The Sun. — London, England, 1834-01-06 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Journal des .Debats seems to be of opinion that Russia will yield to the remon strances of Great Britain and France, backed by their preparations for hostilities, and will consequently relinquish the immediate execution of her designs upon the Turkish capital and its neighbouring posts. We have no doubt that the maritime preparations of England, and the mixed ones made by France, might, though un accompanied by any formal remonstrances, have a better effect than merely modifying or sus pending the realization of the aggressive schemes entertained by Russia ; provided the latter Power could be convinced that the preparations of this portion of Europe were real armaments—that they were calculated for purposes of actual resistance, instead of being what are com monly called "demonstrations"—menaces got up for the sake of intimidating an enemy, and, failing that object, to be at once laid aside, and followed by humble acquiescence. There is nothing so silly as a "demonstration" which bears upon the front of it that it is a demonstration, and nothing more. Wiser by a great deal to do nothing, for in the latter case we save all useless ex pense, and leave our resources in that respect undiminished. The Tories, combined with the low Radicals, through their daily and weekly prints, are labouring to persuade the people of this country that the period has long since passed at which itwould have been possible for England to interpose any serious check to the march of Rus sian encroachment,and with consistent wickedness they flatter the Autocrat, not only that he is too strong to be resisted by this country, but that his designs are just and meritorious, and such as he ought not to abandon. This is of a piece with the factious treachery which has encouraged the stubbornness of the King of Holland during these two years, and advised him to hold out against the pacific endeavours of England towards the settlement of the dis pute with Belgium, " in hopes that something might turn up," either on the continent through a war, or by a change of Ministry and the re turn of Tory Councils here in England. We do not deny that in days of yore some exam ples of the like spirit may have been found to actuate the movements of persons who were not Tories. The memorable instance of Oczakow cannot in common justice be overlooked, when an opposition embassy was despatched to the Empress Catharine, and assurances held out to her that by a due degree of obstinacy she would defeat the plans of the British Government of ,that day—a counsel on which she had cunning to act ; and the consequence was, that Mr. Pitt's resistance to the project of the female Autocrat miscarried, although the other half of the factious undertaking failed, for the Mi nister retained his office. Why do we recur to these crimes of another generation ? To condemn them—to give weight to the stigma with which we would persuade the people of Eng land to visit the present iniquities of the ultra- Tory junta, as manifested in their Dutch, their Portuguese, and the Russo-Turkish counte raction (it is all but treasonable) of the measures adopted by the King of England for the main tenance of British interests and honour. The attempts to keep open the discord of the Dutch and Belgians, in which the English Tories have so largely shared, have hitherto served in no small degree to distract the ears of this Govern ment and of the French 'from the affairs of Turkey, and to weaken their joint opposition to the A utocrat in that quarter. But the rapid growth of the danger is, we trust, helping out the remedy. We have said that a demonstration once discovered to be a demonstration on the part of these two Governments, is worse than none ; of little value, moreover, is a remonstrance carried on in words, and ending in resignation. Russia has so deep a stake in the game she is now playing, that she laughs at the murmurs, and not less at the threats of other Governments, as she will at their noisiest preparations for war, if she have any solid reason to suspect that, after all, no war will be ventured on by the parties making them. So great, besides, is the object aimed at by Russia, and so keen and intense her passion for realizing it, that if she suspend her work to-day, she will resume it to-morrow, en tailing on England an incessant course of watch fulness, and extreme uneasiness on the whole Eurorean world. The maritime flee of this country, therefore, ought to be maintained on a highly effective footing, and not a moment lost in the presence of an enemy so unremitting in his activity, and so powerfully impelled towards the accomplishment of his fatal design. It is rumoured that Austria has given pacific " ad vice" to Nicholas, which may induce him to desist from this odious underta k ing. Austria is the China of the west. Stupid and immoveable in the dotage of despotism—hating all know ledge, because dreading all change— Austria " advises" Russia. But will the Czar, untouched by the angry remonstrances of England, be shaken from his purpose by Austrian advice ? England must take counsel f r om her own courage and foresight—they are the sole safeguard of individuals and nations. We see that M. Pozzo di Borgo on Wednes day last complimented the French King in de corous terms, and delivered, some vague prog nostics favourable to the continuance of tran quillity. It is the policy of Russia, as of al' mediators of aggression to cover ambitious pur , poses in the garb of peace. The representatives of the French people are, however, at their post. M. Dupin, President of the Chamber of Depu ties; thus expresses himself to Louis Philip— .; Peace, as far as it may be possible; but such a peace as you can alone desire—a safe and honourable peace, worthy of the nation." These are not words which indicate any deep rooted confidence in the phrases of M. Pozzo di Borgo. The winter season for the present paralyzes all movements, but half the winter season has gone by.—Times. The " happy" effects of the protocol system in settling the affairs of Belgium are exemplified by the present condition of that country, with its -unemployed artisans, its bankrupt merchants, its perishing manufactures, and increasing standing army. The optimist of the Treasury Journal — the Globe—after having found all its repeated predictions touching the immediate settlement of the Belgico-Dutch question falsified, discovered that Belgium was placed in a better position by not having any settlement of her dispute with Holland, and that the Dutch suffered more by the non-ratification of the treaty than the Bel gians, who were actual gainers by the delay ! It was strange enough that our Ministers should have not made this discovery before, and that it should have totally escaped the sagacity of their quicksighted retainers of the press. The sleepless nights and laborious composi tions of Lord Palmerston might have been spared—the wasted stationery of the Foreign Office might have been saved—the expensive armament to the coast of Holland, in the month I of November, would have been dispensed with, if our Ministerial Contemporary had, some two or three years ago, made the discovery that the " speedy settlement" which he so often predicted would be no advantage to Belgium, but, on the contrary, would have the effect of diminishing the prosperity which, in consequence of her un settled relations with Holland, she at present enjoys. Let us see what that state of prosperity is. One of the proofs of the flourishing condi tion of the new State is, that the cry of manu facturing distress has gone up to the Throne from every part of the country. The most re cent evidence of this sort is the petition of the manufacturers of East Flanders, who have joined their testimony of the deplorable decay of busi ness, since the revolution, to that of their brethren of all other parts of the kingdom. The cotton trade, which was very prosperous during the union of Belgium and Holland, is in a most depressed state, for its best and almost only market has been closed against it, since the separation of the two States, Another proof of "the prosperity" of Belgium is, that there has been ever since the revolution a rapid falling off in its foreign commerce. In the last year the num ber of ships that entered the port of Antwerp ' was 150 less than that of the year 1832, although in the last mentioned year the siege of the citadel caused the Scheldt to be closed for upwards of six weeks ; but though no such interruption has taken place during the past year, the number of ships entering the port has fallen off to the extent which we have stated, and the Journal d' Anvers is our authority. Again, the increasing standing army seems tolerably con clusive proof of the remote prospect of anything like a settled peace which is entertained by the Belgic Government, unless, indeed, they keep up the army as a pretext for fleecing the already-impoverished people by the rapa cious ingenuity of a war-budget. In either case the situation of the country is truly melan choly. The army for the present year is to be augmented by a new levy of 12,000 men, making the enormous amount of 110,000 regular troops for the defence of Belgium—exclusive of the moveable civic guards—a country having but about 4,000,000 of inhabitants, or about one fifth the population of Great Britain, and yet keeping up a larger standing army than that which is maintained by the British empire, which is itself too large, at present, for the re sources of England, and useless as to the main tenance of the national honour, which our Fo reign Minister has as readily sacrificed to Rus ' sian ascendancy as the Government, with their 110,000 men in arms, have sacrificed the national independence of Belgium to the Cabinet of the Tuileries.—Morning Herald. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, JAN. 4. QUEEN-SQUARE. Yesterday Charles Miles and Caroline Miles, the latter not more than about nine years of age, were brought up in custody, charged with having in their possession and uttering counterfeit coin. The prisoners were remanded until the solicitor for the Mint could attend. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday a case of some importance as respects the management of the retail beer-houses was decided by the Magistrates of this establishment, upon the information of S. H. Perry, an inspector of the G division of police, against Agnes Maria Ing, as licensed proprietress of a beer-house in White cross-street, the sign of the " Daniel O'Connell, the Patriot," for allowing reputed thieves and other persons of notoriously bad character to assemble therein. It came out in the course of the inquiry, bow ever, that the defendant, although the licensed and therefore the responsible person, had but little con nection with the house in question, being resident at Clerkenwell, where Mrs. Alartha Ing, the mother, has been many years established as an ale-brewer. There were several beer-houses about town licensed in the names of different members of the family, but conducted either by their servants or other persons. The managing man at the O'Connell, for instance, was stated to be the person employed as brewer at Clerkenwell. The defendant's brother appeared on her part with Mr. Wooller, her attorney and was accompanied at the several examinations by a number of friends, amongst whom were Mr, Warde, Mr. Rayner, and other members of the theatrical profession, Mr. Ing himself being known as the author of several successful minor dramas. The information which the defendant was called upon to answer had its origin as follows :—The Metropolitan Police Act, 3d William IV., chapter 19, section 31, enacts that, '= Whereas suspected persons and reputed thieves frequently assemble to gether in ale and beer-houses, ready-made tea arid coffee-shops, and other places of public resort, for the purpose of devising or planning felonies or other offences; and although their evil purposes are suffi ciently manifest, the power of his Majesty'sjustices of the peace to demand of them sureties for their good behaviour bath not been of sufficient effect to prevent them from carrying their evil purposes into execution ; it shall therefore be lawful for any con stable, headborough, patrol, or watchman, or other person, to apprehend such suspected person or re puted thief, to be conveyed before a justice, and by him committed to prison as a rogue and vagabond, if there appear ground to believe that the person was in such place with such intent or purpose as aforesaid." The owners of such places are also ren dered liable to a penalty upon conviction for har bouring such characters. It was alleged, many thieves and other bad cha racters were frequenters of the O'Connell, where a sort of judge and jury court was held, and on SAnday evening, the Sth of December, while the business of the Court was proceeding, a large body of the police, under inspectors Brindley and Perry, surrounded the house, and apprehended all the com pany found in it, to the number of 84 persons. The particulars of the case were fully stated in the re port of the examination at Worship-street on the Monday, when the " Judge" whom the police had found sitting, as it were, at nisi Arius, trying a member of the club for breaking a tobacco-pipe, was placed at the bar, in full costume, with the jury, the officers of his Court, and other captives, of whom twenty-five were identified as coming within the description in the clause of the Act above recited. All were cautioned and discharged, however, except two, who were convicted, and sent to the tread mill. The information was afterwards laid against the licensed owner of the house. Inspector Perry, in support of the information, stated the circumstances under which the eighty four persons had been taken into custody in the defendant's house. It was proved by him and inspector Brindley and numerous constables, that twenty-five were notorious persons, six of them having been already convicted, and had been ob served as frequenters of the house for several months preceding. Mr. Wooller observed that his clients had no knowledge of the character of such persons, and had never been informed of it, or cautioned by the police, as lie submitted they ought to have been before such proceedings were resorted to. Mr. BROUGIITON said it was the duty of the I owners of such places to do all in their power to keep them clear of bad 'characters ; but here were persons speculating in licenses for a number of houses, the business of which was carried on by other persons, themselves not knowing, nor per haps caring, what proceedings took place in them, and looking only to the profits to be derived from them. If they embarked in such speculations, they must be responsible for the proceedings, and take the consequences. Mr. TWYFORD found it a difficult case to deal with, in consequence of the parties not having been cautioned respecting the thieves, &c., re sorting to the house. The decision was then post poned. Mr. BROUGHTON, in giving judgment upon the case, after repeated adjournments, entered at great length into the whole of the circumstances, and in conclusion convicted the defendant in the lowest penalty, 21., which was immediately paid. THAMES POLICE. Yesterday Robert Evans, a fellow of doubtful character, belonging to Woolwich, was brought before Mr. BRODERIP, on a charge of stealing, or receiving knowing to be stolen, a large quantity of good fish, consigned to Bilingsgate-market. The case excited a good deal of interest amongst the fish-salesmen, who have been severe losers through the fraudulent practices of the masters and crews of the fishing-smacks, who break bulk before they arrive at Billingsgate-market, and dispose of the best of the cargo at very low prices. The principal fish-salesmen and smack-owners were in attendance. Mr. Daniel Blyth, a surveyor of Thames-police, stated that about four o'clock that morning he saw the prisoner going ashore in a large boat, which was filled with fish, at the Bell Water-gate, Wool wich. He had previously seen witness and his men, and appeared in a great hurry to get on dry land. lie boarded and took possession of the boat, which contained eighteen pairs of soles, the primest he ever saw, fifteen score of plaice, of which ten score were alive (that is, quite fresh, the others being not quite so good), a large cod, nine score of maids, a few states, eighteen whitings, and two bushels of dabs and gurnards. All the fish were of the best quality. There were also in the boat a piece of salt beef, such as is used in smacks and vessels which go short voyages, a quantity of sea biscuits, and a fish trunk marked "Albion." The officer pointed out the fish to the Magis trate. They were lying in the boat on the office causeway. Mr. BRODERIP—What is the man, is he known ? Blyth—He is, Sir. He is a Woolwich man, not a waterman, as.his dress betokens, but is sometimes employed in the sand barges, and at others is a hawker of fish. He buys of the fishing-smacks, as they are coming up the river, arid the masters and crews sell to him at a low price, and illegally break bulk. Mr. BRODERIP—Did he say where he got the fish ? Blyth said that when he stopped the pri soner, he said he got the fish at Barking-reach, and that he was going to London. His boat's nose was then on the land, and he asked him what he did at Woolwich. His reply was that he was going in to get some beer, though at that time there was not a public-house open. He then asked the prisoner what vessel he got the fish out of, and he swore with an oath that he did not know. Wit ness remarked that he must know, and he said it was the Favourite. Witness then told him his conduct was so suspicious, that he must take him into custody, and on their way to the office the pri soner said, " Shall I tell you the truth about these fish?" Witness told him he might do as he pleased, and cautioned him not to criminate himself. The pri soner then said, " They are all my fish, and I was going to sell them in Woolwich." He had before that said he was employed by another man to take them to London. He asked him who he bought them of, and he answered "Of some one I don't know, out of a smack in the Halfway-reach ; they called me, and I gave them 2/. for the fish." Mr. BRODERIP—What are those fish worth ? Mr. Richard Forge, a fish salesman, said the fish in the boat was worth at least 81.; they would have fetched that, if not more, by selling them wholesale in Billingsgate. Blyth-1 asked the prisoner how he accounted for the beef and the biscuits, and he said the cap tain' of a collier gave it to him for bringing up a boy with the ship's papers. He said he picked up the fish trunk five or six weeks ago. Prisoner—l put the boy into a hatch-boat, your Worship. Mr. BRODERIP—I don't believe a word of it. The parties who have sold you fish for 21., which would have produced four-times the sum in the London market, have rendered themselves liable to heavy penalties. They have not been content with breaking bulk and selling the fish, but they dispose of the ship's provisions. A fish Salesman—Those are all picked fish, we have not had such good soles in the market to-day. The masters and crews of our smacks, or those whom we employ to bring up the fish in hatch-boats, after the arrival of the smacks at Gravesend, select the best fish, and dispose of them before they get into the Pool. Prisoner—Those here fish were honestly got, and I intend to make a reglar good profit of them. —( A laugh.) A Salesman—Yes, you did, and no mistake -400 per cent. is a " reglar good profit."—(Much laughter.) You would have made 101. or 121. by the fish. Mr. BRODERIP said, he would put a stop to thin system of breaking bulk so detrimental to the fair trader, if he could. There could be no doubt how the fish were obtained, and the many stories told by the prisoner showed that he had been concerned in an illegal transaction. There were circumstances, however, which rendered it necessary that the pri soner should be remanded for a week. It was due w the fish salesman who had been robbed to adopt that course, with a view to detect other parties . The fish seized must, of course, be instantl y sold at Billingsgate. - CHOLERA AT WAKEFIELD.—During the last fortnight cholera has raged in the House of Cor rection, Wakefield. There have been four fatal cases.— Doncaster Gazette. At Chalford, Gloucestershire, on Tuesday, the roof of a house fell in, burying in the ruins a father and mother and three children. The two former were killed, but the children escaped with little injury.— Oaford Journal. A REJECTED LOVER.—There is something in njection. It unhinges one, relaxes all his muscles, and produces a state of feeling very nearly allied to that which a man feels who is to be hung, from the time the scaffold is knocked lose until the rope snatches him. During that single moment of descent, liver, lights, &e., endeavour to go out through the mouth.—Sketches and Eccentricities of Colonel Crockett. On Tuesday this city and neighbourhood were visited by one of the most violent hurricanes that has been known for years. It began about twelve o'clock, accorn • panied by a torrent of rain. About two the rain ceased, and the wind somewhat abated ; but about four o'clock it increased to a most dreadful hurricane, and continued till about twelve o'clock, when it began gradually to lessen. A great deal of damage was done in various parts of the city to walls, paling, chimneys, and roofs. We have hear of no personal injury having ,been sustained.—Norwich Mercury. LIVING WITHOUT FOOD.—Animals sup port want much longer than is generally believed. A civet cat has lived 10 days without food, an antelope 20, and a very large wild cat also 20, an eagle has survived 22 days, a badger one month, and several dogs 36 days. In the Memoirs of the Aca demy of Sciences, there is an account of a bitch, which having been accidentally shut up alone in a count ing-house, existed for forty days without aoy other nourishment than the stuff on the wool of a mattress, which she had torn to pieces. A crocodile will live two months without f tot], a scorpion three, a bear six, a chameleon eight, and a viper ten. Vaillant had a spider that lived nearly a year without food, and was so far from being weakened, that it immediately killed another large s p ider equally vigorous, but not so hungry, which was pu t in alon g with it. The celebrated Juhn Hunter enclosed a toad between two stone flower-pots, and found it as lively as ever after 14 months. Land tortoises have lived without food for 16 months, and a beetle is known to have been kept in a state of perfect abstinence for three years, when it contrived to make its escape. There is also a well-authenticated account of two serpents living in a bottle without any food for five yctre. —Encyclopmdia Britannica, new edition. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTS3IOUTH, Jaw. 4.—There has been no later intel ligence received from Lisbon this week than was communi cated in the last Telegraph, received by the James Watt steamer. A letter of the same date (the 22d ult.) states it to be the intention of Don Pedro to send the Don Pedro, Braganzi, Fulminense, and the Villa Flor to England, to be repaired. One of these ships arrived in the Downs on Thursday. Tie Miguelite frigate which ran into the Tagus from ignorance of the existing political struggle (as announced in our last paper) is callei the Princess Real, pierced for 48 guns, but is laden with tea, pepper, drugs, cinnamon, ivory, rice, and a variety of Asiatic produce, with about 20,0001. in specie, she having been employed upwards of three years in visiting the Portuguese settlements in the East. She had been eight months on her voyage home ward from Got; and, what is remarkably fortunate for the captors, she did not touch at any port, or fall in with any vessel, to apprise the commander of the passin t g, events in his native country, until he was fired upon by the forts of the Tagus. . W e hope we may at length congratulate our merchant readers upon a cessation and change of the long and violently prevailing westerly wind, by which upwards of 500 sail of shipping were driven for shelter into the anchorage between the Downs and Plymouth. We had upwards of 200 sail at anchor within the Wight, which commenced preparations for sailing this afternoon, with the Wind N.E., and many of them proceeded on their respective voyages, which had been lying here since the early part of November. The Upton Castle, for Bom bay, with Sir John Keane and suite ; the James Pattison, with Governor Sir James Stirling and family, for the Swan River ; and the Numa, female convict ship, under Dr. Bromley, for Sydney, are among those departed. The James Pattison has a number of passengers on board for the Swan River settlement. Sir James Stirling has taken out a horse and three mares, from the stud of the Earl n: Egremont, from which it is intended to breed running mares for the Indian market, the grazing ground to the eastward of Dtrling-range being adapted to the purpose. The present season has been a very unfortunate one to be merchants td Poole, as a greit number of ve , .sels have been prevented by the heavy gales of wind from accom plishing their voyages to Newfoundland. The brig Hero, meeting with many heavy gales of wind, was obliged to put back. The Lynx schooner, Lieutenant Huntly, sailed this afternoon fur the Gambia. At Spithead —Nil. In Harbour—The Victory, Royal George, Excellent, Edinburgh, Blonde, Belvidera, Sparrowhawk, Rainbow, Nautilus, Charybdis, Jupiter, and Sparrow. The steam-vessel Royal William sailed this afternoon for Lisbon, taking a number of recruits for Don Pedro, and baggage and furniture belonging to Donna Maria. A brig with 40 cavalry horses also sailed for the same destination ; and a Finland ship with 100 more horses will sail to-morrow. The Rainbow, 25, Captain Sir John Franklin, will be paid off on Wednesday and re-commissioned. The Espoir and Chameleon brigs, 10 guns each, are ordered to be fitted for commission. The Charybdis, 10, was paid off on Wednesday, and re-commissioned by Lieutenant Mercer. The Nautilus, 10, Lord G. Paulet, was paid off yesterday, and re-commissioned by Lieutenant Crooke. The Etna and the Raven were at Teneriffe, on the 2d of December, and would sail for the Gambia river, next day, PLYMOUTH, JAN. 2.—The Andromache frigate is quite ready to proceed with her distinguished passenger, Lord Napier and suite, to Canton. Captain Yeoman has beets obliged to resign the command, from ill health. She is expected to proceed about Wednesday. Captain Chads, C. B , has taken the command. Arrived the Flamer steam vessel, Lieut. Bastard, from the Mediterranean, last from Falmouth (where she landed a mail), to refit ; the Moffatt, from Spithead, to embark seventy convicts for Van Diemen's Land; and the Racehorse, IS, Captain Cotton, from Portsmouth, to he paid off and recommissioned. Sailed the Plover and Rolla for Falrnouth to take out mails. The convicts have been shipped on board the Moffatt, increasing her number to 400 under Dr. Wilson. In Hamoaze, San Josef, Canopus, Endymion, Andro mache, Ringdove, Cruiser, Dee steam-vessel, Levetet, Racehorse, Rolla, Saracen, Scorpion, and Flamer steam vessel. In the Sound, Lyra, Athol!, Industry naval transport, Orestes, Marquis of Huntly transports, Moffatt convict ship. Put back the Arno, from Portsmouth to Alicant, out five weeks. The Edinburgh, 74, Captain J. R. Decree, and the Sparrowhawk, 18, Commander Pearson, are taken out of dock; the Ganges, 84, is taken into the basin to be rigged. The Belvidere, 42, Captain C. B. Strong (in dock), is destined for the Mediterranean station. The Jupiter troop ship, Mr. Easto, commander, will, when ready for sea, receive on hoard troops from this garrison, and from Plymouth and Cork, for Gibraltar, Malts, and Corfu. She will return with the 51st Regiment. A new dock at Woolwich yard, to the westward of the basin, is ordered to be built, and the two docks to the eastward to be brought in a line with the river wall. The new police at Woolwich dockyard, consisting of one director, three inspectors, three sergeants, and twenty four privates, have been selected, and will commence duty immediately. The apprentices lately ordered to be entered at the diffe rent dockyards are to receive only half their pay to pro vide them food, clothing, and tools, the other half to be retained by Government, and not by the instructors, as formerly. Ten more apprentices (nephews of shipwrights, trades men, or inspectors) have been entered at Sheerness dock yard. MILITARY CONSIDERATION.-It is known to most of our readers, that the depot of the 7th Royal Fosileers have been embarked on board the Sylvia transport for Dublin, and are in a crowded state, with a 20 gallon copper to cook for 300 persons ! The Sylvia left Spithead on Thursday, but was driven back on the following day by contrary winds. The Commanding Officer sent the Ad • jutant to report the return of the vessel, with a request that the General's intentions, either of landing them or• requesting the Admiral to have the transport brought alongside a hulk, might be carried into effect, as many of the men, from being so crowded, were troubled with lice and itch. The Staff Officer replied, that as the Admiral and General were at Brighton, and would not return until the following day, no authority could be obtained to carry his wishes into effect; but, with great consideration, he took the liberty to recommend the Royal Fusileers to "scratch on till further orders." The troops have been embarked, in this uncomfortable con dition, for nearly five weeks. His Majesty's miniature frigate Adelaide, which has been built at Sheerness under the superintendence of John Fincham, E.q., master shipwright's assistant of Sheerness dock-yard, is to be taken to pieces and removed to Virginia Water, and put together there, under his direction. The considerate and acceptable arrangement made by the Lords of the Admiralty, by which the junior officers of the naval service, upon half-pay, who are the most numerous, are to be paid first, and then in rotation up wards, all the other classes, with the fixing of the payment at not later than ten days after the termination of each quarter, has deservedly obtained for their Lordships the heartfelt thanks of all the unemployed of these classes on the list of our brave naval defenders. Lord George Paulet gave his late officers in the Nautilus a sumptuous entertainment, on the occasion of being paid off and attaining captain's rank, after three years and eight months' honourable, arduous, but happy service together, on the coasts of Portugal and Spain. The following is a correct list of his Majesty's ships in commission on foreign stations : Mediterranean.—Britannia, 120 (Vice -Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm, G.C.8.) ; Caledonia, 120 ; St. Vin cent, 120 ; Malabsr, 74 ; Talavera, '74 ; Barham, 50 ; Alfred, 50 ; Madagascar, 46 ; Acuean, 28 ; Volage, 28 ; Champion, 18 ; Scout, 18 ; Scylla, 18 (ordered home) ; Favourite, 18 ; Pelican, 16 (ordered home) ; Raleigh, 16 ; Meteor, Mastiff, and Bacon, surveying vess'els ; and Cey lon troop ship. Lisbon.—Asia, 84 (Rear Admiral William Parker, C. 13.) ; Revenge, 78 ; Donegal, 78 ; Stag, 46 ; Castor, 36 ; Nimrod, 20 ; Orestes, 18 ; S tvage, 10 ; Viper ; a nd S ilamander steam ve,sel. North America and the We►t Indies.—Vernon, 50 (Vice Admiral Sir George Cockburn, G.C.8.) ; Forte, 44; Pallas, 42 ; Ariadne, 28 (ordered home) ; Vestal, 26 ; Tweed, 20 , Sapphire, 28 (ordered home) ; Pearl, 20 ; Satellite, 18 ; Fly, 18 ; Cotnus, Is ; Cruiser, 18 ; Columbine, 18 ;_ Larne, 18 ; Racer, 16 ; Arachne, 16 ; Despatch, 16 ; G tnnet, 16 (ordered home) ; Victor,l6 ; Wasp, 16 ; Serpent, 16 ; Skipj ick, Cockburn, Firefly Nimble, and Pickle, schooners ; Alban and Rhadamanthus, steam vessels ; Jackdaw and Thunder, surveying vessels. East Indies and Mauritius.—Melville, '74 (Vice- Admiral Sir John Gote, K.C.8.); Undaunted, 46 (ordered home) ; Andromache, 28 (under orders) ; Talbot, 28 (ordered home) ; Alligator, 28; Imogene, 28 Magicienne, 26 ; Curacoa, 26 ; Harier, 18 ; Hyacinth, 18 ; and Wolf, 16. Cape of Good Hope and Coast of Africa.—his, 50 (Rear -Admiral Fiedelick Warren) ; Pelorue, 16 ; culo, 16; Curlew, 10 (ordered home) ; Britomart, 10 ; Forrester, Griffon, Lynx, Brisk, and Fair Rosamond, schooners; Pluto, steam-vessel; /Etna and Raven, surveying vessels. South America.—Spartiate, 76 (Rear -Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, Bart., K.C.8.) ; Dublin, 50 ; Sama rang, 28 (ordered home) ; Conway, 28 ; Challenger, 28 ; Tyne, 28 (ordered home); Satellite, 18 ; Pylades, 18 ; Snake, 16 ; Rapid, 10 ; Beagle, 10 ; Hornet and Cocka trice, schooners. The following ships are fitting out :—At Portsmouth, the Edinburgh, 74 ; Blonde, 46 ; Belvidera, 42 ; Spar rowhawk, 16 ; Nautilus, 10 ; Charybdis, 3. At Ply mouth, the Canopus, 84; Endyruion, 50; Ringdove, 16 ; Rolla, 10 ; Saracen, 10 ; and Leveret, 10. At Sheerness, the Thunderer, 84; Jasseur, 18 ; and Rover, 18. Steam-vessels employed on various borne services.— African, Confiance, Dee, Firebrand, Firefly, Flamer, Phoenix, and Carron, carrying from one to six guns. Packets employed.—Briseis, Eclipse, Goldfinch, Lap wing, Lyra, Mutine, Nightingale, Opossum, Pandora, Pigeon, Plover, Reindeer, Reynard, Rinaldo, Royalist, Skylark, Spey, Swallow, and Thais. Troop Ships.—Jupiter, Romney, and Athol ; and Buffalo, store ship. The British Navy is composed of 557 ships and vessels, of all rates, of which number 171 are in commission. NAVY RATING,—An order of the Admiralty, dated the 18th of December last, regulates the entry and rating of young gentlemen on board his Majesty's ships. The order directs that in future the number of mates and midshipmen in each ship be, for first-rates, 24 ; second, 20 ; third, 16 ; and fourth and fifth, 10 ; sixth, S ; sloops, 3 ; cutters and brigs, 2 ; guard-ships, 8. Of this aggregate number there must be selected from mates, who have passed both examinations, or from college midshipmen in first-rates, S ; second, 8 ; third, 5 ; fourth, fifth, and sixth, 4 ; sloops, 1 ; cutters and brigs, 1 ; guard.ships, 4. The Admiralty claim the approval of all these appointments. In case of an excess of collegians or admiralty mates, the Admiralty will appoint two young gentlemen, but not more than two, in each ship as extras. The number of volun teers of the first class, and of college volunteers in each rate, is in future to be as follows— Volunteers College Ist Class. Volunteers. Ist and 2d rates (sea-going ships) 3 3d rates 2 4th and sth rates . 2 6th and sloops 1 Guard-ships 3 Brigs.. 0 i 1 When the first class and College Volunteers have com pleted four years' servitude, and there are no vacancies in ships to rate them as tnid,hiptnen, they may, is that case, be borne as extra midshipmen (but not more than two in a ship) until vacancies occur ; their vacancies in the Volun teers' class are not to be fflled up while they remain as extras. By the 9th article, which directs that quarterly returns should be made to the Admiralty of mates, mid shipmen, and volunteers, the power of disrating midship men, masters' assistants, and volunteers, again reverts to the captains, which the former took away. Captains' clerks, in future, mty be selected from such persons as have been-clerks in the offices of flag officers. By an Admiralty regulation, dated the Ist of the present month, the college volunteers, as they leave the college, will not have, as before, one year's service allowed to them, unless the progress made by them in their professional education warrants it ; but they will be allowed only for such portion of the year as the examining officers shall deem it right to certify for, according to their respective qu ilifications. During the past year, the half-pay list of the Royal Marine Corps has been decreased by the death of three Major-Generals, ten Captains, four First Lieutenants, and three Second Lieutenants. Three Captains and three Lieutenants have been added to the list. The saving to the public by the decease of these officers is 2,8451. 2s. ; the Major General having had COs., the Captains 75., first Lieutenants 4s. 6d. per day, and the Second Lieu tenants, 54/. per annum. (From the Devonport Telegraph.) DEVONPORT, JAN. s.—Serious affrays have recently occurred at Waterford, between the bargemen on the river and the naval force on the station, consisting of the Speedy cutter, Lieut. Henderson, and the Wickham, revenue cutter, which were despatched from Milford, about a month since, to free the navigation from the impediments offered by the bargemen. These men would not suffer any vessel to proceed beyond the bridge to discharge her cargo, but insisted upon their right of transport of all merchandise above the bridge. On the appearance of the two cutters in the river, which is only sixty yards wide, they were assailed from both banks with a hot fire of musketry from the bargemen, which shivered their bulwarks and did other damage, besides wounding several officers and men. The attack has been several times repeated during the last three weeks, and none of the crew could venture on shore without a strong police guard. They were fired at wherever they appeared. One or two attempts were made to board the Speedy, in boats, loaded with armed men, but they were beaten off. An Englishman who lauded from one of the London steamers, offered a reward of 500/. to any one who would set fire to the vessel. Upon search being made for him, he decamped, and is supposed to have landed in the West of England. It was expected that the bargemen, who were quite furious, would make a grand rush upon the little crew of the Speedy, and they had, therefore, been reinforced by a party of rifllemen, with two 32 pounders, which were kept loaded with grape shot. A large ship was, however, expected to relieve •the cutter, as there was no appearance of the bargemen ceasing their attacks, and the feeling of the low Irish was excited to the highest pitch of desperation. In this un pleasant duty, Mr. Knowles, mate of the Speedy, received a shot in the right arm, by which his shoulder bone was severely fractured ; two other officers were also slightly wounded, but no lives had been lost on board the Speedy. One of the cutter's boats employed in sounding in Tramore Bay, was upset, when Mr. Wright, the second master, and his crew, bad a narrow escape from drowning, having been picked up by a fishing boat, in a very exhausted condition. The Tortoise, lighter, arrived here yesterday from Dublin, where she has been to lay down buoys- for the packet service. His Majesty's brig Leveret, Lieutenant Trail!, was un docked on Thursday, and is being got ready for sea with all possible despatch. His Majesty's brig Rolla, 10, Lieutenant Glass, was paid two months in advance on Thursday last, and is expected to go out of harbour this day, to proceed to Falmouth. His Majesty's sloop Racehorse, 18, Com. Cotton, came into harbour on Wednesday, to be paid off, and it is expected will be immediately re-commissioned. The case of incendiarism at March on the Bth instant, has, after an investigation of several days, with the examination of 20 persons, been made out against Robert Brigstock, jun. and Thomas S'orey, who were fully committed on Monday.—Norwich Mercury. On Tuesday night last, about twelve o'clock, a fire was discovered on the premises of Mr. James Warner, at Seaming, which consumed two stacks of barley, a new waggon loaded with straw, and a stack of clover hay. The engines from Dereham were on the spot soon after, and by the indefatigable exertions of those pre sent, the flames Were prevented from extending to the dwelling-house.—Norwich Mercury. About five or six o'clock on the night of Sa turday last, an incendiary fire broke out in a stack of barley, the produce of sixteen acres, on an off-farm in South Walsham, in the occupation of Mr. William Jary, of Burlingham. By great exertions the fire was prevented from spreading to other stacks and the farming premises. _Norwich Mercury. The Ministerial evening journal gives the fol lowing, as communicated to it by a National Guard on duty at the Tuileries, on the 31st of December :—" Oa the day before yesterday (the 31st), immediately after dinner, the National Guards and the troops of the Line on duty at the Tuileries having signified their wish to present their re. spects to the King and Royal family, they were introduced into the hall of the Marshals, where the King, accompa nied by the Queen, the princes and Princesses, and Ma dam. Adelaide, received us, and addressed us in the follow ing terms:—' My dear comrades of the National Guards, 1 thank you for your kind visit, and wish you all a happy new year. If it resembles that which is now coming to a close, it will be according to the wishes of my heart. Thanks to our common efforts, we have maintained the public peace—the guarantee of our institutions. Your sentiments are in accordance with my own, and I rely on always h icing your assistance in securing our liberties, and w ith them the prosperity of France.' Then, turnin to t h e soldiers of the Line, dear he said, ' I am happy, comrades of the Line, in receiving you in this hall, which I have consecrated to our national glory. The portraits you see around you are those of our brave Marshals, all of whom sprang from your ranks; and, I do not doubt, their exploits will in turn inspire you, if France ever calls for the use of your arms.' These words were received with cries of Vive le Roi ! ' Before they withdrew, their Majesties permitted those who were to guard them through the night to pass in files before them, which they did, repeating their acclamations of Vice le Roi ! Vive la Reins ! Vic e l e D ue d'Orleans ! Vive la Famille Royale Gclignani's Messenger. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Per Quarter. 11 Carlisle Morpeth. , Penrith Sheffield Winchester Per Bushel. Carmarthen Newcastle (Staff.) Northallerton Swansea Warwick Per 8011. ' Barnardcastle Durham Richmond Stockton s. to s. S. to S. 26 25 29 26 28 s, to s. 5. s„ 40 - 49 53 36 48 19 22 16 21 19 19 18 22 s. d. a. d. 16 20 23 2 fi 3 0 34 1 I 3 3 40 I 3 0 34 1 9 2 2 20 33 32 38 40 52 s. d. s. d. 5 3 5 6 70 76 80 89 70 93 80 86 69 72 90 110 25 28 s. d. s. d. 26 29 29 40 46 50 ! 36 46 i 4 0 48 .36 39 30 46 42 44 s. d. g. d. 00 00 56 60 50 53 56 60 60 67 00 06 56 60 12 0 14 6 10 6 12 6 110 16 6 111 0 12 0 80 86 70 83 86 90 86 90 46 60 43 60 50 64 40 48 86 100 86 100 86 90 86 9ii ' WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—Jan. 5. Wheal, Red, Norfolk and Suffblk —s. 445. to 525. fine 545. Lin. and Cam. —s. 445. to 51s. fine 535. --- Yorkshire ....s 435. to 50s. fine 5 0 s. -- White —s. 505. to 555. fine fils. ___.--- Foreign, Red —s. —s. to —s. fine —s„ ---- White —s. —s. to —s. nne —s. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk l2s. to 345. fine 358. --- Lincolnshire 10s. to 325. fine 335. -- Yorkshire Wold 3ls. to 325. fine 335. --- Foreign —.s. to —s. fine — s , Beans, Old New 355. to 385. fine 40s Oats, Potato l9s. to 225. fine 235. Poland —s. 18s. to 21s. fine 225. Mealing Sh e lli ng 225. to 265. Od. per Load. Malt Friezland and Small —s 231. Os. 2,461175. .. . 0 st 0. t i 2 17341.2 d O s, s O . p. perer S fine Last. to 2 n l e s. . 35 5. 395. fine 425. per Load. Rapeseed SCOTCH MARKETS. Wheat. Barley Oats. Beans. Oatmeal --.........__, Aberdeen .....- 35 45 24 28 14 20 -- — 21 24 Berwick.....— 30 24 15 19 12 14 18 21 20 28 Coldstream ..... 35 42 18 19 13 14 20 22 ..... -- hulas .............. 48 56 26 31 18 22 22 26 —. _ Dundee...—. 50 60 30 33 20 25 30 31 _ Elgin ..—...... 40 50 24 26 16 20 23 30 I nverness..... 46 50 25 26 15 17 23 26 18 Kelso ............. 33 36 10 20 14 16 23 .... ..... Kirkaldy...... 48 61 23 29 16 20 45 48 43 44 Perth ......... 50 56 23 26 20 22 22 25 1 .s, The size of the measure varies throughout the country. IN MARK all kinds of EDINBURGH CO We had a large supply of the sales were very heavy. Wheat. \ Barley. Oats. First s7s Od 21s 6d 20s Bd Second 523 Od 28s Od 183 Od Third 4ls Od 22s Oct 18, 8d CET.—Jan. )f Grain tc 'y, and Pease. 323 Cd 30s 0,1 288 Od Beans. 32s Od 30s Od 28s Od ,ICES OF PROVISIONS, SC. Beer, per lb. .... Os. 30. to Os. 6d. 0 3} 0 6 0 5 0 9 0 4 0 6 Lamb, per qr. 1 6 3 6 fallow, cwt.... 35 0 37 0 Quartern 17 Loaf 0 0 0 7 Potatoes. 11b. 0 5 0 0 Freshßuiter,ib.s.lo,l. to s. Ild. Salt Ditto— 0 8 0 10 Ditto, per ea t. 70 0 0 U Eggs, per doz. 1 2 0 0 OatStralnkpl.) 6 6 7 0 Wheat Ditto,. 5 6 6 0 Barley Ditto 5 0 5 6 Hay, per st.— 0 8 0 9 EDINBURGH AI EA There was a plentiful supply o and the sales were heavy, at last Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. First Oatmeal X 1 9 0 Second ditto 1 7 0 Barleymeal I 5 0; Peasemeal 1 5 0 Pot Barley—No. 1, per cwt. 12: L MA RK ET.--Dec. 31. If Oatmeal at this day's market, t week's prices. Per Stone of 141 b. Imp. First Oatmeal £o I 8 Second ditto Barleymeal 0 1 6 Peasemeal 0 I 6 s.-2d, 145.-3 d, 165.-I'oat 120 s. MARKET.—Jan. 1. GLASGOW CONN Wheat, per 2.101 b. s. d. s. 0.1 British, old 2O 0 to 28 0 new Canada, free 2B 0 29 0 Irish Barley, per 3201 b. English 0 e Scottish 22 0 23 0 Irish Oats, per 2641 b. 5. d. s. il. Irish l4 0 to 16 6 British l4O 17 0 Beans, per 2601 b. English Scottish Pease, Scottish 16 0 17 0 Oatmeal, per 1401 b. 13 0 14 0 Flour, per 2801 b 4O 0 43 0 CORNWALL. MARKETS. TRuao-wheat (average) 203 Od.-Barley, 93. 91-Oats, Bs. 3d. ST. AUSTELL-Wheat, -s. to 215.-Barley, 03. to 10s.-Oats, 71. to 73. 9d. PENZANCE-Wheat, 21s. to s.-Barley, 93. to lls.-Oats, Os. to Ss. Od.-Beef and Mutton, 51d. to 6d.-Pork, Od. to 3d.- Butter, 120. per lb. LAUNCEsToN-W h eat (average) 193.61.-Barley, 9s. Od.-0 ats, ss. 3.1.-Beef, 53d.-Mutton, 6d. LISKEARD-Wheat, -s. to 20s. 03.-Barley, 103. Od.-Oats, Os. to 63. 6d. BODMIN-Wheat (average) °os.-Barley, 10s. W.-Oats, 7s 6d. HELSTON-Wheat, 20s. 6d. -Barley, 103 Od. Sr. COLUMB-Wheat, 203. to 215.-Barley, 9s. to 103.-Beef, and Mutton, sd. to 6d.-Veal, Od.-Lamb, Od. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREET. (From the London Gazette.) TO-MORROW, .IAN. '7. M. H. C. Lockyer, linen-draper, Strood, Kent 2 at 11 J. Sayre, cheesemonger, High-street, Shadwell E. Stringer, victualler, Commercial Tavern, Pop!ar 2 11 S, Stephenson, linen.draper, Ramsgate J. Betts, cabinet-maker, Winchester 2 11 \V. Sant, coal_merchant, Adelphi-wharr J. 0. Atkins, hoarding-house-keeper, Cecil.street, Strand 2 11 J. Oven, tailor, Dover-stre, t, Piccadilly 2 11 S. Morse, grocer, Kingston-upon-Thames 2 12 T. J. Lancaster merchant, Catcaton-street J. Slater, coal_merchant, Henley-upon-Thames 1 1 S. Reed, draper, EastbOUrde DIVIDEN DS. H. R. Ashby, mealman, Staines, Middlesex 'tt 1 G. Taylor, ladies' shoemaker, Old Bo d-street 3. r. and W. Street, stationer, Bucklersbuty l2 .1. Edwards, cheesemonger, Crawford-street A. Applegath, printer, Stamford-street 2 A. C. Marsh, navy-agent, Great Scotland-yard I LORD BATHURST'S STEWARD.—The de linquencies of this man almost exceed belief. The seven hundred pounds alluded to a few days since were the pro perty of the housekeeper, and formed a part of nearly seven thousand pounds. Tradesmen's bills had been running for four years, although the money had been regularly drawn by Jones at Christmas. As there is a time for all things, he one morning appeared before his master with a letter from London, in which his wife was represented as king in a dying state, and then requested leave of absence, which was granted. Not returning, an inquiry arose, and then it came out tint he Ind got the housekeeper's money under the pretence of investing it in a mortgage of a house in Shrewsbury, the lender's native place, but where no such property existed. On breaking open the desk of this honest domestic, a forged check with Lord Bathurst's name for two thousand pounds, and other extraordinary documents, were found. The police have been for some time past in search after the culprit in London. lle was seen at one of the low gambling-houses in St. Jtmes's parish a week ago. His wife lived in the ❑eighbourhood of Cranbourn-allev, and a watch was set on her. but she contrived to elude its vigilance and escape with her furniture. BIRTHS. On the 31st ult., at Bridgewater, the lady of J. Anstice, Esq., of a son. On the sth inst., in Arlington-street, Mrs. Edward Moore, of a son. On the 3d inst., Mrs. C. Muriel, of St. Thomas's-street, Southwark, of a son, stillborn. On the 2d inst., the lady o f the Rev. Frederick Stunner, of Christchurch, Middlesex, of a son. On the 3d inst., at. Brixton-hill, the wife of Mr. Hodgson, of a son. On the 3d inst., Mrs. Robert Grant, the lady of the Judge. Advocate-General, of a daughter. On the 23d ult, at Almer Rectory, Dorset, the lady of the Rev. E. P. Blunt, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 4th inst., at Alverstoke, Hants, Henry Dixon, Esq., of Isleworth, to Selina, second daughter of the late Dr. Burney, of the Royal Academy, Gosport. On the 29th ult., at Hove Church, near Brighton, Francis Alexander Grant, Esq., to Charlotte Eliza, only daughter of the late Thomas Wills, Esq, On the 26th ult., at Sherborne, the Rev. J Thoma o s amas, to A nn Frances, widow of the late J. T. Croft, Esq., f Langton, near Bristol. solicitor, Ware. L a tely, at Swanage, R. D. Marshfield, Esq., ham, to Miss White, eldest daughter of Lieut.-Colonel White, of Newton Cottage, Swanage. third daughter of At Derry, John Marks, Esq., to Mar ia, Thos. Hunter, Esq. DIED- On the 2d inst., in his 64th year, John Calvert, Esq., of Astyes-row, Islington, an d the Phoenix Fire-office. On the 31st ult., at ; A r oo dmansterne, in Surrey, aged 84, the Rev. Dr. Buchanan, 5 0 years rector of that place, and magi. strate of the county. The living of Northfleet, in Kent, also becomes vacant by t he decease of thi s vener able and much. respected divine. On the 16th of last July, on his passage from India Lieut. John Grove Sharpe, of the 24th Regiment of Bengal, Native Infantry, eldest son of the Rev. John Sharpe, of Midhurst. On the ad inst., in Portland-place, William Ellis Gosling, eldest son of William Gosling, Esq. On the 17th ult., at Croft-house, near Bradford, Yorkshire, A n n, the wife of Samuel Hailstone, Esq., aged 54. On the 19th ult., in York-place, Chelsea, Mr. Du"- White, aged 94. On the 23d tilt., Mr. Brown, of Skirbeek• gr ange, near Bo s . ton, formerly of Skettington, Leicestershi re. On the 2(.1 inst., in his 54th year, mr. He nr y Ga y , of Ches. ter.place, late of Crooked-lane. On the 3d inst., in Devoushire-street, Queen's-square, Mrs. Church, relict of the late Henry Edward Church, Esq., of the Secretary of Bankrupts'-office, aged 74. On the Ist inst., in u p per Baker-street, Melian Showe rs , relict of the late Colonel Samuel Howe Showers, aged 87. On the 26th ult., at Loer's Court, in her 74th year, Mar garet, relict of the late Right Hon. Sir Evan Nepean, Bart., of Loders and Bothenhampton. on the 9th ult., aged 51, Thomas Stillman, Esq., of l'row. bridge. PRINTED AND PUBLIMED BY MURDO YOUNG, AT TIM SUN OEIIIE, 112, STRAND.