The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-23 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS AND 43ttigic tgootsttott. " Who runs may read.' POREIGN. il _The King of the French had a long conference in afternoon of Tuesday with Count . Mole and the „eke D ecazes. Th e Mo n i teur announces th at M. atier, captain of the Meleagre brig-of-war, and 7nunander of the F r ench naval station at Barcelona, been rai se d t o th e ran k o f officer of the Legion of nour. The French Ministerial papers persevere sedulously d 4l st-oiling facts, whch are daily exposed and contra eted- Thus the 800 bombshells which were thrown "S Barcelona have dwindled t o 200, and the eighty -4,',e Persons shot, according to, th e Moniteur, are all 4 except thirteen. L ord Cowley had a long conference with the 'IL :lister for Foreign Affairs on Wednesday. 1 ,-the Courtier de la Gir o nde stat e s th a t the will of „._ .41.1% ( Johnston, who died lately at Floirac," in that de- Zr . lent, where he had long resided, was opened on , 1 7 1 7th inst., and found to contain amongst other l '2 o sitions the following charitable legacies, viz., i; k 7 ,o oof. to the hospitals-800,000E to the Bureau de "uarite, and 50,000 f. to the commune of Floirac. i o 4 .. deputation of the Municipal Council of Barce- Pt had waited on the Regent to intercede in favour r. the place, when they met with a very gracious jtleeption. The Regent, in reply to a remark from ~,! of the body, who recommended clemency to be Z 0 .lsted, said that he was only come to chastise the 64 4,ty and protect the innocent. 4,According to the latest accounts from Constanti • t ;'Ple, strong lemonstrances continued to be made by t[ :' Russian Government against the manner in which to e Porte had thought proper to settle the Servian ( itair, but without any apparent effect on the Ottoman e : , vernment. The former , however, is not likely to t i a Se in her opposition to the measure. A negotia tv?n had been opened with regard to Persian affairs inch it was hoped would end favourably. th Y,be Moscow Gazette states that, on the occasion of 411 7, happy delivery of the Grand Duchess Marie-Alex `trovna the Cesarewitch Grand Duke gave a sum ee 10 ,000 roubles (1,6001.) to that city, to set free a lord number of persons in prison for debt, .and to Nord assistance to the needy. 2 A lamp of native gold, of the enormous weight of „Ponds and 71b. (about 801 b. English), was found b ltlie 7th instant in the sands of Miass, near the t Znea of Zfatooust, in Russia, and placed in the Mu tt of the Institute of Mines at St. Petersburgh. the Prussian State Gazette states that the news of 1 7 insurrection of Barcelona had produced great „ n3 ation at Berlin, and that there had been a con t7t interchange of couriers, for some days past, be een that city arid the other States of the Continent. PUBLIC OPINION. % ,:the Chronicl e say s :—" We w ere not wro ng i n * PPosing that the hostility to the Income-tax, which 1 : 3 displayed on St. Thomas's-day, in the City, would 4 manifested in a still stronger degree in other parts the kingdom. In another column we have given blthriged account of the proceedings in the Town des of Edinburgh, on Tuesday last, at which a ,jes of resolutions, couched in the strongest lan ;mg; condemning the tax as inquisitorial, oppres 4. ; and unjust, were carried by a majority of 20 to 41 Sir Robert Peel will find the generation of 1843 averse to the Income and Property-tax, as was the generation of 1816. When it was proposed last ses onn the p eo pl e were com p ara ti ve ly a p a th e ti c , beca use eY knew its oppressive and inquisitorial character htY as a matter of history ; but experience is the 4 of all teaehers. Sir Robert will find the T ories not more willing to submit to this i4 °,113 tax than Whigs and Reformers. It ~, nardly necessary for us to observe that the "`nle unanimity on the part of all classes which corn tiled a strong and powerful Government in 1816 to P ' hdraw the Bill for the continuance of the then th i nPerty-tax, will be found effectual in compelling ee Present Government to repeal the present tax if l 'e People only show that they are in earnest, they the tnlot fail to secure an immediate compliance with ir request. Th e peace in India and China, like h at of 1815, has relieved the country from a heavy th a t ~,arge. The resources of the country are sufficiently 17._ Ple , under a proper system of taxation, to provide j the expenses of the State, without exposing the a se , Pie to a continual repetition of the odious inquisi °ln they are now suffering under. But there must ' e unanimity. The other wards of the City must flow the example set them in the wards of Tower, oad-street, and Langbourne, and the country must fallowia the City. It is in agitation to call upon the Ord M ayor to summon a Common Hall, that the ti i i, t izens may express their opinion of this most un-Eng h tax, in clear and distinct language." BThe Ti mes , a ll u di ng to th e late occurrences at arcelona,i observes :—" The direct inference from e disturbances which have taken place in Spain at R uch short intervals since the termination of the civil war is, that the Government of Queen Isabella and .he temporary authority of the Regent stand greatly 4 need of all the support which they might receive, and to which they are fully entitled, from the diplo iZtie influence of the whole of Europe. We are n rrectly aware that in Spain less than in any other entry can a Government rely with safety on foreign , 3' s t a istance ; and nothing is more to be deprecated, as "'• 'ea Bermudez emphatically declared in the dis .l:te_hes written during his mission to Germany in ti 'au, than an erroneous impression that the recogni -I;°n of the Queen's Government by the Northern th:vvers would tend to modify or impair the liberties, constitution, or the institutions of Spain. On the 'n i ntrary, whatever strength the presence of a corn . Mete diplomatic body in Madrid might give to the Danish Administration would be equally a guarantee a ßenst counter-revolution and revolution. The w eight of the recognition of all Europe would render e vessel of the State less subject to be beaten from Zr rcourse by the storms of faction ; and Spain b °uld renew her alliances with other Powers on the 4 1s of her own independent national policy." ) ,Speaking of the City Wardmote elections, the ir•ald says :—" St. Thomas's day passed away in the TP . without promoting Anti-Corn-law agitation. 'e citizens are practical people, sensitive in the ex ileTne about the quarters where the breel)hes-pockets 1 . and they'grumbled therefore at the ,tome -tax , ttl it 'leli more than at the price of bread, wh a sen - Ole person in one of the wards reminded municipal wi sdom could scarcely be lower than it now is. t "ugh here and there a local orator ' denounced.'— a ° use a favourite word of the leaguers—the Corn-law, :Id though the Income-tax was almost universally Osed, there was nowhere any hostility exhibited to "r Robert Peel and his colleagues, there was no l'kret expressed over the fallen fortunes of the V I higs, and there was no suggestion emitted that a tI ange of Ministry was desirable. In many of the ward tico. Le complaints against the Income-tax we heartily join; e manner in which returns of respectable tradesmen a re treated by the assessors, surveyors, and Somerset b l. ° l lse commissioners is disgraceful, e and Mr. Goul urn does certainly seem to neglect the superintend ence of the details of imposing and collecting this tax ;an extent that is calculated to injure Sir Robert Pp e el ' s Cabinet in public estimation. The House of ennnons will ring with statements of grievances a rising out of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's inat tention to this important subject ; public business will "e impeded in consequence of his apathy ; and the , "PPosition will have a standing theme of reproach against Ministers, in which every one possessing up ‘,l‘'ards o f 1501. a year will sympathise more or less, 4 eause Mr. Goulburn is careless or inefficient. Sir R. Peel will be sorely badgered because Mr. Goul urn is negligent." The Post thus alludes to the agrarian disturbances in Ireland :—" We are sorry to observe, in certain (knarters a disposition to throw the whole blame of t he crimes which disgrace the agricultural population ''f the south of Ireland upon the owners of the land. 've regret this, because, like most other perversions 0f th e truth which strongly touch upon personal feel- Ns, this fire against the landlords has the effect of `rapemting them, without doing any good in any. " co nceivable manner. If the landlords be less atten tive to their protective duties than they ought to be - :,",.eY are not likely to be turned from the error I' their ways by exaggerated representations, 1111 of bitterness, and calculated to increase what ever ill-feeling may at present subsist between „ t he occupiers and the owners of Irish land. We belie ve it to be quite true that in general, and r ,,nre especially in the southern parts of the kingdom t ", t ue relatio n s between landlord and tenant are not upon 'pe good footing that may be generally observed in i ngland and Scotland. We believe it to be quite *Lie that the Irish landlords are not generally so caref u l of their estates, and of the condition of their te nants, as in other parts of the United Kingdom. But it is, we think, quite unfair to cast the blame of 1 148 wholly upon the landlords. That a part of the erne is fairly attributable to them we admit, but a still greater share of the blame ought reasonably to "a laid upon the bad conduct of the tenantry them ' % elves, and upon other persons who, directly or incli•- • reetly, interfere between landlord and tenant, and al tnost uniformly in a hostile spirit towards the landlords." MONEY—TRADE—COIVIVIERCE. The petition of the sheep salesmen of Smithfield "mrket, praying for its enlargement, having been al 'post unanimously signed by them, was presented to t he Court of Common Council at its last meeting. ECCLESIASTICAL. A meeting was held at South Hackney yesterday f at' the purpose 'of making a Church-rate. It was op- Pc's ed but on its being stated by the churchwardens that the rate would not be exacted from any one i' v hose conscientious scruples forbade the payment of t) the motion was allowed to be carried. LAW AND POLICE. The Hon. Theobald Fitzwalter Butler residing at Downshire Hall, Hampstead, was charged at Mary lebone with threatening to shoot James Sherman Wilbraham, a clerk to a solicitor of Furnival's Inn, on his attempting to serv,e him with a writ. Mr. Butler was held to bail, .and bound over to keep the peace. The new Court of the Thames Police-office, in Arbour-square, Stepney, was opened yesterday for the first time. The expenditure on the Court and buildings has been 20,0001. THEATRICAL. Miss Sabilla Novello, the sister of Clara Novell°, who has been studying under the Chevalier Miche roux, the master of Pasta, has just returned from Italy, and . will shortly appear as prima donna at Drury-lane Theatre. COURT-PASECIONAIME. The Duke of Newcastle returned to Clumber Park early in the week. The Earl and Countess of Beverley returned to Portman-square yesterday. Lord Lovaine and Lady Louisa Percy, on leaving Stanwick Park, the residence of Lord and Lady Prudhoe, proceeded to Wortley Hall, and thence to Burghley, the seat of the Marquis of Exeter. Lord and Miss Foley returned to Grosvenor-square yesterday, from Woburn Abbey. Colonel Peel, M.P., and Lady Alice Peel, are stay ing near Richmond. Her Ladyship and family are expected to leave shortly for the Continent. The Marquis of Hastings left the Burlington Hotel, Cork-street, for Donnington Castle, Leicester shire. The Earl of Egmont has arrived at the Dowager Lady Arden's, in St. James's-place, from his villa at Epsom. The Earl of Northesk arrived at the Burlington Hotel, Cork-street, on Monday last, from a tour. MISCELLANEOUS. The Theological prize at Cambridge for Members of B. A. standing has been awarded this year to the Rev. J. Ketley, curate of St. Mark's, Kennington. The election of Vestry-clerk for St. George's, Southwark, commenced yesterday, and will probably last till Saturday. The three candidates are Mr. Day, Mr. Chester, and Mr. Cope. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool was brisk yester day, and wore an improved aspect. Sales, 8,000 bales; 1,000 bales American at sid. to sd. per lb., being taken on speculation ; 1,200 bales Surat, realising 3jd. to ; 200 Maranham at sd. to 6d.; 300 Peruvian, 6d. to 64d. ; 20 Egyptian, 6d., and the rest American for actual consumption at 4d. to 7d. per lb. Prices were steady, and the better qualities were scarce, and a shade dearer. The Rail way Shares were dull. Bristol and Exeter were 48 ; Eastern Counties, 8i; Grand Junction, Half, 934 ; Great Western, Half, 634- ; Birmingham, 1881; and Paris and Rouen, 24. Accounts from the Mauritius of the 17th of Sept. report rather favourably of trade. The sugars of the new crop had arrived but slowly, however, in con sequence of the mills not having commenced work. The sales amounted to 1,646 bags at 7 dollars 25 cents to 8 dollars 5 cents per 1001bs. Gold and silver coins are reported to be very scarce, and daily growing more so, while there was a difficulty in procuring bills on India, and which had caused recent remittances of specie to Pondicherry. The organs representing the interests of the planters complain of the taxation to which they are subject as being very burdensome. The packet-ship Europe, which will bring rather later advices from America, is announced as having ar rived off Liverpool, but we have no papers in town yet. It appears that the British Americkn Association has been endeavouring to set its house in order since the late Lord Mayor's exertions to expose the mal-administration of its affairs : and we may notice, as a satisfactory feature in the busi ness, that Sir John Pirie himself had been prevailed upon by Dr. Rolph, the Government emigration agent not long since arrived from Canada, to form one of a Committee of inquiry into the whole proceedings of the Association with a view to ascer tain whether the objects were good or bad, what the defect has been in carrying out those objects, and who are the parties to blame. If our information be correct, the concern will be remodelled, supposing the Committee's report to prove favourable, and some of the more scheming members who have hurried on its plans, in the absence of the leading Patrons and Directors, will he requested to withdraw, while the Duke of Argyle will re sume his connexion with the concern, in addition to several other influential Noblemen not before associated in it. A public meeting is now in progress at the London Tavern to receive the Com mittee's report, and as it is open to all, them will be a better chance of arriving at the truth than was the case under the closed-door system, pursued in the ab sence of Dr. Rolph, and when even the press was excluded. The public securities have been very quiet to-day, but are rather firmer. Money is reported to be as easy as could be wished in the general discount market. ReducedThree-and-a-Halfper Cents. have been marked 101 to 101/, the Three per Cents. 941 to 941, and the Old Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Annuities, 1001. Bank Stock has been dull at 172. Exchequer Bills are 495. to 51s. premium ; and the Canada:Guaranteed Debentures 1 to 11 premium. The Foreign Stocks continue heavy. Spanish Ac tives have been marked 181 to 18i, and the Three per Cents. 234. The Portuguese Converted Bonds are firm at 324, and the Three per Cents. 23. For Mexican Stock the rate is 311, and for Brazilian G9l, both being dull. Dutch Five per Cents. have been 1001 to 1001. For Railway Shares the quotations have been nearly the same, but with very little doing. Edin burgh and Glasgow were 2/ and South Western, Scrip, 31 dis Count. Great Western were 241, the New, 13,1, the Fifths, 41 ; the Birmingham, 99 to 991 ; and the Paris and Rouen, 41 premium. - PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. a A ILWAYS. Paid. Per share. Edinburgh and Glasgow 6O 471 to Great Western Ditto New ...... ......... BO Ditto Fifths London and Birmingham Paris and Rouen ... . 9_o South Eastern and Dover 5O Ditto Scrip JOINT STOOL BANKS Colonial 25 London and Westminster . —. 2. . 20 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 22.—We have had a little more business doing to-day, but at rather declining prices :—South Western, 61i ; Man chester and Birmingham, 194 ; Sheffield and Man chester, 3 l ; Havre and Rouen; 2f ; Paris and Rouen, 24f. MARKET NEWS. (THIS I)AY.) CORN EXCHANGE.—(FRIDAY.) Since Monday the arrivals of English Wheat for our market have been but moderate, yet the supply on offer here to-day was fully adequate to meet the wants of the dealers. Most of the finest qualities sold at late rates, but all other kinds were mend ing. Scarcely any Foreign Wheat has come to hand this week, yet we had a very dull inquiry for it, at next to nominal rates. The duty remains at 20s. Very large supplies of barley have come to hand, and distillers' sorts were decidedly cheaper. The malt trade was dull, at barely late rates. The receipts of English Oats have been good, while the inquiry for that article was slow, at unaltered cur rencies. Beans, Peas, and Flour excessively dull. ARRIVALS. % Wheat. i Barley. English4,2lo Ira. 16,080 qrs. Irish - 430 Foreign 6OO Oats. Flour. 11,020 qrs. f 7,530 sacs I 1,070 I hlalt, 9,070 qrs SMITHFIELD. As might be expected , the supply of beasts on offer in to-day's market was extremely scanty, and of very middling quality ; while the Beef trade, owing to the thin attendance of buyers, was heavy at drooping prices. Not a single head of Foreign Stock was brought forward—the fresh arrivals embracing 106 horned and polled Scots from Aberdeen. Although the numbers of sheep were scanty, the inquiry for them was inani mate, at barely Monday's quotations. In Calves, next to nothing was doing; but the primest Pigs well sus tained their value. Milch Cows sold at from 151 to 191 each, including their small calf. PRICES FEZ STONE OF SUBS, TO SINE TUE OFFAL. I . ii . to 5."1.1 - - - I. d. toe. d. inferior Beasts ...... S 2 341 Inferior Sheep ...... ... 3 4 3 6 Second quality ditto 3 6 310 Second quality ditto._ 8 s 310 Crime large Oxen 310 4 0 Coarsa.woolled ditto.. 310 4 0 Prime Scots, &c 4 2 4 4 Southdown Wethers 4 2 4 4 Large coarse Calves 3 8 4 0 Large Hogs 310 4 2 Prime small ditto 4 2 4 6 Small Porkers 4 4 4 8 S.ickling Calm, each 16 0 29 t 4 Quarter old Pigs. eachls 0 20 0 SlIti . LY AT MARKET. yeasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs 3t4 1970 63 212 NEWGILTE AND LEADENN.A.LL. We bad an immense supply of meat here this morn ing, which moved off slowly at the following prices: At per stone, by the Carcase. s. .1. to s d Beef, inferior 3 0 3 2 1 Mutton, inferior ...... - middling 3 4 3 - middling prime large 3 6 3 8-- prime -- prime 5ma11.... 310 4 0 Pork, large Veal 3 6 4 6 ••••••••••••-51171Aii s. d. to s ti. 32 3 4 3 6 310 40 4 2 310 4 2 44 4 6 BOROUGH HOP _ IVIARHET. Exceedingly little business has been transacted this week, in any kind of hops, at about stationary prices. The supply offering is tolerably good. cast Kent in pockets, 5/10s to 61 lOs ; Mid Kents ditto, 51 5s to 6/ ; ditto in bags, 4/ lOs to 5/ ss; Sussex, 4/ 10s to Si 8s ; Farnhams, 81 to 101; Old Hops, 31to 41 10s. COLONIAL. SUGAII.—The market • for British Plantation has been again heavy this week; and very little business has been done, but former p r i ces have been obtained for the small quantity sold, holders generally showing rather more firmness ; 800 hhds, inclusive of 100 casks Barbadoes, brought to auction, only partly sold at 61s to 68s 6(1 for low to fine quality. Molasses — There is at present scarcely any inquiry. Mauritius —Very flttle business has been done, ,the demand being very limited. BENGAL.—OhIy 1,151 bags and 34 casks have been brought to auction, which mostly sold at 64s 6d to 69s 6d for mid to fine bright white, being about last week's prices. The remainder were chiefly taken in at 48s to 50s for good to fine brown, and good greyish yellow at 575. Some parcels both of white and brown (the latter consisting mostly of Khaur), have changed hands privately, at corresponding rates. FOREIGN.—There has been an improved demand for nearly all descriptions (except white Havannah), both for export and refining in bond, and for the par eels sold fully former prices have been obtained. The principal transactions privately consist of 600 hhds Porto Rico at I,Bs to 19s ; 300 chests brown Bahia also at 18s to 19s, but both chiefly at 19s ; and about 500 bags mid (damp) brown Manilla at 17s 6d, all for refining in bond ; likewise 4,000 bags yellow Ha vannah of average quality (but of old importation) at 21s and 1,000 bags ord to good mid white Siam at 22s to 23s 6d for export. 299 boxes (mostly damaged) Havannah were offered byauction, which were chiefly sold at 18s 6d to 20s for low to fine soft yellow ; a few boxes sound ditto at 20s 6d to 21s, and low soft to good mid greyish white, at 22s 6d to 295, which are extreme prices. Two lots sound white were taken in at 325, being about the late nominal value. REFINED.—A. further improvement of ful has again taken place in the value of crush ed quality being readily taken at 275, but is chi to at 28s. In grocery sorts only a limited business s se tinues to be done at prices barely supporting the g last week. COFFEE.—Thare has been scarcely any inquiry, and the public sales containing 170 casks 71 barrels British Plantation, 405 bags Ceylon, 131 bags Bengal, and 89 packages Mocha went off very heavily, and were nearly all taken in or withdrawn, excepting the former, which partly sold at 88s Gd to 97s for low to good mid coloury Berbice, being about the pre vious value. Low middling coloury Ceylon was taken in at 90s, and fine clean garbled Mocha at 100 s. Privately no transactions have taken place worth reporting. Foreign sorts continue much depressed, there being at present no disposition shown to pur chase. A small parcel of fine ord coloury Rio has been sold at 33s 6d, being the previous value. Only 486 bags St. Domingo, 37 bags Rio, and 110 bags East India have been brought to auction, all of which found buyers, but at a decline of 6d to is on the St. Domingo, and rather lower prices for the East India. Ord brown sold at 235, one lot 225, low good ord mixed to very good ord St. Domingo at 30a to 325, and fine ord coloury Rio at 34s to 35s 6d. Cocos.—Of 163 bags Trinidad and 57 bags Para, the former only partly sold, at 31s to 33s for mid grey to good red, and the latter were all taken in at 395. Rux.—There has been scarcely any inquiry for this article. RlCE.—Only 1,002 bags Madras and 1,659 bags Bengal have found buyers, the former at 10s, a few lots 10s 6d for fair quality, and the latter at 11s 6d for bold mid white, and very small broken at 8s to 9s, being about last week's prices. Privately there has been scarcely any inquiry. 1,000 bags Madras have been sold at 10s. SALTPETRE.—Rather lower rates have again been accepted : 438 bags have been sold in public sale at 23s for 24f per cent. refraction, and 24s for 131 per cent. refraction. Privately few transactions have taken place. Nitrate of Soda remains almost with out inquiry. SPICES.—The public sales have offered 1,795 bags (small) Pepper, 1,160 bags Pimento, and 253 chests Cassia, nearly all of which found buyers, the former at 3id to 3i-d, one lot 31d; for good to fine heavy shot kind Malabar ; 2f d to 2id for mid to good mid Pimento ; and 65s to 78s for good ord to good Cassia, being for the latter 3s to 5s lower, particularly forthe inferior sorts ; about previous prices, for the Pimento, and for the Pepper rather cheaper. COTTON.—lhere has heen only a very limited bu siness done since our last in this article. TEA.—The market continues very flat, and since Tuesday, Congou, when forced to sale, has declined id, and Twankay the same. TALLow.—Eussian is without alteration. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. LAW INTELLIGENCE CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) • THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. SOUTHGATE.-JUDGMEN T. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment in this case. The testator, by his will, bequeathed all his freehold, leasehold, and personal property to trustees, to sell and dispose of the same, and, after paying cer tain legacies, his just debts, and other expenses at tendant on the will, to deposit the proceeds with the Cordwainers' Company, for 'the use of certain charit able trusts. ;The point in controversy, under the will, was to find out of what fund the debts and legacies ought to be paid. It was contended that these debts and legacies ought to be paid exclusively out of the personal estate ; on the other side it was urged that they should be taken out of the mixed fund. lie was of opinion, after reading the whole of the will, that the intention of the testator was, that the debts and legacies were to be paid out of the mixed fund. In fact, he stated on the face of the will that the fund was formed for that purpose. • Considering this to be the intention of the testator, and referring tothe cases of Robinson v. Walker, of Johnson v. Woods, and Fourdrin v. Goodred, a decree must be ordered ac cording to 'what he bad stated, and that there must be a declaration making the debts, legacies, and funeral expenses payable out of the mixed fund, and paid rateably according to the value of the real estate. Other consequential alterations would be made, par ticularly with respect to some provision for the heir at law taking the residue of the real estate. OLDFIELD V. COIITIETT. The defendant in this case, John Morgan Cobbett, is the son of the late William Cobbett; he has been for some time detained in prison for contempt of the Court of Chancery, in not having put in an answer, when required to pay certain costs of the Court. The present application was to have the orders by which he was detained discharged with costs. The applica tion came on as a substantive motion, not as an appeal, the case having already been heard and the applica tion refused. The point on which the application for the discharge rested was, that the defendant was arrested under a writ of rebellion, and that the Com missioners made the return of his caption after the return day ; the question was, whether the Commis sioners could legally do this. _ _ Mr. COOPER appeared for the defendant, and argued the point at considerable length. Mr. KENYON PARKER was heard against dis charging the order, and Mr. COOPER having replied, The LORD CHANCELLOR said he had already ex pressed the opinion he entertained of the case; if he should see any reason to alter that opinion, Mr. Cob bett should have the benefit of it, and he would let Mr. Cooper know his determination on the first day of meeting after the Christmas holidays. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) LOCKYEE C. DYNE.-JUDGMENT. Lord LANGDALE gave judgment in this cause to day. It had been argued within the last few days, and the question raised referred to the construction of a will. His Lordship said he had read the will, and that it appeared to him that all the nieces of the tes tator were comprised in its provisions. The expres sions, "the neices and daughters of my sister,' ap peared to his Lordship to be used as convertible terms, and if there was any ambiguity arising from the terms " children of my said sister,' in one part of the will, it was entirely removed by the generality of the fol lowing words, 'if no daughter of my said sister should be then alive." His Lordship, therefore, thought that all the neices of the testator were included in the terms or expressions in question, and he did not find in any part of the will any words which appeared to indicate an intention that the interest given to the nieces should be contingent; and he was of opinion that they were vested with the interest subject to be diverted in case of an event which had not happened. It appeared, then, to his Lordship that the residue was to be divided among the four parties. QUEEN'S BENCH.--(THIS DAY.) Sittings at Nisi Prius at the Guildhall, before Lord DENMAN and a London Special Jury.) . BAILEY V. TRUBNER. pa n r. in the Com pany, The defence This was an action brought by a stationer ag ainst the Director of a proposed Insurance Company, to recover a sum of money alleged to be due for sta tioneryw as tha supplied i plaintiff him w t a o s t a h e shareholder Com consequently a partner, and ,that therefore he could not maintain his action. _ The facts of the case were not disputed, and the Jury, under the direction of Lord Denman, returned a verdict for the plaintiff, subject to a motion for a nonsuit on the grounds of partnership. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) This being the last day of the sittings in London, the Lord Chief Justice and Common Juries dis posed of the greater part of the remaining causes in the paper in the course of the morning. is the eminent A i l n Oß t T h O is N cv.aseVIRTUE. The defendant book seller and publisher in Ivy-lane, Paternoster-row. The plaintiff was employed by Mr. Virtue to obtain subscribers for his publications, and the present action was brought to recover an alleged arrear of twenty pounds for commission. The plaintiff's case was, that he was entitled to a premium of five per cent. for each customer whom he procured, as well as a per tentage upon the sale of books. In the course of the examination of the plaintiff's witnesses, the Counsel on both sides conferred, and Mr. Sergeant BOMPAS for the defence said that, as the case was one of some difficulty, and his client attached no importance to the question of costs, one way or the other, he was willing to withdraw a Juror, if the other side consented to that termination of the case. He thought it would be the best way for the plaintiff, at least as he could hardly expect a verdict from the case which he had so far laid before the Court. This proposal was ultimately accepted, and a Juror was withdrawn. ~- THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY- PNENJIVG 4 DV:CEA/BEA 28. 1842 BANKRUPTCY.THIS DAY.) IN RE HANNAH CHARLTON. In this matter the bankrupt had carried on busi ness as a milliner and dress -maker in Regent-street. Mr. WHITEHHRsT appeared on behalf of the assig nees to-day, to cause an account to be rendered of certain goods which she had got from Mr. Tinkler shortly before her bankruptcy, and which she had allowed to be taken back again by that gentleman. The Learned Counsel went on at great length to con tend that she had been guilty of a fraudulent prefer ence towards Mr. Tinkler, and that she should not be entitled to pass her final examination until the pro perty was satisfactorily accounted for. Sir CHARLES WILLIAMS said he was sorry the word ing of the new Act of Parliament was so forcible. In his opinion the word fraudulent was quite inappli cable ; it would be much better if the term illegal were used. The present question was too important to be decided hastily, and he should therefore defer the judgment for the present. The further examination was then adjourned, ten days' notice being required. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW STREET .. -- (THIS DAY.) A boy, named Wm. Jones, was charged with steal ing a quantity of watches, pins, brooches, and a variety of other articles of jewellery, the property of Mr. Henry Barrier, watchmaker, Wych-street. The prosecutor stated that he knew the prisoner, and he left him to mind his shop for an hour a few evenings ago, and on his - return he found the shop stripped completely—two silver watches, two metal watches, nine breast-pins, and several brooches were gone. The officer who took the prisoner into custody said if time were allowed, other charges of felony home to the prisoner. he he thoughth trace d be thee could bung n :nl, ree Prisoner for a week. Mr. JARDINE remanded the ---.. IS DAY.) previous night. George ClE Wilson, RlC EN a W dec E en L tly rj :dres f s fil ed ma n , was charged wi r th oi b io ei o n . g oo f o o a u tah n ie de 3 s s tit E ute sa o i n d, the fu il r l t . h er between one and two Prisoner on a door o'clock this morning he found the He asked him uw-Yi.tness took him to s w te h p at in ho ße w d as ford do -s i q o u g a ; re i , le ß a lo a o id m h sb e had neither food nor froinLondon ; that he had been against him. anythe l 1 station-house. answer place nt isomn. to ehr outhse shelt e r . H himselfa dquest i onsno Magistrate, the prisoner heeo a o 1 searikd to o e at Reading, but was discharged aboutßailway Company three months t lB he 'as G a re n a a t t l iv lr e e o st f ern ago. All his earnings were now spent, and he had not a farthing to procure a mouthful of food, the want of which made him quite infirm. Mr. CoMas ordered the prisoner to be taken to the workhouse, and obtain immediate relief. The following anecdote of the R . mg o When Prussia is mentioned in a letter from Berlin :—" hen the King was in London at the christenin g of the Prince of Wales, a request was made by t he 'loyal Society of London to his Majesty low his alo his name to be added to their list of members. I - 2 -0 this request the King was graciously pleased to accede and on one of which the was a tended. The Vice-President (the President, the Mar quisthe days of . the Society's meeting s of Northampton, being absent Majesty as a mem ber, A r l a n j g e l s a t :r ol a a t - t formula, but did. not, nextth e member, hand, the ber , t made n ie), useon theuf the customary admission of his t a h s e is ad u m su i a s l s , io t u ake uf hith e King, on part of the ceremony, immediately ros e , and requested the Chairman to shake him by the hand, that he might be regularly admitted a Fellow of the Royal Society of London. tmheby _ _ Howdelicious and how entrancing must have been the feelings of Adam, when he awoke in Eden to find him se lf— a landed proprietor.—Punch. PILOTAGE AND LIGHT DUES; We copy the following from the Chronicle, , and confidently trust that the attempts made by i the General Steam Navigation Company, and, indeed, the shipping interest in general, to get these heavy dues diminished, will be successful : We have reason to know, that considerable efforts are likely to be made in the course of the ensuing session, to obtain for our shipping interest some relief from the oppressive tax at present levied in the shape of pilotage and light dues. The question was brought before the House of Commons in 1840, and at the present moment, we have been assured, measures are taking, with a view to urge the Government to bring forward a measure of practical relief. Opposed as we are to all unfair advantages enjoyed by one class of the community at the expense of all other classes, we are not the less anxious that every branch of indus try should be freed from every unnecessary burden ; and if there is one branch better entitled than any other to such an exemption, it certainly is the ship ping interest, on whose continu9d prosperity the per manency of our national greatness may, in a great measure, be said to be dependent. In 1835, a Commission was appointed by his late Majesty King William IV., to inquire into the then existing laws for the regulation of pilotage, and to suggest such improvements and reductions as might be consistent with the efficient performance of the duties, and " with the paramo un t o bj ec t o f a ff or di ng the best security to the shipping of these realms." The Commissioners were Lord Lowther, the Mar quis of Bate, the late Sir Thomas M. Hardy, G. R. Robinson,: Esq., Chairman of Lloyd's ; Aaron Chap man, Esq., one of the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House ; Captain Beaufort, of the Admiralty ; and 0. Wigram, Esq., an eminent shipowner. These Commissioners, in due time, made their Re port, which was dated the 25th of February, 1836, and contained a mass of evidence respecting the prac tice at British as well as at foreign ports. Among the alterations recommended by the Commissioners, was one respecting steam navigation, to which they had found the existing regulations a serious discou ragement and a heavy burden. They reported, that " looking to the fact, as stated in evidence before them, that the masters and mates of steam vessels, from the constant and regular use of the ports between which they daily ply, are well acquainted with such ports; that it is customary not to permit any , pilot to take charge of their vessels (although they may have one on board, and are obliged to pay the same as if he acted), because they consider that th e i r own mas ters are etter qualified than the regular pilots) ; that the charge also became very oppressive upon vessels which quit and enter a port so frequently as steam vessels by their power and speed are enabled to do ;" they therefore recommended " that all steam vessels navigating between one port of the United Kingdom and another, and all steam vessels navigating between a porn of the United Kingdom and a foreign port, when the average time employed in such a voyage did not exceed four-and- twenty hours, and having actually on board a master, mate, or other competent person, who had passed an examination for the district—should be exempt from employing a pilot." A Bill founded on the recommendations contained in this Report was shortly afterwards brought into the House of Commons by the late Lord Sydenham (then Mr. P. Thomson), and Mr. Labouchere. The Bill was read a first and second time, and went through a Committee, but was eventually withdrawn, in consequence, probably, of the difficulty experienced at that time in carrying forward any measure of public utility, owing to the vexatious and harassing opposition against which the Government of that day had conti nually to struggle. Since then no step has been taken to give' effect to the recommendations of the Commissione rs, although, as we have already observed, the question was brought before the House of Com mons in 1840, on the presentation of petitions from the General Association of Proprietors of Steam Shipping. What the owners of steam-vessels require is, that when their own officers are fully competent to act as pilots, they may not be compelled to pay for services of which they stand in no need, the rapidity with which they are able to make their voyages rendering the imposition peculiarly burdensome. The relief demanded is one that the Legislature ought not to withhold, nor is there any reason why a similar in • dulgence should not be extended to sailing ves sels, whenever the captain or mate of a sailing vessel has legally qualified himself to act as pilot on that particular line of coast along which he is in the habit of navigating. The question of light dues is liable to the same re marks. In 1834, a Select Committee of the House of Commons was appointed to investigate the existing regulations, and many of our readers, no doubt, still remember some of the amusing discoveries made by that Committee, amusing to the public at large, but anything rather than amusing to the shipowners, the unfortunate victims of the flagrant abuses brought to light in the course of the inquiry. Among the Mem bers on that Committee were--Mr. Hume, Sir James Graham ' Sir Thomas Troubrid g e ' Sir Charles Adam, Mr. Poulett Thomson, Ald e r man Thompson, &c. This Committee recommended various changes, with a view to the relief of the shipping interest in general, and, like the Pilotage Commission, pointed out several grievances to which the owners of steam ships were particularly liable ; on this point they ex pressed themselves in their Report in the following words : " The light dues are now charged on steam-vessels as on other vessels, and the attention•of your Commit tee has been directed to them. The present rates were made without reference to the peculiarities attendant on the navigation of that class of vessels, which appear to warrant a reduction of the dues. " A vessel under sail is driven by the winds and tides that lie in her course, and in tacking derives much benefit from the lights ; but steamers move in straight lines, and perform much of their voyage in the day-time ; they see few lights, and by the rapi dity of their movements soon pass them. Besides, the people who navigate them acquire, from the fre quency of their trips, such an intimate acquaintance with the coast, as renders lights of comparatively little use to them. Again, steamers are obliged ge nerally to sail at fixed times, full or not full, and the carrying tonnage of a steamer is not so capacious as that of another vessel, the best part of the hold being occupied by machinery." A Bill founded on this Report was brought in by the late Government, and was eventually passed, but in this Act (5 and 6 Will. IV., cap. 79) the recom mendations relative to steam-vessels were overlooked. The consequence has been, not only that steam-ves sels have not shared in the relief afforded by that Act to other descriptions of shipping, but that advantage has even been taken of some of the clauses contained in that Act to impose an additional taxation upon steam navigation. The whole of this question, how• ever, as we have already said, is at present under the consideration of Government, and will probably be brought under discission in the House of Commons early in the session. On Sunday last a sermon was preached in Quebec Chapel, Portman-square, by the Rev. Alfred Wil liams, M.A., in aid of the funds of the Royal Dispen sary for Diseases of the Ear, before a numerous and highly respectable congregation. At the close of his able and eloquent discourse the Rev. Gentleman gave a brief outline of the objects and history of this truly useful and meritorious institution, from which it ap peared that since its establishment in 1 81 6, it has bee n the means of curing or relieving upwards of 12,7P0 persons afflicted with deafness and other diseases of t'ae ear, including several cases of the deaf and dumb. The Dispensary has been more than usually prosperous during the past year, having received the patronage of her Majesty the Queen and several munificent dona tions, particularly one from the Ratcliffe Trust. ,s. Two anthems were beautifully sung in the course of the service hi the Choir of the Chapel. WESTON-ZOYLANIt.—A fire occurred in this vil lage on the evening of Wednesday, the 14th instant, under the following circumstances. An itinerant jug gler came into the parish the preceding evening, and hired a room in a cider shop, without the knowledge of those who would otherwise have prevented him, and was making preparations for his exhibition. To attract attention, he sent up a lighted balloon, which, it is presumed, from its being ill prepared, descended sooner than was intended, and alighting on a stack of corn, ignited it, and the contiguous mows were soon on fire, and serious danger was apprehended that the farm houses and other dwellings would be consumed. The prompt exertions of the villagers, and the plentiful supply of water with which the thatched roofs around were drenched, prevented the progress of the flames, and the mischief was confined to the destruc tion of three ricks. The readiness of assistance afforded by the labourers, men and women, was highly commendable. An engine from Bridgwater, which had been immediately sent for, arrived in time to be of effectual service in extinguishing the flames, and after a while the fire was subdued. The property, belonging to a Mr. Richard Tazewell, was insured. Much serious loss was oasioned to the cottagers by the breaking of their furniture in its removal from their dwellings.—Bath Chronicle. PEEL'S OWN.—A hot bigoted Tory, who backed Sir Robert through thick and thin, when he pro pounded his Income-tax scheme, has got b4men&iiknot having made a full return of his in come, and thereby attempted to cheat the Exchequer. This loyal Tory may truly be called " Peel's own !" We guess thit Sir Robert has many such dutiful children in his Tory race. It is to be hope d that the members of the Government themselves have made honest returns, and that their officials will make full stoppages out of their salaries and family pensions; hut as Sir Robert Peel and his companions are not int the habit of de ceiving, why there is not much doubt but that they will act honestly towaods poor John Bull. —Notting ham Review. THE SCOTCH REFORMERS OF 1793. (From the Edinburgh Weekly Chronio'c.) The recent decision of the Town Council, in favour of grantia . a site on the Calton Hill, ibr a monument to the political martyrs of 1793 and '94, has put the old inveterate Tory faction in a state of exasperation bordering on delirium. A remarkable instance of this has just been exhibited by one of our Contempo raries in the press, known chiefly as the organ of square-toed gouty old gentlemen of the Pitt and Castlereagh school of politics. The paper we allude to is the Edinburgh Weekly Journal, which, on Wed nesday last, held forth in the following style:— "We do not often feel called upon to comment upon the debates in the Town Council ; but our dis;- gust constrains us to advert, fbr a few moments, to the speeches of the majority at the meeting of last week, when the question of tte proposed monuinsist to the so-called Martyrs of 1793' was brought under discussion. It is proposed that there shall be a monu ment on the Calton Hill in honour of a set of men who were condemned by the laws of their country ;as felons—that a monument to a renegade who Mught in a Spanish ship against his own countrymen, shall stand beside the .monument of the hero whose dying signal on the coast of Spain was, c England expects that every man shall do his duty.' Is this atrocity ,to be permitted? It is argued that ninny per Sons unhanged, [Councillors Macfarl an, Whyte, Stott, evil Wright, for example,] and even held by their friend, in considerable esteem, continue to hold and to a% ow at the present day the opinions for which these men suffered. If there be persons at the present day 11(1:1 ing the identical opinions of these fraternizers with the French revolutionists, it may question whether the said persons are not too lucky 9 spapit..g the fate of their admired predecessors. [flow grateful , they ought to be l] That, however, is a question which it would be a waste of time at this moment to discuss; but there can be no question that a monument raised to a convicted felon, would be an insult to• the laws under which he was convicted. If it was an unjust law under which these men were, convicted and punished, let the Legislature be called upon to declare it so ; and if it be so declared, then the erection of a monument to their memory will not be, as it would be otherwise, an outrage on public decency." 'To young Reformers this is instructive, as a speci men. of the spirit of that faction which persecuted their fathers with remorseless cruelty, made victims of the best men in the country, and would manifest itself terribly still, were the ruthless monster not chained and muzzled into comparative harmlessness. We have great pleasure in being enabled, by the kindness of a gentleman who was intimately asso ciated in efforts and sufferings with the " political martyrs," and whose services to them and to.the cause of reform, in its dark days, cannot be too highly esti mated, to lay before our readers two interesting letters, referring .to the martyrdom of Thomas Muir, which, though already in print, are too little known to the public. One of them is written by the illustrious martyr himself, and the other by one of the foremost men of the age in which he lived, to another not less conspicuous Reformer. These letters, with the com munication which accompanies them, are well deserv ing of attentive perusal. They demonstrate conclu sively the excellence of Muir's personal character, and the condemnation, by a man of the highest moral worth, of the outrage of justice, under the name of legal punishment, of which he was made the victim. TO THE EDITOR OF TITS EDINBURGH CHRONICLE. Edinburgh, Dec. 16, 1842. Sir,—On reading an account of the life of the de ceased celebrated Major Cartwright, published in Lon don some years ago, I was struck with a letter from the Major to his quondam associate for reform—the Duke of Richmond, of the following tenor : "London, bee. 11, 1793. "My Lord,—lt is long since I offered your Grace any of my thoughts. Of late, I have some time been inclined so to do, but have been restrained through an apprehension that they might not be acceptable. But a letter from on board the hulks, from Mr. Thomas Muir to B. Flower, Esq., of Cambridge, dated the 2d inst., which I have just read, bears down all re luctance. Could I peruse that letter without the most poignant emotions, and without attempting to move those who have power to wipe out such a stain to hu manity and to manhood as that letter affixes on my country, I should merit detestation. Read that letter, my Lord, I beseech you ; and read also the trial of the writer. If he merit the treatment he has re ceived, I, also, and your Grace, ought to be cast into dungeons among felons. But if he be the virtuous victim of that corrupt and arbitrary system which your Grace and I have laboured to reform It is needless to say more.—l am, &c., "JOHN CARTWRIGHT." The letter referred to of Mr. Muir's is especially entitled to notice. It is addressed from the bulks to a friend at Cambridge, upon the eve of Muir's depar ture from England. It does equal honour to his reli gious sensibility and his steady faith : " On board the Hulks, 2d Dec., 1793. "My Dear Friend—l received yours at Edinburgh with the sincerest pleasure ; your sentiments and mine are equally accordant—the great lesson we have to learn in this world is submission and resiv..nation to the will of God. This lesson strikes upon 'the heart, not by the force of cold and abstracted precept, but by the example of Him who was the object of all suf ferings, and the pattern of all perfection. Much need have Ito be taught in his school. Hurled, as it were, in a moment, from some of the most polished societies in Edinburgh and London, into one of the hulks upon the Thames, where every mouth is opened to blas pheme God, and every hand stretched out to injure a neighbour, I cannot divest myself of the feelings of nature—l cannot but lament my situation ; and, were it not for the hope of immortality, founded upon our common Christianity, alas! I might accuse the Father of all Justice and of all Mercy with severity. But, blessed be God, everything in the great system of nature, everything in the little system of individual man, corresponds with the great dispensations of the Gospel, and demonstrates its efficacy. " Much consolation does the reflection now afford me, that in prosperity I always regarded this revela tion of Heaven with the most profound reverence. " In solitary exile there is a dignity, there is a con scious pride, which, even independent of philosophy, may support the mind; but I question much if any of the illustrious of ancient ages could have supported an exile similar to mine, surrounded by the veriest outcasts of society, without the aid of religioa and of the example of Jesus. " I have been separated from Mr. Palmer—he is in one hulk, lam in different one. The separation is an act of unnecessary cruelty. "My state of health is poorly. The seeds of a consumption, I apprehend, are planted in my breast. I suffer no acute pain, but daily experience a gradual decay. " Oreverything relating to my future chstinati( n I am utterly ignorant. " Honour me by your correspondence. lam sure it will ameliorate my heart. " Farewell ! my truly and respectable friend. " THOMAS AIVIR." This is the man so vilified and branded by the To ries as an infidel and traitor. SOUTHWARK IMPROVEMNNT BILL. Yesterday morning the Commissioners appointed to carry into effect an Act of Parliament, which received the Royal assent last session, entituled " An Act of Parliament for making a new street from Blackman-street, in the Borough, to the Blaekfriars-road, and for improving the district called the Mint, in the parish of St. George's, Southwark," met at the Literary Institu tion, in the Borough-road, for the purpose of the clerk and the surveyor, a ppointed by the Commis sioners, laving before them the Report as to estimates and the best means to be adopted in carrying out, forthwith, the o bjects specified in the Act. The whole of the Commissioners already appointed were in attendance. The Right lion. the Lord Mayor, and J o h n Quincey Harris, Esq., the Member for New ' c astle, were present, and were also qualified to act ..s Commissioners. The Lord Mayor said he should cordially co-operate with his brother Commissioners, and render every assistance in his power in carrying out to its full extent the beneficial effects which would result from the passing of the Bill. The Report, which was very lengthy, having been read and con sidered, the Commissioners adjourned till a future diy. THE COURT—WINDSOR, DEC. 22.—11er Majesty has commanded that a baron of beef, according to " the old English custom in baronial halls and royal pa laces," shall be the chief dish at the Royal banquet at the Castle on Christmas-da3r. A splendid baron, weighing nearly 250 pounds, has been selected for the occasion by Mr. Adams, one of the purveyors of meat tp her Majesty at Windsor, which was this day exhi bited to the curious in matters of "good and substan tial eating." The baron is nearly four feet in length, .and upwards of two feet wide; "a dainty dish," i n every way worthy to "set before" the Queen. This enormous joint will be roasted to-morrow, and placed upon the banquet table cold. His Grace the Duke of Wellington left the Castle at an early hour this morn ing for Strathfieldsaye, where it is expected pia, Grace will remain during the Christmas holidays, and re turn to town a few days before the meeting of Par liament. ANOTHER AT TACK ON THE SHOP IN I I O LT W ELL STREET AND DESERTION OF THE PREmt....iEs.--Liht respectably-dressed gentleman entered the n si i i g o h p t a of Mr. Patterson, and tore down several of the bills from the window. A crowd of several hundred persons soon collected, and there being no one but the t oy on the premises, he shut up the shop and instantly left. ADMIRAL SIR JOHN LINDFORD, K.C.B.—This much-respected brave old officer died on the 22d instant at his residence, Grove-road, after a few days' illness, at the age of about 13t years, 6 5 of whic h-he had been a commissioned officer in the navy, and 1 served as First Lieutenant of the Nimrod, of 98 guns, in the battle of the 12th of Alwil, 1782, that ship being Lord Eoduey's second astern on that day. ... FATAL ACCIDENT. Shortly after one o'clock yesterday a young girl named Mary Ann Ladbury, aged .14 years, daughter o f a ship wr i g ht li v i n g at 8, Mercer's-plaCe, Ratcliffe, left her home for the purpose of proceeding with her father's dinner to the gun dry dock, Wapping. On reaching . the swivel-bridge of the docks in :Old Gravel-lane, it was found to be open, a. vessel just having entered from the eastern-dock. As usual on such occasions, pedestrians and others evince consieer able impatience to ,get across at the earliest opportu nity, and run consi&rable risk in their haste to get to the other sido }it• f'ore the bridge is actually closed. This was tln ea ~ e with Mary Ann Ladbury. In attempting to cross before the bridge was shut ,he tell into the water. Her • clothes kept her buoy ant a few minutes on the surface ; but, idelion g li ths accident was witnessed by a con ' siderabli• ninnher ;.ers4.l3s, none of them leaped (probably owit.g to their uct being swimmers) into the water. A boat, however, soon proceeded to her a , sistanee ; but the zeal of ehe party in it proved fatal. While • tbe ortunate young woman was still buoyant I y ine;lns of Ler apparel, the boat was rowed p:i.q her, and before it could be backed or turned <u as to reach the drowning creature she dist apprared. Drags were ininasliattlY procuitd and put in requisition, :and in less than a quarter of an hour the body w;.s iecov ere d, an d w i thout loss of time conve . v eel to the yo:ice-station in the docks, where a warm bath im case ash' i'ar accidents is alwayi kept in readiness. 1 .- .lr. r,yrrie, , urgeon, 47, Old Gravel hate, and another mcdieal Dian ; nanied Yom‘ , Lying at No. 6, Ilarris's-terrace, - were prnr: ptly in rdteadance, and applied the usual n earls to restore susiended animation for nearly an he ur, with v.! :effect. The i'a:her (his dinner' not hi.ving ttD rivcd at the gun-dock, Wapping, where he Is as work incr, at the usual tone) proceeded towards his home, in doing which he had to pass over the swivel-bridge Old Gravel-lane. At this time persons were drag ging- for the hotly, and, like many others, he in quired whether it was a male or female that had been drowned. lie was answered that it was a young woman dressed in a black gown. Sever for a moment imagining the young woman to be his own daughter, he v, cut to his Louie, and, en b e ing t o ld that M a ry Ann had left Nvith his dinner some tune previous, he instantly ejaculated, " Then she is drowned." The • i pour man,_ n a state of distraction, instantly repaired to the police-statio,i, and there recognised the body of his daughter. HORRIBLE OCCURRENCE. (From the Nottingham Review of this day.) An inquest was. held at the Lord Nelson public house, Ilulton Moor, on the body of Ann Heywood,a female of seventy-three years of age, who had died on 'Wednesday evening. Robert Taylor deposed—l am a pauper' in the Rol. ton workhouse. I never saw deceased until last night, when I went to the dead-house with Hiram Bolden, in consequenc e of information that a woman had been dragged down stairs and laid out before she was dead. When I got into the dead-house the de ceased was lying upon the dead-stone with a sheet tout shift upon her just as she is now. The dead house is usually locked, and was so when we went t see, lint a girl went to the Governor for the key and a candle. The Governor was present 'when the door was unloc!ted, and I nut certain that up to that period the Governor was not aware that she was alive in the dead-house. The Governor held"the candle, and I stood opposite to him just at her head. He acid Where is your wick (live) woman ?" I replied, " Well, I think she is dead;" and justas I spoke, she drew up her legs as well as she could. She opened her eyes and closed them, and I observed a movement in her throat. I then said to the Governor, " She is not dead." We stood amazed, and a young man pre sent said, " She must have a bed." The Governor said, " Yes, fetch her a bed ;" and I placed her upon it, and she was carried into the hospital. Mary Devonport, the nurse at the workhouse hospital, came into the dead-house, and the Governor ordered her out, and censured her for laying out people before they were dead. Mary Davenport said, " No, she is not dead," in reply to a question ; and I said to her, " No, you are an old brute ; and if she was my mother, I would make an example of you." The deceased died about nine o'clock. I did not notice the marks and bruises upon her bodi.. I understood that she had been in the dead house three-quarters of an hour before I went to her. The deceased, I un derstand, has been sick about twelve - m)nths. I cannot blame the Governor, except in not sending for the dwtor. John Morris deposed to a similar calk; Martha Mangnall deposed—l have known de ceased almt eleven months. A week ago to-night slit, fell from her bed and blackened the„ right eye. The .scratch was not upon her last night, nor was the mark on her arm then upon it. The deceased lay upon the bed-room floor for about an hour and a half. A pillow was thrown upon deceavd's face, and re mained there at least a quarter of an hour. Mary I)evonport put the pillow upon deceased's face, and blew our the candle. The Coroner having summed up, the Jury returned the tidlowing Verdict :—" That it appears, from the evidenev, that the deceased has died from old age and decay ; and although the evidence does not warrant the Jury in returning a verdict o f mans l aug h ter against Mary Devonp,:rt, yet they are of opinion that she has bce'i guilty great neglect, and has treated deceased in 11 cruel and brutal manner; and that she is highly reprelionsible, not only on this account, but from her drutiltot habits, and ought to be discharged initneliately from the workhouse. The Jury also think that the Nr orlthouse regulations require to be amended." At a meeting of the Guardians held the day after the inquest, it was agreed that Mary Devonport be discharged forthwith. FontaGN GEESE AND TURKEYS.-7Large quantities of these have, for the Christmas season, been intro duced the last few days into Leadenhall and Newgate • Markets, but NTlliell, from the e!ose manner in which they have been packed, by which they have become heated, and the heat of the weather, have turned out quite green and unfit for food. Great numbers have been removed at night and thrown away as offal, as the stench has proved quite offensive. ti* both salesmen and purchasers. Yesterday, at noon, as a porter was retnoviti , a case hill of thew putridgeese f rom Leaden hall Market, it 1111 from his head, and, being unloos ened, the geese, about twenty in number, fell out into the road. Considerable merriment was excited by his hastily catching up the case and runn i ng away, leav ink: the geese to the mercy of the bv s ", an d ers, w h o amused themselves by pl a yi ng at foot-ball with them. Geese and turkeys of inferior qu a lity may b e o b ta i ne d at a very cheap price, whilst those of good quality are dear. The warm and unseasonable weather of the last few days has also proved very detrimental to the meat markets, from the quantity Which has turned bad, and bees thrown away or sold at a low-price. The present weather is particularly unfavourable for e French Ambassador, the te m p pos ing e f Th atLie t a b ts, ose w a hi m ob or a e re m m u u sc c u b lar mo fi r b e r l e i . able to de- P coulreso Th dliareourt, the. Countess de Count de Grammont, &c., are ex pected to arrive here . at the commencement of th C° Sa ß i u n : te tw°° A an u Dd laire, s New Year, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchion of Lansdowne. STATE OF TRADE AT ASTIDURTON,—It is with pleasure we are enabled to state, that the woollen trade still presents a scene of activity-- 7 the factories and wool shops are all open, and a busy throng are working at their d;tferent employments from morn till night.—Rull. , ,,itth Juana/. SPORTING ExTitAouniNAßy. — On Wednesday, tho ith inst., Mr. R. Elakewood, and Mr. B. Busford, iuu., of 'l s opsham, met with most extraordinary. sport. In the :.pace of -six hours Mr. Blakewood killed 38 snipes, 3 jacks, 5 ducks, 8 teal, and a hare; Mr. B. Bus%rd, jun., 31 snipes, 6 jacks, 3 ducks, and 2 'eal —total, 61 snipes, 9 Jacks, 8 ducks, 10 teal , and 1 hare; Last year Mr. Blakewood, in two days killed with one double-barrelled gun C 4 stiipci, 6ducks, and 3 teal: Weder - ii Lumil2nry. WonmiN AnnET.—Private theatricals commenced here on Wednesday evening. Amongst the visitors were—The Earl of Leicester and . his brother (the lion. Mr. Coke), the.. Earl and Countess Of Albemarle, the Hon. Chas. - Compton and Ladv.Catherine Caven dish, the Mis'es Cavendish, the Earl and Countess of Arundel, the Lady Paget, Mr. and Mrs. Shelley, the Earoness de Clifford, Lord A. Fitxclarence, Lords William, Edward, Cosino, and Francis Russell ; Mir. Colborne, Lord and INliss Foley. . CLEMENCY OF THE WEATHER.-111PE 'STRAWBER.. RlES. — Throughout this season, which is now pretty l'ar advanced, We Ir,ve experienced little Of the rigours of winter, but, on the contrary, the weather has been exCeeclingly mild, and favourable to vegetation. As a proof of which we may state that on Saturday la s t 1r we wer e pr esen t e d w ith a f ew lc strawberries, which were grown in the garden of . . Robert Ste war t, Altrest, near Donemaas, which has rather an exposed .24 BRIDGE.--TllO situation. From different quarters, also, we under• stand that thrushes are singing, and sparrows building nuts.--Londonderry Journal. -I t ' ll '. e C l L itt s e s Ziin in this neigh -I\ifiLutiFdill ti f.ed by his brother, as that named Lynch, who. held some ap- Pointnient in the Ordnance Survey Department; and from the fact of all his private papers and letters, o ll f :d'S a ull:.i y irri o i u els n i g clit:l main, having been destroyed on the Saturday night pre viously to the body being discovered, some suspicion is entertained that the unfortunate young man de stroyed himself.—Dublin Evening Mail: A few years back, the stalls of a class of men called " shoe-blacks " were seen at the corners of our streets. It is considered that during dirty weather, such as at present, that, if revived, would afford a means of subsistence to many who are nowt a loss for em. tieytiwnt, Wheat. I Barley. Oats. 1 Beans. ,---- Pease. Per Quarter Boston Braintree Brighton Cambridge Chichester Dunmow Grantham Grimsby Hai!sham Hitchin Ipswich S. to S. 34 50 42 50 41 52 46 52 44 52 40 44 46 :5 40 50 46 52 40 57 41 52 r. to r. 29 38 I. to I. 18 9.2 s. to a. 35 38 33 38 36 41 s. to 5 39 49 35 46 35 39 27 31 22 26 20 33 24 27 28 33 28 32 27 34 20 25 24 28 23 27 30 39 27 29 28 30 24 30 20 33 32 38 28 34 23 28 SO 32 L CORN $ per 701 b. 10 22 20 23 21 48 lb 21 19 21 20 30 19 23 19 22 18 22 26 32 24 28 91 24 17 1:4 21 24 24 28 18 21 21 26 24 30 MARKET. 40 42 24 36 32 86 36 42 30 34 34 45 27 34 90 32 30 35 38 40 32 34 58 4• 24 34 32 33 40 44 31 39 27 30 88 40 —Dec. SO 7i 9,1 HMO 7 0 PM • U 11 . 11 , 6 4 111/0 g 0 .011 5 2 MI. 2 2 0 , 11 2 4 00 0 t , 11 11,, 99 0 26 4 0 29 32 26 32 Z , 3* Lewes 41 50 3r 32 30 31 33 Lynn Maidstone 50 56 4U 50 Norwich 51 56 'etworth , 47 51 31 32 3t; 38 28 34 28 SO 38 41 34 38 29 31 1:11 Romford 4R 54 Sandwich 54) 56 Tnetford til ti 4 Wisbech Witham 52 56 44 54 Yarmouth 50 55 Ll V ERPOO WHEAT, English, White, Red .h, Welch,.. . White.... :.to 8, 0.1 7 4 0 6 K 6 8 0 7 2 5 • 0 32 • 3 10 3, 3 36 u 31 C 34 0 34 0 52 0 41 0 39 • 92 28 0 32 0 56 0 scowl Irish, Ind Manx - Forei, OA•ra, English, Ued Walsh, al id Scotch, II ler 451 b.....: Irish Foreign BARLEY, Eliglish, Malting, per 'nip. quarter..., -- Scotch and Irish, pet 6011 a. ---- Feeding BEANE, English, per Imperial q,uarter Irish, Fec. -- Foreign PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter Foreign Fume, English, per 280Ib. Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish,per 2401bs INDIAN CORN, per 4801 b. 0000000 RYE, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter 3 0 • 28 30 0 32 0 30 0 • •... 36 , 26 Si 26 20 0 46 0 LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY) LONDON, DEC. 23.—Wind this day at noon S.W., light, with heavy rain. RAMSGATE, DEC. 22.—Arrd. Tanjore, Hughes, Quebec ; Ferdinand, Hamburgh, for Valparaiso ; Bella Louise, Shields, for Rio Grande. OFF DOVER, DEC. 22.—James Cruikshank, Sayers, Demerara ; Barque No. 7,2 ]5, PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 22.—Wind W., fresh breeze.— Arrd. Mariner's Hope, M'lntosh, Quebec; Thomas Ilouet, London, for Cape of Good Hope; Philadel phia, London, for New York. The Emerald, of Dartmouth, was spoken 150 miles S.W. of Scilly, steering for the Channel ; had experienced very bad weather off Cape St. Vincent's; been on her beam-ends, cargo shifted, and wheel capsized, but required no as sistance, by the Anna Robertson, arrived here. COWES, DEC. 22.—Arrd. Urania, Broderson, Santa Cruz, for Flensburg. TORBAY, DEC. 21.—The Pero, Colenso, from Mi ramichi to Penzance, was fallen in with waterlogged, having ten feet water in her hold. The crew were taken off, and arrived here in the William and Mary, Scott, from Quebec. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 22.—Wind W. S.W.—Arrd. Sh an non, Gills, Quebec, for Lynn, leaky, and with damage ; Emerald, Irons, Alexandria, with cargo shifted, and part thtown overboard. DEAL, DEc. 22.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Cin• derella, Edwards, Calcutta; Courier, Scott, Cape of Good Hope; Horn, Smith, Honduras; Superior, De merara; Quebec, Quebec; Hercules, westward. Put back, and remains with the Euphrates, for Calcutta, the Stratheden, for Sydney, New South Wales. ILFRACOMBE, DEC. 22..—Acrd. Alice Haviland, Roberts, Miramichi, with loss of bowsprit. DEc.22.—Arrsi. Delos, Wagstaff, Africa. GLOUCESTER, DBC. 22.—Arrd. Wensley Dale, Richardson, Quebec. MILFORD, DEC. 21.—Arrd. Adelaide, Gale, Quebec. FALMOUTH, DEC. 22.—Wind W.S.W., moderate. —Arrd. Arethusa, Alexandria. DARTMOUTH, DEC. 21.—Arrd. Catania with loss of boats, bulwarks, &c. NEWPORT, DEC. 22.—Arrd. Economist, Quebec, with loss of anchors, c hains, &c., and has experienced very bad weather. Orr FRASERBURG, DEC. 19.—Pomona, Miramichi. ARERYSTWITII, DEC. 20.—Arrd. Crede, Miramichi; Rhydal, Quebec. THE FUNDS-(CL BRITISH rUSING PRICES.) FUNDS. Bank Stock .172 3 per Cent. Red. ........ 94 3 per Cent. 3i per Cent. lied... 101 New 3i per Cent......... New 5 per Cenl. Long Annuities to expire India Stock — pm Ditto Bonds Ditto Old Annuities ... Ditto New Annuities... Ex. Bills, 1,000/ 2d. 51 pin Ditto 500/...... 49 pm Ditto Small Bank Stock for Acct. -- Jan. 1860 ... — Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 . India Stock for Opg... Consols for Opg. 93a FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent. Russian, 5 pei cent. Ditto, ...... Spanish, 5 per cent lBi Ditto, Deferred.... . 10j French, 5 per cent —f. —c. Exchange ..... —f —c French, 3 per cent. —f. —c. Dutch, 2i per cent. — Ditto, 5 per cent. .. 100 i FOREIG Austrian, 5 per cent per cent Brazilian Buenos Ayres6 per cent — Chilian 6 per cent. Colombian, 6 per rent — Ditto, 1824 —A Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent BO Danish, 3 per :ent Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent 3li Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian,lB2s,6 perct. SHARES. Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ... Great Western, (65 paid) Ditto New Shires (50 paid) •- Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid).. .. ....... .... London and Brighton (50 paid) .. •es 36 London arid Birmingham (90) ... ... 189* Northern and Eastern (45 paid) North Midland Railway (100) Ditto Thirds (211. 13s. 4d. paid) 2O& Paris a n d R ouen (20 paid) .... ...... ... 24i South Eastern and Dover (50 paid)......... Ditto Scrip (20 paid) 33 0 I