The Sun. — London, England, 1827-12-17 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. There is, we haVe reason to believe, no doubt ef the fact that Lord Goderith has tendered his resig nation to his Majesty, and that his Majesty has de dined to accept it without farther consideration on the part of his Lordship. In the mean time, the noble Viscount is stated to have gone down, on Sa turday, to his brother's residence in Bedfordshire, whence he will return on Wednesday. Some of Lord Goderich's friends are not without hopes that his'Lordship may yet be induced to remain in office. The fact of the tender of the resignation, which has been ao absurdll contradicted, partly from ignorance, partly from interested motives, has been sent in a formal and official communication to the Duke of Portland, who is at Nice. We shall not speculate at present on the probable consequences of this event: but we think we may assure our readers, that the Ultra faction have no chance of return to power.--Tinges. The Dublin papers, brought by the two last packets, are filled with the voluminous proceedings of the Court of King's Bench, in a libel cause, where Archdeacon Trench, a brother of the Earl of Clancarty, and of the Archbishop of Tuam, was prosecutor, and Mr. Eneas Macdonnell, a well known personage, defendant. Upon the libellous character of the publication, as reported, no man of common sense could entertain a moment's doubt ; nor does it appear that Mr. Macdonnell, who is said to have spoken as his own counsel for the greater part of two whole days, succeeded in making any useful impression of a contrary nature upon thqury. So far as we can understand the newspapers, Mr. Macdonnell's object was to fasten additional odium upon the conduct of the prosecutor, and on that of his associates in the cause of anti-Catholicism ; and a very fair political object this may have been with an active member of the Catholic Association; but for a lawyer, having a libel-prosecution to defeat - , it was a childish object. The verdict, accordingly, was against Mr. Macdonnell. On the other hand, we do not perceive that any purpose but a vindic tive one was gained by Aichdeaeon Trench. Had the venerable gentleman been disposed to clear his own character of the charges brought against him by the zeal and perhaps bitterness of his Catholic accuser, he would probably have had recourse to a different form of proceeding. The reverend gen tleman might have brought a civil action against Mr. Eneas Macdonnell, in which case the de fendant would have been at liberty to " jus tify,"—that is, to prove that the Reverend Arch deacon was guilty of the several charges, and deserved (morally speaking) the worst that had been said of him. , And, indeed. when one considers these accusations, and how my bad a man he must be who could really deserve them, one is tempted to imagine that the character of the Rev. Gentle man was such as to make either, first, an attack upon it, or, second, the defence of it, a desperate and chi merical undertaking. If a man's character be so pure and unassailable that he feels himself to be proof against the worst attempts of malice, we can conceive him still deirous of inflicting a proper chas tisement upon a wanton disturber of the public peace and violator of the laws of his country. On that supposition the most exemplary man existing may worthily and usefully institute a prosecution for libel. If, again, an individual be conscious that kis character is utterly incapable of defence, and there fore that to give his antagonist an opportunity of proving his assertions would be fatal to his reputa tion in society, he would act precisely as the good man above-mentioned might think himself bouud to act, but from rather different motives,—it would be the love of justice in one case, of vengeance in the other. Now Archdeacon Trench having been once an officer in the army, an adjutant acce •; 7 ng to Mr. Macdonnell, was accused by the latter, in the shape of an inuendo—(but a very pal pable inuendo)—of cruelty, while holding that com mission; by inuendo, likewise, he was accused of subornation of perjury, and of distracting and exasperating against each other 'the various classes of his countrymen. The Rev. Gentleman, we take for granted, was too charitable and generous to bring into the arena the moral panoply of a name unsul lied in its brightness, and thus to overwhelm his libeller by a challenge to attest, on oath, those alle gations which it would have been impossible for him to substantiate. He chose, therefore, to pro secute rather than "declare," and was Satisfied to punish the Catholic termagant for a " breach of the peace," which is the only point established by a verdict of " guilty," instead of going for such a verdict as would have settled the moral part of the question, and shown the world that ,Mr. Macdonnell had slandered him in point of fact, as well ailibelled:him in point of law; which decision, on the part of the Rev. Archdeacon, must be regarded conclusive evidence, as we have already hinted, that his name, in his own opinion, stands beyond the reach of injury, and that he has no further interest in the libel question than as a conservator of the public peace. We cannot for a moment presume that his Reverence feared the plea of justification. But the subject, from be ginning to end, is full of matter for mourning on the state to which Ireland has been reduced by factious violence and malice. Even the name of Charity, in that wretched land has served for a torch to set the evil passions on fire, and to consume the vitals of Christian benevolence and concord.—lbid. Rumours have for some time been current of Mi nisterial disagreement, and in the Times of Satur day, that paper alluded "to a whisper which has been conveyed to our ears from a most respectable quarter; a whisper to this effect—that Lord Gode rich, professing to be wearied by the opposition which he met with in the Cabinet, and the difficul culties resulting from the Financial situation of the country, had tendered his resignation to his Ma jesty." His Lordship does not seem to have reco vered, sufficiently from the illness occasioned by the loss of his only child ; for, during the last Session, it was obvious that he was unequal to the conflicts in which he was called to take a part in the House of Lords. He is of too delicate an organization, per haps, even were his health better, for the peculiarly coarse and vituperative mode of discussion of the Peers. We are not therefore surprised that ha should dread the renewal of the scenes of last year. Besides, however, the resignation of his Lordship, a desire for which has been strengthened by the illness of Lady Goderich, there are, we understand, sub jects on which the Cabinet are not in the best under standing, though we do not believe that any change will take place. We cannot allude further to this delicate subject at present.—Morning Chronicle. The rumoured changes in the Ministry—emanat ing, as they do, from that manufactory of falsehood, the Stock Exchange, and coming upon the public by surprise—will of course be received with great doubt and caution. That an Administration corn posed of such discordant materials, in many respects, as the present is, should hang but ill togeth er — an d that,having involved the country, by their foreign mea sures, in a state of actual warfare, which more pru dence would have avoided, they should be but ill at ease—we can readily imagine ; but, at the same time, to retire at this moment, just as Parliament is at length about to assemble to pass judgment on their measures, would betray a degree of political cowardice of which we cannot suspect them. Had they shrunk from committing the country to the extent they have done, why did they not assemble Parliament more than a month ago, to de liberate on the critical and novel state of public affairs ? Why do they even now determine upon postponing its meeting for a month or five weeks longer ? But that, having done so, and procrasti nated the day of reckoning to the latest possible hour, they will, before that arrives, resign their charge, and thus avoid the audit and investigation, is what we cannot credit. Still less is it likely that t h e three distin Du ke eof Wel Wished persons named—viz. the gt°,,, the Marquis Wellesley, and Mr. P ee l --will - , 0 7 step into the shoes of the most able a b nd arkthe present Mi nisters, and ern . the Whigs, and the Whig-Tory Adnunitit m • rump of a tui•n, in adopt ing principles and measures to they 'must be mainly, if not wholly, opposed. On these, among other grounds, we are inclined to diSbe lieve the rumoured changes in Administra tion, as given in Saturday's paper. We can readily imagine ) however, that more than one of the pres'Ont Ministers wish themselves any where but Where they are, and that, following the fortunes of Mr. Canning, they find themselves involved in a labyrinth of difficulties, and what may he called a mob of principles, which the wisest of them had not roreseen. Their situation, too, Mast be doubly mor tifying, from finding themselves wielding, as it were, a barren sceptre; responsible for all the measures of Government, but without its usual concomitants of influence and patronage. This, we arc aware, is a delicate point to feud' upon; but one founded in obvious truth; and we have little doubt that ,it is a situation to which no Ministry would submit but one discordant among themselves, and one, in part at least, composed of members of a party willing to take or retain office upon any terms. Persons called upon to extricate the country from the difficulties in which Mr. Canning's foreign policy has involved it may be compared to those who are sometimes called upon to get a coach and horses out of a slough or a ditch, into which the intoxication or unskilfulness of the driver had placed them. Were we so situated, we should be apt to say to the driver, " back the carriage, or get it out of the slough or ditch yourself, as well and as speedily as you can ; and, to prevent similar accidents on the remainder of the journey, as soon as you have got the vehicle into the road again, get down from the box, and give us the reins." Ministers, we think, are bound to do the best they can to get the country out of the scrape in which they have involved it; and the more so, as they have so obstinately persisted in refusing to call to their aid the judgment of that tribunal which the Constitu tion looks to as our safeguard under all errors, and in all difficulties and emergencies.—Morning Herald. There can be but little doubt that the Ministers will feel no inconsiderable degree of embarrassment at the approaching Meeting of Parliament. Their internal weakness is no longer a matter of specula tion; and the state of the country, both in its do mestic and foreign relations, is perplexed beyond all recent example. There are, however, three leading, questions to be discussed as preliminary to the gene ral business of the Session, each of which is difficult in the extreme. We need hardly say we allude to the promised Finance Committee—the State of the Revenue—and though last not least, the intermi-. nable Corn Question. But beside all this, the Mi nisters will have to encounter a formidable opposition from another quarter. The agricultural interest has been rapidly augmenting in strength and numbers, and they are likely to find a powerful auxiliary in that strongly compacted mercantile body, which seldom fails to make itself heard, whenever it is touched in any of its tender points. Those two interests, though opposed on many topics, will most probably unite in opposing the conduct pursued by the Government with respect to the affairs of Turkey, as involving us In a shameful and un necessary war, for so remote an object as Greece arid Piracy in the Levant and Archipelago. In ad dition to thee two powerful bodies, a third is likely to take the field—the more respectable portion of the Whigs, under the leadership of Lord Grey. For the sake of the country's peace and honour, and the general repose of Europe, it is to be regretted that such men should now be at the helm of Govern ment; and only one consolation is left to us—that their dismemberment and overthrow are near at hand, when we trust the old and faithful Councillors of his Majesty may resume the stations for which they have proved themselves so eminently qualified. With respect to the Finance Committee, it cannot but have the approbation of every honest man in the country; and if not intended to delude and deceive, under the colour of inquiry—if not intended as a screen for parrying the general cry for a repeal of taxes—if not meant as a fence and pretext for the profligate expendit ureand unnecessary es talilishm en ts of the country—if, we say, it be not intended for any of these fraudulent and wicked purposes, then we should hail the appointment of a Finance Committee with the highest satisfaction. With respect to the state of the iteuenue, this must occasion very s'ious embarrassment. It is said that the Assessed Taxes and the Stamp Duty are on the enerease, but that the Customs and Excise are failing in a very great degree. Now if this be so, it must be a very un favourable circumstance for the commencement of a new year and the career of a pie-bald Ministry—the Customs being the channel through which our fo reign trade flows, arc a sure and indisputable mea sure of our exports and imports, and consequently of the successful enterprize of our merchants in the sale of our manufactures abroad, and the correspond ing demand of foreign fabrics and commodities at home. The Excise also affords a gloomy prospect; —this forms the great test of national consumption, and is an almost unerring index of the state of com fort, the sufficiency of wages, and the ebb and flow of employment amongst the industrious classes of society. To what precise causes this decline may be attributed we cannot pretend to say ; but there are not a few who trace it to the hasty and ill-di gested system of Free Trade which has been lately so much in fashion with Mr. Huskisson and others of the same school. With respect to the third ques tion, that of the Corn Laws, the Ministers must be prepared to meet it, in whatever shape it may assume. The failure of this measure during the last Parlinment formed the supreme mortification of Mr. Canning and his colleagues, and gave consider able cause of alarm to the country, inasmuch as it clearly exhibited the unfitness of the Cabinet for their new situations. The effect of bringing the warehoused corn into the market has been the cause of very considerably reducing the prices of the home grower, and what we gained in duty by our Cus toms we lost in our Excise —or, in other words, the national consumption was so affected in its main branches, as to give a bonus to the foreign cultivator. Since the month of May last, Oats have fallen nearly a third; Barley more than a fourth; and Wheat has declined from 58s. to 60s. the Winchester mea sure. In the mean time poor rates have advanced, and crime, the never-failing fruit of poverty and idleness, has thrown new and excessive charges on the county rates. The landlords, in many instances, have made abatements in their rents ; but the far mer is still embarrassed, and the wages of agricul tural interest are so low, as but to bring within the reach of the labourer the coarsest necessaries of life. Such is our domestic condition; and it is one out of which we fear the present Ministry have neither the wisdom nor the ingenuity to extricate, or even to relieve us.—Morning Post. Since writing the above, we have been informed that the reports alluded to by our City Correspon dent of an approaching change in the Administration, are considered in well-informed circles to be entitled to credit. Lord Goderich, than whom there cannot be a more amiable private character or honourable man, is understood to be desirous of retiring as well from the fatigue as the responsibility of office, his Lordship's state of health, as well as that of his amiable Lady, rendering retirement, for the present at least, absolutely necessary and indispensable.— Lord Dudley too is also anxious to be relieved from the cares of office. The rumours with respect tithe new formation of the Cabinet are on the whole of too vague a nature to be relied upon. It is however considered certain that Sir Charles Stuart is des- tined to fill the Foreign Department, in the room of Lord Dudley. In the event of the retirement of the Whigs (at which the nation will have just cause to rejoice), the Marquis Wellesley will probably suc ceed the Marquis of Lansdowne as Home Secretary; and hopes are entertained that Mr. Peel will hold a high and distinguished Office in the State. Such are the statements and rumours which have reached us upon this important subject, and which for the present we submit to our readers without a corn- Among the rumours which may be ranked, to use the language of the Gazette de France, among the Mensongee du Jour, is one which was floating in the region of the Stock Exchange o n Saturday— cd the Pr em i ers hi p . that Lord Cioderieh had resign The causes assigned for this unexpected step were, according to some, his Lordship's ill health, arising partly from the load of business which he had to attend—partly froix the jarring of his colleagues— ' and, according to others, from the difficulties in which he was placed by the threatened war with Turkey, and the financial situation of the country. That his Lordship's health may have been affected by his closeness of application is quite possible ; for he has not, we believe, been absent from the duties of his high office for a single day since he received his present appointment. But while we grant the possibility of this, we must say, that up to the mo ' merit when it was brought forward to bolster an hypothesis, which is, so far as we can learn, without a particle of foundation, we never heard a whisper on the subject. Lady Goderich's health is, indeed, understood to be far from that soundness which her friends, and more especially an affectionate husband, would desire ; and were his resignation of office to tend in any way to confirm it, we know his Lordship would not be slow to resign; but really, amongst all the cures of the pharma copoeia, we seek in vain for such a one as the aban donment of a station in which he enjoys the full and ' entire confidence of the Sovereign, and the appro bation of the public, where either the health of the occupant or, that of his friends is at stake. With respect to one of the alleged causes of Lord Gode rich's ill health—the jars of the Cabinet—where are they ? Who is the malcontent ? True, there is a Journal, which has of late supported the Minis try, and it yet never supported a cause which its conduct did not tend to injure, which has—were the state of those whom it would have the public to look on as its patrons to be judged.-by its arguments and statements—given ample means for supposing that there were jarrings in the Cabinet. That Journal, which has been so long accustomul to the tone of opposition, that it knows not how to dis pense with it, has by its heavy attempts at ridiculing one or two members of the Administration, and by its no less heavy attempts to give undue and undesired prominence to one or two others, infused into those who are not yet dis ciplined to receive its statements with the sus picion they deserve, a notion that the differences which it described were to be found somewhere else than in its own columns. No notion can, however, be more utterly unfounded. There is no more jar ring in the Cabinet at this ii-o , nent than when it was formed under the auspices of the great man who planned the coalition of parties of which it con sists. The Cabinet contains, in fact, too much in tellect to afford materials for jarring. It is not among men of high talent that the • petty interests operate that lead to such unseemly exhibitions.— Where fools and witlings quarrel, men of sense and genius only argue. The band which unites the for mer class may be broken asunder by any petty disap pointment, by any thwarting of childish expectation, because it is in origin feeble—that which knits the latter springs from higher sources, and is of propor tionate permanence. But, forsooth, Lord Goderich has been scared from his place by the difficulties of the financial state of the country ! In what respect have these difficulties increased since he accepted office ? Is there any thing in the state of the country, at the present moment, which was— ,we say not foreseen—but known—when Mr. Canning died ? And if the financial state of the country be difficult, is not Lord Goderich, himself so lately Chancellor of the Exchequer, as capable as any Minister whom his Majesty can choose to face it? Where, in the name of wonder, shall we pro cure a Premier to grapple with our financial embar rassments if Lord Goderich may not ? The Marquis of Wellesley has been mentioned—seriously, we cannot for a moment suppose. The Marquis of Lansdowne has also been named; but that Noble Marquis's brief experience of 1807, would hardly entitle him to much deference on a subject, to which he has been so many years a stranger. And is not Lord Goderich assisted by the most expert business-, man, in respect of finance, in England—Mr. }-ferries ? By the first practical economist in Europe—Mr. Hus kisson ? And by the most expert calculator in the world —Mr. Tierney ? In fact, if the present Cabinet be. more powerful in one department than in another, it is in the department of finance. It is ludicrous to ob serve-how eagerly the opponents of the Ministry catch up the most improbable tale that knaves in vent and fools circulate. One of these worthies we find gravely speculating- on a conjunction be tween Mr. Peel and old Lord Grey—the back and bone advocate of the Catholics, the friend of Parlia mentary Reform, and a much more determined enemy to Mr. Peel, Lord Eldon, and all the retired mem bers of the Cabinet, than he is to Cobbett and the levellers, who would make a bonfire, had they the power, of the order for which he declared himself ready to sacrifice his life. How utterly must Mr. Peel contemn the absurdity of the scr►bblers who thus labour to bring him into ridicule, and how heartily must Lord Eldon laugh at the plan of a coalition between him and the Ex-Presi dent of the Friends of the People ! The fact—to which, though they endeavour to shut their eyes "to it, they are quite alive—which renders it impossible that the present Ministry can be dissolved, is, that there are no materials wherewith to frame a suc cessor to it. Partial alterations are quite possible, but a pure Tory Ministry cannot be formed, or, if formed, it would not last a week. We do not of ourselves assert this--we have much higher autho rity than our own—the authority of that gentleman, whom, notwithstanding his repeated declarations to the contrary, the Opposition will yet pretend to rank among their number—we mean Mr. Peel. Mr. Peel himself has declared that he could not form a Tory Ministry ; and if he could not, who can ? The present Ministry are strong therefore, both positively and relatively—strong in themselves, and stronger in the utter imbecility of their enemies.—New Times. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE. Saturday evening au inquest was held at the Grotto Tavern, Southampton-buildings, Chancery lane, on the body of Frederick Rooks, aged 3.5. The deceased arrived in town on Monday last, from Norwich, and took lodgings in the house of Mr. Connor, in Tennis-court, Middle-row, Holborn, and remained there on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednes day. On Wednesday night, about ten o'clock, he returned home to Connor's house, and asked for a candle, saying he was going to sit up all night. The candle was given him, and he went up to his room. Connor heard nothing of him that night or the next day, until a woman named Pugh, living in an adjoin ing house, informed him that she heard groans pro ceeding from the deceased's room. Connor went up to his room and knocked at the door, but ob tained no answer; he then forced the door open, and found the deceased lying on the bed insensible. Mr. Marsden, a surgeon, of Holborn, was sent for, and he stated that when he arrived the deceased was lying on the bed, apparefaly in a state of intoxi cation. He first endeavoured to ascertain what the deceased' had taken. and from the questions put to him, he stated, that he had taken three ounces of laudanum, and to enable him to retain it on his stomach, he had taken one ounce of peppermint. He also stated, that he had taken laudanum on two former occasions, once in India, and once in France : that severe domestic troubles had compelled him to commit the act. He requested Mr. Marsden would treat him like a gentleman, as he was the son of one; and that if Mr. Marsden would send to his uncle, Mr. Sergeant Firth, of Clifford's-inn, be would ex plain everything. It appeared that be had taken the laudanum twelve hours before it was known, and the means that were used to preserve his life, therefore, proved ineffectual. The Jury, after hear ing evidence proving the above statement, returned a verdict of insanity. It is calculated that the various acknowledged professors of the law absorb in income nearly nine millions per annum; and that, in three generations of 30 years each, the whole sum of the property of the kingdom passes into their hands. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. lIUN I ING APPOINTMENTS FOR THE TRESENT WEEK. The H. 11., meet on Tuesday, at Hinton House; Thursday, at Phoenix Lodge; Saturday, at Northington Down-10. The Hamhledon Hounds, on Wednesday, at Preshaw House ; Friday, at Fair Oak House—half-past 10. N.F.H.—Mr. Nicholl's Hounds, on Thursday, at Ho burn; Saturday, at Sandy Balls—half-past 10. The Vine Hounds, on Thursday, at Worting ; Satur day, at Nuthanger Farm-10. Mr. T. A. Smith's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Soutbgrove ; Thursday, at Chute Windmill ; Friday, at Tidworth Houte-11. The East Sussex Fox-hounds, on Thursday, at Pycombe ; Saturdly, at Laughton Pound—at a quarter before 11. The Ptickcridge Hounds, on Wednesday, at Angel Had ham ; Saturday, at Aston Bury—half-past 10. The New Union Harriers (Suffolk), on Friday, at Wey bread Heath House-11. • Mr. o:..baldeston's Hounds, on Tuesday, at the ninth mile-ston the Northampton-road from Kettering ; Friday, at Dingley ; Saturday, at Pitsford—half-past 10. Mr. H. Villehois' Harriers, on 'Wednesday, at Foulden Common; Saturday, at Ssvaff ham Town FPrn-11. Mr. Wickstead's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Aqualate ; Sa turday, at Bradwell—half past 10. Sir Jacob Astley's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Clipstone Common.; Wednesday, at the Kennel ; Thursday, at Bin try ; Friday, at the Kennel—half-past 10. The Westacre Stag-hounds, on Friday, at Walton George Inn—half-past 10. The Duke of Grafton's Hounds, on Wednesday, at Stoke Plain; Friday, at Wood End Green—half-past 10. The Oakley Hounds, on Tuesday, at Colworth ; Thurs day, at Bronshain ; Saturday, at Cranfield Windmill— quarter before 11. The Quern Hounds, on Wednesday, at the sixth mile stone on the V/elford-road ; Thursday, at Stanton Wyvell ; Friday, at Allexton-hall-10. Mr. H. M. Chad Wick's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Delph House Wood—half-past 10. The Marquis of Cleveland's Fox-hounds, on Wednesday, at Spring Wood ; Friday, at Catterick Lime-kilns ; Sa turday, at the Oak Tree Inn, Leeming Lane-11. The Lambton Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Silksworth ; Thursday, at Holmhill-10 ; Saturday, at Chester-le- Street-11. The Hurworth Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at the third mile-stone from Northallerton to Boroughbridge ; Thurs day, at Cotcliffe Wood—lo. STAG HUNT. On Friday his Majesty's Stag-hounds met at Farnham Common, where a noble deer was turned out, which, after brisk chace of an hour and ten minutes, was taken at a Chalfont. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. FRIDAY, DEC. 14.—High water 88 minutes past seven o'clock. —Wind- W. S. W.—Arrived the Experience, Pol lard, from Quebec, with timber and flax-seed ; Nana, Tay lor, from Prince Edward's Island, with timber ; Ellen, Joy, from Wicklow, with oats ; Montreal, Udney, from Quebec, sailed 21st Nov., with timber, &c.: City of Lon donderry (steamer), Keay, from Londonderry, with sun dries ; Collins, Lowther, from Waterford, with wheat, &c• Hope, Roberts, from Waterford, with wheat, &c. ; Bo hona, Evans, from Waterford with wheat, &c. ; Ann and Fanny, Roberts, from Wexford, with wheat, &c. ; Britannia (steamer), Harper, from Dublin, with sundries; Aid, Aber nethy, from Dublin, with wheat; Dash, Young, from Bris tol, with sundries. CLEARED OUTWARDS.—The William Black, Monk, for Leghorn ; James Holmes, Kncale, for Douglas ; Bal four, Bee, for Mobile; Hero, Fell, for New Orleans ; Lord Glenlyon,: Christian, for Ramsay; Caledonia, Shimmins, for Ramsay ; Swan, M'Grath, for Terceira. SATURDAY, DEL. 15.—High Water 10 min. past B.— Wind S.W.----Arrived the Margaret, Hanly, from Cartha gena, with cotton, indigo, fustic, Bcc. ; Roseville, Scott, from Bahia, with cotton ; Caledonia, M‘Gregor, from Pernambuco, with cotton ; Mary Stewart, Smith, from Quebec, with timber, &c. ; Betsey, —, from Quebec, with timber ; Welcome, —, from Quebec, with timber ; Hibernia, —, from Quebec, with timber ; George and Catharine, —, from Quebec, with timber ; Nearchus, Dobson, from Miramiebi, with timber ; Lucia, Gresso, from Ferrol, with bark and iron ; Armadillo, Watson, from New York ; Commerce, Bibby (steamer), from Dublin, with sundries ; Manchester, Penn (steamer), from Dublin, with sundries ; Etna, Emerson (steamer), from Dublin, with a mai/ Brigs off at 4 o'clock. CLEARED OUTWARDS.—The Niagara, Stephens for Genoa and Leghorn ; Cumberland, Gardner, for Savannah ; Thomas Dempsey, Coxen, for Monte Video ; Heywood, Burrell, for Africa; Great Britain, French, for New York ; St. Vincent, Coupland, for St. Vincent's ; Donis, Hough, for Sierra Leone ; Barton, Wilding, for Barbadoea ; Alexander, Oglevie, for Batavia and Sincapore ; Blossom, William., for Barbadoes ; Cognac packet, Winby, for Bra zil ; Annandale, Penn, sons—Bombay • .Lanewd... witob, Rolstone, for Lisbon. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION HOUSE.—Saturday, a young man, who gave•his name Baltasar Salos, was brought before the Loan MAYOR on a charge of having uttered, at the bank ing house of Messrs. Jones, Lloyd, and Co., a forged cheque for the sum of 1101. Mr. Gallalty, a senior clerk at Messrs. Jones, Lloyd, and Co.'s, deposed that the cheque was a forgery.—The prisoner was remanded. Nothing is yet known respecting him, as to who he is, or what are his connexions. The forgery was badly executed. MARYLEBONE.—CHARGE OF MURIA:R.-At a late hour on Saturday evening, Thomas Munday, a journey man stonemason, residing at No. 8, Cleveland-street, Fitz roy-square, was brought before EDMUND Gais•viTir, Esq. charged on suspicion of having murdered his wife, an elderly female, about fifty years of age. Mr. John M'Alkin, was an assistant to Mr. Clough, a surgeon, in Fitzroy-square. He was requested to visit the deceased on Friday fortnight, when he found her hand and arm in a state of great inflammation. He asked her the origin of the disease, and he understood it was produced by the stab of a fork, and was inflicted by her husband. Mor tification ensued, and she expired last Tuesday. He saw her on the Sunday evening previous to her death, and the unfortunate woman was then aware of her danger. Helena Jones, the wife of a tailor, lodging on the second floor of No. 8, Cleveland-street, stated, that the prisoner and his wife lived on the third floor ; on Sunday, the 25th November, about one o'clock, the deceased came to her door, and requested her husband to accompany her to the hospital ; her hand was bleeding profusely, and she cried very much and called her husband " a murdering old thief;" witness saw the deceased to the Hospital, and understood the prisoner inflicted the injury with a fork. The prisoner, in his defence, said, the death of his wife was entirely attributable to accident; he was cutting a piece of meat for a little girl, and she endeavoured to take it from him, and in doing so ran her hand upon ti. fork. Mr. GRIFFITH remanded the prisoner till an inquest is held on the body. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.--Saturday, Mr. Thos. Hooton, a respectable salesman, in Newgate-market, was brought up on a charge of having received twelve gold pheasants, value 601., the property of Thomas Stoner, Esq. Stoner Park, Berks, knowing them to be stolen. Mr. Stoner's coachman proved that Mr. Stoner kept gold phea sants in a preserve in the park, which was wired all round, and locked at night. On Wednesday night the lock was forced open, and twelve pheasants stolen. The coachman of the Stroudwater mail deposed, that on Thursday morn ing, about five o'clock, when passing Stoner Park, he re ceived two bags directed to the defendant, from a man he did not know, who said they contained game cocks. When he arrived at the Angel Inn, Angel-street, he opened the bags, and found they contained 12 gold pheasants. Mr:DTEIL said, he considered the — transaction as very suspicious, and should, therefore, hold Mr. Hooton to bail, himself in 200/., and two sureties in 100/. each. 44 FALLING WITH DIGNITY."--We have heard of a Lieutenant in the Company's Service marrying in England tinder the title of Lieutenant- Colonel. On his voyage back, he gradually dropped a link in the chain o f promotion; at the Cape he was a Major ; at Madras, a Capta►n ; till the bride, alarmed at the derogatory effects of the voyage, entreated her husband to tell her at once, — what, in the name of fortune he really was. During the late inundations the dam of Broniarth Pool, a fine piece of water belonging to W. congsßY Goaz, Esq. between Guilsfield and Myfod, buret through, and the immense rush of water did much da mage from thence to the River Virniew, nearly a mile off. The public ro a d was ren de , •ed impa ssa bl e in sev era l p l aces ; great excavations were made ; and much meadow land covered with stone and rubbish. The water made its way through the farm-yard at Penylan, and the injury sus tained by blur MyrroN, Esq. is said to be considerable— Shrewsbury Chronicle. OVERTHROW of the HOLYHEAD MAIL. Welford, Northamptonshire, Sunday. Yesterday an inquest was held at, the Talbot Inn, Welford, touching the death of William Egerton, Esq., of Gresford-lodge, Denbighshire, who was kill ed on Thursday night last, by the overturning of the Holyhead and Chester mail. The first witness called was Peter Banks, the guard to the Holyhead and Chester mail. He got upon the mail on Thursday evening at Hinckley, and recollected seeing the deceased,who had:come from Chester with another guard; he hadseen the deceased before as a passenger from Chester to London : on arri v in gat Boswell toll-bar, on the night in question, the horses became restive, and on coining down the hill, before getting to Welford-bridge (which divides the counties of Northampton and Leicester), they became wholly ungovernable, and bolted; the coachman did all in his power to save them front falling, but with out effect; for, just as they got over the stone bridge, where there is a great descent, and where there is a corner which requires to be turned sharply, the mail upset. Coroner.—These mails go at an exceedingly quick rate down this hill; is it very steep ? A Juror.—The hill is not so steep as it. is awk ward; it has a twist which makes it dangerous • to coaches. Henry Douglas, the dri...er, drove the mail from Lichfield to Welford, a distance of 45 miles. Left Lichfield at a quarter past four o'clock, and arrived at Hinckley a few minutes after six; stayed there 10 minutes; changed horses, and proceeded to Lot terworth, when they changed again. The horses there were bad; the off-side wheeler and one of the leaders were blind. The contractors are not very particular what kind of horses are used in the night mails. Witness was never on the road where the accident happened by day-light. He was a stranger to the road altogether. Witness's hip and shoulder were much injured, and his face bruised by the fall. Mr. Jacob Smith, surgeon, residing at Welford. —On Monday night last, about nine o'clock, he was sent for to the inn where the deceased lay. He found deceased apparently dead ; he felt the pulse, but it had ceased to beat; he tried the jugular vein, but the blood would not flow. Witness had exa mined the body externally; he found a dreadful con tusion on the left side of the head, and a bruise or cut on the forehead; there was also a severe injury of the vertebrae of the neck, which alone was suffi cient to cause death. Witness searched the pockets of the deceased, and found a pocket-book, contain ing a game-certificate, on which was written,=— " William Egerton, Esq. Gresford-lodge, township of Gresford, Denbighshire," and several letters ad dressed to Major-General Egerton, Gresford-lodge, Denbighshire. There were also in the deceased's pockets about 701. in sovereigns and notes, and a erk o t t_ take eareof. gold watch. Witness gave the property to Mr. Dainty V Accidental Death—deodand on the coach-horses, ls." The other gentleman, who is also severely injured by the overturning of the mail, was in conversation with the deceased at the time the fatal catastrophe happened, and deceased was remarking, that he would much rather pay an extra guinea and travel by the mail than by any other -conveyance, as it was so much safer. This.gentleman refuses to disclose his name or write to any of his friends or relatives, expecting he will shortly be better, although assured by the surgeon that he is in a very dangerous state. He is occasionally delirious; caused by a severe cut on his head, which was scalped as completely as though an expert practitioner had performed the operation for trepanning ; this is supposed to have been done by his head coming in contact" with the coach window. He seems to be a person of rather eccentric habits, though of polished manners, having indeed the ap pearance of a perfect gentleman of the old school, and is about 70 years of age. SUICIDE BY TWO SISTERS• On Saturday afternoon an inquest was held at the Duchess of Oldenburg Tavern, Goswell-street-road, on the bodies of Agnes and Sophia Anderson, one 35, and the other 30 years of age, sisters, who de stroyed themselves by poison. Mr. Henry Whitmore, 11, Great Bath-street, Coldbath-square, surgeon, said, on Thursday even ing last the beadle called, and directed me to go to the house in Wynyatt-street where the bodies were lying, and ascertain the cause of their dissolu tion ; I found that Sophia, the youngest had been dead four or five days, and the body was in a state of decomposition ; the eldest appeared not to have been dead more than 24 hours. Upon examining the stomach of Sophia, I found it in such a state of decomposition that it was impossible to say with certainty what had been the cause of her death; I believe, however, that her death had been caused by tincture of laudanum. On removing the stomach of the elder female, I found that it contained a portion of oxalic acid, but taken in such a diluted state that it had not produced very violent effects upon the stomach ; there was no destruction of the coats of the stomach, and but slight inflammation ; it ap peared to me that she had been in the habit of taking the oxalic acid in small quantities . ' but had at last taken a more powerful dose, which destroyed life. Richard Hamilton Anderson, of Hoxton, brother to the deceased females, was formerly a druggist, and is now not in business. On Friday se'nnight I visited them at their lodgings, in Wynyatt-street ; my eldest sister said she had made application to Mr. Radnor, surgeon, of Surrey-street, respecting a 501. bill which she had accepted, and which would become due on the following day; finding she had not the money to meet this bill, she made a propo sal to Mr. Radnor to endorse a bill for 100/. and which was to be made payable by another brother in India, and would have been cashed by the house of Mackintosh and Co.; Mr. Radnor, however, sent her a letter, declining this arrangement, and way aloe when I called upon her on F r id ay , s h e put that letter into my hand, and as k e d my a d v ice in wh a t slie was to me l t t h o en m r 4 e tu co ri m ty m ; en th d e edherto wait untilthe witness explained that the 50/. became due in the following manner :—A sum of 250/. had been transmitted by their brother from India, for the purpose of appren , tieing a nephew to Mr. Radnor. The 2501. was to have been paid as a premium, but as they had to pay various fees to the College of Surgeons, and other expences, only 2001 . was paid to Mr. Radnor, and they gave their bill for 50/. payable at two years. They had been unable to meet it when due, and thought that Mr. Radnor would have given time for the payment; but having discovered that the bill had been negotiated, and Mr. Radnor having threatened them with legal proceedings if the bill was not paid, they were terrified at the pro spect of a prison, which would have been their fate if Mr. Radnor's threat had been carried into execu tion. They had lived together, said the witness ) since they were children, and the fear of being se parated was, I believe, the cause of their termina ting their existence by poison. A verdict of insanity was therefore recorded. j MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIARY.----TUESDAY, Disc. 18.—At the Court of Commissioners, Basinghall-street. Fostcr, W., Philpot-lane... 10 Hose, C., Holborn lO Hende, F., Bethnal-green 11 Paine, T., Hackney ll Hills, T., Bromley lO Sims, C., Broad-street ll Hopkins, G., Harrow ll Wickers, H., Greenwich... 11 COUNTRY DIARY.—WEDNESDAY, Dac. 19. Ainsworth and Co., Turton—Star, Manchester lO Allinson, R., Kingston—Cross Keys, Kingston ll Fenwick, T. Gateshead —George, Newcastle ll Gandy, J., Li verpoo l—Clarendon, Liverpool l2 Gillies, J., Liverpool—Mr. Hinde, Liverpool ll Godwin, C., East Stower, Derbyshire—Grosvenor Arms, Shaftesbury Jennings, J., Birmingham—Royal hotel, Birmingham ll Minton, C., Bishop's Castle—Commercial rooms, Bristol Pletts, E., Newcastle-upon-Tyne—Turf Hotel, Newcastle upon-Tyne INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED, Petitions to be heard at Portugal-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, Dec. ;. 2o, at Nine o'clock. B a ker, S.,Tottenham Bunney, T., Grey Eagle-street, B e ach, ~ Phoenix st., Somers Spitalfields town Dy e r, —, Clayton-street, Ken- Browne, C., Red Lion-street, nington Holborn THE MURDER . AT OXFORD. (From the Oxford Herald.) We have given the particulars of the evklee respecting the murder of a female in one o f t : streets of this city. On Wednesday last w e ss her mother, a woman of decent appearance, who • sides at Hereford, where, for several years, she „ I worked as a glove-maker, in the service of Mr• " P , bow, of that eit v. She stated, that in A ugus t her daughter,,whose real name is Ann •Pnest, her house with a man of the name of Crotc hley They came to Oxford, and took lodgings je Thomas's parish, where they lived as mina and iv It appears that he was of very bad charact er, that he is now in Reading goal. It ha s 11 7 0 reported that Crotchley was her seducer:4 inquiry, however, we find that she had prev i °ll d been the same at Hereford as she was in Olio' She was about twenty-four years of age ; her f at o has long been dead. The mother borrowed ° of money, for the purpose of coming to this ci t Pure had only a few shillings left on her arriviaL t eil The untimely end of her daughter severely su e „ - t k her, and she appeared in great distress. A i man of this University, whose benevolellee.o universally known, on hearing of her situation) lot mediately raised a subscription for her, and Oleo presented with a sum of money by him, enabled her to return by a coach to her resid ence, Hereford. Wge learn from the medical ode' be° who saw the body, that the murder must hav e 0 1 committed with the utmost deliberation. It cp ti ,,, not have been a stab; indeed, it appears that, light of the moon was necessary for what W g i n . call Me operation. Had she not been so rag e ' . toxicated, it could not have been effected. l • Since writing the above, we have seen a e c ii exaggerated account of the unfortunate deceesreree a London Newspaper. The depositions are but the writer of the introductory part bas gro7t. imposed upon the Editor. The girl was not se ci i , ti tiv i from her friends and brought to Oxford by PO gentleman. Crotchley, who brought her to 0 00 . is a notorious pickpocket, and has been once ported. The deceased had lived for some rie l io Hereford as a prostitute, and was discharg o t yl the Magdalen nine montns since. What her m ° A c' is, we have before stated, and we can add to 0' count that she is altogether uneducated. Ti t le d' ceased was not " remarkable for her amiab l e „; f tr lities," as stated. On the contrary, sis.e wa. 9 de cularly distinguished for her habitnal into ol 4 o We must also state, in contradiction of the L on di Papers, that she was not made to drink at elj. e# the colleges; it was at her request that liquor given to her. a o ub l It has been reported that there could be 11 °, - „,• 6 54 respecting the person who murdered Ann -1- c iei alias Crotchley, and we have heard blame at ta j d to the Magistrates for not committing that P er iod to prison. From our own knowledge of wha t Or passed, we assert that the Mayor and the other 4 gistrates merit the greatest praise for their illUbtel tigable, their incessant exertions during the la st t ort days, to discover the murderer. M an y exanli ea-1 1 ) 0 have taken place, and most certainly nothing, t io been proved, either from circumsta n tial or P ei evidence, which could authorise the Magistrate s affix the guilt upon any individual whatever' COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEEK. Wheat. Barley. i Oats. Per Quarter. .s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. Carlisle-- 59 61 27 29 21 25 Hexharn-----., 48 64 29 33 20 26 40 Morpeth • id Peurith Sheffield 48 63 30 37 20 28 Winchester 40 (10 26 32 20 25 `,", Per Bushel. s. d. s, d . s. d. s.d. s.d. Carmarthen.-- 6 3 69! 3 9 4 3 1 6 2 6 0 Coventry Newcastle (Staff.) 8 0 8 6 5 4 5 8 3 9 4 0 8 6 Northallerton Stafford 0 881 5 0 5 4 4 0 00 1 06. t' Swansea.-- 6 6 69 3 9 16 2 6 r , 6 9 Per Von. DWarwick.i a 1 6 1 0 0 15 1 5 6 4 6: 8 3 4 8 : o ° , , 1 94 6 8 0 0 6 0 0 0 a 8; nO - 6 0 r oo l ln 13 D a u rn rh a a r n d :I ti c 1 1 1 1 1 ( 6 1 Wolsinghain 12 0 14 6 9 0 10 0 6 0 " o ntri' The size of th e measure var i es th roug h o ut the c SCOTCH MARKETS. HADDINGTON CORN MARKET.— nee'A,I r oo t A very dull market in all sorts of Grain-9 5 ( l' e ro, Barley offered, and 59 sold ; top price Is. and the 001 Is. 3d. down. Of Oats 233 quat t ers were offered' 160 found purchasers ; top 611. and average ls. S the " New Wheat has also declined Is. on the top, but lity rage has a d vance d I s . 6d. The top of Old Wheat same as last day. Little done in Pease ; of BO quarters were offered and sold. Pi e. 344 I Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pe a s,,l 34S First 66s Od 31s Od 27s Od 33 5 —,,,, 9 0 Second s2s Od 28s Od 22s 6d 32 „2, — O , l 4 10 I d, Third Od 19s Od h" f are - 00 There were 306 qrs. of Wheat in market 245 whereof . os. 0 9 ...at...... 668. Od. 13 ...at 505.02. 23 ...at. .•' ' 4 4 0 2 4 62 0 22 4 , 0 6 ••••..• ..... 42 o 7 ''' _ 34 Unsold.- 0 Grey, Average 2/. rs. Id. DALKEITH CORN MARKET.—Dec. i The supply of Grain at this day's market which met better sales than for some time pot variation in prices. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First ...... 61s Od 32s Oci 26s Od Second... bts Od 285 Od 24s Od Third-v. 41 s Od 26s Od 20s Od was .0 t. at 11 13 0 0 Pease. 40 365 Od t g, 1 :4 32s al sis 261 Od Taußo.—Wheat (OavßeNralNg e 'fi 2 L l ! :_ D ß lA ar ß ie K y, E l T os 9 . . 3a.....o o 4 gs.; HEL 3 ToN—Wheat, 20s. Od.—Barley, 10s. Od. 0 . to Ils• —u ST. Ar7sTELL—Wheat, 20s. to 23s.—Barley, —' 9s. to 10s. BoomiN—Wheat (average) 225. Od.—Barley, LAUNCESTON—Wheat (average) 21s. Od.--Ba rle y , 6s. 6d.—Beef, sd.—Mutton, qd. nath I,lsKEatto—Wheat, 19s. to 20s. 3d.—BarleY, 11 • , 3d,........, .. 4 to St. Od. 9s to 110.-" F ST. Commit—Wheat, 20s. to 24s.—Barley, • and Mutton, ltd. to sd.—Veal and Lamb, Od to Od. _ ~,00 ; l e y, pa. to Ira. PENZANCE—Wheat, 19s. to 21s ' —na "4d. tO' 7s. to 'is. 6d.—Beef and Mutton, sd. to 6d • --Jerk , Butter, lld. per lb. ....1 . 109.--1030a.0t5d,...,v65Zy MINING INTELLIGENCE. Tono• Quantity of Copper Orepold at Redruth lastlhursday 5416 9 P. l Average Produce , ...................................... 9 ,1 Quantity of fine Copper ........................................ 196 Amount.of Sale, 11,1241. 9s. 6d.—Average Standard, IW. Last Sunday Were nineteen m1,100.05'10, in Mansfield shurcb, preparatory to being u nitecl i; ;;A, men's bands at the approaching holidays.--1 0 " Paper. • We Three carrier pigeons have arrived thls t iot at Arbroath from the Bell Rock, bringing intelligelle," " all is well," and to bring one cwt. biscuit ne%t Caledonian Herein BIRTHS. ; lA 6 On the 13th inst. at Brighton, the lady of Sir Chr -31° J. Musgrave, Bart. of a daughter. On the 11th inst. at Rose Field House, Portobello, of the lady of Alexander Buchanan, Esq. Lieut. 11. 11 " daughter. 01 J On the 15th inst. in Great Suffolk-street, the 1-4 T. Barlow, Esq. of a daughter, 0 i.streett MARRIED. ;tear, of Oxford. On Saturday last, Mr. JoJ Miss Rance, of Ely. At -St. George's, Southwark, Cornelius Carter , sstrgeon, to Jane, eldest daughter of John Hodgson' Kent-road. DIED. tle On the 9th inst., at St. Andrew's Church, NeW;1 0 ,1 0 upon-Tyne, by the Rev. Henry Deer Griffith, /0 Thomas William Keenlyside, Esq., solicitor, to 14° 0 youngest daughter of Joseph Pollard, Esq., all of that ttO On the 15th inst. at her house in Welbeck-stree t s Assheton Smith. On the 2d inst. after a short illness, at the a-vane of '77, Mrs. Baster; of Abingdon. On board his Majesty's ship Genoa, of the wottisot received at the battle of Navarin, Capt. Thomas of the Plymouth Division of Royal Marines. On the 7th inst. at Hatton -garden, Miss Susanna Smith, formerly of Stoke Newington. Heq i e jbf which was sudden and u nexpected, is much lame% her relations and friends. Her remains have be e .? posited in the grave of her parents, in Stoke Net vO church-yard. , VI P On the 13th inst. in Great Russell -street, 13100- g Henry Till, Esq. late of Upper Clvtm ,1100 0° % I. 01 P RIN TED and PUBL ISHED b y M. YOUNG, di "- SUN OFFICE, No. 112, Strand. T ItA thd ml 'oth S HILL, Lt a*VJ: L IEEL , riri IVA r E f t s :NA : P e i S Ctfi ne has just c useful ArticlesWorkmanshi Per (1/2Mt. under novE nrt A rirtE //1 7 t besis t n u bu b ; a i t wi rne h ne a e nt idebotne ue' A Suit of ly J AND] Li !nay ho nc xeltionB tball ANlnq s LISr uPerfine u. SuPerfiue c ‹ , *Apure).— Double-rniird 'era ...... Superfine 1311 Cloth Vane). VtiraistCl t adjure Habit And e LING t 1 " ght p FR( SK/N NE , The f°4o* i g AS S. - 1 A, A Friend s for any P a of more tb , b,ti at th e S A , tondo%