The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-17 00:00:00

frbirb Wbition THE FUNDS-(CI BRITISH . _ _ _ 4OSING PRICES.) FUNDS. India Stock Ditto Bonds ....... 46 pin Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities — Ea. Bills, 1,000/....2d 52 pm Ditto 5001 52 pm Ditto Small Bank Stock for Acct. India Stock for Opg... Consols for Acct....... 93/ I FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. per Cent. Red.........101k New 31 1 per Cent......... New 5 per Cele Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 ...... 12i Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 FOREIG. Austrian, 5 per cent. ll2 b per cent lO2 Brazilian Bonds 69-/ Buenos Ayres 6 per cent — Chilia.n, 6 per cent. Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1824 Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent Boi Danish, 3 per rent. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent. Mexican, 5 per cent-- Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian,lB2s,6 perct. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto 384 Prussian, 5 per cent — Russian, 5 pei Ditto, Metallic — Spanish;s per cent Ditto, Deferred.... . 10 French, 5 per cent. —f. —e. Exchange —f —c French, 3 per cent —f. —c. Dutch, 21 per cent 521 Ditto, 5 per cent. .. SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 48 Bristol z.nd Exeter (70 paid) ...... Great Western, (65 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Birmingham (90) . ..... Ditto Quarter Sha res (25 pa id) 49 f London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) 611 Paris and Rouen (20 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 22 Ditto Scrip (20 naid) BHRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THB EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—A meeting was held yesterday in the Ward of Tower, when a great number of merchants and tradesmen of the highest respectability assembled, to devise some means for protesting against the sur charges to which they bad been generally subjected. Forbearing studiously from expressing any opi nion on the policy of the Tax itself, they em ibodied in a resolution their desire to denounce, n the strongest possible language, the " improper and vexatious system of surcharges " which had been, without investigation or reason," and in the face of " a solemn declaration," very generally im posed on them. It seems, from the statement of one of the district assessors who attended the meeting, that when he sent in his book according to the actual return, it had been sent back to him with an intima tion that he must revise and raise the amounts— an order with which he complied, according to his own statement, " most reluctantly." We must confess that if he could only do it " reluctantly," we think it was his duty to refuse to do it at all ; for his reluctance could only have arisen from the impression that the return first sent in was correct, and no order of his superiors could justify his making surcharges which he believed to be erroneous. If it be true that the Government orders these sur charges to be made " without investigation or rea son,' it is little better than a robbery on the public, who in many cases will prefer paying the unjust surcharge, to incurring the trouble and expense of appealing against it. If the district assessors are desired, without discrimination, to raise the amount of the assessments, it is indeed time for the public to protect themselves against so gross an impo sition ;. and meetings ought to be held to denounce an evil which individuals have neither the time nor the energy; perhaps, to successfully grapple w ith. The meeting in the Ward of Tower has furnished an example which ought to be immediately followed, and the revelations of the assessor leave no room for doubt that surcharges have been made in a spirit of speculation as to how much can be wrung from the pockets of the public—dependence being placed on the general disinclination of men of business to devote trouble and time to such matters as an appeal, involving a sum less in amount than they might lose by neglect of their ordinary occupations. Even the Government assessor, who wrote a letter to the 'meeting in the hope of exculpating himself, makes admissions that prove the justice of the complaints made against the whole system. He says that several hundreds of names were returned as having made no assessments, which allegation, he declares, from in quiry, he believes to be partially untrue ; for he thinks " some of the parties made returns, and the assessors have mislaid or lost them." Here is a specimen of the " secrecy " which the public were promised should be provided for in the arrangements made for carrying out the Income-tax. Many of the returns were " mislaid :yr lost," and who shall say how many hands they may have passed into since the negligence of the assessor let them go from his own possession ? It was mentioned at the meeting alluded to, that the party who had already paid his Income-tax had a fresh charge made against him, and though Sir R. Peel caused a letter to be written, pro mising " immediate inquiry into the circumstances," how is the individual to be repaid for his loss of time and anxiety in rectifying a blunder which the mean est capacity and the commonest honesty, added to ordinary care, could not have fallen into ? • STANDARD.—The Morning Chronicle of this morning, taking the same line as the sham-Peter— a bad Champetre of the Globe (if the pun will be excused)—magnifies Mr. Wilbraham, the ousted Whig-Radical Member for South Cheshire, through six columns of report and leading article, up on the occasion of a picture of that gentleman being presented to his lady. Mr. Wilbraham, who lost his election, it is assumed, in consequence of his support of the Bs. duty scheme, is placed .by our Contemporary in invidious contrast with the Conservatives, who, though they opposed that scheme subsequently voted for Sir Robert Peel's Bill, by which we have a duty of 205., now in operation. We cannot see any grounds of contrast in the case. There is not, we are sure, a Whig in England who does not perfectly under stand the difference between Bs. and 20s.—and understand it well, too, for all practical purposes. - Even, therefore, if this were all, there surely , would be no inconsistency in voting for a pro tecting duty of 205., though one had previously voted against reducing the protecting duty to Bs. But this is not all : the fixed duty was notoriously a fraud : almost undisguisedly a step to the abandon ment of all protection whatever. This may be a very good reason for the money jobbers and mill gamblers preferring it to Sir Robert Peel's law ; but we pre sume all farmers would rather have 48s a quar ter for wh ea t i n this and in future years, than this yea r , an d 30s. or less the year following : and so for the future, we presume that all such farmers think that they ha m ad e a good exchange of Lord Melbou rne for r R o b ert Peel, and are thankful to the ge n tl emen to whom they are , ildeb l te t d e for that exchange. A s we h ave before said reduction in the price of c orn i s no more the effeectaof Sir Robert Peel's Bill of last session than it is the effect of the statute of premunire : but that the reduc tion has not been greater, much greatar, is the con sequ,ence of the principle of protection which that Bill has carefully preserved. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Devonport Independent.) Pring, Her Majesty's s hip Th un d erer , 84, C a pt a i n P is now waiting orders. The crew was paid wages on Wednesday last. Her Majesty's steamer Locust, Lieut. Lunn, having taken a supply of coals on board, and had her defects made good, will sail to-day (Saturday) for the Medi terranean. The Pestonjee Bomanjee, transport, arrived from Quebec on Thursday, with part of the 67th Regiment on boar 4 l. The troops were landed on the same day, at the Royal William Victualling Yard. Ships in Harbour.--Caledonia, 120, Capt. A. Milne; San Josef, 110, Capt. F. W. Burgoyne ; Locust . steamer, Lieutenant John Lunn ; Confiance steamer ; Diligence and Pestonjee Bombajee transports; and Rochester lighter. In the So und.—Thunderer, 84, Capt. D. Pring. We have received a letter from her Majesty's sloop Champion, 18, Commander Richard Byron, dated • Callao, Aug. 19. It states the country (Peru) to be in a Most unsettled state from insurrection and civil war, relative to the election of a new President, for which there were three candidates in the field. One • of the rejected has command of the troops, which he had taken by force ; the one elected had a portion of the troops, with the populace, and an engagement was soon expected to decide it. The Champion was • lying as guard-ship at Callao, waiting the ,arrival of the Admiral, when it was expected she would be sent to the Sandwich Islands or Mexico, being the only small craft on the station. The Carysfort, 26, Captain . Right Hon. Lord George Paulet, was daily expectod • from England, and the Pearl, 20, Commander It. 11. Stopford, from the Brazils. Her Majesty's ship Druid, 44, Captain Henry Smith, C. 8., arrived at Bombay, from 'Trincomalee, on the 26th October, and was there on the Ist Nov., waiting orders for her return to England, where she ma_y be expected about the beginning of April. Her Majesty's ship Blonde was to leave Nankin the latter part of September, with three millions a . dollars on board, for England, part of the Chinese tribute, and might be expected in March, 1843. Mr. Conker, herm of the Cornwallis, is coining home as Master of three yea rs in China. Blonde, front ill health, h av i ng b een . . Mr. Henry Liddell, surgeon (late of the Blonde, and who . was actin g on board the Cornwallis at the is appointed to the Nimrod. ,„.„ 7 L. , i tillaq_lOning the treaty,. during the temporary ill -r, ri 0 l e . .je g r Surgeon) ,:-..,..--,•-r----,'`-- -11A-ironi'rmENTs.—Lieutenant—George Goldfinch, !<:.."-...:_..., ti, the, Wicr)pite, vice Gordon, promoted. g.„..4f. T. A. F. Maddock, to the AVar:spite ; Mate • _ 1, - 7 - ..G--- , -„ iliV i inthrop (from the St. Vincent), to the -' --)... 9:s* Assistants—Thomas Spicer, to the Sama .4:4-7: _I - ' 44_1 . Richards (from the St. Vincent), to the A T44O, N. , 's Warspite ; N. J. Loane (from the St. Vincent), to the Megmra steamer. Assistant-Surgeon—T. R. Pickthorn, to the War spite, vice Mason. Midshipman—F. P. C. Owen (from the St. Yin cent), to the Warspite. Clerk—Stuart Watson and Charles Richards, to the Samarang. Vols. Ist Class—S. L. L. Peile, to the Samarang; A. D. Mercer, to the Tweed. Third Engineers — Owen Owen, to the Thunder bolt; D Mrid Douglas, to the Alban. Warrant Officers—Edward Aldridge, boatswain, to the Warspite, vice Collins ; George Mason, boatswain, to the Samarang; Thomas Westlake, gunner, to the Gorgon steamer. MERIT NOT REWARDED.—We are happy to see that meritorious and deserving young officer, Mr. Win. Bateman, appointed from the St. Josef to the Acheron steamer, as Clerk in Charge. Our readers must re member how highly this young officer was spoken of in our paper about two years since, while serving on the coast of Africa, on board her Majesty's sloop Wolverine, in which he performed the arduous and multifarious duties of Secretary to the senior officer, Clerk of the ship, kept the officers' watch, boarding officer, &c. He has served six years and not yet re ceived his promotion to the rank of Purser, but we trust the Admiralty will soon do him this act of aom mon justice. PORTUGAL. LISBON, DEC. 12.—The Portuguese Government had the views of the English Government on the tariff question under their consideration, and Lord Howard had had an interview with the Duke of Pal mella, but it was not anticipated that any immediate result would be arrived at—unless, indeed, the Duke thought proper to break off the negotiations. The real difference between the two Governments was not believed to be very great, as the Portuguese do not attempt to abide by their so-called " ultimatum." It appears by tables published at Lisbon, giving a list of all classes of British goods that pay a duty equi valent to above 25 per cent. ad valorem, that there were 161 kinds of cotton goods thus situated, and the average duty on which amounted to 47i per cent.; 65 of woollens, averaging 59i per cent. ; 27 of linens, averaging 53 1-3 d per cent.; and 88 of hardwares, averaging 89-1 per cent. The duty on British earth enware averaged 764 per cent. ; and that on porcelain 130 per cent. Newfoundland salt fish was taxed with a duty of 53 per cent. ; Irish butter paid 324 per cent. ; English cheese from 40 to 60 per cent; and what makes the latter case the worse is, that in defi ance of our treaty, Dutch cheese is admitted at lower duties than English cheese; the former paying only lid. per pound weight, while the latter is taxed, the commonest double, and the finer sorts four times that amount. It appears that out of our total imports into Por tugal in 1840, the declared value of which was 1,110,2441., cottons alone amounted to 728,3091., and of these two-thirds were supposed t 6 pass into Spain, leaving about 600,0001. as the value of British goods actually consumed in Portugal, and against which she has to set off the wines, fruit, oil, wool, &c., which she exports to England to a far greater amount; yet a writer in the Revolucao, by the easy process of doubling the value of British goods imported, ditto of the interest paid on the Portuguese debt, and adding both together, and by assuming further that the British goods which enter are all, or nearly so, for Portuguese consumption, and on the other side by vastly underrating the amount paid by us for the wines and fruit of Portugal—contrives to snake out a ridiculous balance of about 9i millions sterling against Portugal, and which he says the latter has to pay in hard cash every year as the result of "Bri tish connection." The cause of Senhor Silva Cabral v. the National newspaper for a libel, in charging him with the author- ship of the ;late publication against M. Dietz, and stating that they knew where the manuscript copy existed, came on the 10th. No manuscript copy was produced, nor was any evidence beyond hearsay brought to connect the matter with Senhor Cabral. The Nacional was, however, acquitted by the Jury. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Leedv Mercury.) FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, DEC. 16.—The middle and low descriptions of Foreign Wool have been in tolerable request during the past week, such wool being most adapted for the China trade ; but in the finer sorts no change of any importance has been discernible. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET.—There is no varia• tion in our Wool Market this week. Sales in all kinds are limited; but as stocks continue small, any sales that are effected are at the top quotations of last week. There is scarcely any demand whatever for blanket goods. TRADE OF LEEDS.—There have been some heavy deliveries of goods from the manufacturers this week for the India and China markets ; but with this excep tion, the cloth markets at both halls have been exceed ingly dull. A more confident tone of feeling, how ever, prevails as respects improvement in trade after Christmas. As usual at this late period of the year there is very little doing in the warehouses, but a very confident expectation is generally entertained that an improvement will take place early in the new year. Prices are firm, and the stocks of goods on hand are much lighter than they were some time ago. BRADFORD MARKET , THURSDAY.—We cannot re port any cha nge f or the better in the Piece Market ; the merchants buy very sparingly, which is fully met by the diminished production, and this has had the effect of preventing any material accumulation. Prices of all kinds are firm, and at the time of the year, a slight advance may be fairly looked for. There is a steady business doing in yarns, and at old prices ; sales are not difficult to effect, which the spinners feel re luctant to comply with, consequently the mills con tinue still to be partially employed, and in many cases working daylight only. The business done in wool during the week is by no means an average, which may be attributed to the pricesdemanded by the stapler being such that the spinner cannot accede to. TRADE OF MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.— On Tuesday the cloth market was more flat, than for the three previous weeks, and prices generally were lower. Since that day there has been no signs of improvement, and the market to-day must be called if anything still duller, and it is, in fact, difficult to describe its real state. Twist is lower for nearly all numbers, and the probability is that it will further re cede, if sales are pressed before the usual purchases commence preparatory to the spring shipments. NAVIGATION OF THE RIVER YANG-TSE-KIANG. The following letter, dated Yang-tse-Kiang River, August 23, 1842, from Captain Ord, of the brig Li verpool, will be found to contain many important and interesting particulars relative to this river : " I left Amoy on the 21st of May, for Chusan, and after a very severe dead beat along a coast and through channels very little known, and almost with outnthl of en _ chart s , w i t h t h e exception of a rough sketch chart, I at gtjuhnaer: I ived nnm saf p e le ly ted latnathdng eila,tt July ly pl B ac , e an o d n p t r h e e . e e d r e e d m tl)yinjoiisfnetritinenceos nnl convoy lying Amongg e i:itheouter h har h b u o s u a r n . islands the navigation is the mostintriciate of any part of the gl o b e , the currents ru fearful rapidity, and i n whirlpools, and i ni r n e g nde wi ring ships totally unmanageable, an account o f w hi c h , and the accidents that have happened, are too lengthy for this letter. On the e ven i ng of the Bth I was obliged to anchor in twenty-eight fa thoms, rr i e n nt a s dangerous g t h e e r o r u n s c kpsa,r where to a tidhebeshinip and cargog driven b y would have been totally lost. At ten P.m. the best' bower parted ; came to again with the small bower, close on the rocks. The windlass having carried away, rode by the mainmast. This damage was all done by the rush of the tide, there being but little ' were promptly answered I fired signals of distress, which answered by her Majesty's ship Thalia, and by several transports, who sent about 70 hands. At four o'clock A.M. on the 9th, when the tide eased, we succeeded in getting the small bower, but not until heaving off one of the arms which had hooked a rock ; after losing another stream anchor and hawser, got into safe anchorage by six o'clock A.M. We proceeded with the convoy on the 10th, and after a quick and fine passage arrived at Woosung, in this river, on the 14th July, where we remained quiet until the 4th of this pre sent month, when we received orders from the senior naval officer at Woosung to proceed to Nankin, in company with the Baretta Junior and the Sir Robert Pee], under convoy of her Majesty's ship Harlequin, and reached the point of the river on the 6th instant. It is about fifty miles above IVoosung, and about one hundred from Nankin. It is the most dangerous part of the river, with rapid tides and shifting banks, so that the channel is very uncertain ; the width of the liver at this point, from shore to shore, is about twenty ijles. It is now my painful duty to give you an ac count of the loss of the ship. On the day in ques tion, steering after her Majesty's ship Harlequin, we observed her suddenly ground ; the Liverpool's an chor was immediately let go, and in turning round she grounded also. The two other transports being a little more astern, dropped their anchors also and a.7oided the bank which is not correctly laid down on the chart. We had immediate assistance from the tran, ports, and when the ship was once again swing ing to the stream, the capstan gave way, and the liare end of the hawser being fast, slipped, and the ship was .then im me di ately forced on the bank again, and all etfOrts to get her off failed. In the meantime her Majesty 's ship Harlequin had got off. On the Bth, strong, with a swell, the vessel strained a g ood id became l ea k y. On the 10th we com m blowing o d w e i a n l g a g the car go i nto the junks on the ebb, overboard on t h e flood, as they could not y alongside. I\re toiled i ncessan tly day and tq and throw. c r l e i a w r i g n i g n ith every possibl e assistance, buttonvinced the ship w ou ld b ecome a n t i h g e h n t, h he 11th WRS Con wreck, there ,being six feet water in the hold, and both pumps constantly going. I, with the assistance of a number from her Majesty's ship Harlequin, own. menced saving and putting on board the junks every valuable article, either to owners or underwriters. At this period the ship had broken her back. On the 18th I abandoned the wreck, nearly buried in the mud, and divided the crew on board the two junks. " P.S. SEPT. 11.—Since writing so far we have reached within seven miles of Chin-Kiang-Poo (the last place taken by the English), forty-five miles from Nankin. Peace is now concluded, and the fleet leaves on the 12th instant. The whole of the fleet, consisting of seven sail, have been on shore, some three or four times, so intricate is the navigation of this river." FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 15, 1842. Royal Regiment of Artillery-Second Lieut. C. 11. ,Morris to be First Lieutenant, vice Parker, deceased, dated Nov. 29 ;. Second Lieut. N. M. Mackay to be First Lieutenant, vice Hewgill, resigned, Dec. 7. MEMORANDUM.-The dates of the promotion of the under-mentioned officers have been altered as follow, viz.:-First Lieut. A. Peter, Oct. 13 ; First Lieut. A. P. S. Green, Nov. 1 ; Fir s t Lie u t. E. A. Williams, Nov. 3 ; First Lieut. H. W. Patton, Nov. 26. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 15. Corps of Royal Marines.-Alfred De Hochepied Ne peen, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire. Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Mi litia.-W. A. Cross, Esq., to be Captain, Dec. 13. Commissions 'by the Lord Lieutenant of Durham. Durham Militia-T. R. Grey, Esq.' to be Captain ;J. Arrowsmith, Esq., to be Captain ; T. V. R. Dutton, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; E. H. Havile,' Gent., to be Lieutenant. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire. Upperward and .Airdrie Lanarkshire Yeomarry Ca valry-Stephen Gray, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Dec. 2 ; Robert Lockhart, (rent., to be Cornet, Dec. 1 ; John George Brown, Gent., to be ditto, Dec. 2. WHITEHALL, DEC. 12. The Lord Chancellor has appointed George Smith, jun., of Altrincham, in the county of Chester, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High 'Court of Chancery. The following places have been duly registered for solemnizing marriages therein, pursuant to the Act of the 6th and 7th William IV., cap. 85 :- Open Communion Baptist Chapel, Ileham, Cambridge shire. Sutherland Chapel, Walworth. BANKRUPTS. GEORGE PARSONS LETHBRIDGE, linen draper, Portsea, to surrender, Dec. 23, and Jan. 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Gibson, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Wren, Fen church-street. CHARLES HUNTSMAN, druggist, High Holborn, Dec. 27, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Green, Aldermanbury, official assignee ; Meyrick, Furnival's Inn. ISAAC SMALLCOMBE, coal dealer, Bradford, Wiltshire, Dec. 28, and Jan. 25, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court of Bankruptcy. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Bush and Son, Bradford, Wiltshire ; Whitaker, Gray's Inn-square, London. THOMAS HYATT, scrivener, Shepton Mallett, So mersetshire, Dec. 29, at twelve,'Vat the Bristol District Court of Bankruptcy. Miller, official assignee; Bristol ; Ashford, Shepton Mallet. HENRY CRIDLAND, saddler. Totnes, Devonshire, Dec. 27 and Jan. 19, at one, at the Exeter District Court of Bankruptcy. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Red dell and Co., Lime-street, London ; Edwards and Byrett, Totnes. WILLIAM CRABB KNIGHT, builder, Great Suf folk-street, Southwark, Dec. 24, at half-past one, and Jan. 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basing hall-street. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's place, Old Jewry ; Lawrence and Blenkarne, Bucklers bury. JOHN SMITH, grocer, Wednesbury, Dec. 24, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 24, at twelve, at the Birming ham District Court of Bankruptcy. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham Rawlins, Birmingham. JOHN JENNISON, victualler, Manchester, Dec. 26, at one, and Jan. 21, at ten, at the Manchester Dis trict Court of Bankruptcy. Potts official assignee, Manchester ; Dearden, Manchester. JOZE LUIS FERNANDES, NOWELL LUIS FERNANDES, and JOZE LUIS FERNANDES, jun., corn-millers, Wakefield, Dec. 29, at ten, and Jan. 18, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Taylor and Westmorland, Wakefield. JOHN CREED MAYER, joiner, Bursletn, Stafford shire, Dec. 23 and Jan. 27, at eleven, at the Birming ham District Court of Bankruptcy. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Stanier, Newcastle. SAMUEL BINDLEY LINES, grocer, Oldbury, Shropshire, Dec. 21, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 14, at half-past twelve (instead of Jan. 7, as advertised in the Gazette of Dec. 13), at the Birmingham District Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Bir mingham ; Rawlins, Birmingham. THOMAS WILLIAMSON, grocer, Salford, Dec. 27, and Jan. 31, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court official assignee, Manchester of Bankruptcy. Fraser, Bower and Back, Chancery-lane, Lcndon; Barratt, jun., Manchester. WILLIAM ATHERTON, flint glass manufacturer, Manchester, Dec. 28, and Jan. 21 , at twelve, at the Manchester District Court of Bankruptcy. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Kershaw, Manchester. CHARLES MILLS NICHOLSON, cem merchant, New Corn Exchange, Mark-lane, London, Dec. 27, at half-past one, and Jan. 24, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Easinghall-street. Johnson, official assignee, theeY Dec. 31, Court of Basinghell-street ; M‘L e od and Stenning, Lond on - street, Fenchurch-street. at half-past CHARLESone, MAID LOW, W, builder, t twelve, r nc hI at Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Edwards, official assig nee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Rhodes, Beevor, and Lane, Chancery-lane. JOHN ALDERSEY, jun., broker, Liverpool, Dec. 24, at twelve, and Jan. 17, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy. Cazenove, Liverpool, official assignee ; Jones, Liverpool. JAMES HEAP, publican, Burnley, Lancashire, Jan. 5, and Jan. 30, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court of Bankruptcy. Fraser, Manchester, official as signee ; Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Temple, Lon don ; Crossley and Sudlow, Manchester. THOMAS BAKER. brass cock maker, Birmingham, Dee, 23, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 27, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court of Bankruptcy. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Unett and Sons, Bir mingham. GEORGE ARMSTROXG, grocer, Castle Eden, Durham, Dec. 22, and Jan. 20, at eleven, at the New castle-upon-Tyne District Court of Bankruptcy. Baker, official assignee, Ne w castle-upon-Tyn e ; Harle, New castle-upon-Tyne ; Chishohne, Hall, and Gibson, Lin coln's Inn-fields, London. WILLIAM ANDREW, attorney, Salford, Lancashire, Jan. 13, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court of Bankruptcy. Pott, official assignee, Manchester. CHARLES HENRY, WEATHERLEY, student, East Acton, Middlesex, Jan 7, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Edwards, official as signee. ROBERT REED, beadle, St. Luke, Middlesex, Dec. 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy Basinghall street. Turquand, official assignee. JOHN THORNELY, provision shopkeeper, Newton moor, Mottram, Jan. 12, at eleven, at the District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester. Pott, official assignee, Man chester. ROBERT REED, coal-dust-manufacturer, Bishop wearmouth, Durham, Jan. 9, at one, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court of Bankruptcy. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle. - JAMES PYOTT, watchmaker, Stockton-upon-Tees, Durham, Jan. 16, at twelve, at the Newcastle-uppn-Tyne District Court of Bankruptcy. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.", WILLIAM RAVEN, dealer in horses, Melton-ter race, Southwark-bridge-road, Surrey, Dec. 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Green, official assignee. Alderman bury, City. HARVEY LEACH, comedian, Bedford-street, Strand, Dec. 30, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall street. Gibson, official assignee, Basinghall-street. CHARLES KUMMELL, merchant's clerk, Pilgrim street, Kennington, Dec. 20, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Graham, Basinghall-stroet, official assignee, DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-stroet. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, DEC. 16.—We have had a very flat week, and the sales so inconsiderable as not to call for any observation, nor hardly to have made a market. The Anna, with 600 hogsheads, is arrived from Demerara, and another cargo is daily expected.—Bristol Mercury. SIR CHARLES NUGENT.—We are happy in being able to state that this gallant officer has so far reco vered from the effects of his late serious accident, as to be able to sit up for some time every day. Sir 'Charles, however, at his own request, remains at Charing Cross Hospital, where every attention is paid him by the officers of that excellent institution. CALIARTHE NSHIRE ELECTION.—The day fixed by the Sheriff's proclamation for the election of a knight of the shire for this county, in the room of the late John Jones, Esq., deceased, is Tuesday, the 17th instant, when the nomination will take place at Llan dilo. No opposition to the return of Mr. Saunders Davis is expected.— Welshman. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 16.—Arrived in the Cowes roads, the ship Henry, Captain Cuthberton, from Australia, bringing dispatches and twenty sacks of ship letters for the General Post-office, from Laun ceston' Port Philip, Sydney, Adel a id e , M e lb ourne , and Hobart Town, bearing the dates of the Ist, 17th, and 19th of August. DxVONPORT, DEc. 16.—Major Malcolm, Secretary of Legation at China, is expected to return to this port to-morrow, with the Chinese treaty of peace, ratified by her Majesty, and to embark on board the Locust, 2, steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Lunn, for Malta, on his way to Sir Henry Pottinger, and the head-quarters of Sir Hugh Gough, the Comman der-in-Chief of the Forces at China. The Locust has had her defects repaired, the crew will be paid wages this afternoon, and she will start immediately the Gal lant Major gets on board. FALMOUTH, DEC. 16.—The Peninsular steamer Lady Mary Wood arrived here this morning at four A.M Her passage homeward is reported as being a favourable one. There are rumours on board her of the loss of the Company's steamer Iberia, but the officers of the Lady Mary Wood think it without foundation. A.C. Marsh. navy agent, Clreat Scotland-yard, Jan. 6, at eleven—D. Campbell, merchant, Cleveland-row, St. James's, Jan. 6, at half-past eleven—G. Gibson, up holsterer, Ratcliffe-highway, Jan. 6, at two—J. Ellis, merchant, Calcutta, Jan. 6, at twelve—T. Giles, wire worker, St. John's-lane, Clerkenwell, Jan. 6, at two— W. Hill and W. K. Wackerbarth, ship agents, Leaden hall-street, Jan. 9, at half-past twelve—M. Hyslop, mer chant, Tokenhouse-yard, City, Jan. 9, at two—T. Cole man, victualler, St. Alban's, Jan. 9, at one—L. Allen, tanner, Great Coggeshall, Essex, Jan. 9, at half-past one —J. C. Adams, woollen warehouseman, Basinghall street, Jan. 4, at twelve. In the Country. G. W. Longridge, ironmonger, Sunderland, Jan. 13, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court of Bank ruptcy— S. Jacobson, picture dealer, Newcastle•upon- Tyne, Jan. 13, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-,Tyne District Court of Bankruptcy—E. Roberts, draper, Os westry; Shropshire, Jan. 10, at two, at the Birmingham District Court of Bankruptcy. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. W. Norton, fancy waistcoat manufacturer, Clayton West, Yorkshire, Jan. 6-R. Turvill, baker, Kingston upon-Thames, Jan. 6--R. C. and 11. T. Gray, rope makers, Grosvenor-place, Commercial-road East, Jan. 6 -A. Webb, carpet seller, Liverpool, Jan. 6-E. Moss, draper, Liverpool, Jan. 6-0. Hills, grocer, Bow, Jan. 6 -J. Thompson, dealer in paper hangings, Oxford-street, Jan. 6-D. Barbour and J. Norris, soap boilers, Liver pool, Jan. 6- G. Booth, lime-burner, Princes-street, Lambeth, Jan. 6-J. Lamont, J. D. Stewart, and J. Ma travers, brewers, Skinner-street, Bishopsgate-street. Jan. 6-C. Davidson and S. Bradley, merchants, Fen-court, Fenchurch-street, Jan. 6-E. Wright, commission agent, Manchester, Jan. 6-W. Jones and J. B. Windle, wine merchants, Liverpool, Jan. 6-J. Miller, patent sail cloth manufacturer, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, Jan. 6-W. Nicholls, livery-stable keeper, Adams. mews, Edgware road, Jan. 6-E. and C. C. Manning, drapers, High street, Aldgate, Jan. 6-J. 11. Loup and G. Godber, cotton factors, Cateaton-street, City, Jan. 6-J. Patter son, linen factor, Cateaton-street, City, Jan. 6-J. Ro binson, merchant, Dundalk, Ireland, Jan. 6-G. J. Green, glass manufacturer, Birmingham, Jan. 6-G. H. Watson, apothecary, Bayswater, Jan. 6-J. Irvine, salt broker, Liverpool, Jan. 6-P. Walters and M. Llewllyn, timber merchants, Neath, Glamorganshire, Jan. 12-S. and W. T. Clough, alkali manufacturers, St. Helens, Lancashire, Jan. 9- 2 G. F. Kerschner, victualler, Great Surrey-street, Southwark, Jan. 14-M. Gilbert, inn keeper, Lawrence-lane, City, Jan. 6-J. Beddow and F. Berryman, Manchester warehousemen, Little Love lane, Wood-street, Cheapside, Jan. 12-T. Saunders, linen draper, Northampton, Jan. 10-R. Marsh, licensed victualler, Upholland, Lancashire, Jan. 9-H. Ford, grocer, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, Jan. 9-J. Hurley, plumber, Woburn, Bedfordshire, Jan. 10-J. B. Morgan, laceman, Southampton-row, Bloomsbury, Jan. 13-F. Roberts and C. Rowe, milliners, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, Jan. 10-J. Cocker, dyer, Barnsley, York shire, Jan. 10-J. C. Rawdon, wool merchant, Leeds, Jan. 5-11. M. Walker and T. Casson, corn factors, Man chester, Jan. 7-J. Berry, grocer, Rugby, Warwickshire, Jan. 9-11. Carey, hat manufacturer, Basford, Not tinghamshire, Jan. 13-W. Bushell, innkeeper. Evesham, Worcestershire, Jan. 5-J. S. Mottram, woolstapler, Alrewas. Staffordshire, - Jan. 5.-J. Atkinson, builder, Leeds, Jan. 9. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Hall and A. Nelson, bottle merchants, Bath-E. Wills, jun., E. Raymond, and H. Wills, glove manufac turers, Yeovil, Somersetshire-H. Dinsdale and C. Cooke, medical agents, Dyer's-buildings, Holborn-R. T. Clay, J. Deck, and H. Newson, wine merchants, Thet ford, - Norfolk-T. Ellison and J. Lodge, brewers, Birken head, Cheshire-W. C. Loraine and B. W. Barker, timber merchants, Store-street, St. Giles's-W. and A. J. Lewis, printers, Finch-lane, Cornhill-H. Hart and C. Brooks, carmen, Swan-street, Newington-R. Hindlev and H. Miller, common brewers, Chorlton upon-Medlock, Lancashire-W. Hills and H. C. Buskin, Fenchurch-street-J. Shepherd and R. Smith, teazle dealers, Huddersfield, Yorkshire-B. Brierley and W Wilde, printers' joiners, Manchester. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. _ _ JOHN LINDSAY and GEORGE LINDSAY, builders, Glasgow, Dec. 20 and Jan. 10, at twelve, at the Chambers of A. Livingston, Glasgow. ALEXANDER FULLARTON and JAMES WELSH, joiners, Glasgow, Dec. 21 and Jan. 11, at two, at the Chambers of Hodge and Stewart, Glasgow. WILLIAM JOHNSTON, wright, Kilmarnock, Dec. 21 and Jan. 11, at one, at the Chambers of T. Fulton, Kilmarnock. NOTICES OF BANKRUPTCY. WILLIAM CHUMBLEY, watchmaker, Sheffield. WILLIAM PORTER, provision dealer, Oldham road, Manchester. HENRY ADAMS WADE, clerk, Wynyatt.street, Clerkenwell. ROBERT FLEMING, trader, Monk vvearmouth-shore, Durham. CHARLES FREDERICK GREEN, hat-manufac turer, Aston, Warwickshire. WILLIAM SEAWARD, Lieutenant, R.N., Coast Guard Service, Fishersgate, Sussex. WILLIAM FRANCE, engraver, Liverpool. WILLIAM REYNOLDS, retail brewer, Hinksford, Stafford. ELIZABETH DOW,lodging- housekeeper, Granville. square, Clerkerwell. THOMAS BUNDY, carpenter, Cross-street, Hatton. garden. THOMAS REYNOLDS, bricklayer, Sheffield. JOSEPH GOLCHER,, gun lock maker, Darlaston, Staffordshire. WILLIAM BASTOW, smith, Exeter. THOMAS D.AVISON, bootmaker, Coxhoe, Durham. JOHN REVELL, small-ware dealer, Sheffield. THOMAS STEAD, cloth-manufacturer, Bramley, Leeds. RICHARD RYLEY, commission agent, Montague street, Portman-square. JOHN SOW] EN SLATER, beer-house-keeper, Isholt, Yorkshire. JOHN BLACK, brewer, Leeds. JAMES FLE'TCHER, overlooker, Hulme, Lancashire. ISAAC DICK, pattern designer, Hulme, Lancashire. SAMUEL WILLIAM TURNER, attorney-at-law, Sheffield. JOHN HEY, shopkeeper, Thornton, Yorkshire. EDWARD LOWE, tailor, South Lynn, Norfolk. JOHN WHITE, butcher, Kempston, Bedford. CHARLES BESLEY, clerk, Mill-bay-grove, Devon, WALTER CALVERLEY TREVELYAN, gentle. man, Topsham, Devonshire. EDWIN CROSSLEY KENDALL, hosier, Peterbo rough, Northamptonshire. 'WILLIAM BILLIN, cattle-dealer, Cochrane-terrace Portland-town, Marylebone. THOMAS stage-coach driver, Bexley, Kent JOSEPH NEWSOM, licensed victualler, Leeds. JOSEPH ROBERTS, Hackney-road. MICHAEL LEECH, i nn k ee p er , H u dd e rsfield. JOHN MELLOR, fi e shm o onger, Gloucester-place, woolln cloth manufacturer, Hud dersfield. WILLIAM BROOKS, attorney at law, South-end green, Hampstead. Lawrence Jewry, ci tv. WILLIAM GAWTHORP, commercial traveller, St. ISAAC JOHN R iTCHIN, sta bl e k eeper, Bedford square. SACKVILLE FREDERICK GWYNNE, coach pro prietor,Regent's-park. JOHN LILLEY , artist, Oxford-street. ROBERT E DWARD DRAKE, farmer, Faggoter's Park-pla ce Farm, High L aver, near Harlow, Essex. P HILIP HENRY BISHOP, surgeon, Kirkstall, Leeds, Yorkshire. SECOND NOTICES. JOSEPH HENRY NICHOLASS, green - grocer, Rochester, to be examined Jan. 7, at half-past two, at the Court of B ankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Groom, official assignee, Abehurch-lane, Lombard-street. JAMES STEVENS , a ccountant, Winds3r-terrace, City-road, Jan. 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. G room, o ffi c i a l ass i gnee , Lombard street. . 23, SAMUEL HARRIS, fishmonger, Langley-place, Commercial-ro a d, D ee at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy, Basingf i aihstreet. Green, official assignee. DAVID bI ORGAN, foreman, Tregarron, Cardigan, Jan. 3, at eleven, at t h e Bristol D i str i ct C ourt o f Bank ruptcy. A craman, official assignee. WILLIAM KEY, linendraper, Hammersmith, Jan. 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall street, Johnso n , off i cial assignee, Basingliall-street. 1 JOHN BRYDEN, sumeon, Manchester, Jan. 7, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court of Bankruptcy. Pott, official assignee, Manchester. CHARLES COOPER, shopkeeper, Wentworth, Yorkshire, Dec. 21, at one, at the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy. Hope, official assignee, Leeds. HARRY WYETH PRAGNELL, retail dealer in beer, Brandon- s t reet, Walworth, Dec. 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basingliell-street. Johnson, official assignee. JOHN L EADBEATER, British wine dealer, Hulme, Lancashire, Jan. 12, at eleven, at the Manchester Dis trict Court of Bankruptcy. Pott, official assignee, Man chester. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING-, DECEMB_ER 17, 1842. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the Returns made in the Week ending Dec. 13, 1842, is 345. 4}d. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain. THE LATE DREADFUL FIRE. ADJOURNED INQUEST. The inquest was resumed before Mr. Baker, yes terday, at two o'clock. Charlotte Summers, wife of John Simmons, of 17, Little Prescott-street, said, her husband was a labourer, and lived in the back attic of the said house. She, her husband, and three children were there on 'Wednesday night, when two children, were burnt, the youngest being saved by her husband. The age of Charles was five, John was seven. She heard a dreadful scream proceeding from Mrs. Hol land's baby, in the adjoining room. She was un dressing and going to bed, and opened the door imme diately, but the smoke was so dense that she could not see out. Her husband was gone to bed, but he opened the window and got out, dragging her after him. He went to the next house by the tiles, while she remained there. The gutter broke at last, and her clothes were on fire. A ladder was brought, and she was rescued by a man there. Her husband, after saving the one child, made every effOrt to save the others, but could not. Had not seen the bodies of the children, but her husband had. Knew nothing of Younker, and had not seen him since the fire. John Summers, husband of the last witness, was next called, but he merely confirmed the statement of his wife. Phoebe Moss, wife of Abraham Moss, said that she lived on the first floor of No. 17, Little Prescott street. Her husband was a general dealer. The other room on the same floor was occupied by the Dutchman, Younker. Witness was out when the fire happened, and did not return till the worst was over. Found her children in the streets, two young men having saved their lives. Ann Moss, last witness's daughter, said that about a quarter past ten she heard a sudden explosion, and her sister said—" Oh, the Dutchman's Dutch drops have boiled over ;" and the candle looked all manner of colours. She rushed to the door, which a young man forced open, and he dragged witness down stairs ; another young man doing the same to her sister. She could not account for the fire in any other way than, judging by the explosion, supposing that " the drops" had boiled over. The smell was of a sulphurous nature, such as she had often smelt before from Younker's room. The Dutchman's room was on fire before witness and her sister got out, and he was down stairs. John Younker, or Vandyke, was then sworn, and was told, by the Coroner that he was not bound in law to say anything to criminate himself, if he should have been engaged in any illicit occupation. A Juror, of Dutch extraction, acted as interpreter, and explained the preceding remark to the witness, adding, that what lie said would be taken down. The witness said he was a licensed hawker, and a dealer in Dutch drops and shawls. He had occupied the premises in Little Prescott-street for about twelve months. He could not state how the fire originated. He was sitting with four other persons, taking coffee. Ile supposes a dog which was in the room had gone near the fire, and, a spark filling upon him, lie ran to the corner where the straw and glass was, and in an instant the whole pl.ace was on fire. He had, about an hour before, put some labels on the Dutch drop bottles, which were not then packed in straw. He found the dog this morning in the same corner, burnt to death. The materials of which the drops are composed would not ignite without flame being brought in contact with them. There were none of the party in the room smoking, and the smoke came all at once from where the bottles and straw were lying. The drops are composed of oil, saffron, and turpentine. He had gold, silver, and diamonds in his room at the time. Mr. BAKER suggested that it was possible some of the parties calling upon him might have set the place on fire, with a view to secrete some of these valuables in the confusion. Examination continued—The people who called upon him were customers, and from his own country. He found yesterday five small diamonds, and some silver clasps, used for Dutch pockets. He had about 300 bottles of the drops in his room at the time. He lost about 00/. in money and 2001. in valuables. The LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 16. (Guildhall Sittings at Nisi Prius before Lord DEN• MAN and London Common Jury.) WATTS V. DEVET. This was an action brought by a cab-proprietor against a brassfounder for damages done to his cab by defendant's truck. The collision took place on Black friars-bridge. The cab was going one way and de fendant's truck, loaded heavily with metal and lashed to a cart, was coming the other. A collision took place, and the wheels of the cab were carried away. The defence was that the accident had occurred from the carelessness of the cab-driver. The evi dence, as is usual in all cases of running down, was very contradictory. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Da mages, M. 9s. The case lasted the whole morning. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 16. PRICE V. SEELEY.-SPECIAL JURY. This was an action brought to recover compensation in damages for a malicious prosecution. Mr. Sergeant Shea and Mr. Hayes conducted the case for the plaintiff, and Mr. Platt and Mr. Watson were for the defendant. The defendant in this action is one of the vestrymen of St. Dunstan's parish. In the yerr 1838, a new school-room and vestry-room were erected. When the school-room was finished, a wall was commenced en the north side against Clifford's Inn. The plain tiff's premises were on the west side. Two labourers were employed in clearing the foundation of a fence wall, as an old fence wall was standing at the time. While the labourers were engaged in this, the plain tiff came up to them, and said they should not go on, as it was an infringement of his property. As fast as the bricks were put up he kicked them down. As the workmen were attempting to put the bricks up, he pushed them (the men) down, and otherwise as saulted them. Some of the vestrymen came and re monstrated with him, but he still persisted; and a po liceman was called in, and the plaintiff conveyed to Guildhall Police Court, but the Magistrate would not entertain the complaint, as he said it must be the subject of a civil action. The plaintiff had com menced an action against the vestry, in which action the defendants obtained a verdict, and the cause was removed into the Court of Error, where it still re mains. The vestry, as the Magistrate refused to ad judicate, then indicted the plaintiff for the assault on the workmen. He removed the case by certiorari into the Court of Queen's Bench, and the cause was delayed for upwards of two years, when the plaintiff applied to have it decided one way or the other. When the case was called on in the Court of Queen's Bench, Lord Denman said the facts had already been stated in an action in that Court, and he thought it would be better not to waste the public time. In consequence of this, Sir F. Pollock, who appeared for the vestry, said he would not offer any evidence, and the plaintiff was acquitted. The plaintiff now brought this action to recover damages for malicious prosecu tion. Evidence was adduced to show that no assault had ever been committed; and, on the part of the defen dant, the two labourers were put into the box, toge ther with several of the vestry, who swore distinctly that the plaintiff had violently, and without any pro vocation, assaulted the two men. Mr. Hams, in reply, contended at great length that these witnesses were interested parties. The Cnixr JUSTICE summed up the evidence, and said the only question they had to consider was whether there were just grounds for the prosecution in the plaintiff having assaulted the two men. The Jury retired ; and, after an absence of nearly two hours, returned into Court with a verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages 40s. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Dec. 16. IN RE HENRY MILLS. The insolvent had been a cab-proprietor, and attri buted his insolvency to a severe accident by being ruu over at Westminster on the day the Queen proceeded to open Parliament, in consequence of which he was confined to his bed for several weeks.--Discharged. IN RE WILLIAM ABBOTT. The hearing of this case had been adjourned from the 27th of November, to enable the insolvent to produce certain deeds and a warrant of attorney exe cuted in favour of his brother. It appeared that the insolvent, who was a surgeon, was the inventor of some important improvements in the ventilation and heating of buildings, and was en titled to a large property by right of his wife, in Kent, which it was alleged he had made over to his brother without consideration, and merely for the purpose of defrauding his creditors. The case was again adjourned, in order to get the mr. ieonil d v e m or istsi evidenc e o f hi s b rot h er, as to whether the transaction was bona d o o t h e n s e c e r r r i bed wiut i i e IN RE THOM AS COLEMAN. - LOAN SOCIETIES. The ns fioen LRi himself upo as .n l a oo g k ro i : g er, carry ing on b us i ness in Leicester-square schedules, said h e perceived the ' names of abou o t ve f r Or t t h y e different loan societies. The fact of incurring reck lessly such liabilities was most inexcusable, and could enable th e i nso l vent to not Thebe s c u as ffi e c w ie a n s tl a y p d j r o e ur r n ob e( a i ted. to lodge some papers in Court. IN RE RICHARD HUNTER. In this case the insolvent was in such a bad state of health as to preclude the possibility of his attendence in Court, and a medical certificate to that effect having been put in, the hearing was ordered to stand for the 20th of January. IN RE LOWE. The insolvent in this case was a surgeon: He ascribed his insolvency to the circumstance of having been induced to take a large professional establish ment in St. James's-street, relying upon the fact of his having gained considerable notoriety when Ox ford fired at her Majesty, he (the insolvent) being the person who first seized the miscreant after his villainous attempt. lie incidentally mentioned that Prince Albert had bought some trifling articles from him to the amount of about 701. The solicitor employed by the insolvent having grossly neglected to observe the forms necessary to enable him to pass the Court, the case was ordered to stand over till to-morrow, the Learned Commissioner observing, at the same time, that he should order the solicitor's name to be struck off the roll. Eliza Bruen Hewson, Albert Egerton, Joseph Jas. Sexton, John T. Hudson, William Buck, Sylvia Green, and Robert Pizzalla, were heard during the day, and were ordered to be discharged forthwith. We are sorry to hear of the death of Mrs. Harris the wife of the Rev. Dr. Harris, President of Ches hunt College, and author of the well-known prize essay on " Mammon." Her death followed confinement of a daughter on Monday last. ERRATUM.—The name of Mr. Hubbard was erro neously substituted for that of Mr. Laing, in the be ginning of the third quotation which appeared in the leader yesterday morning. remainder of the property recovered was here shown to the Coroner. It consisted of bits of silver and some small stones. John Isaacs, Wellclose-square, fireman, of the London Brigade, said he was at the fire about twenty minutes past ten, and a whole posse of engines were at the place in a short time after. The flames were bursting from the first floor windows in solid jet of three or four feet. Got the pipe into the passage, and the water was conveyed up stairs. The fire was considerably abated in half an hour, and altogether exhausted in an hour and a half. The sulphurous smell was overpowering. When the fire was subdued, he (witness) found in:the second floor back two little children at the foot of the bed quite burnt. Found in the third floor back two more children in each others' arms, and burnt to a cinder. Went to search for more, and found a female in the third floor front room, and two more females in another corner of the same room, close beside her. They had not been in bed, as the turned up couch in the corner had not been down. Had no doubt the fire was accidental. The fire enveloped the house almost instaneously, and though they knew that some persons were in the house, they could not for a time render assistance. He however thought that life in most of them would be extinct ere the engines arrived. Sergeant Wm. Leach, No. 18 of the H division, said that after he had got to the scene of the fire, he saw a policeman come out of the house, and a female on the second floor throw her leg over, and fall in a sort of rolling way over the window. Witness ran to break the female's fall, but ere he reached she was on the ground. The female was Julia Holland. She was lifted up, but died in a few minutes after. This being the whole of the evidence adduced, Mr. BAKER, addressed the Jury, pointing out that the whole evidence appeared to contradict any supposition that the fire had a felonious origin, and the Jury unanimously returned a ve r di c t o f " Accidental death" in each of the eight cases. The Dutchman, Younker, claimed the protection of the police, as a crowd of 200 or 300 persons outside were threatening summary vengeance upon him. The inquiry lasted about five hours. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of December 16.) SUGAR.—Although importers of British Plantation Sugar have submitted to a further reduction of 6d per cwt for low, middling yellow and brown descriptions, still the trade have purchased with caution, taking only ample for their present wants ; but good and fine yellow sorts have been in good demand, and command full rates, on account of the short supply. To-day the transactions in the West India Sugar mar ket were upon a small scale only, and at prices in favour of buyers, making the decline for the week 6d on the best yellow, and is upon all other sorts ; the market closed heavily, and the total sales for the week are only 1,400 hhds and trs. This afternoon 81 hhds of Barbadoes Sugar at public sale went off heavily at a decline of 6d per cwt : fine yellow selling at 675 . 6d to 68s, good 65s to 675, and middling 64s per cwt. REFINED.---Today Bonded Crushed was in excellent request, and cannot be had under 27s for present de livery. Loaves are in animated demand, and prices are improving ; 31s is now the lowest quotation. The home trade were buyers of Refined Sugar to a fair extent paying 73s to 73s 6d for Standard Lumps. Dutch Crushed Sugar more in request at 24s 6d on board in Holland. MAURITIUS.--Importers having supplied the market sparingly this week, have been enabled to obstain former rates. This afternoon good and fine yellow sorts were in demand privately at full prices, but inferior and brown kinds are dull of sale. EAST INDIA.—An increased desire has been shown on the part of holders of Bengal to sell this week, and they having pressed extensive parcels upon the market, have produced a fall in prices of is to 2s per cwt, the greater decline being on brown and inferior white sorts. This afternoon 585 bags Bengal at auction went off with heaviness and at rather lower rates, viz., good white at 65s 6d, mid yellow 53s to 53s 6d, damp 50s Gd to 535, low and mid 40s Gd to 48s per cwt. FOREIGN.—Holders of Foreign remain firm, and have refrained from offering any kind of yellow Havannah or Brazil at auction this week, and privately very few par cels are on the market. To-day brown Brazil was sought after, and 130 chests old Bahia were sold privately at 18s per cwt ; at auc tion 30 cases, 5 boxes, 20 brls Pernambuco, nearly all damaged, were offered, and sold at 20s to 21s, and badly damaged at 13s 6d to 18s 6d per cwt, being the full value. MOLASSES.—West India at rather lower rates ; good Demerara at 265. Bengal Molasses taken in at 26s for good quality, but sole afterwards at 255. per cwt. Foreign Molasses at 6s to 6s 6d per cwt. COFFEE.—lmporters of West India have been desirous to sell this week, and have submitted to a reduction on former rates of is to 2s per cwt. Foreign Coffee of all descriptions has been in much better demand this week, and a fair business has been transacted at full rates. This afternoon 512 bags Padang, 406 bags Rio, and 795 bags Ceylon, were offered at auction ; Padang sold at 29s for ordinary pale mixed, brown 28s, sea damaged 23s 6d to 255, being steady rates ; Rio went at 33s for fine ordinary coloury, being the full value ; Ceylon con sisted of good ordinary quality, and sold at GOs to 60s Gd, being a further fall of Gd per cwt. CocoA.—The maket for Foreign has become dull and prices have declined. For West India former rates have been sustained and the demand has been good. This afternoon 49 bags Pars at auction were taken in at 30s per cwt. TEA.—To-day the market presented a heavy appear ance for Tea, and prices further gave way for alt descrip tions ; the public sales, consisting of 15,300 packages, were thinly attended, the trade evinced little inclination to purchase, and the demand for black Tea was limited ; green sorts want off heavily. The market has not been in such a dull state for a long time. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—Jamaica Rum this week at rather lower rates, 2s 9d to 3s 8d accepted for common to good, 3s 9d to 4s 2d for fine, and 4s 4d to 4s 6d for very fine; Leewards rather lower, is 8d to Is 9d accepted for proof. East India Rum at lower rates. For a parcel of 100 hhds Foreign Rum a very low price has been accepted. The demand for low Cognac Brandy has been extensive at 2s to 2s 2d per gallon. Best brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds at ss, puns 4s 10d ; ditto 1839, hhds 4s 7d, puns 4s 5d ; ditto 1840, hhds 4s 4d, puns 4s 2d ; ditto 1841, hhds 4s, puns 3s 10d per gallon. Geneva at is 9d to Is 10d for common shipping sorts, and fine, adapted for home consumption, at 2s 6d to 2s 9d. English Corn Spirits at 9s 8d per gallon cash. SPICES.—This afterupon 171 cases Cassia Lignea, 2 cases of Nutmegs, and 401 bags Pimento were offered at auction : Cassia Lignea sold at a further decline of 2s to 3s per cwt ; mid quality selling at 76a to 76s 6d, mouldy 655, broken 60s ; Nutmegs fetched 4s to 4 s 6d per lb ; Pimento fetched 2-id to 2id for mid mixed, being . the extreme value. FRUIT.—OId Currants are cheaper, but in the value of new there is little variation. Raisins have been taken freely. At auction 1,800 packages Imperial French Plums partly sold at Si is to 12112 s per cwt, and cartoons at. 20s to 22s each ; 70 packages Prunes 25s to 33s for i-barrels, 26s for li-barrels, 40s for chests, and 39s for,half chests • 100 tapnets Faro Fi gs at 30s ; 148 b as k e t s Malaga Figs at 26 ; nine casks Dates were bought in at 455, and 83 boxes Valentia Al monds went at 90s for sound. The exportation of Cur rants from Cephalonia up to the 12th November, have been 3,411,209 lbs. RlCE.—Bengal, mid white at 12s to 12s 6d, low mid 118 to lls 6d, fair. yellow 9s, sea damaged white 7s 6d to lOs 6d ; one lot very fine sound bold clean white, re sembling Carolina, 225, and damaged 19s; privately seve ral parcels have been disposed of at 11s to 13s for low to fine white. Java, low mid and broken white at lOs to Ils, sea damaged 8s to 10s, 1,000 bags Madras good bold yellow lOs 6d to lls, and sea damaged 5s to 9s per cwt. Caro lina at 25s to 30s, and Patna 1.5 s to 21s. Rice Meal at 6s to 7s, and Rice dust at 4s to 5s per cwt. SALTPETRE.--To-day buyers of Rough came forward more freely, and the public sales of 3,729 bags Calcutta went off with better spirit at full rates, and sold 121 per cent refraction, mid damp white at 25s 6d, 12 per cent very low damp grey 255, 94 per cent ord damp grey 25s to 25s Gd, 9 a 81- per cent. low damp y e ll ow i s h w hi te 258 6d 9 a 6i per cent low damp grey 25s to 265, 4 per cent fine white, small crystals rather damp 26s 6d to 275, 71 a per cent. middling damp grey 25s 6d to 26s per cwt, the principal part was taken on Government account. TALLOW.—There has been less activity in the market for Russian Tallow this week. Merchants have sub mitted to a reduction on former rates of 3d per cwt. On the spot 48s have been the current accepted for P. Y. Candle of first quality, at which there sellers for delivery up to the end of the year. For spring months at 48s 3d per cwt. South American of common and mid qualities at 42s to 445. To Nn Tallow at 48s 6d to 49s per cwt, nett cash. This afternoon there was a fair business in P. Y. Candle on the spot at 48s to 48s 3d, but for delivery there was little passing ; 48s 3d is asked for spring months. South American at 41s to 50s 3d for low to fine quality. OILS. —Cod Oil 31/10s to 321. Pale Seal 40/ to 40110 s. Southern, good to fine 38l lOs to 414 common and mid dling 361 to 37/ 10s; at auction 16 tuns of Oil by the Hudson Bay Company were sold, good quality at 351155, middling 33/ ss, and comp on 23/ lOs to 28s lOs per tun. Sperm has been in good demand, and 75/ to 79/paid for large parcels of British. Linseed Oil 30s 6d on the spot ; for delivery at 30s, but few sellers thereat; Rape Pale at 41s to 41s 6d, and Brown at 40s to 40s Gd per cwt. Palm is wanted, and 32s to 33s paid for large parcels of good and fine quality. Cocoa Nut Oil at 38s Gd to 40s per cwt. Olive Oil has been in brisk request. Gallipoli, 53/ to 53/ lOs ; Spanish, 50/ to 511; and Barbary, 491 to 49155 per tun. THE BLASPHEMOUS PUBLICATIONS. — The Govern ment has at length determined upon taking the neces sary steps to put down the nuisance in Holywell-street, which for some time past has scandalised every right minded person passing that thoroughfare, and the continued existence of which was felt to reflect dis grace on the rulers of a Christian country. Mr. Maule. the . Solicitor to the Treasury, has received instructions to proceed against the men Patterson. arid ltvall, and the police are at present engaged in procuring such evidence as shall bring home a case to these oflenders against public morals and public de cency. Mr. Maule's principal clerk had a long inter view with Mr. Hall, the chief Magistrate at Bow street on Thursday afternoon, upon the same subject; and we hope that the next time we have to notice this matter, it will be to infor m th e pu bli c t h at t h e abomi nationhas been put down. L.96,. - -• -- ".• PRICE OF SUGAR. EFFECTS OF MONOPOLY. LONDON, DEC. 17, 1842. The following average prices of Brown. or Musco does British Sugars, exclusive of duty, were pub lished in the Gazette of last night : West India 345. 84d. per cwt East India 33 9} Mauritius 35 2f The average price of three kinds, jointly computed, exclusive of duty, is 345. 4d. per cwt. The actual weights of sugar sold on account of the importers, in the week ending the 13th inst., accord ing to the returns made upon oath by the sugar bro kers, in compliance with the Act- of Parliament, and on which weights the above prices are computed, con' sisted of 16,590 cwt. West India, 12,922 cwt. East India, and 2,415 cwt. of Mauritius. About 800 cwt. of very dark unsound sugars ha ve been sold in the same week,. these having been classed in the returns, partly as East India and partly as Mauritius, unfairly depress the average prices of those two kinds of sugar, as well as the total average price. White sugars, equal to double refined manufac tured, in London, for exportation, from foreign raw sugars may be purchased, free of all charges in them aboard a British ship, for 265. 6d. per 0 4 ' Per cwt. This excellent sugar is, consequently, Bs. 2d. cheaper than West India Muscovadoes, which a re about equal in quality to the Foreign Muscovadoes, from which the said white sugars were made. The total sales of British sugars for the above-quoted wee': in Mincing-lane, were 31,927 cwt. Assuming tha' putting the sales of sugar by importers out of London, were to the same extent as the weight sold in that market, the consumers bought 63,854 cwt. of su g ar at 35. 4d. per cwt., amounting in round numbers t° 109,6141. They might have bought 63,854 cwt. 0 1 foreign sugar at 18s. 6d. per cwt., amounting to 59,065/., exhibitin g a difference of 50 , 5491., that is .ta say, the nation, by buying foreign, instead o iell' f tir monopoly sugar, would have saved that amount, wh added to 325,429/. (see The Sun of D ec. 10), gives, 375,9781., the excess of price paid by the Pubhe seven consecutive weeks. be . There have been various rumours past month relating to an alteration of the sugar duties. That they will be altered during the ensuing or session of Parliament there remains little doubt,f _notice to that effect would not have been given or afloat for t many to the Legi s l a ti ve A s sembly of Jamaica, aisthaPs; pears to have b een th e case by the new s p a p ers o colony; and we further ga th e r from the s ame source,n that that alter a ti on w ill be a reducti on of duty 0_ foreign sugars ; here all knowledge approaching lu te certainty ceases. The rumour, howeve r, goes tt., detail what amount of duty will be taken off, as a r: o ing that the Government has already determinr:_s:r reduce the duty on British sugars from 255. 3a per reduce cwt. to 165., and on foreign from 665. 2d. to 395• P ro . cwt. That these figures are correct is eery im bable as relates to British sugars. It is not ha ' e ' when the exigencies of the country are such that ILan L Ministers are compelled to have recourse Income- tax to meet them, that they than even dream of throwing away more British one-third the am o unt of the present duty on trifling sugars--a tax, collected at a comparatively and, u cost, on an article too bulky to be cmuggled; yen again, he wou ld b e a b o ld man indeed who woul on , ture to propose a measure to the House of Goof 145. which would c on f er a protection, or bo nus (7) . fl itish per cwt. (eq u i v al en t to 2,800,0000 on the British sugar produc ers . This would be a costly and clun' contrivance to vamp up West India interest ht, The nation is already taxed 800,0001. ale ar to pa n t, the interest of th e 20,000,0001. compe nsation ofto given to them, and the notion that we are to soll o 4 the tune of 2,800,0001., in addition, through insect taxation, to sustain the consequences of bad man ment in the West Indies is preposterous. report of the reduction of duty to the extent named must be erroneous, and pro of owes its origin to the ingenuity and inventionw._‘ some British sugar producers, who devoutly* 1, their predictions may be verified. Besi des ' 3 s investigation would display that one-third the 1 3 r,!,... t sugars imported on British sib stated la s t in 1842 were grown in Indies and the Mauritius. These, as we S tat e ed t heie week, need no protection. The produce °' s ue. colonies may, from cheapness of wag e , s ' like cessfully cope with any foreign produ ce character which may be brought in cora with it, either in this or any other mark et iv e st protection, therefore, is to be conferred on no t India sugar the scheme of differential duties wo answer the purpose, without at the same time a nt, ing a bonus to sugar which does not requir, t ea rs therefore revert to our suggestion, that eu, s 7 m e should be admitted to home consumption at I 'J% be rate of duty, and a bounty of 4s. or 6s. per °q t :A 0 c4pe-titioinf granted on sugar imported from and certifica v teta the growth of the West Indies. Under suc h a a d..: a vs , the sugar raised by free labo u r in Cochin China, o the Philippine Islands, Siam, &c., would have a op the of coming freely into competition aga inst save labour sugars raised in the Brazils, Cuba , slave owners of the last-named countries would silt e d have the worst of the contest, and, after the expiratin. ed a twelvemonth we should have little of slave-raise sugar,_ Slavery and the slave trade would die a WA,' death soon afterwards. Let us not be misunderats; to advocate bounties, because we have sugges.7 o l bounty on W es t I n di a sug ar; we have onl y Pellire, out this mode of t reat i n g West India su g ars as 4I ferable to th e pl an o f f o rtifying the ir price b.dmo, rential duties, which will also enha nce the price East India and Mauritius sugars, MORTALITY in the METROPO alit/ i ll The following are the results of " A Table of Mort ~..s _, the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from 11j),,,u% Registered in the week ending Dec. 10, 3842." The 1 u'' issued from the Office of the Registrar-General'` weekly Averag e l 183 8-9-# Total. r rour our . e _. Autumns YS; Epidemic, Endemic, & Contagious Diseases 130 198 , 149 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 130 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of 26 8 Respiration iseases of the Heat and Blood-vessels Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other ~.3 61 " Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c 9 15 8 Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, etc 6 1 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &e 0 10 6 104 Diseases of Uncertain Seat B9 69 O'Al Age, or Natural Decay . 65 69 Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intern- 24 25 penance 3 8 Causes not specified 815 Deaths from all causes. -- 912 91 2 Average Weekly Deaths ...... Des til Population Averse in w ee k', the merated i CHII- Deaths . woo, 'oil. 183,.....-. West—Kensington, St. George Foul Ft, ' " 0 0. ( Hanover-square), Westmin- Ye.,rs.Au , ster, St. Martin in the Fields, 18 1 103 St. James North—St. Mary-le•bone, St 161 " 6 Pancras, Islington, Hackney 365,660 162 Central—Saint Giles and Saint George, Strand, Clerkenwell, n n a W est ie L t ec n o b; w d s o h n t .i , t eG C e he i toayrpgeoe , f 206 20 Holborn, St. Luke, East Lon. B d oet Londo n 185 151 -373,806 188 in the East, Stepney. Poplar 392; 485 20 2 South—St Saviour, Si . . ()lave, St. George( Southwark),Ber mondsey, Newington, Lam- 90 3 beth, Camberwell, Rother hithe, Greenwich .... ... ....438,060 221 ...... __. °9 ------ .. -----. ---- 91 2 8 15 Total 1,870,727 9 12 comprised the It is stated that under the term Metropolis ere City o f Low 32 districts herei n men tioned, which include the , -/ Li t ert i os id don with and without the walls, the Citynar of Mortality--• Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bi as, Kew i ng ton, aFnudi Fulham, , fa parishes m n l e o r s f 1 n S it t h . It c l a r h a y p l e e b i royn)e,, 0 ! . Toltec( (Chelsea) Pad" N Q. ....___ 'OW dington, St. Mary (Stoke Newington)) 11, St. l‘ icu s ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camberwell, Greenwic _ woo , s St. L . eonar B P / ..iss and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The P e Pt l a li, Ws! enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890; and in Jun J . 740, a as 1,370,727. The weekly aversge for 1838, 1839, 1° 40 4 'if 1841, was obtained by dividing the deaths in the four / 208, and the deaths in the four winters by 52. TEMPERATUItE IN THE WEEKS ENDING 10. I Dec. 3. De c ' 56° 55 ° 36 40 48 43 14, 1842. -.Nee CAUSES OF DEATH. DIST It 'CT& Highest Lo — west Daily Mean . ... ......... ... General Register Office, Dec. B IR TH S. nash ' On the 1 lth inst., at Tei6nmouth, the lady of C. 11. I . .wood, Esq., of a son. cif • On the 12th inst., near Hammersmith ga t e , the w i f e E W. Horton, surgeon, of a daughter. , On the 15th inst., at Streatham, the lady of B . Drew, f a son, :till-born. On the 15th inst., the Hon. Mrs. Fitzroy , in B e rt square, of a son. f s On the 16th inst., the lady of Samuel Newington, Esq'' 9 daughter. R R IE D. On the 21st of June, M at A Scone, New South Wales, Ge orge Foster Wise, Esq., eldest son of Edward Wise , Es q ., of BC E ' bridge, I,lc of Wight, to Frances Lucy , da u g hter of the ,8 Alilbourne Marsh, Esq., of Jamaica , an d niece of the late Sit Francis Forbes, Chief-Justice of New South DIED. On the 29th of August, at Lima, George T. Sealy, Esq., h er Britannic Majesty's Vice-Consul at that place. On the 9th inst., at Chingford, Essex, Mr. Thome' Houser of Brown's-lane, Spite Melds, dyer, aged 51. On the 14th inst., Mr. John Stanbury, of the George 4W yard, Aldeznanbury, aged 64. On the 14th inst., in Newgate-street, Joseph Daw , m a ny years a member of the Corporation of t he Cit y of London On the 14th inst., at Regency-square , Brighton, Mary AO' second daughter of the late K. Warner , Esq., of Camberwell" green , Surrey. th• On the 14th snot., R. Francis, Esq., of Pulteneyet,Eit _ --- • Esq., for London; Printed and Published by MUR DO YOUN (4, . 1 : No. U 2 .Strand, at The Sun Office No. 112, Str ands"' the County of M ddlesex, Saturday, December 17, 1842