The Sun. — London, England, 1842-01-27 00:00:00

EVENING SUN THE BLOW-UP. The herald of the Kirk rebels has announced, in a demi-official paragraph, that "the liberum arbitrium may be regarded as now fairly and finally set aside. Any proposal (it says) for a settlement on that footing, h as never b een enter tained, except with extreme reluct ance , on th e part of those i ntrusted with the management of the Church's affairs, and only when it seemed to be pressed upon them, an d th e y cou ld not avoid giving a deliverance regarding it." Now, this is p os iti ve ly one o f t h e mos t perfect specimens of sheer impudence that we recollect to have met with in all our experience. It is only a short week ago that we proved, by extracts from Dr. Chalmers's Letters, and the minutes of this same Non-Intrusion Committee, as recorded in the published Correspondence with Lord Aberdeen two years ago, that the liberum arbitrium was brought forth by Dr. Chalmers, then the Convener of that Com mittee—that it was swaddled and cradled by Messrs. Dunlop and Candlish, as the leading members and secretaries of the Committee— that the Committee adopted it as their own bantling,--and that instead of being pressed upon its godfathers and godmothers (for some men wear petticoats) it was by them pressed upon Lord Aberdeen with a pertinacity and petulance which could only be found exemplified in a co terie of self-sufficient parsons and their Waristons. It is not many weekssince this identical Committee published a supplementary statement to their former memorial to Government, in which the liberum arbitrium was explicitly brought under the consideration of Government, as one of three modes in which they proposed that an adjust ment of all controversy should be effected. 'Tis true that they intimated that they preferred the veto and the call t o it ; b u t t h ey d ec l are d t h e i r readiness to work the liberum arbitrium, if Government would bring it forward, " upon its own responsibility," (a phrase which we do not pretend to comprehend), be cause it would constrain them to give up their benefices ! This to be sure, was a most pious and praiseworthy motive, which their countrymen will estimate at its true value ; but until these worthies bring forth evidence that this monstrous proposition to establish a naked and atrocious system of clerical tyranny was pressed upon the Non-Intrusion Committee ab extra (as Dr. Chalmers has. it), we repeat our asseveration, that the statements now put forth by that body are a finished specimen of unblush ingaudacity and falsehood. —Edinburgh Observer. FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. While an English family, resident at St. Omer, were, a few evenings ago, at supper, they were suddenly alarmed by a terrible e x pl osion from the fire-place----the wood and ashes being thrown out into the room, and some of the furniture damaged. When they recovered from the shock, and sought for the cause, they found that one of the brass globes fixed on the dogs had burst and caused the mischief. No doubt was entertained that the air within the ball had been expanded by the heat, until it could no longer be compressed, and had blown the ball to pieces. Two nights ago an accoucheur, in the Rue St. Jacques, hearing the cries of a female in the street, hastened down and discovered a young woman suffering from the pains of labour, and in such a state that she could not be re moved. Having completed the delivery on the spot, the accoucheur had the mother and her infant conveyed to the Hospice de la Maternite, where they had every care and attention paid them. A boy, ten years of age, slipped out of a sky-light window in the roof of a house, Rue du Faubourg St. Antoine, on Saturday morning, and rolling towards the eaves of the roof was caught by the gutter-pipe. Here he remained suspended for some time, in the most immi nent danger of falling and being dashed to pieces ; but a man succeeded in approaching him with a rope, and in hauling him up safely into the house. The boy's mother was so much affected that she swooned away, and was a a long time in a state of total insensibility. The lndicateur of Bordeaux relates that the'Toulouse mail was stopped, on the 18th instant, near Agen, by a band of Spanish refug,es, who were harboured by the keeper of a public-house of bad repute. The postilion was wounded in several places. The courier got down armed with a poignarel, courageously fought with the robbers, and severely wounded several, but was at length stunned by a violent blow on the head. As assistance came up, nine of the Spaniards and their landlord were arrested. The courier was so far recovered as to be able to proceed with the mail, but the postilion was left in an alarming condition. _ _ The 'Courtier du Nord relates that a few days since, at Saulchy, in that department, a girl, not thirteen years of age, fell into a well from her foot having slipped on some ice at the edge. She was not injured by the fall, but contrived, by means of the bucket-chain, to make her way to the top. Here, however, her hands became so cold, that she was obliged to let go, and fell again to the bottom. She su ccee d e d a secon d time in mounting by means of a chain, and was aided by another girl, who had heard her cries, in getting ou t of the well. According to Article 170 of the Civil Code, a marriage, contracted in a foreign country, between two French persons, or between a French person and a foreigner, is valid, if it be celebrated according to the laws and customs of that country, and provided it be preceded by the publications prescribed by Art. 63 of the same Code, and the French person has not contra vened any of the provisions of the preceding chapter. An intimacy was some years ago formed between the familiea of Miss Fanny Villiers, a young English lady, and M. Charles Claudon, the son of a French physician, and who was himself destined for the same profession. The intimacy of the two young people grew into mutual love, and they plighted their faith to each other, but agreed to postpone their union until the young man was admitted into the faculty of medicine. In September, 1840, Miffs Villiers was obliged to go to London, and M. C. Claudon accompanied her, unknown to his mother, who had become a widow. On 12th October they were married in due form, according to the ritual of English' Church, at St. George's, Hanover-square, and on the ' 14th they received the benediction of a French Catholic priest. M. C. Claudon wrote to his mother, informing her of what had taken place, and he received her answer, in which, although she reproached him for having acted without her consent, she tacitly acceded to the mar riage. After the return of M. and Mme. C. Claudon to Paris, the widow Claudon, for a time, refused to see her ' new daughter-in- law, but, at length,, was induced to re ceive her three several times. Notwithstanding this, Mme. Claudon, the mother, became determined to annul the marriage of her son, if possible, and instituted a suit in the Tribunal de Premiere Instance on the ground of the want of the publication required by the French Code. The tribunal, however, decided for the validity of the marriage, considering that, at the time it was con tracted, M. C. Claudon was twenty-five years of age, and the publication was not indispensable. Against this decision, Mine. Claudon, the mother, appealed to the Cour Royale. The case was heard on the three last Saturdays. Th e C our t, at length, delivered its judgment decreeing that, although the non-observance of the article 170 of the Code might have been good cause for an annulment of the marriage, yet, considering that the , appellant had, after she knew of the marriage, received her daughter-in-law several times in her own house, wherefrom, as well as from o th er d ocuments ' in the case, it resulted that she had consented to the marriage, therefore, the appeal should be dismissed, and the deci sion of the Tribunal de Premiere Instance confirmed. PROJECTED VISITS OF THE KING OF rittreste.—Great preparations are making for the re ception of his Majesty the King of Prussia, at the late residence of the Duke of Cumberland, in the Stable yard, St. James's. When his Majesty landed at Green wich on Saturday last, he expressed a wish to examine that splendid and national edifice. Preparations are making by the gallant Governor, Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, to receive his , Majesty, when all the old vete rans, and the children of the 1s avat School, will pass in I review order before his Majesty and suite, who will be attended by the Dukes of Sussex, Cambridge, the Lords of the Admiralty; Sir Charles Napier, and other distin guished naval officers. His Majesty will also visit the Royal Arsenal at 'Woolwich, when a dejeune will be given by the Master-General of the Ordnance, the Right Honourable Sir George Murray. G.C.B. Lord Bloom field and the whole of the staff will accompany the Kin , ' over the Foundry, the Arsenal , and the Dock - yard ; and should the weather be propitious, a grand review will take place of the Royal Artillery, when they will go through their finest manoeuvres anti rocket firing, and many experiments will he made before his Majesty of the newimprovements lately introduced in the Ordnance department of this country. his Majesty will also visit the Thames Tunnel, which is now nearly finished. Great preparations are making by Sir Isambert Brunel, the indefatigable engineer, who has at last accomplished this wonderful sub-marine excavagation, under the most commercial river in the world. It will be fully lighted up with gas on the occasion. DISTRESS IN BOLTON.—The following facts, which we have received from an authentic source, will enabl e our readers to form some idea of the pressure of distress in Bolton. During the four weeks, ending Jan. 22, 1842, the number of applications for relief to the Bolton Benevolent Society amounted to 6,095 ; and the average income of the applicants was only thirteen pence per head per week. Of these, 828 have been re jected, as not - coming within the limits fixed by the Society. Of the remaining 6,157, who have been re lieved, the average income per head per week was only elevenpence three - farthings. All this is in addition to the relief granted by the Guardia ns , which has increased enormously with the d u ll ness of trade. In the year end . fno March, 1836, the total sum paid for the relief of the poor of Great Bolton was 1,5581. In the year ending March, 1841, the sum paid for the relief of the poor was 6,0681. ; an increase of 300 per cent.—Munchester Guardian. BE BURIED, I' D D IE FIRST! B E FORE I'D What do you say 9.. nn ” said a wpman one day to her neighbour, speaking of old acquaint ance, who from • affluent circumstances was reduced to a state o f a bj ect so ught, with great earnestness, a poverty; so that she refuge or asylum in w hat is generally called a work house ; here she found the co mforts to which sh e h a d long been a total stranger ; however, from the severity of the winter, together with an aged and shattered consti tution, s h e at l as t sun k, and d frame. No fri e nd, n o re l a ti ve , attended • re mains t o th e i r last home ; she was indebted to the parish eath seized her mortal her mortal - for her grave. " What do you say—she was . buried by the parish ? o h , the mean contemptible wretc h :!"sal i her old acquaintanc e ; ‘4 before I'd be buried by the pa rish, I'd die first, that I would." SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—Religion, with all its hallowed inspira tions—the domestic and social affections, equally essential to the substantial happiness of the monarch and the pea sant—loyalty, comprising ardent affection to the Sove reign, attachment to the laws, and devotion to the Throne —these were present itt3t.he scene which was yesterday exhibited at the palace of Britain's Queen—on an occa. sion no less enteresting to her as a parent than a sove reign. Without their presence, that occasion, instead of being, as it doubtless was, pregnant with delightful anti cipations, would have been shrouded with gloom, the precursor of still more bitter sorrows. With them in active operation, the Queen of England blended the connubial and parental affections with the gratitude of a Christian Sovereign, and the delights of a constitu tional, hereditary Monarch. She beheld the child of her heart and the Heir of her Throne received, with the solemn rites prescribed by its ritual, within the bosom of the Church, to be henceforth the subject of its prayers, and especially interested in its blessings. She listened to the demonstrations of heartfelt loyalty with which the Nobles assembled within the spacious ban quet-hall hailed the infant Prince, the Heir Apparent to the Throne; assured that from the highest Peer to the lowliest peasant in her dominions, through the several descending grades into which society is divided, there is found no heart which does not respond to those demon strations—no voice, however rough its tones and homely its expressions, which does not join in the fervent hope, that Heaven will establish her throne in peace—that in " health and wealth" she may long live and reign ; and that, when gathered to her fathers, her Son, now the object of a nation's hopes, may ascend the throne, and that the line of succession may be perpetuated through her to many ge nerations. These were the associations which gave substan tial interest to the scene. The mere externals, imposingly grand and even gorgeous as they w e re, com bi n i ng wea l t h almost beyond the power of computation, with splendour wrought up into the multifarious forms which art the most refined could cause them to assume, would have been worthless : the merely rich ornamented casket ; the jewels which would have given to the casket real in terest and solid worth having departed from its keeping. STANDARD.—Let none think slightly of the pomp and magnificence of the solemnity of yesterday. It was the duty of the Sovereign and the nation to ren der both; for if a proper religious sense tells, that po verty may not excuse from such humble worship as poverty can render, wealth and greatness may not plead the duty of such humble worship, or the acceptance of the poor man's prayer, as an apology for offering only a niggard adoration. The ceremonial of the Prince's bap tism was indeed grand and imposing, but no more than it ought to be, in whatever aspect the occasion is contem plated. It was the admission into the Christian Church of the descendant and representative of a hundred kings, immediately the representative of a family, blessed by Providence, and blessing our nation for almost a century and a half ; the heir of the greatest empire, the most en lightened, and the most truly Christian that the world has ever seen ; and wisely and piously was the Sovereign of the most powerful and truly Christian nation, beyond the limits of this great empire, invited to take the principal part in the august solemnity. Again, it was, for the nation represented by our Sovereign and her heir, a renewal of the covenant with that Divine Being, who has so signally protected and prospered this nation above all the nations of the earth. The millions whose prayers ascended, and will continue to ascend, accompanying those poured forth at Windsor, be it they proceed from the castle or cottage, from church or chapel, or closet, make us all partakers in the great act of worship and praise, as much as if we were present at it. To appreciate justly the solemnity of which we speak, to awaken the feeling which it ought to suggest, we have but to carry back our recollection to any other age of the Church. We may choose any epoch, and, comparing it with the present, we must, in contemplating such a scene as passed yesterday—we must, if we are Christians, be filled with joy and gratitude be yond expression. This is the Christian Church, once the object of relentless persecution ; this is the Christian Church, so long the tool of crafty priests and politicians, and otherwise the object of indifference to both : this is the Church into which the Sovereign of the most mighty empire upon which the sun has shone since its creation—herself an example of Christian grace, in youth and loveliness, and worldly prosperity, solicits admission for her infant child,--solieits humbly before God, but manifesting that humility more evidently by prostrating before his throne herself and all the worldly grandeur with which she is invested. This is the Church in which the millions of this great empire join in their Sovereign's act of heart worship. Is not such an advance a pledge to the fulfilment of His promise who said, " I am with you to the end of the world ?" Once again, we say, compare the state of the Christian Church as it exists in England, and as it was illustrated yesterday by the Court and the nation, and compare that state with the condition of the Church in any other nation, and at any other time, and then you will feel how much reason you have to be grateful for the period and the country in which it is your inesti mable privilege to live. COURIER.—We regard, and we are satisfied the en tire nation will so regard, the presence of his Prussian Majesty, and the sacred character of sponsor for the Royal Infant in which he appears, as not the least auspicious circumstance attendant upon this happy. I event. Not that we augur any immediate conse quence of striking political or national interest as likely to flow from this signal demonstration of the good will and the friendly disposition of the Monarch of a State which, since its regal origin, has, almost without a pause of interruption, been connected with the British dominions by bonds of common interest and al liance. It can never, we hope, be forgotten in Prussia, that in moments of utmost need, and in days of fearful peril, when the Prussian monarchy was shaken to its foundations, and crumbling into disjointed fragments — when it was overrun by insolent, deadly, and victorious foes—and its territories actually parcelled out, or threa tened to be, at the caprice of ruthless conquerors, as in the times of Frederick the Great and Napoleon, Great Britain stretched out, magnanimously as disinterestedly, the hand that never faltered in support of an ally, and never failed to save ; and that what Prjssia now is, powerful, prosperous, and peaceful, respected abroad and contented at home, we may, without any vain in dulgence of self-laudation, or the remotest desire of re calling the remembrance of benefits conferred, claim as the peculiar work and the glorious achievement of Great Britain. But, although we may not, as we ought not, connect political consequences of instant import from the Royal visit, for in no sense is it possible that the peculiar and solemn occasion should be desecrated by the intru sion of political objects, yet we cannot help the internal conviction that it is destined to exercise a kind influence upon the mind, not of Prussia alone, but of the univer sal German nation, of which Prussia may now be re garded as the virtual, if not the constituted, head. The German mind has been unhappily too much abused and embittered of late years against us by the presumed clash of material interests and commercial rivalries ; and the incessant efforts of a portion of the German press to promote disunion and inflame to alienation, have only been too effectively seconded by the tourisms of indiscreet and semi-official babblers like Dr. Bowring. When, therefore, the German States shall feel and comprehend in the popular reception of their Chief and representative, the homage of ancient friendship and unforgotten sympathies, spontaneously tendered by the British nation to the Fatherland, as suredly it must tend to dispel delusions now too preva lent, to quench heartburnings artfully fomented, and to revive more grateful reminiscences of former union and more congenial sentiments of mutual regard and good will. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) The unfavourable weather, and the great uncertainty existing as to the financial and commercial views of the present Government, continue to exercise an unfavour able influence on this Market. Yesterday the demand was extremely limited ; and, low as were prices previously, most of those who were under the necessity of selling found themselves compelled to accept lower prices yesterday. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, JAN. 24.—There has been another dull market to-day, with prices similar to those of last Monday. In the wool-market there has been very little doing at any prices. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, Jan. 26. (Before Vice-Chancellor BRUCE.) . . CHAPMAN V. THE DRIDGF.WATER AND TAUNTON NAVI- CATION COMPANY. In this cause, which stood over from Monday, the Counsel intimated to the Court that the parties had come to a private settlement of the disputed points. BURRIDGE v. How. The arguments in this part-heard Cause were resumed to-day ' • and Mr. Cooper was he ar d at cons i derable length for the assignees of Alderman Winchester, on the question of the assignment of the policies by the as signees of Row to the assignees of Winchester. His HONOUR, in giving judgment, said that the argu ments advanced to-day were, in a great measure, the same as those urged at the previous hearings of the case. The only point on which the Court had expressed a wish that the matter should be spoken to again was the question of the construction of the deed of assignment of the policies, and upon that point scarcely anything had been said, and he must therefore conclude that the Counsel for the assignees supposed that there was no probability of success upon it, and that it would be rather against than in favour of them. His Honour continued of opinion that the question, " What ought to be done with the fund," which he should call the 4311., appeared to him atittestion of considerable difficulty under the peculiar circumstances of the case. That difficulty, however, existed more in respect of the title of the assignees of Row than in respect of that of the assignees of Winchester. It at one time occurred to his Honour during the arguments not certainly to give it to the assignees of Winchester. However, having fre quently re-considered the subject since the last hearing, he came to the conclusion that the more certainly safe course would be to keep back that fund at present, and give the assignees of Row liberty to apply, if they should think fit. As he understood it, the fund representing the dividends had been accumulating since it was brought into Court, and of course the amount of stock had been varying every half year. He therefore thought he should best consult substantial justice, by not letting Mrs. Burridge, as he was originally disposed to do, re ceive the income of that fund, but to retain it and carry it over to a separate account, to be called the suspense account ; the accumulations to be continued and carried over, without prejudice to any question, and with li berty to Row's assignees, or any other person, to apply in respe c t o f t h at fund as they might_ be advised ; and then, if the assignees of Row should come before the Court, on petition either as respondents or petitioners, he should be ready to hear and disposeof their case. lie neither encouraged nor discouraged the claim; he merely said that there was enough to convince him that it was THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1542. a reasonable subject for discussion, and that that dis cussion might involve matter of their interest ; there . fore at present he should withdraw from all parties the sum of 431/. ; then if the assignees of Row should come before the Court ,to discuss that question, there would be two points to be decided—first, whe ther they or the assignees of Winchester were entitled to anything—whether they could displace Mrs. Burridge's title, and if either of them could do so. Then, secondly, whether, according to the true construc tion of the deed, they or the assignees of Winchester were entitled. He could neither enter into nor decide that question in the absence of Row's assignees. The reason of this doubt was obvious, namely, that whereas, according to the intention of the settle ment, if the policy produced the full sum of 5,0001., there would be no claim against Row's estate; yet there had been a claim against that estate without any deduction) or valuation in respect of those policies, and those policies had ultimately V roduced the full amount. That difficulty he had felt from the beginning of the case, and his mind was not yet relieved from it. He should, therefore, with a view to do justice in the best manner to all parties, reserve that fund as he had before stated. The trustees were with their own consent to give notice of the present decree to the assignees of Row, and then, if within a rea sonable time after that notice they neither consent to come before the Court nor file a bill of their own, the Court might be influenced by that consideration. His Honour then read • (as we understood) such of the mi nutes of the decree proposed by Counsel as accorded with his views of the subject, and which he there fore meant to confirm ; they were in substance that the plaintiffs, in right of the plaintiff, Sarah Bur ridge, were entitled, during their lives, to the interest and dividends accruing on the sum of 5,992/. 17s. 4d. Bank Annuities, in the pleadings mentioned; that they were entitled to the same from the 'year 1833 to the present time ; that it being admitted that Henry Winchester, during his life, and after the bankruptcy of Wm. Row, had paid four sums, of 119/. 18s. Bd. each, as premiums on the policies mentioned in the pleadings, which sums were properly due' from, and payable by, Mr. Row, on his estate, and it being admitted that Alderman Winchester had been fully repaid those four sums by Mrs. Burridge, and that his estate had not any claim in respect of those sums, or the interest thereon, which had not been satisfied by Mrs. Burridge, the plain tiffs had in her right a lien upon the capital of the above mentioned 5,9921. Three per Cents. in reversion, immediately expectant on the life interest of Mrs. Burridge ; that the defendants Skinner, Row, and Thomas Briggs, the trustees of the settlement, were entitled as against the defendants, Belcher and Phipps, to hold the 5,992/. Three per Cents. until the sum of 5,000/., secured by the bond of Winchester, Skin ner, Row, and Briggs be paid and satisfied ; and that the defendants Belcher and Phipps could not without making good those 5,0001. and the interest accumulated thereon, claim any part of the bank annui ties or the dividends accruing on them ; that a sufficient part of those annuities be sold to pay the costs of the trustees, and that the dividends on the residue of the annuities be paid during the joint lives of the plaintiffs, to the plaintiff the husband ; aLso that the plaintiffs were entitled to the benefit of the bond, with no costs up to the present time, either to them or the assignees. The decree to be without prejudice to any claim of the as signees of the bankruptcy of William Row the younger— this point his Honour reserved. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Jan. 26. (Before Mr. Commissioner Everts.) IN /SE HILL AND BROOKS. At a former hearing of this case, Mr. Kearsey, on the part of the assignee, opposed the admission of five bills of exchange, drawn by a person named Maise, (recently a bankrupt), and accepted by the present bankrupts, without (as they allege) any consideration. The objection was that the bills having been drawn in England, and not bearing an English stamp, but pur porting to be drawn in Guernsey, were illegal. The whole amounted to nearly 3,000/. Maise, having been called, admitted that the bills were in his handwriting, and that there were no such persons as Douglass and Co., of Guernsey, in whose name they were drawn, the house carried on under that name belonging to him alone. But he refused to say where he had drawn them, be cause the answer might subject him to a criminal pro secution. This day Mr. KEARSEY proposed to prove by other witnesses that the bills were drawn in London ; and Mr. Rees appeared for the holders. Mr. Glegg examined—He was a clerk to John Caspar Maise, late a bankrupt, from May, 1838, to the date of his bankruptcy. Could not say whether Mr. Maise was in town on the 13th of December, 1840. The entry in the stamp-end of the cheque-book produced, under date of 31st of. May, 1841, is partly in Maise's handwriting, and partly in that of witness. This, and the entries on the 29th of May, were for duty upon spruce. Other entries shown to witness were in the handwriting of Maise, but he could not say he saw them written. The bill-book produced, and marked " Bills Receivable," was Maise's. Some of the entries under date the Ist of June last, were in the handwriting of Maise. Could not say whether he saw Maise make the entry on that day, which refers to Hill and Brookes. The entries under date the 14th of June, and particularly the entries of the bills, from 3,012 to 3,015, were in the hand-writing of witness, who received them from the hands of Maise. The latter was in town on the 16th and 17th of that month. Cross-examined.—Was a clerk in Maise's counting house. There were other clerks occasionally, part of the time, but not the whole. There were others in May, June, and July, 1841. Maise had a confectionery establishment at Guernsey. It was carried on under the firm of Robert Douglass and Co. He was in the habit of going to Guernsey once in three 'months, perhaps oftener. Could not say whether he had any dealings with the banks there. Bills had been remitted from Guernsey to him. Witness had known him to take bills from London, and get them exchanged for others in Guernsey. These bills were exchanged chiefly through the medium of persons named Harris, Harvey, and'eamp bell. Does not remember when Maise was last in Guernsey before his bankruptcy. Bills were not always entered in the bill-book on the days on which they were received. Re-examined—Tho shortest time witness remembers Maise to have been absent from London to Guernsey, was four or five clays. The cheque, dated the 19th of June, was charged to his personal expenses, but witness could not say to what purpose the money was' applied, nor could he say positively that Maise went to Guernsey on that day. Saw him in the counting-house in London on that day. Could not say, within a fortnight or a month, when he saw Maise since the 19th of June. To Mr. REES—Could not state when Maise was last in Guernsey, previous to the 19th of June. Mr. Brookes having been called by Mr. Keeney; Mr. Rees objected to the other bankrupt remaining in the room. He said that he must stand upon his rights, for the objection against the bills held by the persons whom he represented was the most unfair and dishonest that ever was made. Mr. Hill then withdrew. Mr. Brookes examined—Was absent from London in the beginning of June last. Left London on the Bth of that month, and returned on the 16th. After his return, first saw Maine on the 18th, at the office of the latter, No. 46, Limo-street. Mr. REss objected to the question " What conversa tion had witness with Maise on that day ?" and the Commissioner decided against the question, observing that no declaration of Maise could be evidence against the creditors. Examination continued—Saw Maine on the 19th of June, at his (witness's) office, 56, St. Mary Axe. Saw him afterwards in the evening at Southampton, when ho was, to the best of witness's belief, on his way to Guern sey. Received from Maise the several bills now put into his hands. Of one bill he could not say how it came into his hands, although the acceptance was in his hand writing; for by some accident it was not entered in the bill-book at the time. Received the bills from Maine on the 19th of June, in the morning, at his (witness's) office, in St. Mary Axe. Remembered this from the entry made at the time, and from having afterwards refused to give up the bills to Maine, because Mr. Hill, his partner, was absent. Cross-examined— Could not tell exactly when his firm stopped payment, as he was not in this country at the time. Believes it was in the beginning of July. Made an offer of composition to the holders of those bills in September, and also in October. Showed them an account current in which they were set down as credi tors to the amount of the bills. Had been in the habit of accepting bills for Mr. Maise before the date of these bills. The paper now produced and described as a, l "Rough Statement of the Affairs of Hill and C 0.," was that which he laid before the holders of the bills. Offered them a composition of five shillings in the pound. Thomas Hill, the younger, examined by Mr. KEARSEY— Saw Mr. John Caspar Maise, on the 19th of June last, at Southampton. Of five bills put into his hands now, he had received four from Mr. Brookes, his partner, on that day. Neither self nor partner over had any value for these bills. Knows that Maise went to Guernsey on the 19th. Mr. KEARSEY submitted that the evidence was suffi cient to establish that the bills must have been drawn in London, for the witness had distinctly sworn that Maise was in London on the days of which they severally bore date. He cited the authority of Chief Justice Best, in the case of Birey v. Moore, 2d Carring ton and Payne, page 376, that a bill d rawn i n this coon_ try, and not legally stamped, was not available for any purpose whatever, except as against the drawer. I n the case referred to, the bill purported to have been drawn in Paris. • , Mr. REES, on the part of the holders, contended that the probability was that the bills were ante-dated. It was not enough for the acceptbr, or for the assignees who represented him, to show that the drawer was in thisthat he h t country ill on wereth eacdttia):l; drawn fthe in this country lay upon date. Theonusofpro u vi o ng them. Mr. Commissioner EVANS considered that the date of a bill was prima facie evidence that it was drawn on that day. He would, however, hear any proof offered that the bills in question were not drawn on the days of the date, and that they were really drawn in Guernsey, without an intention to defraud the revenue 'of this country. If Mr. Rees could point out any authority t o s h ow t h at t h o onus of proving the actual drawing on the date lay with the acceptor, he would give it every attention. At present the question before him was merely one of fact : Was the drawer in Lon don, as alleged ? He would give his judgment on Tues day next, Ist Feb., and in the meantime would attend to any points which Mr. Kearsey or Mr. Rees might think proper to suggest. In the course of the argument, it was stated that the bankrupts would have been solvent if they could have got rid of their liability on these bills. Lti RE WILLIAM HITCHCOCK. The examination of witnesses in the case of the bank rupt, William Hitchcock, Was resumed this morning. The Court was as crowded as at former examinations. • Mr. Humfrey, the barrister, and Mr. Ashurst, the • solicitor, appeared on behalf of Messrs. Cook and Glad stone ; and Mr. Mardon for the bankrupt. f Mr. MARDON said that Mr. Wheeler was in Court, and he proposed to examine him. Mr. William Wheeler, of Cheapside, warehouseman, sworn—He stated that in the month of July he applied to Messrs. Cook and Co., as a reference for the bank runt, William Hitchcock. He called upon them and in quired for Mr. Cook. He was answered in the affirma tive, and was introduced in the private counting-house to make inquiry " Mr. Cook, I h ave called to e respectabilit y o f Mr. Hitch cock,lr. Cook. as to h of Regent-street. We have a reference from him to your house ; this reference we have had for some short time, but the account being small, we did not think it necessary to make the inquiry ; as it is now likely to become one of importance, he having just bought a large parcel of us, we are desirous of availing ourselves of the reference, and shall be obliged by your giving me your candid opinion of Mr. Hitchcock." Mr. Cook replied, " The better way will be to turn to his account in our ledger." He intro duced me to the clerk's office for that purpose. The ac count was exhited to me, and I went minutely through it. It was a long and open account, such a one as it ap peared to me every honourable house would exhibit. There were no interlineations or credits. Mr. Cook di rected my attention to one particular entry in the ledger, which was about 2001. He said, " to show you the opi nion we have of Mr. Hitchcock, Mr. Wheeler, that amount, entered in May, was:dated forward as July." He (witness) could not swear as to the date or amount, but stated the truth, to the best of his belief. He ac knowledged to Mr. Cook that his statement was quite satisfactory. As I was retiring I said, " By the way, Mr. Cook, do you know anything of the means of Mr. Hitchcock ?" Mr. Cook declined replying to the ques tion. Did not press the point, thinking Messrs. Cook and Gladstone were assisting the bankrupt with capital. Did not ask him if they held security. Did not sell any goods to Hitchcock after 21st July —not at least that he was aware of. The goods previously ordered were sent in in July. The amount of that order was 234/. 9s. 4d. Mr. Cook said, in reply to my question, " These are very . ticklish tim es , a nd you w ill excuse my o ff er i ng any opinion on the subject." Mr. HUMFREY said it was now his duty to address the Court on the part of Messrs. Cook and Gladstone— most respectable tradesmen who had been inculpated. They had;been calumniated for weeks without any oppor tunity of reply, but he had no doubt he would be able to show that they wouldjretire from this Court in the most honourable manner. The bankrupt had already proved himself to be an accomplice in a most nefarious transac tion, and if he were before a criminal court he would not be believed without being fully corroborated. Here was a man supposed to have concealed his goods from his creditors. Why did he not call his brother, or his clerks to confirm his representationl• Why, because he dare not do so. The Learned Counsel then entered into a lengthened statement of the transactions between Cook and Gladstone with the bankrupt from the year 1837 to the period of his bankruptcy in 1841, and as has already appeared in evidence, Messrs. Cook and Gladstone cer tainly held some securities, one said to be for 6,500 L, but for which they would now, or at any other time be given up to the assignees for 1,500/., thus benefiting the cre ditors by 5,000/., if there be one word of truth in Mr. Hitchcock's statement.. The utmost the creditors were likely to get would be 4s. in the pound, and this 5,000/., if they would take his offer, would give them a considerable addition ; but he was much afraid they would not accept it. In Jan. 1841, the bankrupt brought a statement of:his affairs to Cook and Gladstone, in which he stated his liabilities at 23000/., and his assets at 27,000/.; thus representing himself to be nearly 4,000/, above the world ,• and the only manner in which the bankrupt at tempted to get out of this document was, that it re ferred not to 1841, but to the year 1839. If that state ment were true, as he represented it then to be, ho must have thousands to account for to his creditors when he came to pass his final examination, whenever that day might arrive. As to his evidence with respect to, Heels and Co., it was (the Learned Counsel said) a misrepre sentation, as he could prove by referring to his letter of the 15th May (which was here read by the Learned Counsel, and appeared to be at variance with the pre vious testimony of Mr. Hitchcock in relating to it.) What security could any tradesman have, if such per sons, in the face of their own hand-writing, gave such statements as those already given by the bankrupt ? Several other letters of a " warning " character were also read, addressed by Mr. Gladstone to the bankrupt, and one from the latter of the Ist of May, stating that he would follow the advice which was given him of not having too large a stock of goods, and that ho would not be guilty of any extravagance. In July, 1841, Messrs. Cook and Gladstone believed him to be solvent, and hence their representations to Mr. Wheeler. Subsequently they had reason to believe otherwise, and, naturally and fairly, they wished to obtain some security for their heavy debt. On the 16th July the bankrupt said to them that he had too heavy a stock of linens, to which they replied, " Then send them to us," and they were so sent. But it was alleged that they were sent in at the " back " door of Messrs. Cook and Co., in order that the bankrupt might obtain a temporary benefit. What, however, was the fact ? Why, that all the goods taken into their largo warehouse were taken in at the back" door, and no other. In September he be came a bankrupt ' - but let it not be forgotten that the docket was struck by Messrs. Cook and Gladstone, and if they had been privy to the concealment of his goods they never would have had the madness to have done so, knowing perfectly well that the docket would have got them all back. Only shortly before he failed lie paid away 2,0001., the produce of forced sales, but not a shilling of it to Messrs. Cook and Gladstone. Upon the 6th of October he admits himself to have been perjured as to the delivery of all his goods to his creditors. The Bankrupt—No. I deny that I have admitted anything like perjury. Mr. HUMFREY—By and by that may be proved else where. It was Mr. Cook who discovered the conceal ment of the bankrupt's goods, and it was Mr. Cook who gave the information respecting it to the assignees, and then and there only was it that the concealment was ad mitted 'by the bankrupt. As to the statement made by Mr. Warwick, there must have been some mistake on the one side, and it might have occurred without imput ing anything like blame to either. If Mr. Cook had told Mr. Warwick that he held his brother's security for 7,0001., the result might be that he would not / then have trusted the bankrupt.—(A laugh.) That laugh was uncalled for, particularly with re f erence to M r . George Hitchcock, whose respectability_ he did not wish for one moment to impugn. With respect to Mr. Wheeler, the manner in which he gave his evidence to-day was full proof of his undoubted respectability.—(Mr. Wheeler here strongly complained of an allusion made to him in the Times, that he sought to compromise his debt with Mr. Cook. He denied that ho ever had done so, or ever intended to have done so, and he was sorry that Mr. Cook should in any manner have concocted what passed at a friendly meeting into an overture of a most unworthy compromise.—(Applat.se.) Mr. Humfrey was glad that he had permitted this interruption, as it gave Mr. Wheeler a public opportunity of giving his n statement fully to the world ; and thus far as to the only two gen tlemen to whom Messrs. Cook and Gladstone had given references. They believed Hitchcock to be a solvent man, and as such, they continued to supply him with goods to the amount of thousands, besides lending him money to take up the bills which he had accepted for other creditors. Their debt was increased from 16,0001. to 20,000/. as the strongest proof of their belief in his integrity. With respect to the rate of interest charged to the bankrupt, it was upon a general average —it was not more than seven and a half percent. Why was not Mr. George Hitchcock called here to-day ? Have no other goods been concealed than those which had been discovered ? No good reason could be sug gested for his not calling his brother or his clerks ; but he supposed he dare not put his brother in the box. He would now call Messrs. Cook and Gladstone who were desirous of giving the fullest information respect ing the whole of their transactions w ith th e b an k ru pt. The Bankrupt (very warmly)—l can prove that what you have stated is untrue. - Mr. IhrateaEr—Then you shall have an opportunity of doing so by and by. Mr. Gladstone examined by Mr. HumrnEY—l am the partner of Mr. Cook, and we had large dealings with the bankrupt. In May, 1840, I saw him and William Hitchcock together, relative to the bankrupt's affairs. We agreed upon that occasion to take the security of George Hitchcock for 7,000/. on the condition that he should first look into his brother's affairs, to see that he was doing well, and to continue to do so from time to time, and that the bankrupt should discontinue his small wholesale trade, which we believed to be dangerous and unprofitable. He did so, and we took his security for 7,0001. We conti nue d t o su pply the bankrupt with goods to the end of 1840, and in 1841 (the beginning of i t) our , account with the bankrupt was 13 , 3001 . in d ep e ndent of the loan of 3 0001. b Mr. Cook. Ab out that time he showed us a statement of his affairs (that now produced to me), and at . the time I put the date upon it in the bankrupt's presence. What did ho say about it?—He brought it to us at our request, as we wished to know his circumstances be fore increasing his account, and answer any inquiry which might Co made respecting him. He said he had been much oc c upi e d, an d that one or two items in the account were not fur n i s h e d, but that the statement would show hi s accoun t s w ithin a few hundred rounds ; and we wer e sa ti s fi e d w i t h it, and went freely into the account. The total debts-and credit in that paper show a balance of nearly 4,000/. in his favour. He repre sented (exhibit 13 it as a true statement of his affairs within 1001. either way. He called upon us again in a few days af terwards, and gave us an account of his monthly pay ments. I asked him how he could meet our account memorandum during those periods, and he brought with him this pa perthere may be a month, and I read it to him afterwards. Now read to us what you 8'() read to him :—" It has ), and wrote it down in the margin of each expectation that all will be rovided for by takings; but nuary 4th and sth, 1841, There is rupt's ow a n bill of 1 ,254/. Bs. 7d." It was a bill of our own. What will b,—," and then it breaks I took down was a s d f e r fi o c m i e ntchye ofbankrupt's 30 0 O s l o . besides statement.the uponl least, believe it to be so— " Wm Ili handwriting ; at eas randum the back of it hi the bank. • telleock and Co.'s liabilities. after paying, J R : off. That was the endorsement upon the back of it, and it contained a further statement, that by the " takings" he wished to be able to pay o ff a large amount —say from 1,000/ to 2,0001., by the 4th of May, and a con siderable amount in June and July. At that time he went into th e state of his affa i rs w i t h me ; but not farther than the paper represents. He gave it (the paper) to us as explaining the nature of Ilia affairs, and showing us his liabilities in the different months whichwere thereafter lii. become due. Upon that representation we continued to give him credit.—[A letter, dated May 1, from Hitchco c k to Cook arid Gladstone (exhibit G) was here read, and a minute of the answer to it, on the sth of May, warning Mr. Hitchcock not to keep too large . t, stock, and not abuse the opportunity he then had of doing well.] In consequence of a letter from him, of May 15, he applied a sum of 8631. to his account ; and the 28th of the same month the bankrupt stated that he paid off their account upwards of 3,000/., and begging them to let 2,0001. remain for a few days, and again re peating his promise to abide by their previous " warn ing" letter of the 15th of May, 1841. Another letter of the date of th• 15th of May was written to us by the bankrupt, and it had relation to Heel's bill for 8631. In reference to that, I said, we should have a letter with your check, and without being mixed up with other matters. My recollection then carrying me back to the letter of May the Ist, which contained other names, I mentioned it, regretting that such an affair should be mixed up with other matters, and the second letter was then written. On the Ist of July we sent a letter to the bankrupt, saying— Mr. MARDON—Have you that letter ? Mr. lIUMFREY—NO ; I have not, nor a copy. Witness proceeded—That letter said that as his buyers were frequently with us, contrary to our under standing with him on the Bth of May, we desired him to instruct them not to come so frequently to us. In consequence of that letter, he called upon us on the following day ; he held a number of letters in his hand, and complained in an imperative tone, that if we did not give him sufficient support, so as to keep him in good credit, it might be worse for him and for us. I said we had given him sufficient support, that we had answered all his references correctly and to the best of our belief, and that we would do no more, as we would not allow ourselves to lie under the imputation of his having a large account with us being the cause of any injury to him. I further told him that I would speak to Mr. Cook, and he might call upon the following day. He did call, and we told him that we had considered the conversation of the previous day, and that we had an offer to make to him, and begged of him to go for his brother before we mentioned the offer. He did so, and he and his brother returned together. I then stated to him that we had been much amazed by the complaint which the bankrupt had made in saying that we had not given him sufficient support, and that having a large ac sount with us was an injury to him in the market. I told him we had no desire to injure his brother, and that we had made up our minds to " write off" a liberal amount from the account, provided he could obtain a party or parties to take our unsecured debt. I added, that we would lend him the 7,000/., and that as the bank rupt had shown by his stock-taking in January that he had a balance in his favour of nearly 4,0001., the amount to be written off would enable him to carry on his busi ness well. The bankrupt then asked if he should receive the money, or the party or parties who might take the account, and we said that that was a matter for his own arrangement. He then expressed his confidence that he would obtain a party to take our debt, and requested to have ten days for that purpose. We gave him ten days, and they left. Shortly after the bankrupt called again, saying that his brother had sent him to know what sum we would write off, and we said 2,5001. Did he call upon you on the 13th of July ?—He did, and said he would not avail himself of our offer, as he had not succeeded in getting a party to take our un secured debt; but he said he had a proposition to make to us from his brother George, who held the lease of the house No. 118, Regent-street. We asked why his bro ther had not come to make the proposition him self, and the bankrupt said his brother was much dis tressed and agitated in consequence of the extreme ill ness of his wife, who would never be better, and he therefore could not come. He added that his brother would sell us his valuable lease for 2,0001., and to give us an undertaking to buy it back (if we desired it), and give us a guaranty for I,OOOZ, provided we relieved him from the bill of 7,0001. He said his brother was very uncomfortable about that bill, as he had not mentioned it to Mr. Rogers, his partner. We rejected the propo sition. The bankrupt said he would speak to his brother, and would call upon us again. He next called on the 16th of July, and found me alone. He said that he had not seen his brother; that he felt himself much over stocked with linens, and wished that I would receive a parcel back from him for the purpose of being " re finished," when I said that he might send them for that purpose. He said he frequently bought very cheap goods, and that he then had a parcel of the value of 5001., which he would be glad to sell to any wholesale house. To that I made no reply at the time, and the next day I sent him a note, desiring him to send us samples, as we had buyers for them. Some patterns came on the 19th of July, but they were not suitable for us, and we did not order them. The bankrupt called the following day, and made a similar proposition as to his brother's lease as he had done on the 13th, and I believe he called twice on that day. He urged us to exchange our secu rities, for if he were to fail, or be driven in the Gazette, and only pay 10s. in the pound, we would scarcely lose . more than we had agreed to write off from his account, provided he had been able to take it ; and, as we had a claim against Heel and Co. for 8631., we asked him the nature of his account with that firm, and, after using severe expressions respecting them, he said that they had received bills from him, which they had applied to their own use, and that they were in the hands of the London Joint-stock Bank Company. Gandon and Co. and Cun liffe, and that he had becili, or would be compelled to pay them by those parties, and that closed the interview. When was the next time you saw him ?—I think about the Bth of August ; we bad sent him a letter on the sth, giving him notice of the dishonour of three bills that morning, and stating that 'if his account was not con siderably reduced, we would be obliged to proceed against him. - Was that letter written in any concert with the bank rupt ?—Certainly not. Had you any communication with him directly or in directly about your writing any letter of the kind ? None. That letter was written in the regular course of business, and I next saw him in, I think, two or three (lays. Ile found me alone, and said he had found that he could not pay us any money, and asked me if the linens had been sent to he re-finished, and I told him they were not yet sent. He then wished me to place them to his credit, which I agreed to do, on condition that he would allow a reasonable remuneration for want of con dition, or want of value, to which he consented ; stating to me at the same time, that he had not entered them in his books ; at which I felt surprised, and told him that ought to have been done before they left his premises. All our goods came in at the back door. Was there any secrecy observed in your taking those goods ?—None in the least, and they were in a-conspi cuous part of the warehouse. On the 20th of August the bankrupt brought Mr. Buzzetel with him, and they saw me alone. Mr. B. soon left the room, saying he had better not hear what we had to say together. I told him there was no necessity for his doing so, and he (the bankrupt) said lie had sold Mr. B. some furniture and plate, and that he would give us a guaranty for 500/. I said I could not take it, as it might be considered a pre ference, and that I would take no preference. He then said, this was independent of the plate of his private house. He pressed me for money, and I could not give him any, adding—" You may take the security back if you please." However, subsequently, Mr. B. having signed the guaranty, went away. On the 2d of September we sent in Mr. Parrington, the accountant. We struck the docket, and are the petitioning creditors. During the whole of your dealings with the bankrupt, have you ever, directly or indirectly, entered into any concert with him, in order to obtain for him either goods or cash, to the injury of the creditors?—Never; and there is not one word of truth in the bankrupt's evi - - deuce, that we wished him to conceal goods or anything else for our benefit Are you ready to let the creditors have the leases you hold, and valued by the bankrupt at 6,550/, if you get 1,5001. for them?—Perfectly willing, and that the assig nees may have a week to consider of it. Besides those leases, we hold a guarantee for 1,0001. which is disputed; Buzzecott for 500/., the joint bill for 7,0001., and nothing else. The debt due to us when the bankrupt failed was (including Cook's 3,0001.) nearly 20,000/. ; and, supposing all are fully realised, we shall still be creditors for nearly 10,0001.; and in January, 1841, the account was 16,3001. Between January and July in hand was 10,459/. 9s. 5d., and during the same period he received from us, to make payments to ourselves and others, 10,927/. 15s. 5d., leav ing then a balance of 4801. 4s. I Id. We gave more than we received, besides increasing our debt for goods. Af ter Mr. Warwick called for a reference, we supplied the bankrupt with goods to upwards of 2,0001., before his bankruptcy-. The cash advanced and the payments made to us amounted to 7,4401. 3s. I Id., and cashed for goods 3,307/. Os. 6d., making the amount before given. The whole of the interest taken by us from the bankrupt amounts to 1,3221. 6s. Bd. from the Ist of January, 1838, to the time of the bankruptcy, and that would average 74 per cent., including commission. Mr. HUMFREY here stated that he had no further quell tions to ask Mr. Gladstone. Mr. Gladstone—l wish, generally and particularly, to deny any imputation of fraud or desire of concealment; and I also think it right to observe, that our counting house is not a private one, but is open to every one who may enter the premises. Therefore when we wished the bankrupt to bring his brother, we thought it right to see them in a private room up stairs ; and the bankrupt afterwards, of his own accord, came in at the private door. The lengthened examination of Mr.. Gladstone having been read over to and signed by him, a short conversa tion ensued between Mr. Mardon and Mr. Humfrey, when the further hearing was adjourned to Wednesday next. -~-- - , INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Jan. 26. IN THE MATTER OF WILLIAM lIATTON. The insolvent carried on business in the Kingsland road as a grocer and baker, and was opposed in person by Tames Walton, a miller in Hertfordshire, on the ground of having obtained goods from him by fraudu lent representations. It appeared that the insolvent had dealt some time with the Opposing creditor, and having lately fallen into difficulties, Mr. Walton refused to advance any further goods except for ready money. The insolvent thereupon stated, that he had become entitled to a large sum in the Three per Cent. Consols, in consequence of the death of a distant relative of his wife, who had appointed him residuary legatee and executor. Upon these represen tations, Walton consented to let the insolvent have goods upon the usual terms of credit, and imagined all to be going on right in the Kingsland-road, until he re ceived a notice that the insolvent was about to pass through this Court. The insolvent had caused himself to be taken in a friendly arrest by his brother-in-law for a small sum, which was alleged to have been due on some betting transactions connected with the last St. Leger Races. The LEARNED COMMISSIONER said this was a case which required a severe sentence on the part of the Court,,_ as there was nothing to be more reprehended than arrests at the suit of friends and relations, for t purpose of defrauding the legitimate creditors. The e sentence of the Court was, that he be imprisoned for the term of six calendar months from the date of his vesting order. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. _ WORSHIP- STREET. . _ Charles Sheffield and James Johnson, two young mon of notorious character, were charged with having stolen a box containing a quantity of miscellaneous property belonging to Mr. Philips, an auctioneer in Chiswell-street. George Moore, a warehouseman in the prosecutor's service, stated that between eleven and twelve o'clock on Monday night, a van, laden with property that had been purchased at a sale, having reached the warehouse, ho went round to the private door to apprize his master of its arrival, and on returning back in a few minutes, he found the prisoner Sheffield, with a woman and a man, whom he believed to have been the; prisoner Johnson, and who were all briskly engaged in removing a box which they had taken out of the van. He immediately seized hold of Sheffield, upon which the other man took to his heels, and escaped, but the woman commenced a violent attack upon him, and compelled him to relin quish his grasp of the prisoner, who made off, and although witness succeeded in re-capturing him, the woman renewed the attack with so much impetuosity that the prisoner was eventually rescued. Sergeant Brennen, of the G division, stated that on the preceding evening he was passing, in company with In spector Barton, through Long-lane, Smithf►eld, when they met the prisoners, and being satisfied from the de scription given of the persons who committed the rob bery that the prisoners were the same, they took them into custody. The prisoner Johnson resigned himself to his fate, and walked quietly towards the station-house with the Inspector ; but the other prisoner made a most determined resistance, and swore that " he would not be taken by such a ---- Greek as witness was." After a severe struggle he succeeded in overpowering the prisoner, but whilst he was dragging him along the latter made a ►udden snatch at his watch-guard, which was snapt in twain, and having secured the watch he threw it away. As they were followed at the time by a tu multuous mob, who took part with the prisoners, wit • ness gave his watch up for lost, but to his great sur prise it was restored to him in a few minutes by a little boy, who had picked it up, and who disappeared im mediately afterwards among the crowd. Mr. BRoUGHTON remarked that it was a great pity the boy was not to be found, as his conduct was in the highest degree praisworthy, and he deserved to be re warded. He should remand the prisoners till the day appointed for the re-examination of their female ac complice. Tile prisoners, who declined saying anything, were remanded until gaturday ...,.....:...__ _______. THAMES OFFICE. Yesterday Thomas Prince, a weaver, aged 22, residing at 32, Green-street, Bethnal-green, and Sarah Hopkins, aged 27, his sister, of 32, New Gravel-lane, were charged with being disorderly, refusing to pay their fare at the Limehouse station of the Blackwell Railway, and as saulting Michael Chick, the station clerk, and Hood, a police sergeant of the K division ; to all which charges they pleaded Not Guilty. It appeared in evidence that the defendants presented themselves at the railway station on Tuesday evening in a state of intoxication, and asked for tickets. Mr. Chick, the clerk, observing the parties to be drunk, refused to take their money, and requested them to depart. They immediately commenced abusing him, and per sisted in going by the next train.. The clerk, find ing remonstrances in vain, sent for the porter who was attending to the telegraph, and he endeavoured to eject the noisy couple, who made a great disturb ance, but he could make nothing of them, and was obliged to leave them in the hands of the clerk, who was struck by Prince, and threatened to be annihilated. After much scuffling he sent for Hood, the police•ser geant, who attempted to take the defendants into cus tody, and was attacked by both and severely beaten. He was eventually obliged to call'in the assistance of several other police-constables, who, after a good deal of scuf fling, locked up the-defendants. Mr. Prince and his sister denied that they were in toxicated, but only a little mellow, and also stoutly denied having struck the police-sergeant ; but the case was too clearly made out to admit of a doubt. Mr. BRODERIP said if drunken persons were allowed to proceed in the railway-trains serious inconvenience and loss of life would be frequently taking place, and he thought the clerk and the police had done quite right in not allowing them to travel in the carriages on the line. The officer had been violently assaulted in the execution of his duty, and he'sentenced Prince to pay a fine of 41, and Hopkins to pay 21. The defendants were unable to pay the fines, and were sentenced, the former to six weeks' imprisonment, and the latter to three weeks. MISERIES OF EDITORS. 1. A kind visitor, whom you would make almost any sacrifice to rather than offend—without the least ill intention in the world, but merely moved and instigated by mother Eve's fatal vice, curiosity, rumaging your private desk, if it happen to be com modiously open, examining your letters and other correspondence ; resorting to your composition drawer, on the ground of intimate acquaintance; deranging and inspecting manuscripts, when you had as lief he had intruded into your- wife's dress ing-room ; or peeping over the cases, and inter rupting compositors, to see the original articles, which you did not intend to show him, or anybody else, except through the medium of the press. 2. Receiving a manuscript, of which it seems doubtful whether the writer intended to represent European, Chaldaic, or Chinese characters ; and, after patient attempts to decypher the hieroglyphics, resorting to the author, and hearing his unfeigned expression of astonishment that you did not find all as plain and legible as a new tin pan. 3. Just as you are in the busiest part of your daily duties, in preparing your paper . , having an obliging call, with a very verbose communication of a private nature, which you are required not only to receive, but to hear read, amid the din of other calls—" Proof is ready I"—" Waiting for proof, Sir I"—and the prospect of a late paper, and sub sequent complaint in anticipation grinding on your feelings. 4. Inquiries---" Who wrote that article ?" when you have no fair right to inform, when it seems un kind to refuse, and incredulous to say you do not know. 5. In a busy moment receiving a personal lam poon, which you are resolved not to publish, yet wish to give your reasons, without time to explain them. N.l3.—The writer, full of the justice of his cause, and perfectly incredulous that there are two sides of a question. 6. A modest request from a good friend, just as your paper ought to be at press, that you would prepare a special article for his particular view. 7. And lastly, for the present, a quick succes sion of complaints, such as—" Why was our ad vertisement omitted ?-1 hat communication will be too late next week.—The other papers have that news more in detail—l wonder you should publish so many light articles, and leave o'ut commerc i a l ones—This is an important time, and politics ought to be your principal object—Literary articles ought to claim a part of your attention ;" till, with forlorn gaze, you measure with your eye the extent of the columns of your pape . r,. and wistfully exclaim— ., y e Gods ! annihilate but time and space, And make us printers happy." POSTSCRIPT— Anotherdreadful misery.—While you are collecting news from a dozen or twenty dif ferent papers, when you have to keep in your mind's eye the leading features of all, to have your papers misplaced, and your arrangements all broken in upon by the busy interference of half-a-dozen good natured, friendly loungers, who after having ago nised your feelings into a high fever, retire, one after another, humming a tune, " What's this dull town to me ?" or giving some other indication of their idle propensity or negligentaire.—New York New Era. NOVEL MODE OF PROVING IDENTITY.— When the last overland mail arrived from India, a son of Neptune, still in receipt of her Majesty's pay as purser in the Royal Navy, and now a flourishing ship owner and merchant at Liverpool, happened to be in London. He was most anxious to take time by the fore lock, and get possession of his letters without waiting for them to travel to Liverpool and back. For this purpose the son of the deep presented himself at St. Martin's-le- Grand, and made known his wishes. The letters were found and tendered to him on condition of the payment of the postage, with the fee for stopping them in. transitu, and proving that he was the real veritable person he re presented himself to be. The latter point was the diffi culty. He knew plenty of people who could easily do this if the Post office would allow him time ; but the clerk said, "Twenty minutes, Sir, and the letters must be re-bagged, and on the way to Liverpool." " Twenty . minutes !" echoed the merchant purser, " I were to set all sail I could not fetch a friend and be back in time, Twenty minutes 1" he exclaimed again, striking his hand against his forehead. After a moment's pause he tn it - urnphantly cried out, " I have I can prove my own identity 1" when he forthwith drew out and presented to the astonished man in office the tail of his shirt with his name and address thereon in clear and distinct charac ters 1 The clerk could not deny such evidence, and the letters were immediately delivered. SURREY THEATRE.—What there may be in Miss Kemble's Norma, suggestive of the ridiculous, it is difficult to determine, but it would seem that its per formance is likely to reme the days of burlesque in their former glory. Following the Adelphi example, a trittrestie of Bellim's opera was on Monday produced at this house. Here the i)ruid ess i s transformed i nto a m i s tress of a parish school, the Roman Consul into the parish beadle, and the priestess of Esus into No. I, on the girls' side. Allowing always for the absence of Paul Bedford and Wright, who are not to be found at every theatre, there is quit e as much fun in the Surrey t r avestie as in that of the house on " the other side the water." The charity-school idea is clever and original, and has the additional merit of being well worked out. The piece was favourably received. Mr. Thomas Brown, a noted training groom, died at Lewes on Sunday last, at the advanced age of eighty-eight. lie was well known at the Epsom, Can terbury, and other races, and had been the proprietor of the racing livery stables in Lewes upwards of 30 years. EVENING SU THE ANTI-CORN-LAW BAZAAR• (Abridged from the Manchester Guardian.) Since our last, every thing has been progressing in way that promises well for the complete success of the bazaar ; at least, so far as regards its immense stock in trade. The consideration of customers—purchase rs, will doubtless be the great one ; and every facility should be given in the way of attraction, railway conveyance, &c., to induce distant friends to visit Manchesteeon the occasion. The opponents of the Corn-laws, in this town and neighbourhood, are giving their contributions mo st liberally, both in labour, time, materials, articles, a nd money. The articles deposited in the house in Foun tain-street, occupied by the bazaar committee, are insured against loss from fire. The receipt of packages, hampers , boxes, chests, hogsheads, &c., containing articles for the bazaar, has been very considerable, especially during Monday and yesterday. Amongst the contributions one extremely curious and valuable series has been presented by Mark Phillips, Esq., M.P. It consists of collection of the letters and signatures of French Minis nisters, statesmen, savant and littcraires, and is peculiarly. rich in the autographs of the Marshals and Generals et Napoleon. Amongst the Marshals are two Royal per sonage, Joachim Murat, King of Naples, and Bern s ' dotte, King of Sweden ; a l so N e y, boult, Augeres ° (Due de Castiglione), Maret (Due de Bassani)), Massena (Due de Rivoli and Prince d'Essling), fier thier, Junot (Due d'Abrantes), Suchet (Due d'Al" bnfera), Bethune (Due de Sully) ; Generals VP Gourgaud, Condorcet, Petion, &c. Amongst state s men's autographs are those of Cardinal Richelieu, Car" dinal Mazarin, Necker, Turgot, and Guizot. Amel l g ss other distinguished characters there are autograph lettert of the Countess de Geniis, Mwlame Campan, the Count de Polignac (we believe father to P r i nce Polignse, the Minister of Charles the Tenth, l a t e a p r i s oner in the, Castle of Ham), I3ernardin de S a i n t Pi err e (author " The Studies of Nature"), L'Abbe Sieyes, President et the National Institute during the Republic; J. B. S a l' Talma, the French tragedian ; and David, the paint' er i Nt.r are there wanting valuable English autographs various periods. Some liberal contributions ha .. ." been received; from Lord Brougham, and Ytiri °l "' others, in addition to those noticed last week. There is also an original poem by poor Lander, the AMC'l ltt ., traveller. Amongst other a u t ogra ph s of liters: , and other characters are those of Mrs. Somervill e ' Miss Adelaide Kemble, Hon. Mrs. Norton, Miss Agee, s Strickland, Mrs. Bulwer (" Rosina Lytton Bulwer,7, Mrs. C. F. Gore, authoress of Mothers and Daughters, &c. ; Rev. H. H. Milman, author of " History of thl Jews, and of Christianity ;" Professor Babbage, Sate, ll s Rogers, Morier, author of ""Hajji Baba," &c., Rice *, , Monckton Milnes, Samuel Lover, Sir John Ross, ti Polar navigator, &c. There are the autographs ° Lord John Russell, and a great number of his contelo" poraries, on both sides the House of Commons. Cn® autograph will be looked at with great interest. It i s piece of paper, bearing the words, "Albert, Rln ds° Castle, Jan. 19, 1642." This evening Wednesday, the theatre closes for are: matic entertainments till after. the bazaar. At twelr e o'clock to-night, the various p ar ti es em ployed by b e Bazaar Committee commence th e i r wor k in the theat: to fit it up for the occasion. Mr. Edwards is the builder and joiner; Mr.:Doveston, the upholsterer and decorator. The extreme interior length of the theatre, from F. 0 ,1 1 , 1 1:: tain-street to Back Mosl e y -st ree t, i s 125 f ee t ; its ars" 65 feet inside measure. The stage is very nee r Y 6 s square; being 66 feet wide, from s id e t o s ide; an feet deep, from the b ac k wa ll t o th e ore It extends as far back f rom th e foot-l. ++ as the centre box-door o f th e d res s-eire distant from them in front. The dimensions of the e r • are 38ft. 5 inches, by 36ft. 6 inch es . W e describes.% Saturday the proposed disposition o f th e s t a lls, of Wh l n a there will be 30 to 35 altogether. Of th ese , 23 exi e ..,lo round the walls of the stage, or occupy the dress °ra, of boxes. The smallest stall on the stage will be 17 by Bft. The centre double range of stalls, extensit°g. across the floor from the back of the stage to the 011 . 0 • box, so as to form the space for the promenade 10 : sort of circle around it, will be 70ft. in length, 10ft. vit 4, and will comprise eight double stalls—the frontage each stall being seven feet nine inches. re It is intended, in the week after the bazaar, to ha „be grand ball in the theatre ; and doubtless there vvii' Ler other amusements announced in due time, for the o tP evenings of that weak. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. off Arrivals—lsabella Watson, M'Donald, from Ch Margate, sailed Sept em b er 2d, C ape , D ec. 2d; Beet/legs! Johnson, from China, at Bristol, sailed Juli 13th, Helena, Nov. 28th ; Copeland, Syms, from onba,,,, h , Liverpool, sailed Oct. Ist., St. Helena, Dec. 9th: filed mond, Furber, from Mauritius, off Folkstone, 5 . 0 0 Oct. 2d, St. Helena, Nov. 29th; Superb, Edington , ' 1 Bengal, at Liverpool, sailed Aug. 18th. Arrivals in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope- -- “, 1 „ n d Houston, previous to Nov. 18th, from the Clyaeyi o , sailed 18th, to New South Wales; Maid of Mona, 13 10, Nov. 23, from Plettenbergs Bay ; Louisa, 11 9)° ,t r os from Smyrna .; Columbine, Huhne. 25th, from %I n , Bay ; African Maid, Mace, from Sandanha Bay; .;',4r dostan, Redman, 28th, from Calcutta and Madras ; e bb, quis of Hastings, Carr, 28th, and Mary Heartly, 30th, both from Calcutta. 9 Departures from Table Bay—Achilles, Nov.- 1 Mauritius; Thomas Hoult, - to Singapor e ; Sir Ck A ii i. - Forbes, 20th, to London ; Artemis, to M aur i t i us ; I, hi beth, 21st, to Singapore ; Conch, 23d, t o Algoa pkna Tapley, 24th, to London ; Joshua Carroll, 24th, Byker, 25th, to London. Arrivals in Algoa Bay—Susannah Collings and Jan' (steamer), Nov. 14, the l a tt e r f rom London to SYcincY' with damage. Nov , 1 8 to Departure from. Algoa Bay—Maseppst, Mauritius. ('N Departure from Simon's Bay—Prince Rege nt, 18, to Hobart Town. frog' Arrival at Pemambueo—Clifton, Cox, D. e • 4 ' Plymouth, and sailed 7th to New Zealand. Departure from Bahia—Woodman, Dec. 2, to Boulbgt. THE MI . COAL II Ships arrived since ' o i l - .. d. Adair% New Tanfleld M00r......« 1 66 6 ° Walls End E ni ng rontop V% indsor T ad! eld Moor 2l 0 Walls End Cassop ...«•••••• . 91 . West Wylam l6 0 Tennant's Hartlepool.« ..... jo ,_ Wylam Walls End Hedlcy 2O r Walls Ei d Evenwood «.• go 2 Walls End Hilda. Walls',End Hotspur .... W. E. BraddynisHett . on .............. ' LaHemttboton; ................... ;;;;; .00 LRKETS. ARKET. last market .clay, COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. ______/ Ivo", Wheat. Barley. I O ats. Beans. ....„...., • .11.,......... .........e.....M. ....,.......... •••••••••••••••• .. , .. Per Quarter. I. to s. s. to if. I. to S. a. to 4. ~li 4 ' 0 Boston liraintiee 52 70 27 34 93 29 33 So 3 3 0 is 9iigh t on 6O 68 28 37 22 28 37 44 J Cambridge — 62 --27 18 3 5 .7; 4 46 Chichester 6O 6,1 27 35 21 24 33 40 :, v - . Dunmow Grantham •••• w Grimsby 56 74 28 33 IS 21 36 4 0 _ . 1 2 _. Hailsham 66 72 33 33 22 23 32 3 1 - Hitchin 5O 67 27 34 20 30 34 45 - 05 i 5 1 si Ipswich 6O 67 28 :'2 21 26 33 Sv ...s 53 ev Lewes CO 66 32 3(1 21 22 34 3,,a s 32 ..., Lynn 52 61 26 32 18 21 2 a 3 ••• 4..... 0 Maidstone 59 67 36 39 26 32 38 4 0 Norwich Petworth Romford 54 C 6 28 3( 91 3r2 kt 3 40 F 5 1 Sandwich 6l 71 23 31 25 30 33 1. 0 3 0 IA Tnetlord Wisbech Witham 6l 71 29 35 24 31 31 42 „„ . farmouth 6O 69 30 32 24 30 38 40 Jr $l. LIVERPOOL CORN RI ARKET.—Jin 25 104 WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b.... Red ...... 9 3 0 1 ----• scotch, Welch, and Manx —... Irish, Whit* 7 4 0 1 —-- Red 6 6 j 0 ' Foreign I I.' OATS, Eloglisb . Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b 2 9 0 Irish ...-. ••• .......... .. • ••• 3 0 9 A . Foreign i o ii . 4 4 , BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter 3O 0 .. 4 i l ---- Scotch and Irish, per 601bs - II -- Feeding 3 9 44 o BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 4O 0 0 40 0 -- Irish, Sit Foreign Paean, English, per Imperial quarter 42 ~ 49 0 .-- Foreign FLotte, English, per 28011 s. 4B 0 0 v .-- 6 Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 24011 as 6 40 0 ..' 2 7 INDIAN CORN, per 480Ib. RYE, per Imperial quarter MALT. per Imperial quarter ............« 4b- 0 _. ~.../....,, Forel, OATS, Br/gliSh Iriet •04 - Foreign BARLEY, English, Maltin --- Scotch and Irisl --- Feeding BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter -- Irish, &c. . --- Foreign ['Emus, English, per Imperial quarter .--- Foreign FLOUR, English, per 28011 s. -- Irish O►TMEAL, English and Irish, per 2401bs INDIAN CORN, per RYE, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter ...- sl ithh SILVER PLATED CORNER DISO P I 4 . A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing Silvers o i t the II Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of England, V ri b falt prices of the following patterns of strongly-plated 1 - , ,‘'..ids w" DISHES, with silver handles and edges, and silver P l ' engraving the crest or coat of arms : The Flower era' The Gadroon Pattern . NO Four strongly-plated cor Four extra strongly 10 ner Dishes and Covers ...XlO 10 plated Corner Dish. .-iIS Four extr a s t rong ly. p l a t d and Covers ................thst CornerDishesandCovers 12 12 0 N.B. The Cover s are ma d e w ith movea bl e handles' 0 4 they form e x tra dishes. D r a w i ngs of th e a bove are for ty to any part of Great Britain or Ireland, postage fi=1e.:....j100/0° BIRTHS. On the 25th inst., at Newark, Notts, the lad of Tallents, Esq., of r utell ett' On the 26th inst., Mrs. William Bucknall, of ••••• d friars, and Trinity-square, Newinglon, of a daught er ' dv of r On the 26th inst., in Upper Wimpole-street, the la H. Mitchell, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIRD. %petal' On the 19th of November, at St. George's Chu rcu Cur rara, Thomas Holmes, Esq., Collector of her Ma.le fi l iiroft' toms, Grenada, to Caroline, youngest daughter of R obert A. field Benjamin, Esq. sq • On the 25th inst., at the old church, Brighton, the -- „ i e . v oto,f Ansley, of Regency-square, Brighton, to FannY Ag; ta ifore" surviving child of the late W. Corser, Esq., of Oxley' shire. , ni a liff l3ll ,:f On the 26th inst., Mr. William Benham, jun., o' -- c sq•t - road, to Anne, third daughter of William Whitnall, Sawbridgewurth __....- ______--____ DIED. On the 25th ult., at Clayland's-place, Claphain" r" d ' jar° Metcalfe, Esq., aged 61. Catb e. On the 22d inst., at the Rectory, Elmswell, 6uffolk, rine, wife of the Rev. J. T. Lawton t j o i n On the 24th inst ~ in Eastern-terrace, Brighton , th. of daughter of the Hon. Charles Hanbury Tracy. n er efor viva, vvi On the 23d inst., at Queen-suare, Bath, Margar"&hire' the Rev. N. W. Robinson, Vtcar of Bodenham, On the 26th inst., Mr. Robert Bryan, of Fair IAW n jo wl', Turnham-green, aged 60. W e stin pi . On the 26th inst., in Great George-street. F e at'. ~--s Miss Maria Sarah M o ore , daughter of the late P. I" °°"' On the 17th inst. , James Anderson, On the 26th inst . , at East Ealing, Miss Mary Esq., of c ar lton r ` cent, Southampton aged 71. t of t be On the 18th inst., at Westerham, Kent, Amelia, Rev. I'. Harvey, late Rector of Cowden, Kent, aged 5 ' late 1110 04 ' the 20th inst., at Dalston, Captain Thomas On of the King's Own Regiment. reli c 2 ------- IrTDI Of . London: Printed and Published by MURDO Y°' IP No. 112, Strand, at The Sum Office, No. 112, 6 „, tra o. the County of Middlesex , Thursday, January nl°' tQI