The Sun. — London, England, 1842-01-17 00:00:00

THE MINISTERIAL /OR,Gr4I O I ON THE KING OF PRUSSIA.. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—The leading daily organ of the Ministry this morning contains an uncivil attack upon the King of Prussia; whose intended visit to this country is evidently viewed with jealousy and dislike. _ . Ought not this to , be sufficient for a hint to the Anti-Corn-law League or whomever it may concern, to take such measuresas upon counsel shall be found best adapted to the case, for issu ing a respectful Address to the Royal guest,, which whether it reach his eye directly or through the intervention of other eyes, shall constitute a Manifesto on the question of Free Trade as it involves the common interests of all nations and governments? Yours very sincerely, T. PERRONET THOMPSON-. Blackheath, Jan. 15, 1842. • • TRINIDA.D. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 5r s In looking to The Sun for light upon all sub jects of public interest, I have read your articles upon a recent publication by Mr. Barnley, of 'Trinidad, which I had found at one of my . clubs, and had hastily perused. Finding your a bbreviation of its contents somewhat dif ferent from my first impression, I have again referred to the work, and am convinced you have hardly given it full consideration I confess I doubt the propriety of adopting his suggestion about the " ransom ; ' but many of , hi s o bservations ani facts appear to me to prove that bad government is 'not confined to our home territory, but that the colonies have a most ample share. And surely.we ought to encourage free emigration to those countries in every way that is unobjectionable. We certainly do riot, as you allege, give the compensation money, and pass the Act of Emancipation, merely for the benefit of I the negroes ; but in the hope that it would prove a suc cessful measure, and an example to all slave-holding na tions. That the negroes in our own colonies have derived great advantage, and have conducted themselves in a praiseworthy manner, is clear ; yet it is equally evident that if the Southern States of America are to consider our example in the present stage of the experiment, they will find no reason to expect more than half crops by following it ; and such a prospect cannot ba very invit ing. It does seem possible to get free people from several parts of- Africa ; and, further, that we have as goOd land for them to cultivate as can be found any- where ; moreover, those who havd connexion with some of the colonies where captured Africans have been landed, are very positive in asserting that they have been immediately useful as steady labourers.—Yours truly, Jan. 14, 1842. A FRIEND OF FREEDOM. REDUCTION OF THE RURAL POLICE. NOTTINGHAM, JAN. 14, 1842.—A meeting of the Magistracy of the county of Nottingham was held at Southwell, fourteen miles from Notting ham, yesterday (Thursday), to consider upon the practicability of disbanding the Rural Police in the county. At a previous meeting, a Com mittee of sixteen Magistrates had been appointed to consider upon its working, and they met at Mansfield, when their decision was that it had not worked well, according to their expectations, but their Report was kept secret. The meeting at' Southwell was to consider of their Report, and inSpite of the dreadful inclemency of the weather, there was a large attendance of Magistrates. Among, those present were the following :—his Grace the Duke of . Newcastle, John Evelyn Denison, Esq., M.P., Henry Gaily Knight, Esq., M.P., and Colonel Wylde. The recommendations of the Committee at Mansfield were—That it was expedient to adopt a general system of police in the county, and that the present three of 1 chief constable, 8 superintendents, and 32 constables, be reduced to 16.eonstables,• eight of which number to be mounted, and to patrol the Petty Sessional dis tricts occupied by the eight on foot. After much discussion it was finally decided that the force be reduced to 1 chief constable, 3 superintendents, 5 sergeants, and 24 constables, all at less salaries. FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. The contract for the entrenchment and masonry of the Fort of Cbarenton, to be executed during the pre sent and two following years, has just been awarded to M. Gamier Larget, of the-Quai Valtny, at 2c. 10c. per cent. below the price fixed by the Minister of War. We learn from Limoges that the whole of that part of the country is covered with snow. The southern mails for that town, and particularly those from Nismes and Montpellier, were, on the 3d and 4th inzt., nearly 15 hours behind time, on account of the slippery state of the roads and the prevalence of dense fogs. According to a Toulon letter, in the Commerce, the cold there has been so intense that several convicts were killed by it while at work. During the last year 292,000 passengers were con.- veyed by the railroad between Amsterdam and Haar lem.. The total receipts, including luggage and mer chandixt-, were 136,698 florins or 336,7451. A grocer of the Rue St. Avoye, named Marteau, was yesterday fined 3,000 f. by the Correctional Tribu nal for having left open in his shop, in the keeping of his shop-boy, and not under lock and key, a certain quantity of Prussian blue, and for selling soma of it without entering in his books the name of the buyer. Petit and Dufour, who, in execution of the sentence of the Court of Peers, had been sent to Mont St. Michel, have been brought back to Paris in consequence of the late revelations of Quenisser, Co lombier, and Just Brazier. They arrived at the Pre fecture of Police on Monday night, and will be ex amined when two other of the convicts who have been sent for are come. A garde champetre of St. Maur, near Paris, went out two mornings ago with a friend of the same com mune to shoot thrushes, when by some unfortunate ac cident the trigger of the garde's gun was touched, and the t-hole charge was lodged in one mass in the loins of his companion, who lingered in great agony for four hours, and then expirel. The garde was so overcome with grief that he has nearly lost his reason. The wife of Baucheron was definitively brought to trial yesterday for robbing the woman Livet, with whom she lodged. The latter, who had been at length found, appcired in the Court and proved the _facts, stating that the prisoner had returned to her a few days after the theft, arid acknowledged it, but pleatied her poverty. The prisoner maintained that the things were pawned with the consent of L;vet, but the Court, discrediting ber statement, condemned her to eight months' impri sonmcnt. A person at Huez, in the Isere, being at the point of death, the Cure was called in to administer extreme unction. An assemblage of about 100 people attended to witness the soh musty in the chamber of the dying man, which was on the Ist floor, and several more re mained in a room below. From the weight upon it the floor of the sick chamber gave way, and tell with all in it to the ground. About 20 persons were severely in jured, of whom one died instantly, and eight are in im minent danger. The Cvre had only slight contusions, and the (I)ing man escaped unhurt. The Album of Arles, in the Bouches du Rhone, gives tho following instance of generous conduct A farmer, who had long held a large quantity of land under a distinguished family residing in a distant de partment, was completely ruined by the late inundations of the Rhone. His losses amounted to 33,0001., and his share of the indemnity was no more than 1 532 f. Of this the Receiver of land-tax claimed 1,500 f. as arrears due to the Got ernment, and 31f. were retained for the tax called personnel, so that one solitary franc alone was paid to the unfortunate farmer. The un happy man owed an arrear of 36,000 f. rent to his land lord, whose agent threatened to sue for the amount. As his only chance of escaping utter destitution, the farmer set out on foot to lay his case before his land lord, and accomplished the distance, which was no less than 130 leagues. The Count de C--, the landlord, received him with kindness, heard his melancholy t a l e with feeling, immediately released him from all the at-• rear of rent, cancelled his old lease, granted him another at a rednced rent, and on such advantageous terms that, in sic he may be said to have made his distressed te nant a present to the amount of upwards of 42,0001. The cf,f,•ct of joy produced by this great and unexpected liberality was so strong, that the object of it fell ill, and for some dais his life was considered in clanger." MA RYLEBON E VEST RY.—On Saturday, at the usual weekly meeting of the Vestry, it was agreed, on the motion of Mr. Gomm, that the poor in the work house should, on the day of the christening of the Prince of Wales, be treated to the same luxuries as on Christ mas-day. Mr. Joseph moved that the out-door poor, up wards of 6,000 in number, be also on that day of general rejoicing supplied with the means of festive enjoyment. The motion was opposed by Messrs. Gomm and Kirlyon on the ground of the want of precedent, but was eventu ally carried. It was also agreed; on the motion of Mr. Foster, that a holiday should, - on the happy occasion, be allowed to all the poor persons in the employ of the pa- Jish, without any deduction being made from their wages. Mr. Clapp then moved that all the poor-rate payers who had distress warrants in their houses for the non-pay ment of rates should be exempted from the payment of these rates. The motion was lost, Mr. Gibson having carried, by 17 to 11, a motion for proceeding to the next 1 tufness of the day. `Thirty-three tons of sugar, made from potatoes premises in pr . were lately seized in some -East, where more than in tw ce e St. George's-in-the Prince's-square, manufacture of that artiele, n w y hic m h en were at work in the is sold by the g rocers with a mixture of the East I ndia produce. All the men pretended extreme ignorance as to whom was their employer. A seizure has just been made of an illicit distil lery, on a large scale, carried on by one of the leadi ng wine and spirit merchants at the east end of the town ; it was fitted up in the most expensive style, the stills being upon .the French principle, made of iron, with copper linings, and there were 20 vats, each capable of holding 700 gallons, and about 20 tons of molasses in a state of reparation for distillation , and 9CO g allons of molasses' wasl It required 14 vans to remo v e all the article 6 t 9 bef t fajesty's stores. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, JAN. 14.—This being the first day of Hilary or Lent Term a congregation was holden for granting degrees, &c., when the following were conferred : MASTERS OF ARTS.- -Re Geo. Townsend Driffield, Fellow of Brasennose College ; Wm. Edward Buckley, Fellow of Brasennose College • Thos. Redhead Branfoot, of Trinity College ; Samuel Waldegrave, Fellow of All Souls' College ;''Albany James Christie, Fellow of Oriel College ; Henry Wm. Cripps, Fellow of New College. BACHELORS or ARTS.—Newenham Thomas Travers, of Lincoln College William Frederick Everset, of Magdalen Hall ; John Wm. Kirkham, of Jesus College. In consequence of Easter falling so early this year the members of most of the Colleges will meet to-morrow ; but Exeter, Lincoln, Balliol, university, Oriel, and Mag dalen Hall, meet on the 22d inst. CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 15.—The Lectures of the Norris sian Professor of Divinity will commence on Wednes day, Jan. 26. The theological prize at Queen's College, in this Uni versity, for the year 1841, open to those of 8.A., stand ing, has been awarded to the Rev. Joseph Ketley, 8.A., curate of St. Mark's, Kennington.--The subject, Rom. 1, 16. Charles Cardale Babington, Esq., M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S., of St. John's College, is announced as a candidate for the Chair of Botany at King's College, London, vacant by the death of Professor Don, Dr. Leman and Mr. Kippist are both announced as candidates for the situation of librarian of the Linuaaan Society, also held by the former. ✓ The Rev. William Godfrey,• M.A., of St• John's Col lege, has been presented by the Dean and Chapter of Worcester to the rectory of Bredicot, Worcestershire. The Rev. James Stoushton Money, RA., of Emma nuel College, in this University, has been appointed to the curacy of Alderley, Gloucestershire. The Rev. E. B. Field, LL.B., of Sidney Sussex Col lege, in this University, has been preferred to the in cumbency of the Episcopal Church, Dunfermline, N.B. RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums received on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer chandize : Week Miles Total. Name of Railway. ended Opened. £. s. d. .. Birmingham & Derby Junct 384 No returns Jan. 7 Birmingham and Gloucester 55 1,363 5 8 2 Brandling Junction 25 729 1 7 8 Chester and Birkenhead .. .. Dundee and Arbroath 9 Eastern Counties 8 Glasgow and Ayr .. 8 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 224 785 6 10 I Grand Junet., Chester &Crewe 1031 6,559 13 5 ... Great North of England 45 No returns 9 Great Western 8 Hull and Selby .. 8 Lancaster & Preston Junction 20i 440 2 11 7 Liverpool and Manchester 3l 4,090 2 1 8 London and Birmingham 1124 11,988 4 6 13 London and Blackwall 8 London and Brighton 8 Ditto Shoreham Branch 11 London and Croydon lO4 257 14 6 13 London and Greenwich 3l 751 11 3 8 London and South Western 7 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10 701 3 104 10 Manchester & Birmingham 8 Manchester and Leeds 8 Midland Counties ... 57 2,064 l 2 6 ... Newcastle and Carlisle ...... 9 Northern and Eastern 8 North Midland 7 North Union R Preston and Wyre 'lO Sheffield and Manchester 7 207 18 5 9 Ulster 8 York and North Midland 23 1,208 11 6 SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM. THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. STANDARD.—The day of election fora Profes sor of Poetry has been definitively fixed for Thursday, the 27th inst. The polling will commence at ten o'clock in the morning, and will continue throughout the day. It was originally understood that the election would have taken place on the 26th ; but it has since been decided that the day should be altered to the 27th, and a formal notice has been issued to that effect. We have already written and published much on the great question to be tried, but we could not with a safe conscience relax in a case in which we firmly believe the clergy of England and the University of Oxford to be upon their trial. The election, we are informed by a correspondent, must, according to usage, be made in a manner to preclude the identifica tion of voters. Much as men ought to dislike secrecy in any public act, the appeal to the Ballot in the present case is so far fortunate, as it obviates the main objec tion offered to a contest, namely, that it would place friends in manifest opposition. For our own part, we have no tenderness for friendship in such n.attcrs. It a friend pervers, ly or stupidly takes a line which we believe to be sinful, we regard the temporal inconvenience to which he may expose himself by such conduct as kind and wholesome chastisement, necessary to bring him to a sense of his sin, and which, therefore, it would not be the part of friendship to divert. On the other hand. men ought not to be ashamed to act right, who ever may act wrong. But be this as it may, ajection on personal grounds is removed by the form of the election. Much, however, has been said, and by men entitled to all respect, of the evil of any contest; however carried on ; but one consideration seems to be lost sight of by such as hold that a con test can be avoided. The public, including the vsbole body of laymen in the Church, have a right to know tho opinions of their religious teachers, and the bias of the University at which their chil dren are to be educated ; and these they can now learn in no other way than by a clear, unequivocal de cision of the question now in issue. If Mr. Williams and his friends beat a charnade—we care not under what pretest, because we know thorn wed enough to know that nothing but a certainty of ignominious defeat will cause them to retire—if Mr. Williams and his friends withdraw, or if they be signally defeated, as we trust they wi'l be, upon a poll, the clergy of the Uni versity will preserve that glorious character which has been theirs for centuries. But (we will imagine no thing so terrible as a 'l'ractarian triumph) a compro mise would be utterly fatal. The character of the clergy and of the University is, we repeat it, the pro perty of the country—a property which many 'of us look upon as the most precious of all our national possessions ; but this character has been aspersed by sectarian enemies. Oxford is, we will, not say sus pected, but accused, of favouring the Romanist schism. The accusation was brought openly in the House of Commons, and boldly repelled as far as it could be by the testimony of individua:s ; but now Oxford is callsd upon to render her own testimony in reply to this accu sation, and silence on her part will amount to a plea of guilty, and to a disavowalof her Parliamentary defenders. GLOBE.—In all the interminable discussions to which the subject of the Corn-laws has given rise, it has been customary for the friends of the present system to maintain, that if provisions would be purchasable for less money, through a reduction of the taxes on food, there .would be a corresponding, or even a greater diminution-in the wages of those classes to whom the dearness of provisions is now the cause of so much misery. Without now entering into the merits of the question whether an alteration in the Corn-laws would have the effect of diminishing the income of a manufacturing operative so muc h' as to leave him as badly off as he is at present—a conclusion that has been over 'and over again %hewn to be absurd—we may a-k the advocates of dear living whether there is not in this country a frightful amount of distress among in dividuals whose scanty earnings could not be injuriously affected by the proposed measure for making bread cheap ; and who, while they gained as much or more than they can do now, would be enab'ed to obtain a much , larger quantity of food for the same amount of money ? The ingenious disputants who deal with no thing less lofty than commerce and agriculture, the ma nufacturing, the trading, or the landed interests, with the statistics relating to eacb, as the only worthy subjects of their elaborate -and sometimes rather mystical essays on political- economy, would feel it to be an affront to their dignity were we to begin to talk to them about washerwomen; watermen, cab-drivers, charwomen, and those industrious individuals by whom mangling and ironing are done, or messages and parcels carefully de livered ; but we can assure those gentlemen who de clare that cheap food will profit nobody, that if they would only walk into the humble apartments of the thousands of individuals belonging to the elaSses we have 'named, it would be found that in - many cases wretchedness might be relieved, in all comfort increased, and in none earnings diminished, by a reduction in the cost of the necessary articles of nouritment. COURIEIL—The system of fraud, falsehood, and murderous excitement against the higher and more respectable orders and leading interests of the empire, unrelentingly pursued by the boisterous and disreput able chiefs of the Anti• Corn League, and the venal press at their command, not less fbul mouthed than themselves, has had the natural effirt of bringing a bad cause into such utter contempt that not an Anti-Corn-law meeting has taken place for some time past which has not proved a miserable failure, so that now by common consent all such gatherings are ranged in the category of farces unworthy of the slightest notice. From tumultuary assemblages, formidable in some respects as the engines for an unprincipled faction to work with, they have dwindled indeed into hole and corner conclaves, of whose wherefores and whereabouts nothing would ever be heard but for reports drawn up, or reporters subsidied by themselves, with which, in default of better matter, or any decent matter at all, Whig-Radical journals are con tent to cram their pages in the dull and pacific times of a Conservative Government. To this happy dearth of ex citing news we owe, as may be supposed, the report of the sayings and doings of an Anti-Corn-law conference lately held in Edinburgh for the special exhibition of some of those Reverend, but not revered, humanity pre tenders, who now seem all holy fire and fluster about the sufferings of the poor, although when their pious aid and consolation was sought in the hour of utmost need, and in behalf of the infant as well as the adult poor, victims of factory iniqui ties of the deepest dye, during all the dismal night of anguish and suffering which preceded the Fac tory Bill, these mercenary shepherds were found blind and deaf to the cries and tortures of an in nocent flock, among whom the wolf was left to indulge his ravenous appetite unchecked. Alas ! for the miserable flock ; they have neither the potier to pay, nor to withhold clerical gifts and salaries, whilst their enemy, the wolf, is quite a la hauteur de sa position, and understands how to work - all the springs of the voluntary system to his own special use and carnage. The same wolf which silenced the clerical sympathies of the voluntary school in behalf of the factory child and the Factory Bill, now sounds loud the blast of war against the agricultural poor, and lo ! " black spirits and grey," - with " drum ecclesiastic" and "eager for the fray," are up and 'stirring in town and village, exciting one class of the people to the de struction of another class, and preaching the abominable doctrine that only by the annihilation of the agricultural population can the manufacturing operatives hope to achieve their daily bread. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. POST.—The turn which took place in the home funds led to an iniprovement, upon thA general principle, in the Foreign Stocks also. Spanish was an exception, the Active Bonds having suddenly, and without any very well understood cause; receded from 254 to 241, and closed at from that price _to -I. The rumours on the subject are various. It was said, in the first place, among other things, that M. Salvandy had actually left Madrid; in the second, which is a more serious matter, so far as the bondholders are concerned, that the bills purchased for the payment of the two promised Three per Cent. dividends are prOteited. We confess, however, that we do not think such a thing at all likely; for, of the amount required, 175,0001. was advanced by the Bank of San Fernando, 'an establishment equal, in point of solidity, to almost any hank in Europe; and, besides, it does not appear to - be at all certain that the two commissioners charged with this money have reached London. There was yet a third report current; to this we are inclined to give far more credence than to any other. Monday will be settling-day, and it is said that what are called the " small fry" are all bull;, few of whom, if any, will 'be able to take in stock. The enormous deficiency in the Budget presented by the Minister of Finances to the certes' may very probably have contributed, in a greater or IeSS extent, to, the depression of the market. TIMES.-4t is stated in the Madrid letters of the 4th inSt., - which arrived this morning, that the house which furnished' certain bills to the Spanish Government for remittance' to London, and which were protested for non-acceptance by Messrs. Gower and Co., has drawn other bills for the same account, and to a large amount, which have also been protested, and hence the difficulty will be much increased in which the Government w ill be placed, in providing for this unforeseen contin gency, and in meeting the claims here on behalf . of the British LegiOn. lt appears that the 7th of March, and not the 3d, is the day on which the first protested bills fall due, before which time there was still a hope that i e n v e l‘ r i y a t d h r i i n d g s u m p a p y l y b i n e g s t a k t ies requisitefactoril y f a u d n j d u s s t for e d by ma k t negh goodous e all these engagements. RAILROAD TO DUBLIN.—The requisition agreed to at the preliminary meeting held last Wednes day, at the office of Messrs. Foot and Fitzsimons on the South Mall, we are glad to learn is making progress. Tile requisition for calling a general meeting has already received the names of _Lords Bandon, Mountcashel, Bernard, and Doneraile, of nearly eighty Magistrates, and of a large body of the gentry of the county and city. This, however, was but to be expected, for an object in which all are interested should by all be taken up. .The meeting is intended to be held on the 20th inst. .=—COrk BepOrter. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY. Jan. 15. The Lord Chancellor sat in his Court at Westminster to-day. WARD V. ALSAGER. The arguments in this case which have already occu pied the Court two days, were resumed to-day, and had not concluded when the Court rose. ROLLS' COURT, Jan. 15. LANGTON V. HORTON. This case was partly heard last term. The facts were these :—The plaintiff assigned to the defendant a certain 'ship or Whaler, and in the deed of assignment all the boats, sails, masts, oars, and appurtenances, were con veyed to the defendant. At the time of the con veyance the ship was out on her voyage in the South Seas, and some months afterwards arrived at Milford Haven. She arrived with an ordinary cargo of oil, &c,. and the defendant claimed and took possession of the whole of the cargo and- fishing apparatus, alleging that the deed of assignment gave him a title thereto, as the cargo and stores were comprised under the word appur tenances. The plaintiff then instituted the present suit, for the purpose.of restraining the defendant. Ml'. PEMBERTON was heard for the plaintiff, and Mr. TURNER for the defendant. The case occupied the whole of yesterday afternoon and this morning. His LORDSHIP said he would reserve his judgment. It appeared to him, that, previous to the arrival of the ship, the defendant had treated the assignment as a kind of mortgage ; if so, there could be no question between the parties. He would, however, take the case into conside ration at an early period. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, Jan. 14. (Before Vice-Chancellor BRUCE.) JONES V. HUGHES. • Mr. WAKEFIELD moved for an injunction to restrain the defendant from going on with an action of eject ment upon the merits confessed in his answer. The de fendant Hughes having been indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of three guineas, an action %vas brought to re cover that amount, and the result was that execution was issued to compel payment of the debt, which had increased, with the costs, to the sum of 551. 9s. 4d. The sale took place on the 26th of April, 1839. It com prised the lease of a house and some stables attached to it, and some furniture belonging to the defendant, which realised altogether 184/. The balance was, after the sale paid to Hughes by the Sheriff's, officer. The purchaser neglected to obtain from the Sheriff the usual assignment of the lease. Hughes alleged that more was sold than was necessary to discharge the debt; that there, was no necessity for selling the whole of the property, and that he had suffered great injury by the course which had been pursued. , He also alleged, that the sale was advertised for, and took place at ten o'clock in the morning, in spite of his remonstrance to the contrary, and that the property had, in consequence, been sold to a great disadvantage ; that early on the morning of the day appointed for the sale he had remonstrated, and stated that he was ready and willing, if the sale was de layed till a reasonable period of the day, to pay the 551.; without a sale, but no attention was paid to his offer. The who!e question at the bar turned upon the technical proceedings subsequent to the sale. The bill prayed that it might be declared that the plaintiff, as the purchaser of the property, was entitled to the full benefit of the lease. The case was not concluded when the Court rose. JANUARY 15. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) W OOLWICH-FRIDAY. Major Vicar's company of the Royal Sappers and Miners have also received orders to embark on Monday in the Rhadamanthus for conveyance to Corfu. The Rhadamanthus is a first-class steam-frigate, with ample accommodation for carrying a considerable number of troops. She has recently undergone a thorough repair, and now carries guns of large calibre, with percussion locks. Above her paddle-wheels, Captain Smith's newly invented boats have been placed, and she has altogether a very excellent and complete appearance. The non-commissioned officers and men recommended to be pensioned were discharged yesterday. SUDDEN DEATU.—Yesterday, about twelve o'clook at noon, an aged person, named Ashton, formerly a master stonemason and bricklayer in that department of her Majesty's bock-yard, Woolwich, but recently living on his superannnation allowance, went into the shop of Mr. Raven, a respectable bootmaker in Woolwich, and while in the act of asking Mr. Raven how he was, dropped down dead upon a chair, on which he was about to take a seat near the fire. 141..0 9' U'S SHIPPING LONDON, JAN. 14.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. MARGATE, JAN. 14.-011 port, Mary, and Queen, St. John's, New Brunswick. DEAL, JAN. 14.—Wind, S.W.—Arrd. William Gales. Cheesman, Calcutta ; Midas, westward. Arrd. from the River, Hannah, Grayson, Rio Janeiro.. DovER, JAN. 14.—Arrd. off, Symmetry, Calcutta.; Hibernia, Park( r, and Juliana, Barker, Mauritius. The Regent, Baker, Havre to Newcastle, came ashore this morning on the Rocks at Felkstone, but was assisted off, with loss of rudder and damage, and brought into the harbour. The Mary Boughton, Bray, frinn N. Bed ford to Amsterdam, has put in here with loss of figure head, bowsprit, &c., hairing been in contact with a French fishing lugger, which is supposed to have sunk ; crew saved. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 14.—Wind N.W. to E.—Arrd. Westminster, Moore, New York. The Armena, Hunter, Southampton to Stmderland, got ashore yesterday morning near Sanddownfort and bilged, and has been abandoned by the crew. The Dibdin, Mant, Jersey to London, was totally wrecked last night on Black Rock, Isle of Wight—crew drowned, LIVERPOOL, JAN. 13.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Wether all, tall, Singapore; Argyle, Rattray, Bombay; Charles le Grand, Buenos .Ayres ; Bolton Abbey, Quebec ; De vorna, Leghorn. Sid. Brilliant, Demerara • Eliza Kel lick, Demerara ; Hope, . Trinidad ; Lucunda, New Or leans ; Nonanttun, Boston ; Roscius, New York ; Patri eins, Bay Chaleur ; Castrian, Africa; Robina, Leghorn; Clio, Regnijada. SOUTHAMPTON, 'Tax. 14.—S1d. Dee steamer, Barbadoes. OFF SALCOMBE, JAN. 11.—Urania, Kranderdaff, Isle Oriery ; Strumple, Batavia ; Rose Johann, Hunnbard, and Admiral Humstock, Shumpleer, Java; Carl, Kudler, and Louise, Urtenson, Rio. OFF DARTMOUTH, JAN. 14.—Oak, London, with loss of bowsprit, &c. ; assistance has been sent to tow her in. FALmourru, JAN. 12.—Wind S. to S.S.E., fresh.-13. S.E. to N.W., strong breezes.—Arrd. Reindeer, Odessa. SCILLY, PREVIOUS TO JAN. 11.—Arrd. Crusader, Cal cutta, with loss of sails; Helen Thompson, and Elizabeth, do. ; Hirondelle, Buenos Ayres for Rotterdam ; Pursuit, Dublin for Rye, leaky, and must discharge. Arrd. off, previous to 7.---!Kortenaar, and Columbus, Batavia. SWANSEA, JAN. 13.—The Sarah, from Harwich to Bristol, and the Instow, from Newport to Barnstaple, were driven ashore at the back of the west pier this morning, during a strong gale at S.S.E. ,• crews saved; both vessels are scuttled, but expected to be got off with much damage. CORK, JAN. 12.—Arrd. Betsy Black, Jones, Buenos Ayres; Margaret Ogilby, Leeds, St. Domingo; Carena, Odessa. SUNDERLAND, JAW. 13.—The William, Hall, of this port, and the Thomas Gales, of Hartlepool, are ashore, damage not yet ascertained; the Fornacres, of this port, lost bowsprit and foremast in entering the harbour to-day. LOWESTOFFE, JAN. 14.—The Tyne, Pearson. ashore at the back of the pier, has fallen over and is full of water, most of the stores saved. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.-The Royal William, Bangor to New Orleans, 27th ult., lat. 41, lon. 14; George, from Hamburgh, 30th ult., lat. 42, lon. 13 ; Garland, from Li verpool, 31st ult., lat. 42, lon. 13 ; Harriet, London to Mauritius, 31st ult. ; Charlotte, from Hamburgh, Ist inst. ; Noriahal, London for South Seas, Gth instant, lat. L 46, lon. 10 ; Peter Florise, 7th inst., lat. 47, lon. 11, by the Carena, arrived at Cork. Constitution, of Bremen, lat. 48, lon. 17, by the Margaret Ogilby, arrived at Cork. Royal Albert, Calcutta to London, Oct. 18, lat. 22, lon. 66 E., master sick, by . the Columbus, arrived off Scilly. Francis Burns, Mauritius to , Liverpool, Nov. 30, lat. 11 S., lon.lo W. ; a ship No. 7,523, lat. I N., lon. 20 ; Jane, London to Constantinople, lat. 49, lon. 5, by the St. Criery, arrived off Salcombe. Henry Davidson, London to Bombay, 9th inst., lat. 47, lon. 8, by the Royalist, ar rived at Plymouth. Prince of Waterloo; Nov. 10, lat. 34 S., lon. 17 E., all well, by the William Gales, arrived in the River. Harmonic, bound to Amsterdam, 29th ult., lat. 47, lon. 21, by the Louis XIV., arrived at Havre. Hamburgh ship, No. 80, 16th ult., lat. 10 N., lon. 18 W., by the Rosalind, arrived in Margate Roads. Marmon, of New York, for Havre, lat. 48, lon. 17, by the Betsy Black, arrived at Cork. Token, Chalmers, London to Bombay, by the True Briton, arrived at the Cape. Bra kenmoor, London for Port Philip. Sept. 23, lat. 3 S.; ion. 26 W. ; Allan Kerr, Clyde to Port Philip, Oct. 14, lat. 34 S., ion. 18 W., by the Cape packet, arrived at the Cane. Thetis, Cork to Port Philip, 7th ult., lat. 2 N., ion. 22 W. ; Reward, Liverpool to Calcut ta, Au g . 29, lat. 16 N., lon. 26 W. • Comet, Cork to Sydney , N ew South Wales, Sept. 11, fat. 3 N., lon. 14 W., by the Su saiumh Collings, arrived at the Cape. Freedom, Jersey to Rio, 30th ult., lat. 43, lon. 10, by the Prima Donna; arrived in the River. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals.-William Gales, Cheeseman, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed Aug. 13, St. Helena Nov. 26 Symmetry, Watson, from Bengal, off Dover, sailed July 6 ; Juliana, - Parker, from Mauritius, off Dover, sailed Oct. 3 ; Elizabeth, Hamlin, from Bengal, off Scilly, sailed Aug. 9, St. Helena Nov. 23 ; Kortenaar, Martens, from Batavia, off Scilly, sailed Sept. 26, St. Helena Nov. 25 ; Urania, Vander Drift, from Batavia, off Salcombe ; Staatsraad Band, Teepe, from Batavia, off Dover, sailed Oct. 6, St. Helena Nov. 27 ; Maria Susanna, Hendrika Berghuis, from Batavia, off Dover, sailed Sept. 26. Arrivals at St. Helena. - Pioneer, Barjol e, Nov. 25, from Bourbon, and sailed 26 to Nantes ; Louisa, Che vaux, 26, from Bourbon, and sailed to Nantes. Arrivals at Port Nicholson. - Amelia, Thompson, Aug. 1, from Plymouth ; Will Watch, Walker, from London. At Coromandel Harbour-Albatross Yacht, from Van Diemen's Land. Pru.A.u, JAN. 7.-The Newburgh, Laurence, from Konigsberg to this port and London, which was in the Ice of Balga, has been assisted in here, and is taking in the remainder of her cargo. --- During the ifhst year 292,000 passengers were conveyed by the railroad between Amsterdam and Haar lem. The total receipts, including luggage and mer chandise, were 136,698 florins (or 336,746 THE CORPORATION OF DARTMOUTH V. ELOLESWORTH, In this case a bill was filed by the Corporation of Dartmouth against the defendant, Arthur Howe Holes worth, and the object of the suit was that the plaintiffs might be relieved from the payment of a certain bond by having it delivered up to be cancelled, and that an in junction might be obtained to restrain proceedings at law upon that bond. Mr. GIRDLESTONE, who opened the case for the plaintiffs, said that the bond in question was dated May 22, 1833, and had been given to the defendant under the common seal of the Corporation, for the purpose of se curing to him the payment of the sum of 1,2491. Bs. 9d. with interest. That sum was the amount of costs of certain legal proceedings which had been paid by the defendant ; and these proceedings were taken on a quo warranto instituted by the Attorney-General against the defendant and others formerly members of the Cor poration of Dartmouth. The Corporation consisted previously to the passing of the Municipal Corporations Act of a certain number of aldermen, two bailiffs, and and an indefinite number of freemen, the governing body being composed of a Mayor and Councillors, amounting altogether to twelve. The first charter constituting the Corporation was of the 3d Edward 111., in the year 1340 ; and by an Act, of .James 1., the Mayor and twelve burgesses were empowered to make by-laws bind ing on the whole body. By a by-law passed in the month of September; 1706, it was enacted that no act of the Corporation should be legal unless the major part of the governing body should be present, and unless ten days' notice should have been given that a meeting of the body was to be held, .In the year 1829 a gentleman of the name of Whitney . was exercising the office of Mayor of the borough, and_the defendant was at that time one of the aldermen. The defendant was a gentleman of great influence in the borough, in which he possessed considerable property, and which, previous to the passing of the Reform Act, he had for several years represented in Parliament. The defendant, at the time in question, also exercised a paramount influence in the nomination of the members of the Corporation. It occurred to cer tain burgesses and inhabitants of the borough that this influence had been illegally assumed, and as improperly exercised ; and a rule nisi was obtained in Michaelmas term 1829 by the Attorney-General at the relation of those parties, calling on Mr. Whitney, the Mayor, to show cause why an information of quo warranto should not be issued, calling upon him to show by what autho rity he exercised his office. In Hilary term 1830 that rule was argued and the rule was made absolute. It ap peared that' Mr. Whitney not liking to undertake the defence of those proceedings, Mr. Holesworth under ' took the defence for him ; and accordingly Mr. Holes worth authorised Mr. Robert Priddeaux, his private so licitor and the Town-clerk of the Corporation, to con duct the proceedings on his behalf. The rule having been made absolute, fifteen informations were filed against the Mayor and other individuals, two of whom, of the name of Newman and Rennels, were at the time burgesses, but not aldermen. The defendant Holesworth, who was an alderman, was also one of the parties. The defendant undertook the defence to these proceedings, Samuel Priddeaux, who had succeeded to the office of Robert Priddeaux, deceased, acting as his solicitor. In Trinity Term, 1830, judgment was given with costs against the Mayor, Whitney, upon the information filed against him. It appeared that on the 11th June, 1830, there had been a meeting held by some members of the Corporation, and a memorandum was signed at that meeting by Mr. Whitney, the Mayor, by Thomas Newman, Henry Holesworth, Joseph Parke, Edward Brooking, Robert Holesworth, and Frank Rennels, who were all among the individuals against whom the infor mations had been filed. That memorandum was to the effect, that the defence to the informations should be left to the defendant. It appeared, however, to the parties on further inquiry, that no defence could be set up against the informations; and the consequence was that, after the defence had been proceeded with to a certain point, disclaimers were instituted upon all the informations then pending, and the result was, that judgment with costs was given against the defendant. The costs amounted to the sum of 1,2491. Bs. 9d., and those costs were paid by Mr. Holesworth. No claim had been made upon the Corporation for the payment of that sum, either by Mr. Holesworth or by his solicitor, until the month of April, 1833, although there had in the meantime been many dealings between the Corporation and the defendant. In the month of April, 1833, however, Mr. Holesworth made out a bill of costs for the amount of the expenses of the legal proceedings ; and that bill was forwarded, on the 15th of that month, to the then Mayor, Mr. Strong. On the same day a meeting of the Corporation was held, at which there were but five mem bers present, together with the defendant, who assisted there as Recorder, at which the claims of Mr. Holes worth were discussed, and a resolution was passed that the subject should be taken again into considera tion at an adjourned meeting. Mr. Harkstone, however, one of the aldermen present, refused to sign that resolution, so that it hnd only the signatures of the Mayor, and of three other individuals, who were among the parties against whom the informa tions had been filed. On the 22d of April a meeting was held, at which two gentlemen, of the names of Codner and Harris, were created aldermen; and on the 16th of May, 1833, another meeting was held at which eight aldermen assisted. At that meeting a resolution was passed to the effect that the town seal should be af fixed to a bond, for the purpose of securing to Mr. Holes worth the amount of the legal expenses he had incurred. It appeared, however, that Messrs. Codner and Harris, two of the gentlemen present, had refused at first to sign the resolution ; but their scruples were remoi ed by certain representations made to them, but which it was contended were false. They were told among other things that Counsel had been consulted, who declared the legality of Mr. HOlesworth's claim, although there was no evidence that that representation was true. The te e nr amount pnratinn of for th its payment ; to that action Municipal Corpo ra ti on A ct wa s subsequently passed, and the conseque nce was t h at t h e new Corporation refused to pay s t h the brought an act i on b e f ore t h e Court of Queen's Bench again three ple as h a d b een put i n . Those pleas were over ruled by th e 'C ourt , an d t h e question at common law was therefore dispo s ed of. But the Corporat i on cam e b e f o r e this Court on th e i r equ itable claim. It was contended e bond. Mr. Holesworth At the meetin g a t w hi c h the bond had been granted it had that they h a d no r i g ht to pay the amount of the bond. been represent e d th a t th e su m was a debt owi ng by the Cor poration to Mr. Holesworth, that the expense had been in curred at the request of the Corporation, and that Counsel had been consulted as to the legality of the claim. These re presentations, however, were false ; and the members who empowered Mr. Holesworth to conduct the legal proceedings had not acted as a corporate body, and a sufficient number of the Corporation had not been pre sent at the proceedings. The plaintiff was not, therefore, entitled in equity to the payment of the bond. Mr. W AKEFIELD having argued at some length against tfhenedaapnptlitchaetisounmunhae had de to Court , tehxepended,and which h a d b een on the ground th a t there we re no equitable groun d s for refusing t o th e de insured to hi m b y the bond, the further hearing of the case was postponed till Monday (Before , Vice-Char cellor BnycE.) His Hon our did not sit to-day, in consequence of a Privy Council at Windsor. COURT OF QUEEN'S' BENCH, Jan. 14. , THE QUEEN V. TIIE VISITING JUSTICES OF THE lIANWELL LUNATIC A sYLUItt. [Our Rep or t er was in error in stating in our M orn i ng Edition of Sat ur d ay th a t'the Court would take time to consider its judgment: elettr Ophlicat that this rule The COURT exp re d a must be disehirged." The -app.Reant appeared here to dispute the Power of the Visiting Justices either to ap point or dismiss the chaplain, Yet it was clear that unless those Justices possessed the power to appoint, the applicant had no right at all to come into Court with this application, for, as he could not be removed from an office to which he had not been appointed, his Com plaint that he was illegally removed implied that he had been lawfully appointed. If, then, he was the chaplain of the asylum, the question arose whether the Justices who had appointed had power to remove him. There seemed no reason to doubt that they had such a power. The 30th and 32d sections of the 9th George IV., cap. 40, must be read together, and then it was' clear that they gave the Justices the power to appoint the chaplain, to regulate his duties, and to remove him if they saw occasion to do so. It was true that this power was not s• clearly expressed in this act as in the Goal Act, because, in order to make it out, two distinct sec tions required to be read together ; but there might be good reasons for making some difference between the two cases. The Gaol Act gave in express terms the power "of removal, but then it restricted the exercise of that power to certain specified cases. There was no such re striction here, and could not be, for in some cases the very approach to the performance of religious duties might increase the malady of the patient, and it was therefore absolutely - necessary that the discharge of the chaplain's duty should be left more in the discretion of the Visiting Justices, acting . on the advice of the physi cian, than could be done in the case of persons who, though criminal, were in a sound state of mind, and to whom, therefore, the administration of religious instruc tion must at all times be beneficial. The Justices had therefore, in both cases, the appointment and the re moralspif the chaplain in their hands, and the Court now was not ealled on to decide whether they had rightly ex ercised iike discretion vested in them. The rule must, therefore, be discharged. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL asked that it might be dis charged with costs. The COURT, in pursuance of the general rule, which ordered that rules against Justices, if discharged, should be discharged with costs, ordered it to be so. JANUARY 15 THE QUEEN V. THE VESTRYMEN OF THE PARISH OF MARYLEBONE. - In, this case a rule had been obtained, calling upon the Vestrymen of the parish of Marylebone, to show cause Why a writ of mandamus should not issue directed to them, and commanding them to invest the surplus of any sums remaining in their hands, and derived from pew rents and burial fees, after defraying the expenses of the erection of the district church, and the other necessary expenses, stipend, salary, and repairs thereof. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was now heard against the rule, and proceeded at some length to com ment upon the construction of the various clauses of the local Act under which the application was made. The Learned Counsel contended that there was nothing in tho Act which authorised the making the account of the receipts and expenditure an annual one, nor was there anything in the form of the writ of mandamus as applied for, which would render it imperative upon the defendants to make the return in the form of an annual account. The accounts had been made up to the present time, and the entire sum which remained over, after de Fraying all the necessary charges and expenses, was only 168/. Having entered into a statement of the receipts and expenditure for several years past, the Learned Counsel submitted that the rule ought to be discharged. Mr. BUTT, in the absence of Mr. Prendergast, was heard in support of the rule, and The COURT said, that although some of the points were pretty clear, it would be, perhaps, better to pronounce no opinion until they had looked into the entire case. Judgment deferred. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jan. 15. WAKELING V. DEWEY. This was an action of trover, to recover a ticket in teribed with the name of " Van Amburg;" it. was tried in July, before Lord Abinger, when the Jury found a verdict for the , plaintiff, damages 75/ A rule for re ducing the verdict to nominal damages was ob tained last term, and cause was shown to-day. The Learned Judge read over his notes of the trial, from which it appeared that the plaintiff was a draper in the employ of Messrs. Sewell and Cross. He was in the habit of frequenting the public-house kept by the de fendant, at which an Epsom Derby Club was established. He became a subscriber, and was fortunate enough to draw Van Anibnrg, and got a ticket inscribed with that name. Being short of money he borrowed the sum of ,Sl. of the defendant, upon the security of his ticket. The defendant afterwards allecred that he had bought the ticket for the 51.; in some-of!the discussions upon the matter, he offered the plaintiff 40g. for it, but it was refused, and it was, sworn to be worth 801. As he could not obtain redress of any kind, he brought his action, and the Jury gave him the sworn value of the ticket. This morning after his Lordship had read over his notes, he said it was unnecessary for Mr. Thesiger to ad dress the Court, as they were of opinion that as no evi cence was given at the trial of the manner in which the drawing took place, they could not infer that it was done illegally. - Mr. Crumpton and Mr. Hill, in support of the rule, contended that the ticket was of no value except through an illegal betting upon a horse-race—that as nothing could be recovered - on it through the law, it was worth no more than its intrinsic value, which was a farthing. Lord ABINGER—Why not give it up then ? Mr. CRUMPTON did not know. He stood on the legal view of the case. • The COURT said th©y were not prepared to say that this was an illegal transaction. They could not upon mere suspicion invalidate the verdict of a Jury. The onus probandi was upon the defendant; he ought to have put in the Rules of the Club, and failing that, the rule must be discharged.—Rule discharged. BAIL COURT Jan Mr. Justice WILLIAMS having disposed of a few mo tions of a purely technical nature, in the early part of the morning, sat afterwards at Nisi Prins, with a Middlesex Common Jury. RIGGE AND WIFE V. MILBOURNE. This case which was partly heard yesterday, was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover a balance of account with interest, amounting to 1991., alleged to be due from the defendant. It appeared that the wife of the plaintiff and the wife of the defendant are sisters. That defendant was married first, and had borrowed the sum of 3601. from Mrs. Rigge before her marriage, por tions of Which he had from time to time subsequently repaid, leaving the amount of 1971. Bs. 4d. unpaid. The defendant pleaded a set off; and in the course of the defence went into the details of various family quarrels. It was apparent throughout the case that there was a great deal of ill-blood between the parties. Mr. Justice WILLIAms, in summing up, animadverted upon the time of the Court having been wasted by going into the circumstances of the family quarrels, which had nothing to do with the case. The Jury, without hesitation, found for the plaintiff for 1991. WEADON V. LORD HIINTINGTOWER. This was an action on a bill of exchange for 1,0001. accepted by the Noble Defendant; which had become due, and had been dishonoured. The defendant pleaded that he had never accepted the bill. Mr. Hiooprs, for the plaintiff, called Mr. Ford, a solicitor, who had frequently seen Lord Huntingtower write, and who swore distinctly that the aceptance was in the handwriting of the Noble Lord. __ _ The Jury immediately returned a 'rerdict for the plaintiff for the amount of the bill, with interest. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Jai. 15. IN THE /HATTER OF JOHN HILLINO. Pursuant to an order made by the Court in this case (which was reported in The Sun of Thursday, Mr. Mor rell, the insolvent's attorney, attended, when the Learned Commissioner strongly reprehended the practice of soli citors committing the conduct of cases to incompetent and disreputable persons, and said it was the determina tion of him and his colleagues, in all cases where it was possible to enforce the personal attendance of the sf li eitors themselves. In the present instance, no further remarks should be passed until a full Court was sitting. IN RE WETHERINGTON. The insolvent, who was desct:ibed as Of 124, Crawford street, Maryl9bone, applied to be discharged on bail. Mr. WOODROFFE opposed the application, on the ground that of the persons offering themselves as bail one was the insolvent's brother-in-law, who first put him in prison, and the other was his brother, who was now in possession of his house and furniture. Mr. Commissioner BOWEN thought it was most pre • posterous for a person to put a man in prison, and then bail him out. He should most decidedly reject the pa plication. IN RE JOSEPH VAN MILLENGEN. The insolvent, in this case, was a foreign Jew, and applied to be discharged on bail. It appeared that he had been a bankrupt some time since, but had subsequently paid 20s. in the pound ; and although his liabilities, under his present insolvency, were considerable, yet he represented that he was in possession of certain property in Sydney and the West Imdies, from which he thought a sufficient sum would be realised to enable him to make a similar payment. The Learned COMMISSIONER ordered him to be dis charged on bail, and intimated that the Court would order an allowance to be made to him of 21. a week, in consideration of his family. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A man named John Mapp was --- brought before Al derman Hooper, charged with having robbed his em ployer of cash to a conside ra bl e amount. Mr. Bensfield, of Houndsditch, stated that the prisoner was a porter in his employment, who took the opportunity of rubbing the safe early in the morning by means of a skeleton key, and that a great deal of the money and the skeleton key had been found at his lodgings. Robberies of com paratively trivial kind had been committed in the house before, but two or three suspected persons having been discharged, it was supposed that the security was per fect. The prisoner had been drinking during the previous part of the week, and did not come to his work until the morning on which the robbery was committed. Daniel Forrester. the officer, stated that upon being sent for to investigate the circumstances of the robbery he wz - a led to suspect, on hearing some matters, that Mapp was the thief. He accordingly .proceeded without delay to the lodging of the prisoner, and, upon seeing him, put a question to him, which startled him so much as showed that the suspicion was well founded. Witness proceeded to search the room, and found in a bag. which the pri soner endeavoured to conceal, 231 in gold and silver, and in a box 261. 10s. in gold, and a skeleton key, which, orA being applied to the drawer of the safe which had con tained the money that had been stolen, atone opened it. The prisoner said that the money was his own, which he had saved from the wages he received from Mr. Bens field. Mr. Bensfield said that he paid the prisoner a pound ab week, and that of late the man was much given to drink and neglected his business. The prisoner was remanded for a week. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. For the last week or two the time of the sitting Ma- I gistrate at this Court has been taken up by complaint, laid by the polio:, in consequence of applications to the Police Commissioners by the inhabitants against omnibus drivers, for stopping at the White Horse Cellar, Picca dilly, and at the corner of Princes-street and Coventry street. In every case the Magistrate has inflicted fines, varying from ss. to 205., and has, in addition, intimated to the offending parties, that a stop will be put to the nuisance, and that in all future cases the highest penalty will be inflicted. On Saturday a great number of these cases were brought before Mr. Hardwick. The drivers pleaded that the blame did not rest with them ; they were engaged to drive the omnibus only, and the regulation of the omni bus was entirely in the hands of the conductors. They did not want to stop on the road, or otherwise infringe the law, but they were compelled to do as the conductor ordered, or they must submit to lose their places. The entire blame of stopping at different places rested with the conductors. Mr. HARDWICK admitted the force of the argument, but said he could not allow it to operate, as he was bound to administer the law as it stocd. The drivers must enter into some compact iv ith their conductors, or if they do not, they must still be subject to informations. The drivers were all fined ss. and costs. LAMBETH-STREET. The case of Mr. Henry John Smith, who was charged last week with seducing the wife of Mr. Hunter, landlord of the Greycoat Boys' Tavern, Greenwich, and also stealing a quantity of property belonging to the husband, was called on for the second time. Mr. Shaw, a Solicitor, who attended for Mr. Hunter, stated that since the last examination of the prisoner a further search had been made at his residence at Brom ley, and some towels belonging to Mr. Hunter had been found there ; but he now wished that the case shoed be postponed to a future day, fur the purpose of making further inquiry into the matter, since it was supposed that many bundles of clothes had been removed from Mr. Hunter's house. To this Mr. Pelham objected on behalf of Mr:' Smith, as the only reason why the case was last time postponed was to ascertain whether any other property belonging to Mr. Hunter could be f oun d i n M r . S m ith' s residence. It turned out that the only property which could be found consisted of two napkins used by Mrs. Hunter, and which any person of ordinary delicacy would not have taken away. If Mr. Smith should now be remanded, it would go forth to his disparagement. Mr. NORTON' told Mr. Shaw if he had any witnesses to the fact of property having been removed from Mr. Hunter's, he had better call them. Mary Ann Maybrook, who had been servant to Mr. and Mrs. Hunter, was then called. She had seen Mr. Smith at Mr. Hunter's house ; he came on Easter Tues day evening, and slept at the house that night. Mr. NORTON-PO you recollect whether your master was at home that night or not ? Witness—He was at home, Sir. On the Saturday evening following Mr. Smith came to her master's,.and while there Mrs. Hunter desired her to cook some lamb-chops for him but her master coming in when she was about to take .them to the parlour, Mrs. Hunter told her she must not take them in, no: must Mr. Hunter see them: This was before Mr. Hunter forbid Mr. Smith his house: Some time in the month of July Mr.. Hunter went to Mai'gate. He left on the Saturday, and en the following day (Sunday) she observed Mr. Smith walking up and down in front of the house, and on seeing her he beckoned her to come to him. She went down stairs for • the purpose of going to him, and found him in the bar with Mrs. Hunter, and then went into the public. parlour, where Mrs. Hunter followed him. This was between five and six o'clock in the evening. Mr. Smith went out and returned several times., and left for - good at eleven o'clock. Mr. NORTON—Did you see if the window-blinds were drawn down ? Witness—No. Mr. NORTON—Was this after your master had forbid the prisoner his house? Witness—Yes. The witness then went on to say that she took a parcel which had been made up by Mrs. Hunter to the foreign grocer's in Trafalgar-street, Greenwich, and which she said was to be called for by the gentleman who had been in there with a lady a short time before, who wrote a note and purchased some cigars; but the people in the shop re fused to take it in without a proper direction, and she took it back to her master's house. On observing her return with the parcel her mistress exclaimed, " Good God Almighty, Mary, you must not let your master see it;" and instantly took it up stairs and directed it for Mr. H. J. Smith, to be called for, and sent her back to the grocer's with it. The witness also took a large par cel, as much as she could.carry, made up in a table cloth, and which, among other things, contained three dresses belonging to Mrs. Hunter, to Mrs. Buxton's, in Green wich, and these she had not afterwards seen. She left the service of Mr. Hunter on the 24th of July, and she had not seen Mrs. Hunter since that time. Cross-examined--Said she recollected Mrs. Hunter taking cake and wine into the parlour to Mr. Smith, au stopping there with him for.some time on the occasions and for this it was that her' master forbade Mr. Smith's coming tohis house again.. She. had no doubt ; she said, thather mistress, Mrs. Hunter; liked Mr. Smith better than her husband, and_ oil one occasion she saw Mrs. Hunter and Mr. Smith on the sofa together, with Mr. Smith's arm round her waist. She also recollected Mrs: Hunter going away one Sunday in - the , month Of May, and stopping out all night, but returned home on Mon day evening. Eliza Durant, the Uar-maid, gave similar evidence. Benjamin Phillips, a pot-boy to Mr. Hunter, deposed to having . taken bundles to Mrs. Buxton's, at the request of his mistress, but he did not know who they were for, nor did he know the person of Mr. Smith. These being all the witnesses in attendance, Mr. SnAw expressed a hope the prisoner would be remanded. Mr. Pelham complained of the course pursued by the opposite side, and said the charge of felony endeavoured to be imputed to. his client was without a tittle of evi dence to support it. Mr. NORTON did not think the prisoner had so much to complain of, as there was no doubt whatever that any jury hearing the evidence adduced there on that day must come to a decision of his being guilty of adultery, 't Mr, Pelham replied that he was not there to defend his client on a charge of crim. con., hilt on a charge of felony ; and, however foolishly or immorally he - might have acted, this was not the proper place to try such an issue, and as there was no charge before his Worship affecting the prisoner of which he could take cognizance, he trusted he would not longer detain him. • Mr. NORTON could not help admiring the zeal With which the Learned Counsel (Mr. Pelham) defended his client, but still, when he recollected the situation he (the prisoner) had placed himself in, he must not wofi= der at what had occurred, and that sufficient time shat 4d be given to the prosecutor to make the fullest inquiries into the matter. Mr. 'Pelham observed that the delay was of the most serious consequence to the accused, inasmuch as he was suspended from the duties of his office , and another re mand might lead many to think that he was guilty of the charge imputed to him—a charge of which he was totally innocent and clear. Mr. NonroN said the prisoner was not charged with stealing the goods missed by the prosecutor, but the con structive taking. • Mr. Shaw replied that this was the charge. Mr. Pelham said he had several respeetable indivi duals to speak to the high character of the accused, and amongst them his uncle, who was for many years a Connnon Councilman and Chairman of the Navigation Committee. Mr., NORTON thought that, under the circumstances, he was bound to give time for further inquiries, and the accused was admitted on the same sureties who had been previously bound for him to appear on a future day. UNION-HALL. John Williams was brought up, charged with entering the house of Mrs. Elizabeth White, in Stanhope-pl ace , Southwark, by means of a picklock key, and stealing a watch and other articles, the property of that lady. It appeared that on the preceding night the com plainant, while sitting in her parlour after tea, was sur prised in consequence of a dog which was kept on the premises keeping up a continual barking and exhibiting symptoms of restlessness, every now and then running towards the bottom of the staircase and looking up, but not venturing to ascend. As the animal repeated this several times, the complainant was at length induced to proceed up stairs, accompanied by the dog, when it became more noisy than ever, and on entering the room she at once perceived that thieves had been in the room, for the plate-basket had been removed from its usual place, and some china had been taken out of the closet and laid upon the floor. As there was a strong smell oflucifer matches in the room, the complainant, apprehensive that some one was concealed there, and her fears being increased from the circumstance of the dog still con tinuing to bark, she went down to the street-door and asked for a policecnan, but not finding one, the com plainant, seeing a gentleman pass, requested him to enter the house, at the same time communicating her suspi cion with respect to a thief being concealed on the pre mises. The gentleman, whose name is Lay, immediately complied with the request, and having ascended to the complainant's bed-chamber, on examining the room, the prisoner was at length discovered lying down at his full length between the' bed and mattress. When he was dragged from his hiding place there was found concealed in his pockets a watch, which had been taken out of the drawing-room, also several silver spoons, together with other articles. On subsequent examination of the house it was discovered that the prisoner must have effected an entrance by means of a picklock key applied to the street-door lock, and that, in all probability, he was in the act of walking along the passage when the dog al ready alluded to began to bark, and which ultimately led to the discovery and apprehension of the thief. The prisoner, who said nothing in his defence, was committed. CLERKENWELL. On Friday, George Copperthwaite, 29, John Posford. 158, Sergeant Piper, 1, and Inspector Maude, of the E division, were placeed before Mr. GREENWOOD, charged under the 14th section of the Police Act, with having exceeded their duty. Mr. Davies, of the firm of Campbell and Davis, soli citors, of Real Lion-square, attended in support of the prosecution, which was brought before the Magistrate by order of the Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police. Mr. Davies now declined making any charge against In spector Maude and Sergeant Piper, and they were di rected to remove from the bar. Mr. Davies then stated that the defendants were charged with having entered the apartments of Mrs. Ann Long, widow of the late Captain Malcolm Long, of the Royal Navy. Mr. Mould, the clerk, inquired whether Mrs. Long was present ? Mr. Davies replied in the negative ; she was either at Bath or Cheltenham. He proceeded to state that on Thursday. the 6th of January last, between the hours of four and eight o'clock in the evening, the defendants improperly entered the house, No. 20, Compton-street, Brunswick-square, pushed by the servant, and went up stairs ; they were without their livery or dress, or any authority; there wasa lady kying on the We in the drawing-room, and atter asking if she was Mrs. Long and . receiving a reply in the affirmative, they said, she must come with them, as they had a charge of felon,' against her. The lady said she would, and got up and sat upon a chair. Copperthwaite lard hold of the chair, and attempted to force her out of the seat. She refused to go out, and Mr. Holmes, her land lord, entered the room, when he said, " If you are going to take the lady into custody let me have a word mith you ;" and he asked them for their warrant or authority. They said they were Bow-street officers. He then sald you have no business here. They refused to• leave the room, and the lady during the interview sent for s everal professional gentlemen, and Mr. Pattison, of Bouverie street came, and Mr. Davies arrived in a quarter of a n hour subsequently. I said," Who are you ?—you no right here unless you have a warrant." Posford sat u he was sent there by his inspector, and he produced card with " warrant' printed upon it, and No. 15,467. The other officer did not hesitate to give his name. went to the station-house and saw the inspector. I esker for the charge-sheet, and remarked that it was very 01 7 traordinary to send men who appeared not to be pope men when the charge was made. The inspector said I know nothing about it—l was ill ;" but instruction s were sent to the defendants to come away. Mr. GREENwooD—I don't think that they are liable here. We will assume that they had a right to be there. Did they commit any excess or violence ? Mr. Davies---, Yes ; they pushed by the servant. Mr. GREENWOOD.—Who is making this Charge ? 1414 ' Davies—Mrs. Long. Mr. GREENWOOD—Then she ought to be here. ES t can I proceed with a charge without a prosecutor ? Davies—l can prove the case. Mr. GREENWOOD—How, when you were not thero Mr. Davies then said that Mr. Holmes and his servan!, could give evidence. Mr. GREENWOOD—The constables were not liable, EA they acted under the authority and orders of their supe riors. He could not decide on the affair without the at'' tendance of Mrs. Long. It was necessary for any priva te party to prove the felony before they entered a house to make a capture, but a constable was warranted to brea k in without a warrant. Mr. Holmes, the landlord, was called. Saw four Inc ll in the passage. Heard an altercation up stairs, and proceeded to the drawing-room, when Mrs. Long plac e herself under his protection. Did not see the defendan ts push by the servant. They remained in the room a ° hour and a half. Mr. GREENWOOD—Then they did not take her in° custody? Witness—No; could not say why they re' mained until Mr. Pattison arrived. . The servant was called. t She could not identify th e e defendants. The policemen did not push by her or a c i with any rudeness towards her. Mr. Davies—l can prove that these men were there • I saw them. Mr. GREENWOOD—I shall not proceed farther : 4 ' 441 .1 the case. I find them Not Guilty. They were then discharged. THE MARKETS.-(SATURDAYO WHITECHAPEL MARKET. The supply was n oderate, the trade dull, and but , little alteration in prices. Beef and Mutton rat cheaper. Beef, 3s. to 3s. 10d. ; Mutton, 2s. to 3s. 10cl.; Veal, 3s. 3d. to ss. 4d. ; Pork, 3s. Bd. to ss. 4d. Clover' 3/. to 51. Bs.; Hay, 2/. to 4/. 65.; Straw, 1/. 14s. to 11. 165 TEA MARKET. A good demand and stiffer rates paid. The loll ; rate for Common Free Trade Congou was Is. 10d. ca st ' for Company's Congou Is. 104 d. asked. TALLOW MARKET. A good demand for Russian Tallow,_ and prices.fifri: P.Y. Candle, on the sp o t,. 4ss. 3d., and 48s. 9d. delivery in the next two months. Town Tallow brOg very full prices. • • FRUIT MARKET. t o The demand was good, and prices firm. . Vales .Raisins 365. per cwt.; Figs, , 565. to 755. per cwt. -OIL - MARKET. The market firm, but there were few' buyers. seed Oil, 355. 3d. on the spot, and Pale Seal, 420 n• per tun. WOOL MARKET. A fair demand for both English and foreign; PTh' firm, and likely to continue so. A 4 4 645. to 66a. fin e 655. t• 70a. fn n e ale 265. to ifs. fine ;- 10 , 30s. to No. fine e ---- Yorkshire Wold ......• 28s. to -4. 610 3 2„ Foreign 265. to 8,,5. So: 9 6s. Beans, New ......- . Us. to ....s. bee 41s, Old Oats, Potato —..'to 225. fin e 2 0. ---- Poland —s. —s. to 225. fin e 0,. Friesland and Small —s. --s. to Ws. 11 " -- ?healing ........ 11d. to 1134,11, pet , Shelling 2Bs. to 275. Ud. per VI Malt ..............•.-4.385. fine 40s. per c --- t Rapeseed ...... ......... --/. Os. 361.05. 381. Os. Ver ''',- EDINBURGH CORN MARKET. PetiOt Wricat. Barley. Uats. Ide ~, I. -,,,, o , First 72s.Oci 83s. Cd. Vis SC 40s. Oil. ' 4 v o , iscOnd 60.0 39 0 22 0 36 0' a .., L " 0 rnird Average price of Wheat 3l 5s 01. PRICES OF PRI Beef, per n.r. Us. sd. to Os, AA. . utton *e.o.m....wee. 0 5 0 7 Veal ••••••••••MIIIVIMIIMAP 0 0 10 ••••••••••*••11•041. 0 5 0 7 Lamp, per qr. 3 0 4 0 !'allow:, 0 42 0 2uartern L0af.,..,, U 9h 0 10 P0tat0e5.141b...... 0 0 0 5 >VISIONS Freshßutter, 04. le 04 1 ^ 0 1 11 Salt 010 90 0 , Ditto, per ca t... 86 0 v l Eggs, per dos... e 4 0 is 0 DatStraw(kpl,),. 9 C it 0 Wheat Ditto... 0 6 g Barley Ditto 7 0 I Hay, 0 11 , EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET 0 - 'PeiSack of 28011). Imp. Per Stene of 141 b. 1 % g 0 Fit st Oatmeal iecond ditto LI 17 C First Oatmeal 0 I j e 1 15 0 Second ditto o 18 IS irleymeat I 11l 0 Barlepmeal ...... ........---• 0 J P.i5en90a1...... . .., .. 'Pia Barley from 30s. to 445. per sack CORNWALL MARKETS. (Calculated at 24 gallons to the bushel.) When t. Barley. rjuro He!stone St. Austell Bodmin Liskeard Launceston a. d. to I. d. 0 7 5 7 8 - 0 6 0 0 8 8 0 7 6 0 7 5 6 6 7 C 7 8 8 4 s. d. to s. d . —0 3 8 0 3 —0 3 8 —0 4 4 —0 3 6 • 0 3 8_ v 3 4 —0 4 0 • j - 0 0 s .....0 - 0 s e -0 2 6 e„ 6 - 0 U:,c~ Camelford Penzance. MINING INT 2uantity of Copper tires sold at II Average Produce uantit y of tine C Amount of salt 4 95 ° Tons.CW 1,7 7 )9.5 01. -Average Standard, 1151.0'' 'ELIA GEV CE. !druth lat week... per 0,806 . 4 s. 6d.— CAUTION TO HOUSEKEEPERS.--The C ed °lll o missioners of the Metropolitan Police have issi l . ca ri notice that by the 57th Geo. 111., cap. 29, sec. 63, Pi,d, occupier of any house, tenement, washhouse, shop, then coach-house, stable, chapel, meeting-house, or iv e, public or private building, in any street or public P t he during the continuance of frost, or a fter or duirir i g we lt fall of snow, shall, once, in every day, before ten d e he in the forenoon of each day (except Sunday) cause gee, swept and cleaned the footway all along the front, .f or back wall of their respective houses, and for e y neglect shall forfeit a sum not exceeding los." APOTHECARIES' HALL.--Names of gen-tle t oi awn to whom certificates of qualification were g? ri ' ;iv on Thursday.:—Daniel Wheeler,-Panks James NV igg" ton, George Robinson, Thomas John Starling. SILVER TEA SERVIC nh iII, —T. COX SAVORY, Working Silversmith, 47, C° l.- t bs London, seven doors from Gracechurch-street, submit:7.o - of the following SILVER TEA and COFFEE f e et, VICES. The Cottage Pattern is plain, standing on lq e rrbo the tea and coffee pots with a flower ornament on the lids' ' King's Pattern is richly embossed with flowers and C C The shape of either is new and elegant. COTTAGE PATTERN. KING'S TATTERN• R. 3. Strong Silver Tea-pot ...12 0 Strong Silver Tea-pot 10 Ditto Sugar Basin 6lb Ditto Sugar Basin ; Ditto Milk Ewer. 410 Ditto treartaWer 0 Ditto Coffee-p0t..15 0 Ditto Coffee- pot. •, ".>, Complete ...£3B 61 Complete ......... XVlssy A variety of upwards of fifty Tea and Coffe e Services ar y be seen in the Show-rooms, where may be selected everYp s or cle of silver requisite for the sideboard or plate-chest. ti oco phlets of prices, illustrated by sketches of the various sr do " gratis, and forwa"ded, postage free, to any part of the k iog dor o --T. COX SAVORY, No. 47, ornhill,London, solo from Gracechurch-street. B I TS On the 9th inst.. at Pl y ymout H h,. the lady of Maio' perci Douglas, of the 29th ' Regiment, of a len, still born. ,of s On the 13th inst., Mrs. Ramon de Bertedano L o P " ' daughter. of On the 13th inst., at Peckham, Mrs. Thomas Ja rv i s ' daughter. the On the 14th inst., 4n Mentagu-street, Russell -squ are' lady of Thomas Turner, Esq., of a son - „ c o T. ):1.;lo% COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. 'Barley. Oats. Beans. r e f:.:- i• Per Quarter. a. to a. a. to a. a. to a. a. to I. s• 14 Abingdon 57 72 25 36 90 31 35 .41 De j itnclover 54 65 1.6 C 0 t:11 28 nanbnry LB 66 32 40 28 33 36 40' -- 44 Basit gstoke 60 72 sa 37 24 iS 42 46 42 j Cirenc.ster 59 70 23 25 22 31 43 44 38 , 3oventry — (3 27 38 24 tO :19 40 oaventry 65 72 38 4 4 29 St 30 44 is Derby 63 7i 27 32 20 26 34 43 Elowden — 63 3i IS 4tJ 31 49 ungerford 46 73 29 37 25 CO 40 45 38 Nlalt on Mai : cuhead 52 75 32 35 25 31 36 44 •4 0 elottingharn 60 75 2 i 31 t:2 27 89 42 1 Wantage 6i 73 36 31 30 32 36 46 Warwick •iB 38 26 30 4 1 ' Winchester 76 36 29 43 -- 'York 5B 67 30 36 19 24 36 4t . Per Bushel 1,. d. s, d. s. d. s. d. s. s. d. s . d, s, d. s. ,6 6 Birmingham 7 0 636 46 96 40 i 0 7 0 6 0 WAKEFIELD CORN IMARhEr. co' Red, N u o i r L fo ad l n ka c nd an S i uffolk ..... to to 6L 61e. fine Yorkshire —a .: : Bs. to 60s. 6/le White ' 70. Foreign, Bed —a. Pain. to 66a. One 1 ,2, White —a. 655. te 7us. Earley, Nerfolk and Suffelk •--. Lincolnshire MARRIRI7. On the 6th inst., at Burley, in the New Forcer, Esq., surgeon, of Ringwood, to Susan Maria, 0 01 7 it ; Wiro daughter of the late Rev. P. Geary, of Newport, Isle 0 t jo .o c On the 12th inst., at St. Pancras Church, Lientenar,'.4,bre Newenham Graydon, R.N., to Elizabeth, youngest 0' of S. Acton, Esq.: of Byford Court, Hereford. ~..0 0 0 3, ° : On the 13th inst., at Lewisham Church, Mr. 11. of Lucas Villa, to Ann Maria, daughter of the late Ile° Esq. , DIED. 10' On Tuesday, the 4th inst., of consumption , Mr. HO" mory, aged 29, optic an. a 61 ' On the Ist inst., at Stirling, Miss M. Fullton , Ag e e ,' 64 , On the 6th inst., at Sleaford, W. Forbes. Esotr Q uo te On the 7th inst., at Pau, Basses Pyrenees, the A po Deerhurst. cos, On the 12th inst., in Charlottee..street , Portland-Pla Maria Charlotte, relict of the late John Fielder. Esq*_..,§qdre' On the 13th inst., in Glouceste-street, Porting.' Mrs. Cruickshank, widow of J. Cruickshank, Esq. A Aril' On the 13th inst., in King William-street, Stran d' youngest brother of R. Graves, Esq., A.R.A. ja b sfi , On the 13th inst., at Weymouth, Adelaide Mail' of Mr. J. Britian, aged 12 months. StradLondon . : Printed and Published by MURD - - -n 0 stra v No. 112, Strand, at The Su* Office, No. 11 -1.4 g. the Casty of Midden:, Aiguday, damn' 17, 'w Vit MORNING SL N THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1842. MORNING SUN o® Pally t he nqt ON.t •li i L c tie rpc attic, atm e Ott e, h 0,,, ,, L • • By FAi in G i and 1 5 3 pull Cuthb L ice s;