The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-26 00:00:00

BYIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FRO) THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. GLOBE.—We shall not enter upon a controversy as to the causes of the distress which desolates Paisley —where out of a population of sixty thousand, eleven thousand are daily dependent on the precarious, in sufficient, and necessarily decreasing supply afforded by private benevolence. It would militate against the design with which we bring this lamentable exhibition before the eye of the public, were we to make it the text of an argument, possibly leading to a controversy, but little advantage ous to the general sympathy we would. fain create for the sufferers. It may be, and probably is, true, that the staple manufacture of Paisley has ceased to be in demand, because of the change which ever-varying fashion has undergone. Shawls of a cheaper fabric, manfactured elsewhere, have super seded those long almost exclusively produced in Pais ley. With. distress, however deplorable and extensive, caused by such fluctuations, the Corn-law, gay its advocates,tan have nothing to do. But if want of employment for the labouring population, occasioned to a great extent by the restrictions imposed upon trade by this and other modes of protecting class-interests at the'expense of the community, had not inflicted distress- and suffering upon every manufacturing dis trict in -the - kingdom, th e unem pl o y e d wor k- peop l e o f Paisley would have sought, and many of them would have found, a market for their labour in other places ; while those who remained would have obtained relief by the benevolent efforts of the inhabitants. The local funds would not have been taxed, as they have been, beyond their powers of endurance ; and these, if necessary, would have been increased by supplies sent from other quarters, raised by those appeals which are never made in cases of real necessity, without being responded to with promptitude and effect by those who possess the power of doing good. But the widely-spread depression of trade in the manufacturing districts has called for the utmost efforts of the benevolent, who possess the means, to mitigate the sufferings of the unemployed who dwell in their own localities. The help which would have been readily extended to Paisley by those resident in Manchester, has been demanded by masses perishing around them in their own town, or in those other densely-populated places within a short distance of it. The general distress of the country, which we charge on the Corn and Provision-laws, has paralyzed the powers of extended benevolence, by restricting its ex ertions to the localities within which its agents have their own residence. Thus are the Corn-laws, and their kindred enactments, chargeable, either imme diately or remotely, with national distress, and with snch instances of local destitution as is presented by the population of Paisley. STANDARD.—There has rarely occurred a case in which the exposure of deliberate and systematic fraud has been so complete, as in the recent attempt to excite discontent and alarm in the agricultural class by the threat of a meditated change in the pro tecting laws. The enterprise was begun by a series of misrepresentations of the speeches of noblemen and gentlemen connected with the landed interest, and sup posed to be in the confidence of the Government— misrepresentations as gross and audacious as ever were employed to deceive the public. These misrepre sentations supplied texts from which the Whig-Ra dical journals expatiated, day by day, upon the un grateful and dishonest policy of the Government. At length the artificers of fraud had wrought themselves up to the pitch of confidence to dare anything, and forth came the impudent lying announcement of the Globe, that the graduated scale was forthwith to be replaced by a fixed duty. It is not to be wondered at that a scheme of false hood, so artful and so audacious, succeeded in swaying the opinions of some of even our most in telligent and honest journals, particularly, if like the Times, these journals had a bias in favour of the change announced ; perhaps it is as little astonishing that the pseudo-Conservative journal, written and compiled in concert with the evening organ of the Whig-Radical Ministry, affected to give implicit credit to a story dishonourable to Sir Robert Peel's Government, and even went beyond its Whig-Radical playfellow in pretending to cast doubt upon the contradiction of the lie, when that, contradiction appeared by authority in the Stand ard. That this combined movement of Whig-Radicals and mock Conservatives, which succeeded to some ex tent in imposing upon even honest and intelligent journals, has proved at least temporarily injurious to Sir Robert Peel's Government cannot be doubted. It was designed for that purpose, and for that purpose only ; and how could it fail of misleading simple minded men, who believe others as honourable and candid as themselves, such as constitute the majority of the agricultural class ? MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. TIMES.—One step has been taken towards the enforcement of claims against the Peruvian Govern ment, which does not seem to be generally known. Mr. Caldcleugh, lately agent for the Chilian creditors, has, it appears, tendered his services to the Committee of Spanish American Bondholders, and has offered to repair to Lima. It is said that the Committee are anxious to avail themselves of his services, but that a question as to the mode of remuneration prevents the arrangement from being concluded. A correspondent, adverting to the fact as noted in the printed share lists of dividends amounting to 171 per cent., and recently to 20 per cent., per annuin being paid on the shares of a banking company in the west of England, desires the question to go forth to the public if such a rate of profit can really be made on the transaction of regular banking business ? It is incumbent, however, on the shareholders, more particularly of the bahk in question, to probe this matter thoroughly, since a great portion of the loss and. ruin brought on by such investments has arisen from their sitting down quietly without inquiry, and from even taking the large amount of dividend as an assurance that all was right. The notorious Biddle, in his management of the United States Bank, was enabled to cover half his delinquencies by the regular payment of a 7 per cent. dividend, which suddenly dropped to nothing, and the capital itself disappeared - wittiequal rapidity. Shar e h o ld ers become clamorous andinquisitive only w h en a sma ll di v id en d, or no di vidend at all, i s p a id— a t i me w h en i n most cases the evil is past all remedy. The directly contrary course of proceedi ng wou ld b e more safe and of far greater There were Mauritius papers received to-day to the 15th of October, which speak of the embarrassed state of the island, as far as money matters are con cerned, and the scarcity of negotiable bills for remit tances on England. No Treasury bills were offering in the market, and private bills at 90 days' date, few in number, were sold at 6to 7 per cent. epyrearneciournm.. The. Price Current, on the subject of n modation, says, " Gold and silver coin is becoming daily more scarce, the difficulty of procuring bill s on India have caused the recent transmission hence to Pondicherry of remittances in specie to the amount of upwards of 100,000 dols." The crop of sugar ap pears to be arriving but slowly to market, since but 1,646 bags had bee n pl ace d a t auction. These fetche d prices ranging from 7 dols. 25c. to 8 dols. 5c., ac cording to quality. The vessels loading were the Champion, for London, with 1,567 bags on board ; the Fleetwood, for the Clyde, with 2,594 bags ; and the. Richard Mount, for Launceston, with 830 bags. Freights to London, Liverpool, ard Bristol, were 3/. per ton. The "Sufferer," who unfortunately converted his Consols into Indiana Stock, blinded no doubt by the prospect of a high rate of interest, is informed that the last thing that was heard of the financial operations of Indiana was the declaration of a Committee of Ways and Means, that the dividends could not be paid with': out taxation, with the additional rema r k th a t th e y should not feel justified in recommending the imposi tion of taxes. It is now a long time since this fact was made public, and it was commented on at its appearance as a sign of the growing spirit of " re pudiation." As we anticipated from the first, the omission of l all mention of the Treasury bondholders in Senor Calatrava's financial exposition has awakened the indignation of that most ill-used class of creditors, who had every reason to believe when they took that special description of securities called "Treasury bonds," that they were receiving an actual equiva lent for specie, which was in fact paid to the domestic creditors at the time of the issue. That Senor Borrajo's offer to treat the Treasury bonds as coupons, and admit them into the general conversion of arrears of interest into the New Three per Cents.,' waa highly displeasinc , to the holders, is well k nown . They n o t on l y saw that c ' there was something contrary to reason in a demand to consider a document bearing 5 per cent. interest in the same light as a coupon which hears no interest at all, but had strong doubts even of the legality of the proceeding, conceiving that an agent who was authorised to convert arrears had not a right to cancel one description of Stock and issue_ a no th er i n its place by virtue of such authority. In their oppos i tion to these acts of the Spanish agent they were encouraged by the hope that some plan for their especial benefit would be brought forward by Senor Calatrava, and hence when his declaration made its. appearance their disappointment was extreme. Already are they taking steps to remind both the British and Spanish Governments of the nature of their claims, and. the following letters have been ad ',dressed. by the Chairman of their Committee to Lord Aberdeen and Senor Calatrava Tut C ART, Or ABERDEEN. Lord, —All your L or d ship ' s kind solicitude and valuable exertions and remonstrances in favour of the holders of Spanish Treasury Bonds are, I la- meat to state, up to this date wholly unproductive of the result your Lordship had reason to expect, and the said holders with so much sanguine confidence an ticipated. " Senor Calatrava, in his financial exposition to Cortes a few weeks since, abstained from making " Excellent Sir—Your communication upon the subject of the Spanish Treasury Bonds, made last September, led many persons to believe that some speedy measures of relief were proposed. To make you acquainted with the assurances and promises which had been held out with regard to these claims, I enclose copies of various decrees of your Govern ment, and of various advertisements published by Count D'Aguilar, which announce payment of both principal and interest conformably to the decree of November, 1836, under which we claim. I need not say that the decree itself, as well as the promises so made, remain unfulfilled to the present day. To the astonishment of every one a fourth dividend is ac tually announced upon the newly-formed consolida• tion of coupons of later date, whilst not even the interest on the Treasury Bonds, which are a re deemable security, is provided for. " The Treasury Bonds are, of course, a security of a superior kind, resembling, or intended by the Cortes and Finance Minister to resemble, securities circu lating here under the name of Exchequer bills. The neglect of the Spanish Treasury Bonds circulating (for a large part have been paid off at par, as is well known), so contrary to the spirit of the decree of 1836, and so opposed to the Ambassador's notice of payment of 1837, has the effect of destroying their value completely, and, in short, amounts to and ope rates with all the disastrous influence of an open re pudiation both of the claim itself and of the decree of 1836. " This cannot surely be your Excellency's inten• tion ; if it is, however, pray acknowledge it forthwith, and put an end to suspense and misery. " Your Excellency's last letter most assuredly led many persons to anticipate a very contrary treatment. "Funds you now have in abundance. They were led by that letter to expect a speedy and satisfactory settlement of this long protracted question. I ad dressed two memorials to the Regent upon the sub ject, and again beg the earliest possible arrangement; this claim is pending since 1836. " The decree or pnyet de loi' of Senor Rull was rejected at the public meeting, because it not only cancelled all the valuable privileges of redemption at par within a specified date, viz., 6 and 12 months, secured by the law of 1836 (which and which alone prompted persons to purchase them at all), but actually called upon the holders to submit even to a re d uce d rate of interest of from 5 to 3 per cent. ; a proposition so at variance with the spirit and letter of the law, that it seemed only an insult to the parties, many of whom had been induced to purchase the said Treasury paper at 601. and 701. per cent. in 1837, interpreting the law and the Ambassador's notices of payment in their plain and literal and common-sense meaning. They have to regret, as your Excellency will easily conceive, their most misplaced confidence. " The Earl of Aberdeen kindly interested himself, and has made appeals in our behalf. To him I again appeal. ." I do once more implore a speedy and final settle ment, and that your Excellency will acknowledge as early as possible the receipt of this letter. " I remain, in the meantime your Excellency's most obedient humble servant, " JOSEPH TASKER, " Chairman of the Spanish Treasury Bondholders. " Committee-rooms, 3, York-buildings, New-road, Dec. 20." LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec. 24. IN THE MATTER OF GEORGE JOY. The petitioner, a gentleman highly connected, who is eighty-two years old, and at present confined in the Queen's Prison, applied to be discharged un d er th e New Insolvent Debtors' Act. Mr. Joy had been in prison since June 1841, and was now brought up upon a writ of Habeas Corpus. His debts amounted to 10,000/. ; he was engaged in a suit in Chancery, from which he expected shortly to obtain a sum of 26,0001., the Master in Chancery having reported in his favour. Mr. PLATT, Q.C. and Mr. IVALFORD, of the Chan cery bar, contended the Commissioner could order the prisoner to be discharged under the new Act. The petitioner was not a trader, nor had he become indebted otherwise than in a proper manner, having reasonable assurance of paying his debts when he con tracted them. The Act had clearly a retrospective operation by the words " who shall have become in debted." The Act distinguishes those cases in which Personsnbeeec.a”m eiinvolved there by had been h "fraud, or grnoostsoi n r gof h culpable te sort ; this gentleman would pay all his debts upon the termination of the suit in t C o h l r e ce o r t , si u i ntil which time he wished to be all owed and attend the more easily to prosecute th e e It su p it risoli ft had been suggested that this Act would not apply to persons in prison. The preamble stated that the Act was to enable the Court to protect from all process could f l o b r e the brought such as came within its mean in g ; it could never have been intended that because a ma n was i n prison th e operation of the Act was to be stayed. The C ourt would at any rate grant an order N psi dis charge of the petiti one r until the case c ul before the Court of Queen's Bench and decided. In opposition it was contended that the detaining creditor only wished for security, and had no desire to keep the petitioner in prison. The property was vested in the Insolvent Debtors' Court, and this Court had no power to interfere in the matter. Mr. Commissioner FONTILANQUE expressed himself clearly of opinion that he had jurisdiction concurrently to grant an interim order of protection, notwithstand ing a vesting order was made by the Insolvent Debtors' Court. He should not order a discharge, as the ques tion could be decided by the Court of Queen's Bench. He would grant an interim order only until the 14th of January. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN INDIA AND TRIESTE.— ' The company of the Austrian Lloyd's at Trieste has published the following details relative to the com munication between India and the Mediterranean by Suez and Alexandria :—" The Austrian brig Pylades, Capt. Feoris, has just arrived from Alexandria with a large cargo of tea, rice, and indigo, brought directly from India to Suez by the Indian ship Bengalee, and thence to Cairo on camels' backs. This fact is interesting, inasmuch as it is the first cargo which has been con veyed directly from India to 'Trieste. We are assured that carriages on two wheels are now in progress of construction to convey merchandise from Suez to Cairo, which will effect a considerable saving in the price of the conveyance of those articles. In future, merchandise intended for consumption on the con• tinent of Europe, instead of comi ng roun d th e C ape of Good Hope, and remaining for months in the ware houses of England, can be conveyed to Trieste, Leg horn, or Marseilles, within two months, which must add considerably to the commercial advantages of those cities." At Wells, near Ling, where the staff of a regiment of hussars is stationed, two soldiers who were exer cising with their comrades fell down, and one of them having shown some clumsiness, the officer in command (the Chevalier de L—) had fifty stripes in flicted upon him. When the punishment was at an end, the man went up to the officer and struck him a blow, The officer instantly drew his sword and killed him. At this moment there was a general murmur through the ranks, and tho exasperation having become gene. ral, four of the soldiers fell upon the officer, and with their sabr s cut him in pieces.—Leipic Gazette. even a passing allusion to the dishonoured bonds in question, and more recently an advertisement has ap peared in the London journals, declaring a fourth dividend payable on newly created 3 per Cent. Bonds formed by the capitalisation of a certain amount of interest on irredeemable stock accrued up to the end of 1840, but in which advertisement an equal silence is observed with reference to the studiously over looked Treasury bills due in 1837, and actually ad vertised for payment, as the dividend on the new 3 per Cent. Stock is advertised now, with the difference, so worthy of being borne in mind, that the advertise ment touching the Treasury bills had the name of the Spanish Ambassador attached to it, while the other has but that of an inferior agent. " I should be led again into the expression of very loud complaint at this unheard of treatment, but I fear I shall intrude too much on your Lordship's valuable time even by requesting, at your Lordship's leisure, the perusal of the accompanying documents. My Lord, if it is the intention of Senor Calatrava, of General Sancho, and of the Spanish authorities to re pudiate both the sacred securities created in 1836, and the solemn decrees under which they were created, in God's name let them do so at once openly. This act of bad faith, so atrocious would it be, and so un exampled, I believe they dare not for shame openly avow; but let them then either pay forthwith, or re pudiate and put an end to the disgraceful, tantalizing system of promising eternally, but without making any approach whatever to actual performance. " Our Treasury Bonds, which were at 70 per cent. in 1837, and no interest overdue, are now, my Lord, worth only about 201. per cent., and unsaleable. This including, as it does, 301. for six years' interest, gives about 14 per cent. for that which cost myself and others (the victims of Spanish duplicity and of the misrepresentations of an ambassador) between 601. and 701. per cent. in 1837. I hope your Lordship, if you cannot obtain redress, will not simply require, but command and order the Spanish authorities here in London to desist from such barefaced deceptions, and write for peremptory orders at once either to pay or repudiate the claims. " The letter, addressed to Senor Calatrava, of which duplicates accompany this, I beg may be presented to him by the English Ambassador at Madrid. Your Lordship will see how and in what manner his pro mises to Mr. Aston have been fulfilled. Begging to offer an apology for these continued intrusions, and lamenting as I do most profoundly their necessity, " I have the honour to remain, my Lord, " Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant, "JOSEPH TASKER, Chairman. " Committee-rooms, 3, York-buildings, " New-road, Dec. 20." " TO HIS EXCELLENCY SENOR CALATRAVA. THE SUN, LONDON,' MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 26, 1842. summonses were not served until Thursday night, and they could not by any possibility reach Gloucester before Saturday morning. He now, however, as it was proved the summonses had been served on the man personally, should request that Mr. Twyford would grant warrants for his apprehension on the earliest opportunity. Mr. TWYFORD said, from the circumstances of the case, he saw no ground for refusing the application of the Learned Counsel, and he therefore ordered war rants to be issued immediately for Patterson's appre hension. The Learned Counsel then retired. Mr. Hall, the Chief Magistrate, was present to watch the proceedings ; but seeing that the defendant did not attend, and that the Learned Counsel merely intended to apply for a warrant, he retired from the Court, as he was labouring under a severe cold. QUEEN-SQUARE. MUNIFICENT DONATION.-Mr. BOND, the sitting Magistrate, said that it gave him great pleasure to ac knowledge, through the medium of the press, the re ceipt of a munificent donation of 201., to be applied for the relief of the necessitous. The signature to the note inclosing the money was "D. E. F." Mr. Bond added, he would take that opportunity of stating that very great relief might be accomplished by Magistrates through the medium of their poor-box. A vast number of cases were daily brought under the notice of police Magistrates, in which the application of immediate relief might ,•emove the distressed from po verty and crime, and place them again within the pale of respectable society, laying a foundation for future competence. It was well known that numerous indi viduals were living upon the generous impulses of the benevolently disposed, who were totally undeserv ing of such relief; this abuse arose from the laxity of the relievers in not making proper inquiries. Such would not be the case with money received at a Police Court, the utmost caution and vigilance being exer cised before sums of any grave amount were given away. The consequence was that none but the ne cessitous and deserving poor received relief from the Police Court. MARYLEBONE. George Day, a countryman, was charged with defrauding the Great Western Railway Company of 3s, 6d. It appeared that th e p r i soner arr i ve d b y th e train on the preceding night from Reading, and de livered a ticket, which showed that he had only paid two shillings, the fare to Maidenhead, and it was for the difference (3s. 6d.), and from the belief that he intended to cheat the Company, that he was taken into custody. The railway officers said these frauds were so numerous that it had been found necessary to prosecute. athe defendant's excuse was that he had fallen asleep, and was therefore not aware that he had come beyond the place of his destination. The MAGISTRATE ordered him to pay the excess fare, and also a penalty of ten shillings. The poor fellow, who was evidently suffering from much grief and distress of mind, declared that a few days ago he had the misfortune to be deprived of his wife by death, and that he left Reading with only nine shillings in his pocket. Under these circum stances the fine was remitted. WORSHIP-STREET. EXTRAORDINARY INSTANCE OF CREDULITY.—John Palmer, a person of respectable appearance, who de scribed himself as a chemist, residing at 16, Eagle street, City-road, was charged before Mr. Broughton with having obtained the sum of 61. 10s. from a man named James Farmer, by means of false and fraudu lent pretences. The complainant stated that he was a chair-maker, living at No. 2, Lamb's-court, Clerken well. About eighteen months ago he saw an advertise ment in " Raphael's Prophetic Almanack," stating that the defendant was in the habit of calculating nativities, and he sent him a letter requesting to know his charge for so doing. Having received an answer stating the charge to be a sovereign, he inclosed that sum in a letter, which he forwarded to the defendant, with instructions for him to make out the nativity of his sister. Nearly six months elapsed with out his hearing anything further on the subject, and at the expiration of that time he called on the de fendant, who apologised for the delay, and assured him that the calculations would be completed in a few days. Witness then desired him to make out his na tivity also, which he promised to do, and witness paid hiM another sovereign. The defendant afterwards ob tained from him other sums amounting altogether to 51.; on the pretence of entering more minutely into the details of his future fate. The defendant at length completed the horoscopes of witness and his sister, which were duly d e li vere d, an d were found to be re plete with the m os t gra tifyi n g predictions of pros perity and length of days to both parties. In the course of their interviews witness happened to men tion that his family were entitled to some freehold property at Ealing., of which they had been long dis possessed, on hearing which the defendant repre sented himself to be a lawyer as well as an astro loger, and offered to adopt such measures as would lead to the recovery of the property, if he were well paid for his services. Wit ness consented to make him his agent in the business, and paid him 303. in advance, with a promise that he would give him 51. more on the ensuing Tuesday. The defendant enjoined him to keep the matter secret from his mother, who would otherwise apply to another astrologer, through whose instrumentality she would get possession of the property, and keep it all toiherself. His mother, however, became acquainted with the facts, and a complaint was made to the Ma gistrate at her instigation. In answer to the charge, the defendant admitted having received the money, but positively denied having assumed the character of ari attorney. He avowed himself a firm believer in tl+ sublime science of astrology, and said that the amount was voluntarily paid him as a compensation for his work and labour in calculating the nati vities. He requested the Magistrate to allow him anprofessional assista nce . that, withoutenteri ng a t p re - The opportunity mAoisT u A o f T E procuring said sent into the charge against him of having fraudulently olitained 30s. by falsely representing himself as an attorney, the defendant was liable to a conviction under the Vagrant Act, according to the provisions of which, any persons found q.uilty of using any subtle craft or device to deceive or impose on her Majesty's subjects, were held and deemed to be rogues and vagabonds, and it would be lawful for any Justice of the Peace to commit them to the House of Correction for three calendar months. As the defendant, how ever, was desirous of obtaining legal advice, he should adjourn the case for that purpose, and should require him to find bail, himself in 301., and two sureties in 251. each, to appear again on that day week. UNION-HALL. A. respectable-looking female, apparently on the wrong side of forty years of age, attended for the pur pose of soliciting the Magistrates' advice under the following circumstances : 'The applicant stated that a man named Bagster, much older than herself, had been for some time pay ing his addresses to her, who, knowing that she had some money in the Savings' Bank, persuaded her to take it out and lend it to him, which she did, under the full conviction that he would make her his wife. f l o n r , t h s, after how havi e n v g e r a , dvshaneced'ELsgri evous l y di sappo i n t e d, him the money (1501.), he married another woman, and left her completely in the lurch. " Now," added the complainant, "My object in coming here is to be informed whether such a heartless scoundrel cannot be punished by the strong arm of the law. It is a pity that a poor lone woman like myself should be choused out of her little bit of property, the savings of many years' toil of her poor dear decea' ed husband, by a deceitful wretch like th e man I have complained of. The MAGISTRATE said, that the only way to re cover the money she had lent was by action • and as to the breach of promi se o f marr i age s h e had better proceed against him to recover damages, if she could adduce evidence of promise. The applicant thanked the Magistrate and withdrew. ev c e o t , mi a tti g n a g un a t, ve h r u y lk g in ro g ss afeslslaouwlt, on w as T omson, in Mar gare t- s t ree t, Marygold street.3, i charged r ß s. i with cha r r a d h R The complainant stated that as she and her sister were walking home th e preceding night the defendant came up by their side, and commenced, in a low tone of voice, to use lang uage of a most improper nature. With the view o f avoiding h i m she crossed over the street, b ut the fellow followed her, and finding that sh e was determined not to listen to such langu ag . e, he then proceeded to further acts of indece nc y, b y taking her round the waist and assaulting her i n a most i n d ecen t manner. She ex tricated herself f rom the grasp of her assailant, rand seeing, a policeman approach, gave him into custody. The defendant said that he had been drinking, and was not aware of what he did ; that he was sorry for his conduct, and hoped she would not then press the charge against him. liquor at the time Was no palliation of his offence, TheICLIGISTRATE said th a t th e d e f en d a nt's being in which was one of a very aggravated character, and that he thought he should not be doing his duty to the public, particularly to unprotected females passing along the streets, if W e did not mar k suc h an offE n ce with severity. The M ag i strate t h en i n fli c t e d the f u ll penalty of 51. on the d e f en d ant. C LP , RKENWELL. Joseph Pooley, a lad about 19, was charged with robbing his master, Mr. Charles Paul .Bridet, jeweller, of King-street, Clerkenwell, of trinkets to the value of 1001., and stealing, a valuable pair of ear-rings. From Mr. Bidet's testimony, it appeared that the prisoner has been apprentice to the prosecutor for the last six years and a half ; that during the last six months articles to the above-mentioned amount have been missed from the shop and counting-house. A few days ago a pair of cornelian ear-rings, richly mounted, were stolen from Mr. Bridet's own . .. ...,.... _.. ...__ . drawer. Suspicion a t l eng th ~ fell on the pri soner ; a person was appointed to watch in the counting-house during the night, in which one lamp was left dimly burning. Last night between eleven and twelve, the watchman heard a POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) MAIN SION-HOUSE. The LORD MAYOR stated, upon entering the Jus tice-room, that he had made inquiries amongst the merchants and bankers, and principal tradesmen in the City of London, on the *abject of the requisition which had been presented to him a few days ago rela tive to his interference in order to induce the citizens of London to keep Monday, the 26th instant, as a holiday, and he had found that if business was stopped on that day many serious inconveniences would be occasioned, as it happened that bills to the amount of upwards of 2,000,0001. would fall due on the occasion. Now, if Monday were made a holiday, and the sus pension of the usual avocations of men took place, it would be necessary, according to the custom of the trade, to pay all these bills on the Saturday previous —an obligation which would very seriously embarrass numbers of persons, inasmuch as the money to dis charge bills was frequently not procured till the day on which they became due. It would, indeed, very much delight him to see the suggestion of the requi sitionists carried into effect, as he entertained the opi nion they had so well and forcibly expressed, and it was his intention to show how sincerely he approved of them by allowing those individuals whom he em ployed to amuse themselves in any relaxation they thought most advisable. Of course, those persons, who had in such vast numbers signed the requisition, would close business during Monday, and he had no doubt the example would be extensively followed. BURGLARY.—Six labouring men, named Kane, Herrbrecter, Green, King,wet, Breton, and MKeve, were brought up charged with having broken into the wine-vaults of Mr. Moore, a wine merchant, of Mile's lane, Upper Thames-street, and stolen 19 dozen of wine. Inspector Chadwick, of the City Police, having re ceived information that Mr. Moore's cellar had been broken open by a number of workmen employed in the neighbourhood, and who had made mortar in the adjoining cellar, immediately caused every one of the parties to be apprehended, and dispatched officers as quickly to search their premises. In the house of Kane and Herrbrecter were found five bottles of wine, but nothing at all was found in the residences of the others. Mr. Moore stated that the wine produced was his. He had not visited the cellar for seventeen days, and upon going to it, on being informed that it had been entered and plundered, he found that the partition be tween his cellar and that in which the prisoners worked, and which was made merely of lath and plaister, had been broken through, and that the rob bery above-mentioned had been committed. John King, a bricklayer, stated that he had been employed formerly with the prisoners ' but had been discharged about five weeks ago, and had not since worked with them. As he was standing at a picture shop in Gracechurch-street, Kane and Herrbrecter came up to him and said they wished he had been with them, as they had got plenty of wine. Then, said he, "If you have, you can give me a bottle." They re plied that they would, and Kane brought him a bottle, which he produced, and which Mr. Moore believed to be his property. Kane also said he had plenty of wine under the tiles of his house, and witness informed the police of the circumstance. Kane declared that King's evidence was wilful and corrupt perjury, for that witness was the very person who brought the four bottles of wine to his house, and begged him to hide them from his (King's) wife, suggesting at the same time the place of concealment in the roof of the house. King had, he solemnly de clared, played tricks of the kind before, and got men into difficulties. The ELORD MAYOR—I have no doubt that every man at the bar has had his pull at the wine, but I have no evidence against the four last, whom I ac cordingly discharge. I sentence Kane to two months' imprisonment, and Herrbrecter to one month's impri sonment. Kane—For God's sake, my Lord, order that King's premises be searched. I dare say some of the wine will be found there. The Loan MAYOR—Certainly, I shall cause them to be searched. An officer was then directed to accompany King to his house and search it. A man named William Wardle was brought before the Lord Mayor under rather curious circumstances. He had been examined at the Guildhall Police-office on Friday, when Sir Peter Laurie, before whom the Mansion-house business had been brought at that office, remanded the case, in order that a further in vestigation might take place before his Lordship. It appeared that the house of Mr. Hodges, a tobacconist, 'Change-alley., had been broken open at about five o'clock on'" Sunday, the 11th instant, and robbed of cigars to the value of upwards of 2501., although a policeman, named James Storey, had passed a short time previously, and declared that he had found all secure in the neigh bourhood. In consequence of the statement of Mr. Hodges, the City Police Commissioner suspended Storey and another policeman, much suspicion having attached to the facts stated by the owner of the pre mises, that the housebreakers must have been engaged in their operations for six hours, that the cigars must have been carried out of the house to a distance of 30 yards, and that one cab would not have contained them. Storey, after, as he declared, an indefatigable search, laid his hands upon the prisoner some days after the robbery, and charged him as a party engaged in it, having seen him on the day the transaction oc curred passing through 'Change-alley, accompanied by another man, and having also seen him a few days previously in the same neighbourhood. Two other policemen recognised the prisoner, who is certainly a person of rather extraordinary visage, as having been in the neighbourhood at the period mentioned by Storey. Mr. Humphreys, the solicitor, contended that there was nothing at all in the statements of the officers calculated to show that the prisoner had been concerned in the robbery, and that Storey had apprehended him upon the calculation that his own character would be freed from all imputation by such an act. Mr. Hodges said he had a strong impression upon his mind that he had seen the prisoner in his shop. The LORD MAYOR, after having narrowly examined the evidence, said it was clear, that if the officers had done their duty, so serious a robbery could not have occurred, and that the Commissioner had with great propriety suspended them. Instead of attending to his business Storey had been loitering about, and, in stead of apprehending the prisoner upon seeing him about the premises, according to his st a t emen t, or im mediately after the robbery was found to have been committed, he did not take any trouble about the matter until punishment took place in the shape of suspension of the profits of his situation. The Lord Mayor then requested to know who the prisoner was, as Storey said he had given a false address ? Mr. Humphrey, for the prisoner, refused the address. The LORD MAYOR called Gooch, the turnkey of the Compter, and asked whether he knew the person at the bar ?—Gooch said he did—he had been brought up before for attempting to rob a lady of her purse. The LORD MAYOR said, as he was a character of that kind, he should remand him. It appeared, from the result of the investigation, that gross negligence was attributable to the police. BOW-STREET. THE BLASPHEMOUS PAPERS IN HOLYVIELL-STREET. —Thomas Patterson was summoned before Mr. Twy ford for exhibiting in his shop, No. 8, Holywell-street, certain profane papers : _ . . Mr. Chambers, the barrister, assisted by Mr. Ha ward, clerk to the Solicitor to the Treasury, attended on the part of the prosecution. b t:e -h- sul . The defendant was called by name several times, Boyd, F it m hin ons an m d ig ou h t t si i d ,e e p th ro e ‘,ed. Court, but did not answer. _ourt. c served copies of v M . Chambers then requested that the service of two ) 30, was sworn, and stated that he had produced) r ced suMmonses and four notices o o , n i the defendant on Tues day(which he now last, at half-pa s t 7l a ! he .a h id it was of little in the summonses afternoon, unc.‘mhritotni) se e i s in a private room at this c consequence giving him those, receiN l 'ed . four others at his shop the previous evening. (Witness had left four copies at his house on Mon Mr. Chambers then requested that the might be read. Mr. Burnaby proceeded to read the first summo ns , and, on concluding an extract from one of the placards, a voice in the Court was heard to exclaim " Hear." Mr. TWYFORD instantly ordered an officer to take the party into custody, and bring him before him. A person was pointed out and brought in front of the Bench, who refused to give his name (which we believe to be Ryall.) Mr. TWYFORD asked him what he meant by the ex pression he had made use of, and he immediately denied that he had done so. Several gentlemen, however, stepped forward and swore that the prisoner was the man. Mr. TWYFQRD thereupon ordered him to be turned out of the Court, and not allowed to enter it again. Order having been restored, Mr. Chambers rose and said that there were two Acts of Parliament under which the offence was punish able. One, the Metropolitan Police Act; the other the Act regulating the Police-courts of the metropolis. He thought it becoming on the part of those for whom he appeared, to state, that he was very anxious the law should be put in force, and it was not the intention of the Government to !extend any leniency towards the parties, as they were determined to suppress anything which might be injurious to the religious feelings of society. It might become the consideration of those who made laws on a future occasion to extend the limits of the power of Magistrates, for all that could be done at present against persons guilty of the offences with which Patterson was charged was to fine them in the penalty of 40s. for every separate offence proved against them. The reason he (Mr. Chambers) had not called on the Magistrate to grant a warrant on the former occasion, was because there could not have been sufficient time for Patterson (who it was sworn was at Gloucester) to receive the summonses and to return to town in time for the examination, as the noise, and coon after observed the prisoner gliding along the desk; he gave the alarm, however, before he had time to plunder, and he was at once taken into custody. The police-constable, on opening his boxes, found the identical pair of ear-rings which had been missing, as well as some precious stones, and some in struments used by lapidaries, the property of his master. Mr. Wakeling, who conducted the prosecution, re quested that the prisoner should be remanded, as he had no doubt but he should be able to trace the rest of the stolen property to the prisoner. He was remanded till Friday next. UNION-HALL. On Friday a person who attended professionally on the behalf of Lindsey Cranford, the claimant to the Cranford peerage, who was brought up to this Court on a charge of being a returned convict some time ago, made the following application relative to that individual. Having described the circumstances under which Mr. Cranford was brought to that Court, he intimated that he was now in Ireland awaiting his trial at the spring assizes for returning from trans portation, it being alleged he was sentenced to banish ment for life for horsestealing in the county of Lon donderry. The object of the present application was to ascertain from the Magistrate whether at the period Cranford was brought before him, a witness, who stated himself to be the Captain of a convict ship, did not prove that a man named Cranford was one of the convicts whom he took out to South Australia at the period it was said the claimant for the Cranford peerage was transported, and that the witness on seeing the latter individual admitted that he was not the man. Mr. COTTINGILAM said, that he recollected a person coming forward when the individual alluded to was brought before him, and stating that he was not the convict of that name who went out on board the ship of which he was the Captain. The applicant said that he had received a commu nication from Ireland on the subject of Mr. Crau ford's detention in that country. That subsequently to his having been discharged from that Court he was retaken aril conveyed to Guildhall, and thence sent to Ireland on a warrant backed by an Irish magistrate. Applicant having attended the examinations that took place at this Court on the behalf of the accused, he, as well as his solicitor in Ireland, was most desirous that his trial should take place here, as the principal wit nesses were in town. If all the circumstances con nected with Mr. Crauford's case were known, it would be found that a foul conspiracy existed against him, principally owing to his exertions to obtain his rights as claimant to the Cranford peerage. Applicant added, that in the event of being unsuccessful in re moving the trial from Ireland to this country, he should obtain the affidavit of the witness alluded to in order to prove Mr. Cranford was not the convict who went out on board his ship. At the period it was alleged he had returned to this country, there was no notice given at Mr. Capper's office of the escape of a prisoner of that name. It was true Mr. Cranford had been in Van Diemen's Land, and at the time of his leaving the colony he made his intention known by public advertisement, a circumstance at once proving that he was not a returned transport. Mr. COTTINGHAM said, that if the allegations of the applicant were founded in fact, and as yet they were not controverted, a trial in Ireland would answer precisely the same purpose, for if the case was not made out against the individual referred to, no doubt he would be acquitted. THAMES-POLICE. On Friday a weather-beaten sailor was brought be fore Mr. Ballantine, to account for his being found in the Thames at a very late hour on Thursday night. Reuben Webb, a policeman, said a waterman gave the prisoner into his charge, and said he found him floating in the Thames at Blackwall. The sailor was very drunk, and could not stand. The sailor said his name was Henry Holmes, and he belonged to the Royal Mail steam-packet Tweed, which arrived in the river, from the West Indies, on - Wednesday night, and he afterwards came ashore. Mr. I3ALLANTINE—You were not ashore when you were picked up ? The Sailor— I will tell you how that was, your Honour. You see, I came ashore to see a friend, and gets a precious sight too much grog. Well, I rolls down to Blackwall-stairs, and pays a waterman to take me on board my ship, the Tweed ; and when I gets alongside, they would not lower the gangway ladder, and so I climbed up the paddle-box, and fell off, and the waterman picks me up, and takes me back to the shore. I could get no one else to con vey me back to the steamer, so I determined to have a swim for it; and so here I am, and I don't how how. Mr. BALLANTINE—You would never have reached ship; and i you had not berm picked up by a water man, you must have been drowned. The Sailor----The liquor was too much for me. If Jr( I will let me go, it shall not happen again. Mr. BALLANTINE—If you are picked up in that way again, I will send you to the House of Correction. Get back to your ship as fast as you can. DREADFUL FIRE at LIVERPOOL. (FURTHER PARTICULARS.) Great as the destruction is, the result may be con • sidered as a fortunate escape, and the town owe the credit to the fire-police in particular. No accident, happily, occurred to life or limb, so far as we could learn, though one man had a fearful and narrow escape. The first estimates made of a loss are generally much exaggerated, and for this there may be some excuse. The loss, we believe, will be found (in place of 70,0001. to 100,000/0 to be, in all, from 45,0001. to 47,0001.—chiefly in the following articles :- 7,000 to 8,000 quarters of wheat, 1,400 bags of cotton, 50 casks of madder, 100 barrels of tar and turpentine, 30 to 40 tons of dyewood, &c. About 91 tuns of olive oil, worth about 5,0001. (not included in our estimate), are yet in the cellars of the eastern warehouse (called " Crane's"), but every hope is entertained that it will be saved. The western warehouse is called " Guyton's." The fire was so far suhdued by one o'clock, the flames being reduced to the vaulted cellars under the west yard, that little ap prehension was entertained of its spreading to any of the adjacent property, much of which was long in jeopardy. The two warehouses were both of great height, and covered an area (together) or 1,460 yards. One con tained principally grain, wool, and some brimstone; the other cotton, grain, fustic, and tallow. During the early part of the fire, Lieutenant But ler, in command of 11.M.5. Etna, sent his marines on shore, in charge of Mr. Wright, chief officer under him; Captain Cumming, of the 16th Regiment, from the barracks, Duke-street, without requisition, also brought up his men, and rendered efficient services, in maintaining order and keeping ample space for the firemen, until their services were gratefully dispensed with.—Liverpool Stamdard. RAILWAY RETURNS., We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums re• ceived on the principal Railways of Great Britair for the week ending on the day of the month prefixec: to each. The return includes the money received foi passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer chandise Week Name of Railway. Miles T o t a l. y . endedOpened. X. s. d. Dec.l7 Birmingham & Derby Janet. 48 1,191 13 0 16 Birmingham and Gloucester 55 1,498 17 7 Brandling Junction 25 17 Chester and Birkenhead .. 18 DOndee and Arbroath ... 17 Edinburgh and Glasgow 18 Eastern Counties 17 Glasgow and Ayr .. .... ..... 17 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 224 570 12 2 17 GrandJunct., Chester &Crewe 113 6,949 10 10 17 Great North of England 45 1,236 11 4 18 Great Western Hayle lB 17 Hull and Selby Lancaster & Preston Junction 204 18 Liverpool and Manchester 3l 3,653 14 3 17 London and Birmingham 1124 13,857 2 4 22 London and Blackwell . 34 5111 0 4 17 London and Brighton Ditto Shoreham Branch 20 London and Croydon lOl 215 19 10 22 London and Greenwich 3l 695 4 11 18 London and South Western 16 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10 576 4 3 17 Manchester & Birmingham ..• 31 2,134 18 7 17 Manchester and Leeds 17 Midland Counties 574 2,445 15 17 Newcastle and Carlisle ...... 15 Newcastle and North Shields 7 280 11 8 18 Northern and Eastern ... 17 North Midland 16 North Union ••.... 224 870 0 5 17 Preston and Wyre ............ ... 194 131 12 17 Sheffield and Manchester ..... . 7 215 7 4 22 South Eastern .... 47 1,527 8 3 17 Taff Vale .... ............... .... 31 571 2 6 18 Ulster ............................. 24 410 6 11 17 York and North Midland....,. 28 1,421 17 7 The Board of Ordnance have given orders to have some of the stalls of the stables of the Horse Artillery barratks at Woolwich, and the Hyde-park cavalry barracks, to be paved with the patent elastic pavement. FUNERAL' OF LADY DENDIGLI.—The remains of this deeply:lamented lady arrived at the R ug b y sta tion by mail trai n , on Friday night, from whence they Avere conveyed t o St reet- A s h ton House, the seat -of'Colonel Feilding, where they will lie in state a few hours. The funeral procession will leave Street- Ashton, on its way to the family vault at Kirby, on Saturday evening, at ten o'clock. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, Lord Ducie, Lord Howe, and several other noblemen, with the tenantry of Lord Denbigh, are expected to join the procession. Newn ham Paddox, the seat of Lord Denbigh, at present occupied by Mr. Errington, will be closed on the day of interment, Mr. and Mrs. E. and family leaving on that day for Leamington. FRAMPTON PARK.-Mr. and Mrs. Brinsley Sheri dan will receive company during the recess. Mrs. Sheridan and the Hon. Mrs. Dawson Darner and Mrs. George Bankes patronise the county ball at Dorchester, on the 10th of January, of which Mr. Sheridan and Colonel Darner are stewards. TRADE OF HoLmnatu.—As we ventured to pre. diet at the time, the impulse given to our trade in the beginning of October, by the demand for plaid ker seymeres, has proved of short duration; and the mills are now very inadequately employed; in fact, they were never worse off for work than they have been during the last three weeks. Very few of them have been lighted up, and many of them have not half work for the brief period of daylight. Every body is complaining; what goods are sold is at a loss, and pay ments are so long deferred that the clothiers are much put about for money. Things were in a bad state last year at this time, but we have gone worse and worse. The working classes are somewhat relieved by the reduction in the price of food, yet, there are vast numbers who are gradually sinking into the gulph of pauperism, and those who have yet managed to do without paro chial support, are, at our fortnightly petty sessions, summoned by scores to show cause why they cannot pay to the support of others, and they bring reasons of a heart-rending nature in plea to be excused; they cannot support themselves ! ! Take one case as an example. It was for an arrear of some twelve or fourteen shillings, and the poor woman who appeared to answer to the overseer's summons, stated that they had six children, her husband was confined to his bed by sickness, and all they had to depend upon was eight shillings per week, his allowance from a sick club. No matter, if such unfortunates have not money, if they have money's worth : the law is imierious. BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.— There 1S not an average attendance of merchants at the piece mar ket to-day, and the purchases made are of a limited character, being chiefly small lots to assort with stocks of plain goods adapted to the winter season. There still continues the same monotonous state in the yarn trade. Short-time working, which is very pruden tial, still continues to be found the most suited to the present prices and demand. There is not that ani mation in the wool trade that we noticed a fortnight ago. The spinners appear to have resisted any fur ther attempt to advance, and the staplers state th a t it is quite impossible to fetch wools from the growers to meet the prices offered by the buyers ; consequently the supply in the market is not materially augmented. MANCHBSTER,THURSDAY EvßraNG.--Ihe increased production of cloth consequent on all the mills which were some time since on short time, now working full hours, has evidently had some effect on the cloth market, as evidenced in the decline of prices of all descriptions of printing cloth. The season just before Christmas, though always rather a dull one by com parison, is not sufficient to account for the great in disposition to purchase which now so generally pre vails. The market has not in any way improved since Tuesday ; indeed, if any change at all, neither the demand nor the prices are hardly so buoyant as on that day. Two or three weeks more will test the opinion here expressed more fully. There is not much doing in Twist, and those spinners who press sales are com pelled to accept a shade less price. CHRISTMAS BENEVOLENCE TO THE POOR. (From our Evening Edition of Saturday.) Mr. Thomas Adams, the Rector's Warden, was yesterday honoured with the Queen's commands, through the medium of the Earl of Liverpool, the Lord Steward, to cause to be distributed this day (in order that the festive season of Christmas might not pass over without the poor and needy enjoying " Christmas cheer"), to each of the inmates of the several alms-houses in the town, and also to all those families (who reside in the borough) whose necessi ties compel them to be recipients of out-door relief from the Board of Guardians of the Windsor Union, bread, meat, plum-pudding, &c., in the following pro portions :—To each single person, 41bs. of meat. 21bs. of bread, 11b. of plum-pudding, one peck_of potatoes, one quart of ale, and a sack of coals. Where the fa mily consists of a man and his wife only, 61bs. of meat, 4lbs. of bread, 2lbs. of plum-pudding, one peck of potatoes, two quarts of ale, and one sack of coals ; and for each child the following addition will be made :-21bs. of meat, 31bs. of bread, lib. of plum pudding, half a peck of potatoes, and one pint of ale. Upwards of one hundred families, averaging five per sons in each, will thus be enabled, on Christmas-day, to participate in those "seasonable enjoyments," through the bounty of their Sovereign, which, but for the Royal benevolence, they would have been deprived of. Ihel Rev. Mr. Cope, of Harnham, adjoining Sa lisbury, has requested the ministers of the parishes of St. :Martin and Harnham, to select forty of the most deserving poor of those parishes, fbr whom an excel lent dinner of Christmas fare is to be provided on Christmas Day, in a spacious apartment on Mr. Cope's premises, which has been purposely prepared, in a very comfortable style, for the occasion. The Duke of Northumberland has caused to be dis tributed, through the parish authorities, a good sup ply of coals, potatoes, and other necessary art i c l es to the poor of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. The parishes of St. Marylebone and St. Pancras have ren dered great assistance to the poor of those pa rishes by a seasonable supply of those articles. St. Clement Danes has likewise issued a quantity of coals to the poor of that parish ; and several parishes in the City have contributed largely towards the alle viation of the distresses of their poor, and some bene volent private individuals have distributed seasonable gifts to the necessitous. - A circular has just been issued by the guardians of the poor, calling on the benevolent to subscribe a suf ficient sum to provide the poor of Minster_ Union with roast beef and plum pudding on Christmas Day; the appeal is strengthened by the fact that the poor-rate is not available for that purpose.—Kent Paper. CHRISTMAS•DAY IN THE PRISONS. (From our Evening Edition of Saturday.) For the mast part, the inmates of the criminal and debtors' prisons are, on Christmas-day supplied with good old English fare. At Newgate the prisoners (including those under sentence) will attend Divine service in the morning, and will afterwards be each supplied with llb. of roast beef, potatoes, bread, and a pint of porter, at the expense of the Lord Mayor. Mr. Cope, the Governor, will provide an excellent repast for the turnkeys. The numbers are—men 136, and females 26. Of the number there are sixty transports. At Giltspur-street Compter, Mr. Whithair, the Governor, will, also at the expense of the Lord Mayor, provide each of the prisoners with llb. of roast beef, bread, potatoes, and a pint of porter, after having attended Divine service. Males 163, and females 30. HORSEMONGER-LAND.—Ther e are eighty poor debt ors, chiefly on tally-bills, sixty master debtors, and fifty criminals. The latter, and the poor debtors each alternate year receive 41bs. of beef, under the will of Mr. Carter, of Allhallows, but this year, • unfor tunately, they will not receive it, and have conse quently no extra allowance. GENERAL PENITENTIARY 31.1 LL A NK..--.580 male and 162 female prisoners, in all 742, wili. receive no indulgence or extra allowance whatever. On Thurs day last the Right Hon; Sir James Graham, Major Jebb, and o th er gen tl emen, ma d e a thoroughinspec tion of this prison. WESTMINSTER BRIDE WELL, TOTHILL-f El:vs.- 7 308 male and 107 female prisoners, in all 415, will each receive an extra allowance of meat, besides porter. BRIDEWELL, BRIDGE -STREET, BLACK FRIARS, and the Bridewell contiguous to Bethlehem, containing 200, as also the Debtors, Whitecross-street, are pro vided with Christmas fare, at the expense of the Lord Mayor. In the Borough Compter, wherein are 18 prisoners, a similar repast will also be provided by the Lord Mayor. All the prisons under the Corporation of London are supplied by the Lord Mayor on Christ mas Day, and by the Sheriffs on New-Year's Day ; and on Twelfth Day the prisoners in the Borough Compter will be regaled by the High Bailiff. ILFORD GAOL.—The inmates, 54 males and four females, will each have roast beef, plum-pudding, vegetables, and beer. . _ WooLwicu.—The convicts, about 3,500, will have each a pint of porter, and extra, food. MIDDLESEX HOUSE OF CORRECTION, COLDBATH FIELDS.—No extra allowance or indulgence. THE QUEEN'S PRISON.—The gifts which were for merly received at the Fleet and Marshalsea, are now appropriated among the inmates of this prison, which at present are 280. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Leeds Mercury of Saturday.) FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, DEC. 23.—Al though this is the season of the year when business generally is done on a more limited scale, the trans actions of the past week, though not perhaps equal to the average of the fortnight or three weeks previous, have, nevertheless, been fully as extensive as might reasonably have been expected, and prices contiuue very steady. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET , LEEDS, DEC. 23.—Con sidering the near appr oac h f Christmas, the sales of wool during the present week have been to a moderate extent, and last week s prices are firmly maintained. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, DEC. 23.—The wool trade has been in a perfectly quiescent state this week scarcely a buyer having been in the market, which, perhaps, ought to be expected, on the eve of the close of the year. Stocks of long wool are, however, light in the market, and prices are firm at late quotations. LEEDS.—From the circumstance of the weather continuing so unusually mild at this late period of the season, the demand for winter goods has entirely ceased, and the time for taking stock being just at hand, very few purchases are made on speculation. The markets at both our Cloth Halls have, in conse quence, been exceedingly dull this week. There are, however, a few orders out, for goods for the East India and China markets, which will give employ ment, to a certain extent, in several of the clothing villages. There is also an increase of confidence that an improved state of trade will take place early next year. There has been very little doing in the ware• houses this week. MARKET NEWS. COVENT-GAUDEN. The supply of Christmas decorations here to-day, was unusually large, hence the .market exhibited a a very gay appearance.—ln most--kinds of vegetables, a fair amount of business was transacted; while the sale for fruit was steady at full prices. Potatoes were abundant, but the inquiry for them was extremely in active, at barely late rates. Potatoes from 3s to 4s per cwt; Turnips, 2s to 2s 6d; Carrots, 3s 6(1 to ss; Coleworts or Greens, is 6d to 2s 3d ; and Leeks, is to is 6d per dozen bunches ; Apples, is 3d to 3s • Pears, 4s to 6s, and Onions, is 6d to 2s 6d per half sieve; new Oranges and Lemons, 8s to 10s, and Walnuts, 10d to is 4d per 100; Brocoli, 6s to i ls, and Celery, 125 to 16s per dozen bundles; Endive, is 6d to 2s 6d per score ; Savoys, ls to 2s, and red Cabbages, 2s to 75 per dozen heads ; Mushrooms, 10d to is 6d, and small Salad, 2d to 3d per punnet; Turnip Radishes, 10d to is per dozen hands; Horse-radish, Is 6d to 35 per bundle ; Spanish Nuts, 2s to 3s ; Barcelona, 3s to 3s 6d; and Chesnuts, 3s to 3s 6d per peck. NEMTGATE AND znis.DErfizA.Lz. Scarcely has ever such large supplies of game and poultry been exhibited for sale in these markets as was the case to-day ; yet the best descriptions sold at rather high prices, the inferior sorts being a mere drug. Turkeys produced from 5s to, in some in stances, 35s ; Geese, 5s to 8s ; Capons, 5s to 15s ; Roasting Pigs, 4s to 9s; Rabbits, 4d to is 6d ; Hares, ls lod to 3s 6d; Partridges, ls 3d to 2s ; Woodcocks, 2s to 3s 6d ; Pheasants, 2s 6d to 4s ; Grouse, 2s to 3s 3d ; Ptarmigan, ls 9d to 2s 6d; Snipes, Is to 2s ; Teal,4d to Is; Wild Ducks, is to 2s; Widgeons, 10d to ls 6d ; Plovers, 6d to 8d; and Pigeons, 6d to 10a each. Fowls, 5s to 9s ; Chickens, 2s 6d to 45; and Ducks, 3s to 5s per couple. Fresh Butter, Is 3d to is 5d per ib; Eggs, 8s to lis per 100. Notwith standing the immense supplies of superior meat on sale for Christmas consumption, we had a very firm demand, and higher prices were realised by the sales men. Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 4cl; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per 81bs. by the carcase. BILIGXNGSGATE. The supplies o f Fi s h b roug ht f orwar d to-day were not large, yet the demand ru l e d i nact i ve . Turbots sold at from lOs to 25s ; Cod Fish, Is 6d to los ; Haddocks, 4d to Is 2d; Whitings, 4dto 8d ; Mackerel, 10d to 1s; Dorys, '2s to 3s 6d ; Crabs, 8d to 2s 6d ; and Lobsters, 153 d to 3s 6d each ; Soles, 8d to 3s 3d per pair ; Sineltsl ls 10d to 3s ; Fresh Herrings, is to 2s 3d ; and Thames Flounders, is 2d to 2s per dozen ; Salmon , 10d to Is 4d ; Crimped Skate, 6d to 10d ; and Eels , 6d to is 3d per lb ; Sprats, 3s to 4s 6d; and Oyster"' 165 to 25s per bushel. WurrECHAPEZ. Our market was very abundantly supplied, yet the demand was tolerably steady. Beef, from 35 4d t ° 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Veal, 35 8d to 45 4d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 6d per Blbs, by the carcase. NEPORT. We had an ab un d an t W display of Meat this morn ing, which sold at the following prices:—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 1 0 c 1 to 4s 6d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 6d per 81bs by the carcase. RIINGERVORD. Fair avera ge su p p li es of mos t ar ti c les usually 5011, here wer e o ff er i ng t o -d ay , w hil e th ere was a OP' improvement in the general inquiry, at full prices. inDE Raw Hid es a t per to snee of 14 lb w s.--Best Steers And Heifers, 6s t o 6 s 5d ; middling Hides, 5s 4d to 61 10d ; inferior d o ., 4s 8d to 5s 2d. Sheep and Calt skins, at pe r s ki n —M ar k e t C a lf , 8s to 9s Long' woolled Sheep, 2s 8d t o 4 s 4d ; s h or t do, 2s 2d to 35- The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 7d to 7d; of do., Household Sid to 6fd p er 41b. loaf. HAT MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.--Coarse meadow Hay, 3/ to 3115541; useful ditt o , 41 t o 41 4s; fi ne upland ditto, 4l 53:: 4/ lOs ; Clover Hay, 4l to 51 10 3 ; Straw' 2/ to 212 s ; Wheat Straw, 2/ 3s to 513 s Per eon Straw sold freely, a t i m p rove d ra tes ; but, 10 kind of hay, exceedingly little was passing. 41; CUMBERLAND.—Coarse meadow Hay, 3/ 5 s useful ditt o , 412 s t o 4/ 8 5; fi ne up l an d ditto, 4/ 10 9 to 41 13s; Clover Hay, 414 s to 518 s; Oat Streit , r . 1/ 18s to 2/ 2 s ; Wh ea t St raw , 2/ 25 to 21 gs pe load. Supply but moderate, and trade dull. 7to WHITECHAPE L . Coarse Meadow Hay, 3 ‘ a 3/ 16s ; useful ditt o , 4/ to 4l 5 5 ; fine up lAn ditto, 4/ 6s to 4/ 10 s ; Clover Hay, 4l to 51 1 5 s) Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 21; Wheat Straw, 21 to 21 os" per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. { i ~7 WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—FurDAY. There was a large supply of Wheat, and good of other • , articles, fresh up for our market. The demand f o , l :' • . ''. 'Wheat was not extensive, but a fair quantity sold a* Is. per quarter below last week's prices. Barley W et with a slack demand at Is. per quarter decline. Bean and Oats each lower. Per qr. of 601 b. to the bushel. Wneat, Red, Essex and Kent ...... New 48 , , to. 5J,. txtra 5 2 " Norfolk and Suffolk. New 445. 50s. ..• L • ig ' Boston and Wisbeach New 445. 4" s. ••• 4,43. Yorkshire. N w 428. 455. "• 55.. English, White New 48.. 4 5 4 4: wbite sl 3 : : Old Foreign rex' ImPer l3 • Per Va. 3. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk New -h 1 • L' ° el . 28 ;. Yorkshire iird Lincolnshire ....•. 25 '• -- ' ... 28 ' Snatch . *** 255 9.7 i. ••• _...,: Grinding , f 631 b. c 0 ... Per qr. Beans, New 2Bl. 31. i. ... r ,„, Old .., Oats, Potato a d Polv:d 205. 225 ... . -- 5 , . —d pet ,S,oz , healing lO4 to 101 , Foreign --d to ' SliOling ../. to 24, per Mai. a xtra 313 Malt Rwesi -ed —l.os 30r. Os. 311. Os. per Lis, SINGULAR SUICIDE. - - - - (From the Shrewsbury News of Saturday .) Yesterday wee k a ft ernoon an inquest was held in the large room at the Rodney Inn, Coalbrookda le, before John Hinton, Es q. Coroner, and a highly re spectable Ju r y, o f w h om the Rev. W. Yate was fore man, over one William May bury, a youth of eightee n, who had placed his head under a forge-hamtner , for the purpose of self-destruction. David Williams , elderly man, employed at the forge, deposed that ell the previous Wednesday, he and his fellow workmen, who were the deceased and his father and brother, had done some work for one William Jenks, no ' ll i gineer, for which he had given them two gallons °f ale, over which they spent their evening in the forge, and had drank some six quarts at ten o'clocka that the deceased was " fresh, and very random, Yung took several liberties with one John Salisbury, a You ll man who was with them, such as biting him by th: nose and the like ; that the witness chid hint, did likewise his father ; that he shed tears, an e l muttering something, suddenly turned round, sel l a the "gate" which di sengage d th e wa ter that noot the machinery of the hammer, set the forge to w r „or," and immediately thr ew hi mse lf u p o n the anvil. - 1 -" c3 hammer struck several blows before they could stop it. Thought the deceased a very daring young we John Salisbury corroborated the evidence of Williams, and said that on hearing the forge go to work, h e turned round, seized the deceased, and pulled him from under the hammer quite dead, his head being crushed to pieces. After some further evidence, the Jury, cor.s ulted f about twenty minutes, and retu rne d a verdict 0 " Temporary Insanity." NORTHAMPTON LUNATIC ASYLUM.—A m ost inte resting spectacle will be afforded to the inhabitants ° 1 Northampton on Tuesday next. A dinner an d , will be given at the Asylum to the male and femV e e convalescent patients ; and by the reg t o of t ", resident physician, visitors can only be permitted I dance with a patient. was tried r On the 16th in s t. a man name d B our din the Assizes of La Bourbon-Vendee for the n ' chile of his wife, by whom she had a family of feg u r pl y dren. He had been living for some time u n u a Pr with her, and had crimi na l re l a ti ons w ith their fe ma le servant. The evidence was so strong t h a t it was ; i t: possible for the crimi na l t o escape ishment , and he had also confessed hi s cr i me . From un the day o f ," 1 „ 9 arrest to his trial, he had simulated insanity, but and de: before the the Tribunal h e a b an don e d thi s co urse, found fended himself with gr eat c oo l ness . He was guilty and condemned to death. BIRTHS. On the 9th alt., at Bishop's Lodge, Jamaica, the lady of the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Jamaica, of a daughter. n. On the 22d inst., at Streatham-hill, Mrs. H. Swale , of a y so n On the 22d inst., at Earl's-terrace, Kensington, Mrs. j°h - Parkinson, of a daughter. On the 22d inst., in Park-stre e t, Grosvenor-square, the lady of Colonel Lluellyn, C. 8., of a son. of On the 22d inst., the lady of James Mare, Esq. , J un " Woodford, Essex, of a son. On the 23d inst., in Bedford-st ree t, Covent-garden , M"• Seneca Hughes, of a son. MARRIED. On the 21st inst., at Marylebone Church, Richard K eene! Esq., su rgeon , of Crawford -street, to Miss Lydia Croft, of Great Queen -street, Bryanston-square. On the 22d Inst., at St. Mar's, Walthamstow, Francis R' Redwell, E sq ., t o " El iza Mary, th ird daughter of the Rev. w• Wilson. Stott On the 22d i ns t., a t C am b r id ge , th e R e v. Walter Dumergue, to Lucretia, only daughter of the late T. G. Rag land, Esq., Assistant Commissary General at Gibraltar. DIE D. On the 15th of September, off Nankin, Robert Walte r Fell, of her Majesty's s kip Cornwallis. On the 26th of October, at St. Lucia, J. G. Bowlby, Es t i' assistant-surgeon, 33d Regiment. On the 21st in+t., the Rev. Robert Price, Vicar of Shore 7 ham, Kent, aged 69. On the 22d inst., at Cadogan-pl ace , Sloane.street, P. Mackenzie, Esq , of Bursledon, Hampshire. r at t,, On the 22d inst., Louisa, second daughter of Mr.' St r• of Shacklewell. On the 22c1 inst , at St. John's-wood, Admiral Sir Joh I I : Lawford, K. C. B. London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOljll , l No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, S han the County of Middlesex, Monday, December 26, 1842.