The Sun. — London, England, 1834-01-01 00:00:00

prepared for this. Exact nothing but what Is strictly just ; but of that yield not an atom. Do not encourage this unprincipled, most encroach ing, and most offensive Power to bully the British Government into submission to her views of conquest, while she humbugs old worn-out Metternich and the coxcomb Ancillon, whose head has been turned by his elevation to the Prussian Ministry, with pretended fears of the march of democracy in Europe. The whole game of the Russian Cabinet has been to dis tract the attention of the German Powers, by affecting alarm at a spectre called the Propa ganda in the west of Europe, while she pursues her own scheme of aggrandizement in the East. A wanton war of opinion between her neigh bours on the Rhine would be a mask to her own selfish war of conquest within the Dardanelles. Russia has always been described as poor,—too poor to enter on hostilities. She has always been represented as weak,—too weak for any purpose of aggression. Yet she has managed to find money and men whenever she required them. She has made war oftener, and gained more by it, than any Power that has existed in the world within the last 2,000 years ; and by dint of persuading ourselves that she was essentially poor and feeble, we have made her what she now is—a gigantic aggressor, that dares everything, and has nevi r failed to win the prize she fought for. The opportunity of our close alliance with France is one which ages may not again provide for either of these powerful nations : let it not be madly thrown away. As a specimen of the mystifica tion practised on Austria by her cunning neighbour and pretended ally, we subjoin an article copied out of the Austrian Observer, where all is joy, and prosperity, and security on the side of that fortunate infidel the Grand Seignor, who, as a proof, we suppose, of the pacific sentiments of Russia towards him, has begun to unrig his fleet, and gone into winter quarters in his palace of Changan, while the Czar has, in the innocence of his own benevo lent heart, actually given his Ambassador at Constantinople some months' leave of absence, not commanding his return to Pera until the weather shall render the Euxine navigable for seamen, and the roads passable for troops. The Austrian Observer of the 18th contains the following article:— " All the accounts from Constantinople, to the 30th of November, concur in stating that the most perfect tran quillity reigns in that capital and also in the provinces. The reports which recently prevailed of the danger of fresh commotions have died away. That this political quietude reacts upon the domain of politics the leave of absence granted to the Russian Envoy by his Cabinet is regarded as a proof. M. Butinieff is about to visit St. Petershurgh, and M. Ruckman remains at the Porte as Russian Charge d'Affaires. " On the 14th the Sultan visited his winter residence of Chiragan, and was saluted by the guns of the Ottoman fleet during his passage from Beglerbeg to the European coast. Immediately after this the Turkish ships of war sailed from I3eshicktash roads, and entered the haven of the arsenal, where many of them are already unrigged. " The return of Edhem Effendi from Alexandria, whi ther he had been sent on an important mission after the recall of Halil Pacha, is an event which attracts general attention. He is the tearer of a present of 5,000,000 Turkish piastres and the convention respecting the tribute to he annually paid by the Viceroy of Egypt. These circum stances, taken in connection with the Turkish fleet's return to the arsenal, afford the prospect of a lasting peace, and have had a ♦ery favourable influence on the public, and more particularly on the mercantile part of the com munity. " On the 19th the Sultan visited the Tekse, or Ora tory, at Pera, and ascended for the first time the Fire tower, rebuilt after the great fire of Galata in 1830, and entirely constructed of stone. The Ottoman etiquette required that the tower should be closed to every one, until after its inauguration in this manner by the person of the Sultan. A fire-watch is now established in it, and it is open to the public. " On the 20th of November the North American Com modore Patterson, accompanied by the Charge d'Affaires of the United States, Commodore Porter, had an audience of the Sultan, and on the 22d the American frigate which Commodore Patterson commands sailed for the Archi pelago. " Among the official changes which have lately taken place, the most remarkable are the appointment of the former agent of the Pacha of Egypt, Nebsbid Effendi, to the office of Chanush Bashi (Marshal of the Empire), and the grant of the post of a Bash-Muhassebedshi to the brother of the present Grand Vizier, Tahir Effendi. On the 21st of November Riza Effendi was appointed Director of the Mint, and Nafi Effendi, who formerly held that office, was made Mucklta Nasiri, or Superintendent of the Grand Seignor's ground.. " On the 24th of November the pilgrim caravan for the present year began its march under the conduct of the Sure Emini, for Asia Minor, whence it was, in the beginning of December, to proceed on its ' j ourney to Mecca. On the same day (the 24th) the Baruchan Nasiri, or Superintendent of the Powder magazine, gave a splendid entertainment to the Sultan and his Ministers. " Baron Nathaniel Von Rothschild, son of his Imperial Majesty's Consul-general in London, has lately arrived at Constantinople, to adjust the claims of the Porte for sums due by the new kingdom of Greece."— Times. In the Chronicle of Monday last, in noticing the meeting of the Dissenters at Bradford, we offered some remarks on the subject of their claims, specifying those which would not in our opinion be objected to, and assigning some rea sons why, even admitting the establishment of one sect to be a departure from the principle of equal rights, there were circumstances which Tendered it inexpedient (at present, at least) to apply the principle in this country. We have since seen in the Patriot a letter from Mr. John \Vilks, M.P., dated 19th December last, in an swer to an application from the Dissenters at Bristol, in which the views of that gentleman do not differ materially from those expressed by us. Mr. Wiiks, alluding to an Address from " the United Committee," by which the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts was obtained, about to be issued to the Dissenters of England and \Vales, observes that— , 4 When it is received, I sincerely hope that prudence, and not passion, will dictate the co urse they pursue. The opinion of the Government, and of many Pat liamentary friends to liberty of conscience, and the cause of dissent, I believe to be, that any immediate and urgent attempt at the severance of the Church and the State would utterly fail ,_would injure the Administration—would delight and strengthen the Tories, still numerous, affluent, and strong ..—would delay the Ecclesiastical Reforms, intended and desiied.—would retard an abolition or commutation of tithes, and would pi event the Dissenters from progressively procuring that redress of practical evils by which they are afflicted, and which, if they he temperate, united, vigilant, and judicious, they will gradually acquire, and at last completely obtain. In an article on Church Reform in the Bri tish Magazine, for January, 1834 (which advo cates the interests of the Established Church), it is said " Conscientious Dissenters cannot, if they love Christianity, at present wish for the fall of the Church." There is one simple reason for this. Suppose the State Church gone, and take the case of one of the many thousand pa rishes where there are only farmers, poor shop keepers, and labourers living. Suppose the tithes gone from the clergyman, and disposed of in the most admirable manner which fancy can suggest, still they (under some name) will be paid—i. e., the farmer's expenses will be just what they are now. Can he and the labourers afford, besides what they have to pay for, to pay for a minister ?—lt is notoriously impossible ; or, ia other words, whatever may be the case hereafter, to get rid of the Church note would be to consign numberless parishes to spiritual destitution. It cannot be otherwise, simply because—let men be as disinterested as they will, and no doubt hundreds of men would be found ready to suffer for their master's cause—they are men ; and men who cannot eat must die, and food cannot be got without money. Now, conscientious Dissenters know this, and whether they may think a State Church good or not, or whether they may entirely agree with the Eng lish Church cr not, they still allow that it teaches the truth in the main ; and they had rather have the truth taught by the Church of England than not at all." In the main we think the writer is not far wrong. The very able author of " The Case of the Dissenters," instances Wales and Cornwall, two of the poorest parts of the king dom, in which the spiritual wants of the people are abundantly supplied by Dissenters; as a proof that, in every situation an established Church may be dispensed with. But mining neighbourhoods are much higher in the scale of civilization than mere agricultural districts, and Cornwall (to say nothing of Wales) may almost be classed with the manufacturing districts. And in the next place, the edifice of dissent in Cornwall and \Vales is the work of many gene rations. Admitting that in time the religious wants of every part of England and \Vales might he supplied by ministers chosen and paid by the people themselves, yet great inconveni ence would be felt for a long period in many parts of the country, till the new state of things took root. Dissent has established itself in Wales and Cornwall during the existence of the State Church ; and it probably will establish itself ere long throughout the agricultural counties. The fact of such establishment will be the best proof that a State Church may be dispensed with. In the mean time, the non-existence of dissenting congregations will be deemed by many con clusive as to the impossibility of their existence, and urged as an argument for the necessity of an establishment. But while we would advise the Dissenters to be satisfied with a payment to account of their claims for the present, we are quite satisfied that their numbers and weight in the community are much under rated by the advocates of the Church of Eng land. The writer in the British Magazine, for instance, represents the Dissenters as " a party who do not, when fairly brought to account, dare themselves to claim more than one fourth of the population, and who, by very competent judges, are placed at not one-sixth of it. But call them, as they call themselves, one-fourth—a calculation which comprises all the nominal as well as real partisans of dissent—what is it then that these moderate and decent persons say ? Simply this—' We, the fourth part, mean to dictate to you, the three-fourths. You mean to have a Church ; we mean you shall not.' " Now a man must have paid very little attention to what is going on in the world who supposes the Dissenters to be only one-fourth of the population. In a few parts of the country there are, we admit, comparatively few Dissenters. But in all the rich and populous parts of the country, in all the populous towns and large villages, the Dis senters are to the Church population as at least three to one. In the Times of yesterday a Mr. Richard Hopper gives an account of a paper read by him the other evening to the Literary Society of Nottingham, on national education, containing a statistic of all the different congre gations of churches and chapels in that town, in which he,controverts a statement in the last Edinburgh Review, that not above a third or a fourth are sectarians in England. From his communication, it appears that in Nottingham there are five congregations of Churchmen, con taining a total of 5,800 (of whom 830 arc com municants and members) ; and that there are 20 congregations of Dissenters, containing a total of 12,000 (of whom 4,534 are communicants). Taking the Sunday schools, the total num ber of Dissenters educated in them is 5,048, of Church people, 1,678. " People (says Mr. Hopper) are asleep with respect to the declining interest of the Established Church, and the growing magnitude of dissent." In all the towns of which accounts have been published, the result is nearly the same. In the History, Directory, and Gazette of the County of York, published in 1822 (we believe there is a later edition), on turning to Sheffield, we find four places of worship of the Esta blishment, and fifteen places of worship of Dissenters and Catholics. The Independents alone are more numerous than the Churchmen. In Leeds the churches are four, and the chapels nineteen. In the Hull Directory, published in 1826, there are five churches, and twenty chapels of Dissenters. If we take Lancashire, we find corresponding results. In Baines's History (1825), sixteen churches and three chapels are assigned to the Establishment, and forty places of worship to the Dissenters. The other towns exhibited the same proportions. In the Lincolnshire Directory, we find in Boston a church and chapel of ease, and eight Dissenting places of worship, and a Catholic chapel. The Dissenting congregations are, with few excep tions, much more numerous than those of the Establishment. There are upwards of 8,000 Dis senting congregations in England and Wales. There are, it is true, a greater number of parishes; but a number of the parishes of the south and west of England contain few inhabitants ; while a dissenting congregation must be of a magnitude to support a minister. We do not believe that any single sect is as numerous as that which is established, but we are quite cer tain that at present the Dissenters, taken toge ther, exceed in number the members of the Church. By a fiction the Church counts all her followers who do not belong to any congre gation of Dissenters ; but even with this addi tion, the Dissenters are the most numerous. Wherever there is a town population, they are as three to one to the Church. But every year the Dissenters gain and the Church loses. In King William's time, the Dissenters were a mere handful, as may be seen from the return found in his chest, which Sir John Dalrymple pub lished. Even since the revolutionary war the Dissenters h a v e i ncrease d enormously, ill com parison with the Church. We remember, when in several counties, of the South of England, the attempt to build dissenting cha pels, led to riots. There arc now chapels in abundance in all these counties. The people are fond of the consequence which they derive from their share in the management of Dissent ing Chapels and the rearing of one is sure to be followed by the desertion of the neighbouring Church. Whether Ministers, by reformin g t h e blaring abuses of the Church, will be able to counteract the progress of dissent, we know not. We are inclined to doubt whether any reform will ever enable a Church, over the clergy of which the people have no control, to compete with a clergy chosen by the people. It is, therefore, more than probable that many years will not elapse when the Church will be left with kw followers, except in remote and thinly-popu lated districts. This is one reason why the Di s senters ought not to be impatient, becaus e justice may not be done to them now. The Church is without the Lying principle, to which they owe their growth.—Morning Chronicle. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. Yesterday four young men who serve in the shop of Mr. John Simpson, haberdasher, of Bishopsgate street, were summoned before the LORD MAYOR, under the following rather remarkable circum stances : A Mr. Timothy stated that as he and his clerk were passing through Bishopsgate-street, they saw several children's dresses ticketed in Mr. Simpson's shop at ss. I Id. each. Witness sent his clerk in to purchase one, but the latter returned and said that the shopman refused to let hint have the dress for less than 7s. 6d. Witness then went in himself and asked for the dress at the ticketed price, but the shopman he addressed said " I suppose you are some -- Jew," used other language of an offen sive nature, and, assisted by others of the servants of the establishment, tried to push him out of the shop. He said that if they laid hands upon him he would retaliate violently. One of them immediately struck him, he returned the blow, and was at once surrounded by nine or ten of the shopmen, who got him down, and beat him when down. A mob then crowded round the door, cried " Shame " and said if witness had committed a robbery he ought not to he treated in such a manner. Some persons at length entered the shop from the street and inter fered to extricate him, but he lost his hat and three half crowns, out of his waistcoat pocket, in the scuffle. Mr. Simpson had witnesses to disprove the truth of the accusation, to deny every word of it, and he had discharged the two young men who had been concerned. The LORD MAYOR—If you believe every word to be untrue, you have treated the two persons you have dismissed with great injustice. The complainant requested that the Lord Iklayor would direct Mr. Simpson to let him (complainant) see the other shopmen, as he might identify some of them as participators. Mr. Simpson would from courtesy permit Mr. Timothy to see them. The LORD MAYOR—From courtesy I What ! a man is to be knocked down in your shop by your servants, and you will be so courteous as to allow him to identify his assailants I Would you not assist him from justice ? The complainant—There is very little disposition to oblige in that way. The LORD MAYOR then directed Leadbitter, the Marshalman, to accompany Mr. Timothy to the shop in order to take a view of the shopmen. The Marshalman, on his return, said that when the complainant entered the shop, one of the shop men said to him, " You rascal get out of the shop." Mr. Simpson then requested that his Lordship would postpone the case for a day, in order that op portunity might be given of refutation, and his Lordship consented to adjourn it. The defendants appeared yesterday, accompanied by two others, and the complainant said he did not at all wish to detain any of whose identity he or his witnesses were not fully convinced. Two were, in accordance with this suggestion, discharged. The complainant and defendants were attended by attorneys. Mr. Timothy having repeated his evidence, and undergone a cross-examination, which did not in the slightest degree cause him to vary it, Ellis, his clerk, was called, arid stated that the shopmen had surrounded the complainant and beaten him down. Two persons, who were passing at the time, de posed to nearly the same effect. Mr. Timothy stated, that Mr. Simpson appeared in the shop after the violence had been committed, and caused him to be conveyed to the watchhouse. The constable, however, upon hearing the charge, refused to de;uin witness in custody. The solicitor to the defendants said that he could prove that the complainant was the first aggressor, and called a young man who was also shopman to Mr. Simpson. This witness stated, that Mr. Timothy wanted a Foolah dress instead of a Shelley dress, and offered only ss. l Id., the price of the latter, which was in ferior. The complainant, upon being refused, used the most violent lauguage, said it was a complete " take in," and that they were a set of humbugs altogether. One of the shopmen, in order to stop the annoyance, put his hand gently upon the com plainant, who immediately retaliated with a most yioletA blow. Another of the shopmen then went up to extricate his companion. The defendants were ordered to find bail, which was accordingly done. The examination brought together a very numer ous assemblage. MARLBORO UGH.STREET. Yesterday Eliza Frisbee, an under nurse-maid, charged Martha Brown, the upper nurse-maid, with having scratched a very pleasing countenance, of which she was the possessor. The complainant had recently been engaged in the nursery of Mr. Crawford, at the York Hotel, Albemarle-street ; but she had " progressed" sur prisingly in the good graces of her master and mis tress in a short period, much to the annoyance of the upper maid, Martha Brown. Squabbles accord ingly arose betwixt them, which ended in the de fendant threatening to " do" for her, and on two occasions scratching and pushing her violently. Mr. Crawford spoke very much in favour of his pretty maid, and announced his intention of parting with his plain one. In defence Martha said the quarrel occurred be cause Eliza Frisbee refused, as in duty bound, she being the under nurse-maid, to carry the biggest child, through which the little dear had caught a violent cold. The Bench having been satisfied that the assaults complained of had been committed, fined the defen dant 10s. for each offence. Miss Emily Lavinia Herbert and Miss Julia Laura iVyndhant were put to the bar, charged with having been disorderly the over-night. The " ladies" were enveloped in splendid opera cloaks, trimmed with the most expensive fur, which served to conceal the appropriate costume of Virgins of the Sun, the characters they had adopted for the purpose of enjoying the masquerade festivities at the King's Theatre. Some difference concerning a par ticular friend having occurred at the masquerade, the ladies adjourned to the Haymarket, and there continued to attack each other with the fury of " two wild cats in a saw-pit," until the combat was put an end to by the police. Miss Emily Lavinia Herbert appeared to treat the affair with nonchalance, pleading in excuse the extra quantity of fine she had imbibed. Miss Julia Laura Wyndham, on the other hand, appeared like Niobe, all tears, and when desired to allege something in excuse, she threw herself into the most approved attitude of stage hy sterics, and murmured out in sobbing accents her sorrow for the little indiscretion she had been guilty of. _ . The ladies were allowed to depart after having paid the fee of ss. to his Majesty. Q UEEN-S Q UARE. Yesterday Silvester Cadham, of No. 21, Broad wall, Blackfriars-road, a workman employed for the last twenty-three years at the soap-manufactory of Benjamin Hawes, Esq., M.P., was brought up in the custody of the police•constables of the L divi sion, and placed at the bar before Messrs. GRE GORIE and litirtitELL, charged with a most dreadful and brutal assault on his wife, Jane Cadham, and wounding her in the side, whereby her life is in danger. The Magistrates asked the prisoner if he wished to say any thing. Cadham was very sorry for what had occurred. Ilia wife had been out all day drinking, and he was forced to make the bed and put the children to sleep himself. She came home about 12 o'clock at night, when he was in bed and asleep, and threw some gravel against the windows to wake him to let her in, which he did ; but nothing could pacify her, and what he had dune was in a moment of passion. The Magistrates said that it was their duty to remand him until the fate of the poor woman was known. The prisoner was then removed from the bar. We Understand that he has three children, and that very great doubts are entertained of his wife's recovery. BOW-STREET. Yesterday William Bradford, a letter-carrier in the employment of the General Post-office, was charged with opening a money-letter committed to his charge, and stealing therefrom one sovereign. The prisoner was committed on the capital charge. A second charge was then brought against the prisoner of embezzling the sum of Is. 4d., being the amount of postage paid on a foreign letter. The prisoner on this charge was remanded to Friday next. The prisoner is the fifth letter-carrier who has been charged at this office within a very short period with abstracting money from letters intrusted to their care for delivery. THAMES_POLICE. Yesterday a female of dashing exterior and very lofty demeanour, who gave the name of Mary lVil hamns, was brought before Mr. COMBE, charged with attempting to commit suicide by throwing herself into the river at Waterloo-bridge, The officer who brought the prisoner before the Magistrate was no sooner sworn than the prisoner exclaimed, " Now, Sir, use my reputation more tenderly than that dreadful hurricane has just now used my person." Mr. COMBS-Oh ! you were caught in it, were you? Prisoner—l was, Sir, and I think your offi cers might have paid more respect to a lady than to have brought me through such a most horrible storm in a boat. Mr. John Gaskin, a surveyor of Thames-police, stated that the prisoner was brought on board the Port Mahon guard•ship, off Surrey-street, Strand, between 8 and 9 o'clock that morning by Myers, a waterman, who charged her with attempting to drown herself. She was attired in a most splendid masquerade dress, and was wet through, and appa rently dead. By the assistance of the daughters of Mr. Mitchell, the inspecting-surveyor of Thames police, on board, who stripped her and provided her with dry clothing, she soon recovered. All that he could asce►tain about her was, that she resided at No. 15, George-street, Adelphi, and had been to the masquerade at the King's Theatre. Prisoner—You have found nut all you could, Mr. Police Officer, and you, Sir (addressing the magis trate), will perhaps ask for my previous character. You will have to go to Connaught-square, Edge ware-road, and they will tell you I rode in my car riage, kept my servants, and supported a large esta. blishment. James Myers, a waterman, plying at Waterloo bridge, began his evidence by stating—" This morning, your Worship"— The prisoner here interrupted the waterman, by exclaiming—" Sir, you and those gazing fools, who have their mouths open to catch all they can, shall hear the truth. I went to the masquerade with my protector, and I remained with him until this morn ing, enjoying the revelry. I accompanied him to his house in Lincoln's Inn-fields, and had scarcely put my foot on the threshold of his door when he displeased me. In a moment of passion I threatened to drown myself at Waterloo-bridge. He laughed, and I called a coach, which his servant assisted me into, and I ordered the coachman to drive to Water loo-bridge. He did, I got out, and gave this man sixpence or a shilling, and while he was preparing the boat I jumped into the river, and that is all." Mr. COMBE—WeII, this is very romantic, Ma dam ; we must hear the waterman. Myers said a coach drove up to Waterloo-bridge, and who should jump out but a lady, in the most elegantest dress he ever sew. " A boat, you scoun drel, a boat," exclaimed the lady, and he ran down the steps to get it ready. She threw a sixpence into the boat, but instead of getting into it plunged headlong into the river. He vent in after ber, and she was on the point of sinking under the stage op posite King's College, when he caught her by the legs and hauled her out. One moment more and she must be gone. Mr. CoMBE asked if anything more was known of this very dignified lady. Gaskin—Your Worship, her servant is waiting outside the office to take her home. Prisoner—You had better speak for yourself, Mr. Officer—not for others. Why am I put into this filthy place (alluding to the dock in which she was standing) ? I insist on leaving such a degrading place. (The prisoner here walked down the steps of the dock, but was quickly put back.) Gaskin had called on the lady's protector : he said he knew no more of her than of any other fe male. Prisoner--Lying varlet ! he dare not have said so, or if he did, it was because he did not wish his name to transpire. Gaskin--His name is Robertson. Prisoner—Yes ; and you make use of his name as if he was your equal. How much longer am Ito remain thus degra , led ? Mr. ComBE, who wa% highly amused, and laughed heartily at the lofty manner and airs of the lady, ordered her to be discharged, the waterman (Myers) offering to be her cicerone until she reached her lodgings. The prisoner, who looked with the most ineffable contempt on the poor waterman, who said he did not know what to make of her, marched out of the office with a dignified step, amidst the laughter of the officers, and repaired to the Waterman's Arms adjoining, where she remained until Mr. Robertson, her " protector," called, who sent her home in a hackney-coach. It was said that a little bit of jealousy caused the lady to make the attempt on her life. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec. 31. (Before Mr. Commissiuner WILLIAMS.) IN RE HURST AND ROBINSON. A meeting of the c , editors on the joint estate of John Hurst and Joseph Ogle Robinson was held to day, for the purpose of auditing the accounts and declaring a further dividend. A gentleman, representing the interests of Sir Peter Pole and Co., the bankers, who were the largest creditors, having proved for 60,0004, sub mitted that it would be better not to declare a di vidend until the property at Leeds was disposed of, when a final dividend could be declared. The COMMISSIONER had no objection to the post ponement now proposed. He expected the assignees to be prepared to declare a final dividend in July next, at furthest. IN RE REMINGTON, STEPHENSON, AND CO. A meeting of the creditors on the separate estate of Rowland Stephenson was held this day ; the accounts having been examined, a further dividend of Is. in the pound was declared ; this, with 2s. Gd. in the pound previously declared, makes the total amount of dividend now paid on the debts proved against the estate 3s. Gd. in the pound. A further dividend of is. Gd. in the pound may be expected. The total amount of debts proved against the estate is 18-1,0001. _ . By the last accounts from New York, it appears that Rowland Stephenson is confined in prison there, at the suit of Ex-Sheriff Parkins, for a debt of 14,0001., being, as he alleged, money advanced to the bankrupt individually, but he has succeeded here in tracing the money so advanced into the ge neral fund, and consequently has received, in com mon with the other creditors on the joint estate of Remington, Stephenson, and Co., a dividend of 10s. 10d. in the pound on the amount of his debt. SURREY SESSIONS, DEC. 31. MEETING OF MAGISTRATES. The General Quarter Sessions for Surrey com menced this day at Newington. Among the Ma gistrates present were Lord King, Mr. Briscoe, M. P., Mr. Hawes, M. P., Sir R. Frederick, Sir T. Turton, Colonel Chaloner, Mr. L. Baker, and Mr. Elyard. On the motion of Mr. HawEs a Committee was appointed to investigate a charge, made against the Deputy High Constable of the Court, of having taken a bribe for excusing a person from filling the office of constable, which he had been called upon to serve. Mr. Smallpiece, the county treasurer, presented his accounts. It appeared that there was a defi ciency of 2,0701. for the quarter, to supply which a new two-penny rate would be necessary. The new mode of passing Scotch and Irish paupers would cause considerable expense.--New rate agreed to. The report from Brixton Gaol recommended a scale which altered the usual allowance given to prisoners on their discharge, and also in furnishing passes to vagrants upon their liberation. It also recommended that a piece of land contiguous to the gaol should be purchased, to prevent the erection of houses thereon, whereby the free circulation of the air would be impeded. Ordered to be printed. It was agreed that an additional female turnkey should be appointed to Guildford House of Correc tion, in consequence of the increase of female priso ners.—Adjourned. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (From the " London New Price Current" of yesterday.) SUGAR.—The Sugar Market, which shut on the 20th instant, opened this morning, and there appears to be a general inquiry for Aluscovades, as both the wholesale Grocers and Refiners are out of stock ; the prices are the same as previously to the holydays; the estimated sales this day were 500 Ithds.and trs. The stock of West India Sugar is now 34,903 hbds. and trs., being 6,836 more than last year. The stock of Mauritius 70,883 bags, being 14,072 more than last year. The delivery of West India is 1,545 blids. and trs., being 168 more than last year. The delivery of Mauritius is 2,187 bags, being 709 less than the corresponding week of 1832. In the Refined Market this day there are no transactions to any extent, but it is quite evident, from the general inquiries, that there are very large orders in town, particularly for fine Crashed, but they are generally limited to 305., and they cannot be executed; for other goods there is little demand, but the Market looks firm, with a❑ improving demand. MAURITIUS SUGAR.—There are no purchases to re port. A public sale of 3,000 bags is advertised fur Friday, new Sugars and of fine quality. EAST INDIA_SUGAR•—There are no purchases re ported. FOREIGN SUGAR..—NO business. COFFEE.-There have been no public sales of Coffee for the list ten days ; by private contract a parcel of good ord St. Domingo has been sold at 595. and there are offers now made at 58s. for the same quality, which are rejected. In British Plantation we have heard of no pur. chases. The Coffee Market generally looks very firm. Cocoa.—There have been extensive purchasesof Brazil Cocoa during the holydays; about 800 bags have sold 21s. 6d. and 225., which is a small advance o❑ the cur rency. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-The Rum Market opened this day with considerable firmness ; there are offers to some extent for proof Leewards at Is. I 1 d., but no sellers ; the holders are firm at 2s. ; for the Jamaica de scriptions there is also a general inquiry for the home con sumption, which will probably lead to large sales, but none to anv extent were reported up till a late hour this day, but the Market looks very firm. Brandy is steady. Geneva is without inquiry. TALLOW.—The Tallow Market continues to attract much attention ; the large fleet has arrived upon the coast, and a large proportion have already entered Hull and the eastern ports ; the consequence is a further de cline in the prices ; the sales of Tallow on the spot have been 445. 435. 9d. and 431. 6d., and for January and February 6d. to Is. under these prices have been reported. The speculators in some instances have been placed in a very strange position, having sold, according to report, through the houses that have failed about 485., and closed their accounts through other channels about 465.; the former contract is void, and as they have purchased at 465., the latter to close their accounts, they are left with the late contract at what must now be considered a high price; such are the effects of the time bargains, attended with much confusion, to the destruction of trade, giving a fictitious price to one of the leading articles of trade. At a late hour this evening the Tallow Market remains in an unnatural state, all parties agreeing that, owing to the depressed priers, Tallow might be returned in bond to St. Petersburgh, and yield a profit to the shipper; the price at closing is very uncertain, about 445. 3d., and some bargains to close accounts reported at 445. 6,1. and 445. 9d. This is settling day in time bargains in Tallow; it has gone off quietly. Inrsir PitovisroNs.—The imports in the last week were of Foreign Butter 7,229 casks, of Irish 5,940 firks., and of Bacon 1,359 bales. We quote Friesland and Kiel Butter at the quay 925. a 965. per cwt., as to quality ; and as for Irish there has not been scarcely the least alte ration since this day se'nnight in either price or• demand, if any, it has been a trifling improvement in Cork and Li merick Butter, which, as to selection of qualities, we quote the former 725. a 745. and the latter 70s. a 735. per cwt. landed ; there is at present such a variety in the qua lity of the various other descriptions of Irish Butter lying here, it is difficult to give any thing like accurate quota tions. For prime singed Bacon there has been more in quiry, and an advance in price of Is. a 2s. per cwt. has been realized, particularly for purchases on board fur for ward shipment, as well as for light weights and very heavy prime parcels landed, but we cannot note any particular briskness in the Market. Bale and Tierce Middles, Hams, Bladder Lard, &c., are much the same as quoted in our last. OlLS.—..Fish Oils and Seed Oils are firmer at last week's prices. CORN.—The duty on B irley and Beans is Is. 6d. per quarter higher this week, being the only alteration. We had but a short supply of Wheat yesterday morning from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk, though the arrival during last week was abundant. The trade was altogether Is. per quarter lower, and at this depression very little doing. The supply of Barley was very languid ; fine samples sup ported the prices of yesterday week, but inferior sorts are good ; the finest Malting simples readily obtained last week's currency, but Grinding sorts are rather lower. We had a large supply of Oats, and prices were fully sup ported for fine fresh Corn, but in all descriptions the sale was heavy. Maple and Grey Pease are Is. a 2s. cheaper; in Boilers and in Beans there is no alteration. Other articles remain the same as last noted. CorroN.—The accounts from Liverpool continue very favourable for cotton, about 27,000 bags sold last week, Buweds id. to id., and Braz,ls id. higher. In this Market Cattons are held firmly for higher prices, but the sales since Friday are only 500 bags at very full market prices ; the holders do not appear inclined to sell large parcels at the present prices. The East India Company hive declared a sale for the 19th January; the quantity of Sorats is 2,584 bags, but it is expected to be increased to 3,200 bags, and 450 Madras. There are no Bengali left in the importers' hands in this Market. TURPENTINE.-2,000 brls. Turpentine are in direct to the drawers ; not any tor sale. Spirits are in demand, and an advance paid. TonAcco.—There are no sales of Tobacco to report ; the Market is firm at former prices. FRUIT —There is no alteration in the prices of Fruit, the consumption is reported to be rather extensive, and it is expected that the short supplies will lead to a small advance in the prices. SPICES.-Spices are steady in price, but there is little inquiry except for Cinnamon, which is in demand at rather higher prices. _ SALTPETRE.—saltpetre is firm at the former prices, RICE.—The Market is heavy, the sales have lately been reported. INDIGO.—There is little doing in Indigo, but the Market looks exceedingly firm ; during the holydays small parcels were forced off at a renuction in prices, the sales made either from necessity or perhaps for the purpose of depress ing pr ices to enable the buyers to purchase at lower rates, but if the latter it has not succeeded, for the Alatket is 2,966 chests, which it is exp ecte d w ill be increased to uncotmonly firm ; ti.e quantity d ec l are d f or n .-xt sale is 4,000. n GLAS 0 IVMARKETS. (From the Glasgow Herald of Monday.) SUGAR.-The sales made in Riw Sugars this week amount to 870 bhds. and tierces. Brown Demeraras and Trinidada 491. a 519., good browns to low middling 525., middling 521. 6d. a 539. 9d., good middling 531., dling Jamaica 535. 6d. a 5-6 e., good 57e. 6d. and fine 60i. 120 puns. Demerara Molasses were sold at 259. 9d. Re fined Sugars are without any variation in price ; brown Loaves 71s. up to 80s. for fine, and very fine 81s. a 845. Candy 9i-d. a 1011. Crashed Sugars are still scarce, and selling very freely ; browns and yellows 545. a 595., middling and good middling 599. 'a 625., good and fine 635. a 675., very fine whites 68s. a 725. Treacle dull at 21s. a 21s. 6d. RICE.-900 bags East India Rice were sold at 13e. RUM.—Nothing worthy of remark done in Rum ; Jamaicas2s.,6d. a 2s. 7d., and Leewards 2e. 3d. for proofs. ASHES are dull of sale; Pots 219. 6d. a 265., and Pearls 265. a 265. 6d. Y. C. TALLOW is selling at 475. 6d. a 46.1. OlL.—Whale Oil 181. a IN., Pale Seal 201., and Cod 181. a 18/. 10s. per tun, old measure. COUNTRY CORN ➢IARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Per Quarter. Boston Gainsborough Grantham .. Grimsby Horncas tle Lincoln Spilsby Stamford Wheat. Beane: s. to s. 42 50 48 50 46 52 44 54 46 51 44 48 40 52 46 60 Beans Pease Beans. 30s Od 27s Od Os Od were sold. Beans. 30s Od 2Ss Od :As Od Bat ley. 1 Oats. s. to s. 2(3 32 g. tO 8. S. tO 8. 16 22 32 40 1 411 20 20 15 *2; 36 14 20 30 3 4 17 22 136 40 16 18 34 40 16 38 40 16 2'2 32 40 20 34 26 32 26 32 28 33 26 30 30 32 26 32 NORWICH, Dec. 28. Wheat (per qr.) —40 s. 525. fies. Beans (per qr.) 31s. 345. 20s. 265. 355. Pease, Grey* 365. 475. Oats CANTERBURY, Dec. 28. Wheat, white 579. to 635. Old --s. to —a. —red 48s. to 60s. —a. to —a Barley, Malting 263. to 325. Grinding.. 229. to 275. Oats 313 to 355. 01d... —s. to --s. 3135. to 365. Grey 30s. to als. MANCHESTER, Dec. 28. Wheat, per 701 b. Bs. Od. to Bs. 2d. Red 7s. 9.1. to Bs. 3d. Barley, per 601 b 5 0 5 6 Oats 3 2 3 2 Beans, per Imperial quarter Pease, White, per Imperial bushel 5 0 5 3 Malt, per 6 Imperial bushels 3B 0 42 0 Flour, per Sack of 280Ib 4O 0 46 0 rI . E.--FRIDAY, Dec. 27. From To Average. 1,866 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 18 0 :17 6 23 0 222 Bete l6 stone 10 6 11 6 11 4 421 Barley l6 stone 12 6 12 7 12 2 2,366 Oats 12 stone 8 6 12 6 9 10 12,466 Cwt. Flour. , 9 stone 6 0 19 0 0 743 Oatmeal 8 stone 9 0 13 0 11 3 Sold to Makers only. 10,073 Cwt. Flout Average price of Wheat and Flour 380. 4d. per Firsts, from 17s. tid Receipts of Flour, 15,0,191 Seconds, from 13s. lid Sales of Do. 12,466 „ . . 1 from 6s. Od. IRISH MA DUBLIN MARKET NO' 15 5% sack. I. to 19a. Od. I. to 16s. Od. 1. to 9a. Od. PRICE OF BREAD. ..-.«7%.1. I Half Qua Quartern Loaf. CORK MARKETS.—Dee. 28. Wheat (per 20st.) Barley (per 16st.) Oats (per 14st.) Flour (per cwt.) 5 0 16 6 Oatmeal (per cwt.) ll 0 12 0 Beef, 3d. to bd. ; Mutton, 3d. to 6d. ; Veal, 6d. to Bd. ; Pork, 2d. to 20. ; Fresh Butter, 106. to 12d. per lb. PRICE OF BUTTER. To the Merchants. To the Country. 735. First Quality Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth 39 :2S CLONMELL MARKETS.—Dec. 27. Per Cwt. s. d. s. d. New Butter 74 0 to 76 0 Oatmeal 10 6 0 Rendered Lard 37 0 33 0 Per 0 31 0 , O 29 0, Per r O 0 O 11 Per S 2 1 31 8 0 01 Per P O 1 2] 3 0 41 s. d. s. d. Hides (raw) 12 0 to 34 0 Bacon Pigs .2 0 9.4 6 Heads 14 0 Flour, Second ....- -Household— Bag. I Flour, Thirds 0 4 0 0 Fourths...l4 0 0 Rapeseed 20 Bere 10 Bar cy 11 6 13 0 ,Coals hone. NV heat 1 Oats 0 I (rough) 5 6 6 Potatoes 0 3T 0 4 'ound. Fresh Butter 1 Beef 0 iiSiuliOn 0 4 0 5 11 Veal 0 44 0 0 KILKENNY.—Butter 755. to 87s. per cwt. ; Wheat 225. to 255. per barrel ; Flour 12s to 30s. per bag; Oats lOs. to Ils. per bar. rel ; Barley Ils. to Ns. ; Beef 3d. to 314. per lb. ; Mutton 4jd. to f..d. ; Potatoes 4d. per stone; Coals Is. Id. per cwt.; Bacon Pigs 265. to 275. Od. per cwt. SCOTCH HADDINGTON CO Wheat. Barley. I First s6s Od 285 Od Second soa Od Od Third There were 359 qrs. of Wheat i 3S Unsold Average, lARKETS. .N A! Alt K E'F.--Dec. Oats. I Pease. 18, 04 26s Od 17s Od 25 3 Od 15s Od I Od in market, 3'21 whereof 1.-0 Grey. 21. If s. RI 5.19.ths N 2G. DALKIETH COIL. MARKET.—Dec. Wheat. Barley. oats. Pease. First s6s Gd f:!5, 6i 20s Od 30, Od Second sos Otl 26s Od IS Od =8 0.1 Third 34s Od 19 , Od iss Od Od MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREI T. (From the London Gazette.) TO-MORROW, JAN 2.: M. x. J. Cumber lege, jun., stock-broker, Old Broad-street. 1 at 12 W. Wilson and Co., merchants, Mark-lane I J. Lane, checsemonger, Strand I 10 'l'. Acton, warehouseman, Angel-court, Friday-street 1 1 DIVIDENDS. Y. 'l'. 'l'. Pcrnard, bankers, Pall Mall at 12 J. C. Stewart, merchant, Calcutta ll IRISH FROLICS.—For several days the neigh bourhood of Gray's Inn-lane has been a scene of the greatest confusion and bloodshed in consequence of some party disputes between the low Irish in that neighbourhood. It appears that lately a man named Connor came to live in Spread Eagle-court, Gray's Inn-lane, and coming from a part of Ireland where ancient feuds existed, the most im placable hatred was felt against him, and scarcely a day has passel since Saturday se'nnight but the most desperate riots and conflicts have taken place. O❑ Christmas Eve and Christmas Day hundreds of Irishmen and women assembled in Gray's Inn-lane, armed with bludgeons, pokers, shovels, bayonets, and various other weapons, with wh,ch they fought in a most desperate manner, and several individuals, including policemen, were severely injured. Some of the ringleaders were taken into custody and held to bail. Information Laving reached the police that another " battle royal" was to take place on Friday last, a strong body of the police was stationed in Gray's Inn and other places, so that in the event of a row they could immediately quell it. In the course of the day nearly three hundred of the Irish assembled with sticks, and in every way pre pared for combat. On approaching Spread Eagle-court they were met by the opposite faction, and a desperate fight took place, when the police interfered and soon put an end to the disturbance, but not before several persons were laid prostrate and insensible on the ground weltering in blood. Some of the ringleaders were taken to the sta tion-house ; and on Saturday morning they were brought before the Magistrates at Hatton-garden, charged with assaults and creating a riot. Some were held to bail, and other• were fined and committed in default of payment. BIRTHS. On the 30th ult., at New-street, Spring-gardens, Mrs. Bransby Cooper, of a daughter. On the 28th ult., at Bevis Hill, near Southampton, the lady of F. Faiwassir, Esq., of a daughter. the itecY lady J .; Majo r nthe 30th Lewis, ult., o f o G On the 28th ult., at Wahuer, the lady of th e R ev. R a lph D. Backhouse, of a daughter. On the 30th ult., Paddington, th e l a d y of th Gifford, of a daughter. On the 3d ult., at Carmarthen, South Wales, h at K a son. en On , n Bton-crescent, the l ady of Henry C o bb Cornwall, Esq., of a son. On the 31st ult., in Grosven o r.pl ac e, the lad y of T. W. Bramston, Esq., of a daughter. T. MA.fßl:tgDhae., :tne. ChuArshii-irea,nlher:l countyv Galway, w m a o y i , s s c qu an a , r p e . , On the 31st ult., at St. George's Roderick O'Connor, Es q ., d au ghter of the late 111acLeod of Itas • Mery Anne, young :.st daughter of vicar of Felton, Northumberland, a nd niece to the Dowager Countess of Roden. On the 21st ult., at Enterkene House, llannah Elizabeth, only Camp bell, Esq., only son of Sir John Campbell, of Airds, Bart., to a). DIED. E sq ., late of fleautoy-terrace, Kilb urn , aged 63. sw O in f b i o th u e n) 3lst ult., at C lare m ont- place, Judd-street, Thomas , P. Hummel, of Conduit-street, and daughter of the late W, Horton, Esq., of Highbury, in her 51st year. widow of the late James Ann, Meades, ag ed 93 ' Sotheby, Esq., daughter of Quarles Harris, jun., Esq., aged P 2. , On the ‘2:2d ult., at Pinner, Middlesex, Henry Rest, Est , 00 On the tt : 3 Oajootttihh, ult., at a ai t tn l Kß l leiglilhi Kensington, b ti en u rg r .t y so:nu A , aged 62. are, Anne Margaret, eldest On the 13th ult., at Boulogne-sur-Ater, Mrs. Pinchard, wife of Richard Pinchard, Esq., in her 87th year. , On the 30th ult., in Grosvenor-street, in his 77th year, Win, On the 0 0th ult., at his mother's residence, Nunney, s omer _ setshire, Edward, fourth son of the late Thomas Dallimore, Esq., formerly of the. London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill, aged "S. On the ‘,th ult., at the house of her son, Wm. Collins, Esq., Dirs. Collins, aged 73. R. A,, Bayswater, On the :19th inst., Catherine, relict of the late William Sand ham, Esq., of Midhurst. of Stewardstone, Essex: VUBLIVIIE I) By MURDO YOLINO,ATTHIL l'airtruo • BrN OFFI.E, 112, 6ravolD. ~. v 4