicile. I felt myself monstrous hungry, and, see ing a patissier's on my way, I stepped in and asked for a couple of sous' worth of muffins. " Enlevez le bceuf !" was the answer, and they flung me the pastry. Grand Dieu I that " enlevez" made me shudder. I cast my eyes on the being who han dled the comestible, and although he wore a cotton night cap, which was not of the cleanest, I recog nised him at once. It was in son I What I want to-day is that man to restore him to me—that man qui exploite mon enfant, who has plunged him up to his armpits in his kneading-trough. Pere Coupe-toujours—l respect your maternal sentiments.—(Laughter.) Oui c'est vrai ; but 1 must be permitted to make one observation. It was your own son who solicited permission to enter my establishment, and be taken as my apprentice. The coquin loved muffins much better than the seven codes, and asked permission to make them. Madame Barbillon—What does that matter to me ? Why did you listen to his nonsense ? I am determined to - make him an avocat, will he, nil he. A youth with a precious avenir is not to lose it so easily. Yes, a youth who has an uncle an under-clerk in an office at the Ecole de Droit—ma foi, oui Pere Coupe-toujours—Mais, Madame, he is al ready d'une jolie force at the kneading-trough. He will make you a cake like a sexagenarian patissier. I really thought you would have been delighted to hear of his progress. Madame Barbillon—Delighted I Vile patissier An enfant destined to wear a robe and a square cap ! Flattered, forsooth, to see him with his shirt sleeves tucked up, his face all over flour, his throat bare, and his head wrapped up in a cotton nightcap, as if he was created and placed in the world for no other purpose but to make brioches. C'est beau, par exempla Pere Coupe-toujours— Everybody might have been satisfied. If he chose to be a baker from twelve till five, he might have gone to the Ecole de Droit in the morning. I never would have pre vented that. He might have crammed himself with law in the morning and with muffins at night. Believe me, madam, the latter are more savoury, and, like many other folks, I prefer them. Your lawsuit strips the ribs, your muffins cover them.-- (Laughter.) Madame Barbillon—Yes, and if it came to be known when he went to plead ? _ _ . Pere Coupe.toujours—He is apprenticed to me, and I am entitled to his services. Madame Barbillon 7 —But what will the gentle men of the bar say twit ? Judge—There is no dishonour in it, although it certainly is a little bizarre. Besides, Madame, the existing arrangement, if pursued, will prevent the necessity of pronouncing judgment, and will provide the boy with the means of support. The proud mother, after some hesitation, con sented to allow the cause to be erased from the list, with the understanding that her son should be pro visionally partitioned into two equal parts—one half apprentice avocat, the other half apprentice patissier. _ _ Pere Coupe-toujours—You have acted, Madam, with a true eve to the interests of your son. For, voyez-vous, if he turns out a " cake" at the bar, he can fall back into the kneading-trough. He thus will never be without a crumb to pick up, or a crust to eat, and that is more than can be said of all the gentlemen of the long robe. The parties then left the Court, all in an appa rent state of high satisfaction. The " dough-ty" barrister in futuro pulled out a cake from his poc ket, and ate it very contentedly. 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There arc many portions of these laughter-exciting volumes, which, for buoyancy and originality of humour, are scarcely approached by any writer of the day. The description of Dr. Doonuffin and his academy may vie with Boz's celebrated sketch of Squeers and the Yorkshire school. PRICES OF CANAL,DOCK,ASSUIt- ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, FRIDAY, JAN. 1. Number Dividend of Shares. per Annum. CANALS. Price ver Pald . Share. 1,766 7 per cant. Ashton & Oldham..Average97l.lBl.lh. 110 1,492 41. Ashby-de-le-Zotich Average 1151.5 h. 72 1,980 Basingstoke 1001.6 h. 5 1,005 5/. Brecknock and Abergavenny - l5O/. eh. 412 8,060 1-16th. _lO/. Birmingham . 1-16th share ....611. & 711. 201 4,000 ........, Ditto & Liverpool Junct.l2ol. sh. 100 pd 213 600 31. Bridgewater and Taunton.lool. at.. all pd - 100 51. Chelmer and Blackwater lOOl sh. 101 500 321. Coventry 1001. s h . (410 Croydon. Average 311.28.10 d. sh. - 060 5!. Os, Dud1ey........... ...................... 1001. sh. 97 1 ,! 600 131. Derby lool.sh . 120 20,002 4 per cent. Danube and Mayne 411.135. 4d.pd 34 3,575 j 41. Ellesmere and Chester Averrgel332.sti. 81 - 231 621 Erewash lool.ln. 750 1,297 301. Forth and Clyde... Average 4e01.165. th. & 0 11,060 81. Grand Junction 1001.6 n 140 t i ttigi 2.55. Grand Union lool.sh . 2 , 1 1,500 ... Grand Surrey 1,000! 41. percent . Ditto (optional) Loan 1001. 3 806 Grand Western lOOl. sh, all pd 10 . 600 131.105. lid. Olamorganshire, Aver. cost 1721. 13s. 41 9:10 749 126. Oran them 6,228 2/. N. HuddevAeld Average 5 11. 6s. tld. sh 27 100 Kensington lOO th. allpd 10 25,328 11.10 s. Kennet and Avon, Av. 391.186.103. sh 25 11,6991 1/. 7s. Lancaster Average 47/. Cs. Sid '27N 2,8971 301. Leeds and Liverpool 1001.6h 760 5451 151. Leicester 1401.5 t 111; 1,897 5/.os. Leicester & Norttiampton Aver 63/.loi 73Y,', 2.400 101, Monmouths hir e lOOl. - 200 150 104 Melton Mowbray ' 1 001. e h . 2CG 500 25/. Mersey and Irwell lOOl. sh. 565 3,000 2!. 10s. Macclesfield lOO/. sh. all pd 1W 247 171, Neath lOO/ sh. 325 2.400 5/. Peak Forest Avci .ge about 701. sh. 75 21,418 Ss. Regent's (or London) Av. 331.165.ted. sh. 10% 5,669 61. per cent. Rochdale Average 051.5 h. SI 500 81. Shropshire 1251. sh. 150 800 101.0 s. Somerset Coal l5O/. sh. 180 3,600/. 4j per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 121.105. sh. 114 700 36/, Stallbrd and Worcester 140/.sh. 650 500 15!. Shrewsbury 125/.6h. 280 300 91. Stourbridgef........... 1451.5 h. 396 3,647 V. Os. Stratford-on-Avon Aver.... 791. 9s. Set. sh. 41 533 1211 Swansea ION. sh. 265 3.762 2!. Bs. Severn and Wyc and Railway Av. 351. sh. 45 2,60016 h. 32/.los. Trent and Mersey, 1 share lOOl. sh. 580 4,149 Thames and Medway Av. 191. ss. Bd. oh, 2 1,000111.7 1 8!. Warwick and IPrmingham lool.sh 24.5 0001 s h. . 980 136 Warwick and l'sapson lOOl. sh . 175 7,000 4/ 1 Worcester & Birmingham Av.'7,7./.811. sh. 56% 5,000 326. Wilts and Berks Average 671. 106 Bd. sh. 27 800 6.. Wylie,/ and Essington 1'251. sh 74 .26 ..... W;sneacn . ....... . .......... lofsl.sh. SO 90 5 11, Wcy and Arun llOl. en. 22 DOCKS. 2,600 dr 1.06510. ] 3p. c. Commerc al lOO l. sh. 65 Fast and West India Stock 08 1,238,3101/. 60s. p.ct. London Stock 67 Ditto Bonds 2,209 3!. 6s. sd. Bristol Average 14"/. (Is. sh. 75 68,324/. U. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lOB 352,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 90% 500,000 41 per cent. Ditto llonds 200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years Deptford Pier . °Ol. sh. 20/. pd 10 BRIDGES. .600 106. liammersmlo • 501.1 h. 21 7,231 Southwark, Old Av. 031.25. 8,1, sh. 26 1.700 1/. 15s. Ditto, New, of 71 per cent., 50/. sh. 13 ~000 Waterloo 100/. oh. 3 5,000 20s. Od. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81 00/. p 4 ;a% 5,001) IN. 34, Ditto, New Ditto of 71. ...... 4O/. pd 174, 10,0001. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds 5,848 - 266 Vauxhall ........Average 70/. 10s. 3d. .h 264 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3110 s Albion 5061. sh. 50/. pd 73 50,000 / 6 1 . e :i c i e s n , t 'l Alliance British &Foreignloo/.sh. 1 1/. pd 1314 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 5 1 4 4,000 11. per sh. Atlas 5O/. sh. 5/. pd It% 1,20015 h, 5/. Birmingham i. ire.. ` , 501. sh. 55/. pd 1074 20,000 4/. per cent. British Fire 12,000 61. percent. British Commercial 5O/. sIJ 5/. pd 514 5,000 5!. per cent. Clerical & Meili,.4 I Lite, 100/.sh. 2 /Ws pd jii 4,000 310 s County lOO/. sh. 101. pd IC 20,1(10 ss. Eagle 50/. sh. 51. pd 5% ,„„, r 5 per cent.] Economic Life 1000/. sh. 250/. pd 406 "" /and 301 bs. 2,971 228. percent. European Li, • 0 0/. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 20/. sh. 21. pd IT. 1,000,000/. IV. per ct Globe Stock 121)4 20,000 31. Guardian 30,000 s. ed. Hope 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 5' 2,400 5/. 7s. 63. Imperial Fire 50(11. sh. 50/. pd 135 7,500 90. Imperial Lite lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 10 13,459 5/. pier cent. Indemnity Marine 100!. 'h. Ht. pd !IS 2,020 31 IN Kent Fire 5O!. sh. all pd 92 31. Ditto Life 5O/. pd 66 10,000 16s. Law I.i fe 10(1/. sh. 10/. lid 20 5,000 105. London, Fire 251. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 184 3,900 108,, London, Ship 251. sh. 121. 10s. pd 184 1,00 0 ,000/. ... ..... Minerva Life 1001. 1111. 5110,001 1 /. 30,000 51. per cent. Palladium Lite 5Ol. oh, 2/. pd 0/ 6s 1 50,000 4!. per cent. Protector Fire 'NIL 811. 2/. pd 186 Od 10,0 11 0 4 per cent. Protestant Dissenters .... 11(1!. sh. 5/. pd 534 2.500 1!. Provident Lise 220,0011 7s. Rock Life .. V. pd 4 89,220/ M. per cent. Royal Exchangs. Stock 200 6,000 5 per cent. University Life 1011/. sh. 5/. pd 54 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100/. sh. 5/. pd 74 JOINT STOCK BANKS. 25,1100 Agric. and Corn. of I rcland2s/. sh. 10/. pd 5, 000 S per cent. Australasia 40!. oh. 40/. pd 51.3. j 10,000 10 per cent. Bank of Bit mingham 501. oh. 10/. pd 13% 'O,OOO 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/. sh. 10/. pd 2:1 'll,OOO 6 per cent. London & Westminster 1001 oh. 25/. pd 23% 60,000 5/. London Joint Stock PO/. sh. 10/. pd 13 .1,000 4 per cent. Lancaster lOO/. sh. 801. pd 20 25,000 Liverpool lOOl oh. 101. pd 21% 50,000 7j per cent, Manchester and Liver. pool District 5 501.611, 15/ pd 110, 20,000 7 percent. Manchester lOO2. sh. 25/. pd 41•% 20,000 ... ...... Provincial Bank of I relandlool. sh. 25/.1)3 1i 43 50,! , (10 5I er cent. National Bank of Ireland 50/. sh. 17)1. pd lot. 10,000 5 per cent. National Pros6.)cial Eng.loo/. sh. 35!. pd 95 !, 10,000 10,000 Gloucestershire 501. sh. 10/. pd 30 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES, 2,500 Pis Od Bath 20/. sh. 11)1. pd 02 5,000 British 4O/. sh. 16/. pd .181, „ S5 / .perc e nt ./ Ditto Provincial 2 O l. sh. 191. pd 25 "." i '" „, ' /and Bs. fs, 928 5/ lOs Birmingham 50/. sh. 96 1,250 2/ Os Bristol 2O/. sh. 36 2,250 31 Ifts Brighton 2O/. sh. 14 750 3/ lOs Ditto, New 0 0/. sh 161. pd 9 2,171 4i per cent. Brighton (ieneral 2O/. sh. all pd 9 4,000 7!. Os. Continental Consolidated ....751. 62V.pd 105 1,000 101. Cite of L0nd0n......... -.100/. sit. all pd 195 1,000 111. Ditto New IOW. sh. 751. pd 150 4,000 3/.os. Equitab le; 5O/. pd 20 10,600 0.1 per cent. Imperial 5Ol. sh. 57N 800 5/. per cent. Isle of Inatiet 251. sh. 201. pd 1- 1 ,4 2,350 6/. per cent. I ndependent 30/.oi. all [.., 49 0,000 41. per cent. Phenix 5Ol. sh. 39/. pa 33 , 4 1,000 4/. per cent. Itatclifl 100!. sh. 00/. pd (B Snuth Metropolitan 5O/. sh. 19/. pd 17 9,000 41. per cent. Unite J. 1 ieneral 501. sh. 471. pd :33; 240 5!. per cant. Warwick 5O/. sh. 50 400 51. per cent Wakefield 251 . sh. 22 2,000 1. Westminster Chartered 6,000 12s. Ditto New 5l/.311, 10/. pd 11. A, 780 :I per cent. Yarmouth 2O/. sh. 18!. pd WATER WORKS 1.8011 Ills. Birmingham _ 25/. sh. 251. pd :2 1,134 71. East London 100/. sh. 170 5,500 21 155. Grand Junction Average 411. 1:•ls. 40. sh. 65 1,000 21. Kent 100/. sh. 45% 372 101. Liverpool Bootle !201. sh. 326 1,500 2 /10s New Myer London Bridge Water A nn. - l'O 6,486 2/ lOs Manchester and Salford 1001. sh. 55 1,000 4 per cant. South London lOO/. sh. 101% 13,294 41/. West Middlesex Average 631.'125. 90. sh. 101 1,360 ll 141 York Building (,o. Lessee Prop. 100/. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 6,300 Birmingham and Derby ...- lOOl pd 7S 9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester 9Ol pd h 7 1.5,11)0 ... ...... Bristol and Exeter lOOl. sh. 60 pd 37 7,500 Cheltenham &G. Western 100/. sh. 62, f, 29 ( 6 3,009 ~.. ..... Clarence 1001. sh. 100/ pi! '25 8,000 Dublin and Drogheda 1001. sh. N. pit 30,008 Eastern Counties 251. sh. 53!, pd 81,i 10,000 Great North of England 10111. sh. 701. pd 57 10,"0.8 14 percent. Gran.l.ltinction lOO/. sh, all pd 211% 25,000 Great VV estern lOOl. sh. 65/, lid 91 25,000 Ditto New 50/. sh. I.o'. pd 624 row per cent Gosport Junction.. 5O/. sh. 35/. pd 3-% 2,000 5 per cent. Hartlepool 100/. sh. 1)1)11. pd 115% 8,000 Hull and Selby 5Ol. sh. 50/. pd 43 2,100 41. per cent. Leeds and 5e1by....... 100 sh. 15!:, 5,100 10 percent. Liverpool& 51ancliester10(/.sh. 100/4..1 185 7,968 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares 5l/. pd 17% 11,195 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares "5/. pit 45 36,000 London and Brighton 50/. sh. 50/ pd 44 , ki 24,000 London and Blackwall 251. sh. 2'211. pd 18% 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 2Ol. sic '2lll. pil 7% 25,000 8 per cent. London & Birmingham 1001. sh. OIL pd 171 25,000 ... ...... Ditto Quarter Shares -.25/. sh. 51. psi '2 7 31,250 . ...... .. Dit o New Shares 321. sh. 21/.1 , 0 41, 30,0011 5 per cent. London and S. Western Ay .381, 1 7s. lid. 5-0 /-2 33,000 .... ..... London and Croydon} A , • 13/ 15 ~t t 1214 Ditto New Scrip.... • - ''• • • 12 , 4 13,000 Manchester and Leeds...loo/. sh. 70/. pd 74 1 4 13,000 Ditto Half Shares 5Ol. 25/. pit 2 7 3.4 10,000 ..... .... Manchester and Birmingham 701.411. 401. 1 71 4 ••• ...... Ditto Extension 7l. pd 3 '4 10,000 Midland Counties .0,/. sh. 100!. pd 75 15,000 North Midland Ditto New 40/. F 0 ' 3 7 1 / 2 5,129 Northern and Eastern.... GM sh 301. pd :3 s.,(son Preston and Wyre 5ll/. sh. 30/. pd : 1 6 kB,OOO South Eastern and Dover ...... .. 98/. pd 12 1,000 10/.per cent. Stockton and Darlington ...... ...101 , /. sh. 275 9,000 6,000 York and North Midland 50 . sh. 501, pd 60 MINES. 8,000 Albion __. Copper 5/. s'i. 31/. psi 12 4,000 11. 51. Alters l5/. oh. 12/. Ii :pd 10 10,000 ......... Anglo Mexican,iss. 5/. pm.loo/. sh. al 4 d 1 y., Ditto Subscription .9.51. pa 1% 2,060 10/. Bolanos 150/. sh all pd 35 10,000 11. lOs Brazilian I mp. iss. 51. pm... 35/. sh. 20/, pd 12 6,000 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rcy ...M. sh. 14/. pd 2 VI,OOO Zolivar Copper Company, 201.8 h. 20/. pd 1 MOO ••••••••• Ditto Scrip • 101, sh. 10/. pd 2 20,000 ..„,, British Iron 50/. sh. 55/. pd 1 ,000 British Copper 51. sh. 4f/. rid 1% C it, Br.atea 6/1. pd &% Candonga .... . 10,000 Is Copiapo ..... 2Ol. sh, 13/. pd 10 8,500 ... Columbian, iss. Si. pm. 55/. sh. 55/. pd ON 2,850 3/. English l4/, Gs. pd 3 20,000 ...... „. General MiningAssociation2o/ sh.lB/. pd ti 6,155 Mexican Company lOOl. sh. 57f/. pd 6 3,006 Polberou Consols lO/. sh. 8/. pd 4 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered 3 Ditto Loan Notes. 150/. pd 160 30,000 United Mexican, iss. 2 pm. 404 sh. all pd 25i Mitt. Scrip 3 14 Ditto New Scrip 5/ psi 5.74 West Cork 5O/. oh 50/. pit 38 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket ...75gs. all. 19 1,500 London University lOO/ sh, all pd 8 700 Russell "sgs• oh. King' College lOO/. 19% 511SCELLANEOUS. 10,x`4 Iss. Australian Agricultural.loo/.lsh. 28/. pd :17% WOO 1. per cent. British American Land Company 23/. pd 10 10,000 /. per cent. Canada Comony lOW. sh. 30/. pd 31 li 00,000 51. per cent. Upper Canaria Loan City Bonds, 4 par cent lOO% 20,000 IL Os. General Steam Navigation 151. sh. 14/. pd 9.4% 10/.per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock ,008 1/. London Com. Sale Rooms ....Av. 75/. sh l9 8,000 ...... ... Caoutchouc Company 1214. pd 12 New Brunswick Land Company...so/. pd 12 2,754 51. per cent. Reversionary Int. 50c...100/. sh. 100/. Ix! 110 2.9:1:3 5/. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 100/. pd 117 4,000 Thames Tunnel 5O/. sh. all yd 10% 10,000 6s. Van Dte.ner.'s Land.... 1110/. eh. 1711. psi I) LIST of SCOTTISH 19 COM 40 PANIES' PRICES DEC. , 18. BANKS. 1,000,0041/. fit, p. ct. Bank of Scotland —.83/. (Is. lid. sh, all pd 103 2,000,0001. 6 p. ct. Bryal of Scotland 100/. sh, all pd 157 500,000/. 8 p. ct. British Linen Company 100/.sh. all pd 1233 500,000/. 01. p. et. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd 178 500,0001. sn. ct. National lOOl. sh. 10/. pd JIN 500,00ei. 71. p. ct. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 50/. pd 81 1,000.000/, 6p. ct. Western of Scotland 2001. sh 4 01 . pd 73 INSURANCE COM PANIES.7 250.0005 h. ni p. ct. Scottish Union 20/. s !nil/. pd 27s rd. 7,5410 Ip. ct. Hercules lOO/. sh. 10/. lid 1314 1410,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland .10/. sh. all pd 044 50,000 Bp. ct. North British 200/.sh. 10/. pd 18% 1,000 Bp. et. Caledonian Fire 100/. sh. 10/. pd 20 5,0011 op. et. Edinburgh Life 100/. sh. 10/. lid 15 tq 100,000 31 p. et. West of Scotland lOl. pd MISCELLANEOUS. 4,818 ... Ditto A llocatrdi '5O/. sh. all pd 47 5,404. 5 per cent. Edinli. Joint Stock Water." 51, sh. all lid 35 2,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundory 50/. sh 4S/. pd 53 10,1100 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 201. sh. 1(1!. pd E 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas ...... —.25/. sh. all pd 51.34 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas ......... .........251, sh. all pd 52 4 % 75 3 7i per cent. Leith Coal Gas 2O/.411. all pd 51 1,200 Edinburgh and Dalkeith tlai'.way 501. sh 58 22,010 S oer cent. Equitable Loan Coml.my "is i,,,} 4 ,,,d 9 si R EPEA L AIEETI NG.—We have often stated that while unflinchingly sustaining Repeal, we, Repeaters, will not be instrumental in dividing Reformers on topics upon which all concur. We, therefore, publish, with great pleasure, letters proving the progress which the great re. .orm meeting, for the 16th, is making. The names of Listowel, Gosford, HAwarden, &c., joined as they are with an O'Connell and a 111' Hale, mark in a manner not to be mistaken that uncompromising Repeal and Constitutional Reform can stand on the same platform top:thus...Pike. G INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYDS.) LONDON, JAN. I.—Wind this day at noon, light airs at W.S. W., and with fine mild clear weather. DEAL, DEC. 31.—Wind W.N.W.—Sailed the Wil liam Bayley, Jeffries, for the Mauritius. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 31.—Wind N., frosh.—Arrived the Independence, Wye, from New York, sailed on the 10th inst. ; Johnstone, Demerara, sailed on the 14th ult. ; Hector, Henderson, Montreal ; Ocean Queen, Quebec ; Parthenon, Woodbury, New Orleans ; Sobiesky, Emmer son, ditto; Niagara, Cole, ditto ; Ilenry Leeds, Charles ton ; Shenandore, West, Philadelphia; Hannah, Ewing, Miramichi ; Welcome, Buren, Newfoundland; Cartha genian, Quebec. A schooner was driven on West Hoyle during the night ; crow saved. SHEERNESS, DEC. 31.—The Olive, Rcnnctt, from Lon. don to Dundee, is on shore on the Knock, but is expected to be got off without damage. The Jane, Palmer, from Sunderland to London, has been assisted in here, leaky, having struck on the Shears Beacon. 4 r.st.—The Olive has Leen got off. SOUTIINYOLD, DFC. 31.—The Pedlar, of Rye, from Sunderland, has been brought in here much damaged, having been in contact with a brig off the Kentish Knock. CAMPBLETOWN, DEc. 29.—The Sesostris, M'Kentie, from Pictou to the Clyde, is stranded in the bay, and is expected will become a wreck—one man drowned; cargo and materials expected to be saved. TORBAY, DEC. 30.—Arrived off, the President, o.vey, from New York. FALMOUTII, Dac. 30.—The Magnet packet arrived here from Rio Janeiro. On Aug. 31 fell in with in lat. 8 N. lon. 21 W., with a schooner having the appearance of a pirate ; fired several shots at her, but she escaped by superior sailing. The Francis Lawson, from Tatma gauche to Liverpool, being waterlogged, was abandoned by the crew, Nov. 28, in lat. 44, long. 42 ; crew saved by the Cornwall, Vivian, arrived off this port. VESSELS sroksti WITH.—The Mary Ann, Webb, Cal cutta to Liverpool, supplied with provisions, 23d ultimo, let. 47, lon. 10; George, Newfoundland to Poole, 28• h, lat. 50, lon. 10, by the Flora, M'Fardcn, arrived at Liver pool. Oxford, Liverpool to New York ; Algonian, Liver pool to Philadelphia ; Lioness, Pictou to Dublin, 24th, lat. 51, lon. 21, by the Independence, Ilye, arrived at Liverpool. Union, Demerara to Liverpool. 19th, in sound ings, by the Johnstone, arrived at Liverpool. Germania, of Bremen, 12th, lat. 50, lon. 5; Elizabeth, London to Berbice, 19. h ; Defender, Sunderland to Quebec, 16th Nov., by the Ann, Crossman, arrived at Scilly. THE MARKETS-YESTERDAY. CORN EXCHANGE. The frost being gone, a fair show of samples appeared of all Grain except Oats. The factors endeavoured to obtain bighor prices than of late, with which the buyers were unwilling to comply. The sale of Flour was good. SMITEICIELD MARKET. The demand for Beef was dull. Mutton lower, and none but the best Downs realized 4s. 10d. The supply of Veal was plentiful, and the prices lower. The demand for Polk was good, and fine qualities rally realized late prices. Beasts, b 95 ; Sheep, 3,020 ; Pigs, 612 ; Calves, 131. Itcef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. Bd. ; Mutton, 45. to 4s. 10d.; Veal, 4s. to 53 . 6d. ; Pork, 4s. 44. to ss. 4d. COLONIAL MARKET. There was no public sale, and privately little business was transacted ; prices, however, were firm for all articles. Thu arrivals were small. TEA MARKET. There was a fair amount of business transacted in Free Trade, and prices had an upward tendency. Company's Congou in fair request at 2s. lid. cash. TALLOW MARKET. Prices for P. Y. Candle were steady at 475. Ad. and 48a. on the spot, and a fair business was trania:ted. PRICE OF BREAD. The h"ghes` ri e of Itie..t i the M,t•evAls is 9%d. for the tlb Lust*. Go. d Brem may be had at ri,cd. PRU:Ei OF SEEDS. Per Quarter Per Cw•t. New E .glsh lt, Clover...sos llOs St. Fein s 56s '7os Old I iti.o Ditto —s s—s Rye 0 ass —s P-4 :Os New Foreign Di.to —s 50s iss'Pacey Grass s —5 —s 011 Di to Di to —5 —s —s'Linseei, for fe,oli, g ~.—s .18s :As l' , cw White Clover 45s 50e 60s Dit , o, for sowing ......—s 60 ills Old Dist ' Ditto —3 —3 —e'Ditto, for crushi-g ....—s 428 46s rytw Ire oil ... .. ..... —s 'Si, 42s1Icrn,. --s 36s 42s Old Citto —s 20s 3l's . Canary —s SOS 9's Tr folitun —s 4i's 70s1 Per W shel. Ei , glish Carraway —s 50s 53s,White 51ti5t..rd.... , 4s Oct to 1150 , Foreign Ditto —s 46s 43s Brown Ditto Itis (Id to 19sticl Coriander —s 12s 16s,Tares PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown, per ton .£44 0 Ditto, refined Linseed Oil 2B 10 Lins ed Oil Cake at the Mill (per 10o0) l4 0 Rape • ake. per tot 7 0 PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, Eve. per 112111, Town Tallow £2 13 0 Melting Stuff £ I 13 0 Yellow Russia White ti 0 0 Graves Soap Ditto 0 0• Good Dregs 0 5 0 PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of Sibs, Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) ...... .., 2s. ii jsl COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last market-day, 'IS s. d. Puddle's West Hartley 2O 0 Chester Ord's Redhugh Pontop Winelsur NVylam Walls End Hilda ....... Walls End Perkins 2l l W. H. Braddyll'sklettu,l . 2L Walls End Haswell. 2l s. d Walls End Iletton 24 3 Walls End Lambton Walls End Stewart's Walls End Caratme 24 6 Walls End Apehide Walls End Evenwood \ ails End Seymour Tees S3 3 wells End Cliff Walls End Devonsihre 2.s • tl (From the London New Price Current of January 1 ) Suoae.—ln the West India market it has been a close holiday this week, business will however be resumed on Tuesday, when it is expected that there will be a fair de mand from both Refiners and Grocers. The stock is 13,275 hhds and tierces less than last . ; year at this time. There has been only one arrival since this day week. REFINED.—There has been an improved demand for Refined Goods for home consumption this week, pricea Is to is Gd higher ; common sorts arc firmer; Standard Lumps at 91s Gd to 925, Hamburgh Loaves good and fi n e oas to 975, Tittlers 92s to 965, brown Lumps low and good 88s to 915 per cwt. Treacle of common qualitity at 36s 6d to 375, but for other kinds prices have given way ; 40s is the present value of Patent, and 41s 6d to 43s for bast old make and golden syrup. Bastards good quality at 60s to 655, ord kinds 30s per cwt. For Pieces, prices have improved ; good and fine descrip tions at 78s to 84s, ord and mid 74s to 77s per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar at 335. Loaves, 10 and 141hs 36s 6d to 37s 6d per cwt. Treacle at 15s per cwt. Bas tards and Pieces move off slowly, the former at 16s to 19s, and the latter at 20s to 265. Dutch Crushed Sugar at 31s 3d on board in Holland. SIAURITLUS.—IIoIders have displayed more firmness, and by private treaty several parcels have been disposed of at 6d to Is above the rates of the last public sale for yellow sorts; brown descriptions have brought small pro fits on the late sales. There has been no arrival, but some are daily expected. EAST INUFA —White descriptions of Bengal, at prices Is above those of the last public sale. Brown and yellow kinds at rather higher rates. Siam low white at 243 61, middling 25s to 265, good middling and good 26s 6d to 27s 6d per cyst Java is held firmly. FOREIGN.—YeIIow Havannah at 23s Gd to 24s for mid dling and good middling, and 24s 6d to 25i for good and fine quality. White is held firmly. Brown kinds of Bra zil at 193 6d to 22s for low and flue dry quality; for white descriptions, prices have an upward tendency; Pernambuco 241 Gd for middling white. Porto Rico at 23s to 23s Gd for good quality. COFFBE.—Although the private transactions in British plantation this week have been unimportant, still buyers have been more disposed to purchase clean descriptions, and they have been compelled to pay rather higher rates for small parcels, holders mostly display firmness, and arc looking for a much better demand crc long, but few parcels are offering for sale. In the value of East India or Cape descriptions little variation has taken place ; holders for the most part arc not disposed to press sales and supply the market sparingly, but the demand from the home trade has been only for small parcels ; good ordi nary Ceylon is not to be purchased under 733 per cwt, but St. Domingo and the better sorts of Brazil from the Cape arc in request by the shippers, and. prices continue gradually to advance. Mocha of fine quality has been disposed of in small parcels at stiff prices, the supply being small. The market for Foreign wears a firm aspect, and a fair amount of business has been transacted since we last wrote at stiff prices. Fine ordinary Rio has been disposed of at 455, ordinary and good ordinary 41s to 445, St. Domingo good and fine ordinary 43s 6d to 44s Gd per cwt. TEA.—The market for Free Trade has presented a firm aspect since our last report; there has been a good de mud for cash parcels of both black and green descriptions fur actual consumption, and buyers have been compelled to pay rather higher rates ; common descriptions of Congou have been disposed of at 2s 10 to 2s lid, mid and good blackish leaf 2s 2d to 2s 3d, and fine 2s 4d to 2s ; the lower sorts have been the most in request; ord Twankay has been selling at 2s Id to 2s I,ld per lb. For short prompts the transactions have been on a more extended scale, and common Congou has produced 2s 2d per lb. Upon these terms, however, many parties will not sell, and but few parcels are offering for sale ; no auction is yet declared. In the speculative market a fair business has been transacted, and Company's Congou has produced 2s lid to 2s lid cash, and 2s 2d to 23 24d with short prompts. The deliveries from the warehouses continue good, and last week amounted to 310,000 lbs. The report is again renewed that Pekin has fallen into the hands of the British Forces, but it is not credited by most parties, To-day there was a good deal of inquiry for Free Trade Tea, but the unwillingness of holders to sell prevented large transactions, still there was a fair business transacted, and at prices in favour of sellers, the lowest point of the market for common clean Congou fcr cash is 2s lid, and common Twankay is with difficulty to be purchased under 23 lid. Company's Congou was in good request, and sales were made at 2s ip to 2s 2d cash, and the market closed with a firm appearance. Advices from China are looked for with much anxiety. RUM, BRANDY, Ant.) 110LIAND3.—The transactions in Jamaica Rum have been on a more extended scale this week, and full prices have been paid, fine sorts arc the most wanted, but of such few parcels are to be had : the sales have been 180 puns, 29 to 30 per cent overproof at 6s to Gs Id, 31 to 33 over 6s 2d to Gs 4d, 34 to 36 over 63 5d to 6s 6d, 37 to 39 over 6s 7d to 6s 91, favourite marks 7s to 7s 2d. For Leewards, how. ever the demand has been dull, and rather lower rates have been accepted for common sorts, but strong kinds have maintained their former value : 120 puns have been disposed of, proof to 2 per cent overproof at 2s 81€1 to 2s *d. East India is 0 cheaper, 220 hhds Calcutta have been sold at 2s 10 proof strength, and 200 hhds Mauritius at 2s 6d proof: at present rates however several holders of Rum are not disposed to realize, and keep their samples from the market. Fine old descriptions of Brandy have been in fair request at full prices, sales have been made as high as 5s 6d per gallon, but for other kinds not much demand has existed, holders are however firm. Geneva has been taken sparingly for export at Is Ild to 2s per gallon. For British Corn Spirits the demand is limited it loilcub. MORNING Ea ) lON. Today there was more business doing in Leeward Island Rum, prices were firmer and a parcel was disposed of at 2s 10d for 2 per cent over; proofs are with difficulty nor to be had under 2s 91d. The demand for Jamaiert eras good at the rates quoted above. FRUIT.—FOr fine descriptions of Currants and Valercia Raisins the demand has been steady and prices firm, but ordinary sorts of which there is a large stock have met with a dull sal , ' ; holders, boa ever. not disposed to submit to lower rates. In other kinds of Fruit few sales have been made ; holders, however, for the most part, eira that a better demand will prevail shortly. SPlCES—Cassia Lignea, low middling, has realized 8 31 to 893, middling 90.4, good middling and good 91s 10 935, and fine thin quill, of which little is to he bad is worth 96s per cwt. In black Pepper there has not been much doing, common Sumatra 3id per lb. White at former rater For East and West India Ginger holders arc unwilling to submit to lower rates. Cloves Is Id to Is 1W paid for Bourbon for sh;pping. For Nutmegs and Mace priers keep firm. For Cinnam o n, l as t sa l e ' s ra t es h ave b een paid. Rich.—For Bengal this week, prices are still en the advance: low middling white has realized 13s. middling I3s 6d, good middling 13s 91 to 14 good and fine 1 4 ' 64 to 16s ; the principal part has, however, been disposed of at I3s tid for middling white. For several parcels of yellow 10 s a 10 3 61 have been paid . Java good and fine white have been disposed of by private treaty at 11 ato 13s, middling lOs to 103 6d, ordinal: I 8s 93 to 9s tid per cwt. Siam 8s tid to 113 6d. Carolina at 34s to 36s per cwt. To-day Bengal was much sought after, and 135 9 3 offered for middling white ; but the quantity unsold being small, checked buying. On.s.—Although buyers of common descriptions 01 Fish Oils have purchased less freely this week, still holder' have displayed firmness, and a fair amount of business 10 4 been transacted, principally to supply the rants of th e home trade ; pale Seal has realized 34/, brown and yellow , 281 to 321, Cod 271 10s to 281, S ou th ern, fi ne 291 to 30" good 28/to 281 10s, ordinary and mid 261t0 27/10s per tun ; for Sperm 01, prices still have an upward tendencY. Linseed Oil at 28a to 283 6d on the spot, and 29s to 30s for d: livery. Rape Oil pale at 455, and brown 44s per eV!' East India Cocoa Nut 403 for good quality. Palm, ' II prices no variation has taken place. Olive is held knoll' TALLOW. —There has been more activity in the mark et this week, and prices have improved 3d to 6d per cwt fo r Russian Tallow; on the spot for Petersburgh Candle, prices have advanced to 47s 93 to 48s per cwt., so t delivery in the next two months at 48s. South America° at 408 to 47s for low and fine quality. Town Tallow ha s been in fair request. To-day prices were lower, 47s Scl was the nearest rine !salon on the spot ter P Y C, and 47s 9d to 48s tu t delivery, and the market closed with dull aspects. COUNTRY MARKETS, Wheat. i Barley. 1 Oats. Beano. Psnule • Per Quarter, s. to s. 5. to s. s. to A. s. to A. P. W I/ Bath ...... 60 72 30 33 24 28 40 60 44 Blandford GO 30 33 24 26 j4B Bridport 68 - Chard --- 70 72 28 32 22 24 44 48 40 0 Gloucester 56 64 28 37 20 28 45 50 4 8 Exe•er ,60 70 27 34 21 28 40 ' 4 ll Guildford 68 71 32 37 32 36 46 50 40 4 Newbury 50 67 27 38 19 30 44 54 36 0 Reading 45 72 28 29 20 22 42 52 40 Salisbury !4B 72 128 35 22 28 41 46 1-- Sherborne 54 62 30 35 22 30 42 50 Snepton Mallet 56 64 32 401 22 28 40 52 44 Uxbridge 37 43 23 28 WArininster - 6 66 31 43 25 32 411 56 -- I , Vinellester 60 64 (co vi I 56 60 30 34 22 31 42 Li LEEDS CORN M A RKET.—Dee. 29 Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 60Ib. --- York. and Lincoln. 60Ib. Barley, Norfolk and S u ltblk Yorkshire and Lincolnsh i r e Grinding Beans Oats, l'otatoc —Mealing, For. —d. to —d Eng ;hclling. 1 Id. to 13d. per st7 i 4 28s. to 295. per DEVIZES CORN MARKET. Per Sark. s. d. s. d. Per Quarter. 1. It. lit 0 eirst Wheat 3l 6t032 0 Oats 2.1 oto 20 Second 29 0 31 0 Beans (per sack)... 22 2 41 Third darley 2B 0 43 6 Bread (pergaflon). 4 2 "". STATE OF TRADE AT NOTTING HAM. (From the Nottingham Review.) lh The fancy bobbin net trade is still so extremely dd that many of the machine owners contemplate to 044' 6 hand their machines. Indeed the old system of mak i l stock seems nearly exploded. The rapid change patterns makes it a l mos t unsa f e to sp ' eculate even to the ‘• best things." W e are assure d that though " e a chain wheels have not b e e n success f n l at R a df o rd 81 ' Tiverton, yet they work well at Chesterfield. Thor n ' cipal impediment hitherto has been the chain cntangleil l g i Power nets are as usual in tolerable demand, partietv larly in quillings. Some fe w pl a i n h an d mac hines il f° yet at work, nicking very narrow breadths. The silk warp blond trade is no better, many of O d e , hands have no warps, and the major part arc stints 0 Some attempts have been made by the country mot e , to take out work at a reduced price. The journ e y men keep a vigilant eye upon these parties. Ev e, effort is making at the factory to make the newir i " ,r vented French jacquard nets and scarfs. The cotton trade is still very depressed. It is her - to that the manufacturers and workmen will dev ° ; c l their attention to the application of the PIM°, , and the chain wheel t o th a t d escr i pt i on o f manufactu'et as there is little d ou bt t h at Al ta i re h as appliedhiS Lyons, the spring lever and the revolving card 0 , nine tatting lrames. The bustler bobbin net msen" is yet progressing i n ma ki ng t h e most e xtensl , flowered patterns. It i s now ma ki ng one near , twenty inches in length. I n ma ki ng open wor k, h°" „r 3 ever complicated the pattern, or the button-hol e i loses no speed. But in making linen work s uch ta b s,, the case. Still the machine, though a first essay, we are assured, made sixty racks a week in reg u hours, that is, two men working sixteen hours per The drawer and pantaloon trade is still in a g°, condition. The cut-up hands have plenty of en l P l° '; ment, but we were grieved t o h ear th e f rames going f t , Christmas Eve, and even on Christmas Day at nth% Are we ever to come to the French system of workil on Sundays ? is asked by many a thoughtful sel l° heart among the poorer operatives. The silk glove trade is still depressed. It is bet ter in Derbyshire. REGISTER STOVES, 3 ft. wide, 245.; Poles for Window Curtains, is. 3d. per foot. Register 0: 0 , Rd. per inch ; elliptic stoves, 4d. per inch ; register st• t o, with bright fronts, bright and black bars, bronzed ornanl e rf Ioos. ; brass poles for window curt a i ns , 14 inch diaro 6 Is. 3d. per foot.. 2 inches, Is. Sd. ; a 2 inch pole, 3 ° e a ., inches long, with ends, rings, and brackets, complete, for Iv - i 0 Catalogues gratis, containing the price of e very artic le ironmongery. RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxford-streets BIRT. • O il On the 29th ult., at Waldershare, H S the Countess of Gui lt of a son. On the 31st ult., in Hyde Park-place, the lady of L leriff Robinson, Esq., of a daughter. On the 31st ult., at Clapham-park, Mrs. S. Kennard , daughter. On the 31st ult., Mrs. Horatio Tahourdin, of a daughle> MARRIED. On the 31st ult., at St. Martin's, Ludgate, R. M. Ditt r ,,., 4 . Esq., of Hull, to Jane Louisa, widow of the late J. Blow , o f On the 31st ult., at St. Pancras Church, J. W. H. E llii 'det Lincoln's-inn, M.A., barrister-at-law, to Emily, the * 1 daughter of T. C. Treslose, one of her Majesty's Counsel. te , On the 31st ult., a Marylebone Church, B. WhichO tio Esq., of Aswarby Hall, Lin co l ns hi re , t o H arr i et, re li c t of lite W. V. Surtees, Esq., of Bother House, Sussex. DIED. i t, On the 31st ult., Captain John Cros s l e y, l a t e o f the 1 Dragoon Guards. del is On the '2Bth inst., at Moor Hall, Essex, F ann y Ma r ia, el daughter of the late T. Perry, Esq. aged 15. Re /. On the 29th inst., at Thornby, Northamptonshire, the Nnthaniel Cotton, M.A., Rector mid Rural Dean ! g a e d 52. lirl . On the 21st ult., at Cadiz, .F ran k H a ll Standish, of Du% Hall, Lancashire, Esq. On the 28th ult., at Dayseldon, near Cranbrook, Miss Te b/' sister of Lady Astley, aged 17. On the 30th ult., W. R. Wickham, E sq ., o f F ox ley-re dr Kennington. _,..../ MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY. Lieut.-General—Sir W. H. Pringle, a GB. F., Lolld 3lajer-General—Hull, C. 8., E. I. C om p. Service, L o nd o " Colonel—Oglander, C. 8., at sea, off the coast of China. , Majors—Sir W. Dick, Bart., E. I. C omp . S erv. ; ditto; J. L Jones, ditto; Hart, ditto; Monke, ditto. Captains—Halkett, Colds. Gds., Toronto, Canada ; ' C ° L , P ,T r ' , 16 F. ; Nicolls 21 F., India; H. Ellison, 88 F., Bier; 1-1 " , riot, late o f It. Mar., Woolwich ; Hon. J a m es Stuart, (. 1416 "/ London; H. A. Sutherland, h. p. 10 F. ; Grterne, P" F. ; Caval:ace, h. p., Sicilian Regiment gai t Lieutenants—Jones, 16 F. ; J en ki ns , 44 F., K u rnaul, Indies; Fenwick, 61 F., D e ptf or d ; Fult on , 62 F., drow oel, at Moulmein; Elki ng t on , 62 F. ; W. D unne , 12 F., nal); Bottomley, h. p., 15 F.; Tuton, h. p., 3 Garr. Bn.; Offen, h. p., 7 Line Bn. Ger. Leg. 0 0 ' 2d Lieut. and Cornets—Fagg, k. p., 4 Dr. Gds. ; TJr P 4 Dr., Brighton ; W. Hagerty, h. p ., R. Mar. Paymasters— Strange, h. p., tit F., Mil. Knight of Willd sa; Sprakeling, h. p., Rec. Dist., Dover. Quartermasters—Holmes, h. p., 1 Dr. Gds. ; Shaw, h . B:F., Kilnap, near Cork. • FP Medical Department. —lnsp. Gen. of Hosp. J. Phillipsv f p. ; Dep. Insp. Gen. Dr. J. Cope, h. p.; Assist. Surg . ` Everard, 54 F., Dover ; Assist. Suig. M'Credie, Staff, dro p ' at Bermuda. Mem.—The death of Dr. Mostyn, late Surgeon of the 47 and now on half-pay, was erroneously inserted in the Ar' List for November last. QUA R TER L Y NAVAL OBITUARY. ~ 0 , Flag Officers—Admirals Sir H. W. Bavzstum, G.C.8. , rfg, Charles E. Fleeming, Sir Ross Donelly, K.C.B. ; miral Charles Tinling. Captains—Edward S. Baily, George Price, Henry . 14°° ' Right Hon. Lord Henry J. S. Churchill, William Hewer' , Commanders—Henry Carew, Walter Croker, George 1 - 3° ;, Stephen Norwood, ret., William Limbery, ret., Pia"' ret., David Ilorrie, ret., Robert A. \Vadham, ret. Lieutenants—llenry Hawes, Robert Dwyer, John Kee,":,. 11 :1 John Lindsay, William P. Furze, Thomas V. Cooke, Ri c " — F. King, Edward B. Penny, B. G. Le Mesurier. Masters—John Langdon, John Pyke. Surgeons—John Gardiner, William Shoveller, Thomas Ste•l' John Sinclair, M.D. 1,,, et Assistast-Surgeons—John Sinclair, M.D., E. H. Fred. J. Chapple. e t, P urser s—Peter Welsford, Archibald Murray, John P" r ;,), James Boyle, James Fuller, E. S. Austice, Lewis D. Vu. John D. Jones, Henry Johnson. ROYAL MARINEB. Captains Andrew Harriot, Roger S. Tinklar ; Ist Lie*.n wants Robert Alason, Archibald Dunlop, Charles T. H ock 2d Lieutenants Hollis B. Way, Robert Thaeke. of London : Printed and Published by MIIRDO YOU , ' `" , i is No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Stm t the county of Aliddlolos...Saturdiy, January, 2, 161111' i Loral D ay tern Intse l to an Cam Sout Cam Haul Fr an N. excel From N. Year Tb tio n 1 office rr, jesty , /eyin o'Clo tio;; Jat To b A/ Port, corn CI P e iri pri Asyli tetits A,;e . Prern T l , eased dow n from Di (li ma or v(, on parts ()N by .4 Th t ider(' bad 0 N 7 tta ISRI sth j; P I --__ NI I Tl~