The Sun. — London, England, 1842-01-05 00:00:00

MORNING SUN PROPOSED NEW GEOGRAPHI CAL DIVISION OF ENGLAND AND WALES, THE BETTER TO PROMOTE CIVIL AND ECCLESIASTICAL CO-OPERATION. (From the Congregational Magazine.) England and Wales contain a surface of 57,552 square miles. This portion of the United Kingdom is differently divided for civil and ecclesiastical pur poses. The chief civil divisions are circuits, counties, hundreds, wapentakes, tythings, parishes, town ships, liberties, &c. The ecclesiastical divisions are provinces, dioceses, archdeaconries, parishes, cha peiries, and peculiars. However well suited these divisions might be to the times and purposes for which they were made, they are now attended with great trou ble and expense. Some are inconveniently large, and others unnecessarily small. The county of York con tains 5,836 square miles, while Rutland has but 149. The shapes of the counties are in general ex tremely ill-formed, in numerous instances they run deeply into one another, and in many cases parts of one county are isolated, and embedded in several other counties. Most of the county of Dur ham lies to the south of Northumberland, but one part is half-way up the eastern coast of Northumber land, and another portion is quite on the north of that county, end adjacent to Scotland, and is thus widely separated from the body of the parent county, by the whole length of Northumberland. What a needless expense of time, trouble, and money, is required to bring officers, jurors, witnesses, and pris oners , f rom t h e borders of Scotland to the Assizes in the City of Durham. _ In most cases the boundaries of counties were de termined by the course of rivers. At a period when a stream of water was a real impediment to the inter course of two neighbouring places, when for the most part rivers were passed only over a solitary plank, or through dangerous fords, at a time when a map was a rarity, and the geographical knowledge of most men was confined to their own parishes, there might be a pro priety, or even necessity, for making rivers the bounds. ries of counties, &e. But now, when if we only mention the latitude and longitude of any part of the ocean, every school-boy can immediately point it out on the map, when good roads in every direction, and bridges at short distances from each other, render the inter course of towns in adjacent counties as easy as between two places of equal distance in one and the same county, no such necessity exists. Whoever looks at a map of Lancashire, Oxfordshire, or Berkshire, will be convinced, that even chance or hap-hazard could scarcely have formed more ill-shaped districts. Some difficulty would now attend a general re-divi sion of the whole kingdom, but these, though consider rabic, would be but temporary, and would soon be compensated by the great and permanent advantages that would accrue. It is, perhaps, to be regretted, that a general measure of this kind was not adopted at the passing of the Act to reform the national repre sentation. The matter has not been altogether over looked, and some partial legislation on the subject has taken place, but by no means suited to the necessity of the case. If there be political reasons why the Government should continue the present awkward and unequal divi sions and sub-divisions which now exist, there is no reason why voluntary Societies should be confined to them. The Congregational Union, the Baptist Union, the Bible Society, the various Missionary and other So cieties, might at once dispense with them, and adopt others incomparably better. The Wesleyans have already done this with great convenience and advan tage to their body—why should not other Denomina tions and Societies avail themselves of similar facilities ? In the following suggestions the boundaries of coun ties are altogether disregarded ; the sooner we disabuse ourselves of the prejudices and feelings which these antique and awkward figures have occasioned, the better we shall be prepared to adopt a more rational and con venient plan. In theconsideration of this subject both the size and shape of the divisions should be regarded. It a country could be divided into squares with the exact ness of a chess-board, it would be the most convenient imaginable ; but as the general figure of our island, and the great irregularity of the coasts, make this impos siblo, an approximation to such a division is all that can be obtained. Many persons are of opinion that the districts would be too large, if England and Wales were divided into but five or six parts, as was proposed a few years ago. Perhaps from 1,200 to 1,600 square miles might be thought an area of sufficient extent for all practicable purposes, without exposing Ministers and other per sons to great trouble and expense in travelling. If England were divided into thirty-three, and Wales into four well-shaped districts, this number would be consi derably less than that of the counties, yet the extreme points of a district would be much nearer to each other, than are the extremities of many of our present counties. On an average, an English district would contain about 1,500 square miles, the side of such a square would be about 39 miles, and the diagonal about 54. Each district might be re-divided into four sub districts.for the purposes of frequent and easy inter course. Some such division of the country would be attended with many facilities and advantages. The most material objection to the adoption of some such plan, would probably arise from the present exist ence of many county associations. From these associa tions many pleasing intimacies have been formed, and some useful co-operation has been secured. It would therefore require some sacrifice of personal feeling to relinquish these. But if a new arrangement afford facilities for greater public good, ought we not to forego our personal predilections ? And the new associations would quickly vocate new intimacies with all their friendships and sympathies, and thus form the basis for much more systematic co-operation of all the civil and ecclesiastical associations. In addition to these remarks, it may be observed that the principle of adhering to county divisions in the organization of associations, has been found so formidable a difficulty, that it has been, in many cases, virtually abandoned, and while the Association bears the name of a particular county, a majority of its members actually live beyond its bounds. The consideration of the above proposals should not be deterred by the charge of innovation. It is indeed true that the Chartists have required that the United Kingdom should be divided into three hundred electoral districts, of an equal number of inhabitants, for popular elections ; but then let it be remembered, on the other hand, that the Commissioners appointed to consider the estate of the Established Church have very truly complained of the great inequality of the existing dioceses, and have themselves recommended plans for new divisions that have been sanctioned by Parliament, and are now in the course of progressive adoption to diminish that disparity. NAVAL FORCE of GREAT BRITAIN ON JANUARY 1, 1842. The following is the official return of the naval and marine forces of Great Britain, on the Ist of January, 1842, including the recent promotions on the occasion of the birth of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales : COMMISSIONERS FOR EXECUTING THE OFFICE OF LORD HIGH ADMIRAL OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. The Right Hon. the Earl of Haddington. Admiral the Right Hon. Sir George Cockburn, G.C.B. Vice-Admiral Sir William Hall Gage, G.C.H. Rear-Admiral Sir George Francis Seymour, G.C.H. Captain the Hon. William Gordon. The Right Hon. Henry Thomas Lowry Corry.. ROYAL NAN-Y.-FLAG-OFFICERS. Admiral of the Fleet—Sir Charles Edmund Nugent, G.C.B. Admirals of the Red, 14; of the White, 16; of the Blue, 16: total, 46. Vice-Admirals ditto, 19; of the White, 19; of the Blue, 20: total, 58. Rear-Admirals ditto, 33 ; of the 'White, 34 ; of the Blue, 40—total, 107, Captains, 709 ; ditto retired on half-pay, 6 ; ditto udder her Majesty's Order in Council of the 10th of August, 1840, 49. Comuaanders, 809 ; ditto retired under his Majesty's order in Council of Jan., 1816, and Nov., 1830,298. Naval Knights of Windsor, 7 ; Lieutenants, 2,707 ; Masters for service, 494 ; ditto retired, 6 ; Mates, 445 ; Pursers, 580. • Medical Officers.-1 Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleet ; 9 Inspectors ditto ; 13 Deputy ditto ; Sur geons for Service, 371 ; Assistant ditto, 249 ; Physicans, 7 ; Deputy Inspectors retired, 2 ; Surgeons retired, 36 ; ditto on commuted allowances, 42 ; ditto unfit for active service, 208; Assistant-Surgeons retired, 54; Dispensers of hospitals, 8. Chaplains—Active service, 39 ; retired, 41. Naval Instructors and Schoolmasters, 37 ; Naval Aides-de-Camp to her Majesty, 11 ; Marine Aides-de- Camp to her Majesty, 2. ROYAL MARINE FORCES. 1 Major-General, 4 Colonel-Commandants of Divi sions, 5 Colonels of Divisions; 14 Lieutenant-Colonels, 99 Captains, 131 First-Lieutenants, 62 Second-Lieutenants. Royal Marine Artillery.-1 Lieutenant-Colonel, 4 Captains, 7 First-Lieutenants, 2 Second-Lieutenants, 1 Surgeon. Staff Officers.-1 Deputy Adjutant-General, 1 As sistant Adjutant-General, 8 Adjutants, 4 Quarter masters of Divisions, 4 Paymasters of Divisions, 4 Bar rack- Mast4zra of Divisions, 3 Deputy-Inspectors of Hos pitals, 2 Surgeons, 6 Assistants. Field-Officer.; ,)it Unattached Italf-pay-6 Colonels, 2 Majors, 61. Captains, 11 First-Lieutenants, 7 Se,!onci- J.lcutenanl3. Officers , on Reserved Half-pay-1 Lieutenant-Colo nel, 1 Major, 72 Captains, 168 First-Lieutenants, 132 Second-Lieutenants, 1 Surgeon. The above force consists of 94 companies, stationed as follows :----=Chatham, Ist division, 23 companies ; Ports mouth, 24.1 division, 28 companies; Plymouth, 3d division, 24 companies ; Woolwich, 4th division, 19 companies, Royal Marine Artillery, three companies, head-quar ters, Portsinouth. The naval force of Great Britain, the largest in the world, consists of 590 ships of war, carrying from 1 to 120 guns each Of different calibres, which are either in ordi nary or cornalission. Of this immense flotilla, 185 are armed steam-vessels, constructed on the most scientific and approVed principles, for active sea-service. To man this extensive fleet in time of peace there are 23,000 able bodied seamen, 2,000 lads, and 14,000 Royal Marines. - This number will, however, be greatly aug mented, as the-vessels ordered to he put into commission for China, &c., are to have their full complement of able 'emen. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The determination of the leading Re formers of the Irish metropolis, to put Lord Morpeth in nomination for the vacant seat, is shown to have been well formed by the effect it has produced upon friends and foes. The former it has united in the bonds of one com mon purpose, approved by every leal heart in Ireland ; in the latter it has given birth to the anticipations of cer tain defeat, and seemingly deprived them of courage sufficient to adopt the requisite preparations for a contest. Mr. Vance, the candidate they announced, and in whose behalf they set about soliciting votes while the mortal remains of their late Member were yet un buried, has resigned his pretensions to the honour of an expensive defeat, which he was wise enough to see was inevitable, from the moment that " Lord Morpeth for Dublin" .was made the watch word of the Liberals—proposing an object so truly gratifying as to secure unity of eesign with de termined exertion throughout the entire party. To render the position of the Dublin Tories yet more embarrassing, they have met with repulse after repulse in their applications to different gentlemen for their permission to put them in nomination ; while others, who would be " nothing loath" to accept the honour, are objected to as either too poor to sustain the chance of a contest, or not sufficiently rabid in their politics to render them acceptable to the ultras. It is understood that Mr. Wolverly Attwood and Mr. Smith, Q.C., have each been the favourite of the hour with the " managers" for the Orange party. The frequent defeats of the former, sustained in attempts to acquire senatorial celebrity, have, how ever, produced in him a salutary caution, which will at l eas t p reven t him f ro m becoming the dupe of the crafty Dublin Tories. The latter, howbeit a man of talent and respectability, lacks a superfluity of the sine qua non. His means will not enable him to pay the price of the servuni pecus, the base and vulgar herd, on whom the Dublin Orangemen depend for success in all contests ; while he declines to gulp the pledges which the back-bone Orangemen demand as tests of his fitness for their purpose—deprives him of the re quisite qualifications for the honour of becoming the candidate for the representation of Dublin on the Orange interest, and, if successful, of being the col league of Mr. Grogan ! Considerable doubts are en tertained whether there will be a contest. We strongly caution the Liberals against relaxing their efforts by any such reports. STANDARD.—We hear a great deal of " incon sistency" just now from the adherents of a party more disgraced by the abandonment of its principles than any party that ever existed in this country. Without resus citating the old Protestant and aristocratical Revolu tion Whigs of 1742, to contrast them with the pro. Papist democratical Whigs of 1842, we have proof enough of the utter contempt of consistency in the pre sent leaders of the party—Lords Melbourne, John Russell, and Palmerston—each in his turn aris tocrat and democrat, anti-Reformer and pro-Reformer, denouncer of Mr. O'Connell and his slave, champion of agriculture, and servant of the Anti-Corn-law League. We are not, however, going to dwell upon the gross tergiversation of the party, or of its living representa tives and chiefs ; still less are we about to defend the objects of the calumnies of the Whig-Radical organs by a " to quoque ;" least of all do we undertake the de fence of " inconsistency," in prosecuting which defence (may we say it in modesty) we are as little interested as most who have concerned themselves in public affairs for the last quarter of a century. Our pur pose is merely to remind men who may be misled, of what is the character of true consistency. Is it not the steady pursuit of the same object ? And may not the same object be pursued by different paths? An Opposition Journal of last night charges the Right Honourable Home Secretary as the very type of inconsistency, instancing an alleged change in his views upon the Corn-law question, and referring to a pamphlet under the title " Corn and Currency," published by him sixteen Nears ago, for proof of its charge. This is scarcely fair ; mush might be said of the effect of sixteen years' experience in modifying any man's views—the peculiar circumstances of the year 1826, and its disastrous predecessor ; something ought to be allowed to the fact that the Corn-laws of 1826 are not the present Corn laws. If, therefore, it could be shown that Sir James Graham had opposed the principle of protection 16 years ago, the contrast of his present support of that principle would scarcely impair his authority as a man of sagacity— would not at all impeach his character as a man of honour. COURIER.—A few days ago we were somewhat startled by the nature of the exclusive intelligence furnished to an evening contemporary by its Dublin correspondent ; it was, indeed, exclusive, for it stated that Mr. Vance, not Lord Morpeth, was to be brought forward on the Radical side, adding, in depreciation of Mr. Vance's claims, that he was only the son of a wealthy merchant. We fancied that we had heard Mr. Vance's name pre viously mentioned amongst those who were likely to be started by the Conservatives of Dublin, and were there fore not a little puzzled to reconcile that fact with the announcement of our Contemporary's Dublin correspon dent ; and we now believe we were correct in our notion, and that Mr. Vance had been spoken of by his Conservative fellow-citizens as a gentleman whom it would be no dishonour to the lamented Mr. West to select as his successor. Mr. Vance has since, we under stand, withdrawn his claims, and a very general belief seems to be entertained that the constituency of the Irish metropolis will seek Mr.Wolverly Attwood forits second representative. Many things combine to im press us with the conviction, that notwithstanding the brisk manufacture of faggot freemen and voters for the last three months by the Lord Mayor, the Conservatives have still the power to return their caudidate for the City of Dublin against any opponent. The Cbarlemont and O'Connell clique by whom Lord MORPETH has been started, turned to the rejected of Yorkshire only through sheer de spair ; as one of the ablest of their mouth pieces at the other side of the Channel, the Dublin .Monitor, naively remarked Lord Morpeth is now in America—there is no time to consult him, nor is it necessary to do so. If he be returned, that he will accept the honour cheerfully who can doubt? Supposing for argument sake, that he is not returned. why, then, the defeat will not be his, but ours." Just so ; and it is this depressing anticipation of defeat, which no candidate on the spot has any desire of encountering, that drives them to seek one across the Atlantic Mr. Mather, the organist of St. Bride's, Fleet street, performed several pieces on the organ from the works of Handel, Mozart, Bishop. and Arne, yesterday , evening, before a numerous and highly respectable assem blage, at the gallery of Mr. Bates, Ludgate-hill. The audience appeared highly delighted throughout the whole performance, but, to judge from the applause, the favou rite pieces appeared to be the duet " Crudel perche," by Mozart ; Arne's " Hymn of Eve," and Bishop's glee " With Hawk and Hound," which were rapturously en cored. Nothing could exceed the exquisite pathos, and finished execution, which was displayed in the two pieces—the "Hymn of Eve," and the " Crudel perche." The performance concluded with the Coronation Anthem —" Zadock the Priest," which was loudly applauded. Mr. Mather performed the vocal parts, with his right hand,on the seraphine, while he executed the accompani ment on the organ with his left and, through the 'Ma's, with his feet. ANNE BOLEYN.—Mrs. Thomson's historical romance, under this title, may be expected, we under stand, in a few days. It must be acknowledged that the authoress has selected a very admirable subject—the portraiture of the c a r eer o f an un f ortunate Pr i ncess, the victim of a brutal monarch—with whose untimely fate in the Tower of London, the reader of English history, and every well-informed person, is conversant. But this knowledge of one whose illustrious station, no less than her many exalted virtues, have enlisted a sympathy for her misfortunes, only serves to awaken a desire for a more complete picture. Hence the infinitely greater in teresb possessed by historical romances, treating of cele brated events and characters, over the merely imagina tive creations of the novelist. Mrs. Thomson, we are informed, has with a praiseworthy petseveranee, explored various valuable historical records; and has •thus been enabled to collect many new facts relative to the exalted heroine of her story, who, we have no doubt, will live again in her pages with a vivid reality THE 'slim NovELs.—The following interest• ing new works of fiction are just published by Mr, Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, and may now be had at all the libraries :-1. The Man of Fortune, by Mrs. Gore, 3 vols.-2. Fathers and Sons, by Theodore Hook, Esq., 3 vols, with a Portrait and Memoir of the Author.-3. The Match-maker, by the Author of " Cousin Geoffrey," " The Marrying Man," &c. 3 vols.- 4. The Parish Clerk, by the Author of " Peter Prig gins," 3 vols.-5. The Old English Gentleman, a sport ing novel, by John Mills, Esq., 3 vols.-6. De Clifford ; or the Constant Man, by the Author of " Tremaine," "De Vere," &c. 4 vols.-7. Charles Chesterfield, by Mrs. Trollope, 3 vols.-8. The Love Match, by Mrs. Moberly, 3 vols.-9. Joan of Arc, an Historical Romance, 3 vols., and-10. Tom Bowling, a Tale of the Sea, by Captain Frederic Chamier, R.N., 3 vols. LEICESTER BOROUGH SESSIONS.—Richard Crime, a commercial traveller, was convicted before J. Hildyard, Esq., the Recorder at the above Sessions, on the 3d inst., on a charge of stealing a quantity of plate, the property of John George Briggs, of the George Hotel, Leicester. A report of the case appeared in The Sun at the time, and a description of the prisoner's per son ; several innkeepers afterwards came forward, and identified the prisoner as the same person who had been at their houses and conducted himself in a similar man ner, whereupon he was fully committed for trial. The gaoler of Worcester proved a previous conviction against the prisoner for a similar offence, for which he was sen tenced to seven years' transportation, but the punishment was afterwards commuted to twelve months' imprison ment. A letter was presented to the Recorder, written by the pri soner , s t a ti ng hi s pr e vi o us mode of life, but the Learned Gentleman said he could pay no attention to it, and forthwith sentenced him to fifteenbrears' trans portation. THE LATE FAILURE AT ARUNDEL.—On Saturday last ;Ars. Drewett, the wife of one of the part ners, died, supposed of a broken heart, occasioned by the failure. She was a lady much respected in the neigh bourhood, and sister to Mr. Hopkins, the other partner in the banking concern. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1842. LAW INTELLIGENC E. SECONDARIES' COURT, Jan. 4. CRIM. CON.-TUCKER V. GOOCH, The plaintiff, Mr. Thomas Stannyford Tucker, who is Secretary and Librarian to the Southwark Literary Institution, brought this action to recover from Mr. Thomas Gooch, a timber merchant, residing at Dalston, compensation in damages for the seduction of his (plain tiff's) wife. Judgment had been allowed to go by de fault. The damages were laid at LOON. Mr. PEARSON appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. CIIARNOCK for the defendant. Previous to the case being called on, a consultation took place, in which the counsel for the plaintiff agreed to accept a verdict for 501. The SECONDARY said he was rejoiced to hear this, as it would prevent disclosures of a painful nature. SHERIFFS' COURT, Jan. 4. STARKEY v. METCALFE. This was an action to recorer the sum of 151. 2s. 6d., alleged to be due to the plaintiff by the defendant, but on what account did not transpire. Mr. James appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Humfreys for the defendant. The plea put upon the record by the defendant was that the money had been tendered to the plaintif& and re fused by him. It appeared that the parties are highly respectable tradesmen, residing at Cambridge, the defendant being a cabinet-maker in extensive business, and the plaintiff the landlord of the Hoop Hotel. The defendant being indebted to the plaintiff in the sum named in the decla ration, gave instructions to his attorney to make a tender of the amount, and accordingly Doughty, a clerk to the defendant's attorney, was directed to execute the com mission. The evidence of this witness was that he, on the 23d of October last, went to the Hoop Hotel, in Cambridge, and took with him a 101. Bank of England note, five sovereigns, nineteen shillings and sixpence, and sixpence in copper. He took this sum in this way, in order that he might pay the exact amount which might be demanded, as he did not know the exact amount of the bill due. He held the money in his hand, and said to the plaintiff, " Here is the money, if you will tell me the amount of Mr. Metcalfe's bill." The plaintiff's answer was, that he could not and should not attend to it then. Witness had the whole of the money in his hand, and was standing at the bar window. The money was never out of his hand. To this evidence Mr. James replied, contending that this witness had merely asked for the amount of the ac count, and Mr. Stanley said he had no time to attend to it, and that the witness Doughty never produced any money whatsoever. H. E. Chisholm was then called, and stated that he was clerk to Messrs. Foster and Co., solicitors, of Cam bridge. He was in the parlour of the Hoop Inn with the plaintiff at the time alluded to by the witness for the defence. The plaintiff's sister called out to the plaintiff, and said, " John, you are wanted ; here is a person wants Mr. Metcalfe's bill." The plaintiff then went to the door of the parlour, which opened into the bar, and said he was busy, and was going out, and therefore could not attend to it. Doughty made no answer, but left the house without producing any money. He could not have done so, and offered it to the plaintiff, without witness seeing him. The plaintiff's sister, the nursery-maid, and the waiter, all corroborated this evidence; and the Learned Under. Sheriff having summed up the evidence, the Jury, after an absence of two hours, returned a verdict for the de fendant. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Jan. 4. IN RE JEPHSON. The insolvent carried on business extensively in Shef field, and was opposed by Mr. Cresswell, on the ground of breach of trust, in having received 301. from a loan society for a person named Blake, which he appropriated to his own use, and also that he was taken in a friendly arrest. He was supported by Mr. Cooke. It appeared that the insolvent was arrested at the Cider Cellars in Maiden-lane; while he stated in his schedule that the arrest took place at his lodgings in Salisbury square. Mr. COOKE, in addressing the Court in support of the insolvent's application to be discharged, said, in explana tion of the discrepancy between the statement in his schedule and the fact of his arrest, that the humble class of insolvents, when giving their solicitors directions for the preparation of their schedules, were compelled to do so in a large room which was common to all the prisoners, and where the greatest noise and confusion prevailed, so that it was utterly impossible to attach blame to either the insolvents or their solicitors. Mr. Commissioner BowEN said he should adjourn the further hearing of the case until the officer who took the insolvent into custody should be in attendance to give evidence. The Court was occupied the whole of the day in hearing cases, in almost all of which parties attributed the ulti mate causes of their insolvency to transactions with loan societies. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.— William Satchel!, aged 17, an exceedingly well-dressed young man, was placed in the dock charged with embezzling and stealing divers sums of money of Thomas Reed and others, his masters. The prosecutors are floor-cleth manufacturers in the Do ver road, and the prisoner was in their employ as collector. On the 21st December last ho received sums of money on his employers' account in two different instances, and when asked if he had received them denied that he had done so. On the 22d the prisoner was given into cus tody, it having been discovered that the money had been paid to him. The prisoner had previously main tained a good character. Mr. PRICE addressed the Jury for the prisoner. The RECORDER summwd up, and the Jury found the prisoner Guilty, with a recommendation to mercy on ac count of his youth and previous good character. He was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour. Charles White, aged 11, William Wright, aged 12, and John Cole, aged 12, three little urchins, whose heads scarcely reached above the bar, were charged with stealing one copper funnel, the property of Joseph Shaw, in a vessel on the river Thames. The prosecutor is master of the sloop Joseph and Mary Ann, which was lying at Bermondsey on the 21st of December. The prosecutor's wife was sitting in the cabin, when she heard a noise upon deck ; she went up, and saw White, who had taken the cabin funnel, in the act of handing it to the other two prisoners, who were in a boat alongside. When the prisoners saw the prosecutor's wife come on deck, they threw the funnel overboard. Mrs. Shaw raised a cry of police. and the prisoners were taken into custody on the river, after having made a fruitless attempt to induce a waterman named Messenger to take them into his wherry and put them on shore; which he very properly refused to do, and, instead, sent an officer of the Thames Police to the spot, who took them into custody. The Jury found the prisoners Guilty. The policeman Lewis, in answer to questions from the Recorder, said that the prisoners belonged to a regular gang of tier-rangers, and had all been previously sum marily convicted. It further appeared from his state ment that, during the last week, upwards of fourteen funnels had been stolen from vessels in the river. The RECORDER, addressing the prisoners said, that it was their youth alone which prevented his sentencing them to transportation. The sentence of the Court was that they be each imprisoned for twelve months in the House of Correction, and kept to hard labour. HOUSEBREARING.—John Clarke, aged 20, was in dicted for breaking into the shop of George George, aad stealing six dozen knives and forks, and other articles, value 301.—The prisoner pleaded Guilty. The RECORDER advised the prisoner to consider well before pleading guilty. The offence was one of great magnitude, and the fact of his pleading guilty would make no difference in the sentence which the Court would feel bound to pass upon him. The Prisoner—l plead guilty, because lam guilty. The RECORDER after expatiating on the enormity of the offence which the prisoner had committed, and on the immense quantity of property stolen, sentenced the prisoner to ten years' transportation. George Rivers was indicted for stealing a pair of boots, the property of George Castle. The prosecutor is a boot maker, and the prisoner entered , his shop, and r an o ff with the boots in question. -lie was stopped by a po liceman with the boots in his possession. The Jury found him Guilty. A previous conviction having been proved against him, he was sentenced to one year's im prisonment with hard labour. - The prisoner in personal appearance and expression of countenance bore a remarkable resemblance to the por trait of Jack Sheppard, and wore his black hair close cropped after the favourit6 fashion of Mr. Ainsworth's hero. .Henry Grn, aged 27, and Edwin Sharman, aged 37, were indicted for stealing a bale of silk, and a box con taining a quantity of furs of the value of 1001, the pro perty of John Ward ; and James Steptoe, aged 24, was indicted for feloniously receiving a portion of the pro perty, knowing it to have been stolen. Mr. Clarkson conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Phillips defended the prisoners. It appeared in evidence that the prosecutor is the pro prietor of a stage waggon plying to Gloucester, and on the 30th of (fetober the property in question, in two bales, was sent to his waggon by Messrs. Littlewood and Messrs. Ellis and Everington, to be conveyed to some place in Gloucestershire, and they were received at the booking-office, and were duly placed in the waggon; but they never reached their proper destination. The pri soner Steptoe had formerly been in the service of the prosecutor, as waggoner, but he had been discharged, and a man named Leeson was engaged in his stead. The prisoners Griffin and Sharman were porters at different inns in London at which the *waggon stopped, and they had an opportunity of knowing the nature of the pro. perty that was in the bales. The man Leeson was the principal witness in the case, and, according to his state ment, the prisoner Steptoe proposed the robbery, and that while the guard of the waggon was only from it for a short time, in Oxford-street, Sharman and Griffin came up with a horse and cart and took away the goods from the back of the waggon, and it was arranged that when the waggon arrived at Loudwater the ropes behind the waggon should be cut, in order to make it appear that the robbery had been committed upon the road. It appeared that Leeson subsequently made a confession of all the circumstances of the case, and this led to the prisoners' apprehension, and on their lodgings being searched some boas and fur tippets were found, which er e stated by some of the witnesses to be of the same description at those that had been placed with the other property in the bales that were stolen. Some other con firmatory testimony in support of the story told by the accomplice was also adduced. Mr. PHILLIPS addressed the Jury, and called wit nesses on behalf of the prisoners, who gave them an ex cellent character for honesty and geod conduct. The RECORDER summed up, and the Jury acquitted all the prisoners. The Learned JUDGE told the prisoners th at t h e J ury had come to it most charitable conclusion, They best -- - knew whether they had any, and what, share in this most guilty transaction, but he felt it his duty to tel! them that if the Jury had come t , ) a ditforent conelti , kn he should, without any hesitation, have ordered them to be transported, and he hoped the narrow escape they had had would be a warning to them for the rest of their lives. NEW COURT. William Pearce, aged 45, described in the calendar as a servant, pleaded Guilty to an indictment charging him with stealing two pair of reins, two back-bands, a pair of stirrup leathers, and other articles, the property of his master, Basil George Wood, and was sentenced to seven years transportation, he having been before convicted of a similar offence. lVitiam Elkrson, a shoemaker, pleaded guilty of stealing various articles, the property of James Sawyer, and was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment and hard labour. James Collins pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with stealing a pair of trowsers, v a l ue 9 3 ., an d was sentenced to seven years' transportation, h e h av i ng b een several times convicted previously. EmnezzLEMENT.—Thomas Parker, a most respectable looking man, pleaded to an indictment charging him with embezzling the money of his employers, Messrs. Kent and Co., the brush-makers, of Falcon-square. After the prisoner had pleaded guilty, he begged of the Court to allow him to withdraw his plea, Counsel on his behalf having been employed. The Court granted the prisoner's request, but shortly afterwards he stated that it was his determination to persevere in his plea of guilty. From the statements of Mr. Kent it appeared that the prisoner had been employed by him as his clerk and book-keeper for many years, and that he appeared to have adopted a regular system for years by which, even on scrutinising his books, his embezzlement could not be discovered. The prosecutor considered that he had lost upwards of 700/. through the prisoner's delinquencies. The COMMON SEARGEANT did not consider he should be doing his duty to the public unless he passed a severe sentence upon the prisoner. His embezzlements were to a large amount, and had been conducted in a manner calculated to escape detection. The sentence of the Court was that he should be transported for seven years. The prisoner bore his sentence with considerable firmness. William Clements, 15, was convicted of stealing 131 cigars, value 75., the property of Thomas Mansford, and was sentenced to one month's imprisonment. Thomas Humber, 31, was indicted with stealing seven dozen of hose, the property of Isaac Wilson and another, his masters. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner was the warehoUseman of Messrs. Wilson and Co., who carry on a large hosiery business at 35, Milk street, and also at Nottingham and Derby. He had been in their employ for two years and upwards, and while there had committed the depredations with which he was charged. It appeared that the prisoner after committing the depredation offered the stockings for sale to a person named Leman, who kept an old clothes shop in Beer-lane, Spitalfields, and that from the infor mation given by Leman to Messrs. Wilson the robbery was discovered. The prisoner also offerell a pair of the stockings to Mr. Dewey, the landlord of the Swan with-Two-Necks tap, for I s., and the price asked appear ing to him inadequa:e, he suspected that the prisoner had not come honestly by the property, and caused him to be apprehended. Mr. Phillips conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Ballantyne defended the prisoner, and called several persons who gave gave him an excellent character. - The COMMON SERGEANT summed up, and the Jury, after a short consultation, found the prisoner Guilty, but recommended him to mercy. The COURT sentenced him to nine months' imprison. ment and hard labour. The prisoner begged that the latter part of the sen tence might be remitted, as he was in an ill state of health from rupture. The COMMON SERGEANT observed that the visiting Magistrates would remit that part of the sentence if it was found necessary. POLICE IN'T'ELLIGENCE. MANSIOIV-HOUSE. The Lord Mayor, within the last few days, received some letters which contain an interesting narrative of an adventure which separated one part of the crew of a vessel from the other, and excited apprehensions amongst those who remained on board that their shipmates were murdered upon being sent to an island for fresh water. The communication arose out of the following circum stances :—Four of the crew of a ship called the Victoria waited on the Lord Mayor to consult his Lordship about the recovery of their wages in respect of a voyage from London to Vera Cruz. It appeared from their statement, that during the voyage they were sent ashore on the coast of Cuba with the ship's boat to get a supply of fresh water ; and that having succeeded, after considerable dif ficulty, in filling three casks, they prepared to return to their vessel, when, to their great dismay, they found she had disappeared. After having waited for some time, during which they experienced many hardships, they hailed a Spanish brig, bound to Cuba, and were taken on board. On their arrival at Cuba, the British Consul showed them every kindness, and sent them home with all possible expedition. The LORD MAYOR, though thoroughly understanding all questions which have reference to shipping and the claims of seamen, closely questioned the men, took the case up with the greatest alacrity, and sent for the agents of the owners of the Victoria. Mr. Devett, of the firm of Devett and Moore, imme diately attended to his Lordship's message ; and, on, being informed of the circumstances, gave, without hesi tation, the amount of money necessary for the support cf the poor men until farther inquiry could be made, and promised that if, on the arrival of the West India packet, which was expected daily, any intelligence shou'd be re ceived confirmatory of the truth of their statement, he would leave the decision as to the amount of wages, &c., to be paid to them to his Lordship's judgment. A few days afterwards the packet arrived, and brought letters confirmatory of the allegations of the individuals, whom the writers believed to have been murdered. The follow ing is one of the letters : " Brig Victoria, Oct.B, 1841. " Messrs. Sadd, May, and Co., Maldon. " Gentlemen—At the request of Captain Johnson, I have taken the liberty of forwarding to you the follow ing particulars relative to the loss we have sustained within the last three days. Being becalmed off Cuba on the 4th, and our water being out, it was determined, if the want of wind should continue, to send the boat on shore next day to fill a couple of casks from a fresh water river, of which there are four or five running from the mountains. On the sth, at six A.M., the boat left the ship, having on board the following persons, viz., the first mate, J. Waddington, Hugh Owen, George Lee, James Strutt, and Charles Hunter. About a quarter past eight, A m., a very heavy squall, with much rain, came suddenly on ; and we, being very short of hands, were obliged to let go by the run some of the sails. We stopped up the scuppers and collected the water in empty barrels and pickle-tubs by means of pots and basins, and anything that came handy. Captain Johnson not liking the appearance of the weather, asked me to fire my gun, as a signal for the boat to return to the ship, which I did nine or ten times, loading so as to make the loudest report I could. We were at that time about seven miles from the shore, and could see the boat distinctly with the naked eye gradually nearing it ; but they took no notice of the firing. Twelve o'clock came, and we were rather sur prised that we 'could not see the boat returning, as Mr. Waddington said he should not be gone above four hours, and the weather was now quite fine, with a beautiful breeze off the land ; and Captain Johnson, anxious not to lose it, we continued cruising up and down the land opposite the creek till four o'clock, P.M. Captain Johnson then began to be alarmed for the fate of the boat and her crew, which he now supposed had been seized immediately on its arrival by the natives, and the people murdered. Six o'clock came and no boat in sight. At dusk we hoisted a lantern at the Peak End, in case our suspicions should not be true. We then got up the fire arms, loaded and double-shotted the muskets and pistols (not having sufficient gunpowder to load the swivels, as it had been left behind), and arming ourselves with a cutlass each, watched anxiously all night long, so as not to be taken by surprise, in case the Spaniards attempted to board us i n th e s hip' s 3oat (which is their plan) as we were detablined to sell our lives as dearly as possible, knowing we that if once they got on board, every soul would be murdered. In the night (which *as as dark as pitch) a heavy squall occurred, and we were obliged to run out to sea a little way. " The next morning we stood in shore, and as soon as it was light, what should we see coming out of the creek where our boat went ashore, but a large low suspicious looking schooner. We hoisted a signal of distress, and fired a gun or two, but no notice was taken of it. After a time the schooner having run close along the land, till she got to windward of us a good way, made all sail she could upon us, till we could see that her decks were filled with men. We then immediately set stu'nsail and everything that would draw, fearing her designs upon us, and knowing that it would be perfectly useless to contend against a force so palpably superior. The schooner, after a short chase, finding that she did not gain upon us, shortened sail, and stood in for the land again. There being a fair breeze and nothing to be seen of our unfortunate boat's crew, we thought it better, even in the crippl e d state in which we were , t o cont i nue our course for V era Cruz than run the risk of life and property by k eep i ng the ship i n such close connexion with the land, an d w i th such a vesse l. Trustin g th at i n the course of a short time something of certainty will be known with regard to the fate of the unfortunate boat's crew, • " I remain, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant. "E. J. PERRY." Mr. Devett read several other letters to his Lordship, and said that they most satisfactorily proved the validity of the claims of the men upon the owners, who would at once render them every service to which they were entitled. The LORD MAYOR said he expected nothing less from gentlemen of such high character as the owners of the vessel. His experience enabled him to form correct opinions, in general, of the romantic casualties to which sailors were often subjected ; and he rejoiced to find that so little of the sort of tragedy which was frequently mixed with the adventures of the sea was to be found in the details which had been mentioned. He certainly con sidered that the men were entitled to their wages for the whole voyage. Mr. Devett--They shall receive their wages for the wh o l e voyage my Lord. G U/E/3RALL i n g S a a l r l a t ii h /i lineaments, a woman ofa gypsy out , 4 w 6 a year ea t• s placedof a a age, e t , h b e ebaar bar before Mr. Alderman COPELAND under the following extraordinary circumstances.:— Elizabeth Goldsmith said, the prisoner came to the house, No. 37, Green-street, where she (witness) lived as housemaid, and inquired if she wished to puichase any lace or small articles of millinery. Being An swered in the negative, she. then asked if she wanted her fortune told, and said she could tell, what kind of a husband was fated for her—whether he was rich or poor, fair or 40,r1c, long f or short, &c. &c. Not tong able to resist a temptation so alluring to wins (she was a pretty little girl shout 17 ..r 4 , - prisoner wa. IE - 4iiight down to;:iielitcilli•Al fortune-tellers usually are ; after which she said she should be unable " to rule the stars " in her favour unless she had some of her dresses for a short time, and that a watch would be necessary to ensure the greater certainty in the incantations she was about to perform. The witness then got. her three dresses of her own, worth about 31, and went up to the room of a lodger, " one Mr. Thomas Brown," and brought down his watch, worth 51., which was ticking over the mantel-shelf, and handed them over to the sybil, who went through a number of mummeries, when she tied up the whole in a bundle, saving, it should not be touched for some time. or the charm would be unavailing. She then departed after getting " something hot," and was never seen by the prosecutrix until arrested by the policeman. As may be well guessed, upon opening the bundle the watch was gone. The watch bore an oak tree as a crest, and the initials W.C. Two fellow -servants of the prosecutrix, swore to the prisoner's identity, and that she was at that moment wearing her (prosecutrix's) clothes, and also Joseph Dal ton, the constable who arrested her. She was fully com mitted for trial, and the parties bound over to prosecute. CHICHESTER SESSIONS.-JAN. 3. This being the day appointed for the trials of William Styles Goodeve, and William Williams, the late cashiers of the Chichester Old Bank, from an early hour every avenue leading to the Town Hall was crowded, and the greatest interest was excited by the proceedings. W. A. Bridges, Esq., the Recorder, at t en o ' c l oc k , took his seat on the bench, as also Dr. Cavanger, the Mayor, and several other Magistrates. Lord George Lennox was accommodated with a seat on the bench, as also the assignees appointed under Messrs. Ridge's bankruptcy. Mr. SHERWOOD, the solicitor to the prisoners, applied to have the prisoner Williams tried first. William Williams was then placed in the dock. The prisoner was respectably attired, and appeared about fifty years of age, and pleaded to the indictment, in a firm voice, Not Guilty. - There were two indictments against the prisoners, one for the cash, and the other for the notes. The first one gone into was for the cash portion of the deficiency. A lengthened examination of witnesses then took place, but it was d es tit u t e o f p u bli c i nterest. The Jury retired at a quarter before eight, and after an absence of a quarter of an hour, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The announcement was followed by shouts of ap plause. The trial lasted nearly ten hours. Mr. Johnson, for the prosecution, said that as he had precisely the same evidence to offer, he should not pro ceed on any of the other indictments, either against the prisoner or Goodeve. The prisoner, FVet. Williams,. was then arraigned on the second indictment, to which he pleaded Not Guilty ; and no evidence being adduced for the prosecution, a verdict of acquittal was recorded. Wm. Styles Goodeve was then placed in the dock, and arraigned on two indictments, to both of which he pleaded Not Guilty. No evidence being offered for the prosecution, a ver dict of acquittal was recorded in both cases. DISTRESS 1N THE COUNTY OF RENFREW. (From the Renfrewshire . Reformer.) We subjoin a copy of the answer returned by Sir Robert Peel, on receipt of the memorial from the county of Renfrew, regarding the state of the country. The Premier states that he has read with painful inte rest the report which that communication conveys, of the distress which prevails in the town of Paisley and the neighbouring villages. And so Sir R. Peel may read with painful interest these statements, when he re flects that he was the leader in disbanding Parliament three months ago, when it should have contined in Ses sion_devising means for the relief of the suffering trades men at Paisley and other parts of the country. In place of merely expressing sympathy, however, we should have preferred having the sincerity of Sir Robert Peel's pain for the sufferers in this district evinced by some exercise of the vast power which he pos•esys to afford relief. There are twenty ways by which the Cabinet have the means of administering to the relief of the suffering manufacturing districts. In the first place they might order the distribution of provisions at the national cost. In the second they ought in stantly, at the very least, to issue an Order in Council for the sale of grain from bond duty free. The Cabi net should also patronise a national subscription : and this they have refused to do. But in addition to these means of granting speedy and 'effectual relief ht the command of the Government, they could, without loss to the country worthy of name, and with great advan tage to our naked population, order a distribution of clothing from the military stores, particularly bed clothes and men's wearing apparel, abundance of which they have at their disposal : " Drayton Manor, Dec. 25, 1841. Sir,—l have had the honour of receiving the com munication whieh bears your sighature, entitled the Memorial of the Noblemen, Commissioners o f S u ppl y , Justices of the P eace , an d Magistrates of towns of the County of Renfrew. •° I need scarcely assure you that I have read with great attention, and with painful interest, the report which that communication conveys of the distress which prevails in the town of Pait•ley and the neighbouring villages, and that I will not fail to avail myself of an early opportunity of bringing it under the notice of my colleagues. " I cannot close my acknowledgment of this commu nication, without expressing my sincere satisfaction at learning that the privations to which the labouring classes have been necessarily exposed have affected the general health in a less degree than might have been expected, and without at the same time recording, as the head of her Majesty's Government, my grateful Sense of those local exertions which have been made with so much perseverance, liberality, and sound judg ment, for the mitigation of the sufferings of the unem ployed in the -neighbourhood of Paisle). I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, " ROBERT PEEL. " Sir W. Milliken Napier, Bart., Ste." WEST INDIA MONOPOLISTS AT WORK AGAIN. It appears by the last advices from Jamaica, that a public meeting had been held, at which it was resolved, " That a memorial be presented to the Lurds Commis sioners of her Majesty's Treasury, setting firth the in jury inflicted on, and the evils arising to, the British West India Coffee planters, by the importation through the Cape of Good Hope of coffee raised and manufactured by slave labour, and trans-shipped thence into the home market, and that a Committee be appointed to prepare the same." This is a specimen of effrontery unparalleled in the history of monopoly, and beats the bread taxers hollow ; for the latter do permit corn to come in at starvation prices, but these Jamaica worthies would have no other coffee than their own consumed in England. It appears by official statements to Parliament, that in the four years 1837 to 1840, the total quantity of British Planta tion Coffee imported was 55.618,206 lbs. Ditto on H hick duty was paid The consumption, h owever , was double 107,768,632 „ The deficiency being ma d e up b y E ast India Coffee, on which duty was paid 28,499,526 ,9 Foreign Ditto, through the Cape of Good Hope It must not be forgotten that during the whole of the four years, the price of coffee was extravagantly high ; that the protection duty on Foreign Coffee through the Cape of Good Hope is 50 per cent. ; and that the people of England have to pay, in addition, all the extra charges on shipment to the Cape, and transhipment there to England. The importations of British Plantation Coffee were, in 1837 15,208,7551b5. 1838 16,909,716 1839 10,769,655 1840 12,730,080 and so long as discriminating duties are allowed to exist, it is the interest of the West India Planters to grim just so much coffee as, at the consequent high prices, will yield them as large an income as a greater quantity at lower prices. Corollary.—The demand for the consumption of Corn and Coffee in Great Britain exceeding the power of pro duction by the two vested monopolies. it is the interest of both to keep their respective productions below the wants of the consumers.—(From a Correspondent of the Liverpool Times.) NEW YEA R'S-DAY. The disorder and dissipation consequent upon the ce lebration of New Year's-day have, on this occasion, been of a much more aggravated kind than we had any reason to expect, both from the reputed growth of temperance in a large mass of the lower orders, and also from the want of employment caused by the long continued depression in trade. By the stroke of twelve, however, on Saturday morning the streets were as much crowded as formerly by parties running on first-footing errands with bottles and cake. All went on smoothly, though noisily, till two, when a large body of Irish men, principally railway labourers, and amounting, it is computed, to about three hundred in number, sallied from the purlieus of the Bridgegate and Saitmarket, and, with wild bowls, swept the streets like a torrent. They careered up High-street, knocking down almost bli they met, and taking the whisky bottles from those engaged in first-footing, and in the majority of instances dashing them to the ground. The watchmen did not expect such a band of barbarians, and isoltved as the former were in knots of not more than two or three, any effort to check them at the outset, would have been as bootless as Dame Partirgton's attempt to sweep out the Atlantic Ocean. The police immediately gathered in same strength, and, taking up a position at Stirling -street made a dash at the Irishmen as they came thundering along, and captured the ring-leaders. The others were soon afterwards dispersed. Oa Sa turday morning the rioters were placed at the bar of the Police Court, and punished ; a man named Francis M'Kennan, being sent to Bridewell for 60 days, and a nam named Pat. 111`Csbe, for 30 days. The worst feature in this outrage is, that the great majority of the Irishmen were what is called tee-totally sober, and must have proceeded about this unlawful work in a deliberate spirit of reckless malice.—Glasgow Paper. Lord Vesey and Fitzgerald leaves town :this morning for Stowe Eck. ANOTRER MuRDER ar BURNLEY croplA, ; • , t ( 1, has again been tbrovvn i:a,o <c btaic of considerable ex citation, by a cruel outrage perpetrated upon a disabled old man, and from which his death resulted. William llugdale, the deceased, was nearly 70 years of age, and very infirm. On Friday an inquest was held at the Turf Inn, Burn ley, upon the body of the deceased, before Mr. John llargreave, one of the Coroners for the Northern Divi sion of the County of Lancaster. Several witnesses were examined, and below we give that portion of their evidence which throws light upon this unhappy transaction - Ellen Nuttall, of Burnley, deposed to the following effect :—The deceased William Dugdale was a cripple, who resided in a Cellar in Eastgate. About half-past twelve o'clock on Sunday morning the witness, who lived in the adjoining cellar was awakened by a loud knocking at the door of the deceased. She heard the door open, and the wife of the deceased exclaimed that they were all about to be murdered, and desired witness to get up. The witness got up and went into the area fronting llugdale's dwelling. This area is entered by a flight of stone steps from the street. , Witness saw at the top of the steps two young men, who cast • ashes in her face, and then ran off. The deceased went up the steps and there met two lads, younger than the men witness had originally seen. The boys inquired, " Hare they broken'-your windows ? " Deceased re plied, "You must go down and see." Witness then re entered her cellar, and immediately alter Sarah Dug dale called out, "They are murdering my old man." Witness had previously heard a noise like that of a per son falling down the steps. She then went out and found the deceased sitting at the bottom of the flight. The young men who threw the ashes were standing on the steps. One of them wore a white hat, the only article of his dress that was distinguishable ; the-other had a broad-lappelled coat and a black hat. The man in the white hat said to his companion, " Run, run !" and wit ness saw no more of them or the boys. She assisted the deceased to his cellar, who appeared seriemsly injured. lle got worse, and suffered much pain until eight in the morn ing, when he expired. Upon laying out the old man the witness noticed a black mark on the small of his back, and a lump at the back of his head. Sarah Dugdale, widow of the deceased, stated that'he was 68 years of age. On Sunday morning there was a violent knocking at her door, and upon the deceased partially opening it, it was violently pushed by the young men before mentioned. After confirming the evidence of the previous witness, Mrs. Dugdale said that she returned into the cellar upon hearing her husband tell the boys they must come and see if his windows were broken. As soon as she had entered, the deceased fell to the bottom of the steps.and i she thought that he had been thrown down: With assistance she removed her husband to the cellar, when he said he did not think he should last till morning. The deceased told her that one of the young men took him by the waist and another by the legs, and threw him down the steps. Medical assistance was sent tbr,_. but none arrived while the de ceased was living. The boys, whose names were Ben jamin Sagar and Thomas Stuttard, told the witness that they saw the young men lay hold of and throw her hus band down the area, but declared they were unacquainted with the offenders. After other confirmatory evidence as to the declaration made by the boys of their being present at the outrage, Mr. Conflate, surgeon, stated, that upon a post mortem examination of the body, he found that the lungs had been ruptured in such a way as to cauie death. Such a rupture might be caused by a heavy fall, especially in an individual who-41 lungs had been previously affected, as was the case with the deceased. The Jury, after a long deliberation, found a verdict of " Wilful murder against divers persons unknown, and against the boys Sagar and Stuttard, as aiding and assisting."• The Jury, no doubt, believed them to be acquainted with the guilty parties. The boys were then committed, -upon the Coroner's warrant, to Lancaster Castle. DREADFUL MURDER AT MANSFIELD. An account of this atrocious deed has already appeared in The Sun, with the admission of the prisoner that it was he who had perpetrated the act. An inquest was held on the body of the deceased, w h en th e f at h er an d mot h er deposed to the visits of the prisoner to their daughter, Mary Allom, but which they had discountenanced in con sequence of his irregular and passionate habits. W. Metham, constable, Mansfield, was called up about twelve o'clock on Thursday night by Wtn. Allow. Got up immediately, and went down with him to the pri soner's lodgings. Prisoner came down partly dressed in his coat and shoes. Witness said he wanted him; and there was a woman at the door, who said, " Oh, Sam, what have you been doing ?" He answered, " I have been doing nothing." Witness then told him he wanted him on suspicion of murdering Wm. Allom's daughter, and that he must accompany witness. He said he would, and made no resistance. When they had gone about 100 yards, he said, " Mr. Metham, I am the murderer. I intended to destroy myself, but my heart misgave me ; and I am pleased I have not done it, as I ought to suffer publicly as a warning to others." Wit ness said, " What was the reason you committed this crime ?". And he answered, "He wanted to have the girl, and her mother was not willing, and as he could not have her, he was determined no one else should." lie said- that he had dune it with a knife, and Median] would find it nigh to her ; and so it was, in blood at her side. Went down to the premises, and un locked the shop door, and went up stairs with four others, and there saw the unfortunate girl lying nearly on her back, inclining towards the right side. In Going to the lock-up the prisoner said that " she died almost iinme diate!y, and that he stayed with her for some time after she was dead." Her throat was cut in four places, and she lay near to a pool of blood. He fancied she had been dragged away from the pool of blood by the marks on the floor. He produced the knife, which was a com mon shoemaker's knife, with clots of blood on both haft and blade. 'l'be deceased's necklace lay in one of the wounds ; her hands and gown were bloody; and the pri soner's trousers were slightly spotted with blood on the front part. He believed prisoner was of sound mind. The prisoner, being cautioned, was then asked if he had anything to say ? Thdeprisoner rose from his seat and said, " I decline for the present," and then resumed his sitting. In answer to the Coroner he said, "My name is John Jones, and not Samuel Moore. I live at Mrs. Wragg's, Lister-lane. I am a cordwainer, and 24 years of age. I have, lived in Mansfield four years." He then declined answering any more questions. The room being cleared the Jury almost immediately returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against John Jones," who was fully committed upon the Coroner's warrant to take his trial at the next Nottingham Assizes. WRECK OF THE SUSANNAH, OF STOCKTON. One of the bodies of the unll)rtunate crew of the Su sannah, of Stockton, baying been washed ashore on the Coatham sands on Tuesday last, an inquest was held the following day at the Lobster Inn, Gaitharn, by Mr. John Page Sowerby, Coroner, when the following evi dence was produced :—Thomas Carter, of ltedcar, sea man, deposed that he found the body in the water. He appeared to have been drowned some time. Thomas Previll recognised him as being one of the crew on board the Susannah, of Stockton, which sailed from that port on Saturday, the 13th of November last. On the follow ing day Previll saw the Susannah wrecked off Coathara, when all hands on board were drowned. Thomas Faith, being sworn, said, that on Monday, the 15th of November. hist, he collected a quantity of the wrecked wood of the Susannah, of Stockton. A great portion of the wood (part of the above vessel) which came on shore was quite rotten, and not worth taking off the sands. He has been Sand-bailiff for 15 years, and it is his business to collect all wreck that is washed on shore within the manor of Kirkleatham ; that during that period he hadcol lected a very large quantity of wood from wrecked ves sels, but had never before seen any so rotten as that from the Susannah. The fore and mainyards came on shore ; the foreyard was in a rotten state, and broken in two. Thomas Thwaites, of Coatham, house carpenter, attended the sale of the wreck, and purchased part of the fore yard ; that he took •his rule, and pushed it three or four inches into it, and found it rotten from one end to the other. George ‘Vatson, ship carpenter, said, he was brother to Ralph Watson, the late captain of the Susan nah, of Stockton. The Susannah was an old vessel, not In a fit state to go to sea with ; that the vessel would be in great danger in a gale of wind with such a fore-yard as it had ; that it is so rotten as to render it unfit for sea; that the safety of a vessel depends greatly upon the fore yard. No further witnesses being examined, the Jury imme diately returned their verdict to the effect, that the de ceased, being one of the crew of the brig Susannah, of Stockton, was drowned, being washed from the vessel whoa she became a wreck on the 14th November last, off Coatham ; and at the same time presented to the Coro ner the following—viz., " That the Jury cannot help ex pressing, in the strongest terms, their unqualified indig nation at the conduct of the owners and manager of the brig Susannah, for allowing her to sail in a state so totally unseaworthy." DESTRUCTIVE - FIRE IN MAN- CHESTER. About nine o'clock last evening a fire was discovered in a large warehouse which forms part of Bateman's buildings, in Blackfriars-street, in this town. 'The pre mises, which are in the occupation of Mr. Finch, calen derer and maker-up, and Mr. Thorp, calico-printer, are situate close to the River Irvvell, on the Manchester side, about midway between Victoria-bridge and Blackfriars bridge, and consist of a building six stories in height. Owing to the retired situation of the building, which has no frontage into any principal street, it is probable that the fire was burning some time before it was observed by any one. The hands employed on the premises had left work at the usual time. Four of the engines were on the spot in ten minutes from the time of the alarm being given at the police yard. The whole of the building was then in flames. In the amazingly short space of half an hour from the arrival of the engines the flames were brought under con troul, and the manner in which the communication with the adjoining buildings was cut off is matter of the utmost astonishment. About ten o'clock the flames began to sub side, and by twelve were quite extinguished. The amount of the loss, including the building its e lf, will prob a bly no t f a ll s h o rt o f 5,0001. - The different parties are understood to be insured. The engines contin,ed to play on the flames till about tw..lve o'clock, when they appeared to be completely extinguished.--Manchester Courier of Saturday. COMMENCEMENT - OF TIIE MACKEREL FISHERY. —Last week one of the Hastings. boats, being. the - first on the•southern coast, put off,to fish for mac kerel, and succeeded in catching 200, which readily sold at the high price of 4/. 10s. par hundred. MORNING SUN HiTNTTNG APPorNT 7 O - ENTTs. • . •i The PC.III bco:iws ire hounds, inur,;,:ay, the - ktath,;- 0 * The N. F. H., Thursday, Brickworth Pond; Saturday' Wilverley Post-14 - The Hursley hounds, Friday, Mitchelmarsh-14 The Odiham harriers, Thursday, Swain's Hill-10. The H. H., Thursday, Candover Church; Saturday. Groywel I- Hill of. The Vine hounds, Saturday, Chinham-11. The Tynemouth beagles, Friday, %Vallsend Green. Mr. Watson's hounds, Friday, Hazon. The Haydon hounds, Saturday, Sewing Shield. The Hurivorth hounds, Thursday, Entercommen; turday, Croft Bridge. . _ The Duke of geaufort's hounds, Thursday, Lower woods woods, Saturday, Langash Turnpike. Earl Fitzhardinge's hounds, Thursday, Sudeley Castle; Saturday, Broadway. The Whitefield harriers, Friday, Chacely—lo. Lord Portman's hounds, Friday, Clenston Farm. Mr. Farquharson's hounds, Thursday, Duncliffe; turday, Fifehead Neville. The Ty therley harriers, Friday, Newton Stacey. The Middleton harriers, Fri., Bowlesbury The Craven hounds, Friday, White Hill; Saturtliqt. Coke Wood-101. The Brecon hounds, Friday, Llachvane-10. Mr. Morgan's (Ruperra) hounds, Friday, Tredagsl House-11i. The Cowbridge harriers, Thursday, Langan; Sala' day, St. Mary's Church-10•. The Berkshire hounds, Friday, Cokethorpe Park. Sir John Cope's hounds, Thursday, Shottisbrook; day, Dogmersfield-10f. The M. IL, Friday, Waterson-11. The Monmouthshire hounds, Thursday, Llanrihange! Crucorney— 101. The Montgomeryshire hounds, Saturday, Gunley. THE MARKETS —YESTERDAY• COLONIAL MARKET. There was only a moderate business transacted, but prices were sustained for all articles. The imports were small. Raw Sugar sold slowly ; Jamaica fine and good Yellow 665. to 71s. ; low to middling 60s. to 655. per cwt. TEA MARKET. The operations were fair in all sorts of Tea, end prices were firm ; Company's Congou ls. 10d. cash, TALLOW MARKET. There was little business done in P.Y. Candle, either on the spot or for delivery, but prices were supported , 48. 6d. to 495. OIL MARKET. Prices were barely supported, and the market Va s dull. Cud Oil, 311., and Pale Seal, 421. 10s. per tun' Linseed Oil, 36s. per cwt. . WHITECHAPEL MARKET. The supply was plentiful, the trade for the second and inferior qualities was middling ; but fine sorts were in demand, and the present prices were well supported. Clover, 21. 10s. to 51. Bs. ; Hay, 2/. to 41 6 ; Stray ( ' 11. 10s, to 11. 14s. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS, I Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Pease. ---I----- ---' Per Quarter.' s. to a ^ato s. s. to I. s. to a ato L Carlisle 'sB 73 33 ::4 46 46 Hexham 6O . 70 36 38 .3 28 --",,, Slorpeth 5 4 03 30 32 1 11 k t 40 42 3d " Penrith 64 33 22 4 , i -:, Sheffield ' 66 30 23 45 „" Winchest r 62 69 27 30 20 26 40 42 35 1 . Per Bushel. ad. s.d. s.d. s. d. s.'d. s.d. s. d. s. d. s. d 4 :, Carmarthen 7 0 81. 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 3 5 6 0 0 0 0 ', 0 Cowbri,;ge -0 4l' 0 0 3I) 5 0 53 0 ‘., ' 0 Iwansea 76 8n 40 44 26 3 0 5 6 6 0 f. 6 () Per 8011. 00 1 Barnardcastl 16 0 19 0 8 9 9-0 4 0 7 4 96. 11 0 910 - , 1 Uurham i26 156 :?6 9 0 5 9 69 00 10 6 90 1 0 ' 0n Richmond l2 6 18 010 0 110 60 7 4R) 0 12 0 90 i •:, 0 Stockton l5O 196 90 '9a 60 70 9 0 • 11 6 80 I''' NEWCASTLE CORN EXCH ANGE. Red. White- Wheat, Northumlaerland 64..665....... 555. f105..1 Norfolk and Suffolk 6ss. 685....... 68s. '7os. I. - Berwick and Scotch ......... Foreign 66s. 705......; 68, 725. Rye, Norfolk sod Suffolk --Foreign 36s. 42s —l: —a ' r; Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk... 31s. 35s —s. —s. tt 40 7 4 9 6 110 5 9 6 9 0 0 10 6 60 7 4110 0 12 0 60 7 0 90. 116 • ___N EXCHANGE. Red. White. Wheat, Northumlaerland 64*. 614.«.... 555. flos.l Norfolk and Suffolk 6ss 64e....... 68s. '70.. I Berwick and Scotch ......... Foreign 663 70s ...." 68.. 724 Rye, Norfolk acid Suffolk Foreign 36s. 42c —l: —s Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk... 31s. 35s —s. —l. - Grinding and Feeding kBs. 30s Malt, Norfolk and Surfeit' s6s 60s. —..s. ....f. Beans, Small 4os 4ts —s. --Y. •••• Tick Pease, White 42s 445..... —s. —F. -- Gray Oats, Northumberland, I'otatoe 213. 26s L —.. ----. Feed - 22 s 24s —a. —.4. Foreign ... 2os. 225. —3.— t Flour (per sack) 4Bs. 51s —L .—s Foreign 66s l'Os. ...: 68.;.725. 1 aye, Norfolk sod Suffolk --Foreign 36s 42s —l: —L ' r; Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk... 31s. 35s —s, —l. I f, - Grinding and Feeding kBs. 306 Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk.., Les 60s. —s —... a Beans, Small 4os 4111 —s. -- 6 . I V -. Tick •./..... 4041 425. —s• —s. , Pease, White 42s 445..... —s. —F.. -- Gray Oats, Northumberland, I'otatoe 2ts. 26s —II. --F. "---....-.. "........."---•-••••.• Feed . 22s 2444 —3 .....4 Foreign ... 2os. 225. —9. s _ Flour (per sack) 4Bs. 311 —L .—s SCOTCH MARKETS. __.-- Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Oaten . 1 2, ilacrdeen ... 60 to 70 2S to 39 15 to 21 —to 33 to 25 Berwick 35 45 1') 23 15 21 30 35 33 Zoldstream Cupar (File' 48 65 126 31 18 22 21 26 —.• rg Dunbar.. Elgin 7O 72 So 31 22 26 16 59 --:, Inverness , CO 70 29 31 22 25 32 33 Kelso .... . r. 5 47 17 24 16 18 30 as - Kirkaldy Perth 6O 67 39 40 25 35 41 44 ..... "'' ila. Thu sue of the measure varies throughout the country. HADDINGFON CORN MARKET. ' Wheat. Barley. Oats. ise..tis re,a!!; First 69F Od - 34s Od 9.6 s &I 4ts 04 . ...I 1',,., Second sBs Od . 29a 1 d 2:11 Od Sts ed —9 vu, Third sos Od I 23s Od 21s Od 30a Od .—s Ov Average 21. 17s 11d.9.12th5. GLASGOW CORN All RKET. Q Wheat, per 2401 b. s. d. s . ti. Oats. per 2641 b. s. d. f..., p dritish, obi 340 to 37 6 I r i.b ... .......... ......... 17 0 to:110 .......... new Canada, free o— 0 Beans, per 2601 b. 2 5° Irish 400 Barley, per 8201 b. Scottish English 25 f. 27 6 Pease, Scottish ...... 6 1 9 1 ) Scottish 2. 0 264; Oatmeal, per I f 3113.... 17,6 .:;, Irish DALKEITH CORN MARKET. Wheat itar.ey 1 Oats. pcaa,e, Beset , First ' 60 Ou 33s 0' 1 `;2s' 44 ' 38'041 ass 0a Second s9s Od :30s id I 22 s 8 1 35 , Od Ws o ' l, Third HAMBURG 'MARKETS. ibcrdeen 60 to 70 Berwick 35 45 Zoldstrean Cupar (File' 48 65 Dunbar., Elgin 7O 7:Z Inverness CO 70 Kelso . . r. 5 47 Kirkaldy Perth 6O 67 Tho stae of the m HA ODIN( Wheat. rirst 69s 0:1 Second 5B, Od Third bOs Od Average GLASGOW CO Wheat, per 2401 b. e. d. s. rt. dritish, old 340 toa76 new anada, free 0 0 Irish Barley, per 92.01 b English 25 G 27 6 Scottish 2. 0 '26 Irish DALKEITH CO Wheat Bar ey I 60 Ou 33. 0 593 Od :30s 08s Od 22. Od Wheat. Macke V.O Magdeburg 396 - Mikalt, wtme 444 red MY; Brunswick 420 GR. to 5;9 to 525. to 525 to 5',51 to 5191 162 - to 1 1 177 to 258 . L: 66 7 8 3 2 t tt i t t i 0000:o . 0 1 ,1,.41 11 1, 0 1 1 231 t • eO9 to 6, 4 168 t 1 74 258 to 3,- Barley, Mecklennurgh . Magdeburgh Holstein Odctbruck Oats, Eider Mecklenburg ... Holstein Upland Pease,letklenburg Beans suck Wheat Rapeseed, Hanover Malt Fares - Mecklenburg 378 to 51s1 --Polish 4bb to .46 Holstein Rye, Mecklenburg Mkrks 258 to 300 -- Elbing .tnd Ko nigsburg 124 te -- Pomeranian 246 to 2.41 Anhal Cull Carolina and Tennessee 7 to i to 9% rleorgia, Ist Ault • 74i 7 2d. . ...... 6.4 3d.anci 4th Marrnham Madras Su►at; Domingo 'EE. ON to 1 ) 6 ,,, b3O 3 6 - - cof Illmet , .. 13 t'. 13)4. Batavia - Sumatra Rio i 5 74 Bahia SUGAR.— (\ Nu aavannah, White 3 to , 74 Brown Di 214 Rio, White 214, 4 Brown Manilla. Brow' Domingo Porto Rico ilavannah 8% Discount.) Bahia, White ... .... Brown Pernambuco, White Brown 2% to 2% 3% to 4 5N , 4' 6 2.14 tog ~11fi ..1% 3 .1% 2 EXTRAORDINARY RUN WITH BARON ROTHSCHILD'S HOUNDS.—These hounds met on Monde); at Marsh-hill. near Bishopstone, when a stag was turn& out, which, however, gave but a short chase, in cone: quence of which the field returned to th© same spot. second stag was now uncarted, which took a route over the district of Haddenham, Chearsley, Cuddingto"' Chilton, and was eventually taken by moon-light, 11$ Warmiughall, near Weatley, Oxon. Some of the first rate nags were brought to a stand-still-some time before the take ; at which time only the Baron and a very fe ° gentlemen were present. The run must have been 11 1 ) ; wards of twenty miles. Thursday the no bl e Baron 00", his friends had another splendid-run. Th e start was t Ito sham, and the take in the field adjoining the Ball Infirmary, where, unfortunately, the stag dropped dead ` from exhaustion.-4Nlesbury News. SILVER TEA SERVICE" —T. COX SAVORY, Working Silversmith, 47, c o rnhillP London, seven doors from Gracechurch-street, submits th° prices of the following SILVER TEA and COFFEE SEW VICES. The Cottage Pattern is plain, standing on shell feet , the tea and coffee pots with a flower ornament on. the lids. King's Pattern is richly embossed with flowers and scrolls' The shape of either is new and elegant. COTTAGE PATTERN. RING'S PATTERN. • E. S. E It . Strong Silver Tea-pot ...12 0 Strong Silver Tea-pot ...1 2 io Ditto Sugar Basin .6 In Ditto Sugar Basin 7 Ditto Alilk Ewer. 410 Ditto Cream Ewer Ditto Coffee-p0t..15 0 Ditto Coffee-pot.• Complete ..Z38 6 Complete £4O ° A variety of upwards of fifty Tea and Coffee Services 1 0 . 1 be seen in the Show-'rooms, *here may be selected every an' ell of silver requisite for the sideboard or plate-chest. Per phlets of prices, illustrated by sketches of the various articles. • gratis, and forwa-ded, p.stage free, to any part of the kingde , ll' —T. COX SAVORY, No. 47, Cornhill, London, seven doors from Gracechurch-street. BIRTHS. On the 3d inst., at Larkhill, near Liverpool, the Hon. Nlr*• Richard Denman, of a son. On the 9th ult., at Malta. Mrs. L. Dickson, of a daughter• On the 3d inst., at Harley-street, Cavendish-square, the lady of Lieutenant-General Sir Lewis Grant, K.C. H. , of daughter. On the 2d inst., at Brighton, the lady of the Hon. Charles Hanbury Tracy, of a daughter. On the 31st ult., at Glen Cottage, near Southampton, t ll6 lady of Joseph J. P. Hoare, Esq., ot a son. On the :e9th ult., at Maxton House, near Dover, the lady 0f 1 Digby Murray, Esq., of a daughter. On the Ist inst., at 'Walton-on-the-Naze, the lady of Cen l. mander Newton, R.N., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 10th of November last, at Charleston, South Caro' lina, United States, the Rev. J. Obear, of Vermont, to Juli a, youngest daughter of the late T. N. Saffery, Esq., Canterbury; On the let inst., at St. James's, Piccadilly, Mr. Wilshin , 01 Hayes, Middlesex, to Julia, fifth daughter of the late Heal Gray, Esq., of Dean's- court, Doctors'-commons, and Stan" hope-place, Hyde-park. On the 29th ult., at Wharton, Lancashire, F. Pyner, Escltt Captain sth Fusiliers, to Alice Jane, relict of D. Davison, Es9 l and eldest daughter of John Bolden, Esq., of Hyning Hall, 1 0 the same county. On the Ist inst., at Woolwich Church, Frederick Davies! Esq., Upper Gower.street, to Mary Gay, secolicl daughter or the late Lieutenant-Colonel Payne, of the Royal Artillery. DIED. On the 28th ult., at Mertoun, Berwickshire, the Right Non. Lord Polccarth, aged 84. On the 29th ulti, at Great Ealing, H. J. Penn, Esq. On the 31st ult., at Alexand er s quare, Brompton, Georg e Osgood, Esq., aged 64. On the 31st ult., Mr. P. Jay, of Long Melford, aged 61. On the 31st ult., in Tredegar-square, Bow, Mr. George rgir rington, aged 45. On the 31st ult., at the Rectory House, °nett, Essex, t he Rev. John Fredeiick Osko, aged 81. On the lstinst., Mr. William Burridge, seri., of MI . street, Westminster, aged 70. London Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG , No. 112, Strand, at The Sun (Mice, No. 112, Strand, we the County of Middlesex, Wednesday, hoary 1, 1842•- I t