The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-15 00:00:00

Ctirb Xottion THE FUNDS-(p BRITISH Bank Stock 173 3 per Cent. Red. .. 944 3 per Cent. Cons 3i per cent. Red 101 i New Si per Cant — New 5 per Ceti' Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 ...... 12 9).16i Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 OSING PRICES.) FUNDS. !India Stock — pm Ditto Bonds ....... 43 pm Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d 52 pm Ditto 5001 52 pm Ditto Small 52 pm Bank Stock for Acct. India Stock for Opg... Consols for Opg. 93i FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto 3B} Prussian, 5 per cent. Russian, 5 pei cent...,; ; Ditto, Metallic ..... Spanish, 5 per cent..., I9I Ditto, Deferred.... French, 5 per cent. —f —e. Exchange f —c French, 3 per cent —f. —c. Dutch, 211 per cent Ditto, 5 per cent. .. 100 k FOREIG ♦ustrian, b per cent. Belgian, 13 per cent kazilian Bonds... 69* Buenos Ayres 6 per cent 24 Chilian, 6 per cent 75 Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1824 'Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent 80i Danish, 3 per sent. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent. Mexican, 5 per cent 3ll Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian, 1825,6 per ct. 8114 Eastern Counties (23 IN Ditto New (paid). Great Western, (65 pait Ditto New Shares (50 , Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) Grand Junction (100 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Birmingham (90) ...... Ditto Thirds (32 paid) Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) 62 Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Newcastle and Darlington Junction (3 paid) 41 Paris and Rouen (20 paid) ....... ........ 251 South Eastern and D o ve r (50 pa id) . Ditto Scrip (90 raid) RES. Lid) ••••••• i) ...• 90 I paid) QUEEN'S BMCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius at the Guildhall in the City of London, before Lord DENMAN and a London . Common Jury.) ISI‘NAMARA V. GIBBS, SEN. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to re cover a sum of 251. alleged to be due for work and labour done for the defendant, who was the success ful candidate at the far-famed City election for Bridge-master, in the autumn of 1841. Mi. Kelly and Mr. Chambers conducted the case for the plaintiff, and Mr. Richards and Mr. Martin appeared for defendant. From the evidence tendered on behalf of the plaintiff, it appeared that he had taken a very active part on behalf of the defendant in the election for Bridge-master, between Mr. Gibbs and Mr. Ledger, and that he bad claimed 25/. as compensation for his services on that occasion, which sum Gibbs had ac knowledged to be justly due to plaintiff,• but stated, while admitting the fact, that he could not conveni ently liquidate the debt at the time. The defendant pleaded, first, that he was never in debted, and, secondly, that he had already paid the money ; and it was contended that this sum was in cluded in a sum of 881. paid by defendant to plaintiff in liquidation, as defendant alleged, of all demands upon him from plaintiff in relation to the election of Bridge-master.—The Jury returned a verdict for plaintiff-I)amages 231. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY , BLYTHE V. SMITH. This was an action against the owners of the ship Rapid, in the eastern trade, brought under the fol lowing circumstances :—lt appeared that the vessel was chartered for the Mauritius and back s by the plaintiffs, who, not obtaining a freight in that settle, ment, on their own account took in a cargo of sugar amounting to 4,000 hogsheads, and consigned to Messrs. Gower and Co., London. On the voyage home, some bad weather was encountered, and it was deemed necessary to throw overboard a large part of the cargo —nearly one fourth (900 hogsheads)—in order to lighten the vessel. Upon the examination of the ship on her return, it seems that the oakum in the caulking was found to be in a state of mud, and the vessel had been much strained, and had taken in a good deal of water. The consignees of the sugar, Messrs. Gower, brought an action in the Secondaries' Court ag.linst Blythe on the charterparty, and obtained a verdict, on the ground that the vessel was not sea worthy at the time of taking in the cargo and sailing from the Mauritius. The present action, therefore, is brought by Bythe to recover from the owners the damages and costs which he has incurred through their alleged lathes. The evidence, which applied chiefly to the question of what seaworthiness, under the circumstances, might consist in, occupied the Court and a Special Jury two day, and was not concluded until five o'clock this evening, when the Jury, after a short deliberation, found a verdict for the plaintiff. The case for the plaintiff was conducted by Sir 11. Wilde, with whom was M r . B eawe ll , and the Solicitor- General, with Mr. Sergeant Channel], and another appeared for the defendant. NA VAL INTELLIGENCE. PouTs.mouTir, DEC. 14.—After an ineffectual at tempt to get up Channel, the Cambridge, 78, Captain Barnard, returned to her anchorage at Spithead yes terday, and this morning was brought into harbour and safely moored. It will be recollected that she b i as on board about 80 tons of valuable marbles, which were shipped in the Mediter ranean, with which she was ordered to proceed to one of the 'Eastern ports.. The Commander in -Chief, however, has, upon his own responsibility, directed her being placed here ; and, considering the advanced season of the year, and the difficulty as well as risk in navigating so large a ship into the Medway, it cannot be doubted that he has evinced a sound discretion, which may also in its results have a beneficial effect on the interests of this port—so much neglected and so severely made to suffer by the present Conservative Administration. Of late almost every ship and vessel, upon arrival from foreign ser vice, has been ordered away, either to Plymouth or to the Eastward, for the purpose of being dismantled and paid off. As the Cambridge has been very nearly her three years in commission, there seems every probability of her active services being no longer in requisi tion ; in which case the inhabitants of Portsmouth will have a fair turn, for which they will entirely have to thank the present gallant and highly dis tinguished Admiral, Sir Edward Codrington—per haps the last act of generous consideration which he may have the opportunity of showing them. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC URNALS. FROM THB EVENIN G PAPERS O F ' THIS DAY. GLOBE.—Some speculation has been excited by the Memorial of the East India Association of Glas gow, recommending to Government the encourage ment of a legitimate commerce with China by means of the reduction of the tea duties, and the sup pression of the opium trade. With regard to the latter, we are fully of opinion that whatever en couragement or compulsion our Indian Government has administered to the culture of the poppy, or to the opium trade for our own territory, ought to be discontinued. But when people talk of the suppression of the opium trade, do they mean that we are to send a preventive squadron to the coast of China against the opium trade, as we have done to the coast of Africa against the slave trade, with such signal ineffectiveness, except in the sacri fice of British lives and treasure, and the in crease of the miseries and mortality of slave transportation? Do they mean this, or what do -*ley mean, or do they ever trouble their heads to think what ? Opium is amongst the most port able as man am ongs t th e l eas t porta bl e, of com modities. We have proved, at vast cost, our in ability° hinder the traffic in man. Are we to prove, rat vas cost, our inability, more utter, if possible, to prevent that in opium ? Will the Chinese de mand for the drug cease ? Will they cease, singly among Eastern pop u l a ti ons , t o consume it ' ? Are we to undertake to stop the production and export of Malwa opium ? Before 1830, the Bombay Go vernment attempted (not to stop but) to monopolise the sale of the opium exported from the ports under that presidency. What was the consequence ? Merely that two-thirds of the Malwa produce were carried to the Portuguese settlement of Damaun, and elsewher e , t o b e exported. We repeat that we'have no partiality for the traffic in opium, and every wish to see it superseded, as a staple of our trade, by more wholesome products. We would have our Indian Go vernment withdraw whatever encourag rnent has been given to it. Neither have we any partiality for the gin trade in London ; nor even for the tobacco and snuff trade. Excess in stimulants and narcotics stares us in the face, and stinks in our nostrils. Are we to stop the production and importation of the materials ofexcess?— renounce the revenue derived from them ? On ne s'arrete pas dans un si beau chemin. It is really the toss up of a halfpenny to what object ignorant enthu siasm shall direct itself. Were " Temperance" a little more rampant here, we might have more than Mr. Knight plate- Bruce's c hi va l ry di sp l aye d aga i nst all the glass windows of all the gin-palaces. Those who craved stimulants, or opiates, might have been dri ven by a home -crusade against pipes and pots to opium pills. But " total abstinence" from opium seems the easier of the two to dictate at a di stance. It is suos John Chinaman can h ave no such attachment p to p his ed opium pipe as John Bull fo his "clay," or cigar. Omne 2gnotem pro mirifico. W e can do a great stroke of trade against opium -trading. Gin and tobacco trad ing ( an d revenue) for the present we leave un &ached. When three hundred million Chinese have brought fairly to forswear opium, and "lie cleanly, as gentlemen should do," we shall, perhaps v , have time to think of the gin-palaces. In the mean. DREADFUL MURDER AT ROUSE LENCH. (From the Worcester Chronicle of to-day. It is our painful duty to describe the particulars of another of those fearful, un-English occurrences, which have of late become too common in this country —we mean the use of the knife in a quarrel, which, in this instance, has resulted in the death of one young man, and the apprehension of six others, one being charged as the murder, and the other five as accessories. The scene of this sad tragedy is Rouse Lench, a small village in this county, about thirteen miles east of Worcester, and seven north of Evesham, lying something less than a mile from the turnpike road leading from Worcester to Alcester and Strat ford-upon-Aeon. The neighbourhood of Rouse Lench being woody. foxes are tolerably plentiful, and as they are con stantly laying the farmers under contribution, the latter are not a little pleased when one is captured, which, however, is more frequently done by parties of 'villagers than by the regular and legitimate fox hunters. When a fox is caught it is taken in triumph to the various farm-houses, where the captors receive a reward, either in money or kind (but generally the latter), according to the pleasure of the farmers. On Saturday last, George Green (the deceased), Edwin Archer (who stands charged with his mur der), George and John Bullock, John Clarke, Charles Tandy, John Court (tbe whole of whom have been a?prehended as accessories), and some others, having got a live fox, had been thus engaged, and early in the afternoon they went to the house of Mr. Isaac Spiers, the Bell Inn, Rouse Lench. They left the Bell about ibur o'clock, perfectly sober, and went in the direction of Radford (which lies on the Worcester and Alcester turnpike road, near where the road leading to Rome Lench branches off), and when they had arrived near a beer-house, about a quarter of a mile from the Bell, some words ensued between the deceased and Archer, who forthwith began to fight. Having fought one round, they were engaged in a second, and, while struggling together, Green suddenly exclaimed, "I'm stabbed !" fell to the ground, and almost instantly expired. As soon as the dreadful deed was done, one of the party ran into an adjoining cottage, and alarmed a woman named Sarah Pardoe. who proceeded to the spot, and found Green on his hands and knees, giving no signs of life, supported by some of the party. At this time Archer was sitting upon a heap of road di r t, w ith hi s f ace i n his hands, cry ing bitterly. Se e i ng th a i th e d eceased was deluged in blood, Mrs. Pardoe said to Archer, " How could you dog such a thing ?" Upon which he replied, " What was a fellow to do, when he was kicked and abused as I was ?" By this time a tailor residing at Inkberrow happened to come up, who very properly dispatched one of the party to fetch Dr. Cooper from Inkberrow, while he went himself to give informa tion to the policeman stationed at Rouse Lench (Whadcoat, W. C. P., No. r 44.) The latter was out patrolling, but returned in a few minutes, and immediately went in search of Archer, whom he apprehended at the Bell Inn. Meanwhile the body of the murdered man had been brought down to the green, opposite the Bell, and as soon as Whadcoat had learnt the particulars above stated, he charged some of the inhabitants to assist, and proceeded to:apprehend five of Archer's com panions, which he had little difficulty in doing, as none of the party had shown any intention to abscond, being apparently as much appalled at what had oc curred as Archer himself. His next step was to in form his superintendent (Mr. Harris, stationed at Pershore), who speedily came over, and he and Whad coat than proceeded further to investigate the case in doing which they exhibited great tact and perse• verance. On Sunday forenoon the knife was found at the bottom of one of the ditches which had been drained (near where Archer had sat), and a fearful weapon it was ! It was a large, strongly-made clasp-knife, with a buck's-horn handle. The blade was straight, and about four inches in length, the point being sharpened on both edges, like a dagger or an Ameri can bowie-knife, which it strongly resembled. The wounds on the body of the deceased, were four in number, and see me d j us t suc h as wou l d have been in flotneutiwleitkh an instrum en t o f t hi s ki n d , all of them being deep,nifcelean st a b s . Th ere was no blood found ; if there had been aun the blade, it had b een under water long enou g h to wash it off The inquest was held at the Bell Inn, on Monday, by C. Best, E sq ., and a Jury of 21 respectable indi viduals, the foreman being Mr• Win Harris (chief const a bl e ) and. Superin e t Y e u w d e e e n d i deputy chief constable) w ere also present. Afterjathnee Jury had viewed the body, Dr. Cooper proceeded to make a post mortem examination (whi c h h e did with great minuteness and attention), attended by Super intendent Lane. The amount of evidence elicited was very small, nearly all who knew anything of the transaction being apparently paralysed or afraid to speak. ta About half-past three o'clock, the chief constable suggested th a t th e i nquest s h ou ld be adjourned,. to afford time t o t race t h e owners hi p o f th e knife which had been fou n d b y t h e po li ce ; an d as, in addition to this, Dr. Cooper had not finished the post mortem exa mination, the Coroner adopted his suggestion, and ad journed the inquiry to Wednesday (this day), when the most important evidence (that of Dr. Cooper and the police officers) will be given. Towards the close of the proceedings Archer was brought into the room, and it was evident from his appearance and manner that he felt deeply for what had occurred. The deceased was single, about 25 years of age, of the middle size, and rather muscular. He had fre quently been employed as a labourer by many of the Jurors, who spoke of him as a hard-working, indus trious young man. Archer is about thiry years of age, and has a wife and two children. THE ACCIDENT AT THE FOOT OE THE MOUND, EDINDURGII, DURING THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO EDIN• DURGII.—The Committee for receiving subscriptions for the sufferers, closed their accounts on Saturday last, when the total number of subscriptions was an nounced to be 3421. 14s. 9d., including 1001. from her Majesty, and 201. each from the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl of Liverpool, and Sir Robert Peel ; and the committee had allocated this sum in relieving 58 ap plicants. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec. 14. IN RE MARY EDMONDS. Itis day being appointed for the choice of as signees, und er the fiat against the bankrupt, who was described as a lod ging - house-keeper, of Arlington street, but whose real occupation was that of bill discounter and money lender, the Court was crowded to excess by persons anxious to hear her examination, as it was anticipated her connexions in the money lending and bill discounting line with some of the leading aristocrats and fashionables of the day would disclose several curious facts with regard to the pe cuniary transactions of many of this clas s . Mr. ( L lama appeared on behalf of the creditors, and time (independent a Malwa opium), they get opium over land from Russia. But what are impossibilities to the true anti-spirit of crusade ? STANDARD.--Taken together, the Corn-law and the Tariff appear to have adjusted the interests of the several departments of agriculture with admirable equality, and to have very happily reconciled both to the general interests of the country. This has been pretty generally confessed at agricultural meet ings, either in express terms, or not less un equivocally in the bold and manly expres sion of a confidenc e , th a t, b y exertions, the British landowners and farmers will still be able to meet their foreign rivals. What motive, then, can a Conservative Government have for dis turbing an arrangement found to work so well, particularly a Government like that of Sir Robert Peel, remarkable above all other peculiarities for always doing at once and together all that it pro fesses to do upon any particular matter—a Go vernment, moreover, placed in office, and still mainly supported, by the agricultural interest ? The doubts and irritations produced by the late change have expired, or are rapidly expiring; the injuries caused by it—and every change, great or small, must cause some particular injuries—are re paired or forgotten. Is it to be supposed that Sir R. Peel will wantonly take to pieces his finished work—a work finished with so much care and forethought—to provoke anew the resentment of, his best friends and truest supporters—to awaken once more dormant doubts and irritations, and to inflict additional injuries—injuries far more extensive and more en during than any that could be inflicted by such a revision as the last ? Experience had taught the agriculturists to expect a revision of the Corn-laws at about the time the last arrived, or rather a little earlier; and without other experience, the atrocious attempt of the Whigs to rob the farmers and landowners of all protection, under the fraudulent pretext of afixed duty, had warned all concerned in the cultivation of the soil, that they must look for some change. For the last they were :therefore prepared; for any such change at present, how ever, they have so similar preparation. On the contrary, everything occurs to give them assurance that they may safely invest their capital and labour, and prosecute their industry, in reliance upon the continuance of the present law for many years. They have the recorded opinion of the Premier upon the necessity of affording to them an adequate protection ; and upon the insufficiency of any fixed duty to afford such protection. They have, in the care and circumspection with which the late mea sures were prepared, a sufficient pledge that they will not be hastily abandoned. In a word, they have, in the whole character and conduct of the Government, and in its position, sufficient guarantees that, until time shall have rendered a change necessary, which can scarcely happen in less than ten years, no change will be made. examined her at considerable length, when she stated that Lord Canterbury owed her 1,700/. for money ad vanced; she had also discounted bills for him, and in consequence of the liabilities thus incurred the Sheriff put in an execution in last February, and a man was in possession of her premises ever since. Lord Lichfield was indebted to her in the sum of 1,0001.. and Colonel Copeland also owed her a consi derable sum, for which she held his commission as a security. This she thought would realise about 2,0001. She bad discounted bills and made large advances of money to Lord Huntingtower, but of course of these she never expected to get a fraction ; indeed all she expected to realise from her aristocratic debtors was whatever she might expect from Count D'Orsay, who was indebted to her for upwards of 7,0001., and her only chance of getting this was an understanding that he was about raising more money. A number of proofs were tendered, upon which considerable discussion arose, after which Mr. Davis, wine -merchant, of Bond-street, was chosen assignee, and accepted the trust. Mr. James—Your pencils are only fit for fire wood. They are not worth a farthing a piece, and I defy you to mention the name of any respectable merchant who deals with you. Raphael said his pencils were quite good enough. They were, in fact, he declared, as good as could be had anywhere. The LORD MAYOR—Why, you admitted just now that they were spurious, and of no value. Raphael here began to praise his pencils most pro digiously, and concluded by offering them in any quantity at five shillings a gross without the box. The LORD MAYOR---YOU talk of Mr. Reeves' ob ject being to obtain publicity. Now, if the public know that you sell for Bs. an article which other tradesmen charge 31.105. for, you may expect to reap the benefit. Raphael—To be sure ; I know it will serve me greatly. Mr. James—l dare say this business will appear before the public, together with your admission that your pencils are spurious, and that the very word " warranted" means, by your acknowledgment, that they are warranted to he base, and of no use whatever. You will get publicity, I dare say, and you shall have it in another Court, I assure you. Raphael—Oh, very well. I dare say it won't end here. The printer, in reply to questions from Mr. James, said that a person, who said his name was Reaves, had called upon him three years ago, and told him that he belonged to Sydney, and that he wanted the labels, which he accordingly ordered to be left for him at Raphael's house. The LORD MAYOR here said that the complainants had got admissions from Raphael upon which they could act if they thought proper. Mr. James said it was the intention of Messrs, Reeves to indict the parties concerned for the fraud. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron GURNEY and Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) John Garner, 19, was indicted for a robbery with violence upon Benjamin Colls ; in a second count the prisoner was charged with extorting money from the prosecutor by threats and menaces. Mr. PAYNE conducted the prosecution, and stated the facts of the case as they were afterwards detailed in evidence. The prosecutor was in the Strand on the 6th December, and while looking at the print-shop window near Southampton-street, the prisoner came up to him and pushed against him. He immediately left the window and the prisoner followed him, and asked him to give him half-a-pint of beer. He crossed the road to avoid him, but the prisoner continged to follow him, and he at length gave him some half-pence, and the moment the prisoner got the money in his hand, he held it out and said that if the prosecutor did not give him more money he would call a policeman and give him into custody. The prosecutor said he had no more money with him, upon which the prisoner said that he could pawn his watch, and if he did not do so and give him a crown, he would expose _him. Being alarmed at his threats, the prosecutor consented to pawn his watch, and asked the prisoner to show him Where there was a pawnbroker's shop. While they were walking together the prisoner said that five shillings were not enough, and that as the prosecutor seemed to be a respectable man, he must give him two pounds and he had much etter give that sum than have his character ruined. The p rosecu t or sub sequently went to the shop of a pawnbroker in Long acre, leaving the prisoner waiting outside, and he de tailed what had occurred to the master of the shop, and the prisoner was taken into custody. He then, in answer to questions put to him, denied that he was waiting for any person, and on his being shown to the prosecutor, he denied that he knew him, or that he had ever seen him before. MARYLEBONE. Yesterday Michael Leary was placed at the bar, before Mr. Rawlinson, for re-examination, charged with having stolen a valuable Scotch terrier, the pro perty of Frederick M‘Ginnes, 13, Grosvenor-place. Mr. Wolff, from the office of Mr. Flower, Hatton garden, attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Wont ner for the prisoner. The case has already appeared in The Sun. A person named Kendillon, to whom the prisoner had offered the dog, was examined by Mr. Wolff. His statement was, that after seeking for the prisoner some time, he on Saturday last met him at a public house in St. Giles's. He was questioned as to a dog which he (witness) had lost, when he alleged that he knew nothing about it, and proposed to sell him another. Prisoner took him through several streets, and into a house in some court, when he showed him a large fawn-coloured dog, which he immediately recog nised as having belonged to the Duke of St. Alban's. He also produced two terriers and a large white Newfound land dog; one of the terriers, that which was owned by Mr. M'Ginnes, he wished witness to buy, but he refused to do so, and was going away, when prisoner said," If you'll come with me I'll see if I can get you your own." Witness accompanied him to a public-house, when the prisoner produced the dog, for the restoration of which he was paid 10s., the sum demanded by him. He (witness) took it to his lodg.. ings, the Three Crowns, Jermyn-street. From thence the dog, however, contrived to escape from him, and he had since obtained it a second time of the prisoner, to whom he had given ss. and two pots of beer for it. Cross-examined by Mr. Wontner—Llt was I who gave information to Mr. M'Ginnes as to where his dog was. I saw the prisoner on Friday last in the Court of Queen's Bench. I was the plaintiff in an action against Mr. Maltby. I have been in the Metropolitan police, but was dismissed. I am now belonging to the Surrey police, and live at Cran ley, near Guildford. I have recovered a dog for the Queen, and one for the Duke of Beaufort.- How many besides I can't recollect. I never gave any one into custody for stealing a dog, or for unlawfully pos sessing one; when I have recovered dogs I have re ported it 'regularly to the Commissioners, to whom I made a representation of the sums I received ; for the Queen's dog I had 10/. sent to me by Mr. Murray ; the prisoner had 91. of it for himself. The prisoner, in his defence, asserted this story, and said that he was waiting for his brother when he was taken into custody. Mr. Baron GURNEY having summed up, the jury found the prisoner guilty of obtaining money from the prosecutor by threats and menaces. Mr. Baron GURNEY told the prisoner he had been convicted of an offence of the greatest atrocity, and it was one which, their experience had taught them, was becoming very prevalent. Nothing but the utmost severity of the law could repress it, and the sentence, therefore, was, that he should be transported for life. The prisoner was then removed, but, in a short time the Learned Judge ordered him to be brought back, and, addressing him, said that he was very much sur prised to find that the Legislature had reduced the punishment for offences of this description, and the sentence he had the power to pass was, in his opinion, not at all a sufficient punishment. He then ordered him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for three years in the House of Correction. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) ?MANSION-HOUSE. The LORD MAYOR stated upon taking the chair that he had received the following note, inclosing 51. for the Greville-street Free Hospital : " Crown-court, Philpot-lane. "My Lord,—Having recently observed in the public prints that your Lordship had received a do nation of 51., for the use of the Free Hospital in Greville-street, I beg to inclose the like sum which I request of your Lordship to hare applied to the same purpose. " I have taken the liberty of adopting this medium in hope that the publicity afforded by these occasions may prove the means of attracting the attention of the benevolent to what I consider a most valudble in stitution. " I have the honour to remain, " Your Lordship's obedient servant, " WILLIAM TAYLOR. " To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor." Mr. James, the Barrister, appeared on Tuesday, upen the part of Messrs. Reeves and Sons, of Cheap side, artists' colour-makers and pencil-makers of emi nence, to complain of a fraud which they had recently detected. For some time past complaints had reached the firm that spurious lead pencils had been sold to parties, who had purchased them under the impres sion that they were of the manufacture of Messrs. Reeves and Sons. Upon examination of the spurious articles it was found that the name " Reaves" was stamped upon them, instead of " Reeves," but in every respect, with the exception of the substitution of the letter a for e in the name the impression was precisely similar, and thus the merest rubbish had a character fixed upon it to which it had no claim, and Messrs. Reeves were, of course, likely to suffer from the imposition on the character of their manufacture. About three months ago, when the detection took place, Messrs. Reeves gave warning to the makers of the spurious pencils, and also to the sellers. Amongst the latter was a person who, a few days after he received the notice, called upon Messrs. Reeves; and openly stated that he was using their names upon pencils which were of no value, but that if the sum of 201. were handed over to him, he would give up the dies and the rest of the ap paratus connected with the fraud. This offer was, of course, indignantly r e j ec t e d. Wi t hi n t h e l ast few days it had been ascertained that one of the men engaged in the conspiracy had ordered upwards of 1,000 labels similar to those used upon the lids of Messrs. Reeves, boxes, with the exception before alluded to. Those labels were intended and calculated to deceive any one who did not critically examine them. The contem plated wholesale dispersion of such a quantity would be of serious consequence to Messrs. Reeves and Sons, and to the public, who would thus have forced upon them a mere humbug, worth not a farthing. Under these circumstances, Messrs. Reeves anxiously sought the protection of the Lord Mayor, not only on th e i r own account, but for th e sa k e of le commonalty. The LORD MAYOR said he should certainly grant a summons against the printer of the libels and placards in the first instance, and it would be subsequently seen to what further steps the complainants could most properly resort. It appeared to him that a most de cided fraud had been committed. Yesterday a printer, named Webb, answered when Mr. James attended and called for the person sum moned. Prisoner— I didn't; I only had Si. and you know it. The prisoner was, for the unlawful possession of the animal, fined under the New Police Act 51., and an additional Si. for the assault upon the officer. The Newfoundland dog 14s been claimed as the property of the Duke of ,iiiiieeleuch, but it was stated there was no one present on, the part of his Grace to institute proceedings against the prisoner. TO THE EDITOR OFHE SUN. Sra,—The report contained in Tour paper of Sa turday, the 10th instant, of the exioination of Mr. W. Carter before the Insolvent Debtors' Court, is now before me. The statements contained in that document, "espe cially those respecting the Carlton Club," and alleged " diplomatic employments, so obviously and impera tively demand immodiate notice and refutation from me, that I cannot doubt you will do me the favour to insert the few words which are necessary for that purpose. - Mr. Carter introduced himself t o me a b out eight years ago as a rich West Indi a proprietor, who wished to thank me for exertions which I had then recently made in behalf of the West Indian colonies. An ac quaintance, which continued on general and friendly terms, grew out of this. I knew nothing of Mr. Carter's having taken the benefit of the Insolvent Debtor's Act in 1832 ; and the first occasion on which between us was , th a t o f an application m°n ejY was last mentioned year on his part, that I would lend him 501. ; with this I regretted I could not comply. Shortly afterwards h e as k e d me to s i gn a bill of exchange for that am ount i n h i s accommoda tion. I did so; and similar liabilities gradually in creased. He also at various times received from me sums of money; and it was not until those sums had become considerable, and those liabilities very heavy, that Mr. Carter signed for me the bills specified in his examinaton. With respect to the statement other sun), was ever represente d . b y me as " 3,0004," or any of Mr. Carter that a sum o f being set apart or " reserved" " by the Carlton Club" for my use, on "account of elections," or on any other account, it is utterly without foundation. No conversation I ever held with him could, by any ingenuity, be tortured into such a meaning; and with respect to any diplomatic appointment, his as sertion also is worse than a simple untruth—it is a gross and malignant invention. With respect to the assertion that " attempts had been made to subpoena me in vain," it is perfectly untrue. I had put Mr. Carter into communication with my agent previously to my leaving London, and he knew he would readily and at any time com mand my attendance. He even (I know not if lingly) prevented my attendance, or attendance on my behalf, by stating to my agent that on account of the number of cases on the list preceding his, his exa mination would certainly not take place until, at the least, a month or six weeks after the day for which it had been fixed, and on which it actually occurred. But for this my evidence should have been given in Court, and you would have been spared this com munication. I am, Sir, yours most faithfully, London, Dec. 13. PETER BORTHWICIC. LLOYD'SSHIPPIN G. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.— The Lord Hungerford, London for Calcutta, 10th ult., lat. 10 N., lon. 23 ; Ann Bark, Bayen, from Ha vre , 18 t h , l a t . 2 5, l on. 32; Hector, Hamb u rgh to Havanna!), 24th, lat. 35, lon. 29 ; Dutch: bark showing burgee with green bor der, R 184, in a white ground, 4th inst., by the Grati tude, arrived off Margate. Amphitrite, Amsterdam to Batavia, lat. 14 N., lon. 21 W.; Mary Deck, bound to Rio,.ancl Trio, of Plymouth, for Monte Video ' out twenty-three days, by the Alb a t ross , arr i ve d at Fal mouth. Australian, from Liverpool, a n d Ell en Jenkinson, 0ct.25, offCapePalinas; Vitula, Liverpool to Buenos Ayres, 9th ult, lat. 11, lon. 22, by the Jane, arrived at Liverpool. Mary, St. Übes, to Lon don, 30th ult., lat. 43, lon. 11, with loss of bulwarks, stanchions, cabouse, boats, &c., by the Mentor, arrived at Cork. In answer to questions put to him by Mr. James, [e printer, without hesitation, or appearance of a wish to disguise, said he had printed the labels con taining the name of Reaves, and the words " pure Cumberland lead, warranted," and that he had been employed by one Mr. Raphael, who lived in the neigh bourhood of Aldgate. Raphael here stood forward, and said it was true he had emp l oyed the printer to do the job. He also said u alittlyiatofl‘,l pencilsr. Reeves fo r ch whichar g h e e d at 3/ ap . r ae s. l ) fo r a t a h r e g e q more than Bs., and that the quality was just th e same . s d am no e Mr. James —Pray, whoauthorise dyou to direct ? that those l a b e l s should be printed Y Raphael—l wag authorised by Mr. Reaves, of Sydney, to get them printed.—(A lau g h.) Mr. James—What ! S y d ney in New South Wales ? !Raphael —Yes. In New South Wales. I send pen cils to India and. China, and all over the world ; and I send them for eight shillings a gross. In my absence Mr. Reeves called along with his solicitor, and took down and examined my boxes of pencils. If I had been there I would have broken his legs right across with the poker. The LORD MAYOR—Then we should have you here upon another charge. Mr. James—Pray did you not go to Mr. Reeves and offer to give up the dies and apparatus for 201? Raphael—No. But I shall not answer you any further. You have no right to say a word to me. Mr. James—You call this pure Cumberland lead, and you say you sell the pencils at eight shillings a gross. How can you reconcile those two facts ? Raphael—l shall not answer you. I have no objec tion to answer the Lord Mayor. The LORD MAYOR—lbw can you call this pure Cumberland lead ? Raphael—Why it is not pure lead. That's the fact. It is spurious. —(Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR—That's the reason I suppose you called it " pure," and strengthen the character by adding the word " warranted."—(L aug ht er. ) Raphael—Ju s t so . B ut t h ose pencils are as good as Mr. Reeves' every bit. All he wants is publicity, but I shall have that as well as he, for I shall placard it all over the town that I sell for eight shillings what Mr. Reeves sells for 31. 10s. The LORD MAYOR—But you have no right to act in this manner. The foreigners who get hold of this rubbish of yours must form a very indifferent opiniOn of the tradesmen whose name it bears, for it is a very close imitation of the labels of those respectable tradesmen. PROGRESS OE . TELE GOSPEL IN THE SOUTH SEA can appear to the reflecting mind more gratifying or ISLANDS.--Noth i ng extraordinary than in the history of the human rac e the establishment of a mission. under the auspices of the chiefs in the islands of the South Sea for the propagation of the Gospel. It may be granted that their notions of the Christian system were far from being enlightened, while their motives unquestionably retai ne d a strong m i xture o f earthly' ingredients. That this was the case to a very consi derable extent, i s not concealed by their instructors, who, in reference more especially to the two clusters of the Society Archipelago, describe the religion of the greater part of the people as being at first merely nominal; and that at the time they assumed the pro fession of Christianity, they knew little more of it than that it enjoined the worship of one God instead of many, required no human sacrifices, no offering except prayer, and abstinence from labour every seventh day. The ch ange appl i e d a l most so l e l y to t h e outward observanc e , and had not yet reached either the decisions of the understanding or the feelings of the heart. Still it w as a most i mportant revo l ution, which must necessaril y b e followe d b y a movement in advance. Idolatry could not again resume its empire; the appetite for new vie ws b oth in human arts and divine knowledge would n ecessar i ly see k grat ifi ca t ion a t a ll the appetite hazards. i The ti:ecaptive had been broken ; and result corresponds in no small degree with this an the tree planted among them by the missionaries has brought forth fruit both good and evil ;tares have groan up with the wheat, but the land is no longer 2 d esert ; and the amp l e pro d uce denotes as least th e i nherent powers o f t h e soil.— Edinburgh Cabinet Library, No. XXXIII. Polynesia At a Court of Bailiff s Wardens, and Assistants o f the WQavers' Compani, in Basinghall-street, Under sheriff Hardwick was unanimously elected Clerk of the, Company, in the place of Mr. John Phipps, re signed. - - --- A General Meeting of the Subscribers of Lloyd's was held yesterday at the South Sea House, G. R. Robinr9fon, Esq., in the chair, when, after the business connected with the internal arrangements of the esta blishm ent had been disposed of, the following votes from t' h e f un d s were unanimously agreed to, viz.:- 121. to twelve fishermen for saving the crew of the barquf Watt, from Quebec to Plymouth, run on shore near I :astbourne, 26th October; 121. to twelve inha bitants: of 13iarrets, near Bayonne, for rescuing the crew crf the Restigouche packet, from Gibraltar to Bilboa t wrecked near that port, 24th October. Raphael—Some of the most respectable merchants buy hundreds of gross from me. I sell to several of your Lordship's brother Aldermen.—(Laughter.) THE SUN, LONDON ) THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1842 NEW SOUTH WALES. By the the George IV. arrived at Liverpool yester day, accounts have been received from New South Wales to the 25th of June. The markets generally had been inactive. A cargo of sugar, tea, and coffee, per the Georgiana, from Manilla, had changed hands within the preceding week ; but at what rates is not reported, though the Congous are stated to have been all re-sold at 101. per 62 catties. Upwards of 90 tons of Manilla sugar had been disposed of at 241. and 251. per ton, and about 30 tons Bourbon, at 281. per ton. In manufactured gdods, several invoices had fetched from 25 to 30 per cent. advance. In other articles there was no altera tion, the sales having been so trivial that they were not worth recording. Prime Irish mess pork was selling at 51. ss. per barrel ; Hamburgh at 4/. 4s. The bill for the incorporation of Sydney was read a first time on the 21st of June, and stood for a secon d reading on the 28th. A billhad likewise been laid before the Council founded on a recent alteration in the English law relating to banking companies, ren dering it compulsory upon them to 1111 up vacancies. The police and public works bill was still a source of discontent, the Governor appearing, in the opinions of some, too hasty in pressing it upon the legislature. THE CHINA TREATY. (From the Glasgow Courier') UNTO THE RIGHT HON. SIR ROBERT PEEL, BART., FIRST LORD OF HER MAJESTY'S TREASURY, &C. GLASGOW, DEC. s.—The memorial of the East In dia Association of Glasgow humbly showeth— That your memorialists being deeply interested in the trade with the East, beg to subtnit to your Lord ship the following considerations arising from the treaty joist formed with the Emperor of China, and the excitement caused thereby in our markets in ex pectation of a very enlarged trade with the Chinese empire. Your memorialists, in common with all her Ma jesty's subjects, heartily rejoice in the treaty thus made, but have many misgivings as to the immediate beneficial effects so generally and ardently antici pated, for the following reasons :- Ist. The direct trade of this country to China has seldom exceeded 1,200,0001. per annum. 2d. The annual trade from China has seldom ex ceeded 4,000,0001., both sums being exclusive of what passes through the medium of America and Australasia. 3d. The difference between these has hitherto been made good chiefly by the opium and cotton exported from British India, the former to the annual value of 3,000,00 W., and the latter of upwards of 1,000,0001., while the balance of trade against China has been paid in bullion. 4th. The supply of opium and cotton is not likely to be materially reduced under the new arrangements. sth. The silk of China is constantly losing ground in competition with that of Italy; the miscellaneous articles admit of little increase; and tea, the great staple of China, is already imported to as great an extent as the consumption, limited by high price, requires. 6th. Great Britain, therefore, already exports about as much to China, direct, and from India, as she re ceives, or can receive, of the Produce of the latter. 7th. It is accordingly evident that as yet there is no room for an additional export trade to any consider able extent; because, although there be such an im mense territory, and such an almost boundless popu lation in China, and admitting also their entire wil lingness to accept our productions, yet they have not produce to give which we can at present take in re turn, as is clearly proved by the large quantity of bullion required from China in order to adjust the balance of trade. Bth. The duty charged by our Tariff on teais equal to 200 per cent. on the shipping cost, viz. 2s. ld. per lb. on an article which, at an average, costs on board about ls.; and while a tariff is negotiating in China for the admission of our productions, it is but reason able to expect that the Chinese will keep in view the monstrous duty charged in England on their staple. 9th. The duty so charged in England falls chiefly on the poor, who are the largest consumers, and it falls the more heavily that they use the low-priced teas. From these premises your memorialists draw the following inferences :- Ist. That the present high duty on tea restricts very materially the consumption, and by thus limiting the quantity which can be imported, limits also the amount of our exports, which can scarcely therefore, under existing circumstances, be extended beyond the point already attained, and shows the existing excitement to be founded in delusion, certain to pro duce the most ruinous results. 2d. That our high duties are sure to have a corres ponding effect in China, not only in the duty charge able on our manufactures, but probably also in an increased export duty on tea, besides the chance of future troubles arising from such an unnatural posi tion of affairs. 3d. That the intercourse with China having here tofore been confined to a single inconvenient port, and even there to only a few Hong merchants, could not be so extended as to increase the quantity of tea taken in return so much as might enable her Ma jesty's Government to reduce the duty, and yet main tain the revenue; but seeing that these hindrances are removed, that the article can probably be supplied to a very large extent, and that we are now to have access to Fuchoo, the nearest port to the principal place of growth, it is evident th a t the period has ar rived when su c h a reduction is imperatively called for; and that, unless it be made, there is little prospect of commercial advantage to Great Britain from her late achievements. 4th. That a reduction of the duty on black teas by one-half would not only facilitate the formation of a fir tariff with China, and increase the amount of our exports, but would greatly add to the comfort, . espe cially of the poorer class of British subjects, would not (at least, it would only partially, and for a time) injure the revenue, and would, moreover, materially increase the consumption of sugar, another article of vast importance to the Exchequer. Your memorialists do therefore humbly, but ear nestly, commend this subject to your Lordship's most serious consideration-; and further entreat that her Majesty's Government will instruct the Plenipoten tiary to pay most particular attention to the subject of inland or transit duties, as provided for by the treaty, seeing that this has hitherto been one great hindrance to our trade, and that, without a well-ar ranged system of transit duties, any system of direct import duties (however excellent in itself) will avail but little. May it therefore please your Lordship to consider this subject, with a view to a material reduction in the duty on tea, and the establishment of a fair reci procity between this country and China; and your memorialists will ever pray.—Signed in name and behalf of the Glasgow East India Association, HUGH COGAN, Chairman. A. WARDROP, Secretary. PROSPECT of CHINESE DEMAND FOR BRITISH GOODS. It must be recollected, that, since the invention of machinery, goods that were formerly inaccessible, ex cept to the wealthier classes, are now open to the most humble. Two hundred years ago, nankeen and similar _articles were sold at much lower prices in China'than British cotton could possibly be ; but this native manufacture can neither have greatly increased or diminished in cost for cercuries, depending merely on the momentary price of labour, and years of scarcity or plenty; . whilst the march of science has enabled European goods that formerly cost ten dollars in England, to be sold at the present day for two on the coast of China. Mandarins and people of wealth were necessarily then the only consumers ; but now a nevrand numerous body, viz., the bulk of the popula tion, would become purchasers ; for it is evident, when they can possess themselves of an article similar and superior to their own at a far cheaper rate, they will be drawn into the market, while their energies must be turned into some other channel of employment to obtain subsistence and the means of purchasing. Teas, raw and manufactured silks, would, in all probability, be shipped in exchange from the Chekiang, Fokian, and Keangnan coast for woollens and broad cloths, thus lowering the price of tea, and admitting a poorer class of consumers in England. Some of us, who had an opportunity of visiting the northern pro viTices, saw what a ready mart woollens and warm oloi'Jiing would be likely to meet with in a country liable to such changes of temperature. No possible aye) age can be taken of what would be the demand ; for I;he great loss of coasting junks, and the expenses of in land -carriage, prevent the inhabitants from feeling the .effect ofour diminished prices ; but, when it is taken into consideration that a quantity of European manu factctres finds a sale on the western coast of South Am , !rica, where there are but nine millions of people, equ: it to what is now sold on the coast of China, in whit 'h country there are supposed to be three hundred millions, the supply in China must be very far shell of the actual demand. If this argu ment is fair, an enormous increase in the consumption may he expected ; a:rid should the Mandarins find out, as they no doubt would, that a profit is to be obtained by a monopoly of the trade, perhaps at last their own intere st will lead them in reality to encourage what hither to th ey h ave blindly driven away.—Lo r d Joce lyn's i fix Months with the Chinese Expedition. SCOTCH BANKING. To resume with the Scotch banking systetn. B. D., our Edinburgh correspondent, who charges himself with, and approves himself fully competent to, its championship, thus resumes and contrasts the merits of that system with the demerits of the English joint stock system. The point of departure is not exactly selected in the most impartial taste, but let that pass. " The Scottish banks add much to the powers of capital by bringing the smallest surplus into a situa tion rendering it accessible. They add also doubt less to the volume of capital, in so far as their currency in use may exceed the actual capital deposited with them, and so far they save the expense of coin. But they do not lend themselves to raising up men of straw to compete with and ruin actual capitalists; they do not lend themselves to deranging business by creating goods beyond the fair wants of the home, or rushing injudiciously into the foreign markets. They assist business, but do not create it, nor by undue assistance derange it. They are money changers merely, not co-partners in commercial gambling at a fixed profit." There is questionless only too much truth in - the charges here resumed in the comparison between the two against the English joint-stock banks ; so far however, and so far only, as the more rotten among them ; those, for example, which have gone to the wall already, or which may be in an unsound condition and conducted upon a corrupt system, of which one or more instances might be cited, were it necessary or expedient, at this present time in the metropolitan county as in one of the ridings of Yorkshire. It may be sufficient to observe now incidentally of these, that their doings do not escape attention although they may not be animadverted upon. But although the Scottish bank may not " lend themselves to raise up men of straw ; ' *** to deranging business by creating goods be yond the fair wants of the home, or rushing injudis ciously into the foreign markets," like the notorious Bank of Manchester ; although in the commercial sense they may not do this, yet upon their system they may do, and do, what is tantamount to the same mischievous result in the agricultural sense. By loans upon mortgage they contribute largely to sus tain the value of land in Scotland ; by their loans and small note circulation they have contributed largely to raise the value of land there, and the prices of stock and provisions both there and here. They have created a stronger competition for the possession and tenantry of land than what in the natural order of things could have arisen ; and they have assisted in raising up compa rative " men of straw" to compete with and injure the actual and industrious farming capitalist. The injury thus inflicted upon Scotland has re-acted to a large extent doubtless upon England by raising and sustaining rents, and stimulating an excessive concurrence for the occupation of land. The results of bank loans on landed securities and of a one-pound note circulation have, although not to the same excess, produced the same effects in Scotland as, under a similar system of bank management and circulating accommodation, were developed in England during the war, and ultimately , eventuated in the universal catastrophe consequent on the Currency Bill of Sir Robert Peel. It requires no power of second sight now to foresee the time approaching when, with (without even) the extinction of that local and excep tional small note circulation on the artificial' and insecure foundations of which they have been too exclusively built up, the prosperity prices and rents of land and the produce of land in Scotland, must descend from their high estate and find a lower level. When, as the prices of produce decline through the operation of that larger and less trammelled compe tition of similar foreign products ; of the corn of the Baltic and the Black Sea, the beeves of Holstein, Mecklenburg, and Spain, and the pork and piggery imports en masse of the United States, which now and henceforth may be looked for and must be reckoned with; the wary Scotch banks recal their loans on land, and the signal it will be to which all other the capitalist mortgagees of land will hastily respond, then will come the day of trial for Scotch agriculture and the day of peril for Scotch banks. The one pound-note circulation, if still permitted an existence, will then prove an embarrassment rather than a con venience of power and profit. The Scottish system in its purity, if so it may be ealled, would be inapplicable in England if only for the vicious quality of the circulating medium compos ing an inherent portion of it. That, however, is not the only objection which may be urged against it; its mortgage investments alone are a standing sore in the system. Far from admiring, moreover, the open or cash-credit practice under that system, there is reason to deprecate its introduction into this coun try however well generally it may have worked in Scotland, where so long established. A cash credit is conceded to an applicant of fair character and sup posed means on the strength and 'security of two approved bondsmen, and upon this cash credit the party is entitled to operate to the extent. The question here arises, whether advances thus made upon a bonded security alone possess an equality or a superiority of guarantee over bills of exchange, with one or more endorsers, presented for discount, and, according to the practice of English banks, discounted. It will scarcely admit of doubt that a bill is a more perfect representative of value than a bond, and more readily recoverable on default of one party against the others superscribing. The bill represents a real trans action consummated ; the bond represents transac tions to come, in progress, or in the end completed. In the. case of the bill the bank has at the moment the nature of the transaction before it, as well as the agents in that transaction, but the bond leaves the Scotch bank with the immediate agents only before it, and of the nature of their transanctions it can only be imperfectly informed. The bonds men stand moreover towards each other, and to wards the bank, in the position of three parties to an accommodation bill, which, according to the more pru dential practice of English banking, where fairly car ried out, would be tainted by the fact and scouted at once. And the three parties to the bond may after all, and doubtless often do, rEpresent but one security. For if A and B become bound for C in a cash credit at one Scotch bank, C must return the compliment to both at another bank, and so on A for B and B for A. The three compose a leash and run together fcr good or for harm, they sink or swim together. The bank of A may have some cognisance of what he is doing so far at least as the credit is operated upon; but how is he to overhaul the accounts and the business of B and C for whom A is bound, and whose credits are opened with other banks ? The comparison, it may however he observed and conceded, scarcely holds good as between advances on joint bond and bills discounted. The practice of ad vances, however, by English banks, though apparently less guaranteed, appears to possess equal if not more solid elements of security. Take a bank located in an agricultural district. It is a part of their business to loan money to the farming interest. The farmer re quires an advance, say for rent-day, for the purchase of seed, or of stock. He has no bondsmen to offer, but he refers to his stacks of corn, or hay, or t uru i ps , or stock fatt e d f or mar k et, for which the demand is sure, although it would be detrimental to force them all on glutted markets at once. ---Herald. ---------- OULD NICK'S SECURITY FOR lIIS RENT.-. 0 afther thinking, yer h onor , it' s yersilf can be letting ould Nick O'Brien a bit of a cabin to hould hi s w if e and childer," sa id a wild -looking Irishman, from the mountains of Connaught, as he entered the office of one of our house-factors. " And who will be caution ing old Nick, for the payment of his rent ?" asked the factor, eyeing him as no bad impersonation of the character whose name he had so coolly assumed. Och ! if it's the matther of caution you mane, no body but his honour, the gintleman of the Savings' Bank, will do that for ould Nick," said the wild looking mountain man, as he threw down a well fingered Savings' Bank pass-book. On examining this document, the house-factor found that Nicholas —for such was his real name —had been for a good while a regular depositor in the Savings' Bank, and had saved a numbe r o f pounds. On being asked how he managed to save so much money in these hard times, Nicholas replied, "I found my wife Judy be ginning to stick hard to the tay, and the, shugar, and the swate buther, and the potheen, like her Scotch neighbours, jist as if she'd been the wife of yer honor ; so I said, this is not honour to Ould Nick, and I tuk to spind the money mysilf, and to stick to the stir-about, and the praties and bacon, and thin I could call and see his honour at the Bank now and again ov a Saturday, and lave a crown." Judging Nicholas by his bank pass-book, and the de scription of his household economy, to be an honest and prudent man, though somewhat rough in his ap pearance, the house-factor let him a house. But no sooner was Nicholas settled in his new house than one after another of the previous tenants called to ascertain what kind of man they had got for a neighbour. Instead, however, of saying anything of him, the factor aslc onlyedwhraetplytk had to say of him. To this theycould " Oh, nothing ; but he looks so queer, and they call him Nick ; and he is always banning thetea a , s a t n k d i the g sugar, and the fresh butter, and whisky,thheowel , er ad a heart to for the gentry." to be kind, as well as Nami Nicholas, i d he ' en t i o: ir ibtniegm times s n s d okf u i l s dl t ii r ns i gt o r u et s sos and es saving, and by bestowing as ec b o u , n t o. a . less provident neighbours in h Ould industrious,N ickw misnomer very soon c fo o r nv o i l n le ce ti d la t t h N e v i a n s , k t o a n t est ? mica], prudent, and generous—one that was all this by means of the Savings' Bank.—Glasgow Argus. It may be interesting to merchants and others to know that the Lords of the Trea sury, i n reply to a letter from the East India and China Association, re questing that, on the return of the s t eamer w hi c h brought Major Malcolm from Nankin, she might carry back a bag of the merchants' letters, state that the Auckland steam-ship immediately returned to China after landing the dajor at Suez. SINGULAR CASES OF RECOVERY OF HAIR, AFTER 15, 25, AND 26 YEARS' LOSS. A few attestations (selected from numberless others, received during the last 40 yea to the virtues of ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL; the originals of which may be seen at the Proprietors. -To Messrs. Rowland and Son, 20, Hatton-garden, London. Hummums Hotel, Covent-garden, Feb. 26, 1802. Gentlemen,—ln announcing to you the following cor roboration of the efficacy of your Macassar Oil, if your making it public it will be of any service, I s h e consider myself but returning in a very small degree the great obligation I f ee l I lie under to you , an d shall be most happy during my stay in London to satisfy a n y Gentleman who may feel interested in the truth of tli? following :—ln the year 1776 I went to India, itn i shortly after my arrival there my hair fell off in consi derable quantities, so that I soon became en tirel y bald. ; in which state I remained until my arrival last ye ar in f America, and at Boston was induced by reading- one ° your Advertisements to make trial of your M a cassar Oil, though I confess with but little hope of succ ess : After the use-sof one bottle I found my hitherto balct, , head covered with a sort of down, continuing the use et the Oil much to my surprise and now the pleasure to inform you, without exagg?ration o vanity, that I can boast of as fine a head of hair as ell one need to have. I am, Gentlemen, your grateful Servant, A. MACKENZIE. 0, Extract of a Letter directed to Mr. Oldroyd, Merchant t London, from a friend at Naples, dated May 6, 1823 ,„;,, gratification, haler I must turn your attention to the following :—Clll3''',l Kranshair, of the 4th Regiment of Lim', in the servic,4v4 his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Austria, Ile hoed 44 years, has been bald ever since the age of 18. recommended to try " Rowlands' Macassar 011; Gentleman who had already experienced itg gj effects : he bought some of me of the last quantity.f. received from England, and persevered in applYing In less than two months his hair grew on the bald 1) 0 , , and t is now very thick. The Captain is highly P 1 "Is four and has spread its fame. I assure you the dement that article is very great, and must beg you to send " fresh supply without loss of time. Q uire Gentlemen,—l consider it almost an imr ,,, to state the efficacy of `your most excellent Maragg'^, fle d For the last fifteen years I have been bald, ocea s ...E r u - se a by a most dreadful fever whilst in In have but almost every means to procure a head of hair egalc ien d all my efforts seemed fruitless, until, accidentallb a T e advised the use of your valuable Hair Restorer--(lean f i er y it no better name)—and, after using 6d. bottle, symptom of a new head of hair began to show itself,o, the joy, not only of myself, but my children. I res t or : on having another, and obtained a 7s. bottle, and, bef fig the whole of which was used, I had, and have d, and I handsome a h ea d o f h a i r as ever man enjoYfebig Jost earnestly recommend all who have not tried excellent Oil, will not fail to do so. I am, Sirs, your most grateful and obe dier c it o s l o e n r : IVALIcER, WhittlyLodge, near Taunton, May 10, 133 6 . om falling off or turning Gre Chan ROWLAND'S' MACASSAR OIL prevents hair 15 pS ro d a d makes Colour f • y ; • rees it from Scurf and Dana la makes it beautifully soft and curly. OIL" * * Ask for " ROWLANDS' MACASSAR And see that those words are on the wrapPero• , four Price 3s. 6d. ; 7s. ; Family Bottles (equal small), 10s. 6d. ; and double that size, 215. per bott • Sold by them, and by Chemists and Perfuraers• G y Ilair to a ----""" Viscount Canning arrived in town yesterdaY worn' ing from Windsor Castle. I, c last AN ADVENTURE AT SEA.—On the 2.5 t.. o. month, the Meg Lee, of Sunderland, while roceedi._l:so down the Cattegat, on her voyage from a nto: , 0 . r London, was happily the means of saving the crew itc , m zu d n e t, in in wh a ich sai t l h or e 's m o e N n Vll w w er o e rd s s a , At 10 5 1 ; I Y, a small Danish vessel. The following graPh ic the next morning, saw a small sloop making for us, ittil a signal of distress flying. I immediately shortened sail, and brought the ship by the wind. At this ti,e l a it was blowing a strong gale from the S.E., and thick snow drift (and you know, T Pre snifie with it is not only cold at such a time, especially ~ wet clothes on, but rather bad to look underwaid„ ward) ; and as the ship had been ___,' saved for relate ... press of canvass before I could get the necwserr•Y quantity of sail reduced, we had run past the slo o _li,' We wore ship—came round upon the other tack .. w_r r again ran pa.lt, and saw the poor fellows w aving the",„ hands in the most frantic manner. Whilst 1 Nci givin beingcalled out that the sloop had gone down. The hln: oc i giving some orders about the sails, the man at the hel: up at the time reefing the foretopsa, 1 roan" out to them to come down, and we got sail made ~e l ie the direction of the sloop. After a few minutes had the pleasure to see the crew in a little boat, 0 81 ten feet long. They kept their bead to the sea, act4.ll; brought the ship close to them, and succeed, tell getting them on board, three in number. Immecr 4 atlillemlobsota;,—filGledatewsihtheadwoatbesre.rveTr.hey had put 3 lew . o re their most valuable things into the boat, which were A lIS* . hibit Walter,th PATENT CHIMNEY-SWEEPING 3 1 - C il Anet lf Mr. ' S E St. Clair Trotter, secretary to the Ran4` e ' org . o Association, in Foley-place, attended by Mr• w n a le it d e e d ls o e n f tl t i h e e L p o a r t d en Ma t y el o i r irn y e ' y es .. t s e l r y d e a l p i, g : to chineex , and to requeSt permission to sweep the chin] .._, of the Mansion-house. The machine the 0:: tract of and expand according to the dimensicras song as chimney, its universal joints attaching the rods' ~ to pass at right angles. It has been exhibited P__ . approved by many of the public establisbmentstireot to-morrow they are to be exhibited, by uPP ° ,, int Lorel 3,ofithe Board of Ordnance, at the, Towel% -Lu e roe ut ayor immediately gave orders that an exPe r !„ t he should be made of the efficacy of the machin e 1 chimneys of the Mansion-house. c p, Aala ) •Dri THE ENLARGED TONSIL AND B-- 56 :, 0 0,1, _UVULA BY JAMES YEARSLEY, ESQ. (CHURL iS rRINCES-STREET, SOllO.) —The author of this v.- the already favourably known by his researches in " t o f nature, causes, and treatment of deafness. u.lO, these investigations has arisen the work before , 00 which we are induced to notice on account 01 j o novel and important views which it developer' o ut this publication Mr. Yearsley has ably the intimate connexion which exists 'between e e vev al morbid conditions of the throat and ear, and . ' e r ib. After CIE 6 imperfections of the voiceand h speec • u yiliat ing the anatomy. and physiology of the tonsils, ..00 &c., Mr. Yearsley asks the important qr.erso cried " whether the mortality of scarletina i s not ille j o t by the presence of enlarged tonsils?" 'Th is Pjyfr. may be easily solved by the profession, fo t r . of Yearsl . ey has established that these enlarg e mel l;Mu 33- be excised, even when in a state of active in why, pointed. Data tion, with little or no hemorrhage resulting ...the then, should patients be suffered to iiie withaveves trial of such a remedy ? The authc Jr also con t e bro at that relaxation of the mucous membrane of the t ans and elongation of the uvula give rise to sYTP ost which simulate in an extraordinary mann er le ro t stages of consumption. It certainly is Pe.s sib e f ,the the incessant irritation which such a condition 0 _, l i e throat is likely to produce, may develope or disease of the lungs in persons hereditarily Yr e or posed to this malady. The author has laid dallearif portant rules for the excision of the uvula. lie cbeed shows that this is not an operation carelessly r rov es i essly to be performed. At the same time, 1 ,l e l:, the conclusively that when circumstances hub ° ra tion necessity for the excision of the uvula, 'the ope once may be had recourse to without clang . ..lr or l n ik e to in' nience to the patient. Singers will fir ,d m u c, , roice terest them in this work. It is shown that the,„` t he may be increased both in compass and qualitY % e ri.' removal of the uvula. Mr. Yearsley-'s. g reat elr - so d ence in the treatment of the diseases cf the throat 400 affections of the voice entitles all he s: iys in contr,S,.. with these subjects to much attentioi 1 and consl'— tion.--Times ~ hre' THE STATISTICAL SOCIETY. —Thi s Society - rep e nt l pared seine curious statistical records from a there survey. Ina parish containing 1,500 hou ses ' nor are no less than 700 children in arms, giVirig . the 0 _ se ; mous average of nearly half a baby to e ach 11 °., u _ , ii , and in calculating the number of street door bel.lsnaci still larger result is arrived at. Of sever. hundre d o a forty-twc knockers, there are six hundred it twenty out of the reach of a child, eigl ity-n hie w! , ., 3 , fresh painting, thirty-two are in tolera the remaining one has been wrencliedi off' since _.,"'", Society's last survey. Out of seven -families oeini pying nine rooms, four had paid i l - rent, tw° '° t eir 1 t o some idea of doing so, and the remaining en e ,,', is, made a point of always running away - with the ge`;' 7 f in anticipation of any harsh proceeding bolne trheeP•apially°:° the landlord.—Punch. _____.....01 0 • BIRTHS. On the 10th inst., in Russell-square, Mrs. Charles W. al ' boil' of a son. the On the 14th inst., in Quebee-street, Portman - sq uare , Hon. Mrs. Keith Stewart, of a daughter. ----- '. MARRIED. Gool l " 1 On the 13th inst., at Leamington, Commander , Gallie Macdonald, R.N., to Maria, sw e viving daughter o'. Rev. William Oddie, M.A. On the 13th inst., at St. Mary's Greeting, Suffolk! v; Cunningham Douglas, Esq., late Captain 17t1, Lancers, Lydia Louisa, daughter of Major-General Charle s Tar DIED. On the 2d of October, at Calcutta, Emily Cteiirginai wif.e . °l Captain W. M. W e tenhall, of her Majesty's 10th Regimen' t, On the 3d inst., at Portobello, near Edinbr.rgb, Leu t ' enall Colonel Thomas Bates, of the late 21st Light Dragoons. On the 11th *asst., at Clarlam.comm( Bartholosie" Jeffery, Esq., aged 63. 5 11 On the 12th inst., William Frederick HilE Rooke, young e st son of Major-General Sir H. Willoughby R orke. _ 303 4 On the 14th inst., at Newington-butts„ Edward Con n infant son of Mr..C. 11. Delmer. • .f Beddingtonty On the 14th inst., Mr. Charles Lambert, Surrey, ap ed 56. On the 14th inst., in Newgate-street, Mr. J. Dia , T ul proat On the 14th inst., in Upper North-place, Gras's Mr. John Richardson, aged 70. On the 14th inst., at Peckham ' Mrs. Robins. w id o w of , late Matthew Robins, Esq. On the 11th init., at Weymouth, Eli za b e th, the"wife of B e" Admiral Hancock, On the 11th inst., George Lan e , E sq ., o f Ci m onb ury-ort. r .. e. 110111.111M1 o f London : Printed and Publi s h e d by MURTIO Y0L 11%16 No. 112 ,Strand, at The S un Office, No. 112 , SL" ° '' r' the County of Middlesex, Thursday , D ecember 15, 1842 ' the