The Sun. — London, England, 1825-01-18 00:00:00

TIIE LONDON JOURNALS• DAILY Extracts from the Morning Prrrers, Jan. 18, 1825. [THE 'rums.] We do not know that it is worth the while to notice the whinings of the Etoile on the subject of our recognition of the independence of the South American States. But it is truly astonish ing that men possessing any thing of mind should be, or should pretend to be, affected by this formal act of ours. What does it do for the Smith Americans ? Does it produce the inde pisiodepce which it acknowledges ? Let Spain recover her supremacy, if she can, over her late vassals: she will not find us in battle-array against her, if she fights with her own mere strength. "Is it for England," says the Etoile, " for that country which, of all the Powers of " Eurpe, is possessed of the most immense co " lorries, and which cannot exist without them, " to teach colonies that they want but a handful " of factious men to separate them for ever from 4 ' the mother country ?" Sapient Eloile ! we say. Why, certainly, a connexion of so feeble a nature, that it wants nothing but " a handful of 4 ' factious men " to break it at any time, appears to us to be no independence at all. \Vl.enever the dependence of the British colonies upon the Parent State may be set aside by a handful of factious men, we say that it is at an end, and that so far as relates to us the colonies are free. If we cannot controul the handful of men, we have no colonies. The Catholics, as we formerly stated, have looked at the intended prosecution of Mr. O'Connell in a spirit which, on this side of the water at least, few persons had seriously antici pated. Dr. Doyle, the polemical (and able) _Bishop, speaks of the prosecution thus:—" I think we have all reason to rejoice in an event, which, while it proves the jealous and laudable vigilance of his Majesty's law officers over the observation of the laws, vindicates the Catholic Association from any suspicion of disloyalty, and sends them before the Legislature with confes sedly clean hands." The bad blood which had first begun to circulate rapidly in consequence of that 4 4 event," we may therefore take for granted, from the positive testimony of the Bishop, as well as from the negative assurance of Mr. O'Connell's moderation and serenity, has gradually cooled down and subsided. ,Hanley, the soldier, accused of attempting to seduce sonic individuals of the peasantry into a conspiracy against the State, has been tried under the Insur rection Act before a full bench of Justices, and unanimously acquitted.—(lbid.) [NEW TIMES.I It has long been understood amongst the best informed political circles of Paris, that the French Cabinet is determined to adhere as closely as possible to the line of policy adopted by this country, where circumstances will allow ; and as further evidence of this fact, the private letters received yesterday from Paris notice that a com munication was daily expected to be made from the king to the Chambers, recommending the appointment of Consular Agents, Sze. to those South American States which have been simi larly noticed by the British Government.—The French Funds closed on Saturday evening at 103. Consols yesterday experienced an advance in price, upon the intelligence from France proving satisfactory. They opened at 95k,t, and closed at 95 I for the Account. The accounts received from Buenos Ayres, by way of North America, being of a favourable complexion relative to south American affairs in general, a further ad vance of about one per cent. took place in most of the securities of those States. The shares of a new Company, entitled the Anglo-Chilean Mining Company, were brought out to the public, and-obtained a premium of 17 per cent. In the other shares there was some fluctuation, but they liaally closed at higher prices than they were in the morning. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] The Paris Papers of Saturday, which we re• ceived last night,' are devoid of interest. We oh serve in them a paragraph which displays a spiry very different from that which prevails in reli gious matters 'in'this country :•-•-• 64 The'Oratholic Commune of Gallneukirchen (circle of linter muhl, in Austria), has obtained, from the Empe ror of Austria the permission of passing over to the Protestant Church, after receiving a - legal in struction; it was incorporated in the parish of a neighbouring village. The Commune is com posed of nearly four hundred souls." These simple Germans seem to take it for granted,•that if the people are of one •religion the clergy ought not to be of another; and with the refinements - of this Country, of a minister without . a flock, and a flock without a minister, they seem to be unac quainted. The paragraph proves at the same time, that the best friends of the church are often the greatest enemies-of religion. In Aus tria, nothing is more common, according to Sar tori, than for Communes to go r over to the Pro testant belief.* The Protestant religion in Austria has no particular immunities. In Ireland, on the other hand, when. Protestanism has been pro tected to the teeth as it were, we find in all - l i m ps the Catholics making converts from it. Archbishop L3oulter says in one of his 'Let 'erg, " Instead of getting ground of the Papists we rthist lose to them, as in fact we do in :many places, the descendants of many of Cromwell's officers and soldiers here being gone off to Popery." This too was in 1727, when the Penal Liws• were irr their full vigour.—ln fact the kindness of the Legislature would have overlaid Protestantism in Ireland, if there did not exist in that country ''what . Dr. Magee termed a •Reli 7 gion without a Church. Fortunately for Pro testantism, which.otherwise ifould - htive been ex- Cuct, the PreShyt:erian4'orthe North were till lately left-to themselves, and they form a nume rous, wealthy, and every way a respectable body. The-PrOtottantsNif the ettablishment are a caste ;. the Presbyterians constitute the people of a large. portion of the country. We were not aware, however, that they were so numerous as they are stated to be, in a Paper con nected with that Body, The Belfast Northern Whig of Thursday last. " According (it is there said) to the census ordered by Government in 1821, the population of Ulster amounted to 1,998,494 ; it now exceeds 2,100,000. Fully one half of these are of the Protestant faith, seven-tenths of whom are Presbyterian. This we can assert, without fear of contradiction, from our close connection with the Presbyterian body, which opens to us sources of information from every Barony in the Province. In the counties of Cavan, Monaghan, Tyrone, and Fermanagh, the Roman Catholics will be found to have a ma jority ; in Donegan, a large one ; in Armagh and Derry, nearly on a balance ; but, in Antrim and Down, the Protestants have an overwhelming preponderance." [BRITISH PRESS.] The Paris Papers of Saturday contain but little intelligence of moment, either foreign or domestic. The proceedings of the Chambers, the day before, were wholly uninteresting.— Merely some reports of Committees had been received. The Journals belonging to the Op position, especially the Royalist Opposition, continue to attack M. de Villele for his inde cisive conduct with respect to South America. He cares not, say they, whether King George the Fourth makes treaties or not with Bolivar and Vittoria, provided he can manage the French Sinking Fund, and reduce the rentes. " What does it signify," they exclaim, with bitter irony, " if the English do get possession of the mines of the new world ? our vines will still grow, and M. de Villele will remain President of the Council. These are blessings worth all the treasures of the Americans." Charles X. visited the Museum of the Louvre on Friday. He was received with boundless enthusiasm. An Address was read to his Majesty, in which he was sec. cessively compared to Louis XI V., Henry I V., and Francis 1. In his reply, the King said the protection of the arts would always be one of the objects most dear to him. He then distri buted a great many declarations of the Legion of Honour among the painters, sculptors, and engra vers, who were present. M.Carle Vernet and M. Cardellior were created Knights of St. Michael ; and in order to show that, like his ancestor, Louis XI V. he wished to extend his patronage beyond his kingdom, our countryman Sir Thomas Lawrence was nominated a Knight of the Legion of Honour. The Journal des Debuts concludes its account of the proceedings in these words : " Thus terminated a day ever memorable, in consequence of the forms, as unusual as charming, by which have been manifested the favour and protection which the successor of Francis I. and Louis XI V. grants to the fine arts, in the brilliancy of rewards, and the ex traordinary abundance of the benefits, which the King of France showers on the arti:;ts. What other age, what other country, what other school, can thus annually produce 188 artists, painters, or sculptors, at once worthy and sure of receiv ing such eminent rewards and such useful encou ragement ?" [THE PUBLIC LEDGEIL.] Yesterday there were arrival, from various parts of the New World :—From the United States to the (-21st ult.; from Buenos Ayres to the 7th of November, as well as from Jamaica : in all of which favourable mention is made of the Independent cause in Peru. By the way of Jamaica we have advices from Panama to the th of October, and from Truxillo to the 2a of the same month ; in the latter of which it is stated, that Bolivar continued to pursue the enemy briskly ; but That the celerity of his movements had been hitherto unavailing, on account of the greater rapidity by which the retreat of thenoya lists was characterized.ilowever this retreat seems to have assumed, at last, all the characteristics of a disorderly flight, being marked by increasing disorganization and deser tion ; so that, in their eagerness to escape from present peril, the Spaniards only sealed their ultimate destruction. In their -rear, they had an active, vigilant, and able adversary, who was determined to listen to no other terms, but those of absolute submission ; whilst they had in their front an opponent, not less implacable, in the person of that Bobadil of the Ultra Cause, the renowned Olaneta. The latter had already announced his fixed intention of receiving them with bullets, should they escape from the bayonet.; of the Columbians into his ter ritory ; and upon 'this dilemma of La Serna, Can t erac,Va ldez, and other ex-constitutional leaders, there are ifotne very pertinent remarks in the BuenosAiyresPapers. Instead of the price they ex pected for their a postacy, they see only digrace be fore them where they are ; and worse than that in the event of their returning to Spain, where no mercy awaits the unfmtunate, particularly if they were ever tainted with liberalism. In the mean. time , large reinforcements were on their march to join Bolivar and from the whole of our intelligence, we think ourselves justified in numbering Peru, at this moment, amongst the States that have achieved their independence. • [MORNING POST.] Some persons seem disposed to make such a noise about the verdict which has been lately given in favour of the indiscriminate publicity of Police Reports, that we deem it a duty not to let the subject pass unnoticed. The first thing we would ask is—are not Juries bound to take the law from the . Bench ; or, as we may express it, froth the'constitutional and authorized legal ex pounders of the State ? There are, we know, 'cases 'in which Jurors are considered Judges of the law as well as the fact—but the present one is not. 'of that class. It is cer tainiy a very different thing to pronounce whe ther a particular'writing be a libel, and whether the preliminary' investigations before Magistrates be by law public, and consequently whether the publication of such ex . parte evidence, when it is not sub , equently confirmed by the c o nviction of the accused', be Within the ranged' legal redress In a word," -Mr. Fox's celebrated Act is a sort of exception to the uniform practice of the Courts, and the settled maxims of the Legislature.— What is more common than motions for new trials, and reversals of verdicts, on the ground of misdirection with respect to the law on the part of the Judge? Does not this, then, prove that the general rule establishes—first, the power and competency of the Bench to ex plain and pronounce the will of the Legislature and the Tribunals ; and secondly, that Juries are bound to take the law as it shall be so laid down to them. Reverse the rule, and where may an end be found to the confusion that must succeed. But Saturday last, a young man was tried at the Old Dailey, before Mr. Common- Sergeant, for felony, and the verdict was al together governed by the decision of that learned person on a point of law. He told the Jury that if they believed the prisoner to have acted from such and such motives, and with such and such intentions, they had no alternative but to find him guilty of felony. But even in that instance a discretion lay with the Jury, which in the Police had no place. The prisoner al luded to might have been acquitted, and the re sult would go in uo respect to belie the laws of the country. The Jury might believe he acted from motives, which, coupled with the terms of the indictment, have rendered it impera tive on them to annul the charge. In the case '' Duncan v. the Proprietors of a News paper," the Jurors had no such latitude —they were on their oaths obliged to impli citly receive and obey the opinion of the Bench : for, however trifling they might in their legiti mate province of Assessors estimate the damages, that damages had been legally sustained it was as much their duty to believe, as to hand their de cision to the proper Officer of the Court for the purpose of being judicially recorded. If the law be wrong, in Heaven's name let the Legislature set it right; or if the law be right, but the Judges be wrong, then the Legislature will ex plain itself, so that its organs shall faithfully pro inulgate the sense intended. Bnt, really, if Ju rors undertake to perform the functions of King, Lords and Commons, as well as those for which they are irnpannelled, the sootier so awful a revo lution be Gazetted the better. It is truly la. mentable, indeed, to see that the Whig and Ra dical Press would trample down the most sacred nstitutions of the country, in their way to any avourite object. [MORNING HERALD.] No leading article in this Paper to-day. ROYAL NAVY. POUTSMOUTII, J. 15.—0 n Wednesday the Niemen, 28, Capt. Provo Wallis, sailed for the North American station ; and the Esk, 20, Captain Purchas, for the Coast of Africa.— Yesterday the Phaeton, 46, Captain Sturt, sailed for Chatham. No ship of war at Spithead. In the Harbour—Victory, Bul wark, Wellesley, Ganges, Albion, Samarang, Brazen, Pan- flora, Rose, and Caliops. The Shipley transport, Lieut. J. W. Pritchard, agent, laden with provisions for the South American squadron, is ill sail next week for Rio Janeiro. Commander 1. Fleming Chapman, of the Espeigle, is con firmed in the rank of Captain, and command of the Ariadne, vice Commodore Moorsom, appointed to the Andromache; and Lieutenant Luke Why, in the rank of Commander, and com mand of Espeigle. Captain Wm. llobson is appointed to the Ferret, 10, at this port ; Mr. George Davis, to lie Purser of the Maidstone ; Mr. George Moxon, to be Acting Purser of the Esk ; Mr. W. Browne, to be Purser of the Doris. The Lords of the Admiralty were pleased on the 10th instant to promote the following Gentlemen to the rank of Lieutenants, thgy having passed their examination for that rank,ten years:— Mr. William Walker Oke, Romney ; William Cross Sim monds,Cambridge ; George Hamilton Smith, Ramifies ; Geo. Lawrence Carrington, Bulwark ; Joseph William Browne, Ramilies; William Squire, Semiramis; Charles Goldsmith, Grehound revenew cutter ; James Trapps, Ramilies; Hum phrey Deston, Cambridge; James Howard Turner, Doris; Henry Kitchen, Ramilies ; James Thompson, Industry revenue cutter; George Hinkston, Doris ; Itobert Poole, Brazen ; William Hewlett, Ramilies ; Mr. Rosenberg, late Swinger. We are alway4tiesirous of correcting any tie.; glect, and which we feel, in common with our brother Jour nalists, we were guilty of in announcing the death of our former much and deservedly respected Member, W. Chute, Esq., of the "Vine," without those observations to which both his pub lic and. private character entitled him. As a representative of one of the oldest families in the county, he was brought forward, together with Sir W. Heathcote, in the year 1790, in opposi tion to the late Jervoise Clerk Jervoise, Esq., and Lord John Russell (now the Duke of Bedford), for the representation of the county in Parliament, when they were both returned by a large majority, and Mr. Chute sat as a Member for the county in every Parliament afterwards, until the death of his late Ma jesty in 1820, a period of thirty years (except in the short Par liament from Nov. 1806 to May 1807), with honour to himself, and to the general satisfaction of his constituents. From the beginning he adopted' the principles of Mr. Pitt, and supported them throughout, from principle, and not from interest, for ,he never asked for or received place or pension, for himself or any of his family or connections ; and though he generally voted with the Government, he al ways voted as his constituents wished he should on questions that respected agriculture, commerce, or taxation, and might truly be described, as an independent Member, having no bias but his own honest opinions. In his communications on public questions, he was frank, open, and . sincere. As a friend he was warm, benevolent, and generous, ' and in his neighbourhood he supported the character of an old English country gentleman, and afforded it amusement by keeping a pack of fox-hounds, and was himself fond of the rational plea sure of the chase.—The writer of this was absent from the County at the time of his death, but knowing him well and inti mately, he yields this just tribute to his memory.—( gampshire TelegrapA.) THE GREEKS.—We understand that the Greek Deputies have received yo'official information re specting the' reported dissensions in the Morea ; but from all private advices they are fully con. vinced they have been much exaggerated, and that they will soon be terminated. Colocotroni, though an ambitious man, fond both of power and money, a determined foe to the Turks, and a firm partisan of the independence of Greece. Like the rest of the Moreotes, he is bent on emancipating Greece from the yoke of Turkey. It is further believed that the Pacha of Egypt, to whom it has been said to be the object of one party to deliver up the country, has not a single friend in Greece, and that the power both of the I Turks and Egyptians at sea is entirely destroyed. 1 --( Times.) JUNCTION OF THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC.— On the 4th of November (says an American Paper received last night), the President of Mexico published, by order, a decree of the Sove reign Congress, which authorised him to receive proposals for cutting open a communication be tween the two oceans by the isthmus of Tehuan tepec, and (or rendering navigable the rivers of Alvarado, Panuco, Bravo del Norte, Santiago, and Colorado. of the West. The enterprize of thus uniting the Pacific and Atlantic is of the greatest importance. ANTS EPIPHANY SESSION-1825. REX V. STOCKBRIDGE. This was an appeal instituted by J. n Barham, Esq, against the appointment of Messrs. Attwood and Evans, as Overseers of the Paris of Stockbridge. it was tried at the last Sessions, when the appointment was confirmed ; in consequence, how ever, of an application from Mr. Barham, the case was not sent down by the Court of King's Bench for the Magistrates re consideration. The ground of the appeal was, imputed fraud, un der the following circumstances :--At a Vestry Meeting held in April last, two lists were produced, one by several inhabitants wherein the Respondents' names stood first ; and the other by Mr. Barham, wherein their names were omitted, Mr. B. ob jecting to their appointment, and wishing to name instead of Mr. Evans, a Mr. Mc. Kay. A ballot then took place, when, at the close of the poll, there appeared for Evans, 3b, and for Mc. Kay 17—majority for Evans, 10. After the Vestry, Mr. Barham requested of Attwood to be informed when, and before what Magistrates he (Attwood) intended to apply for their ap pointment, as he (Sir. B.) should also attend and state his reasons why he objected to them, and should endeavour to pre vent such appointment taking place. Attwood replied, that he should go to the Magistrates at Andover (0 prisca tides! 0 Mr. Attwood !) for that purpose on the following Saturday; and accordingly on the morning of that day, he was seen to leave the Hotel, at Stockbridge, in a post-chaise, which took the road towards Andover. But know all men, that Mr. A. was a sly dog; for on ascending the hill beyond Stockbridge, he directed the boy to turn off to the left. The boy obeyed, not knowing where he should have to turn next—perhaps not caring, so as he did not turn over. On they went through Broughton—" go on, straght on," was the order of the day, and thus they arrived at-not Andover, but Romseg ! There Mr. Attwood found a bench of Magistrates assembled, and by them he and Mr. Evans were duly appointed Overseers of Stockbridge. Now we must speak of what passed, in the mean time, at home. No sooner had Mr. Barham heard of Attwood's departure, than he sent to the I.otel for a post chaise, resolving, without delay, to follow Mr. Attwood with something more than " passibus equis." The surprise and chagrin of Mr. B. may be in part imagined, when we state that there was not a horse to be had. Oh ! Mr. Attwood, you had engaged them all the pre ceding evening ! Five pair of horses engaged and paid for, that they might enjoy a day of rest, was enough to awake sus picion. No wonder, therefore, that Mr. Barham sent to the turnpike-gate, to ascertain for what place the posting-ticket was given, and, when he found that none had ,been left, imme diately sent for his attorney—for where there is any mystery in the case, nothing less than professional hands can draw the veil that occasions it. Off went Mr. Solicitor to Andover— we have not heard how—with directions to dispatch a chaise with all expedition for Mr. Barham, and to attend on the Ma gistrates there, and request that they would suspend the ap pointment till he, Mr. B. could arrive. On the Solicitor reach ing the Magistrates' room he found Mr. Attwood's son there, and on inquiring after his father there, was told that he was expected there every minute ! (Oh ! Mr. Attwood, junior ! " Tydides simile, patri !"—) Mr. Barham soon after reached Andover, hut after waiting, and enjoying the " Pleasures of Hope" till 5 or fi o'clock in the afternoon . , no other Mr. Attwood appeared than the aforesaid junior, who—expected his father every minute! —On returning to Stockbridge, of course the whole plot was developed, as also the aukward fact that Messrs. Attwood and Evans had obtained their appointment, as above stated, at Romsey.—The Chairman, in a most eloquent and learned manner, delivered the opinion of the Court—that they saw no reason to set aside the appointment, or to differ at all from their former decision ; more especially, as the appellant had every opportunity of submitting to this Court, for their consideration, the same objections that he intended to have raised against the respondents' appointment befor the Magis trates at Andover. And that, as it appeared the only objection was from the length of time the respondents had served the. office (Mr. Attwood 30, and Mr. Evans, 17 successive years), during which period no blame or mal-pactices had been proved or alleged against them, the Court saw no reason for disturb ing this appointment, and consequently decided that it should be confirmed. On the return of the victorious party to Stockbridge, with their horns and blue ribbons, the whole barrow was in commo tion, bands of mimic, and Bacchanalian meetings immediately commenced among the Or—v—norites, and Time will have enough to do to make them quiet again. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. STATE OF THE ODDS.-1 D EF 3ETTING-R00:11, JA e. 17 .BT. 23 to 1 agst Legacy 25 to 1 agst Defiance 30 to 1 agst Diana 30 to 1 agst Nigel 30 to 1 agst Golfanna 35 to 1 agst .11tact:tuff 35 to 1 agst Jenny 40 to 1 agst Sister to Nectar KS. 1 12 to 1 agst Tontine 12 to 1 agst Waltz: 13:to 1 agst Pastime. . ST. LEGLIt. 130 to 1 agst Androgens I I 40 to 1 agst Bizarre 50 to 1 agst Zirza 1100 to 1 agst Aiphonso. 8 to 1 agst Muleteer 9 to 1 agst Rufus 18 to 1 agst Webb colt 18 to 1 agst D. of York's 16 to 1 agst Bolero 20 to 1 agst Advance 25 to 1 agst Spermaceti 25 to 1 agst Canvas 13 to 2 agat Aline 11 to 1 agst Sorcery 10 to 1 agst Attica NCASTEU 11 to_l agst Memnon 12 to 1 agst Cleveland 14 to 1 agst Redgauntlet 22 to 1 agst Homer 24 to 1 agst Cow-boy HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. MEETINGS OF HOUNDS IN THE PRESENT WEEK. The Brighton Harriers, on Wednesday, near the Race Course ; Friday, at Devil's Dyke. The Earl of Harewood's Fox-hounds, on Wednesday, at Norwich ; Friday, at Clifford Moor.. The York and Ainsty Iltunds, on Thursday, at Pill Moor ; Saturday, at Hag Bridge. The Holderness Fox-hounds, on Friday, at Shelton Park. The Cleveland Fox-hounds, on Friday, at Skelton Park. TIIE ROYAL llllNT.—Friday morning his Majesty's Stag Hounds met at Gerrard's Cross, near Beaconsfield, and soon after eleven o'clock an extraordinary fleet deer was uncarted for the morning's diversion, which went off at full speed in the direction of Wexham. After an elapse of about ten minutes the hounds were led on, and experienced one of the sharpest runs ever known to the oldest sportsman, which lasted one hour and twenty-five minutes, when the deer - was caught at Wycombe. This sa.: deer was turned out about six weeks since, when Mr. Freeman, one of the whipper-in's , killed his horse by hard riding. The field was most numerously attended, there being upwards of two hundred horsemen present, princi pally dressed in scarlet, which gave it a most lively appear ance. Lord Maryborough, after the hunt, returned to his seat,. Fern Hill. His Lordship has lately been on a visit to Lord Clarendon. The Hambledon Hounds met on Friday last at Botley Grange, Hants, and after drawing the covers there , and at Shamblehurst, unkenneled a fox at Burnett's Lane ,Coppice.— He took them back through the Shamblehurst coven-, nearly to Botley, when he was headed, and went round to Berry wood, where he was killed, after about three-quarters of an hour.— Another fox was on foot; and whilst the hounds were killing the first, a halloo ! called them on to the second,:towards Bot ley Grange. They went away at full speed from thence to ward Thornhill Plantations and West End Telegraphe, from thence be turned about, and went off to Dirley Church, and on towards Winter's Hill. He was there headed, and went back to Mareshill, on to Harwell Park Farm, skirted the lower corner of Stroud Wood, and went on through Greenwood Coppice to DUrley: The scent had laid hut very indifferently, and coming to a long . check, here most of the numerous coming of sportsmen returned, after about four • hours steady pursuit. The huntsman's parse. verance, however, was not to be baffled here ; he continued on through .Durley, towards Snakemoor, with a few real sports men, and soon started reynard a view from a very small cop. pice. He went off with his wind recovered at a good rate. through Snakemoor, across the Botley and Winchester turn: pike road, through Shamblehurst, up to the back of Botley Grange House, where he was run into, very near to the spot where the hounds were first laid on the scent. This chase lasted from twelve o'clock at noon till between five and six in the evening, and the last four or five miles were galloped almost entirely in the dark. Many of the hightlyers were earthed ; and of the numerous field that started, only three gentlemen were in at the death, viz.—T. Smith, Esq.; Hill, Esq.; and Mr. Twynam." The time occupied was at least five hours, and the distance from point to point might be computed at be tween 25 and 30 miles. SINGULAR ACCIDENT..—On Sunday last a sin- 1 gular and fatal accident happened in Pendleton. A man named Airm. Lord, a blacksmith, was eating a beef-steak, when a piece stuck in his throat, and he was suffocated in a few minutes, notwithstanding all . the efforts of the persons about to relieve him. FATAL PUGILISM.—Two men, named Stone and Parker, fought a pitched battle yesterday in a field near the Hampstead-road, for a 'stake of two sovereigns. The battle was desperate, and the former is said to have died of his wounds. RAIL-ROAD COMPANIES. FOR THE SUN. MR. EDITOR—I observe in many of the adver tisemoits from the Rail-road Companies the offer of a certain number of their shares to the proprietors of lands and others through whose districts it is proposed to carry their line of con veyance. It is scarcely necessary to caution the land-owners against falling into this insidious trap, or to remind them that this act of kindness will prove to them as it is intended a Judas kiss. I believe it will be found that 99 land-owners out of every 100 will oppose these treacherous projects, for there never was a measure proposed for adoption more hostile to their in terests. It is held out to them as a great benefit, that the rates of conveyance will be reduced ; but granting this (which is matter of very great doubt), let them remind themselves on the other hand of what they will lose. In point of fact the land owner has very little interest in a cheap conveyance of goods. The project, such as it is, is intended principally for the benefit of the manufacturing interests. To the land-owner it will prove injurious in the highest degree. Its direct object is to supersede the use of horses in the inland carrying trade of the country, and it is scarcely necessary to remind the farmer, that any material reduction in the breed and use of horses will depriVe him of a market for one great portion of his pro duce. Food for cattle creates as essential a demand for the produce of land as food for man, and is- one of the chief sources of agricultural prosperity. Do not let the farmer de ceive himself by supposing that land that now furnishes food for cattle could be profitably cultivated for other purposes, on losing a description of consumers, he loses necessarily a great demand for his produce,_ which is the sole end of all his calcu lations, and if, as a substitute, he attempts to cultivate other articles, he loads the market with a produce for which there is no adequate demand. Those truths are so plain and so obvious, and practically so well known to every one who is engaged in agriculture, that the statement of them may appear to be very superfluous ; but, at a time when so many artful attempts are making to hold out the prospect of visionary adsantages, and to entrap the land-owners by cunning promises ; it is good to call back his attention to the appropriate sources of his real . , and accustomed interests. A YEOMAN. LONDON MAILKETs. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis, is 111 d. for the 4 lb. loaf—there are ethers who sell from a halfpenny to there halfpence below that rate. I.\II'OIiTATIONS OF GRAIN LAST WEEK. English. Irish. Foreign• Wheat Batley • 17,167 - Malt 9,185 - Oats 17,783 1,530 Rye . l7 - Beans ... .. 1,738 - .. 1,804 Yeas Tares ... Rapeseed Brink Mustard . Seeds .. - 19,925 Linseed 1230 25 S.F.EI)I, Jail. 17 New English R.Clovcr, per cwt 48s 63s 82s—fine 96s Old Ditto • 13s 51s 71s—fine 87s New Forci;ot ditto fits 70s 34s—fine 98s • Old ditto ditto 29s 41s 53s—tine 79s New White ditto s7s 74s 77s—fine 864 Old ditto 3'is 4Rs 63s—fine 94, New Trefoil.. per ewt los 21s 24s—:fine 25s Old ditto 5s 9s 15s—fine 2::ss . 405 ,12 5 ,,.:,(30 1 I s 7:: s 4s — i. fi :i t it i i, e ee _ ( 3 1/: New Ribgrass Old ditto " . 2ls 80s 3.ss—fine ‘-is English Carraway Seeds Foreign ditto 32s 40s 44s—fine —s Coriander do. 7s 6il 9s 1 ns—dis, ._....; _ St..Foin.... per ill 42s 44i—fine 46s Rye-Grass Pacey ditto sos 53s Linseed for feeding 45s 46s—fine 47s Ditto, foi crushing 38s 42s—fine 48s Canary Seed - —, ... • 64s 71s—fine 77s , White Mustard Seed.. per bushel is 9s—fine is Brown ditto Hs 14s—fine 17s - Turnip Seeds Tares it H pe iced ....per last --- NEWCIATE `1N1) LEADENHALL AlAtth-LTS, Jau. By the Carcase. . Beef 2s 8,1 to 4s Otl 1 Veal Ss 4tl to as DI Nluttou ..... 3$ Od to 4s_ Od 1 Pork 35 4cl to 55 4' 1 4 41111), Os Od to Os od. SMITHFIELD HAY NIAKKET, Jan. 13. Clover,O. 90s Od to 105 s Od Hay, Old 90s Od to 1054 0 4 —1nf..... 803 Od to 8 53 od — New Inf. 649.0(1 to 855'0 , _ A d —New.... -.—s ad to —s Od Straw .... 40s Od to ; 463 (I° ST. JAMES'S. Hay 65s Od to 110 s Or! 1 Clove r ....804 Od to 10530, New Ditto —s ad to —s ad A Y4tiaw ....403 6d to 454 Ov WHITECHAPEL. a .Clover Bos od to 120 s Od I Hay 6ss Od to 100 4 o Straw ....38s Od to 44 s 0(1 I --Inferior —s od to —s. 04 I'ItICE OF HOPS, per Cwt:, Jan. 14. Kent Pockets Sussex Pockets Essex Pockets rarnliam, fine,.... 101 Os to 121 12s—Seconds, 910 s to 101° Kent Bags -4, Sussex 11 - 4 gs. Essex Bags 110 s. to 120 s. to I3Os. per Or, HAW HIDES. Best Heifers Ss Steers, per st. Ordinary .... 2s 641 to es 8 ; 3s 2.1 to 3s 4.: Market - Calf .. each.. $5 (3. Middlings 2s 10d to 3s 0.1 Lambs.— . Os Od to Os 01 SHEEP SKINS. Polled -4s 641 to 6s Od 1 Sheep .... Os od to 05 U. Downs 2s 6d to 4s Od Lambs-6... Os od to Os v' PRICE OF LEATHER. Butts', 50 to 56Ibs each Ditto, St; to tifilbs each 2.3d to -- 6 I DresF;ing Hides 16d to 19d, Coach Hides 2od to 21. P, Crop Hides, 35 to 401bs for cutting .. 150 to lii ° Ditto .... 45 to 5011)s Calf Skins,. Zl6 10.401bs Ditto 50 to nlbs . 23d to 27J Ditto 7O to 301bs 2ld to 2.4 , t Small Seals (Greenland) 17d to Ilia Large ditto . 16d to 18d Tanned Horse Hides l3d to 16 ,1 Spanish 'Horse Elides , l4d to 21J ...., PRICES OF TALLOW, So Town TalPow 48s 6d Od I Yellow• Russia 44s od —s od White •ditto.. 40s 04 —4 Soap ditto.... s9s Od —s Od Melting Stuff 39s Oa —s 0(1 Ditto Rough.. els od , Al', &c. per 11216.—Jan. 1 7 ' Yellow Soap Mottled St Curd Graves.. Good Dregs PRICE OF CANDLES, rnom TALLOW CnaNnLEtt'sl-lAGg' Price of Candles, per dozen, 6s ft 7s—Moulds, 9s od. 6d per dozen allowed for ready money. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per. Stone of 811).—Jan. 14. Price of. Tallow (as stated .by the Tallow Melters), 2s. 71 . . MARRIED. On Thursday last, at Clapham church, Charles Turner, Vs i Lieutenant . in the 34th Regiment of the Madras Native ~ fantry, to Eliza, eldest daughter of the late Alex. Sketchle Esq., of Clapham-rise. On Thursday, the 13th inst., at St. Augustine's churc, Bristol, Richard Hunt, jun. Esq.. to Emmeline Mary, the daughter of Jacob Elton, Esq., of that city, and niece of t late Admiral Sir William Young. DIED. On Sunday, the 16th inst., at the house of his son-in- 10 Mr. D. Walters, Wilson-street, Finsbury, William Lautpl‘ Esq , in the 85th year of his age. On the 15th inst., at his house at Clapham, Joseph Stephe Es ~in the 87th year of his age. On.the 17th inst., after a few days' illness, in his 50th Y e William Elgie, Esq., of Spital-square. At his residence, Marlborough-place, Kent-road, on the 1 ' inst.,. Richard Wheadon, Esq., many years of Doctors'-C° mons, and Erith, Kent, aged 90. - On the 14th inst., at Stepney, Middlesex, in her 74th 1' Mrs. Gilbert, widow of the late Mr. John Gilbert, and ID' years of Ongar, in the county of Essex. Printed and Published for the PIrOrRIETORS, at the 5 1 OrFICE, No. 112, Strand, by .1 B. CARSTAIRS.