The Sun. — London, England, 1842-03-14 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TICE DAILY PAPERS OF SATURDAY. CHRONICLt.—It is impossible to refuse to the Right Honourable Baronet the:praise of great clearness in the mode in widen he submitted his very laborious statements to the House. It will be observed that Lord John Russell, while he avoided giving any opinion on the extensive plans of the Right Hon. Baronet, approved of the removal of prohibitory duties, but thought that he. would have chosen better, had he made the reduction on sugar instead of timber ; for every year that we went on refusing to foreign sugar an entrance into the British market; we should be encouraging a monopoly in the East Indies, and interposing greater difficulties in the way of the West Indies. We content ourselves for the present with giving an outline of the various important changes which the Right Hon. Baronet proposes to make. We cannot help now observing, however, that the income-tax, though of course small compared with that levied during the war, can only be obtained by the inquisitorial process which rendered it then so generally odious. We might add that objection will unques tionably be taken, too, on principle, to the placing incomes de rived from property and from professional exertions on the same footing. But we reserve all opinions on the various questions involved in the statement of the Right Hon. Baronet to a future day. TIMES.— We do not hesitate so say, that the proposals made by Sir Robert Peel last night, and the speech in which he ' developed them, would be su ffi cient, if they stood alone, to place him in the first rank of financial statesmen. They are a complete justification of the confidence which the country has reposed in him ; and the nation will respond to the appeal nude to it, nut only with satisfaction, but with enthusiasm. The emergency in which Sir Robert Peel found himself was great; the difficulties which surrounded him were most seri ous. He had to provide at once for accumulated and pro.. gressive deficiency in revenue, and for an increasing expendi ture ; to sustain the honour of the British name and the in tegrity of the British empire abroad, and to relieve a distressed population, and recruit a paralyzed commerce at home; to reauce the pressure of taxation upon the body of the community, and augment largely the receipts of the Exchequer, These difficulties he has apparently overcome. In one measure he has comprehended all these objects, and it will be a hard task for any one who reads his masterly details, either to gainsay bis ends, or to deny the efficiency of the means by which he proposes to accomplish them. His measure is calculated to provide permanently for the whole present and estimated defi ciency of the revenue, to. provide also for an extensive and systematic reduction of the duties which operate as impediments to our foreign trade, and, atter all, to leave a surplus in the public coffers. And this without laying the weight of a man's little finger upon the poorer classes of society. An estimated amount of 3,775,000/. is to be raised ftom a general income tax of sevecpence in the pound, or 21. 18s. 4d. per cent. From this burden all incomes under 1501. a year are to be exempted, and the interest of occupiers of land is to be rated at one-half only, instead of three•fourths (as under the former income tax) of the rent. In expressing our approbation of this proposal, we do so, with respect to the principle, reserving our judgment upon the details. POS l'.—Sir Robert Peel was very earnest in stating the unwillingness of the Government to increase the taxation oh any of the comforts of the poorer classes, and in asserting his opinion generally that taxation on articles of consumption had already gone as far as was politic or likely to be productive. The statement of the new revenue was received by the House with the most eager attention, and apparently with no slight approbation, even on the Opposition side. Assuredly, a plan was developed which none but a Conservative Minister might have dared to propose.. Sir R. Peel established a strong claim to the respect and gratitude of the country, and it was recog nised by the unanimous cheers of the House, when, in an nouncing the proposed modifications of the commercial tariff, he stated the tact that, ,of the twelve hundred distinct articles comprehended in the present tariff of duties, every one had undergone a separate investigation in order to ascertain the proportion between the duty and the ordinary price of the artic.e to which it applied: HERALD.-Never did any Minister of the British Crown lay before the House of Commons a fuller or plainer statement of the finances, or propose more extensive alterations in the fi,cal sy.tens or tariff of the country, than did Sir Robert Peel last night. Sir Robert, in the opening remarks of a speech which will hereafter form a model for future Chancellor's of the Exchequer, promised the House the " unexaggerated truth," and he fulfilled that promise to the very letter. The country will now know the real difficulties which the Whig- Radical Ministers left their successors to remove ; those diffi culties are in truth most enormous, but their full and unre served disclosure is, as Sir R. Peel justly remarked, the first step towards improvement. The probable deficiency in revenue to meet expenditure for the year ending sth April, 1842, is no less than 2,350,0001 ; the estimated deficiency for the year ending sth April, 1843, with existing taxes, is 2,569,0001. How is the deficit to be met? To increase the taxes already imposed on articles of necessity is only to augment the defi ciency; the result of Mr. Baring's budget of 1840 proves that the limit of productiveness has been already passed. The im port duties now levied on sugar, coffee, and timber check, it is irresistibly established, the consumption of those articles, and seriously restrict the commercial and manufacturing energies of the country. To find a deficiency of two millions and a half annually, at the termination of every five years, is but to have recourse to a series of loans, which must effect the value of stocks, and so augment the cost of funding as often at that pro cess isresorted to. Economy iselearly no remedy for a deficiency so great as exists—to save two millions annually is beyond all rational expectation. To raise the amount, or any sum approaching to the amount, by the Pest-office, is not only impossible, but would be an interference with a great moral and social experi ment. The revival of old taxes on various articles, or a re newai of the assessed taxes, would be expensive and unpopular experiments. The difficulty of finding a new source of revenue, which shall nut only be suffieiently productive to discharge the deficiency, but enable the Legislature to repeal those import duties which press su heavily on consumers and on commerce is undoubtedly great, and the expedient resorted to by Govern: ment is startling. Sir Robert Peel proposes a return to a certain extent to direct taxation, and to make the basis of that taxation property. From this tax all incomes under 1501. a year are to be excepted. It has to be levied upon landowners, occupiers of lands and houses, public funds and securities, trades, and professions, and incomes from salaries in public offices, and the amount anticipat, d to be derived therefrom is 3,771,000/. It is proposed to be co &nuoti for a period of five years, but with power fur the Legislature to review it at the termination of three ,y,ars. Assuming for the moment the principle of this tax to be unobjectionable, it. will occur to the bulk pf the community that into its details the slid ing scale might he advantageously introduced. and the impost be augmented in proportion to the amount of in come possessed. We reserve, however, comment for here after. Whatever objections there may he to the plan as a whole, that of insufficiency or inefficiency cannot be applied to it. That plan includes the equalisation of the in come and revenue of the country, it provides for surplus, whereby to remit taxes which check consumption, and so to re model our tariff as to lay the. foundation of new commercial treaties with foreign states to the augmentation of our com merce without the sacrifice of any great domestic or colonial interest. Sir Robert Peel was rarely beard to greater advan tage than last night; the house was at first startled by the boldness of the proposition of an income tax ; but by the time the Right Hon. Baronet rose to reply, it was evident that any serious objections had been greatly shaken by very important changes which Government proposed to effect through the in strumentality of the surplus to be obtained thereby. The whole subject is, however, as Lord Howick remarked, far too important for us to expresk an immediate opinion on it. ADVERTISER.—With a boldness, for which we had not previously given him credit, anti an ability, precision, clear ness, eloquence, and dignity worthy of such an important oc casion, Sir Peel last night laid his financial project before the House of Commons. It affords us unwonted gratification to be enabled conscientously to offer this tribute to a Minister whose policy has so generally evoked our unqualified condemnation. These is, however, one evil incident to the scheme, against which we must in limine caution the people. It is precisely the ineasure calculated to form the basis of an union between the Whigs and Tories, and Sir Robert Peel is precisely the man, by nature anti circumstances, formed to be the nucleus of that uniona union to which, notwithstanding appearances, the rival factions have, almost ever since the passing of the Reform Act, been progressing by all manner of indirect ap proaches, urged on by an abhorrence of popular rights and po pular repre,entations, innate with, and innate in, both par ties. Sanely as a financial scheme, we generally approve of the Premier's plan. It is but natural that Sir Robert Peel should have more than ordinary skill in balancing a profit and loss account, but there are fir higher attributes than those associated with the counting-house necessary to the mart en truited w th the destinies of the British people in the present lowering eiretundani es of their fate. It is in these higher re quisites of statesmanship that we doubt Sir Robert Peel's qua lifications fer his exalted position, but if in these regards he should, den by his own slow, tortuous, and reluctant advances, enteesta our anticipations, we shall be ready, without allusion to the-past, to hail him as the reg enerator and saviour of hi s country. Our opinion of Sir R . Peel is, that urged on by the Whigs, he will discard the Tory oligarchy, and if perseveringly, judiciously, and firmly urged on by the people, he will become the head of that party which we have already designated as the Ncifion. Sir Robert Peel is essentially the man of expedi ency, which means nothing more than a man facile in adapting himself to the urgency of the times. Let the people only put on,the pressure, and they may mould the statesman of the pre.. sent day to any form they please. . GLOBE.—We think that an annually recurring defieiency, which they had vainly attempted to meet by, increased taxes on consumption, ought to have led , the late Ministers, like the present, to bring forward a : temporary plan of direct taxation. It may, in deed, be said with truth, that none but a strong Gvernment could carry such a plan. But with equal truth it might have been said that none but a very strong Government could hope to carry the fiscal and commercial changes which were then proposed. The present Government have taken a leaf from the book of the last, as regards these changes, and there would have, been no harm in turning over another and bolder leaf for their benefit by bringing forward a temporary se)leme of direct taxation, on principles as much bqtter than the present as Whig policy could devise. The heads of our party not having done so, have, we think, in a good degree disabled themselves, and indis posed the sober portion of their followers (amongst whom we hope we may rank) from offering any effective opposition to such measures as are now pro posed. The mode.of direct taxation adopted is not that which we think most eligible. We wait, with 1 -.nd Howick, to know what are the practical means which Si r R o b er t P ee l proposes to ta k e to levy his income tax—to arrive at an accurate know ledge of the amount of income on which it is to levied: We cannot but approve of the exemption otsinall incomes - fro m the levy; dq,nger that th e r e venue w but we foresee the ill lose what it ought to re ceive from some, and receive what it ought not to re-- c e.ve from other:.. Those who do not care for ap- P:" . m ranet.s rna :i contrive to evade taxation ; and those wls do will suffer taxation beyond the real rate of their inocrne'• Thee objections. of detail, however, we reserve WE we have furthe r information. TANDARD.—it m ay .be said, and doubtless it will b e sa id; that an incom e tax is inquisitorial. This me e pretend. No inquisitio n con be necessary to . d e. t tin the income of the landholder, shareholder, or fundh elder ; and as to profssional and commercial men, there is not one probabl e i ncome of them whose ie not already" r.ullject to an inqui s i t i on far less d'elicate, far more invidious and mali c i ous than that of income tax commissioners, bound t o se cresy. . The inquisition of neighbours, creditors, commerci4l' correspondents, and commercial, or professional competitors—this is a9 t inquisition which we have never known any one fortunate enough to es cape, and it is the only inquisition that can do any one a. mischief. We do not know what honest motive any one can have for concealing the amount of his income. It seems to us that the interests of all honest men are much concerned that there should be no conceal rtieht ire the matter ; but the truth is, ‘:thfit no man can or ever does conceal The amount of bid income "' • from those who are curious enough to inquire after it. Secondly, it is said that an income tax ought to be reserved for a time of war. It might be answer enough to this objection to say that the empire is at war, unhappily plunged into two most expensive wars by the late Government ; but we take leave to deny the principle. We say that a tax which is proper in war cannot, when the wants of the country demand new taxes, be improper in peace. True, you have not the whole of your available income tax with which to menace the enemy ; but what of that ? Neither have you the whole of your available revenue; but you have all your reserved resources, of whatsver kind, and the shape of them does not make the slight est difference. Call the available income tax 1.5 per cent. (more was paid during the late war), will you employ 3 per cent. of this in time of peace, in preference to taxes which cripple the industry and retard the progress of the country ? Are you the worse, because, with resources vastly improved by the preference, you face your enemy with three per cent. in appearance less of your income tax, but really with a greater revenue—meet him, too, with all the machinery necessary for drawing forth your reserved 12 per cent. in complete order , and in constant action? The pretence of a distinc ' tion between war taxes and peace taxes belonged to times when it was necessary to cheat men into the payment of taxes by artificial pretexts, because taxes were neither impartially levied nor always honestly applied. We repeat, that Sir Robert Peel's propo sition is the opening of a new and a happy era in financial Government—and the measure with which he opens it, is the measure of a true Statesman— bold, just, safe, and, efficient. COURIER.—With the 3 per cent. tax on pro perty, we cry content ; with the tax on income we cry content also; but in respect of the supplementary house tax we must confess that our conviction of its judiciousness and impartiality is not so strong, al though we may take leave to say, that in comparison with the other burdens referred to its pressure can be of inferior concern only. We object to the house tax because, if borne by the tenant, it will be an oppressive tax, except in the case of great fortunes and large establishments, whilst if cast on the landlord, with the peculiar uncertainty of returns from that sort of property, it will be a no less oppressive, besides being a supplementary, tax on property. The only momentarily good object which, as it seems to us, it will achieve, will be to discourage the inordinate rage for building specula tions which has pievailed for many years, and which has generally ended in the ruin of projectors and traders, of all, in fact, but the owners of the land co vered. But whilst this good will be achieved, and the population left to overtake the means provided for their house accommodation, on the other hand labour employed in that way will be thrown out of action, and the effect also may be to crowd families in the same dwelling by increasing rents, and for the labouring classes this would lead to the evil of depriving them of small houses of their own, the happiest result of industrial independence, unless, which does not clearly appear, a proper exemption should be made in respect of such sort of property. The exemptions from taxation of income and property under 150/. per annum are humane and judicious, so far as they go, although we think that 2001., as a round sum, and as freeing a larger class not able to bear burdens, would have been a preferable limit. Upon in comes at the point stated it will form a heavy deduction. We cannot exactly comprehend the utility of some of Sir Robert's reductions of duty upon commodities exported. The separate amounts are so insignificant that they appear to us to be levied almost solely for the purposes of statistical information ; and the total amount of the remissions is quite inconsiderable. We can perfectly appreciate the policy of abolish ing or reducing the duties on the imports of raw produce indispensable for manufactures, as well as the export duty proposed to be levied on coal. But what will the free trader say to this ? Is it part of the system of Russia—that land of exclusive protec tion, and intolerance of free trade ? CORONER'S INQUEST. An inquest was held on Friday at the Workhouse, Gray's Inn-lane, before Mr. WAXLEY,M.P., upon the body of James Falkes, a police constable. After the examination of police constable Patten (No. 137) the man who was taken to the station-house in a state of in toxication, and who spoke as to the identity of Mt. Huntsman, the doctor, and his giving the deceased and himself whiskey on the night in question, Mr. Huntsman said, in explanation, that all he knew of the matter was as follows :—A policeman came up to him, and said at was a very wet night or wet morning, or something of the kind. It was raining heavily at the time, and the night was a very disagreeable one. The pelicemam asked him for a drain and went in with him, and h a d a b ou t a w i ne g l a - s f u ll of whiskey in some warm water. The policeman then left. He (Mr. H.) was sitting up for somebody coming in, and he saw the policeman pass again. The policeman said, "He would have no objection to some more of that same." Ile (Mr. II.) answered he did not care about his having a little more, and he (the policeman) had another glass. Another policeman then came up, and they both had some whiskey, hut nothing else, beyond half or three-quarters of a drachm of sal volatile, wh;ch was only a stimulant The policemen left my house shortly after they had the whiskey and water and sal volatile. The room was then cleared, and the Jury, alter about three quarters of an hour's consultation, in accordance with the opinion given by Mr. Whitfield, surgeon, upon the post moi tem examination of this deceased's body, returned the following verdict :—" That James Falkes was found dead, and that his death was caused by an extravamtion of blood on his brain, produced by a fall occurring to him while he was in a state of intoxication ; and that whether the said intoxication was pro duced by excusable causes or otherwise, there is not before the Jurors sufficient evidence to prove." The CORONER then addressed Mr. Huntsman. He said. the Jury considering the statement he had himself made—viz. that he had gone to seek for the deceased with the other policeman after he had observed that he (deceased) was in toxicated, and had afterwards given him more whiskey, had felt it to be their duty, under all the circumstances of tthe case, to return the verdict just read. In the propriety of that verdict he entirely concurred. Mr. Huntsman would understand that he was not relieved by the verdict from responsibility, for, from the evidence before them, the Jury could not come to any o her verdict. The witnesses had not been quite so clear in their statements as could have been wished; but in all probability the Commissioners of Police would institute a further inquiry, and that inquiry would very like y become more useful when the policeman who had been examined to-day had thoroughly returned to his senses, for it was evident he was now in a confused state of mind. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, March 12. (Before Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.) ARUNDA LE V. BOWYER. In this case the following reference was made by arrange • mem :—The Master to state to the Court w hat title was shown before the Bill, and in what respects, if any, that title differed from that shown before the Master. (Before Vice-Chancellor BanCE. ) His HoNoua took unopposed petitions and short causes, which presented no feature of general interest. COURT OF EXCISE. CHEMISTS, DRUGGISTS, AND BREWERS. (From the Sunday Tunes.) Mr. Henry Walker, chemist and druggist, in Skinner street, Somers'-town, and a commissioner of pavements of St. Pancras parish, was charged with selling grains of paradise, coculus Indite, liquorice, linseed, caraway seed, and Cayenne pepper, to Mr. Frederick Blogg, a brewer. The information was preferred under the 56th Geo. 111., chap. 58, sect. 3, which imposes a penalty on a druggist of 5001. for disposing to a brewer either of the above specified articles, or molasses, honey, vitriol, quas sia, or any extract or preparation of such " articles. Mr. Golding Bird, the si.rveying general examiner of Excise, said that, on the 26th January last, he and Mr. Bullen were watching in the neighbourhood of Blogg's brewery, and they saw a person leave his shop, and proceed to the latter place, whither they followed, and seized two parcels, containing grains of para.. dise, caraway seeds, linseed meal, and pepper. After a conversation with Blogg, witness proceeded to the defendant's, and asked him if he knew that indivi dual ; and on his saying that he had been acquainted with him for several years, he inquired if he had served him with any parcel that morning, and he admitting that he had, witness e x hibit e d t o him the packets be had found on the brewery, which Mr. Walker at once identified as the same as he had sold, at the same time inquiring if there was anything wrong. Witness told him that he must be aware there was, and then asked him what the parcels contained ; and he said a com pound, which it was usual for druggists to make up. In reply to further questions, he acknowledged that for three years Mr. Blogg had been dealing with him for such articles ; that the week before he had 41b. of li quorice and some coculus Mr. MAYOW, the Solicitor for the Crown (to Mr. Bird)—Did you ask the defendant if he drank Blogg's beer ? Mr. Bird—l did ; and he said he formerly par took of it, but since last Christmas twelvemonth he had not tasted it. _ _ _ Mr. MAYOW—What did you s ►y to that ? Mr. Bin . -- I remarked that I did not wonder at his leaving it ott, knowing the properties of the stuff he sold him to put into it. The Hon. BERKELEY PAGET--Why, coculus Indite is a rank poison ? Mr. :iird—lt is. There is another ob servation made by the defendant which I had almost forgot to mention. lie said that on one occasion he intimated to Blogg, that he war, feurftd something wrong would in the end attend their dealings. Mr. Commissioner STEPHENSON—Then he knew we that he was offending the law. Captain PERCY (to defendant;—The pc mdties in atl,e whole aniount to 2,000/.; h ave ' y ou anyt hi ng to urge in mitigation ?---lle expressed his regret, and prayed the Court to be lenient with him. The lion. Mr. PAGET having consulted with his w or _ thy colleagues, informed the defendant that he hail been guilty of a very serious offence, and he must pay 2001., and not a shilling less. a brewer, in West-street, Ski n - Mr. Freda icfßlogg, ner-street, Somer's- town, was next charged with having in his possession the before-mentioned articles, with in tent to use them as a substitute for malt and hops. Mr. G. Bird stated that the defendant was the person he and Mr. Bullen followed from Mr. Walker's shop. As soon as they were in the brewery; witness ad dressed th e accused, observing " I will thank you for what you have in your pocket," at the same instant thrusting his hand into one of the pockets and taking cid a parcel. Mr. Bullen was equally quick in easing the other pocket of another parcel. When asked by witness 4how he became possessed of the parcels, 'he said he did not know ; but upon being told that they could giv Cim a little information on the subject; that they had seen him leave Walker's shop with it, he said he was a ruined man. The defendant denied that he had ever purchased such drugs before, .and more particu larly that he had ever used coculus Indite. Wit ness, at this stage of the matter, went to Mr. Walker, and after the conversation with him as previously detailed returned to defendant, saying that he had ascertained he was an old customer, and showing him a quantity of co culus Indite, which he had obtained as a sample from Mr. Walker, said, " This you know is about one dose for your brewing," to which he made no reply. The defen dant was then standing by his copper, which was filled with wort, in a boiling state, witness intimating that the drugs would have been in the boiler before then, had they not have interfered. Blogg said he certainly did put the quantity seized into a brewing of eight quarters of malt, contending that it greatly improved the flavour of the beer ; and again denied that coculus Indite, or any other deleterious article, was ever on his premises. The defendant having somewhat recovered his self-possession, desired to know by what right witness and Mr. Bullen had picked his pockets ; and on being told that the law gave them that power, and that the defendant was not the first brewer with whom they . had taken the supposed liberty, Blogg said, " "Well, you Know that all brewers do as I haVe dune, and why pick me out;" and witness tell ing him to point out one, and he would immediately pay him a visit, he objected to do so, and turned the subject to a plea for mercy. Mr. Miaow—Did you taste the defendant's beer? Mr. Bird— I did. Mr. MA.Yow—ln what state was it ? Mr. Bird—My experience told me that it was not the produce of malt and hops alone. Defendant—l only put things in to flavour it, and not to injure any one. The Hon. B. PAGET—I never heard of Cayenne in beer before ? Defendant—That gives a hot flavour. Mr. STEPIIENSON—NO doubt of it. Defendant—Mr. Bird and the other gentleman came on me so sudden that I knew not what I was about; they laid hold of my arms, and Mr. Bird—That I deny ; there was no force requisite. If there had been, I should instantly have resorted to it. Captain PERCY—It is to your credit that you were quiet. What then can you complain of ? Defendant— Mr. Bird was so plausible that he induced me to say anything. Mr. Mavow—Plausible ! Whatwould you have him be ? If it were not for steadiness and forethought we should constantly be defeated. _ _ Mr. Bullen corroborated Mr. Bird in every particular. Mr. MAyow called Mr. Walker, the defendant in the last case, into the box, as a witness against Blogg, but he found his memory so at fault that he could elicit but very little from him. lie, however, said he had at times sold to defendant coculus Indiw, and the other goods en umerated. Mr. Major, the officer who surveys the defendant, proved that he (Blogg) brewed last year 4,000 barrels of beer ; consequently, it could not be said that trade was bad with him. Defenda,nt—l have had many losses, and I assure you my trade has become so bad that I hive been compelled to discharge my brewer, and do the work myself. The Hon. B. PAGET—Does that surprise you at all ? Do you suppose that people, after they have tasted your beer, will continue to deal with you? Sell a genuine article—that is the way to increase your trade, and the only way. You and the other defendant, it has been satisfactorily proved to us, have been in partnership to deceive and defraud the public, and we call upon you to pay a penalty of 2001. Defendant—l hope you will be more merciful. Mr. STEPHENSON—We have given judgment, and will enforce it. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION HOUSE. Captain Simmons was summoned befor'e Alderman Wilson, for not having sold his whole cargo of smelts within eight days after his arrival at the Nore, agreeably to the terms of the Act of Parliament. The penalty upon proof of the charge in cases of the kind is exces sively severe, being' the confiscation of the vessel and cargo without abatement or modification. Mr. Young, the solicitor to the Marine Society, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Hobler, jun., attended for the defendant. Mr. Goldham, the clerk of Billingsgate market, was present for the purpose of making a statement relative to the system pursued by the captains of Dutch steamers in smuggling great quantities of smelts into the port to the prejudice of the English fishermen, and also to supply the Alderman with intelligence generally as to the viola tion of the Act upon which the solicitor to. the Marine Society proceeded. Mr. Young stated, that by the Act fcr the regulation of the new fish-market many years ago established in Westminster, it was determined that every fishing vessel should report to the coast office upon her arrival, and pay dues amounting to 25., Is. 6d. of which was to go to the masters of the market, and 6d. to the clerk, for the trouble of collecting. The 'market was subsequently pur chased by the Marine Society, and the due§ were depo sited as a fund for the service of the boys brought up by the society, by which means a great public benefit was rendered. It was also regulated that for the purpose of preventing the mischief arising from the delay of the sale of fish brought to the port of London, every cargo should, under the very severe penalty of the confiscation of the ship and cargo, be sold off within eight days after the-arrival of the vessel at the Nore. Mr. ,Hobler, jun., said that his client admitted his error, but not his guilt, for he supposed that Sunday, not being a working day, was not included in the eight days specified by the Act of Parliament. Captain Simmons was a native of Heligoland, and acted, as he believed, upon the fair construction of the Act of Parliament. Alderman WILSON—Did he sell the cargo on the day after the time limited by the Act of Parliament : Mr. Hobler, jun.—Certainly he did. Mr. Goldham can prove the fitct. Mr. Goldham said it was true the defendant sold the cargo on the day immediately after the expiration of the allotted time. He believed, too, that the defendant acted in ignorance, but it was the duty of his salesman to have informed him of the exact state of the law. The salesman declued that he supposed the captain was within the law, and did not consider him to be capable of infringing it. Mr. Young said, that under such circumstances he could not think of calling upon the Alderman for a con viction, particularly as the penalty was one of so awful a description. He thought it necessary, however, upon the part of the Marine Society, to state that in all future cases of the violation of this Act, he should uniformly enforce the penalty. The Captain assured the Alderman that he should pay most especial attention to the Act of Parliament. Mr. Goldham then said (and several respectable Bil lingsgate salesmen confirmed the account) that it is now the practice of several of the Dutch steamers to smuggle into London large quantities of smelts. It was contrary to law that foreigners should bring foreign fish into the London markets. The privileges of the English fisher. men were, however, most extensively invaded, notwith standing the vigilance of the revenue officers, who made seizures wherever they could, and condemnation uni formly followed. Very lately he had heard of the arri val of contraband smelts, and he had sent to a reYenue officer, who succeeded in seizing a great part of the cargo. He trusted that decisive measures would be adopted to check such a system of smuggling, by which the poor fishermen, who had already suffered so much by the horrible mixture of gas filth with the waters of the Thames above bridge, and by the progress of the steam ers below bridge, were brought to actual starvation. Alderman WILSON said he had no doubt that public complaint would operate to the benefit of the fishermen, and that he would most willingly represent to the Lord Mayor the necessity of actively endeavouring to correct an evil of such magnitude. He did not, he said, see why Dutch ships laden with eels should be allowed to remain in the river twenty-eight days, when such limits were placed to the stay of English vessels laden with smelts. Mr. Hobler, jun., said the reason was that eels were considered as an article of merchandise. The salesman assured the Alderman that the smuggling of the Dutch smelts knocked down the price of the English smelts altogether, although of a very inferior quality. The Captain then paid the expenses and was discharged. B OIV-S TREE T. In consequence of Mr. Twyford's absence in the country, Mr. CLivx officiateal. O'Nealy Sullivan and Ellen O'Keefe were charged with an assault, and creating a disturbance at Charing-cross Hos pital, under the following circumstances. Mr. Clarke, a porter at the Hospital, stated that there was to have been an inquest on Friday evening, at seven, on the body of an Irish labourer, and about half-past six a great number of Irishmen and women came to the Hospital, and demanded to be admitted ; this the witness cpuld not allow, but he told the female prisoner, whose husband it was that had died, that if she would remain quiet he would endeavour to obtain admission for her ; on this she set up a hideous howl, and commenced tearing her hair, and wound up by hitting witness a blow on the face. This was the signal for a general onslaught —men and women rushed at him, and he was forced to the ground, trodden on and kicked. During this witness's evidence the female prisoner, who seemed lest to everything around her and wrapped up wholly in herself, set up a low howling kindof moaning noise such as at Irish wakes, is designated the ullagoue. We w ill endeavour to gi ve an illustration of the woman's moan. "Oh my darling, how long are we to be parted ? Since 6 o'clock on Thursday morning, and to hear of - it at nine, Och hone! Och hone! Come, come, cOrne, how long my darling ? Oh ! Arthur, my Arthur, Arthur, I come, 1 come to thee; yr' gone my darling, yr' gone m y dar ling. Oh ! speak to me ! Not so much.as one word ; come tpeak to me. Oh ! come my darling ! Oh ! come ! Oh ! come Oh ! come ! my darling ! Och hone !" The woman was ordered to be removed, as it was impossible to keep her quiet. Another witness .corroborated the evidence of Clarke, and added that it was invariably the case when an Irishman died, that they came in large numbers to demand his body, an d i f their request is not immediately complied with they endeavour to take itawsy. the woman d is- The male prisoner denied all knowledge of the affair, but as he was positively sworn to by the witnesses, the worthy Ma gistratewh o.s rtinedrecal l ed i e i d m ten he shilli n g s said,. .lr o f u o r m th u e st be aw a re assaul t . To he that this turbanee arose entirely from your conduct, but. considering the 'great distress you are in, from the loss of your husband, I shall allow you to be discharged. • . MARL BUR OUG H-S TREE T. Jo/en Thompson, alias Dick-the Butcher, who has been known to the police for the last twelve years as a daring pick pocket, and a young man named James Maclean, who is known as an associate of thieves, '-ere sentenced to three month? im prisonment, each to hard labour, for stealing the pocket-book of Mr. Houston, a gentleman residing in Clerkenwell. Thomas Jameson, a stalwart, powerful young man, respect ablysHtro erestfo dressed, Bd o, non 1 %1- ora Bond-street, e a: no e l : doe officers with being l begging taken on int F o rid cu ay sto i d n:C b o y n jdouhitn e b elongi ng to the Menriicity So ciety, with violently assaultin g and kickin ,, him, whereby he is severely injured, and also with assaulting Police Constable, No. 126, of the C division. Mr. HARDWICK, said he wished it to go forth to the whole of • the begging fraternity with whi c h our streets, particularly ITHE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 14, 1842 the West End, were pestered, that in similar cases to the pre sent, the law to the fullest extent would be put in force; he should therefore, as an example, commit the prisoner for three Months to hard labour. The quite dismayed at hi s sen t ence , an d h e - William Joseph Browne, a young man of very re s p ec t. ganto cry William seemed able appearance, was charged with robbing his employers of gold watches, and other property, to a very consider able extent. The prosecutors are engaged in a very ex tensive business, and in the habit of shipping large quali ties of goods to India. It was the duty of the prisoner to superintend the packing of these goods; and he ab stracted the articles stolen from different parcels. Of course the robbery could not be discovered until after the arrival of the packages in India, when the parties wrote to the prosecutors, informing them of the deficiencies in the different packages they had received. An inquiry was immediately instituted, when it was ascertained that several of the missing articles had been pledged by the prisoner's mother with different pawnbrokers. The case could not be gone into fully yesterday, in conse quence of the absence of a material witness ; and conse quently the prisoner and his mother (who is charged with feloniously receiving the stolen property) were both re manded for further examination. Patton, the policeman who was with the policeman on whom an inquest was held on Friday, when some whiskey was given them by a Mr. Huntsman, a che mist in Holborn, was yesterday dismissed the police force, by order of the Commissioners. UNION -HALL. Three men in a state of destitution were charged with at tempting to break into Bermondsey workhouse. The Master„stated that the defendants, and about 40 other men, came to the workhouse on the previous evening, and wanted shelter for the night. The ward for the reception of such persons being already full, they were told so, but instead of going away they began knockin g a t th e d oor , and ultimately endeavoured to force it open, and would have succeeded had it not been for the efforts of those within. They also abused the Master of the workhouse for not taking them in, and altoge ther conducted themselves in such a manner that it was found necessary to give them into custody , . One of the defendants said that he was the son of a Lieute nant in the Navy who was dead, and that being reduced to dis tress he sought shelter at the workhouse, but being refused he knocked at the door, and had no intention of breaking it. The MAGISTRATE committed them for fourteen days each to the House of Correction, and to be afterwards passed to their parishes. James Inman, a poor fellow, in a very emaciated condition, was charged with breaking a gas lamp, for the purpose of being sent to goal. He was committed for five days, and ordered to be passed to his parish, for whi c h h e expresse d his gratitude. Sarah .Head, a young woman, aged 19, in the ser vice of Mr. J. F. Wool, of No. 10, Bowhill-terrace, Brixton-road, was charged with the wilful murder of her male infant ; and Thomas Courtney, a lad of the same age, and in the same service, was charged as an accessory to the murder. Policeman, 182 P, stated that at twelve o'clock on the preceding night, while on duty in the Brixton-road, he was called into Mr. Wool's house, and informed that their female servant was suspect e d f having shortly be fore delivered herself, and destroyed her offspring. He immediately proceeded to the water-closet, and, by the light of his lantern, saw a child lying on its back, with its legs underneath the soil, and the -whole of the upper part of the body above the surface. With some difficulty lie succeeded in getting the child up, and he then saw that its throat was cut in a dreadful manner, and that it was quite dead. Having conveyedthe body into the house, he was informed by Mr. Wool that the girl sus pected of having committed the murder was in bed up stairs, and was in such a precarious state at present, that the removal would be attended with great danger. •He was afterwards informed that the male prisoner was supposed to be the father of the deceased, and upon ques tioning him upon the subject, and when asked if he knew anything relating to the murder, his reply was, that the child was in a bucket of water twenty minutes before it was thrown down the privy. The witness added that he refrained from putting any more questions to Courtney, and then went and gave information of the circumstances at the station-house. He produced the body of the deceased in Court, which was that of a full grown child. The female prisoner was at present too ill to be re moved, and the medical man attending her said that her life was considered in danger. . Mr. COTTINGIIAM said it was his duty to inform the prisoner that the charge against him was 9ne of the most serious nature, and whether he wished to say any thing in reply to the statement made by the inspector ; the prisoner was not bound to say anything in the pre sent stage of the investigation, unless he liked, but what he did say he was to rember that it would be taken down in writing against him. The prisoner said that at present he declined saying anything on the subject of the charge, and he was re manded until the inqiiest is held, which will take place this day. The prisoner, who is quite a youth in appearance, did not evince the least alarm at the,situation in which he was placed when the examination was going on, but when he was locked up he shed tears, exclaiming that he, had nothing to do with the murder of the child. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 12.-,-The Larne, Captain Blake, arrived at Madras on the 25th Dec., from China, and sailed on 13th Jan. for Trincomalee and England. The Formidable, 84, Captain Sir Charles Sullivan, Bart., will sail for the Mediterranean on Tuesday next ; and the Queen, 110, Captain Rich (with the flag of Vice- Admiral Sir E. Owen), will follow on Wednesday. The Driver, steam frigate, Commander Harmer, sailed this afternoon for China, calling only at Madeira. The Winchester, 50, was • commissioned in this har bour on Tuesday, by Captain C. Eden, as the flag ship of the Hon. Rear-Admiral Percy, for the Cape of Good Hope station. The Vindictive, 50, Captain Nicolas, C. 8., with the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, will proceed to-morrow or Monday, to the East Indies. The Resistance, 42, and Crocodile, 28, have this week been commissioned at Plymouth, as troop ships. The Illustrious, 72, left Bermuda for the West Indies, on the 13th ult. The Pique, 36, and the Volage, 28, left for the same destination, on the 23d u lt. Th e acer, 16, was at Nassau on the 17th February. The Mexican Government sent home, by the Thames mail-steamer, 40,0001.. to pay the interest of their bonds. The Cambrian, 36, Captain Chads, for Calcutta, with Lord Ellenborough, Governor-General of India, on board, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope on the 27th December ; as did also the Tortoise store-ship, for New Zealand. The Southampton, 50, and Fawn brigantine, were lying there. Her Majesty's ship Carysfort was prevented leaving the Harbour on Thursday last, in consequence of altera tions being made in bar cabins, for the purpose of ac commodating the 4th Lieutenont and Naval Instructor, allowed her by the late new establishment, and which will not be completed before Monday next, when she will proceed to Spithead. The building of the Frolic, 16 guns, and of the Light ning steamer, are both proceeding rapidly, in order to their being launched out of the way of the coffer-dam about to be erected for the purpose of making three new building slips and continuing the new sea wall. In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Royal George, Winchester, Carysfort, Ringdove, Nautilus, Atholl (troop-ship), Adventurer (naval transport), Echo (steamer), and Gipsy (tender). At Spithead-LQueen, Formidable, Vindictive, Alfred, and Gladiator (American packet). PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. (Consequent upon her Majesty's visit to Portsmouth.) PROMOTIONS.—Commanders —J. B. P. Hay (of the Queen), John B. Woodthorpe (of the Alfred), and J: A. Blow (of the Black Eagle), to the rank of captain. Lieutenants—Frederick Blair, and Flag Lieutenant Chas. C. Grey (of the St. Vincent), Frederick W. P. Bouverie (Flag Lieutenant of the Victory), Wm. Sidney Thomas (of the Royal George yacht), Alexander J. Grimm, and Flag Lieutenant Henry J. Wellington (of the Queen), George J. Hirtzell (of the Alfred), Thomas Saumarez Brock (of the Black Eagle), and James C. Caffin, Gunnery Lieutenant of the Queen, to the rank of commander. Mates—Wm. D. Carroll (1838), and John P. Palmes (1838), of the Royal George yacht, John Franklin (1836), Wm. Mould . (1834), and E. A. P. Lloyd (1841), of the Queen, Robert D. Aldrich (1830), R. Willcox (1839) of the Alfred, H. L. Griffith. A. Young, E. J. L. Cooper, and W. Horton, of the St. Vincent, to the rank of Lieutenant. Assistant-Surgeons—Joseph Caldwell (1838) of the St. Vincent., and J. D. Burns (1835), late of the Carys fort, to the rank of Surgeon. Boatswains' Mates—Win. Hook, and John Webb, to be Boatswains. Gunner's Mate—Filward Young, to be Gunner. Carpenter's Mate—J. G. Vince, to be Carpenter. Coxswain—Edward Welsh, to be Boatswain. APPOlNTilENTS.—Captain — Charles . Eden, to the Winchester. Commanders—Charles G. B. Patey, to the Resistance troop ship ; C. 11. Lister, to the Agincourt ; G. H. Seymour, to the Wanderer; Wrn. Kelly, to the Win chester ; W. H. Ki tc h en , to the Queen, vice Hay, promoted. Secretary—Commander Crouch to be Secretary to Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Brace, K.C.8., vice T. Wood man, Esq., who, having completed twelve years' actual servicediem. as Secretary, is entitled to twelve shillings per Lieutenant—J. F. B. Wainwright, W, C. Aldhann, J. H. Cockburn, and J. M. N. Boyd, to the Winchester ; W. E. A. Gordon, G. B. B. Collier, and R. D. Aldrich (additional), to the same ship ; E. Malone (1809), to be one of the Lieutenants of Plymouth Hospital, vice Jeans, deceased ; John C. Snell (additional) for service in the Mediterranean, to the Queen ; C. Leaver, to the Jaseur ; D. P. Dumaresq, to the Isis ; John Compton, to the Rose ; Fredetick Cannon, to the Camperdown ; H. H. St: J. Georges, to the Resistance ; John F. Paulson, to the Royal George yacht, for service in the Nautilus, • vice Thomas, promoted ; G. G. Phillips (from the Queen), and Henry Ll o yd, t o th e Ri ng dove ; M. Conolly,. to the Cal cutta J. J. Robi nson , t o b e Flag Lieutenant to Sir E. Owen, vice Welli rg t on , promoted C. B. Hamilton , to be Flag -Uueeuetni•t: vice ant Robinsonhear-Admiraltoand Henry Percy to the Woodman, Queen, to the y Q ; vice Hamilton.; Oliver, to the Queen, vice Grime, promoted. Master—Alr. Elson, of the Victory, to be Master and Com manding Officer of the Crocodile troop ship; James Brown, to the Winchester. Surgeons —Hugh Jameson, to the Winchester ; Dr. W. H.B. Jones, Surgeon Superintendent to the Elphinstone convict ship. Assistant-Surgeons—Gerald Yeo (Acting), to the Cale-. donia; Maurice F. West, to the Winchester. Chaplain—Rev. W. H. Steel, to the Winchester. Purser—J. G. Lean, to the Winchester. Mates—John J. O. F, Carmichael, to the Winches ter ; Geo. Durbin, to the Alfred. Midshipmen —Messrs. Percy and Hornby, to the Win- Chester. Volunteers, Ist Class—J. F. Ormond, and John Wm. Pike, to.the Jaseur..; J. B. Lethbridge, and Shewell, to the Winchester ; Richard. Horner, to the Dia • • poiemie ; F. W.Haydon, to the Impregnable; J. Jerdon (in Queen) to the Vindictire; G. G. Osborne, W. Burden, and E. B. Pearce, to the Winchester. Naval Instructor—john H. Bond, to the Winchester. Clerks—Alfred Hawkins Mitchell, to the Vindictive C. Barnes, to the Queen ; James Roberts, to the Win chester.; Edward A. Smith, Secretary's Clerk, to Rear- Admiral Percy, ROYAL N26'AL C OLLEGE. — Messrs. G. S. Dunbar and John Master qualified for Commissions in the Royal Marines on Tuesday last. Mr. G. Burstal, mate, passed examination for Lieutenant the same day. Captain J. J. F. Newall and Captain George Elliot have joined the Naval College, to availthemselves of the course of study at that establishment. Lieutenant Otter, R.N., Assistant-Surveyor to Com mander Sherringham, is appointed to succeed the bite Commander Slater, who recently met an untimely end by falling over a precipice, whilst surveying in Scotland. Mr. Atkinson, Clerk of the gun wharf at Devonport, is appointed Storekeeper of Ordnance, at Haulbowline, with a salary of 400/. per nnum. NEW REGULATIONS FOR PURSERS NOW CALLED PAY MASTERS.—First 50 to have 6d. a-clay retirement— this 50 to be reduced to 30, and, as vacancies occur in th e 30, to be filled up frm seniors—to be called Naval Paymasters, all to have an increase of Is. a day half-pay. From Ist rates to 4th rates, inclusive, to be allowed to draw on account of their anticipated balance bill, at the rate of ss. a-year—below 4th rates Bs. a-year per man. To have charge of all stores ; to have a cabin or lower or middle deck, with daylight ; to have a clerk, called paymaster's clerk ; Purser's steward to be a second class petty officer, and to have a boy to help him ; to be allowed coals from Dockyard at contract price ; weights and measures, and fighting lanterns issued gratis ; to have an iron chest to keep the public money safe ; the same lOths as at present allowed, but the money drawn on account to be deducted from the savings on passing accounts. Thus, if a balance bill should be 1,0001., the imprest money drawn, 2501, there will be 7501. still due to the Purser. SALE OF NAVAL COMMISSIONS.—The following is the plan for the purchase of Naval Commissions, as pro pounded by the Hon. Captain &sus, in his speech on the Naval Estimates, on Tuesday last. We must ask the Gallant Captain why Commanders should pay the same sum for a Post Commission when they have been three years at sea, as if they had only completed one year's sea service .? and what security he gives to widows, that they should receive their pensions on the death of an improvident husband ? The plan, although it may contain the nucleus of a future arrangement, is faulty as regards the valuable hard-working officer, who has no money, inasmuch as he must almost invariably serve twenty -six years before he can command a rated ship—namely, six years as a midshipman, four as mate, eight as lieutenant, and eight as commander—he is then tbrty years of are ; and where, we would ask Captain bolls, are his young admirals to come from ? Still, however, he has started an idea which may be im proved on, and then work well, but we are sure he is too much a lady's man to forget the widows. The Government to apply a sum of money annually, as a fund for purchasing out officers, to which will be added the proceeds from the following sources : Every Commander promoted before he has served three years in sea-going ships as Commander, If under 4 years standing on the list, to pay .£1,200 ••• 5 550 ••• 350 ••• 8 Above 8 years to pay nothing. Every Lieutenant promoted before he has served three years in a sea-going ship as a Lieutenant. If under 5 years standing in that rank to pay £BOO ... 6 ... ... ••• 450 ... 7 ... ••• ... 250 ... 8 ...... ... 150 Above 8 years to pay nothing. Every Mate pr omo t e d before he has completed one year in a sea-going ship as Mate to pay ... £6OO Under 2 years ... 400 150 100 Above 4 years to pay nothing. These regulations not to affect officers promoted for distinguished services. Officers having been promoted by purchase, not to claim any ulterior benefit, Officers who have sold out to retain their rank. Captains, Commanders, and Lieutenants who have served more than eighteen years in any one rank, or whose total length of service exceeds ferry years, to be allowed to retire on a certain allowance, to be fixed by Government. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 10.—The Tyrian packet, Lieut. Griffin, came into harbour last Thursday, and will be paid oft' in the early part of next week. On Saturday, the Seagull packet, Lieut. John Parsons, arrived from Falmouth, and is to be paid off at this port. The Vol cano steamer, Lieut. C. J. Featherstone, arrived from Portsmouth, with volunteers for the Agincourt, and sailed again for Liverpool, the following Tuesday, for volunteers. The Woolverine, 16, Commander J. W. W. Johnson, sailed for China. The Resistance, 42, was commissioned for a troop-ship, on Sunday, by Comman der Charles G. E. Patey. The crew of the Minden have been paid two months' advance, and she only waits a lair wind to proceed for China. The General Palmer transport sailed for Deptford, with stores, on Tuesday. In Harbour—Caledonia, San Josef, Agincourt, Re sistance, Fly, Scylla, Seagull, Tyrian, Bramble. In the Sound—Minden, INQUEST ON A SWORD CUTLER. L On Saturday afternoon an inquest was held at the Cock and Magpie Drury-lane, on the body of Mr. Sa ' muel Harrison, aged 40, a sword cutler, resident•at 52, Stanhope-street, Clare-market, who destroyed himself • by taking prussic. acid a t N o . 87, D rury -l ane. Police -constabl e 93, F division, stated that on the pre vious afternoon about a quarter to five o'clock, he was told that a person had poisoned himself at the house of Mrs. Ferguson, who keeps a print and pamphlet shop, No. 87, next door to that public-house. On going there, he found the deceased lying on his back on a sofa in the parlour behind the shop, quite dead, although the body was still warm. Two medical gentlemen were in the room, one of whom gave him the small phial pro duced, which was empty. On the phial was a label with the address of Mr. Walker; chemist, &c.. 108, Drury lane, and in the centre were written the words, " Pras acid—poison." Both surgeons said it had contained that deleterious liquid. Two females were also in the room. Searched the clothes of the deceased and found a silver watch and ss. 6d. in his pockets. The' wife of the de ceased was one of the females that was in the room. Mrs. Mary Harrison deposed that that the deceased was her husband, and was 40 years of age. The de ceased was a sword cutler, but his business had not gone on well lately, his mind having become irritated and much discomposed. Deceased was generally of sober habits. About half-past two o'clock on the previous af ternoon she went to the house of Mrs. Ferguson to see after the deceased, whom she found there. He was quite sober. Soon afterwards he left witness and Mrs. Fergu son together in the parlour and quitted the house, but returned about half-past three o clock, nd, on entering the room asked Mrs. Ferguson if she and witness had settled matters. Witness said they had not, upon which deceased said, " Well, I'll settle it then," and he then sat himself down on the sofa, and put his hand upon his mouth, and on withdaawing it threw something from it on the floor. He almost immediately fell back, nerd never spoke or struggled afterwards. Several surgeons were sent for, and three came immediately, and used the stomach-pump, but their exertions were of no avail. Mrs. Elizabeth Dismore, attendant at Mrs. Ferguson's shop, saw deceased there on the previous afternoon. He was quite sober. His wife carne after him, but heard no quarrel between her and Mrs. Ferguson. Had never known any quarrels between them. Mrs. Ferguson, a stout, good-looking female, sqemingly about 40 years of age, deposed that she had known the deceased two or three months ; had been a friend to him, and had lent him 2/., 31., and SL, at different times, for which she had his handwriting. Mr. Thomas Jeffreys, engraver, of 250, High Holborn, deposed that he was a friend of the deceased, whom he had known for a number of years, and dUring that time, up to his forming th e connect i on h e had, the deceased' and his wife had lived on the most amiable and affectionate terms. Deceased had a good business, and had been very successful in it. There was plenty of property in his house to prevent any embarrassment, and friends who would have supported him had he acted right. He, how ever, left his business five and six days together, and on the last occasion, having been absent from Monday to Friday, hiswife went to look after him to get him home, an order for swords having come in from Mr. Hart, of Pall-mall. He had not attended to his business but two days for the last three months. Said that if he were to give up going to Mrs. Ferguson's he should make away with himself. Mr George Ellis Griffiths stated that he was staying on a visit at Mr. Walker's, chemist, 108, Drury lane, and was present in the shop when the decased purchased the poison on the previous afternoon. Deceased appeared perfectly sober and quite collected at the time. The shopman refused at first to let the deceased have the poison, who said he wanted it for the purpose of trying an experiment with it .on steel, which he had already tried with aquafortis and nitric acid. The shopman still refusing to supply him unless he produced some person who knew him, the decased threw down his card, saying, "Do you think I'm g o i ng t o bilk t h e earthquake ? " and added, that he could get it directly at Apothecaries Hall, upon which he was served with thirty drops. Verdict—Temporary Insanity. TRANSMISSION OF LETTERS. MONTHLY STATEMENT OF LETTERS DELIVEItED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM :----= Week ending Feb. 20, 1842* . Week ending Feb: 21, 1841* . . 4,090,164 Week ending Nov. 24, 1839 . . 1,585,973 Increase since 1841, on the week's letters . 358,329 Increase since 183 Q, on the week's letters . * Including St. Valentine's Day. Mr. PParglis O'Connor has been attempting to make h;m , elf of wonderful importance at Manchester by sating in the police court that tome parties had entered into a conspi racy '.o . assasinate him. lie brought no proofs to satisty the m Agistrate of the correctness of his accusation. Between the pal ty of the Hon. Gentleman and some other persons of Man chester there was a row on Tuesday, when Mr. O'Connor was lecturing, and from that row resulted some proceedings in the police court, and this charge of assassination. The tilt-hammer works at the su i - hcry in Ports mouth yard are stopped, in consequence of the dangerous state of the chimney, which, from the great heat, is split on one side very considerably for a length of fifty feet. It is supposed that it will be necessary to take it down and have it re-built. We understand that should it fall during the working hours, scores of live would be sacrificed, as from its great height and weight, it must of necessity carry the whole of the smithery, and perhaps the metal mills with it.,llampshire Independent. PRICES OF CANAL,DOCK,ASSGR ANCE COMPANY SHA RES, &c. &e. &c. _.,,.. LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 11. Nolcieer Disidesti Prier of per CANALS. Per barer. Annum. Pale. Snare. 1,766 7 per cent-Ashton & Oldunm...As crag re/71.110,8h. 02 1,482 41. Ashliyale.le.Zotich ..... Aezrage 1151,811. 78 1,260 Basingstoke 1001. e h . 5 1,065 M. Brecknock and Abergavenny l5O/.sh. 92 0,000 1. , 16th. 101. Birmingham, (.10th share ...311. & 711. 1 0 4 3,000 ......... Ditto & Liverpool.lunet. MI. eh . 100 pi SI 6011 21 . Bridgewater and Taunton.lool. eh. allpi -- 100 5/. Chelmer and Blackwater lool.Bh. ICI SOO 321. Coventry 1001.5 h. 300 Croydon.. Average 31/.25, 10d. sh. - 2,060 51. Os, Dudley 1001. sh. 92. 600 131. Derby lool.sh . 120 2.0,000 4 per cent. Danube and Marne 411,135. 4 a .pd 30 3.575 g 4' Ellestriereand Cheater Average 103;.e5 . 61 231 621 Erewasn .. ,..„.11101.en. 735 6,485 Aft. Forth and Clyde .. ..... 190/. so. 100/. pd. ISA 11,455 74. Grand J unction 1001. s n 105 2,849( 255. Grand Onion lool.sh 27 ',500 ......... Grand Surrey. 1,0001 11. percent. Ditto (optional) Loan 11:01. .196 .. Grand Western 600 13., 121. ed. Glamorgan, hire, Aver. cost 1721. 13s. 43. '2lO 749 ' 121, Granthavi l5ll/.sh, 220 6238 2., Os. Huddersfield Average sa. 6s. 6d. sh 30 100 . 25.125 1 . 1.10 s Kennet and Avon, Av. 391.185.10,1. eh 106 11,699 f I/. 10s. Lancaster Average 47/. 6s. Sd '27 11,897 a 301. Leeds and Liverpool lool.sh ''oo 545 f l• 1. 10s. Leicester (40/.11 15 1 1 ,81/7 51.85. Leicester 81 Nortlsampton Aver e31.10: 7154 2,409 101, Monmouthshire lool.sl' 200 250 10!. Melton Alowbray • 100/. eh . 200 500 05/. Mersey and Irwell lOOl eh. 510 3,000 11. 10e. Macclesfield lOOl. sh. all pd 15% 247 171, Neath 1001.e6. 31'5 '2,400 U. Peak Forest A vetoge about 7!(l.sh. C 4 1,418 61. Regent's (or London) Av. 33/.165.H. sh. 104 5,669 61. Rochdale Average , 45/..h. 62 500 8/. Shropshire 800 111. 10s. Somerset Coal I 50/. sh. 170 3,600/. 6 percent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 121. las. sh. 11 1 4 700 361. Stafford and Worcester 1401.8h. 680 500 15/ Shrewsbury 300 91. 3taurbridge ......-.. ssa 145/.Bh. 396 3,647 21. 00. Stratford.on.Avoi, Acct....791.14. 14 (1.8h. 33 539 1 4 1 Swansea lO4l/.sh. 065 3,762 21. IN. Severn and Wye &Railway A v.26/.95. sh. 45 .604 sh. 391. 10e. Trent and Mersey, f share lOO/. sh. 475 8.149 .... ..... Thames ami Medway A v.lO/. fie. Ad. eh. 2 1 1.000.5h.] IV. Warwick and Birmingham i 001. sn 202 00041 960 101. Warwick and 'Naps,n' 100/. eh. 117 7.000 41 Worcester & Birmingham Av.7B/.Bs. sh. 55 5,000 36r. Wilts and Berke Average 67/. 108 Bd. eh. 2934 eon 6. Wylie, and Essington 115/. sh 74 .26 905 I/ Wey and Arun. llOl en t'l3 DOCKS. 2 ' 514 1,065i5b. 1 3p. c. Comm erc a 1..,, .e........ 1001.8 h. 61 5 per rent. East and West India 3,238,31011. 3f 1. p.c t. London Stock 77 Ditto Bonds 2,009 3/. 6s. sd. Bristol Average 14 - /. 93. sh. 71 18.324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts IRS 222,750 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 97 3 4 500 con 41 per cent. Ditto Ponds 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Rondo for 10 years ...., ... ...... Deptford Pier .. "01. sh. 20/. pd 10 BRIDGES. I,ello I/. Hammersmiti• 50/.4. 216 1,231 Southwark, Old ' Av 03/, 28 Fl. oh. 3 1 -.. 1,700 I!. 1514. Ditto, New, of 7f per cent., 50/.sh. 15 3 4 ~000 Waterloo lON. sh. 3 5,000 00s. Rd. Ditto, ()Id Annuities of 8' 6O/. p 4 21 5.000 lOs. Sil, Ditto, New Ditto of 71. 4Ol. pd 186 '0,000! 5/. per rent. Ditto Bonds 5,848 27s Vauxhall .........Average 70!, 10s. 3d. oh 26 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000' 3110 s Albion 50.000 113 ner rent • -•1 Allianceßritish &Foreignlolll.o.ll/. pd 144 and 15s. .0,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine lOO/. oh. 5!. pd 5 24.000 1 1. per oh. Atlas 501. sh. 5!. pd 1 t 1 , 200 1 01 1. Si. Birmingham Fire ' "50/. sh. :55/. pd 107% to,roe 4/.percent. British Fire 250/. sh. 511/. pd 40 12,000 61 percent. rritish Commercial 5O/.0. 5/. pd 6 5,000 51. per rent. Clerical & Medical Life, 100/.4.2/10s pd 6 31 4,0'0 1. pe2r6/c5.0,..5n0 Eagle. 100/.lh. 10/. pd I' 9,000 5Ol. eh. 5/. pd 4ii 10001.8 h. 250/. pd •400 eos ?,,,,d 30 1 bs. s Economic Lite 2,271 225. percent. European LI , ' 0 0/, sh. all pd 22 50 , 000 01. Ditto, New 20/. eh. 2/. pd 136 Noon!. ct. per ct Globe Stock Ills 00,1100 51. Guardian 30,000 4s. Ott Hope 5O/.0. 5/. pd 56 2,400 51. 12s. A ''' - I mperial Fire 500/ sh. 501. pd 136 7,500 10e rd. Imperial Lite lOOl. sh. 10!. pd 11 3,451 5/. per cent Indemnity Marine lOO/. oh. A/. pd 31 2, 020 3 1 10 0 Kent Fire 5O/. sh. all pd 9l V, Ditto Life .. 50/ pd Co 10,000 25s Law Life .. ,100/. th. 10/. p A 13 034 s,otin Ills. London, Fi re 25/ al:, 12!. 10s. pd 17 3,900 Ioe. London, Ship 25!. eh. 14. Ms. 'xi r 'Ammo!. ... ..... Minerva Life 100/. sh. 21,000 s'. per cent. National I.oan Fund... 201. sh 2/. 10s, pd 24, 30,000 U. per cent. Palladium Lite 50/. sh. '2l. pd '2l tis 50,0)0 51. per cent. Protector I fa 20/. sh. 2/. pd 17b 6,1 10,0110 4 per cent. Protestant Disrenters .... mot. oh. Si. pd 534 2.500 I/. Prof/Went Lite ~. . lOO/. sh. 101. pd 2 0 /00,660 41s Od. Rock Life 89,220/ 5/. per coat. Royal Exchange Stock BO 6,008 5 per cent. University Life lON. sh. 5!. ?A ST;, 10,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life. 1001. sh. 51. pd 734 JOINT STOCK BANKS. 25,000 A gric. and Com. of I reland2sl. sh. 101. lid 15,000 8 per cent. Australasia 401. sh. 401. pd 53 10,000 10 per cent. Bank of Bit HI ingharn 50/. sh. 10/. pd la (0,000 Inner cent. Birmingham Bank 50!, oh. 10/. p 4 134( 31,000 6 per cent. London & Westminster 100/ sh. 901. pd 22t‘ 50,000 51. London Joint Stock RBI, sh. 10!. NI 106 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster lOOl. sh. 40!, pd SO 25,000 10 per cent. Liverpool 100/ oh. 111/. pd 19 50,000 71 percent. Manchester and Liver } 50/.4. 151 pd 19 1 pool Diseonnt 20,00 0 7 Per eta t. Manchester lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 'i 20,000 8 per cent. Provincial Bank nr Ireland lOW. sh. 251. pd 41 1 4 10,000 13 l'er cent" National Bank of Ireland 50/. sh. 1711. pd 16 10,000 6 per cent National Pros , ~,cial Eng.loo/, sh. 35/. pd 0554 10,008 Ditto New 101, eh, 10!. pd 10 11,000 Gloucestershire 50/. sh. 10/. pd 32 0,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 5Ol. eh. 5/. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 his Od Bath 20/. sh. (111. pd 'l2 5,0(10 British 4O/. sh. 16/, pd 19 0. „, " , Dapercent.l Did to Provincial 2O/. sh. IS/. pit 23 '' / and Bs. 01. stes 51 Ills Birmingham 501. sh. 013 1,250 21 0 s Bristol 0 01. sh. 2.5 2,250 31 10, Brighton 2O/. sh. 1:334 750 3/ lOs Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 16/. pd 9 1,471 41 ner rent Brighton General "W. 00 allpd 934 4,000 71.1(1s. Continental Consolidated ....75/. 622/. pd 110 1,000 101. City of London.. ....... .-.(00/. sh. all pd 195 1,000 6.1. Ditto. New lOOl. oh. 75/. -aci 150 4.000 3/.oe. Equitable '5Ol. pd 11)3, 2 'O,OOO 31. per cent. Imperial 591. oh. On 6 800 51. per cmit. Isle nt Thauet 25/. al, 201. pd I , k 1,550 0/, per cant. Independent 101. A. all r, 56 3,000 51. per cent. Phcrinix 5O/. sh. 39/.0 306 1,000 41. per cent. Ratcliff lOO/. sh. 80/. pd (11 4,1100 sentli atatropolitan W. sh. - 2354 /. pd 17 9,000 5/. per cent. United General 50/. ob. 471. pd S 8 240 N. per cent. Warwick sol. sh. 50 400 5!. per cent Waite std 25/. sh. 22 9,000 3/. Westminster Chartered ..... 5O/.311. 255( 4,000 Hs. Ditto New 780 :3 per cent. Yarmouth 2Ol sh. 19/. pd IV .A TER worms two 245. Birmingham 2:', oh. 25!. pd 21 1,433 71. Fast London lON. sh. irs 5,500 21155. Grand Junction Average 41/ 13s. 4,1. sh. 266 tom '2l. Kent 1004 sh. 5154 372 10/. Liverpool Bootle 2201. oh. 325 1,500 2 /10a New River London Bridge Water Ann„.. 60 6,486 2110 s Manchester and Salford, 1001. sh. 54 1,010 5 per cont. South London lOO/. sh. 08 4,294 4el. West Middlesex Average 631;125. 9d. sh. 90 1,3e0 it 14. York Building faa. Lessee Prop. 1001. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 5,300 2/. Os. Birmingham and Derby ..... 100! pd 55 9,500 :3 pea cent. Birmingham and Gloncester VOL pd 57 '5,100 4 per cent. Bristol and Exeter 1001. sh. 70 pd 394 7,510 ...... ... Cheltenham &G. Western leash. 725e1. 173 k 3,000 Clarence WO/. eh. 100/ pd 20 8.000 Dublin and Drogheda 100/. sh. 5/. pd rivar Eastern Counties 251. eh. 234 pd 96 10 , 000 5 per cent. Great North of EnglandlOOLsh. 10(1/. pd 8656 10,918 12 per cent. Grand Junction lOO/. sh. all pd 183 25; OC 4 per cent. Great Western 1001. sh. 651. pd F 8 25,000 3 per cent. Ditto New 50/. sh. LO/. pd 61% 6,000 5 per cent Gosport Junction 50/. sh. 50!. pd :,61;, 2,000 8 per cent. Hartlepool 1001. eh. 100/. pd 145 8,000 Hull and Selby 5Ol. sh. 50/. pd 39 2,100 4 per cent. Leeds and Selby lllO sh. 0)534 5, 100 10 per cent. Liverpool& Manchester 10( Leh. 100/.14 189 7,018 10 per cent. Di t to Half Shares 5 l l/. pd 00 11;495 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Sharer 25/. pd 45 36,00 , ... ...... London and Brightou 50!. oh. 50/ IA 33 moon ......... London and Blackwall 25!. sh. 251. pd 1 !Ti, 30,000 :1 per cent. I (union and Greenwich ent. su. 12(11. pd es, 2740 00 91 per eh. London & Birmingham tom. sh. 90/ pd 174 1 e 25,0)0 2/. 7s rd. Ditto Quarter Shares -.054 sh. W. pd 3 i 31, „ 250 pi. :0 5 . 4.1. Dit o Ncw Shares e s don t ein A A 3 v 2 . l i t?, ' ,13,7251. 321 . n 11 1 :1 1 , • 1 5 'A 2 . 11 3°,00(1 3 Per s!'. London i.dn a a n n i d l C .S. r \ n ‘ y r 33,000 ......... Ditto New Scrip.... j •`''''' '"" . 'B. "". I t 4 ......... /es (3.000 4 . per sh Manchester and Leeds...loo/. oh '7O/. pd . 77 10,900 •. •••••• Ditto half Shares 5O!. :De pd 3e e, 111000 ........ .... . Manchester and Fi rm iisgliam 701.01.40!. 281 i , Ditto Extension .....'7l pd '2" 10,000 41.10 e, Midland Counticg OO4 sh. lIW/ pd 7.1% 15,000 3/. Os. North 51 idland 1/.105. Ditto New 4Ol pd 3154 10.350 11 . 10 0 , Northern and Eastern.... 50/. O h 401. pd r. 554 'i.,6eo Preston and l A'yre 5O/. sh. 31'!. pd 36 .F,OOO 4 per cent, South Eastern and Dover dl)/. pd 20 1,0001 10t. per eeut. Stockton and Darlingtois ...... - 100/. sh. 265 9,000 ......... Thames Haven 5O/. sh 5/. Fri 6,000 10/, per cent. York and Ni NE rth Midland 50 . sh. 50/. pd PI MI S. 8,100 .. . ...... Albion Copper 5/.1 ' . eft psi 12 4,000 11. ss. Alton l5!. sh 19/. li spd 10 (0,000 .... .. Anglo xican,iss. 5/, pm.loo/. o h. a 1 t d 16 ... 51e Ditto Subscription 25/ pu 16 2,000 • Bolanos , 1504 eh all pd 4 10,000 1/, lOs Braribanlmp. iss. 5/. pm 35/. sh. 91/. psi 5.1,14 6,000 ... ...... Mscaubaa & tocaes United 25/5h.25/. pd Ili 11,000 Ditto St. John Dal Rey 2Ol. sh. 11/ pd 134 lf 000 Bolivar Copper Company. 20/.sh. 20/. pd I 10.000 Ditto Scrip 10!. sh. 10/. pd 2 ......... 50,000 British Iron lOO/. sh. 70! pd 8 . ' OOO ........ . British Copper 51. sh. W. psi 144 Cat's Branca 9l. pd tlyr, ...... ... Candonga 7 ll. pd 5 „, :. 10 000 1 1 Copiapo 0,500 ... Columblan, iss. ss. pm 55/. oh. 55/. pd pi; 2.850 v. English :0,000 ......... General Mining Association2o/ sh.lB/. pd 1% R, 155 ...... ... Mexican Company 1 0 0/. sh. Gil pd 3,000 Polherou Con9olt .. lO4 sh. R. pd 4 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered O l4 Ditto Loan Note. l5O/. pd 160 30,000 ......... United Mexican, its. 2 pm. 401. sh. all pd 1% DWG Scrip l% Ditto New Scrip 4/ pd 3 West Cork .......... ........... 50/. sh 50/. pd 38 LITER A It Y 1 NSTITUTIoNS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket ...75gs.sh. 13 1,500 700 MDR. College lOO/. 19% MISCELLANEOUS. 1 0,709 Its. Australian Aericultural.loo/. sh 28/ pd 37 6,)C0 1. per cent. British American Land Company 3511. pd 9 10,011 C 01. per cent. Canada Company 1001. sh. 3241. pd 28 10,0 CC 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan City Bonds, 4 par rent l;9 ,?0,000 IL es. aeneralSteam Navigation 15/. sh. 14/. pd 24A 101. per esprit. Hutiloll's Bay Stock I!. London Cottt. Sale Rooms ....Av. 75/. sh 19% ...... ~. Caoutchouc Company 124/. pd 12 , % New Brunswick Lard Company .501 pd 1:, 5,'87 4/. per cent Reversinnary Int. 50c.,.1001 . sly 1001. pd 9:33 .),I , ;in 51, per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 1001. pd 101 4,00,1 Thames Tunnel 5Ol. sh. all psi 10 0,000 es. Van Dic.neb's 1.7.nd....160/. sb. 1841 pd '7% LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES MARCH 5. 1842 BANKS. i, ll 0,00 8 64 p. ct. flank of Scot/and...83/. na. Bd. + h. all pd 155 2,000,001 FL p. ct. Itr yal of Scotland 100/. sh. all pd 149% 500.000/. 8/, p. ct. British Linen Company 1001.0. f.ii pd r„„ 600,0001. 71. o. ct. Commercial 5OOl. tit. 100/, pd 'Jai 51/o,notb. 6n. it. National lOO/, eh. 10/. pd 14 500,0081. 81. p. et. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 501. pd 140 CuEn,Cm0.11..1:1:.2.T550.1.5h. 11. 4000,:s001. Bp. ct. Western of Scotland WO!. sh 90/. pd (8 pd 2f2s 01 50.0005 b. fli p. ct. INSURANCE 7,500 lap. et. Hercule* . . 100/. sh, 104 pd 13 #0,1(10 1O p. et. Insurance Ce. of Scotland .10/.0. all pd 041 no,tioo to p. ct. North tiritish 200/. sh. 10/, pd" 1711 1,000 16 p. ct. Caledonian Fire 100/, sh, lnl. pd 20 5,080 10 p. ct. Edinburgh 'Ate 100/. sh. 10/. pet )5 100,0110 Sj p. it. 'West of Scotland MISCELLANEOUS. 10/. pd 4,818 .... Edin. wnd Ghat. Un. Canalsol. sh. all pd 11 Ditto Allocated 901. alt. all pd 45 122500 , ri per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water.V.s/. sh all pd 3. 10000., 2i per cent. Shotts Imo kournicrv.. .... 50/ ah 48/ pd 40 kw :i per rent. Edinburgh k Leith Glars.2o/.sh. la/. pd 3% 4.500 to per cent. Edinburgh Coal flat 25/. sh. all pd 50 %On 10 pet egrst G 'at pow Gas 251. ch. all pd 52 750 71 per cent• Leith Coal Gas ..... 2Ol. ch. all pd 25 1.154 ......... t.dinhiirk h and Dalkelth darmay 50/. ah 30 • The France publishes the following letter, ad dressed to it by General Cabrera, Count de Morella, dated Lyons, 25th ult. :—" I have read in your journal an article giving an account of the causes which might have induced me to take a journey to Paris, and the reasons I had for not doing so. Infamous calumnies have for some time been spread as to my political conduct. Much has been said, much has been written, and many falsehoods have been told; but you, Sir, have said the truth, and I thank you for having, doce me jus tice. It is true th a t, b ut f or the injunction I received from an authority I shall always respect, I should, perhaps, have gone to Paris, whither I was callrd by I , ersonal affairs, and n ot by any political matters, in which I neither do nor will take any journal, part You may make a de c l ara ti on t o thi s e ffect in your oureel, w it h confidunce ttiat you ear not deceived." The suppl Darhoy and per stone, ai Wheat, Ito Wheat, Barley, Truro Helstone St. Austell.... odmin :,Iskeard Launceston Camelford Penzance... On the 9th 01 John Elaxiand, of a son. On the 7th it H. W. 13eadon, Whey t. u. d. to I. d. S. —O7 5 7 8 6 (1 I 8 8 o o =n7 6 - -- 0 7 5 667 e 3 78 8 4 narlcY. RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Ofi:gazine ti:e sums re ceived on the principal Railways of Great Britain. (or the week ending on the clay of the month prefixea to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, a nd mer- Chandize : Week Name of Railway. Miles ended Total. Mar. 5 Birmi ng h am & D er by Junct. Op 4 e Bl d. 1,f5 . 1 15 5 d ri 4 Birmingha m an d Gl ouces ter 55 1,433 12 Feb. 26 Brandlin g J unc ti on 25 874 4 9 Mar. 6 Chester and Bi r k en h ea d .. 6 Dundee and A r b roa th .. 164 200 14 l it 6 Eastern Counties • l7i . 703 4 2 . Edinburgh and Glasgow ~ 46 No returns 5 Glasgow and Ayr .. 5 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 22i 651 18 8 6 5 Grand Junct , Chester &Crewe 113 7,288 10 5 Great North of England 45 1,111 12 0 6 Great Western 8 1 : 1 3 0 : 68 1 79 5 ) 7851 :20 4 8 114 : 1 5 Hull and Selby 5 Lancaster & Preston Junction 0 4( 1 4 Liverpool and Manchester 5 London and Birmingham ll2i 10 London and Blackvvall : .„ 34 1 : 6 ._ 4 : 7 5 16 : 1 . 48 1 1 34 84 1 4 5 1 5 London and Brighton 5 Ditto Shoreham Branch 8 London and Croydon 10 L.'ndon and Greenwich 6 London and South Western 3 i 7opo 18 3 b 55 11 i°l 3 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10 7 Manchester & Birmingham - --,,,, a 1 5 Allnchester and Leeds 00 2 4i 5 IVAidland Counties ... 51 2'3 turns ... Newcastle and Carlisle 6oi Dl° re • 3 Newcastle and North Shields • 7 312 a mho 10 1 6 Northern and Eastern - ii 5 North Midland 4 North Union • 5 Preston and Wyre 7 Sheffield and Manchester.— 24 7 212 1.) 2 4 : 6 Ulster 5 York and North Midland 23 1,657 8 LLO YD'S 2HLt-PIN G. LoNnoN, MARCH 12.—Wind this day at noon S.Vl'. DEAL,. MARCH 11.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrd. caul, Palmer, transport, westward. Sid. Islander, BarbacioeS• op Mary Ann, Stoddart, of North Shields, foundered off yesterday, after be ng struck by a sea ; crew saved ul Traveller, of Aberdeen. Arrd. here, the Fort WOW , Bombay, VA been supplied with an anchor and chaim atta , . OFF MARGATE, MARCH 11. —Brock, W'l son, mainmast sprung; Cuba, Kissick, Sydney, New South 'The Emma, Smith, from London to Portsmouth, has bee 3 ,.,, t in here with loss of foremast. &c., and only one boy on .t of having been in contact with a brig off Dungeness ; the re ii the crew got aboard the brig. Arrd. off, Fanny M n " --gr requez ; Chapman, Berbice. got' RAMSGATE, MARCH 11.—Arrd. Diligenta, Homerna.., „, terdam, for Batavia, with loss of sails; Anna, Robertson, don, for Madras, with damage; William Thompson, pool, for Algiers, with mainmast cut away. 'fhe Johnson, from Alexandria, has been assisted in here wit htb feet water in her hold, masts cut away, &c. fro° WHITSTABLE, MA RC II 11.—The St. Lawrence, Ho d g e ' London to Malta, has proceeded for the River in tow of ~ „0 _ tug, making much water. OFF DUNGENESS, 111.aacn 9.—Rhoon en Pandrechtt 14 tavia, for Rotterdam. irons DOVER, MARCH 11.—The Mary Coxon, Coson , Shields to Cork, was abandoned in a sinking stater s e' e ptis morning, having been dismasted during a gale, on tli e rda ps' • inst.; crew saved. The Goede Rome, Hock, from AO" to Constantinople, has put in here leaky, and with I ° ° ' sails, &c. LivkitrooL,, MARCH 1L —Wind S.W. to " yler fresh.—Arrd. Gleneira, Newby, Calcutta ; Duchess r a V g ler Livingston, Bombay; Duncan, Calcutta; Laurel, kryila Savannah. Sld., Herculaneum, Calcutta ; Greenock , ni ° 6 4. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH Il.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd• tor diator, London, for New York; Mary Isabella, Sunderla nd,' Smyrna, with loss of bowsprit, sails, &c. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 11.—Arrd. Albion, Tubbs, Gue sey, wi.h toss of boats, bulwarks, &c. f t ef WEYMOUTH, MARCH 11. —The Rover, Walling' Teignmouth to Newfoundland, has been towed in here, ° doned, and with loss of bowsprit, &c., having been in 0°,1,1,g; with the Lagan, Thomson, arrived here, bound to B e ' crew saved ; Workington, London, for Rio. bounds'DARTMOUTH, MARCH 9.—The Oak, Simpkins, .0- n ° London, has been brought up in the Range, with loss of b° which being replaced, proceeded. • tr i ‘ PLYMOUTH, MARCH 10.—Wind N.N.W. to „, e Magnet, Shields, for Grenada, with decks swept an d o shifted. Sid. Ganges, Sydney, New South Wales. f tir m 0 PADSTOW, MARCH 10.—The Fame, Greenfell, froth to Llannelly, has put in here with loss of sails, cargo 6,.by. 0 • and making water. The Richard Hill, from Neath to 'l' ° mouth, has put in here. SWANSEA, MARCH 10.—Arrived, Cubana, Si Cuba, Charles Ferdinand ; Kirchens, Valparaiso. i ll t ebrsite7ll heavy gale yesterday from 5 p.m. to 11. DP° CORK, MARCH 9.—Arrd. Tagus, M'Fulano , Video; Milton, Rylands, Aux Cayes. Arta' FALMOUTH, FEB. 10.—Wind S.S.W. to 0( 0 Thames (steamer), Hast, Havannah, &c., freight' I #lo, • dollars, and 130 serons of cochineal. She has not ur- c he° the Jamaica Mail, the Branch Steamer not having „1 - 11.9 Nassau in time. It blew a furious gale last night from Off suddenly veered to N. W., and continued with un abated Dir till four o'clock this morning, when it moderated. 't P e i be mond, Dempster, from Cape Haytien, drove foul % e sti, Gulielmo, from Trieste, last night, and carried awaken , ' bowsprit, bulwarks, bows, &c., lost her own quarter stan ch bulwarks, &e., and her stern received damage. THE MARKETS.—(SA.TURD , WHITECHAPEL. t 110 r sa - The market was well supplied with Hay and CloYel„,tios, demand not so good as on Thursday last. Pricy v ieetifo • without alteration. Of Straw the supply was itoreinPier, 614 and the present quotations were fully support e d r wail; cut, 2/. 10s. to .51. Bs. ; Hay, first, 21. t o 41. es. ; raid :l/. 16s. to 2/. In the Meat mark e t th e tra d e was on 'd Veie dling, with a moderate supply of country killed meat. „ o ily was a little lower, and small pigs sold b et t e r, large ones " ' to be turned into money at any price. A great deal of mid!. and Alutton remained on hand. Beef, 2s. to 3s. 6d. gd. on, 2s. 4d. to 3s. 10:1. ; Veal, 2s. 4d. to 5.. 4d ; Pork, I s ' to ss. ; Lamb, 6s. 4d. to is. TEA MARKET. ,100 0 The amount of business done in the Market wa s ifrat:l; small scale only, but holders were firm, and obtained &fetch for both Black and Green sorts. Company's Coog" . • Is. 11 1 / 4 d. per lb. TALLOW MARKET. coo Prices were steady for Russian Tallow, and a fair 4;0 existed at 4es. to 4-Bs. 3d. on the spot, and 495. for delitke., f the last three months of the year. The stock of Talley SPIRIT MARKET. '" be r Rum was in fair request, and prices were firm. P r wards 21. 2d. per gallon. In Brandy a fair business scl ° at firm rates. Cern Spirits dull sale. WOOL MARKET. The demand for wool was steady, and prices were fir° 0 40 arrivals came in slowly, and the stocks in the wand s° • hands are light. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. . re :. ;• , , Wheat. Barley. Oats. I beans. 1 .... .." h — --• s. 44 Per Quarter. s. to s. a. to s. S. to a. a. to A. zig Abingdon ... 57 72 25 36 116 31 33 44 ..... ... Andover 5B 66 1.6 30 26 28 ..... 44 tianbnry 56 68 32 40 21 33 36 4n 0 / Basi. gstoke 54 6K 32 37 24 iiB 42 46 3 „-.. , Cirencester 5l 70 25 35 22 31 43 44 49 de f;oventry — 61 24 • 32 tel 29 33 Oaventry Derby CO 67 24 29 20 25 29 4 1 il d Howden 1-lungerford 46 73 211 37 23 30 40 45 '-'.... •if Malton Mar , enhead 52 75 32 35 25 3 1 36 4 4 _ .°.. nlottitrgham 58 I'B 24 :30 19 24 ;3 7 40 7. '", Wanrage 6l. 78 36 31 30 32 36 46 '- ..... 4 , Warwick Winchester 76 36 29 _ 43 .... lock 2B 64 30 06 17 22 30 46 i A d. 6 0 Per Bushel s. d. a. d . s. d. S. (1. a. d. E. d. a. d. 4. 1 . 6 Q Birmingham 7 0 86 36 46 3r3 40 50 70 —6 _._ a. d. 8. d, s. d. a.. 1. s. d. s. d. s. d. th . 1 1 7 0 5 6 3 6 46 36 40 50 7 0 I ' WAKEFIELD CORN MARKYT. loi cer ; y was moderate. Wheat dull, and is. to 20,,„•v. te e leans sold slowly at the same reduction. . Id Shelling Is. per load lower. et 94 ' • . no d, Essex and Kent...... ....... —a. Mep POs. to 00.. . 0 ..,, --Norfolk and Suffolk .... -•••b. X% to Ma' ,ew' ' -- Lin. and Cam. —a . 52, to bli• 5 n 1 „ 1 ,1 4- Yorkshire s o4s to ,6'' of 4 ' 6ls• 6° tO' r VI? bite 56f- II" 0 1 ' Foreign, hod —s .—s to _s. W' —.--....--- White —s. --I. 10 . • Bo u t, Barley, Norfolk ant! Suffolk :6:. to S' "• fin e .---. Lincolnshire --- Yorkshire Wold . Foreign Beans, New -- Old . Oats, Potato —a. to 204. ;in, rf... ----- Poland ......8 —a. to eo• 6 „e gf, 'Friesland and Small .... , --s. —a. to 18 " 1 * 1 $ 0 74 -- kealing u"', .,d• P e a I.ld Shslling Malt Rapesved - " . " HULL CORN MARKET. OP :, White (per Quarter) *6 Ol . 62 ' . 6 0 i . Red Foreign Maltiog. aos WO '-'-' G r iEdi ng lBs 0 4 * Oats, British Foreign (in bond) las 2° l; 4 0 ‘' 3,25 3h OP' :148. • 4 17... 3 , 9 sjits 365 . . osi. Beans ••. Pease, Grey Blue and White ... ~- Linseed... Flour per sack ••• liapesecd (per 10 quarters) ZDINBUIOH COHN MARKET* I Wneat. Barley. (rats. • e„""6 . First oB,od :Ai. 01 34c. 84. 4'l4' Ad. Second 6O 0 3J. 0 25 0 35 „- third to 0 2; 0 18 8 3 i " i. Average price of Wheat Beef, per so. ........,PURSI.Cma.3 t . 0 0 % . 7 7 1. ? F v r I e s z l i o , BN, 3 ,. i s , 0 .„ le:: PROVISIONS l' 1 1) 0 4 ' 6 ll O 'l 2 ' Mutton ................... 0 5 0 7 Salt Ditto ---.." 8 ( 1 . ) , 0 1"; Vca1......................... 0 7 010 Ditto, per co t • " ~. Q 10 0 1 .0 rK....................... 0 5 0 7 FM, per dos..- 7 c i 0 1 Lamn, per qr. ....13 11 15 0 OatStrawtkp l .) , ' 0 0 fallow, cwt........ 39 0 42 0 Wheat Ditto.... 6 6 j Quarter,' L0af,,... ogi 010 Barley Ditto ..... „10 Potatoes,l4lb. ..... 0 0 0 5 Hay, pe r5t........ ' . , • EDINrURaII MEAL AIABKbT 410' Iror• 011 Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. Per Stone 01 1 .... _ First Oatmeal 'Second ditto •~, ''r1ernea1....... Pr:teem/al . 1 8 0 Peasim eal. ..... .... Pot Barley from PO5. to 4 Ss. Per"" , W l / 4 0 ' f 3 5 CORNWALL MARKETE calculated at 24 gallons to the bushel . 77 -Iqo _o y v 1 ( , ), g 1 9 1 0 3 2 t ; 4 2 6 a 0 t. s• 71 ' 0 : 3 *. ..._ 0 3 3 ' a 31 1 O 4 O 3 6 O 3 " 0 3 O 4 BIRTHS. wi f e o aptsio January, at Dharwar, the wi f eTnrotry. ,f the 47th Regiment Madras Native ist., at Latton Vicarage, the wife of th e of a daughter MA R R IWD. ennior On the s th ins t., a t Netherse al , Leicestershire,fl it artn `'.; ' thir a ham llidham, late Esq Rev. J. Roby,., of Ryde, Isle of Rectot to daughter of the of Congerston. . 1 ? On the 3d inst., Edward,2 } uUgest son of the late Fee. Charles Marshall, Rector of Lawhi tton, Cornwall. r London; Printed and Publish ed b y MURIA) YOVNO "2, Sirark;. at The So. ()Rice. N. 112 Straud.lo o 14, 1842. the County of A l u idl es ex, Monday, March