The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-03 00:00:00

t I-4 A, 147, 'NIT j 1 I G ENCE . .if _I -I ~,C AN - CERY ~.....(TIILS DAY.) ' nis is ,, i • IT . 1 ditiam tO."tn, the Lo r a , 'ng the hrst seal after ici.ac i _, a ',‘-'halleenor. tqq. in' Lincoln's Ilse hall, and took PPez-1. motions to-dar. , . The MELETONTM V. RANKIN. big Loo r 11 . 1 11911tS in this part-heard motion occcuped for e b ; t4e whole mornin g . The case the " O n:lshii) upon appeal from thn judgment of tior, • Ice-Chancellor of Eng/and, dissolving an injunc n. Yest,Pining the delivery o f a cargo o f .curran t s . bl'4 LORbSII IP , a t t h e conc l us i on o f t h e arguments, e itulf,Thent affirming the decision of the Court °W, with COfit3. IN RR SUISSS. stood on the paper to-day, but upon its an, in consequence of th e ab s ence of Mr. Nv ''s' • D , — "arPe, who was engaged in Vice-Chancellor o ve ra rns .Court, the motion was ordered to stand r to Thursday, th e nex t sea l. • -Ld - Cf s i INCER Y,-(T HIS DAY.) T 4 41 :''fwe Coe VICE-CnANcELLon of ENGLAND). "T 4 :\IARI2. V. TIIL - NORTH INIDIAND RAILWAY Hi I T COMP Y.—JUDGMENT. eons T A',.O I7R gave t.iil c sin e r i t t o -d a y on thi s ease , th e n , •fig . the purchase of certain lands, not included acheitile of the Act constituting the railway. b, V..IAMES.—JUDGMENT. 10,,,1-loatoun also g:;vc judgment in this case, in • the bill was filed for an account. The Court teci the account as pen yed. I t WHITE V. HUNT. --JUDGMENT. erE t * 11 °Xourt also ga.:c j u d gmen t i n thi s case , de transfer of certa:n stock to the plaintiff. C:ITTS 27. T_TIO7)r.—PIDGM ENT. teeti n , ° N eel?. also gave judgment in this case, di- T o the specifi c p er f ormance praye d b y t h e bill . fi e COs rt- be:ng the. first seal aft e r Micheelmas term, proceeded to hear motions, 'none of which -ssaci and feature of public interest. (Before Sir JAMES WIG RA M.) Hi s rmxtirr I'. WRIGHT. lloNoun gave judgtnent . in this case. His tib i a° said the case appeared to he this. In the Ivs s - ,u, u f April, 1880, the sum of 21.0001. Consols and ii a n'iing in the 1121110 of Jelni 'Wright, banker, Rehieson, aspen the trusts of a Settlement, the 4 of Ain- ;1, 1828, of whi c h Francis John ahtreez.secloviis the author, and under which settle kial, the plaintiffs in this cause eh:lined t o b e bene the k i nterested. The trestee s o f th e se ttl emen t, i n ab s , 4 te e s 'lce of Johnson, sfild • out 5,000/. part'of this fo wl ..and with that .3",c. , 001. purchased 160 shares eaCh in tho capital of the Provincial Bank of Its schich were transferred into the name of ght • fib lit .110ne hat as trustee, and upon the trusts of settlement. On the 9th n Ja nuary, 1830, John ttastlVfl;sfit, and Robinson, executed a declaration of ba l , v Onlels 'was indorsed on the original settlement, to th _ lO l they declar e d th a t W r i g ht an d Robinson as 21, 00 e, 't . ise of 16,0001. C onso l s th e residue of the i n; v and Wright es to th e IGO s h ares p urc hased Aeres n ame with the oth e r part o f th e t rus t money, pra tr ustees upon the trusts of the settlement of th t , 1828, slolinssin died in 1833, and Reynolds 1 84 t ; f s e lul'ant, Was his eiecutor. On the 23d of Nov. ‘Vright, the trustee, and his partners, who qap, e l, on the b us i ness o f b an k ers i n L on d on , lkifi e r,,N Payment, and on the 24th of Nov., .1840, der tlle the claims of the parties interested settlethent of the 3d of April, 1828, of the tia, l6o ". 4 , 1- e6 in the Provincial Bank of Ireland, pur 13Y ti t '. i n the bankrupt's name, was given to the bank 18 40 e • Solicitor. On the 17th December, th em e fiat in b an k ru pt c y i ssue d aga i ns t W r i g ht. °fUinta of his bankruptcy, Wright had 225 shares qta s capital of the Provincial Bank standing in his in a n e ' 4 "(-4. Upton these shar es th e f o ll ow i ns claims were th e l'first, the plaintiff claimed 160 shares upon ; I llu-nd al ready stated.- Secondly, the Bank of 4 taaa a ? 4 itself claimed a specific lien on 100 shares th e In g'i in 'Wright's y name, for securing to the Bank Wment, of 4,0001. and interest, owing by hini to gia it t.` 4ll ( ; and a l so a genera l li en u p on a ll th e s h ares tta„, in ‘ g in Wright's name for whatever might be due cI,C Wright t o t h e B an k . Th e f ormer o f t h ese 184 11 I P was rested upon the specific contract of Jan. e and the l a tt er upon th e propos iti on th a t W r i g ht Ivith" l cl€l‘ of the shares in the Bank as a partner q. ~the other Shareholders, and that by the general tu ut Z Partnership those who claimed from Wright teal .„' 3lll y be entitled to what remained, after he had La sh e u with his other partners. Thirdly, Walter 1 .1 0 , 1 t claiined 20 shares standing in Wright's name for h e ? fl u' which he alleged that 'Wright was a trustee kof t , u ,n• 1 he date assigned to this purchase was 1825, ts e „'llint said that Wright being his banker, he had th' t egularly debited and accounted with in . respect I\e,-"e,severel instalments. Fourthly, the assignees of 4 4, . 1 ,,F 1 t1 by ' their answer, submitted that all the shares Nei"' in the name of Wright at the tune of his gi lt ", r uf ptee were in his order and disposition, and Ihi t - a `,Uo SF:1110 now form•A part of his estate to be ad lottiblft under the bankruptcy. The defendant • siC t la who had at one time set up a claim to some clai m a,, 44 ,a'ses standing in the name of Wright, had dis -43 e7 l , l l ?,Pbe record. It appeared by the pleadings B, _ • s er4V, that besides the 22.5 shares mentioned, rcl, • ?Mtge additional shares of 10/. each, which w o e li i ,Oven by way of bonus to the shareholders. cisiohleave those out of the case, because his de baAjito i t othe 226 would also include the others. kt.„ - ',, li t , therefore, was, that at the time of the l'Attl e 'l‘' there w ere 22.5 shares only standing in the , , 7 the bankrupt, whereas the number of shares „lais a ,', l a s against the bankrupt, different persons ae limier specific contract, was 280 ; namely, (4 ad' n titfs 160, Blunt 20, and the Bank 100 ; and qaitoerii„"°ll to these claims the Provincial Bank the a lien upon the 225 shares upon Zt N vi ,.i cn eral ground which he had stated. 4 41 0 ; 1 :id he, convenient to consider the claims in the co, oaf,'' 4 B: orde r ; —fi rs t, th a t o f th e assignees ; se i'ety,l7,l: the claim s o f the plaintiff and the bank as losq--,`" the other; thirdly, he would consider the as affected by Blunt's existing claim, by Bun tq th - e . ?, rl ner elaiin, and by the transfer of 100 shares hi b "unlz to .nlr. John Petty Muspratt. To begin h 0 a claim of the assignees. It was admitted, t Ln euglit properly admitted, that if a trust un- Nisi, l e l e , e deed. of the 3d of April, 1828, could be esta ,taa ,` 1 i n favour o f th e plaintiffs, the assignees could by tii iue eessfully con t en d that sixty shares claimed the a Plalntiff were in the order and disposition of third4olcrupt as aga i nst t h e b an k , w h o c l a i me d th ose tli k ,,. u nder Mr. Wright's letter of the Ist of Ja ils N - ,?' 18 40. Now, w ith respect to the 160 shares, ao clear that the trust-attached. His reasons for the would appear from the view he took of tiff, 4 ' a ims of the bank in competition with the plain t Ile . a n lhe observation pressed upon him on behalf of ,tlsa s ndiint was, that Mr. Wright not being sole Ikea': of the settlement, and the trustees not having ceiaeutherisect by trusts of the settlement, the bank • ti let be considered as bound by the settlement. o A einbservation he could certainly . give n vsa s • l :- The reason why the name of Wright . alone . ,the deed would be found in the 29th section of 4 , 41 ad,„ ecl a settlement of the Provincial Bank of Ire glen:uil which required that shares should stand in iolaC u le of one proprietor only, though others, as%ye °ners,.e,eAuique trusts, or encumbrances, might asn, 84 interest in the shares. That could give no tla;4linitage, therefore, to Air. Wright, or those who ri g ht e d under under ,A cestuique trust might have a the t ,„`•" complain of irregularity in the execution of Atithst, and m i g ht re pudiate an investment not the - „ ris ctl by the trust, but the trustee who made of t ' f: e stMent with trust money, and for the purposes as ar trust, could not arbitrarily say, " I claim the l ol i el '„ t t kent as m y own," and become a creditor h per eo throug=h the breach of trust which e had thqkltted. this ease. it was perfectly clear that -tt.6aPhares were purchased with the trust moneys, e' ‘, ll :4 ,4l _ !4' A!usts and for the purpose of the settlement. tru s teel'ie c ll y c l e ar as against • Mr. Wright; he was in the, k i ,„ . _ t)r theSo shares ) although there was irregularity fiction. As far as the question of irre - teelsel; t a ile . s uicerned the case of the assignees was ' the case of Mr. Wright would Bi der been. `iii. arfle nc li A s t question which he had to Tu . Ivhi r e ,ns, the ti;dp r and disposition, and the question 141 :11 11 h rA 41.° '' ( ' between the plaintiffs and Mr. Wright, It ap- Pear e d - t i"stien presented more difficulty. 412 4 t z tha t the shares in the capital of the bank were hisb s ed in , the shares of some similar concerns, distin /114, t number or otherwise from each other, so benefically interested in the shares 44 Y - i n the name of a trustee might be able to N,erewhicii shares were his own. The original shares sh a r e r i a certain nom i na l va l ue , 1001. eac h, and each th e • appeared in the books of the bank as of so many shares only. If as to • Vrls a trustee, and as to another part a bane aisd from time to time he bought and sold or t h'''nere was nothing in the form of the transfers, male or registering, from which it could be ti ngut,that had sold any specific shares rather as dii -4ssttliE"(''.l from oth e r s h ares . Th e case i n th a t respect of ?led t ilat ef a person who might purchase stock ,„ow neJa~kplich like was Partly t rus t ee , a n d partly beneficial The wh o l e was bl en d e d i n one mass i n th e - th e nf Ireland, aril there was nothing either in t,raa s e ) „ ° ` l ° of entering the name in the form of the -r ' from whi c h i t wou ld appear w h a t s t oc k h e css i ti (4 ` l ' What was hi s own , or w h a t b e l on ged to hi s ti r _ 4o 'lite trusts. New in this cese, the shares from ti t(n itki. t ime standing- hi 11r.Wright.'3 name, from PtaZ d tzr , cl3 sk of the 160 down to October, 1837, ap ing 4 bare varied in amount, at one time exceed "u, but / • • i• • below 225 . In October, ▪ the lei •e l reoueet. ... , w as 44% le- number was 220, and no chant, I.ll l44 4 : ft ' ra 'Allat_time 110 W to the time of the bank thee 1 40usthis state of facts, having first come t,nea r - s ?nciusion the:, the 160 shares purchased for were in the first instance due to the trust, 'W r it no Thesitation in scsumine- as against Mr. glit a • ‘• „,,, tra sasts IQ - his asslgnees, that the shares would be Ted frc.n 3 a : tlme to time which he might law- fully transfer ; and when a party did an act which might. be lawful, a Court of Justice would presume that it was so until the tiontfary lead been If•hown, lie thought, therefore, the 225 shares standing in the name of the bankrupt at the time of his bank ruptcy were not, nor were any of them, in the order and disposition of the bankrupt, and so far as the case rested upon that point, the plaintiffs would have a priority tin 10. Wright, in Pespeet or the 160 sbares. The next point to be considered was, that which rested upon the relationship in which it was said Mr. Wright stood-to each of his other partners. It was said that Mr. Wright, as a proprietor of shares in the bank, was a mere partner with the other proprietors, and that by the general rules of law relating to the rights of partners, inter se, the plaintiffs could only claim subject to his relations with his other partners. This argument he had little hesitation in rejecting. In the case of an ordinary partnership, a partner could only retife and withdraw his capital upon a dis solution of partnership; but there was an essential distinction between that case and the present, arising out of the peculiar provisions of the deed of settle ment of the Provincial Bank. His Honour then re ferred at length to several sections of the deed. He could not read these provisions; and compare them with the general scope of the statutes under which the Company was bound, without saying that the in tention of the deed was to assimilate the Company to the East India Company and the Bank of England, who, as between themselves and the Corporation, whose stock they held, might transfer their stock without being subject to have their right of transfer controlled or affected, After referring to cases, and remarking further upon the case, his Honour declared that the plaintiffs, as between themselves. and the bank, and also as between themselves and the assig nees, were entitled to 160 original shares, and 32 ad ditional shares, and the dividends on both ; this to be - without prejudice to the claim of Blunt, and to the claim of the; bank and the assignees, by reason of such interest, if any, as Bunyan had in the shares standing in Mr. Wright's name, and by reason of the transaction with Mr. Muspratt. As to the case of Blunt, Bunyan, and Muspratt,.there must be inquiries. The case was ordered to be mentioned this day week. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Parley.) TRACY V. TAYLOR.-JUDGMENT. Lord DENMAN said that this was a special case which had been agreed on for the purpose of obtaining the judgment of the Court as to the liability of that part of Tothill-fields' Bridewell, which was occupied as, the residence of the Governor to the sewers'-rate. The Commissioners of Sewers had rated Mr. Tracey, the Governor of the Bridewell, for that portion of the Bridewell occupied by the prisoners, and had dis trained a table and other articles of furniture, where upon the plaintiff had brought his action. The Court was clearly of opinion that the Commissioners of SeWers had no right to rate any but the occupiers of premises to the seArs'-rate. In the present instance Mr. Tracey could not be considered as having;a beneficial occupation of that part of the Bridewell which was used for the purpose of detaining prisoners; indeed, there was no person who could be called the occupier, and, therefore, that portion of the Bridewell, as long as it should be occupied as it was at present, could not be rated to the Sewers'-rate. JUDGMENT..-NEATII V. WRATIIIEN. This was a special case, agreed on under circum stances similar to those of the former case, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the wards and chapel of Chelsea Hospital were liable to be rated to the sowers% rate. _ _ The COURT decided that they were not liable to be rated, and for the same reason, namely, that there was no one who could be said to be the beneficial occupier of the premises. IAZELDINE v. GROVE. This was an action brought against Mr. Grove the Police Magistrate for false imprisonment. The case was argued a short time since, on which occasion all the facts were fully reported in The Sun. At that trial the plaintiff had been non-suited, because he had not given notice of his intention to bring the action within three months, and had not laid the venue in Middlesex, as required by the New Metropolitan Police Act. A rule nisi for a new trial had been granted on the ground that the defendant was not entitled to the no tice, inasmuch as he was not acting under the provi sions of that Act at the time. The COURT decided that a Magistrate appointed under the Metropolitan Police Act must always be considered as acting under the provisions of the Act ; that, consequently, the nonsuit was right, and the rule must be discharged. INSOLVENT COURT - T HIS DAY.) The Court sat to hear applications for bail, all of which were received save one. IN RE HENRY HALES, THE YOUNGER. The insolvent, who had carried on a very extensive business as a coach-maker in Saville-row, applied to be liberated on bail until the day appointed for his final hearing. Mr. WOODROTTE, on the part of the creditors, opposed the application, on the ground that the insolvent had been guilty of fraud and undue preference, whereby he was debarred the privilege of bail. Itappeared that his father had advanced him various sums of money, amounting to nearly 4,0001., for the purpose of enabling him to, enter into partnership with a person named Hiffernam, and in security got a warrant of attorney upon the joint goods of both parties. The warrant was put in force in 1841, and although all the goods were sold by auction, Mr. Hales, senior, was minus nearly 800/. of the money he advanced. _ . Mr. Commissioner HARRIS said, under all the eir- . cumstances of the case, he did not think he should be acting right in keeping the insolvent in prison. The case would be fully sifted at the hearing, until which time he should order his liberation. Bail was then allowed to justify in the sum of 2,0001. IN RE WILLIAM HASLAR. A person, named Pearson, offered himself as bail for this insolvent, and having sworn that his household furniture was worth 1501., was examined by Mr. Cooke, who appeared in opposition, amidst roars of laughter. After reciting a catalogue of various arti cles, from a four-posted bedstead down to a flat iron, and giving a valuation to each, he was unable to make up more than 251. Mr. Commissioner Ihnius reproved this person's carelessness in swearing to such a statement in his affidavit, and ordered the insolvent to be sent back to prison. COURT-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT Frances Rugg, widow, Henry Rugg, a baker, George Nathaniel Stephens, a tailor, James .11(viand, alias Leeson, alias Christopher Jaines Rugg, porter, and Thomas Morris, shoemaker, were indicted for felo niously forging a receipt for 401., with intent to de fraud William Russell, Esq.,. the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery ; Morris being an accessory before the fact to the said felony. The Attorney-General, Mr. Adolphus, and Mr. Waddington, appeared for the prosecution • the pri soners were defended by Mr. Payne, and Mr.Ballantine. The case was stated at length in the examinations before the Magistrate. The money concerned was a sum not exceeding 1201., left to the widow, Frances Rugg, in her maiden name, and the forgery consisted in the parties having introduced a third individual as another brother, with the view of drawing out three shares, the money having been for some time in Chan cery. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL having stated the case, the following witnesses were called William Hughes, clerk in the office of the Master in Chancery, proved that the Master made his report on the 16th of March, directing a sale of stock. He produced the order under which the sale was made. - Mr. George Kitson, chief clerk in one of the divi slons in the office of the Accountant •General of the Court of Chancery, stated that the division from to Z. was under his control. He produced the re eipt book of the 3d of April, 1841. He remembered the prisoners signing the receipt on that day. In con sequence of their signing he gave a cheque for 401. Mr. Samuel George Smyth, a clerk in the Bank of England, proved the payment of the cheque by the order of the Master in Chancery. George Birch, a master wine porter in the Lon don Docks—Knew the prisoner Leeson. Had known him for five years, during which he had worked at the Docks. Had never known him by any other name than Leeson. Farther evidence was then taken of the identity of the prisoner Leeson. NEW COURT. EXTENSIVE ROMIERY.—Ann Shepherd, and Edward Shepherd, her brother, were charged with stealing a reticule, value 205., and a great variety of other arti cles, value 151., the property of William Fellow::, a gentleman residing at Pimlico, in May, 1841. Mrs. Fellows stated that, in the month of May last year, she removed from Pimlico, and the prisoner was present when the box of linen was packed up, and was acquainted with its contents. She missed it ten days afterwards, but never, heard of it till a few weeks ago, when the apartments' of the prisoner were searched in consequence of another charge having been brought against her. A policeman proved that the articles produced were found at No. 5, Buckingham-street, Pimlico, where the male prisoner lived; when they were discovered he denied any knowledge of them. The female prisoner denied her guilt. The brother was not . put on his defence, but di s charged by the order of the Court. Ann Shepherd was convicted. The two prisoners were again indicted for stealing an immense number of articles the property of Thos. Murky, Esq. It appeared from the evidence of Mrs. Murky that the female prisoner came into her ser vice on the 29th of September last. She had not been with her many days before she missed . articles of every description—linen, furniture, confectionary, &c., of the value of 101. and upwards. A great part of the property was also found at No. 5, Buckingham street. It was shown that Edward Shepherd had a key which opened the boxes where the most valuable articles were deposited. 13e pretended ignorance of the whole transaction. The COMMON SERGEANT considered it impossible that the male prisoner could be ignorant of the fact, that some or all of those articles had been stolen. The Jury convicted both prisoner; on this charge. The Court said the woman had evidently been a wholesale plunderer, as there were no less than four other indictments against her for robbing her employ ers of valuable property. They were each sentenced to be transported for seven years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. IVIARLBOROUGH-STREET. • (THIS DAY.) John Barnes, a well-known thief, who has several times been summarily convicted at this Court of mis demeanours, with felonious intent, &c., was placed at the bar, charged with stealing a parcel containing four cloaks, of the value of 191., from the residence of Levison Gower, Esq., of No. 35, Lower Brook street, Grosvenor- quare. It appeared that between eight and nine o'clock this morning the prisoner watched an opportunity to pass unobserved down the area steps of Mr. Gower's house, and through the kitchen-passage to the housekeeper's-room, from whence he took the par cel in question, and with it was hastily mak in, his way out of the place, when he was met by the housekeeper, who, as he was a perfect stranger, inquired his business. He muttered a reply she could not understand, and rushed forward up the area steps into the street, - and was running off as quickly as he could, but owing to the alarm the house keeper gave, he was pursued and taken into custody just after he had thrown down the stolen property. The prisoner, said there was too great a prejudice against him for anything he might say to be believed. He was fully committed. MAAYLEBONE—(TMS DAN). Frances Rayner, a young girl, most respectably connected, was placed at the bar,lnnia charge - of shop lifting, and attemptingio utter l*Woney. Mr.. Woolf appeared for,tho prisoner; and her pa rents and some friend4 - *en4so,iti'c r ourt, It appeared from • t 4 g yzic c - moce of Mr. Hunt, of Hunt and. Wallek r drivel's; 541 Edgeware-road, and one of his shopmen, that the prisoner called in at their shop, and requested to he shown some cambric handkerchiefs. She selected two at is. Id: each, and tendered half a-crown in payment. The, shopman told her it was bad, and she said she had no other mo ney upon her. He told his employer of the circumstance, who suspecting she had come in for the purpose of stealing something, taxed her with theft, and after sending fur a policeman she pulled some cambric handkerchiefs (not those she had looked out) from under her shawl, saying they were all she had taken, and requesting to be forgiven. Mr. Woolf examined the witnesses, but could not shake their evidence in the smallest. _ _ She was then committed for trial. Bail was offered but refused. UNION HALL.—(THIS DAY.) George Tinsley, clerk in the employ of Mr. Blu- Menthal, a stationer, was charged with stealing a quan tity of writing-paper, the property of his employer. The prisoner was bserved on the preceding after noon to quit the complainant's premises with a large parcel. Soon after his departure a quantity of paper was rnissei from that part of the warehouse out of which he was seen to go, and when he returned, being accused of the robbery, he denied it, but re fused lo give any explanation as to where he went, or what he had been about. The complainant added, that on previcus occasions large quantities of paper were missing from the stock, to which the prisoner had constant access. The prisoner was remanded. John Harvey, butler in a gentleman's family, was re •examined on a charge of bigamy. The first wife attended and produced the register of her own marriage, and that of another female on a more recent occasion, to the prisoner. She said that she had seen his second wife, but that she refused to attend to give her evidence, although at the time living with the prisoner. The prisoner said that he and his first wife agreed to a separation shortly after their marriage, he giving her 1131. in order that she should have no further claim upon him. The wife denied this, and the pri soner was remanded. CLERKEN WELL.:—(THIS DA V.) A respeetable , looking man, who seemed to be in great affliction, besought the Magistrate to punish a gunpowder vendor for selling powder. to his son, a child not more than seven years of age. Complainant lived in Great Bath-street, Clerkenwell. On the pre vious evening his child got a few coppers from his Mother, and immediately ran to buy some powder to make a " cracker." In exploding it, the child had one of the eyes actually blown out of his head, and dis figured the other in such a manner as to render it totally useless. Mr. COMBE said it was exceedingly improper for gunpowder vendors to sell it to children, but, as the person was licenser), he could not punish him. Eliza Smith was charged with a number of robbe ries on children. _ After the examination of several policemen, Mr. COMM said he would at present remand her until three or four of the other cases should he com pleted against her, when he would commit her. THE OA K .—C U mous E XPE RIM E E T.—Take an acorn at this time of the year, tie a string round it in such a way that, when suspended, the blunt end of the acorn, where the cup was, is upwards. Hang it thus prepared in the inside of a bottle, or hyacinth glass, containing a little water, taking care that the acorn does not reach the water within an inch; wrap the bottle all over in flannel, so as to keep it dark and warm, and put it in a warm place. In three or four weeks the acorn will have swollen, its coat will have burst, and a little white point will make its appearance at the end opposite the water. This point is the root; the acorn is now changing its nature and becoming an oak ; still, however, it must be stationed in the dark, still it must be kept clear of the water, and so it must continue till the young root is at least half an inch long. Then the water may be allowed to risehigher ; but it is only when from the neck or the root a little point begins to turn upwards that it is safe to allow the water to touch it. At that time the acorn has ceased to be an acorn, and has reallybecome a young oak ; for the little point directing itself upwards is the beginning of that trunk which a century later may form the timber of a frigate. As soon as the young stem be gins to shoot, the oak will require a dose of light, a little every day ; and it also yearns for more food, so that its root, which in reality is its mouth, must be allowed to touch the water, and to drink it. After these events have come to pass, the little creature breathes, and must have air; digests, and must have light ; sucks greedily, and must have fresh Water given to its root, • which, however, should. never be permitted to be wholly covered ; just that point where the stem begins should always be kept out of the water. The pet having been brought to this its first state of existence, must be put in the window. At first it will be a stout thread, whitish, and covered with tiny scales; then the scales will expand a little, and the end will become greener. Next will appear some little leaves ; hair will begin to grow, veins will branch ; the old scales will fall off, and by slow degrees the leaves will arrange themselves upon the stem, each unfolding from the bosom of the other. And thus, out of a little starch and gum for the acorn was not much more, manifold parts will be cu riously produced by the wondrous creative powers of nature.—Gardeners' Ciro nicle. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY FOR DECEMBER is far above an average even of this well-conducted and clever periodical, that still goes on its way rejoicing. The present Number is made up of the humorous and serious, rhyme and reason, without a too preponderat ing degree of each. Mr. Ledbury and Jack John son still continue their adventures, and the present chapters indicate that the author is as capable of pa thetic, as he has already shown us he is of humourous, writing. For the more pathetic we have " A Night in the Adriatic," and the " Reaper's Grave ;" for the humourous, "The Irish Mandarin," and "The Last O'Rourke ;" and, as a union between the two, "The Harvest Home," arid "Sir Archibald ;" the latter a humourous, but, withal, true delineation of life on the banks of the Isis, and the value of college friendships. Then, for truth, we have "The Injured Individual," and, to complete the Miscellany, we have a spice of philosophy, in the shape of an article on " Sleep," which occupation we have hitherto thought the most unphilosophical, in nature. In oddition to all these good things, we have the " last sad scene" in the life of " Richard Savage." The illustrations are capi tal, and the Number, on the whole, has hardly ever been surpassed.—Cambridge Independent Prees. Loan HlLL.—With regret we learn that his Lord ship, after recovering from his last illness in London, since he has been at Hardwick, has suffered a relapse. His illness was first' occasioned by too anxious and unremitting attention to his official duties. On Wednesday last his Lordship rallied, and had a better night's rest. When the dispatches from China and Affghauistan had been read to him by his nephew, Sir R. Hill, Bart., his Lordship testified ' the delight he felt that Providence had crowned the arms of his country with success, and, above all, with the blessing of peace.—Shreirsbury Chronicle. We understand that it will be found necessary to take down and rebuild several of the bridges on the Eastern Counties Railway. The third Kelvedon bridge has exhibited symptoms of insecurity, and the Boreham bridge is shorod up to prevent its falling.— Essex Standard. I MONEY and COMMERCIAL -NEWS; CITY, QUARTER TO- THREE. 1 The Cotton Market at Liverpool was without altera tion yesterday, except that the American qualities in the face, too, of so enormous a crop, had a rising tendency. People must indeed be speculation mad to pay advanced rates in the face of suf.th advises as we receive from the United States. About 6,000 bales were disposed of. The Share Market was good for. Great Western, Liverpool and Manchester, and Lon don and Birmingham. The quotations were— Eastern Counties Debentures, ; Grand Junction, 183 184; Great Western Fifths, 4- to 81 ; Birming ham, 186 ; Manchester and Leeds Half; 29i ; and. North Midland, 61i. Advice have been received fnom -Hobart Town to the . 27th June. Flour had improved in value, being 181. per 2,0001b5. Wheat was Gz. 101 to 7s. 3d. per bushel. The dates at Hobart Town from South Australia were June 2. In the neighbourhood of Port Line. coin the natives were exceedinglv troublesome, and the settlers were afraid to stir - froin the location. Several most daring robberies lant . been committed at the different out-stations, and the two or three sol diers placed in guard over them were compelled to decamp. A mounted police was urgently required. Port Philip papers >of June 16, notice the con demnation to death of the desperate bushrangers captured by a party of the settlers, and in addition to other atrocities and murders brought home to them, it had been discovered that they intended to assassi nate Judge Willis in cold-blood, as he was riding into Melbourne, but which their timely capture happily . prevented. Mr. Arden, the pi oprietor of a Port Philip journal had bad his seMence for a libel on Judge Willis remitted by Sir George Gipps. A narrative is given in the Hobart Town papers of the .repeated attempts of a party of doubly and trebly convicted convicts, sent from Sydney to Van Diemen's Land, to 'effect an escape, extra irons, a guard within and without the door of their cells, and a rigorous search, being insufficient to check theirreckless daring. - A pistol was concealed in a loaf of bread; the handle of a pail, containing water, was wrenched off to serve as a tool for working a gap in the wall, and the constable being suddenly sur prised and gagged, the prisoners wrapped part of the bed-clothing round their irons to prevent noise, .set to _work and covered the floors with blankets to deposit the bricks as safely as possible upon them. They had got to the outer yard, when the . vigilant outside watcher finding the constable inside made no answer to his questions, fired off his piece, brought the superinten dent and others to his aid, who just levelled their guns at the convicts as they mounted the top of the prison wall. One constable fired, but missed, and the con victs then cried for a surrender. In their voyage to Van Diemen's Land, they had previously attempted to seize the ship ; and a Hobart Town Editor expresses a very just apprehension that they may yet become formidable to society, unless the most rigorous and unrelaxing vigilance be exercised. Cape of Good Hope papers ) to Oct. 7, contain no news of the least interest. The market for the English Stocks has been very firm, and bargains have been made in Consols for special transfer next week, as high as 94i to 95* with the dividend. For the opening, the interest being deducted, 93i to 94 have been the ruling prices. Exchequer Bills have rather improved, and are called 50s. to 525. premium, and India Bonds have touched 455. to 475. premium. There has been an investment this morning of 6,000/. in Reduced Three per Cent. Annuities, at 94k. Bank Stock has been supported at 172 to 1724- ; and India Stock for the opening has been done at 260 ex-dividend. New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. are 101 i to 1011. The Foreign Bonds are not very buoyant, although there have been a few more bargains in them. The arrival of the Regent at Barcelona has had no effect on the value of Spanish Stock, the Active being still 18-i, and the Three per Cents. 23k. Mexican Bonds are flat at 30i to 30-k for the Five per Cents., and at 8 for the Deferred. Chilian • Stock is rather heavy at 89; Brazilian keeps firm at 67 ; and Austrian has realised 111. For Portuguese New Five per Cents. the quo tation has been 371 ; and for the Converted, 32-a-; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are quiet at 521. Railway Shares are dull. Great Western, 22f ; SOuth Western, 19i- ; and Paris and Rouen, 4 to 5 prem. ; Brighton, 15; Blackwall about 11; and Bir mingham and Gloucester, 541 discount. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ...... 45i to Great North of England ........100 ...... 58 Groat Western London and Brighton 10 •35 ...... to London and Blackwall London and South Western ... 60 /...... to Northern and Eastern North Midland lOO ...... 6li ...... to 62/ Paris and Rouen 20 ..... . `25 ...... to 241 South Eastern and Dover 5O ...... ••.... t o Ditto Scrip... ......... MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 2.—There risegnaordas v .lu alteration The business ioninitest doing eoftlie Share Ma r k e t, as is of a very limited nature. Liverpool and Manchester, 184 ; Ditto Half Shares, 904; Manchester. and Leeds, 6Q ; Manchester and Birmingham, 20; Manchester and Sheffield, 31. BELGIAN FUN .. S.-13nusseus, Nor. 3i • Actual Debt, 2% per Cent, ............. ......... 51 Rothschild's Loan, Five per .... ..•••••••• 103 Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent............ -- Three per Cent........... —Thirty-seven ns, ditto ............. 71Ti, --- (1840) .............. Loan of City, 1822, Four per Cent Society of Commerce, Four an d a H alf per Cent - Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 76 National Society . Exchange on London (short) ....... Brussels Papers, Nov. 30. . AUSTRIAN FUNI)3.--V IENNA Nov. 22. Five per Cents. Metalliques - , „ 1f874 Four per Cents. ....... •••••••• ...... Three per Cents Bank Shares ...... 1614 Allgcmeine Zeitung, N Nov. 26. .. HAMBURGH BORSEN HALLE, Nov. 29. Bills. Money, Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares.l63s An,glo.litissian Loan... ......' . ..... .. . luBsi UN Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series , CerlYtfe7i""*"e (x4l, Inscription, lit series lO3 Russian 6 per Cent. Hope and Co., 2d and 4th Series — Ditto in Certificates 9B -- New 4 per Cent. (1840) 8714 87 Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent .... 51!k 51 Ditto "6 per Cont. ..... """ Polish Bonds •—• New Tickets Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. HADIIIITRGII, Nov. 25 , - 13 9 , Two months 12 mi• Spanish, New E s x y H C A en N ts 6a . . 0 - 174 . ................ — Bl SrocruioLn, Nov. 15.—Seventy-five days, 12 15. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Bitacifs, Nov. 28. Bills. Money St. Schuld Sch., 4 per cent. .................. 104 10 3 %1 Prussian English 80nd:7,1530, 4 per cent 102% 1 01 % Exchange on London. — 624 y b Prussian State Gazette. N0v.29. 3IA RKET NEWS. (r[IIIS DAY.) COVENT-C*.A►RDEN. We had a large time-of -year supply of vegetables on sale here to - day , yet the inquiry wa s by n o m eans Of foreign fruit, as well as English, we had an extensi ve supp l y b roug h t f or _ las and, i n most i nstances, previ oussvra heavy ratesrd, as t week, supported. an were d the prices had a downward tendency. Oranges and lemons come f ree l y to had. Po tatoes were again abundant, but sold at very low figures. Potatoes, from 3s to 4e 3d per cwt. ; Tur nips,to 6s ; Coleworts, or to 2s 6d; and Leeks, 10d to ls 4d per dozen bunchep ; Apples, ls 6d to 3s 6d; Pears, 3s to ; and Spinach, 10d to is 2d :3prsearngheusndred; Pine Apples, 8 s en 2 s s , t 2 o s 3s 6d; Carrots, 4s per half seive , N 0 and Lemons, 7s to 10s; to 9s ; and Foreign Grapes, 8d to ls 8d per lb. ; Celery; 12s to 18s; and Brocoli and 6s; Brocoli, I:3s to 22s per dozen Walnuts, , I s.Bdl_otdoe w t i o s bundles ; Endive, is 3d to 2s 3d ; Savoys, 8d to Is 3d ; and Red Cabbages, 2s to 8s per dozen ; Small Sa lad, 2d to 3d per punnet. THE SUN, LONDON ) SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, [842. Vk7}IXTECWILP 11 I, Our market still continues heavily supplied with r m a e te a s t, :_ the ß d ee e f m f a r n o d m for to rw, 3 4 s lic Bhd Mutton, 3 s 4d t o 4s; slow, a t b are l y l a t e Veal, 3s Gd to 4s ; and Pork, 3s Gd to 4s 4d per 81b. 111INGSRFOlgil. With the exception of the b est fish, selling at full prices, we have to'report a heavy general in quiry, at about previous figures. following NEMTGATZ AND LEAZZNIcamy. We had on sale here to - d a y an i mmense supply of both met aEhnegalvi heavy h and inquiry foreign e a i quotations : Turkeys, a 4s to 7s ; Geese, 3s to -s ; aeons, 4s to 6s 6d ; Rabbits, 6d to is 6d ; Ha res, 2s to 3s 6d ; Partridges, is to ls 10 d ; p hea sants, 2s to 3s 3d ; Grouse, is 6d to 2s; and Pigeons, 8d to is each; Fowls, 3s 6a to 8s ; Chick ens, 2s 6 d to 5s 3d; and Ducks, 3s to 4s6d per couple .— We had rather an im proved the game follw and Poultry, which proveusale to-day, for the bast Beef land Mutton, but, in other kinds, as also Veal and Pork, exceed ingly little was doing. Beef, from 3s to 3s 6d ; Mut ton, 3s 4d to 4s; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 6d per 81bs, by the carcase. NEWPORT. _ Notwithstanding the supplies of meat brought for ward have not been great, the general demand has ruled heavy: at barely stationary prices. Beef from 3S to 8s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s ; Veal, 3s 6d to 45 2d ; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 6d per 81bs by the carcase. IVLIIIZIEET, - Raw Hides at per stone of 14 lbs.—Best Steers and Heifers, ss. Bd. to ss. 10d.; middling Hides, ss. 2d to 5s 6d ; inferior do., 4s. Bd. to ss. Sheep and Calf sizins, at per skin.—Market Calf, 7s. to Bs. 6d.; Long-iivoolled Sheep, 3s. to 4s. 3d. ; short do., 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. tREAD. The pricey of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 7d. to 73 . 11 ; of Household do., 51d. to Gd. per 41b. loaf. lAT MARIMETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ to 3/15s; useful ditto, 41 to 4/ 4s ; fine Upland ditto, 4l 5s to 4/ lOs ; Clover Hay, 4/ to Si 10s; Oat Straw, 1 / 1 6s t o 1/ 18 s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ .IBs to 21 per load. The best Hay and Straw moved off steadily, -- at full rates of currency ; but otherwise, the deinand was dull, at barely stationary prices. ClimmEaLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 315 s to 3/15s; usefulditto 31 18s to 4/ 6 s ; .fi ne. Upl an d ditt o , 4/ 8 s 41 125; Clover Hay, 41 to 51 85 ; Oat Straw, 11 18s to 21; Wheat Straw, 2/ to 212 s per load. A mode rate supply, and a heavy inquiry at the above quotations. WiimicilAPEL.—Coarse Meadow hay, 3/ to 4/ ; useral ditto, 41 to 4/ 5s ; fine Upland ditto, 4/ Gs to 4/ 10s ; Clover Hay, 41 to 51 15s ; Oat Straw, 1/'l6s to I l 18s ; Wheat Straw, I/ 185 to 2/ per load. Supply . good, and trade very dull. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET. The arrivals of Grain were moderate ; the quantity of, new Wheat offered was small, with a fair demand, and the top prices of last week readily obtained. Barley sold steadily, without alteration in value. Oats and Sli• ;Bing as before. Beans dull of sale, and rather lower. No.variation in other articles. qr. of 601 b. the 1. • Wneats Red, Essex and Kcnt Per New 43 . to 50 to . 4 xtra bush 51.. Nortch ake 81.0blk • New 44a. 5:45. .•. 51s. Boston and Wisbeach New 445. 48s. ... 48s. Yorkshire. N w 424. 45;. ... 46 . English, White New 48.. 54.. ... 55 Old R d 425. 418. white 50s. Foreign Per guar cr imperial. Barles. Norfolk awl Suffolk New •• 6c. to 9.8, c xtra 314. Yorkshire and Lincolnshire 254. tris. ... VS.. Sc etch Gri.. ding Per gr.. f 631 b. to th • bushel. Beane, New 2O;. 32. ... -s Old Th. 32:. .. 24. Oats, Potato a - cl Polard. 9its 22; ... -s. Ivicaling ..... ....lOC. to 10)ficl , N w lid, to 115 9 d. pet Stow. Sliqlling * ) 4l. to 253. per Lad. Watt .. • 17. fine 333. per 1." . d. . RA; Z.? c'ed 08. 311.05. per LA, PRICE READ. —. "I he highest price Of BreAd in OF the B Metroplis is Nd. for the 11 Leaf. Got d Bread may be had at 6%c1. 4 PRICES OF SEEDS. Per Cwt. I Per Quarter New tiglish lieu Clover...6os 75s St. Foin —s tB , l 4s Old Ditto Ditto —s s —s'Rye Grass —• _es are New Foreign Ditto......—s sfis 75s Pacey Grass 3-s ....I. Oki Ditto Ditto .. ..... ..—s —s —s Linseed, for feeding —s 50s 56, time White (lover 50s 56s GOsDitio, for sowing .......—s ocs MU Old Ditto Ditto —s —s —s , Dltto, fur crushing ....—s 48s N s idea Trefoil.... —s 17s ois:Hein , ..-1 42s 48 , `Old Ditto • — a 12s llis Canary —s 70s 90s Ircfolimn s —s -a-5 i I'er Bushel. English Carraway ......—s 40s 45s;White Mustard..., 9s Od to 11a ell Foreign Ditto —s 40s 46s'Brewn Ditto lOs Od to 12s 1 d Coriander —s 14s 2.os:Tares ..... 4s Si to 5s :el PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown, per t0n.... Ditto, refined Linseed Oil Linseed Oil Cake at the 1M ill Gale , ake, per ton • PRICE OF TALLOW Town Tallow £2 11 6 1 Yellow Russia White ... 0 U 0 Soap Ditto 0 0 0 PRICE OF RAW F, Price of fallow (as stated by the 'I COAL M 4 Ships arrived since 1 a. d. Atiair's Holywal Main l7 6 Nelson's West Hartley l7 0 Old Tanfield l6 6 Ord's Redheugh l5 6 West Wylam l6 3 Walls End Clennell l6 6 Walls End .4onforth Walls End Heaton l9 0 Walls End Hilda ... 17 6 Walls End Northumberland 17 0 Walls End Riddell's lB 9 Walls End Wharnedire l9 0 Walls End Hatwell. ...... Walls End lletton 2O £42 0 43 0 33 0 l(per 1000) ll 0 6 0 7, SOAP, &c. ()yr 1121 b. 31e1ting Stuff ..t1 If 0 Ditto lteugh 1 1 0 Graree Good Dregs 0 5 0 'AT, per stone of Sibs. fallow Meters) is. 10', ARKET. last tnarltet.day, 0. s. d. Walls End Lambton ...... 20 9 Walls End Morrison Walls End Russell's Hetton 20 6 Walls End Stewart's Walls End Sunderland lB 0 Walls End Cassop I -0 6 Walls End Hartlepool Walls End'Coundon Tees l9 0 Walls Es ti Evenwood Walls End RichardsotesTeesl7 9 Walls End Seymour Tees 9 6 Cowpen l7 0 Howard's West Netherton 17 0 Hartley l6 6 isxLx,iNGSGATm. There has been rather more inquiry for fish since our last report, and prices have been mostly main tained. Turbots are selling a from lls to 243; Cod Fish, is to lOs ; Haddocks, 6(1 to is ; Whitings, 4d to 10d; Mackerel, 8d to Is; Dorys, 2s to 4s; Crabs, 8d to 2s ; and Lobsters, is 4d to 3s 6d each; Soles, 8d to 3s per pair ; Smelts, Is 10d to 3s; Fresh Herrings, 10d to Is 6d ; and Thames d F t l o ou i n s d 3 er d s, pe l r s 4d to is 10d per dozen; Salmon, 9d to is 4d; l C b ri ; m s p p ed ra S ts k , a l e s , G o d t s o s l 6 o d d ; iOd; andan d Eels, 6 Oysters, 16s to 26s per bushel. COUNTRY MARKETS. I Wbeat. ; Barley. Unt . Per Quarter gat)) Rlandford uridport !:hard Exeter Guildford Newbury Reading .....- salisbury Shaborne Sheptonlliallet Uxbridge —.l Warminster. Worcester icon! 1 s. to S. 53 64 46 52 A. to 1. 25 23 20 27 I. P. s. 22 28 t.O 23 48 &% 54 60 52 58 48 62 44 62 42 65 14 20 21 2% 18 24 28 22 31 18 1/0 - 118 - 28 22 27 34 24 32 27 31 :ft 29 26 32 R. to A. 40 4l 39 42 36 44 :'6 38 36 30 26 3S 27 33 42 50 4• 44 38 44 29 24 20 :6 21 28 20 25 c 6 42 •.!t 20 38 42 22 24 32 44 _ :ERBURY MARKET. Wheat, white..—....... —4. to 605...... 01d... Reaves 503. to IS -- red........--- 483. to —5...... Old.....•••••• 4 475. to 59s Barley, Malting ...... 31s. to 33s ...... Grading.. —s. to —s. Oats ~ _ 2ls. to 255. ....- Olel---..... —s to —s. 8eane...,..,.,..,--.... 31s to 325. ...... 01(1........--. —s. to s• Pease . Os. to --5...... Grey........ 343. to —s. CHELTENHAM 11dARKETS. l'er Bushel. s. d. to a. d. Per lb. %lint C 9 79 I Beef Bar icy 3 0 3 9 Mutton Oats 3 0 3 9 Veal Beans 4 0 5 0 Pork rea4e 5 0 8 0 Lamb Hay 41.55. to 4/. 10s. Od. per ton. CHELMSFORD MARKET. Wheat, White 4B to 56 Oats 2O to 2 It ed Farley 27 29 White 3l 31 Chevalier 39 32 Beans. Tick 2B 35 Grinding LEEDS CORN 61 ARKET. Wheat, Norfolk and Sufi:ilk, 601 b. • 525. to 61s. ...: --- York. and I.ineoln. 601 b ......• Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk 283. to 303. Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding • —s. to 28s. I 71 Beans 631 b. .. •••••••• ........ 3411. to 353.1 r, Oats, Potatoe 2os. to 1.f.m.,,, As —Mealing, For. 10d. to lid. Eng. 10d. ro 12d. pe stn. e Melling 50 56 58 70 r.“ se `. to t. 40 44 - - 32 36 40 44 32 38 36 38 11 3:3 21 32 iS 32 37 43 14 30 32 36 24 2S 44 56 51 60 54 GO CAN' d. tt d. 6 7 6 7 6 7 6 8 7 9 IRELAND. ANOTHER FRIGHTFUL MURDER OF A LANDLORD. DUBLIN, DEC. 1.--Another landlord has fallen a victim to the " wild justice of revenge." The par ticulars of this last outrage on the very name of civi lization have been communicated by a gentleman who received the intelligence this morning through a letter from his own steward, who resides close to the scene of the murder. The letter runs thus :—" About five five o'clock on Tuesday evening a most atrocious murder was committed in the very streets of Fresh ford, in the county of Kilkenny. Two men attacked and shot dead Mr. Mortitner while he was standing at his own door, and afterwards escaped by running along the high road . to Kilkenny. They were pur sued, but without success." The unhappy gentle man, it is further stated, was the last life in a lease of lands which he held from Mr. Browne, of London, the value of which is about 3001. a-year. He is re ported to have been litigious in disposition, and not over-indulgent as a landlord. This, however, is but a one-sided statement, and therefore must be received with caution; but even it it were true, it would be no palliation of the dreadful mode of revenge adopted by these ruthless lawgivers. Strange to say, authentic information of this fright ful affair only reached the authorities this day, al though the occurrence took place, as stated, nearly two days past, and that, too, within 64 English miles of the seat of Government. Mr. Mortimer did not expire till about 9 o'clock on the night of the murder. A proclamation has just been issued, in which a reward of 801. is offered for the discovery of the assassins. ATTEMPT TO MURDER A CLERGYMAN.—The Lime rick Chronicle states that, on Friday evening last, some men, with faces blackened, attacked Nantenant Glebe-house, the residence of the Rev. Mr. Coghlan. They dragged the Rey. Gentleman to the door, forced him on his knees, and threatened to shoot him if he did not deliver up his fire-arms. He was then 'com pelled to give them a double-barrelled pistol, being the only weapon of defence in his possession. The gang, which consisted of 12 persons, then decamped. The same band, it is supposed, attacked the house of a man named James Neil on the same night and robbed him of his fire-arms. TRADE OF ST. JOHN'S. A statement of the trade of St. John's, New Bruns wick, for the year ended the 30th of September last, has just been published and forwarded to this country. By the comparison of this document with the one published in the previous year, it appears that in the entries of vessels inwards from all countries there was. a decrease of 494 ships, 79,368 tonnage, and 1,640 men ; the number for 1842 being 1,762 ships, 220,150 tonnage, and 12,643 men ; and for 1841, 2,256 ships, 299,518 tonnage, and 14,283 men. The entries from Great Britain had decreased by 164 ships ; British colonies, by 287; the United States, by 63 ; and foreign States, by 10. The total ster ling value of imports during the same periods showed a decrease of 696,9371., the amount for 1831 being 1,201;7361.; and for 1842, 504,799/. Great Britain had suffered to the extent of 503,583/. ; North America, 106,0031.; United States, 76,4551.; and foreign States. 11,7731. There was the slight n - crease of 4331. in favour of the West Indies. The return of vessels cleared outwards shows a decrease cf, 569, with 94,911 tonnage, and 3,693 men in 1842 the number for that year being 1,855 ships, with 257,395 tonnage, and 12,421 men ; while in 1841, it amounted to 2,424 ships, with 352,306 tonnage, and 16,114 men. The clearances for Great Britain have decreased 244 ships ; for British colonies 323, and for the United States 7. For foreign States the clear ances had increased 5 ships. The return of the total sterling value of exports exhibits . a decrease ofl 217,4611., the difference between 591,088/., the amount Of 1841, and 383,6271., the amount of 1842. To Great Britain exports had decreased to the extent of '180,1801., North America to the extent of 31,7001., West Indies to the extent of 3,813/., and foreign States to the extent of 2,4811. To the. United States there had been an increase of 7,5361. Notwith standing the very great depression of trade displayed by this return, the tide of immigration had increased, the number of adults who arrived out having in creased by 1,109 over those who made for this British settlement in 1841. The number in that year was 5,015. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Leeds Mercury.) FOREIGN WooL TRADE, DEC. 2.—Our anticipa tions last week with regard to an improved demand, consequent upon the favourable news from China, have since, we are happy to state, been fully con firmed. Many transactions of importance have been effected, and prices, in some descriptions, may be quoted a shade higher. ENGLISH 'WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, DEC: I.—Dur ing the past week sales of wool have been larger than previously, and prices have become firmer, though we cannot quote any eneral advance as having taken place. WAKEFIELD 1V OOL MARKET, DEC. 2.—We have this week to report something like a return to confi , deuce in the long wool market, as we anticipated in our last, and extensive purchases have been made in two or three instances, at the prices of last week ; without quoting any advance, there is decidedly more firmness on the part of holders. There is no move ment in blanket wools, and prices are nominal. TRADE OF LEEDS.—The news of peace with China, and the prospect of a more settled state of affairs in India, has had the effect of clearing out the principal part of the goods which have been for a long time held by the manufacturers, and which, not being cal culated for any other markets, have been completely dead stock since the commencement of the war. This will have an important operation in those districts where this description of goods is made, and will, to some extent, give' employment during the winter in replacing the same. With the exception of the above description of goods, our markets have been as dull as possible, scarcely anything having been done either on Saturday or Tuesday, in regular market goods. Prices, however, are a little firmer since the report of the late wool sales, and the stocks on hand are very , light compared w ith what they were at this period last year. There is little business doing in the ware houses, purchasers confining themselves to assorting their stock in the most careful way possible, so as to work out of winter goods by the close of the season. BRADFORD MARKET, 1 HURSDAY.—The favour able accounts from the East have had less effect upon the Piece market than those of our neighbouring towns ; for, with the exception of Saxony cloths, an article admirably adapted for that climate, no addi tional inquiry has been made ; in this article rather more has been done. Merinos, Orleans, and othet plain goods are in steady, though not extensive, de mand. - Prices remaining very firm,, and confidence being generally established, the next alteration must be upwards. We are sorry that we cannot report anything better in the fancy trade, which is usually dull during December; but if the month just ended augurs anything as to the chance of the present, the manufacturers have nothing satisfactory to look for ward to. In yarn there does not appear to be any alteration either in demand or product. The spin ners, from their depressed condition by the ruinous prices at which yarns are selling, appear quite un willing to make any alteration, except to curtail still further, which keeps the stock low, and confirms the already prevailing opinion that yarns have seen their lowest point. During the past week there has been but little business doing in wools. Fine combing sorts continue to be neglected : in the more general going sorts there is a shade more fimness. Noils and short wools are ready of sale at a trifling advance. MANCHESTER, DEC. I.—There continued to be a steady and rather increased demand for cloth adapted for the East, and the advance paid on Tuesday is still maintained. Some persons are already speculating on a re-action, founded on the fact, that those mills which have been working short time, or which have been standing, will, when again set to work, cause such such an increase in the production, as will again paralyse the trade. This is, however, a problem which time alone can fairly develope. When, how ever, it is considered, from the Factory Inspector's Report, that some 10 per cent. of cotton mills are standing, and that a further 25 per cent. of those that are working are working short time, there is reason to apprehend that when all the machinery is in full motion, and for full time, that there will be a little cooling down. Twist, although the shipping season for the principal markets is over, is still saleable at an advance of about a halfpenny per pound on the rates payable three or four weeks ago. This symptom is a healthy one. The cloth market has this afternoon given some slight indications of a little re-action, there being more sellers and more cautious buyers. BARNSLEY.—A considerable improvement has been felt in the linen trade of this town during the last three weeks, and that improvement has received an additional impulse since the arrival of the news of the conclusion of peace with China, as a con siderable quantity of fancy drills is made in this town for that market. The stocks in the warehouses are unusually low at present, so that there is now a better prospect for the winter than has been known for the last three years. Work is given out very freely, and nearly all the weavers are obtaining employment. 3f 36 38 40 36 3R UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, TUURSDAY.—In a convocation, holden this day at two o'clock, it was agreed to accept of Dr. Ireland's bequest of 10,0001. to the University, for the purpose of founding an exegetical professor ship. A. meeting of the Tractarian party was pre viously held, for the purpose of organising an oppo sition to the patronage being vested in the hebdomadal board; but, owing to a difference of opinion, no steps were taken—there were three non placets only. A large number of members of convocation attended to support the proposal for accepting the bequest. CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 2 .—At the congregation h e ld on Wednesday, Nov. 30, the following graces passed the Senate : . Authorising the payment to the late Vice-Chan cellor of the sum of 1431. 6s. 2d., being the balance of the Botanic Garden account. 2. The appointment of a third library keeper, with a salary of sixty guineas a vear, to be paid from the library fund, to be appointed in the same way as the library keeper and under library keeper, and to hold his office for five years. 3. The affixing of the University Seal to a bond of 4001., bearing interest at the rate of four per cent. per annum; to discharge the remainder of Messrs. Rigby's bills for the fittings of the new library, and Mr. Cockeril's charges, as architect. _ _ 4. The appointment of Mr. O'Brien, of Caius Col lege, Moderator, in the place of Mr. Robinson, of St. Peter's, who has resigned. 5. The appointment of Mr. O'Brien, of Caius Col lege, Deputy Proctor, in the absence of Mr. Cookson, of St. Peter's. 6. The appointment of the Rev. George Coulcher, of Corpus Christi College, Chaplain to the Spinning House for a year, with a salary of 401., to be paid out of the University chest. 7. The increasing of the payment of each of the Examiners for the classical tripos, for every year after the year 1843 from 101. to 201., so as to agree with the payments of other Examiners. The Library Syndicate's Report, dated the 26th, was agreed to, as has been seen above in the grace of the Senate marked 3. CRAVEN SCHOLARSHIP.—The Vice-Chancellor has given notice that there will be, on Monday, th e 23d day of January, 1843, at ten o'clock, an examination. of candidates for a scholarship upon this foundation, lately holden by Mr. Charles John Vaughan, of Trinity . College. The candidates are required to sig nify their intention of offering themselves by writing a Latin letter to each of the electors, - which is to be thed delivered D dp e e c r e so m n b a e ll r. personally, on Friday, electorsFrlifay,the a l r fi e t t h h , e or Saturday, Vice-Chan cellor the five Regius P ro f essors, and the Public Ora tor. In other to facilitate this delivery, one or more of the electors will attend in the law schools on the above days, from twelve o'clock till two • and no can didates will b e a d m i tte d w h o do not ;signify their in tention in the above manner. PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.—At a meeting held Nov. 28, Dr. Paget, the treasurer, in the chair, Mr. O'Brien read a meinoir on the Intensity of Reflected and Re fracted Light, the Absorption of Light, and the Sta bility of the Ammonious Ether, and the following honorary members were elected :—Sir W. R. Hamil ton, Professor H. Owen, Professor C. F. Gauss, of Gottingen ; Professor J. Muller, of Berlin ; and pro fessor J. F. Encke, of Berlin. At the last congregation the following degrees were ' conferred : MASTERS OF ARTS.—T. H. M. Bartlett, Trinity College ; J. W. Maher, Queen's College ; F. A. S. Marshall, Caius College. AD EUNDEM.—E. B. Everard, Balliol College, Oxford. BACHELORS or ARTS.—W. H. Acret, Queen's Col ' lege ; E. G. Childe, Trinity College. THE CHURCH. The following appointments have taken place : The Rev. R. B: Cartwright, M.A., of Queen's Col lege, to the rectory of North and South Stoke, Lin colnshire. Value, 6851. _ The Rev. L. E. Dryden, 8.A., of Clare Hall, to the rectory of Whitnash, Warwickshire. Value, 3131. The Rev. T. L. Gleadon, M.A., of Christ's College, to the rectory of Frodesley, Salop. Value, 5701. The Rev. G. Dealtry, M.A., of Caius College, to the vicarage of Hinckley, Leicestershire. Value, 388/. The installation of t'he Rev. Dr. Butler, D ean o f Peterborough, took place on Sunday, during the morning service, in the cathedral. POWDERIIAM CASTLE.—The Earl of Devon, we understand, intends to materially increa:;e the number of allotment; on the Powderham estates. The Noble Earl supplied his allotment tenants at P ow d er h am with an excellent dinner on Monday se'nnight, an d addressed them in a kind and judicious speech after the audit. _ UNTAXED BISCUITS FOR SAILORS. —The first advan tage under the Act passed last session (and which may fairly be called Mr. Hutt's Act), for allowing the grinding of corn in bond for victualingships, was made here this week. A quantity.of corn was taken out of bond to be manufactured into biscuits, and will be re placed by an equal quantity of corn.--ffull Advertiser• THE TELEMAQUE. QUILLEmEUF, TUESDAY, Nov. 29.—1 n consequence of the unfavourable state of the weather throughout last week, but little further progress has been made in the operations for raising the wreck of the Tele maque. The remaining portion of her side, which was above water, from her main chains aft, ha,E5 been cut away and removed, and she has been raised an other foot and a half, so that her cargo is now nea.cly even with the surface of the water when the tide is at its lowest ebb. It is now ascertained beyond a doubt that she IS chiefly laden with timber ; in addition to . which there is evidently a considerable quantity of tallow on board, as large pieces have floated from the wreck, and on Saturday a lump, weighing about half a hundred weight, escaped from her and was picked up by the boat which is specially employed to look after any article that may float from her, and is con stantly ready, with the hands in it, to be cast off at a moment's notice. One of the pieces of timber which compose the cargo of the Telemaque, and which was lying uppermost, has been got out, but the disengag ing it occupied the whole of yesterday and this day, although all the hands, about 60 in number, were employed in this single operation. The difficulty in extricating the timber is caused by the harpoons which were driven through the ship and cargo in order to raise her, pinning the whole of the logs of wood togeth e r, so that to get out one balk, it is first necessary to release it from the others, to , which it is fixed by the harpoons. There were na less than eight of these harpoons through this parti cular log, which took some time to cut away before it could be got out. The log. of timber which has been got out is of oak, and is numbered 238. From the length of time it took to abstract this single log, Mr. Taylor, the engineer, has altered his plan o f ope rations, and, instead of proceeding in his attempt to discharge the remaining portion of the timber and cargo in the present position of the ship, at the risk of being two days in getting out each log, he intends to raise her 6 feet higher out of the water, and during the time this is being accomplished, to cut away, as far as it is practicable ' the whole of the harpoons. It will take four or five days to effect this. Her being laden with timber and a portion of tallow fully corroborates that part of her history which states that she was so laden ; but whether her cargo will bear out the remaining portion of the tale that is told of her, is yet to be ascertained; for beyond the facts that she had timber and tallow on board, and that some metallic substance obstructed the passage of several of the harpoons, and the inference which may be deduced from the claim made by the agent on be half of Victor Hugo and his brother, nothing can be known, as it is quite impossible for any persons, even the divers themselves, in the present position of the vessel, with a vast body of water, which in this part' of the Seine is discoloured with mud, rushing over with a velocity exceeding that which used to charae tPrise the Thames in passing through the arches or the old London-bridge at ebb tide, to ascertain the contents of the ship beyond the balks of timber which are lying uppermost. DISCIPLINE AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY.---The fol lowing account of some of the doings here is from the Oxford Chronicle :—" There is a certain set of young men now in the University disgracing it, and bringing scandal upon the whole body, by riotous and disorderly conduct. Within a few months we have had a se ries of outrages brought under our notice, such as the breaking of windows and of shutters, and, at igth, the breaking of heads, and tricks of the most wanton and dangerous character. That we may not be thought to make vague charges, we just refer to the insults which the accomplished and amiable Main zer received when giving his last lecture, and to fie brutal knockdown blow which the marshal received oir the same occasion, in the performance of his duty ; to the recent battering and bruising of a gentleman residing in the city ; to gross insults to respectable la dies in the public streets (neither proctor nor police man to be seen) • and, finally, to the outrageous and frantic folly at die menagerie last week, when the ani linals were beaten, and fireworks thrown into their dens, at a frightful risk." DETECTION OF SHEEP -STEALERS, AND SUICIDE OF THE SHEPIIERD.—A circumstance has just Oc curred in Hertfordshire which goes to prove what has always been asserted by the chief constable of the county, that when farmers are in the habit of having sheep stolen the shepherd is generally connected with the thieves. On the forenoon of Friday, the 25th of November, information was brought to the chief con etable at Hertford that two wether sheep and a ram had been stolen some time during the previous night from the farm of Mr. Cheffins, near Ware. Captain Robertson immediately dispatched Inspector Dunn, of the rural police, by railway to L o ndon, and directed Inspector Barnes to go by the high-road to Smith field, with instructions how to proceed. At Enfield Barnes he met a light cart belonging to Humphrey, a butcher of Hoddesdon, driven by a lad named Welch, who, being closely interrogated, admitted that he had been employed by Humphrey to convey two wether sheep and a ram to London, and stated that they had been delivered to Mr. Mossman, a sales man. Being convinced from the description given of the sheep by Welch that they were those stolen from Mr. Cheffins, Barnes returned to Hoddesdon and took Humphrey into custody, in whose possession Si. 15s. was found, which he admitted having received from Mossman, but refused to give any account of the sheep sold by him. Barnes then proceeded to London, taking with him the shepherd of Mr. Cheffins, and from information received from Mr. Mossman, who rendered every assistance to the police, the inspectors were enabled to trace the two wether sheep to the yard of the Ram public-house in Smithfield. The skin of the stolen ram (it having been already killed) was also traced and recovered from the fell-monger, to whom it had been sold, and both that and the sheep were subsequently identified by Mr. Cheffins as his property. The shepherd, upon being shown the sheep in London, evinced symptoms of uneasiness, and desired to be allowed to go home. He accordingly left London at eleven o'clock on Monday morning, but did not reach his master's until twelve o'clock at night, having in the meantime, as it is supposed, given information of the discovery of the sheep to others of the gang, with whom it was now found he was con nected ; and at three o'clock on Tuesday morning it was discovered he had committed suicide, the unfor tunate man having nearly severed his he ad from his body. EXTRAORDINARY PEDESTRIAN FEAT.—An ama teur pedestrian, named John Saunders, 23 years of age, undertook for a trifling wager to start from the Surrey side of London-bridge, and run over the five bridges and round the inclosure in St. James's Park, offiis t o h s n e i‘ sp ace a o y f fiftyi , and f n ro i n m u tes the T apparent pa rent performance impossib c i a l m ity e howfiasgahccoonm col l ectedtpi accomplishing n t bo g u t wt h it e t t e a es s fs k ri , ei a nt,ds gr w e bo a ef t n number of sanguine of hi s were very Sanders , o ran anr very n notwith standing,ss success, and they were not disappointed. The start took place from the Bridgehouse Hotel, and one minute only was occu pied in crossing London-bridge. In four minutes more the " novice" had reached the Surrey side of Southwark-bridge, and another four minutes was occupied in getting to Blackfriars, on the Sur rey side. In fifteen minutes from starting . St. Clement's church in the Strand was gained, thence to the Surrey side of Waterloo-bridge five minutes were consumed, and five more in reach ing Westminster-bridge-road. Here the backers of time began to suspect that they had mistaken their man, as he came to the bridge in gallant style, ap parently as fresh as when he started, and arrived at Storey's-gate, without the least falling off in speed, in 29 minutes from the start. His opponents had now only one hope left—namely, that he would not last out the remainder of the journey round the en closure ; but in this they were deceived, for he ac complished it in 12 minutes, thus completing the whole distance in the short space of 41 minutes. This is considered one of the severest pedestrian achieve.. ments which has hitherto taken place in the metro polis, and it is said that Sanders has been backed to a considerable amount for another trial of his prowess. Bates, a well-known pedestrian, did the same distance in 48 minutes, having had one hour allowed, and that was looked upon as an astonishing performance. INCENDIARISM IN LINCOLNSHIRE.---THORNEY.— Between seven and eight o'clock on Thursday night, the 24th ult., a dreadful fire was observed in the stack-yard Tboroey of Thorney-abbey o n l th P e ar li n v ell isbea , about thr oati; ee the mi b l a e r s o f an nin d stacks must have been set on fire in different places at the same time, as out of sixteen or seventeen stacks, stackoc o n y nm o env were re l e i m t t e l s le tv r e o o df u . tnhdeAt above a r j n o e h l l n 's ou e w h eat - sta c k e half s m ta c n i k a a nn ta conflagr ati o n, : and f aa h ou r r smallth-a f t e reyaper farm - y a r d, the a ot • in direction assisting at o f M rlll P Mr. observed i n Thorney-dike, which suddenly increased to a large flame : many persons hastened to the spot, and found several stacks burning with great fury. The scene was awful beyond description, the two fires illuminating the country for many miles. Thorney is the property of the Duke of Bedford, who is well known as a good landlord, and his tenantry is also noted as being kind and generous to the la bourers in their employ. We are sorry to add that the above make four fires in the parish of Thorney in the short space of fifteen months. They are all be lieved to have been the work of incendiaries. The produce of 300 acres of land was destroyed on Thurs day night. Two fellows of suspicious appearance and conduct were in Thorney on the day before the fires occurred, and it is ascertained that they had lately been at Woburn, where they used disrespectful lan guage respecting the Duke of Bedford. Diligent search is making after them by the police of several districts.—Stamford Mercury Four vessels have arrived in the Downs from China, all of which bring tea; but as they are .scarcely above 350 tons each, the collective amount will not be large. About one million pounds weight is a rough calculation m a d e . The vessels are the Eleanore, we gara, the Bengslee, and the wry