The Sun. — London, England, 1842-02-07 00:00:00

EVENING SUN SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS, FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF SATURDAY. GLOBE.—The Bar, and other persons assembled at the Criminal 'Court, were on Thursday evening considerably surprised, on the Grand Jury .entering the Court with the bill s w ith w hi c h t h ey h a d closed their duties, to hear the Clerk of the Arraigns an nounce that among them was " a true bill against Alexander Baring, now Lord Ashburton, Francis Bar ing, and Humfrey Mildmay, for conspiracy." It is un derstood that the indictment charges the defendants with a conspiracy to bribe certain members of the Legislature of Mexico to pass a Bill to prevent fo reigners from holding land within that State ; and that the motive which induced the defendants thus to interpose, was •to deprive ,the prosecutor, one Samuel Moore, of the advantages of a contract en tered into between him and the defendants. The Recorder intimated—and we concur in the opinion he expressed—that the Court had no jurisdiction We are far from assuming that there exists any ; the slightest, tenable grounds for this indictment, thus preferred. The previous high and perfectly un sullied reputation of the parties, charged, will preserve them in the estimation of all acquainted with their character, individually and collectively, from any injury to their fair fame by this charge. We know the facilities afforded by the law to the vindictiveness a revengeful natures, which, foiled in their attempts to accomplish favourite ob jects by supposed or actual, but perfectly jus tifiable interposition, or hoping to extort from fear what they have failed to obtain by entreaty, go before a Grand Jury with a Bill alleging some high misdemeanor, supply the prima facie testimony on which the grand jurors, strangers to the character, ignorant of the moti ves o f prosecutor, and altogether unacquainted with the cir cums t ances o f the case, ex cept so far as they are revealed by the technical ver bosity of an indictment, the dimensions of which are frequently expressed in "yards," return a " true bill." The testimony is ex pink, taken in a chamber hermetically sealed against intruders - and, without the necessity of the parties charged being aware of even the movement against them—the bill is returned in Court as "found." Malignity is thus gratified, or cupidity supplied with materials with which to carry out its corrupt designs—supposing the pro secutor to be actuated by malicious or base de signs against the person or the purse of the party he seeks to implicate. In the former case, without moving an another step, and without rendering him self responsible to any criminal jurisdiction for the perjuries by which he has imposed on the Grand Jury, whom the law binds by an oath of secrecy as to what passes before them in their chamber, the injury is inflicted on the reputation and feelings of the inno cent. The party may be tificen into custody on a Bench-warrant, founded on an indictment thus ob tained—be kept in confinement twenty-four hours, in order to afford time for the prosecutor to in quire into the validity of the sureties tendered by the defendant in compliance with the terms of bail im posed by the Couit, and interminably longer, if he be unable to procure such sureties. And when he has done all this, and is prepared, at great expense and with much anxiety, to repel the charge under the in jurious effects of which he may have suffered for months—the indictment is never brought down for trial, nor the prosecutor.ever afterwards so mach as heard of The wretch has gratified his malevolence to the extent to which he dared to proceed, or he has failed to effect his purpose by extorting money to drop the prosecution. S LAND Alt.D.---The interval since the termination of the second Session of 1841 has been employe" by the journals of the Whig-Radical party in complaints of Sir Robert Peel's want of feeling for the public dis tress, in allowing a day to pa s s without proposing sme legislative remedy ; during the months of October and November, indea,d, sueh complaints excluded almost every other topic froni the columns of the journals in question. The Premier was, however, obstinate in preparing carefully his plan of cure or palliation, before presenting it, and fixed the meeting of Parliament for the usual time. Parlia ment has at length assembled—the Ministerial plan is luioun_:ed as mature aml ready, and the Vtrhig-Radicals in Parliament prove the sincerity of their so lately expressed impatience by soliciting a delay of the time in which it shall be considered some or them even seek to obstruct that consi deration by introducing °am- sul)jects. Meanwhile Mlnisters lose no time in .bringing forward such auxiliary measures for the benefit of the labouri clafses - as_ they can bring forward. Witness t: two most important Bills introduced with universal approbation by Lord Stanley last night. The terms applied by Sir Robert Peel to the subject of his proposed plans in commerce and finance have furnished the Opposition journals with occasion of much speculation—speculation which we imagine proceeds upon erroneous grounds. The Right Hon ourable Baronet spoke of the awful subjects to which he must direct the attention of wParliament and awful subjects an einbarrased tsommerce anc: deficient revenue mist be always esteemed ; but does not follow that either is necessarily to be me by an awful remedy, and it is to the expected remedy that the Opposition journals appropriate the term, It may be, and we think it is, an unwise policy on the part of any Governmeut to involve its designs in needless mystery. Generally speaking, the people are cheated out of their right deliberately to canvass all measures proposed for their government, when the Legislature is called upon, as in the case of the Reform Bill, to adopt, ex tempore, an unexpected law. Measures. of finance and measures other- wise affecting commerce, however, present ai excepted case — . With respect to them, any pre vious notification must furnish a temptation to ruinous gambling, and the less perfect and authentic the notification the greater the extent of the mis- chief, because the greater the uncertainty. Would the forms of our free Constitution permit, it would be desirable that the proposition of such measures should be simultaneous - with their rejection or adop• tion ; but this cannot be the case while we call our• selves freemen. The strict secrecy with which the Ministerial plan has been guarded is proof of the care of the Government ; and the obvious motive for it must surely satisfy all, that no slight was intended to any class gy the Omission to consult it. COURIER.—We read, in " Caesar's Commen taxies," that the Nervii, when defeated in battle, were accustomed to stand upon the bodies of their slaughtered brethren, in order to hurl their darts with greater precision into the ranks of the enemy. We should imagine that the partisans of the late Govern ment have taken a lesson from the wild warriors of ancient times, for they avail themselves of each fresh loss of political existence which occurs among their friends to vent their bitterness against their political oyponents. Instead of marching with reversed arms, and 4rooping colours, they raise the shout of defiance, and leave the dead to shift for themselves. Thus, when the amiable Lord llowick was defeated in Nor thurnberland, and the poetical Lord Morpeth ex perienced the same fate in Yorkshire, the sufferings of these two patriots who " Left their counties for their countries good," were totally overlooked, in the anxiety of their quondam allies to turn their defeats to some account, by urging upon the disciples of free trade the neces sity of vigorous and. decisive measures to coun teract the selfishness of the landed aristo- cracy, and the v love v of class legislation, whicl had driven from their strongholds two suet wholesale legislators as the above-mentioned noble- men. And now, when poor Lord Morpeth has expe rienced a second sad defeat at Dublin, instead of shed- ding tears of sympathy for his melancholy fate, and sweetening the bitter draught by some drops of affec tion, they profit by his misfortunes to attack the pre sent Government with increased violence. To them -the loss of the election is an evidence, not that the sun of Whig glory . has set—not that ;the nation is unanimously convinced that the specifics and nos trums of the former Administration were wholly des titute of virtue, fit only for quacks and charlatans— but an evidence that the franchise must be imme- diately extended, and the conduct of Lord de Grey in permitting one of his household to appear in the streets while the election was proceeding, and in in viting Mr. Gregory to dinner, be made a subject of Parliamentary inquiry : that on the whole their tem porary defeat (for they promise themselves to turn out Mr. Gregory on petition) is rather a source of congratulation than Condolence - as' it will ensure the future unity'of their "party, and lead to systems of or ganization which must ,hereafter be attended with success, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Fel►. 5. This . was a DRISDOW V. NEEDHAM. action brought for the recovery of the sum of 25;o007 , Mr. WurrE.R u m ß oney lent by plaintiff to the defendant. in this case. ;reopened the pleadings for the plain tiffin Norfolk, was a gentleman of for tune, residing , f married to a sister of the de fendant, who was a son will late Earl of Kilmorey, an Irish Peer: Under the wo of the E ar l, hi s son , the pre sent defendant, was vested in a life i n t erest i n a sum o f 25,0001, .of which the intitr appointed executor. The 'defendant, who was a Colo w n as el in the army, becom ing embarrassed in his circumstances,l raised a loan of Colonel Com -10,0001 from the Legal and Clerica c altogether r N e v i i i t i h tin t t h le e , 1: further sums from Com pany, and some r. Allcock, and others, amounting alt interest, to 22,000/. The defendant beim.. a ' • ni ix o us to pay off these debts for which lie had give n a mortgage on certain houses, his property, in Jermyn-street, applied to the plaintiff' for permission to sell out the stock of of which he was the executor, for the purpose of enablin g him to liquidate the claims of his creditors. The plain tiff at first refused to grant this request, but at length acceded to it; on _condition of receiving a mortgage on liie s - A n r , operty of the plaintiff, to guarantee him from the r_ ii:iility imposed upon him asi the executor of the stock.. The accordingly sell out ‘,2,6Pliintiff ti , ool allowed the defendant a similar p er • __,. worth of stock ; but would not grant Mtaabn f de fendant theren - - or the rem a i n i ng 3,0001. The de po refused t o ii grant the mortgage wh:ch I he had promised, and the plaintiff, in consequence, brought the present action to recover the amount of the money lent. Mr. BRAMWELL contended, for the defendant, that the plaintiff was not entitled to a verdict ; first, because the amount of the debt varied from the amount claimed in and, secondly, because the plai n tiff either paying the money r delivering hadthe specification option ificati of either up the mortgage. Lord ABINGER overruled the objection's. The defend ant had refused to deliver up the mortgage, and the plaintiff was entitled to claim the money lent. A verdict was then found for the plaintiff for the sum of 22,3001., less a sum of 7501., the amount of a set off claimed on another action. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS summed up, and the Jury found a verdict of Not Guilty. Charles Streeter, aged 52, and William Hodsell, 30, were indicted for stealing, on the 17th of January last, 11ilb. weight of beef, the property of Henry Pitt, their master. Mr. Doane appeared for the prisoner Hodsell, and Mr. Payne for Streeter. It appeared from the evidence, that both the prisoners were employed in the service of the prosecutor, who was a butcher ; that being sent out with a cart full of meat on the dat in ques tion, the prosecutor followed, and •bserved the cart stop at Streeter's house. He went up and asked Hodsell what he was stopping for ; the prisoner made no reply, and went on with the cart. Streeter soon after came out of the house with a bundle in his hand, which on being opened proved to contain a piece of beef, which the prosecutor identified as his property. Prose cutor then asked the prisoner, Streeter, where he got it, and he replied that he had it from Hodsell, to whom the prosecutor stated he had given it a day or two previous for the purpose of being salted. The Learned Counsel severally addressed the Jury on behalf of their clients, and witnesses were called to character. Mr. Justice bRESSWELL summed up, and The Jury, after a shirt deliberation, Acquitted both the prisoners. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. QUEEN-SQUARE. Augustus Leech, formerly a turnkey at the Peniten tiary, Milbank, and latterly deputy-governor of the House of Correction at Salop, was placed at the bar, charged with horsewhipping the Rev. Dr. Nihil, Chap lain and Governor of the Penitentiary, Millbank. The Rev. Dr. Nihil stated, that about two that day he was passing up Milibank-street, when, on a sudden, the prisoner came up to him and commenced horsewhipping him very violently with a riding-whip. After striking him several times, he said he would walk with him be fore a Magistrate, and at once came to this office. Mr. GREGORIE asked how it was that any ill feeling ()Marred between defendant and complainant 2—Dr. Nihil said that the prisoner laboured under an opinion that he had done him an injury, and at the very time he was horsewhipping him swore that he had ruined him. me. GREGORIE inquired what connexions had existed between them ? Dr. Nihil replied, that defendant had acted as warden of the Penitentiary until the end of the year 1839, when he was discharged by order of the committee, in conse quence of his (Dr. Nihil) having reported to them th . at defendant had, contrary to the regulations of the establish ment, applied for a situation at Coldbath-fields prison, whilst absolutely holding one at the Penitentiary. Two gentlemen who were passing by proved having witnessed the assault. Mr. GREGORIE called upon defendant to answer the charge. Defendant having implored the Magistrate to give him a patient hearing and administer even-handed justice, stated that he had acted as warden in the Penitentiary from March 1835, to the 30th December 1839, partly under the former governor and partly under the present governor, the rev. complainant. In the latter dart of 1839, being anxious to better his condition, he applied for the situa tion of turnkey at Coldbath-fields prison, and was placed un the list of candidates. All men were anxious to im prove their condition in life, and this was a feeling from which the' rev. gentleman did not seem exempt, for whilst holding one situation he applied for another, and succeeded in adding 5001. per annum to r his income. For the offence of applying at Coldbath-fields he was taken before a Committee of two by the rev. complainant and discharge 1. lle obtained, it was true, subsequently a situation at Coldbath-fields as sub-turnkey, which was inferior in station as well as emolument to what he was looking for, owing; to the interference of the rev. com plainant.al;ltinst him. Dr. Nihil here interrupted the accused by stating that the interference he used was with Colonel Chesterton in his-favour. Defendant continued—After stopping some months at Coldbath-fields, he resigned, but subsequently obtained, through the recommendation of Colonel Chesterton, the situation of Deputy-Governor and taskmaster of the Salop county gaol, where he went on comfortably, .until eeeling from the altered conduct of the Governor towards him, that some communication had been made by Dr. Nihil to his prejudice, he determined to resign, and having done so, he asked the Governor, Mr. Dawson, whether he had not received a letter. from-Dr. Nihil re specting him. The Governor, who appeared much sur prised at the question, replied that he had, and added that the rev. gentleman had spoken very indifferently of him. Mr. Nihil begged to explain this matter. He had, he said, received a letter in the latter part of last year from the Governor of the gaol of Shrewsbury, inclosing a pamphlet, which he said had been written by defen dant, and asking several questions rezpecling him ; to that letter he replied he had reason to believe that de fendant had strong prejudices against him in consequence of sonic imagined injury, and he therefore begged to de cline answering the questions put to him. Had he (Dr. Nihil) spoken ever so badly of defendant, his conduct would have justified him in so doing. Defendant, with some warmth, observed that having his prospects in life ruined by the cruelty of the rev. gentleman towards him, he thought himself warranted in taking the course he had done. Mr. G REGOttIE said that even supposing the rev. gentleman had been instrumental in his losing his situa tion, which no one could imagine, he would not be jus tified in committing this gross and aggravated assault. Defendant was then ordered to find bail to answer the charge at the sessions. CLERKENWELL. William WlAng, the young man charged with carry. ing of a volume of Garrick's collection of Old Plays, was again placed at the bar on Saturday evening. Sir Henry Ellis, and several other gentlemen were in at tendance for the prosecution, and theyrisoner's employers and many other highly respectable individuals were pre sent to speak on his behalf. Mr. GREENWOOD (to the prisoner)--Have you any further explanation to give? Prisoner—Not any. Mr. GREENWOOD—HOW long have you been under articles to Messrs. Wright, Waterman, and Egan? Pri soner—Two years. ____ Mr. GnExiiwooD—What we ' re you before you en tered the service of those gentlemen ? Prisoner—l was at school in the establishment of Dr. Lord, of Tooting. Mr. Wright, one of the prisoner's employers, Mr. Whiting, the uncle of the accused, who has the manage ment of the business of Ferrers, Esq., one of the Masters in Chancery, Mr. Tasser, an attorney, Mr. Charles Butterfield, and many other gentlemen, were then called and examined for the defence. They seve rally spoke of him as a young man of studious habits, moral rectitude, and strict integrity, and they could conscientiously assert that he would not knowingly do an act prejudicial to himself or to society. Some of the witnesses stated that they knew of the accused receiving the introduction to the reading rooms of the Museum, and he expressed his delight in having that opportunity of amusing and improving his mind. lie told them that the order would enable him to convey books from the Museum to his own lodgings, and that to him was an infinite pleasure, as it would make him keep at home at night, and be not only a saving to his pocket, but a protection to his health. lie was congra tulated by all whom he so addressed, and doubly so on Friday, when he produced to them the valuable work which he now was accused of purloining, and which some of them were admiring with him when the messen ger took him into custody. At the conclusion of the examination of the several witnesses, Mr. GREENWOOD asked Sir 11. Ellis if he had any observa tion to make? Sir Henry—The story told by the ac cused, in the first instance, has been so fully corroborated by gentleman of the first respectability, that it gives me pleasure to exonerate biro from any felonious intention. Mr. GREENWOOD (to the prisoner)—lt was very pro per that you were brought here, and I am happy to say that, after an inquiry carried out to the fullest extent, w e can arrive at no other conclusion than that your in tention was not to commit a felony. You have been guilty of a grave and grievous irregularity in taking the bopk, which Sir Henry Ellis says could not be replaced for 200/: You might have kept it carelessly on your desk, and some one, while cleaning out the Chambers, might have taken it up and flung it on the fire. thinking it nothing better than lumber. I did hope to be able to punish you under the Police Act, for having it unlaw fully in your possession, but as I have some doubts in reference to that law—at least in respect to your case— I shall discharge you. Let the present occurence guard you from wrong as long as you live. The prisoner and his friends having expressed them sAves in terms of heartfelt gratitude, then bowed and retired. _ _ WOOLWICH. Three dashing young gentlemen were placed in The dock, charged with committing a robbery at the Bell Tavern, Bell Water-gate, Woolwich. The case excited the greatest interest, from the nature of the evidence ad duced. The prisoners' names were Lees, hurry, and Thompson ; the latter had lost his hat, which was not to be found. A police constable of the L division (31), being sworn, deposed that he was standing at the door of the house in question, when he went up stairs to look for a brother constable, who, he thought, was in the house. On the landing-place he saw a door on the left open, and he looked in, but discovered it was a bed-room. Lees, one of the prisoners, looked in, and Thompson was there, and another, not in custody. Thinking something suspicious, he went down and informed the landlord, and he remained below ; in a few minutes after he heard the cry of " Thieves," and a scuffle. Lees came down and hastily left the house. He fol lowed hiM about two hundred yards,. when he . saw him join Hurry. He then called some brother con stables, and took them into custody. On searching them at the station-house Thompson had a silver watch, and a door key, penknife, some sovereigns, and -silver. He told the sum in the purse before he opened it. On Lees was found a gold watch, gold guard, penknife, three sovereigns, &c. On Hurry a watch, guard, two sove reigns and a half, some silver, &c. He had seen them previously together in a road leading to Woolwich common. Did not see Hurry near the house in question. Mr. GROVE could not, see what business the constable had to take them. They all had watches, and wore them in the fashionable style round their necks. They had not, with the exception of Thompson, been seen near the house. Mr. Burch, the landlord, wished to be heard, and stated that on the police constable informing him of the circumstance, he went up stairs, and saw the prisoner, Thompson, coming ou t o f his bed-room. He called out "Murder ! thieves !" He then saw another run out. He found his bed-room had been ransacked, the, bed and and bedding taken off the bedstead. Under the mattrass he had some silver spoons concealed, which he bought about thirty-five years ago from Mr. Webber, a silver smith, of Powis-street. They had been removed from there. The lock of the door had been picked, and he had not time to see what he had lost. There was a bag with a quantity of silver, three watches gone, &c. He distinctly heard something heavy fall by the side of Thompson, when he was running down stairs. Mr. George Sutherland stated he was in the house at the time, when he heard a cry of "Murder," &c. He saw Thompson run down without a hat, and he then saw the spoons fall from his person, and he held him fast till taken into custody by a police constable. Did not see the other prisoners there. . William Romayne, a police constable, deposed to tak ing the prisoner, who said nothing but that he had made a mistake in the room. Lees had come down and gone away; another constable followed him. Benjamin Portman said he heard something fall. He ran up stairs, when he met Thompson, who gave him a violent blow on the nose. The constable 31 L said, if they were remanded, no doubt, from their description, which answered exactly, he could prove plenty of similar cases against them. He had seen them often in bad company, thieves, &c., and watched them during the day. Mr. GROVE-It is a very clear case against Thompson, but the others he saw no pretence for taking into cus tody, nor had the officer any right to do so; they might be the associates of pickpockets, but that was no reason, as they were not near the house in question. Hurry was discharged. _ _ _ Mr. Hurr — y then said he was a farmer residing in Sudbury; he came to town for a few weeks, and took lodgings in Montague-place, Ru sse ll- square; hi s f a th er was a County Magistrate, living in Suffolk, and he could bring the most respectable witnesses as to his character; he came down to tee the review, and not' one of the others did he know. Mr. GROVE expressed regret that he should have su fered such treatment. Mr. Hurry said, when taken he was dragged into a house where the handcuffs were put on him, and then brought through the town like a felon; he should cer tainly look into such a serious matter. Lees then stated he was a jeweller, and resided at No. 6, Sarah Ann-place, Brand-row, Kent-road, and had a house at 181. per year. His watch was a Geneva one, number 243 (which was not the case) ; and he also stated that there was no name (while there was), which he had had six years, but never minutely examined it. Mr. GROVE remarked he had had his watch ten years, and neither knew maker's name nor number. The Officer said it answered the description of one stolen, and which appeared in the Hue and Cry: could he not detain him? Mr. GROVE—On your own responsibility ; I shall not order it. Lees must enter into his own recognizances of 50/. to appear when called upon to do so. As to the pri soner Thompson, he is committed for trial. • Mr. Cohen, a respectable gentleman of the town, was also dragged through the town by the police, on the pre tence that he was in company with the last named pri soner. Several most respectable inhabitants, surprised, followed him to the station-house, and there convinced the sergeant it was not possible he could do such a thing, and he was liberated ; of course the gentleman felt keenly such an outrage being committed upon him. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1842. THE BANK OF FRANCE. The Debats has a long article on the last official returns of the Bank of prance, in which we find the following remarkable passage :—" One of the causes which ensures to the Bank of France a high degree of credit, is its never leaving itself without a proper amount of specie. It has always a large amount on hand, and, consequently, the faculty on the part of the public of exchanging notes for specie is not a fiction. But prudence itself has its limits, and if a bank should constantly have on hand an amount of specie equal to that of its notes in circulation, one would have a right to say to it, that its privilege of issuing notes is illusory, or at least sterile, and that the public deri ve no advantage from such a privilege so practised, except that of having, a more portable circulating medium. One would have a right in such a case to deolare that the Bank did not allow ',he country to participate _in the benefit inherent I the institution of banks of circulation, viz. that ' diminishing the amount of dead capital. A bank, which should - always keep its notes in circulatioi. balanced by an equivalent sum in specie, buried in its cellars, would not, correctly speaking, be a bank of circulation, and the high privilege of making paper money might be taken from it without danger. to itself or to the country. We ask the B an k o f _France whether it is in the situation which we have men tioned ? In 1841, the average amount of its notes in circulation was 224 millions, and the average of its metallic reserve was 210 millions. In 1840, the average amount of notes in circulation was 208 mil lions, and that of the metallic reserve 222 millions. Thus in 1840 the Bank of France had more specie locked up than it had notes in circulation, and in 1841 the amount was nearly balanced.. The dead capital of the Bank is, therefore, excessive. If the specie which is thus locked up, and rendered unpro ductive, in a country which wants capital for the promotion of industry, were the property of the Bank, it might reply, that it had a right to do as it liked with its own. But this specie is not that of the Bank. It belongs to the State, and to the private in dividuals who have accounts with the Bank. When the Legislature conferred upon the Bank of France the privilege, in virtue of which the funds of the State and those of the public are brought to it, with out any interest being demanded, it was certainly expected that the funds so entrusted to the Bank would be made to fructify to the profit of national in dustry, without prejudice to the profit of the Bank. Now, in order to attain this object there are two means which may be adopted at the same time. One is to in crease the amount of the notes in circulation by the creation of notes of a smaller value than 500 f., the ac count current of the Bank remaining the same. In the branch-offices of the Bank of France, in the departments, notes of 250 f. each are issued, and why should not this be done in Paris ? What inconvenience even would there be in issuing notes of 100 f., to replace the gold coin which has disappeared from our territory ? In England, the great bulk of the paper circulation is composed of notes of 125 f. (51.) ' • in Austria, the notes are chiefly of 5 florins (12f. 50c.) ; and, in Prussia, there are notes as low as a dollar each (3f. 80c.) The notes of the Bank of France ought also to be made a legal payment of taxes. By this means the notes would circulate in every part of France, but, for security, in the first instance, the power of paying taxes in notes of the Bank of France might be limited to the chef-lieux of the departments. If, in this way, 300 millions more were to be added to the :circulating medium, it would be exactly the same as if France were enriched to that amount, for a similar amount now unproductively locked up, might be rendered productive. A machine, a chemical ap paratus,, a route, and a canal, have all a productive power. Specie, however, is only a 'sign of exchange. Of itself, it has no value, it creates no value, and adds no value to any already existing." This locking up of capital in France is not pecu liar to the Bank of France. It is a very general error, and may be in a great measure, perhaps, at tributed to the shock which was created many years ago, when by an excessive and indeed, mad development of the system of paper-credit, all con fidence in paper-money was destroyed. M. Balzac„ in one of his works, says :—" It is impossible to form an idea of what is passing in the rural dis tricts. It is a fact that three millions of families annually lock up fifty francs, and thus take one hundred and fifty millions from the circulating: medium, and the science of political economy teaches, us that a five franc piece, which passes! during the day through a hundred hands, becomes equal in value to five hundred francs, as the means of commerce and industry." M. Balzac goes on to say that the jpeasant locks up his money for ten years until he can employ it in the purchase of land, and he supposes that the locking up system is more ex tensivelyyh.illas o T ar andnee privilegedr mo that h h a na e omturbftfue greaterremedy,oacwnst tpisuuie:crsiaheete nsr.deefh a t ;aantteclahtiwiitobolu facilities enables belonging usfhnt contends should fa h ltd swtydyoo e adopted by the petite bourgeoise than even by the Debuts recommends for the evil of which it complains, is the augmentation of the number of branch banks in departments,peasantry. s B ana commercentkr b that e the given i as v e n t adt h hne o edv l do devote more Stateu numerous reperaotnris portion nh reoa 2 fn o p cOu tiesbmi establishments, iti s sashl its claim to the title which it bears of Bank f o France. • DISTRESS IN STOCKPORT.--Distress amongst the inhabitants of this borough still exists to a very painful and alarming extent, despite all the efforts of public and private charity. The Assistant Poor-law Commissioners, Messrs. Power and Twisleton, still prosecute their inquiries into the condition of this and surrounding towns with considerable assiduity Raid at tention. In this borough they have summoned to their aid every person likely, by giving information, to for ward the object of their mission; and they have also visited several of the leading manufactories in town. At one extensive establishment they were introduced to the manager, an intelligent practical man; and, amongst oiher interrogatories, they inquired whether many arti cles of consumption in the manufacture of cotton had not diminished in value. The reply was, that one article, at least, had not, and that the firm now paid 1,1001. more for flour a year than was paid a year or two ago.— Stockport Chronicle. An atrocious murder, not aggravated, however, by deliberate intention, as the late murders in Shrop shire have been, took place on Sunday night, in the town of Llanfa ir; Montgomeryshire. A young man named Evan Davies, under the excitement of intoxica tion, and in a violent Fission, stabbed his brother in the breast, who immediately sank dead at his feet. The unhappy homicide escaped, but has since been taken, and lodged in Montgomery gaol.— Shrewsbury Chronicle. morning, a number of Latter-day Saints On left Brampton ra d m a ptonforNew Orleans, in Americi.—Derby Reporter. FRENCH BUDGET. The Budget of Expenditure for 18431 s as follows Art. 1. Credits are opened to the amount of 1,311,553,096 francs foe the expenses of the estimate of 1843, viz. : Francs. For the public debt.. 360,427,831 For dotations For the general service of the Ministries 729,170,396 For the expences of the regie, the collec tion of the taxes, and direct and indi rect revenues For re-imbursements and returns on the produce of the said taxes and revenues to non valeurs, and drawbacks on exporta tion ........................... . 63,742,300 n o e f ralth a l 1,311,553,0 95 Credits to the 19 ,781,192 f. are also opened on the estimate of 1843 , viz. :-... amount Ge Fr. For the Legion of Honour . Royal Printing-o ffi ce Consular Establishments Invalids of the Marine Mint for Money and Medals Total 19,784,192 Art. 2. There shall be provided for the payment of the expenses mentioned in Art. 1 of the present law, on the ways and means of the estimate of 1843. Art. 3. From the Ist of January, 1843, the contracts for the supply of the materiel for the navy and the colo nies will be free from all deduction. The deduction of three centimes in the franc on the contracts now in operation will continue to be made until their expira- tion in the name of the Caisse of the Invalides, but the produce of it will be reserved in the Treasury, ac cording to the amount regulated at the end of the esti mate. Articles 4 and 5 merely relate to the general arrange ments for carrying the measures into effect. Art. 6. A credit of 1.050,000 f. is opened to the Minis ter of War for the inscription to the public treasury of the military pensions payable in 1843. Bills of the supplementary and extroardinary credits. By this Bill are required for the Ministry of Justice 600,000 f. for the expenses of criminal justice, and 57,951 f. for public worship. For the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 100,000 francs for diplomatic agents ; the present allowance being rendered inadequate by changes in the establishments of the different embassies, and 250,000 francs for the ex penses of extraordinary missions, in consequence of un foreseen missions in China, Egypt, Greece, and Buenos Ayres. For the Ministry of Public Instruction-7,500f., for 17 prizes for the three Academies. For the Ministry of the Interior-1,465,000f., supple mentary credit, and 618,465 francs extraordinary credit for the same department—viz., 1,400,000 francs for prisons ; 165,000 francs for new buildings for the Mi nistry and central lines of telegraph ; 300,000 francs for the secret police, this addition having been rendered necessary by the disturbances in different parts of the kingdom ; 200,000 francs to cover the extraordinary ex pense for Spanish refugees in consequence of the late events in the Peninsula ; 100,000 fr. for the central pri son of Loos, part of which was destroyed by fire, and 18,465 fr. for arrears of former credits. For the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, 881,049 f. For the Ministry of Public Works :-1,516,177f. not employed in 1840 upon the estimate for 1841, for public buildings and worki in the departments which were in undated; 3,072,000 f. under similar circumstances granted in 1841, and now carried over to 1842 ; 9,487,039 f. re maining unemployed on the estimates of 1839 and 1840; 9,490 f. for works rendered necessary by the trial before the Court of Peers, in October, 1840 ; and 4 , 500 , 00 0 f. a for the payment of portion of the loan to the Railroad Company from Strasburg to Basle. For the Ministry of War :-31,809,7351., of which sum, however, 11,983,806 f. remain unemployed from former estimates. The increase in this department arises chiefly from the rise in the price of forage and provisions and the augmentation of the army of Algeria. For the Ministry of Marine—Supplementary credits amounting to 116,500 francs, and extraordinary credits amounting to 4,894,825 f. ; of this sum, 4,400,0001. are required to pay the extraordinary expenses connected with building and repairing ships, according to the new effective force of the navy. For the Ministry of Finance, under various heads -13,109,606 francs. In addition to the above credits, is another amount of 13,365,236 f. already anticipated by virtue of Royal or donnanee, chargeable on the estimates of 1842, together with various small sums remaining due upon the four last estimates. THE TRADE IN CORN. The following are the papers relative to the trade in corn, moved for in the House of Commons on Thursday evening, by Mr. Gladstone : Address for statements of the titles and dates of the several Acts which have been passed for regu lating the importation and exportation of corn in the United Kingdom, with summaries of the duties or prohibitions, &c., imposed by them since the year 1660. Of the annual average price of wheat per imperial quarter, at Eton and Oxford, from 1646 to 1770. Of the annual average price of each kind of grain in England and Wales, from 1771 to 1841. Of the decennial fluctuations in the price of wheat, as'shown in the two preceding accounts, from 1646 to 1815 from 1816 to 1828 ; and from 1829 to 1841 ; exhibiting the highest and lowest annual ave rage in each decennial period, and the per centage amount of difference. Of the weekly average price, the duty average, and the rate of duty, with respect to each kind of grain ; also the quantities of each kind paid duty, and the amount of duty received therefrom, distinguishing fo reign from colonial in each week, from July, 1828, to December, 1841. Of the quanties of each kind of grain, distinguish ing foreign from colonial, import e d, paidduty, and re maining in warehouse, in each month, together with the average monthly price of wheat in England and Wales, from July, 1828, to December, 1841. Of the septennial prices of each kind of grain as prepared for the purposes of the Tithe Commission, in each year, from 1835 to 1841. Of the Fair prices of wheat in each county of Scot land from 1828 to 1841. Of the annual average prices of wheat in Dublin, in *Leh year, from 1828 to 1841. Of the annual average prices of wheat in Guern sey and Jersey, with the quantities imported and ex ported, in each year, from 1820 to 1841. Of the quantities of wheat returned as sold in Eng land and Wales by the corn inspectors, in each week and each year, from July, 1828, to December, 1841. Of the total quantities of wheat and wheat flour imported into, and exported from, Great Britain, in each year, from 1697 to 1841. Of the quantities of the several kinds of grain and meal imported from each country, and likewise of the quantities re-exported from the warehouse to each country, in each year, from 1828 to 1841. Of the total amount and average rate of duty re ceived on each kind of grain, distinguishing foreign and colonial, in each year, from July, 1828 to 1841. Of the quantities of each kind of grain which paid the several rates of duty during the whole period, from July, 1828, to December, 1841. Of the total quantities of each kind of grain, foreign and colonial, with the total amount of duty paid upon each kind, and the average rate thereof, during the whole period, f rom J u l y , 1828, to December, 1841. Of the quantities of each kind of grain and of malt imported into Great Britain from Ireland, in each year, from 1800 to 1841. Of the quantities of grain of each kind, distinguish ing British, Scottish, Irish, and Foreign, imported into London, in each year, from 1820 to 1841. The river presented a most animated appear ance, from the great number of individuals passing up and down the Thames, between London and Woolwich, in the steamers and craft. The steam-boat wharfs, at the Adelphi, Hungerford-market, London-bridge, and Wap ping, were besieged at, an early hour by the Londoners, waiting for the steamers, and each vessel left crammed with bipeds, who were stowed away on deck and in the cabins. On their arrival at Wo9lwich, all bore towards ,he Common and Arsenal, and the town itself was very .1111 of visitors. The Waterman's Steam-packet Com pany's vessels landed 15,000 passengers during the day between the Adelphi pier and Woolwich ; and an extra boat, the Vivid, engaged by the Waterman's Company, conveyed upwards of 2,000 persons to and from the va rious piers, between nine and six o'clock. After the re view and embarkation of the King of Pr ussia the rush of people toward s th e W a t e rman's pier, at Woolwich, was tremendous ; and Waterman No 2 actually took away 500 passengers at one trip, and the numbers would have been increased if the captain had not let go the ropes, and ordered the engines to go a-head. There was no material accident during the clay, and the utmost har . mony and good humour prevailed. THE N h D UKEB ucks ucks Gazette, oEBU a paper supp osed t o he under CICINGIIAM'S RESIGNA TIOthe influence of the Duke of Buckingham, thus explains the cause of his Grace's resignation:—" The Duke of Buckingham pledged himself to the agriculturists to maintain, in or out of office, such an amount of duty on foreign corn as he considered adequate protection to the home grower —now, had such an amount been proposed and carried in the Cabinet as the Noble Lord deemed protection, he would of course have assented to it, and remained a Cabinet Minister. The effect of his resigna tion suffices to prove that the reduced scale pr o p ose d was not protective in the Duke's estimation, and that therefore he resigned. The agricultural body have much to regret in this result, for it augurs no good to their interest, by which the Duke has stood unflinch ngly and consistently since he first commenced his public career. We shall not speculate on the precise ,objections made by his Grace to the scale proposed, b u t we may be sure that with his desire to preserve the unity and strengthen the plans of a Conservative Administra tion; he would have given way had such a course been consistent with his determination to stand by the farmers. And we do fear that when the reduced 'sliding scale' shall be made public, that the agriculturists will soon detect the on grounds of the Duke of Bu cki ngham's refusal to acquiesce in it." PEACE AND PATIENCE --All are surprised at the patience of the people under the tremendous pressure of the times. The truth is, their spirits are broken. About two years ago they were buoyant with hope in physical force. That having failed, as was certain, they seem to hav e no h ope l e f t . To use the observation of a countryman, " Their pluck is all gone.":— The Struggle. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) . PORTSMOUTH, FFB. s.—The Implacable 72, has _been commissioned at Plymouth as th e flag-ship of Sir Thomas Cochrane, instead of the Hastings, which ves sel wants new decks.—Until the Implacable ,joins the Chinese squadron, Sir Thomas will hoist his flag in the Blenheim. The Revenge, 78, Hon. Captain Waldegrave, hourly expected at Spithead from Lisbon, is to proceed im mediately to Sheerness, to be paid off. The Right Hon. Lord Ashburton is expected to em bark here on Thursday next, on board the Warspite, 52, for conveyance to New York. The Warspite, after landing his Lordship, will proceed to Jamaica or Bermuda, and return within a specified time to New York, to bring his Lordship back to England.—Lord Ashburton does not contemplate that his important mission will require his longer absence from this coun try than three months ; nor does his Lordship, we un derstand, anticipate any successful result from it. His carriages have been shipped on board the Warspite, during the week. No little surprise was yesterday ex pressed on 'Change, on its being known, that a true bill had been found on Thursday, by the Grand Jury of the Central Criminal Court, at the Old Bailey, against Alexander Baring (now Baron Ashburton), Francis Baring, and Humphrey Mildmay, on an in dictment preferred by Thomas Kinder. The indict ment charged the defendants with a conspiracy to bribe certain members of the Legislature of a foreign state (Mexico, it was understood) to pass a bill to pre vent foreigners holding land there, in order to de prive the prosecutor, one Samuel Moore, of the ad vantage of a contract entered into between him and the defendants. The Recorder, - when the bill was pre sented, intimated that it was a case in which that Court, in his opinion, had no jurisdiction. Whether this proceeding will detain his Lordship we have yet to learn. Admiral Sir Charles Rowley is to succeed Adm al Sir Graham' Moore, as the Commander-in-Chief at . Plymouth, at the latter end of April. The Firebrand, steam-vessel, proceeded off the Ar senal, at Woolwich, yesterday, and at two o'clock his Majesty the King of Prussia and suite embarked on board for Ostend. The Admiralty barge was in charge of Lieutenant Holbrook, and Mr. Pigot, mate ; his Majesty having been steered off to the Firebrand by the senior officer in the river, Sir Francis A. Collier, C. 8., K.C.H. The Lily, 16, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, from the Mauritius, on the 30th of November. The Fantome, 16, sailed from Algoa Bay, on the Ist De cember, for the West Coast. The Volage, 28, arrived at Madeira, from Ply mouth, on the 11th January, and sailed on the 13th for Bermuda. The Malabar, Calcutta, Cambridge, and the Lizard steamer, with the transport Java, were at Gibraltar on the 21st ult. The Vernon, and four French ships of war, were at Cadiz, on the 22d ; and the Revenge, Indus, and Lynx, were at Lisbon on the 24th. The Revenge was about to sail, under orders, for England. The Atholl troop-ship, with the detachments of the 33d, 47th, and 92d Regiments, arrived at Madeira, on the 10th January, in eight days from Cork, and sailed again immediately for Barbadoes. The Pilot was at Tampico, on the 9th of December, Ishipping specie to about 700,000 dollars, for Jamaica and Baibadoes. The President, 50 (with the flag of Vice-Admiral Ross), arrived at Valparaiso, from Callao, on the 28th of October. Th e B as ili s k sa il ed from Valparaiso, for Coquimbo, &c., on the 3d of October. The Vindictive, 50, was taken out of dock into the basin, on Monday, to have her masts taken out, and was removed again into dock, on Wednesday, to have the damages she sustained, by going on shore last 'week, repaired. Her copper was removed on Thurs day. She is to be ready for sea this day fortnight, and will take Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane to India. The Rapid brig, Lieut. Earle, will proceed on Monday to the cost of Africa. She has taken on board presents we may as well say the annual pre sents) to the King or Chief of the Cameroons, a river opposite Fernando Po. The Thunderbolt steam-frigate, recently launched at this port, will proceed to Glasgow next week, to be fitted with Napier's engines. The Nightingale brig, Lieut. Barnes, arrived at Bristol from Cork on Thursday. The Driver steam-frigate, at Woolwich, will be ready for sea by the end of next week. The Volcano is in dock at Deptford, waiting for next springs. The Wolverine, 16, Commander Johnson, arrived on Sunday from Chatham. ' The Castor Dutch frigate sailed on Sunday for Surinam. The Alban steam-vessel sailed on Monday for Bristol. The Cracker cutter sailed on Tuesday for Jersey. The Hastings, 72, Captain Lawrence, C. 8., was paid off, into ordinary, on Wednesday, a n d in a man ner highly creditable to the officers and ship's com pany. Not an officer or seaman left the ship except on duty, from the moment she arrived here until the day she was paid off—a most excellent arrangement, as strikingly exemplified by the very orderly conduct and admirable appearance of the men on that day. The following is an extract of a letter from Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, dated Dec. 11 :—" On the Ist inst. the case of the Portuguese slaver, Anne, seized by her Majesty's ship, Acorn, and sent in here (Table Bay), came before the Vice-Admiralty Court for adjudication, when their honours immediately ordered her to be condemned." In Harbour—St.Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Royal George, Vindictive, Carysfort, Ringdove, Nautilus, Speedy (cutter), and Echo (steamer). At Spithea.d—Queen, Warspite, Wolverine, Rapid, llenrietta (East Indiaman). PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. PROMOTIONB.—In addition to the Promotions we gave last week, in compliment to the King of Prussia, we add the following ; and others will follow on the safe landing of his Majesty on the Continent Commander—John Washington, of the Sheerwater, (when he has served his time) to the rank of Captain. Lieutenants—Thoma s Mitchell, of Formidable, and Hugh Berners, Lightning, to th e ran k o f Commander. Mates—G. J. Napier (1838) Lightning, and Alexander Hamilton (1834), Sheerwater ; M. H. Conolly, of the Mastiff, to the rank of Lieutenant. Second Masters—G. H. K. Bowen, Lightning, and Acting Master G. F. Cavell, Sheerwater, to the rank of Master. Assistant-Surgeon--Dr. W. H. Foster, to the rank of Surgeon. APPOINTMENTS.—Captain—H. W. Bruce, to the Implacable. Commander—Jeffery W. Noble, to the Indus. Lieutenants—Alexander Boyle (of the Queen), and R. H. B. Rowley (Formidable), to the Firebrand —both for promotion ; Henry J. Giles, to Scylla ; E. E. Gray, to command the Bonetta (and to take passage in the Rapid) ; J. W. Tarleton, to the Carys fort ; Charles Holbrook (additional), to the Fire brand ; J. H. Christian (additional), to the flag-ship on the East India station, Master—M. S. Burney, to the Scylla. Second Master—James Shudwell (acting) to the Rapid. Pursers—William Morgan, to the Scylla; J. M. Hobbs, Purser, to be Secretary to Commodore Purvis, on the coast of Brazil. Surgeon—Dr. G. Mackey, to Ringdove ; Charles D. Steel, to the Scylla. Assistant-Surgeon —Wm. Maitland, to the Rapid. Mates—Alfred John Curtis, to North Star ; Geo. B. Collier, to - William and Mary, for service in the Lightning; Julian Slight and George Pigot (addi tional) , to Firebrand, (for promotion). Midshipmen —G. Whateby, to Queen ; F. Egerton, to 'Varspite. Volunteers Ist class—J. W. Fernandez, to Cal cutta; W. G. Morgan, to the Vernon ; V. Robinson, to Dublin. Royal Marines—Major Whylock, to command de tachment at Milford, vice Ford. The following men were granted medals and gra tuities on the paying off of the Hastings, viz.—John Williams, James Taylor, D. M'Connell, Thomas Walker, Joseph Morris, able seamen, and Simon Johns, carpenter's crew-51. each ; Mr. Joseph Mack lin, gunner, 681. ; and William Beer, cook, 201., late of her Majesty's ship Conway. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The Thomas Leitch, Buenos Ayres to Cork, 15th ult., lat. 17, lon. 39, by the Linnet packet, arrived at Falmouth. Charger, of Newcastle, for Falmouth, 7th ult., off Cape Trafalgar, by the Mar wood, arrived at Cork. Queen Victoria, Gibraltar to the Isle of France, out 31 days, lat. 12 5.,.10n. 31 W., by the John Johnson, arrived at Rio. Shakspeare, Liverpool to Bombay, Nov. 26, lat. 3 N., lon. 23 W.; Buchanan, Clyde to Sydney, Nov. 29, lat. 1 S., lon. 25, by the Occur de Lion, arrived at Rio. - Europa, Liverpool to Val paraiso, Dec. 9, lat. 23 S.', lon. 41 W., by the Nordst gernen, arrived at Rio. Intrepid, London to Calcutta, Dec. 6, lat. 23 S., 10n..18 W. ; Pandora, Liverpool to Ceylon, Dec. 12., lat. 20 S., lon. 28 IV.; Lady Margaret, London to Sydney, New South IVales, Pee. 12, lat. 21 S., lon. 39 W.; Statesman, Rio to Maranham, Dec. 14, lat. 21 S., lon. 33 W.; Charles Jones, Liverpool to Val paraiso, Dec 16, lat. 22 S,, lon 37 W by her Majesty:s ship Curlew, arrived at Rio. Isabella, London to Mauri tius, Nov. 11, lat. 29 N., lon. 23 W.; Queen Mab, Liver pool to China, Dec. 3, lat. 6 S., lon. 27 IV.; Dempster, Bordeaux to Mauritius, Dec. 8, lat. 18 S., lon. 29 W. ; Enterprize, Liverpool to Mauritius, Dec. 9, lat. 20 S., lon. 30 W., by the Penrith, arrived at Rio. During the hurricane last week seven large elm trees were blown down on the estate of Mr. Twinberrow, at Welland Court, in this county; one of the trees was immensely large, and supposed to contain nearly . 130 feet of timber; several tons of earth were displaced by its roots.— If °note,. Herald. . THE PRIVATE COMMISSION UPON THE ANATOMY ACT. The real object in framing the Anatomy Act, with the omission of a provisionary clause for the equitable dis tribution of bodies, was, that the London University, and the public schools, should be enabled to monopolise the dead pauper bodies by means of their local parochial in fluence, and thereby to destroy the private schools— in other words—by the monopoly of bodies to monopo lise the pupils. It is indisputable, that the Anatomy Act , has been worked for the benefit of a few individuals, to the injury of the pupils in their future practice, and to the detri ment of the public. Medical men require the confidence of the public, and that can only be attained by pursuing a steady course of honourable action, and sympathetic feeling towards all grades of society—but above all things, they must prevent the poorer classes having just reason to complain of want of regard towards those feel ings which are in honourable association with human nature. As dissection is the key to medical and surgical science, we have given considerable attention to the working of the Anatomy Act, the beneficial operalions of its enactments are vastly important to the profession. The administration of this law is under the control of the Secretary of State for the Home Department. The Home-office has the appointment of the inspectors, whose duty it should be to attend to and aid the avowed intentions of the Act. The law specifies that not fewer than three inspectors shall be appointed. We find, in opposition to it, that Dr. Somerville is the only inspec tor for England and Scotland. The Act provides that each inspector shall receive 1001. per annum salary, and reasonable expenses for office : in contradiction to this clause, Dr. Somerville has been receiving Itbove 8001. per annum. Dr. Somerville has, under his appointment, two un dertakers to bury dissected bodies. The charge made by the undertakers to the Teachers of Anatomy, for in terment of each subject, varies from 21. 10s. to 41. 58.—a price that would have enabled them to provide for a decent funeral, and given general satisfaction to the parish authorities who supplied the subjects. Instead of the cash of the Professors of Anatomy being well ex pended, we find that the Marylebone parish is now in a state of agitation in consequence of having discovered that some hundreds of dissected bodies have been buried, contrary to law, in the Globe Fields burying-ground, which is unconsecrated ; and that the Church of Eng land burial-service is stated to have been read over them by the undertaker's man. An inquiry is now instituted at the Home-office into Dr. Somerville's conduct. 'lt appears that all the bodies, fifty-four in number, made over for dissection from Mary lebone Workhouse since 1832 (the commencement of the working of the Anatomy Act) have been sent to the ' London University College. These were all cheap bodies, the teachers at the school having been charged only 2s. 6d. for each of them. Why, we demand, this pre ference in faiour of that Warburtonian monopoly? Afterwards they were permitted to be removed to the same institution at no cost at all ; but the burial of two subjects not having been accounted' for, the Board of Guardians indignantly stopped the supply altogether. It turns out that eight bodies have been clandestinely taken from the said workhouse to the University Col lege, excepting one, Eliza Stevens, which is stated to have been removed by the undertaker, Dix, to Kenner ton-street School, • and the undertaker's charge was fifty shillings. If the body had been dissected at the Univer sity College, the teachers there had the option of return ing it, as they have done heretofore, to the Marylebone workhouse, where the expenses for burial would have been defrayed out of the parish returns—consequently would have cost them nothing. The pupils, be it remembered, have been in the habit of paying at the 'rate of fifteen shillings a limb, the por tions of the trunk bearing a corresponding price, or from four to five pounds per subject. Where has the money gone ? Has it contributed to fill the coffers of the London University College, or some private pocket? We thought the Anatomy Bill was professedly instituted to stop burking and the traffic in human flesh. We ask, moreover, where have they been in the habit of burying the bodies prior to taking them to Globe fields burying -ground, which they commenced doing when Mr. Warburton was commissioned to hold this pretended and infamously conducted private inquiry into the administration of the Anatomy Act in 1840 ? Since that period the undertakers have buried two hundred and fifty-four in that place, at six shillings each, and one hundred odd at seven shillings and six pence—a space, the extent of which is about, we should suppose, sixty feet by thirty. The removals may also cost the undertaker about six shillings per body on an average (three or four being often removed together), which would make the sum total expense to the underta kers to be twelve or from that to fourteen shillings per subject. The minimum charge for the bodies to teachers (excepting to those of the University) is two pounds ten shillings ; a short time ago it was two guineas. The maximum, as we have already stated, is four pounds five shillings, allowing a profit of above 400 per cent. It is calculated that 600 bodies are dissected during each ana tomical session in the metropolis. We may, therefore, reckon that this trade must afford not a very small in come to some party or parties. Since the commencement of the administration of this Act, we have often had occasion to witness the non-equi table distribution of bodies. The Anatomy Act has been unceasingly exercised as a tool to favour some schools to the prejudice of others. We are certain that many teachers of anatomy have cause to regret the arbitrary powers exercised by Dr. Somerville in the distribution of subjects. It is the in cumbent duty of the profession to address the Home office upon the matter. "We understand thisprivate commission is now closed, Dr. Somerville s Counsel having wound up his defence before the Commissioners."—Medical Record, February. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Her Majesty's stag-hounds, Wed., Ashstead ; Sat., Fern Hill Gate-11. White Cross harriers, Wed., Terrick; Sat., Worlds End-10f. Oakley hounds, Tues., Roxton Spinnies; Thurs., Cran field ; Sat., Milton Baron Rothschild's stag-hounds, Wed., Wing—lif. Mr. Hellier's hounds, Wed., Dunchurch-11. Mr. Foljambe's hounds, Tues., Ileadon Clump ; Thurs. Sandbeck Park; Fri. Rossington Bridge-10f. Lord Yarborough's hounds, Wed., Thornton College; Fri., Manton Warren-11. Sir R. Sutton's hounds, Tues., Halfway House, Newark Road ; Wed., Wellingore; Thurs., Gantby Park; Sat., Wickenby— 11. Lieut.-Colonel Hildyard's harriers, Wed., Stainton Vale; Fri., Nimpthorpe---10. Rufford hds, Thurs., Kennels • Sat., Dean Hall-10i. Mr. Russell's hounds, Wednesday, Whitworth Park ; Friday, Brancepeth-11. Duke of Grafton's hounds, Thurs., Shoesley Ground ; Friday, Whistley Wood. Heythrop hds.,Wed., Blenheim; Fri., New Barn-10. York and Ainsty hds., Tues., Wild Man ; Thurs., Rib ston Park ; Sat., Grimston Bar-10f. Holderness hds., -Tues., Londsborough Gate ; Thurs., Burton Constable ; Fri., Bishop B u rt on - 9 4 . Harewood hds., Wed, Paper Mill Bar ; Fri., Deigh ton Bar-10f, Pytchley hds., Tues., Cransley; Fri., Misterton ; Sat., Cambridgeshire hds., Friday, Patton Wood-01. Atherstone hounds Wed., Cadeby Toll-gate ; Thurs., Bonehill ; Sat., Churehover-101. Badsworth hounds Tues., Wentbridge ; Thurs., Red House ; Sat., Notton Village-10i. Mr. Giles's hounds, Tues., Frith Wood ; Fri., Hethell Pit-gate. Pembrokeshire hounds, Thurs., Burton-10. Herefordshire hounds, Wed., Wormelow Turnpike ; Fri., Ruckhall Wood-10,, Cheshire hounds, Wed., Shipbrook Bridge ; Thurs., Manor House ; Sat., Bradfield Green-10f. Montgomeryshire hounds, Thurs., Stingivern ; Sat., Sarnybryncaled-10. United Pack, Thurs., 'FlTilley Park. Sir W. M. Stanley's kiounds, Tues., Denhall ; Fri., Upton Hall. Wheatland hds, Tues., ]luckley Cross ; Fri., Cresson Park. Mr. Long's harriers, Tut 3., New Copse ; Fri., Black acre Farm. 8.V.H., Tues., Barton CI minion ; Fri., Fulham Cross roads. I ' , Leamington hounds, Tr tes., Tylas-bridge ; Fri., Ap pleton Common—let. Lieut.-Col. Hildyard's 1L arriers, Wed., Stanton Vale. Boroughbridge harrier: , Tues., York Gate ; Fri., Skelton Mill. Hurworth hounds, Tuoli., Hilton ; Thurs., Neasham ; Sat., Haughton Bridge--10i. Cleveland hounds, Thum., Coatham— 10. M. H., Tues., Alton Village ; Fri., Ch ese lb orne Mill . Sir M. W. Ridley's Wound s, Tues., Waggon and Horses; Thurs., Belsay ; Sat., Thro pple-10i. Allendale hounds, Tues. ,Bull's Hill; Sat., Thornley Gate-9. East Kent harriers, The; 3., Beaksbourne Mill ; Thurs., Lydder Street ; Fri., Balm sole Hill-10i. Haydon hounds, Wed., Langley Castle ; Sat., Sewing Shields-9. Slaley hounds, Wed., Er; Llton ; Sat., Broomley Fell-9. Prudhoe and Derweht hds., Wed., Crawcrook ; Fri., Sheriff Hill-10. Old Forest harriers, V. r. ed . , Swinnie Toll ; Sat., Fal side-1 01. MR. GURNEY'S DEZH BY ACCOUNT.—A meet ing of the Jockey Club was held on Saturday by appoint ment, at the Thatched 'dot ise Tavern; to take into con sideration the statement si ibmitted by the managers of Mr. Gurney's Epsom :lc() (mint to the Stewards of the Jockey Club, in whit.h their memorandum, dated Woburn, Oct. 13, (declar . ing their opinion that the mana gers had faithfully any I honourably discharged their trust) was founded, bu t wlnich statement, and conse quently, the memorandur ur ere impugned, on the ground that some of the credit°. v . ere still unpaid. The Club sat in discussion from their 3 o'cl oc k unt il near l y seven , and came to two decisions-- one confirming the decisions of the Stewards, and the or her, ordering that all parties indebted to Mr. Gurney sh( ,uld be forthwith summoned before the Stewards to al low why they had not paid, and that, on failing paymea t, they should be looked upon as defaulters. ze i The pro,,dings were ordered to be ad vertised in the Mornii 3g papers. The attendance in cluded the Stewards, i. G. Anson, Duke of Bedford, and Hon. G. S. Byng, Duke of Richmond, Marquis of Normanby, Lords Strad broke, Albemarle, G. Bentinck, J. Fitzroy, Wilt on , C . Manners, Mr. J. Shelley, Hon. Captain Rous, Colonel .2'eel, Messrs. Greiville, Payne, Irby, Shelley, Bowes, S. members. Eitauley, and about a dozenother The first King of 1) russia was crowned in 1701, in which year James the Se cond died at St. Ger Mains. The poet Dryden died in the sap e year. EVENING SUN UNI VERSITY IN T ELLI GENC E 'wej, CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 4.—At a congregation ho lden o nesday, the 2d inst., the following degrees were conferr ed _ Bachelors of Art.—John Green, Caius College' an d limn Chalk, Caius College. gall. Bachelor of Civil Law.—R. Coote,_ Fellow of Trini tbe At the same congregation the following grace p asse " Senate : non T n o t n p f r e t s h e e n c Un o i p v i n e r s s i o t y f t o n r wk p s r G i n r t n e n cl e t a h t e the k P e i t n t f p I r v e s e t . o n a g toe : Chancellor of the University of Oxford. n this Bell Scholar s hip s .—Th e election for two scholars ail o t b foundation is ann ounce d b y the Vice-Chancellor for o f of March. The exa m i na ti on will commence on the February. The usual qualifications, as specified in th e versity Calendar, are required. Greek Lectures.—Professor Scholefield has give n Oda , that his Lectures on Pindar are postponed.so s The Rev. Dr. Archdall, Master of Emmanuel. Colle g e., Vice-Chancellor of this University, has been appointed VI b y Lori Chancellor to the stall in Norwich Cathedral, vac," _. O the death of the Rev. Dr. Fisher, late Maiter House. I bee The Queen's Professor of the civil law resumed his e _ be on Tuesday the Ist day of February. The lectures o wls read in the law school. The days of attendance in sa d during the present term will be Tuesday, Thursday!i tt Aa ys for at ten o'clock. The Professor appoints the followit.11:14,01 examination : Wednesday, the 16th of February , v''',F he the 23d of February, Wednesday the 2d of March- ' o ho, • to t amination will be conducted on each day from Doe and from one to half-past three o'clock. tures pill The Arabic Professor has given notice, that his lee he timed commence on Thursday April 7, at one o'clock, in t of the Olio bination room of St. Catharine's-hall, and will be e 0 Ohre'' every day till the division of term. Subjects :T he an d th e tomathies of Kosegarten and D e S ac y, the Kigali , Makamat of Hariri. c o lleg e On Thursday la s t the M as t er an d F e ll ows of Cai s : elected the Rev. Joseph Henry Jenard, M.A., a Sel ' A lells if low, and the Rev: Charles Clayton, M.A., a Frankla u " of that Society. ; leo" is Dr. Smith' s prize s o f 251. eac h t o th e t wo best pra'! . ...firl; Mathematics, were last Saturday adjudged as folloWs • sen oo Prize, Ds. Cayley, Trinity College (Ist Wrangler); Prize, Ds. Simpson, St. John's (2d Wrangler). The Rev. W. Rushton, RA., of Trinity College', in rt the rO' University, has been elected Second Master of Brewo" mar-school. The Rev. Henry Vivian Broughton, of St. Peter = f in this University, has bee n p re f erre d t o th e Vicarage ° of lingborough ; patron, Mr. Quintus Vivian. ft rti On Thursday, at the Monthly Meeting of the Education, Harvey Goodwin, Esq. , 8.A., Fellow 01 e, je and Caius College, was appointed Secretary, pro tem heeo the place of the Rev. M. Gibbs, whose resig na tion ha presented. W. Willan, Esq., 8.A., of Christ's College,. in thje io i tyi versity, has been elected to the office of Vice-Frateir - Collegiate Schol of Huddersfield. The Lord B ishop of London has, with the c oncurr!"`Bef' her Majesty's Governme n t, b een pl ease d to anpoiati t i " n e rob ot Barton Lodge, M.A., of thi s U n i vers it y , and late inj - io r of Theydon Bois, in the cou n ty o f Essex, to the P P" Church of Buenos Ayres. Steel The Lord Bishop of Exeter has collated the Re• s e cto r L Nosworthy, formerly of Sidney Sussex College, to t h , e ,„ e t '7l of Buckland Filleigh. We understand this appoi°','",4 l sios,, made as a mark of the sense which his Lordship eab e ',„brw' the Rev. Gentleman's services, as Curate of Widdie°' - the-Mcior, for upwards of twenty years. eed d i His Grace the Duke of B ucc l euc h, w h o h as just sa,:ber to the the Cabinet o ffi ce o f L or d P r i vy S ea l , i s a glAe—pgre° St. John's College, i n thi s U n i vers it y. H e too k the `` Honorary M.A. in 1827. The Rev. W. Rushton, 8.A., of T r i n ity College: h elected Second Master of Brewood Grammar School. THE MARKETS. COUNTRY COW MARKETS COUNTRY CORN MARKETS .I'O/ Wheat. Barley. O a t s ., B e ans. ......,- k fj , 44 Per Quarter. s. to a. s. to a. s. t o s . s . to . 1 . so ~ Abingdon 57 72 25 26 20 31 35 44 .... / Ilndover 59 63 1.6 20 26 28 —.--,, , 41 Sanbnry 26 68 32 49 26 33 36 • 1 1 ' 42 i Basil 51 68 33 37 24 18 42 46 59 / Cirenc.ster 59 '7O 25 25 22 31 43 44 0 / Coventry — 63 21 30 24 2.0 38 --- Oaventry ~ 63 72 88 44 98 34 30 44 ".. / Derby CO 68 15 50 0 ::5 53 43 g .. 1 0 Howden ... d ,,, -- 63 31 18 40 5 3 Hungerfo 46 73 29 37 25 20 40 45 0 Malton Maidenhead 52 75 32 35 25 31 36 44 .., Nottingham 58 74 W 30 :40 27 Es 40 5 / Wantage 65 78 148 31 30 32 36 40 , 41 Warwick Winchester 76 36 —. 29 l'' ~... . York 5B 67 35 36 , 19 24 36 * 1 0 , ,61 Per Bushel s. d. s. d. s. d. 8.41. s. a. d. s. d, L ."' , -6 J 0 Birmingham 1 0 8 6 3 6 46 ,S 6 4 0 50 7 • Wheat, White(p HULL Qu C OR) MARKET. 65 , ' arter) N goi. 625 , ~ Red Foreign Barley, Malting llos 3,:5. '— GriEding 'As 29.-,,. Oats, British Foreign (in bond) • - N lac 2• 0 , Beans Pease, Grey Blue and White 36s. St' 0 Linseed., . ss. ,5,70.', ::: ' 66 1. 0 ) 2 :1 . 5 0 6125 :: 60 . i: lOs 31:s."` - ,,,,,: :. `.llB 29 3 . 0 - I.: : : 1 3 18 1 6 i § i 2-(1‘ ; : ,: . ' ... 365. 395. 6 0'3 , --,..468. 6°5 " -. " 5 -1. 3 71 . 1. MIN MARKET. 1 , 4 Oats. means. 4Ol 6 281 0 36 to sg s. 01. 40s. Od. 30 , 2 • 20 0 32 0 W. Is. ocl. 0 )VISIONS, ike. i m 0 ill' IFreshßutter. lb. It ..- t 0 I Salt Ditt0.............. 0 10 9 0 0 Ditto, per cwt.... 86 0 I 0 Rims, per g 0!,.. 6 "., 0 JO 0 Linseed.. Flour per sack Rapeseed (per 10 quarters) EIIINBIJ RUH C( Wheat. Barley. First 70.. Od I 345. ed. Sccond 6O 0 31 0 Third 6O 0 28 0 Average price of Wheat PRICES OP PRI Us. sd. to os. Pd. .... 0 5 0 7 0 7 010 05 0 7 Beef, per tu. Lamb, por qr. 3 0 4 0 CaSiriwtkpl.): 7 0 1 1 j fallow, 0 42 0 Wheat Ditto.— 8 0 I! 0 Quartern Loaf U9f 010 Barley Ditto 7 0 40tat0e5,141b..... 0 0 0 5 Hay, 010 EDINBURUH MEAL MARKET e Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. Per St o n e of 141 b• , First Oatmeal Second ditto,,,, ........ 1 10 0 Barleymeal. ... . . 0 Peueniwal 1 8 0 Peasemeal ................... Pot Barley from 30a. to 423, per sack CORNWALL MARKETS. (Calcbdated at 24 gallons to the bush Wheat. Barley. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. z• Truro — 0 7 5 0 38_ 0 "„ c ! Helstone — u 7 8 0 3 9 -- St. Austell — 0 6 0— 0 3 8 -4 " Rodmin 0 8 8— 0 4 4 ; D Llskeard 0 76 0 3 6--- ; ! Launceston — 0 7 5 • 0 3 8 Camelford 6 6 7 8 3 0 3 C 4 Q ' Penzance. 7 8 8 4 0 4 0 Loss OF ONE OF THE HASTINGS A o bi t i'e, o l' DON TRADING SMACKS.—We sincerely regret to w e' d record this most distressing eve n t, which - took P Wednesday last. The James, which had been n ' l ff l bt on the beach duri ng th e p rev i ous t id e, was hope o f shore through a heavy surf, and succee d e d in Iy. o y 1:1 under weih, the wind th en bl ow i ng h eav ily lf t) ,. S.S.W. When off Fairlight church, it w as obse r ; e the people on sh ore th at someth i ng was wro ngf „p rj vessel bore up, lowering her foresail and haulillCe t h main tack. Misgivings arose in the minds of s n ';pl', h c '; she had shifted h er b a ll ast ; b ut no danger Wasenr.i hended. The r a i n com i ng on , s h e was l ost sight of mist, and seen n o more . O n F r id ay t h e toPli iil oi e ; fore and aft rigged vessel was discovered above by about three miles to the southward of Rye hirbota, j 00 ,4 Phoenix, also one of the London traders ; and the fey not having arrived in London, for the first &l e o ", were entertained for her safety. During Saturcl n Y,,,, ing a fore hatch, marked with the name of the li gw o f tunate vessel, was picked up, as well as several 90 , 0 0 ters. When the Phoenix floated in the after k, 1111.6 Saturday, she immediately bore for the w eer cutting off a portion of the topmast, found thel o v s fears realized. The vessel had sunk in about six 00 311 0 i water, and every hand must have perished. Th e i oci l d, immediately returned to Hastings with the - 03 0:;f, tidings. The crew consisted of Robert PhilliP, 9 '„,.peolj e o who has left a wife and one child, Thomas tirehs 4 ,ri i e mate, who has left four orphan child ren , and Sweetman, Richard Wenham, and William J 54 ',. supposition is, that the ballast h av in g shifted, , could not sustain the squalls, and consequentlY': r ; sunk. She was the property of Mr. J. Breeds, 3 11 es le The rock to be avoided by Corn-law IV; V o , is, the giving way to some tempting overture O f duty, or a more moderate sliding scale. T° bilk were enamoured of Lord John Russell's eight s et l duty. Any duty . upon the first article of htlon l i st ,`; ence is a gross injustice. An eminent agricuit ti 0 f y l poses of the sliding scale, and proposes a duti o tio.of per quarter, to diminish ls. each year, and t° Pr ss. This is simple enough, but it begins with P i , sPv that the poverty-stricken people of this colln o o ;' 0 5 , t / pay twenty-six millions of money in such seas? foe' present, more than they ought to pay for the i r 1 p The Struggle. oills , EMIGRATION.—Vast numbers are pre A P, l i3f i ld • " • l• • • EMIGRATION.—Vast numbers are prei bid a final adieu to this land of poverty and, 1) .4.0 e The cream of the coun t r y i s mov i ng —l e avi"b the weak, the timid, the poor, and the w orthlelpr, carry away all the c a pit a l t h ey can scrape to g , Ala leave the whole weight o f t axa ti on to b e berne ij ilP i v pulation of pauper s an d i nso l vent tra d esme n. , .9 , j t) any longer to be subjects of that State whi c envy of surrounding nation s ," mos t o f these e de o! are bound to the United States. ,Bad as tr a ponvi most of us, those who ship off dissatisfied E"g i l i yid the Atlantic have a good harvest before them ensuing spring.—The Struggle. no llir Ia ( 02, PLATE.—T. COX SAVORY l‘ c oo , rA t ir turing Silversmith, No. 47, Cornhill, London se vi tT file Gracechurch-street. The best wrought FID D L E ^ fl oe. t o/ SILVER SPOONS and FORKS, at 7s. 2d. Per .- t i e le 6 ' following are the weights recommended, but the sr be had lighter or heavier at the same price per ounce' l' : 0 „. i. I I i 4 . . oz. 12 Fiddle Pattern Silver Table Spoons St)at 2 2 2 :: ' I t 1;35 'l 4 12 ditto Dessert ditto .......... 2O ' 2 .'. I' '.3 19 ditto Table Forks 3 . 7 • 7, 1 t' 7 2 •' 0 1 3 12 ditto Dessert ditto 2O , t.. 0 1 1 i 2 ditto Gravy Spoons lO 4 2 ,.. 0 iti 1 ditto Soup .Ladle. lO ,; p„, I OP ( 4 ditto Sauce ditto., .. . lo , ..... .„ it !, 4 ditto Salt Spoons (gilt strong) .............. ; 1,, iii 1 ditto Fish Slice ..... ".. i 3 ' a 15 ........... .._• ~ .. • _ , e s 12 ditto Tea Spoons .. lg ' ..... ... t ot 1 pair ditto Sugar Tongs (strong).. ... .... . .. olds i v N.B. A Price Current, stamped as a NewsP l P er itive t ° ,i c sK by drawings, and containing every information r! ,, _ n a pp , , e r purchase of silver or She ffi eld plate, may be hag . " in a le tion, or will be sent into the country, free of postag" _ ......00 1 to a paid letter o I'' • B IRTITS. dau O tgh n hiast t e h r, e 4th inst , at Knele, Viscountess Holioesdale' Cle° r ` " o 2 f B a th da u u l g t h . ., ter a . t Handley, Dorsets hire, Mathias, Af ° ' On the $ e , MARRIED. ‘ Y . 1 On the 3d inst., at St. G g 's, Hanover-square, Or° Moates, Est, of Bel grave - terrac e, to rriet ateate'. youngest daughter of the g late J. Latchford, o Alex ander's leP DlEDafar glead At Foxholes, near Lancaster, on the 30th u l t ., ."- 0; ro. - ... o at_nd painful illness, Ann, the wife of W. Talbot Rotlt:: p i e C f ar t r y , r E na s , q a , ncl only sin viving daughter a the I ' of the above place. 1 Va rt ‘ft On the 6th inst.,"Mary, wife f Sir John Dew P au 'llOO - the sth inst; at Windmill -place, Canaberwell, Gray, Esq., aged 84. London and Published by eDO Y° 11 ' 14 1: e 1 t N h o e . c l o l un 2, ty St o r f a a n iddi d i at es T ex h: Sive Offic , No. " 2 ' 81189 Monday, February 1101 041 14 ~___ the e , 'of cies t) t ,„ p eep : siG 2 81 reli e f fr eel l a , fre, Al ' f , v l et' I 4 ?, t the y th, .. 1); r'a I qf the