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l'ilE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Sraracts front the Morning Papers,Dec. eo, 1825. [MORNING CURONICLE.I The death of the EmPeror Alexander is an event for which this part of Europe was certainly not prepared. He was in the middle of life, and apparently robust, and no account of any illness had been received. The. Paris Papers communi cate a singular extract from the Royal Almanack cif Prussia, published in Berlin,. and' under the' yurveillance . of "the Censorship. It seems, under the head of - the Reigning Houses, in the article Russia., after mentioning the EMperor Alexander, the Editor of the ~kirrianack,..adds—".Successor to the',Throne (Thronfolger), the Grand Duke Ajcholas, his brother, born 1796." This desig uatinn,'whiCh is given this year for the first time, coupled with the other event, is naturally calcu lated to excite not a little surprise. It will be seen from the Court Circular in another column— (of 1 1 .ni. Sturt),—that the news of the event' pro duced a great sensation in the Cabinet. ,The in aertion'of the Grand Duke Nicholas, as succes sor to. Alexander, without .any explanation, the Grand Duke Constantine being the next in orclerof succiisiony is altOgether a most mysterious circum stance: We stated in a late, number, that some thing'rriure than ordinary was' in agitation be, tweeri our Court and that of Russia, as the Corn- Tuunieation between them were incessant. ; has there `beers an• attempt to' pla . ce Constantine on the throne of. Constantinople, and was the exclu sion from the succession of Russia connected with ? Has, Constantine - renounced in favour of Nicholas.? This we should think extremely im probable, except the renunciation arose out of "ome such scheme as • that of the acquisition- of Turkey. Accident the thing cannot possibly be. We'have; indeed, heard a rumour, that the Em peror Alexander has been some time deranged, but we could trace the rumour to no source partaking in the least of authenticity. If it should turn out that there is any foundation for the rumour, the in sertion-in the Prussian Almanack might, probably Lave its origin in the circumstance. The death of Alexander,Ond another event generally believed yesterday, though nothing appears respecting it in the French papers of Sunday-=the dismissal of Villele—will probably have a most import autlnfluence on the fate of Europe. M. de Vil tele was . , by universal admission, peaceably .dis -posed; and, should he. be succeeded by a Mini sterof .4 different disposition, and should Con. stantine's warlike inclinations remain.unchanged, ne •may" not unreasonably anticipate hostilities in the East: Constantine is two' years 'younger - than the deceased Kutociat. He was born the.Stli "May; Alexander was born the 23d December, 1777. • The:- latter married, the 9th October, 1793 i Eli,zAeth (previously Louisa Maria Augusta), the third (laughter of Charles Lewis, Hereditary Prince of Baden, who brought him no offspring. Constantine married in 1796 a Princess of Saxe Coburg, from whom he was soon separated. In the Secret Memoirs of the court of Russia ; it is said that Constantine as So much more intent - on his militar than his conjugal duties, that he was seen discipline his soldiers in the Court of his Palace at five o7clock of the morning after his nuptials. His-young beautiful wife would seem to have had little re lish for this treattnent,and soon left him. Having been divorced by his • brother, he married, the May,lB2o,lane, Princess of Lowicz. [THE PUBLiC .- -LEDGER..] The death of the Emperor Alexander, of which intelligence reached 'tovvrrat a very early hour yesterday morning, is another terrific instance of the instability of human affairs. It is only a day or two since we were informed., he was prepar ing to review one of his armies, _preparatory, in all' - appearance to the -"accomplishment .of some grand- -scheme. of ' ambition ; and the very next advises inform us, that he is no more—cut -off, too, at an age, at which many 'persons are considered in their: prime. Of all .the Princes of his time, of the same rank, lie was consi dered as likely to be the longest liver ; for he took the greatest care, to improve, by •exercise and abstemiousnesg, a constitution naturally good. The mode of his death has not generally trans pired, ; nor is it exactly known who is his .suc cesaor, it being reported, that the Grand Duke Nitholas, contrary to the order of primogeniture,. was destined by Alexander to succeed him on the Throne. This arrangement, iNt has been contemplated, is likely to be contested by the Grand: i Duke Constantine, whose rights have been set aside ; and . thus, the illustrious subject of tli , ese remarks, WhilSt he flattered, himself that, he had taken the most judicious steps that toman prudence. could have seg.' gested, for providing for the,, ; tranquillity and progressive improiement. of the Empire after his death, may have left the Russians the fatal legacy of.a civil war—one of the most obstinate, foo,an - il sanguinary that ever scourged mankind. All tlieso persons who Were out of favour With Mei- . angler, will support the title. of Constantine ;' ill it addition to this support, the latter, we have al:ways understood, has ueen, in every instance, a great favourite with the artily,' in :Whose exploits he - has, for the most party shared, and with whose feelings- and . prejudices he is supposed) to sympathise, much more than. either of his brothers. Should our presentiments be verified, the ,consequences would be of incalculable importance to the whole civilized world, and fraught with disasters of the most appalling description to the Russian Em pire. Besides forcing that Power to recede to the point from which it started under Alexander, itiwould, to a moral certainty, have the effect of restoring Poland to the rank of an indepen dent ,nation. [THE TIMES.] We have really but little to add to-day on the perplexities of the Money Market, as the case presents no new featui-es. There are some evils or maladies which become. more bearable by be - - ing borne, it being always supposed that they are of such a nature that they do not weaken the patient ; and the present scarcity of money may be a malady of that description; at least our rea sonings of Monday morning on the probability of a suspension of cash payments were good for that day, no suspenSion having yet taken place ; and they may be goOd for to-day, if no new demand for coin spring up. The Bank will, no doubt, do every thing, in its power (acting on the emergency, we fear, and not from fore. thought) —but still it will do every thing in 'its power, under such circumstances, to avoid so fear ful a measure as the suspension of cash payments —a measure of which human wisdom could not see the result, or calculate the consequences. The Bank would not now And another House of Commons-, and more particularly as the Parliament is drawing to a close, capable of declaring that a one-pound note is equal in valne to a sovereign, though the latter should vanish from public view, and could not e be purchased clandestinely for less than the pound -note and five shillings. The price of uncoined gold has risen latterly, but is still not equal to the coined value. On Satur day it was at Si. 17s. 64d. per oz., the Mint price being Si. 17s. 10{d. The sovereign, therefore, would still buy up a trifle more than its va lue in bullion. As we stated in our Journal of yesterday; from the Parliamentary Return, the price of gold , antecedently to the stop page in 1797, was from 41. 2s. to 41. 4s. per ounce ; the uncoined'material, therefore, would at that.timo bay up the guineas, which be came more valuable ,by being melted. The Ex- Thange on Paris is, we believe, still about 50 centimes, or fiveapence in the pound in our favour. [MORNING POST.) The alarm respecting the solidity of Bankers in the Metropolis having subsided, efforts were made yesterday to excite other fears, and the Public were told with much apparent earnest ness, that it wag to be hoped that the Bank of England would not resort to the " portentous" measure of suspending cash payments, and that his Majesty had not yet been called upon to break the sabbath as in 1797, to authorise a pa per currency instead of cash. This attempt, how ever, to accredit a falsehood by pretending disbe lief, completely failed. It was known that far from 'any idea being entertained of driving gold out of circulation, orders had been sent to the Mint, and means had been adopted by tliat esta blishment to coin sovereigns with tenfold, ac tivity, and that the amount coined .every week for some time would fall little short of a .rpil lion. The " weak. invention of the enemy" recoiled upon its authors, and the restoration of public confidence continued to make rapid progress towards completion. In the coun try, although apprehension has' Lieen created by the failure of some Banks and the run upon others, yet general confidence is also reviv ing. The inhabitants of most of the con siderable towns have taken prompt and judi cious measures to support . public cre.dit, and in many places the Nooility and the 1;111(14, Gentry stand foremost in the declarations ; issued to secure that end. Into Scotland no portion of the alarm penetrated, owing in part, perhaps, to the character of the people, but still more to the excellent constitution of the Banks in that part of the island. The great ma• nufacturing and trading district of Lancashire, 1 where Bank of Engl a nd no t es an d s p ec i e p r i nc i• pally circulate, has been entirely exempt from panic. F.W T 131 Es The Old Times is perfectly desperate, and in its desperation , it becomes utterly shameless. After every other attempt to spread alarm, it raises the utterly unfounded cry of " Bank Restriction"! ! Thus it begins its misleading article of yesterday We really do not know under what state or condition of public credit we this day address the country Dark rumour and boding suspicions have certainly been in cir culation that the Bank of Enkland• would suspend its Cash. Payments, under a Council Order, of course ; and if such should prove to be the case, the portentous measure may per haps be announced or made known in the city, about the time that the reader takes into his hand to peruse these our state ments on the subject." These ten or twelve lines are 'quite enough to, startle and alarm the readers, if any such there be, who can believe a syllable that they read in the Times and when their fears are once wrought upon, the Journalist kndws well that all his modifying and qualifying phrases will not take out the sting. There still remains the phantom which has been conjured up-:-Bank Restriction.—To put an end to these shameless experiments on public credulity, we declare once for.all that they:are utterly without foundation. We say and we - say it on undeniable authority, that his Majesty's Go. vernment has never in the most distant manner contemplated any such - thing as a restraint on cash payments. No Order in Council on the subject has either been propoied'or medi tated. Nothing but extreme necessity could . justify such an Order; of that necessity there is not the most distant sha dow of .probability. The state of peace, the financial prospe rity, the activity of trade, the solid and substantial wealth of the country, the low market price of gold--all these are facts which show that the idea of a Bank Restriction at present is an absolute chimera, or a wicked' wilful invention to deceive and terrify the.public.- The Bank Restriction Act first took place in 1797, and we are reminded of that era, as if there were any point of resemblance between it and the'present time. " The early part of the year' 1797," says the biographer of Mr. Pitt, " was on many accounts the most gloomy period of Mr. Pitt's po litical life. The failure of the negociation for peace, cOm bined with other causes, some of the temporary, others of a • permanent nature, had materially affected the credit of the country. The Funds had sunk full 3 per Cent. beneath their lowest point of depression towards the close of the American war." (In 1781 they,were 54i ; in February, 1797, they were 0! • and in April following 48k.) Add to this, that there was an alarm of French invasion. There was a spirit of disaffection among.our seamen—the seeds of rebellion had been sown in Ireland- , --the two preceding harvests had been scanty—we had remitted a loan to,the, Emperor of AUSttia, and subsidies to our other. Continental Allies----:and finally the market price of gold was 41. is. an ounce, being six shillings and three half - - pence above the Mint price'. ,'The Times admits that there is not one point of similarity Woman the era.of 1797 and the pre sent time. Then why mentikl797 ? Solely to alarm, and to keep alive that panic, the consequences of which are so fatal to public prosperity, to private comfort, and to general security. [MORNING liERALD.] Letters from the country, received yesterday morning, were much less disastrous than were expected. The failure of one or two banks in Dorsetshire, connected with the house of 'Williams, are all that are spoken of. All the letters front Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Liverpool, are written in a very confident tone. It was not to be expected that in Lancashire there would be any material distress, they have no paper currency, and they now feel the advantage of being 'without it ; the runs upon all the banks in the country have been in every instance with small notes.; •the lower orders take the greatest alarm, and their exchanging single notes created more confusion and mischief in the different towns than all , the heavy demands of their more wealthy neighbours. It was a dull market at the Corn Exchange; and very little business was done. The buyers think prices will be lower, and the farmers are staunch in their demands. The markets of Saturday,. in Norfolk and Suffolk, were generally steady at the previous week's prices. —It is now said that the house of Wentworth will be obliged to go into the Gazette, that the son will not cut off the entail of the landed property. The creditors can only have the life interest of the. present Mr. Wentworth in this estate. In spite of the notice from the Exchequer Bill Office, that the interest would be risen to two pence a day, Exchequer Bills left off at 85 to 90 discount. The death of the Emperor of Russia had the effect of lowering Russian Stock abort 2 per cent., and Greek Scrip rose about the same. The market for Russian produce has not -experienced the slightest change.— A report of the resignation of M. Villele was very current, and that Chisteaubriand had succeeded to his porreftuille. [BRITISH PRESS.] The efforts to depress the Money Markets, and to prevent the restoration of confidence, continued with una bated zeal during yesterday ; and they will, we have no doubt, be increased, as the necessity for them evidently becomes more urgent, in consequence of the decline of the consternation that has for the last week so fearfully harassed the public mind. In the midst, however, of all these endeavours to aggravate the grievance of financial embarrassments, it gives us sincere sa tisfaction to be enabled to assure the public that the accounts from the country by yesterday morning's post were much more consolatory than could, under the present circumstances, have been expected. Loose rumours of failures of provincial bank. ing establishments were put forth, but they could not be be traced to any authentic source. A communication from the Treasury, relative to Exchequer Bills, was entrusted to Mr. Hase, the Cashier of the Bank - of England, and it was posted at an early hour at the Stock Exchange and Bank. It was to the following effect—that on and after the 19th instant (yesterday) all outstanding Exchequer Bills would bear inte rest at the rate of 2a. per diem.—. The British Funds were par ticularly heavy yesterday. A great quantity of stock that' has been offered for sale, we understand, is in the hands of the brokers, who, in many instances, are endeavouring to hold it to the account day, which, however, many will find a diffi culty in doing, in consequence of the scarcity of money. This circumstance had the effect of reducing the money price of Consols to 76, and the Reduced Annuities to a similar quota tion, whilst the Account bargains were done at 80i. Exche quer Bills were fluctuating between 405., 505., 605., and 70s. dis. After a variety of fluctuations, Consols closed at 79ii, and Reduced Stock at 76i. ENTERPRIZE STEAM-VESSEL. EXTRACT PROM LETTERS ARRIVED FROM CAPTAIN J. Ii JOHNSTONE OF THE ENTERPRIZE. CAPE TOWN, OCT. 15, 1825. DEAR SIR—I trust this letter will reach you in time to pre vent any anxiety on account of the Enterprize, and at once to relieve your mind • know that we all w e ll on b oar d , and have not experienced the slightest accident. Our detention has been occasioned by many circumstances, which will appear in the following narrative : At one o'clock on the 21st August, off the Benburgs, sent a bag of letters on board a Swedish brig, the master of which informed us he had been detained six weeks -off the coast of Portugal, by N.E. gales , a piece of intelli ge n ce t o us not at a ll agreeable as the wind had i then begun to bl ow f res h f rom t h e south, ' and this continued with a heavy swell from the west ward until the 26th. The following day at noon, in lat. 27. made sail and put out the fires, having worked the engines for eleven days without intermission. On opening the boiler we discovered a very slight incrustation, of the thickness of a wafer, on the bridges, and extending as low as the bars, with a little on the water casing. Every other part of the boiler was quite bright. No better proof can be required of the efficiency of the refrigirator ; and so silent and easy was the motion of the engine, that, but tar the occasional clackingg of the safety valve, the passengers would have forgotten theta Wes one on board. The trade wind soon moderated, and continued (ler light till the Ist of September. 1 was unwilling tolight my within the limits of the North East Trade, but, as it becante' quite calm, and we had only'made seven and a halt degreea in five days, though the ship sailed well, I got up the steam on the Ist of September, in latitude 3-9. 24., and we made good progress till the-3d, when we' had hard squalls from S.S.E., with a heavy southerly swell, which retarded our progress; this continued till the 6th, wheatheeVind came from W.S.W. and having reached the.Bth degree , of latitude, we once more extinguishedahe fires and made sail to the S.E., wind very mo derate till the Bth, when it came from S. by E. and blew a gale. I Not choosing to go back to the westward, I again set my steam, •and proceeded against this strong gale and heavy swell, at the rate of four and a half miles an - hour:- On the 11th the wind blew steadily from S. by W., I made:tail and close haul ed, with-a small top-gallant breeze ;`:. the vessel made 7 k no t s; the wind after felt very li g ht, but we Made St. Thomas's on the 17th. Had I not used coals let the N.E. trade, I should have taken a more direct coil - rat:from the S.W. extreme of Africa. At St. Thomas's I called , on the - Goy.eet.., Brigadier Dori Jose Maria Xavera de , f;iito, fronaaelaatarlie received everyasststance in watering the ship, and transpdati;bh e coals, nor would he suffer us to be at any expent e for the* assist epees or be subject to any port dues.'• His Excellency:lnd us the honour of dining with us on the 18th, with his suite.: we drank the health of his Majesty the King of Portugal :drat of our Gracious Sovereign was afterwards proposedby the Go verner,' and 'instantly a royal salute' commenced ~.from the Castle. On his Excellency leaving the ship, we niarthe yards and cheered him. He wee - received with every :m ark. respect, respeet, all "the passengers appearing in th e i r un if gr ans. left st: Thomas's under steam on the morning of tire 20th • Itnf; proceeded-due S.' to lat. 19—the wind blowing incessantly S.S.W. with 'a heayy:swell, and a current setting N. by- aiieatit the rate of If knotSqui hour. So that.-wirAl, current, and 5i3.14. operated against us at le ast two mike peMour ; and thougliwe were going seven knots per log, ava t 'idOs not make more than 125 miles frournoon to noon. . • . All this occurred in a rat. and len."% alwayttavoided•hy sail ing ships, on a ccount of th e ca l ms . .1 soonifilAd'egainst such winds'and tides it was necessaryao econornise'thetnel, that.we might always have sufficient; if becalmed, to move Into a breeze. I was' editions to reachthe Souttr-east Trades, which was likely to be the case at from 19 to 22 latitude, and in , longitude-6 . to 9 East. On the 11th we reached the point, and we made sail on the larboard tack, wind S., and came gradually up the sOuthern 'current of this Tradein lat. 26 lind long. 7 West of Greenwich. again used my steam for 38 hours to get into the westerly, winds. We then got 'light winds from the North. On the 9th October we Wad a double reefed topsail breeze, and for 20 hours went nine knnta. :On the 10th a return of it obliged to.brace sharp up, and we continued so until. the lqth, when we made Sal danha ; in the evening the•fires were li g ht e d ; at rnidnht we were off' Table Mountain ; but; as I thought the ini4ibitants of Cape Town would be disappointed if we anchbred in the hight,a , eoay too till the morning, and ran in as ''47out nine o'clock on the 13th. The signal had beetitilte *Wit we wele coming in, and Green Point was covered 'with Carriages and horsemen, and we sailed close round it, after if s steamed round the Bay, and received a saltre from the C"atle, which was returned 'brdroPping the ens*, and afterwaids -cheer ing, with the rigging manned. Although our passage has been much longer than was anticipated, we were received With much/demonstration: of joy; and some of the houses were illuminated at night. We sliall - 11.art on Tuesday the 18th, with every prospect of making the ma of our voyage Within the expected time ; for the. time hith er t o l ost by the necessity of economising coal may fairly, be estimated at 20 days. The remedy for this evil is evidently the establishing in termediate supplke, which..will be effected for the homeward voyage by send i ng 40'or 51a . chaldrons from this to St. Helena, and 1 shall call at 'Madeira fo r a f ur th e r supp l y, w h ere I in. vise you to place 50 chaldrons in readiness for me. No accident of any , kind has happened—both the engineer and builder de serve the highest encomiums. The ship sails like a witch, and the engine consumes but a few coals, about eight chaldrons per day. We steamed during 35 days, and we had two days' coals remaining. The speed of the vessel; unaided,by sails , is about to.9,knots in calm weathef and smooth water; with a mode rate breeze against her, 8 knots; . against a strong ,ga/e . and op posing high sea, 4-knota per hour ; in ; aairiaz by. the. wind Without steam end a sinarthreeze, 6 knots ; tip 'gallant breeze; • 7 ; with a wind free, &to 9. We hisraries , et half a fresh galein our favour. She would with it certainly ga 1,1 Lord Charles Somerset orderal a salute to be fired (*.our ar rival, 'and has.exerripted us from all port cliaastes.,.:4'he wily unengaged passenger here, Major Trotter, goes:on.with us ' .rFrotn the Cape Town Gazette-of ,Oct. 14; We have at length the pleasure to announce the 4afc:arrival: of the Enterprise steam-vessel,'Capt. Johnston, froth ,Gravea:: end the 3d, and Falmouth the .16th August., ..This interest ing event occurred at an • early hour yeSterday morning.— Signal. having been made .soon -after day-light,'. thpt she was standing into Table Bay, "a vast concourse; of-persons as sembled .on Green Point,, and at other places_efrom whence a view of the bay can he obtained. Tap : Wind ,being. light from • the southward and westward,' the areapel' Steamed to her anchorage in magnificent style, tinder 'salute 'from the Castle, which was returned by 'the tnterprise lowering and immediately re-hoistin g , h er co l ours ,: -and subsequently, on' passing near the shore, by marining'her tigging and giving three cheers. We cannot but congratulate the public upon this additional triumph of' art and idence over the elements ; for although the voyage has not been accomplished in the short period anticipated, yet we have every reason to suppose, that whatevehvants or defects may have Veen discovered, will be supplied or remedied in future ;. and we may confidently hope, that this mode of communicating With India will ultimately succeed 'to the extent of every reasonable expectation. We have been favoured with some particulars of the voyage. The greatest distance accomplished in any twenty-four hours, was 190 miles on the 10th October, performed not by steaming, but by sailing. The voyage occupied fifty-seven days, during only thirty-five of which the engines were employed, and three days were passed at anchpr at the island of St. Thomas. The pas sengers, we understand, speak in the highest terms of the ability of the Commander, the Engineers, and the crew of the vessel ; and we hear that no inconvenience arises from extraordinary heat, noise or motion. The accommodations are of the first description. COVENT GARDEN MARKET. The TRANSLATION of the PATENT of COVENT GARDEN MARKET, GRANTED by KING CHAS. the SECOND. CHARLES the SECOND, 14 the Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, tic. To all whom these present letters shall come, greeting : Know ye, that we of our especial grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, have given, granted, and by these presents, for us, our heirs, and successors, do give and grant to our well-beloved and faith ful cousin, William, Earl of Bedford, that he, his heirs and assigns, from henceforth for ever here after, shall and may have, hold, and keep a mar ket within the parish of St. Paul, Covent Garden, in our county of Middlesex, in a certain place there, commonly called the Piazza, near the church of St. Paul, Covent Garden, extending from the said Church towards the East four hundred and twenty foot of Assize, little more or less, and from the garden wall of the said Earl, there towards the North, three hundred and sixteen foot of Assize, little more or less, as - well within the rails there, as without, every day is week throughout the year, except Sundays, and the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord, for the buying and selling of all manner of fruit, flowers, roots, and herbs, whatsoever, and upon. these days for ever; together with all liberties and free customs, tolls, stallage, pick age, and all other profits, advantages, and emoluments whatsoever, to soap market any way belonging, appertaining, arising or coming, or with the same used, held, or enjoyed ; to have, hold, and enjoy the said market, and all and singular other the premisses above by these presents granted, or mentioned to be-grant ed to the said William, Earl of Bedford, his heirs and assigns, to the only proper use and behoof of him the said Earl, his heirs and assigns for ever, and that without any account or other rent to be rendered, paid, or done to us, our heirs or successors, for the same ; wherefore it is our will, and we do by these presents for us, our heirs and successors, command that the said Earl,-his heirs and assigns, by virtue of these presents, shall and may welt, freely, lawfully, and quietly have, hold, and keep for ever the market aforesaid, and all and singular other the premises afore. said, acording to the tenor and true intent of these our letters patent, without the molestation, disturbance, grievance, or con tradiction of us, our heirs or successors, or of any Sheriffs, escheators, bailiffs, officers, or ministers of us, our heirs or successors, or of any other whatsoever, and without any warrant, writ, or process from us, our heirs or. successors, here after in that behalf to be procured or obtained ; although no writ of ad quod dumnum, in this be half has issued, or any inquisition thereupon been taken or returned, or although express m ention of the yearly v a l ue , or cer t a i n ty o f the premises, or any of them, or of any other gifts or grants by us or any of our progenitors or predecessors to the said William Earl of Bedford, is not made in' these presents, or any statute, act, ordinance, proclamation, or restriction to the contrary here. fore had, made, set forth, ordained or provided, or any other cause, matter or thing, in any wise notwithstanding. -In witness whereof we have caused these our letters to be made patent.— Witness our self, at Westminster, the t+% elfth day :'"gf May, in the twenty .second year of our reign. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. UNION HALL. DOG-ST EAL Xll —Lart night, James Fleming was charged with being on the r rem i ses o f Willi am Mappleton i n the neigh bourhood of Vauxhall-walk, on Sunday last, with the intent of stealing a dog his property. The prosecutot stated that his dog had been stolen some weeks before for the purpose of fighting, it.returned literally torn to pieces ; the poor animal was pro. duced, it had lost one of its ears, one of its legs was broken and its chest appeared as ifcut open with a knife; having seen the prisoner lurking about, and knowing him fo be a dog fancier, he watched and caught him after getting over the wall. Mr. CHAMBERS told the prisoner it was fortunate he did not succeed in stealing the dog, as the law imposed a penalty of from 201. to 301. upon the offence ; but as it was proved he had entered the premises of Mr. Mapleton not having any business there, and not being able to give a good account of himself, he should be committed to Brixton for one month. Joseph Smith, William Jarman, and John. Palmer, three youths of promise, were brought up by Brewer, the constable of Brixton, under circumstances of the most convincing nature. Brewer stated, that the depredations in that neighbourhood were enormous, not a day passed without a complaint being made. Some houses in the neighbourhood having been recently broken open, he succeeded in tracing the footateeps to a shed where the three prisoners worked in a neighbouring field, and the foot-marks particularly corresponded with the shoes wore by the prisoner Smith. There was some wearing apparel upon them, which there is reason to think will be owned in a few days. Brewer stated that Smith had been only a few days out of Brixton, and that Jarman was a noted bad character. They were both remanded. Palmer , was permitted to go at large on his father becoming responsible for nis appearance when called for. Two labouring men, named Charutler and Dburett, were charged with having assaulted a mannamed Gaynor,: who was in charge of some premises at Norwood, occupied by a person named Suffolk. Chandler and Dow:sett who appeared. to have acted under the influence ' of theit''MaSter. who •' was • Mr. Suffolk's landlord acknowledged , having. committed the whole of the assault, hut eltpressed. their_ contrition at hav ing broken the peace, conceiving they :had a right to take pos session of the house during Gaynor's absence. The Magistrate (Mr. King; advised them .to reconcile matters, as they .were working men, and not loose time and money by going to law, as .that was a subject that required better heads than theirs to study.' .Gaynor, who at first required 51. to compromise the afikir, tinally agreed to take 205.: some litigious clown wile accom panied him had buoyed him up with the hope of taking home 101. or 15/. for his job. On Saturday, an unfortunate young female named Jane Harris, who resides in James-street, near the Co bourg Theatre, was brought up to Union-hall Office, from the watch-house; where she had been confined all night on a charge of robbery. A young man stepped forward, and stated that he was the person who gave the young woman in charge, for having as supposed robbed him of a pocket-book containing sixteen ten pound Bank of England notes. He had since found the property, having left it with a person who *as then in the office. He said he would make any reparation in his power for his mistake, and gave his name Mr. Redie • he also said, that lie met Harris at the Dolphin, on Lud ga te-hill, and accompaied her from there in a coach to her residence, upon his arrival, he missed his pocket-book, and gave her into custody, A waiter from the Dolphin attended with a watch and five and a half sovereigns which were left with his master by the complainant who was persuaded to take care of the property by the girl Harris. Air. Swaby, addressing Haris, 'said her honest behaviour did her credit, and that the plea of intoxication did not justify him in charging a woman with felony. Such conduct as it affected the liberty of the subject, could not be passed over by a mere apology. He had subjected himself to an action for titbit imprisonment, and it was fortunate forhini that the girl's circumstances and situation in life might incline her to accept an accommodation. Although an unfortunate girl, the Laws were framed to protect her as much as any Dutchess in the land. .1 LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis, is 10d. O r the 41h. loaf —there are ethers who sell from a halfpenny to twopence halfpenny below that rate. IMPORTATIONS OF GRAIN-LAST WE Et:. Epglish. Irish. Fureign• 2,982 4,212 1,190 26, U° U 3,335 . . 2,282 60355 Wheat Barley Malt Oats Rye . Beans Peas Tares Rapeseed Drank Mustard Seeds..., Linseed Flour 1,692 878 - 7,728 sacks - 1,477 185 490 ---- 155 SEEDS, Dec. 19. New Engl;6 R.Clover;pei ewt...63s 74s—fine —s Fls Old Ditto 4 • .25s 47s—fine :iri s :,4s New Foreign ditto —s —,—tine —s —5 Old ditto ditto... . 22s 40s—fine 42s 465 New Whiteditto s6s —s—fine 62s 76 1 . Old ditto ' 855 44s—fine 50$ 561 New Trefoil.. per cwt 25s 295-fine 34$ SEIs Old ditto ' ' 9s 15s—fine las 4" New Ribgiass ‘ —s--s—fine --s —4 Old ditto • 24s 30s—fine 33$ 3 " English Carraway Seeds Foreign ditto Coriander do. •. St.Foin....per q! Rye-Grass • . Paeey ditto 1 '''''''''''''"'''''''"''"'"'''''"''""'""'''''""'" S :41:1:: S4s 36s—fine 401' ..5 Linseed fur feedin g .' ' 26s 32s—fine 94 .' Ditto, fur Crushi ng • 2Bs 32s—fine 36 4 . Ciliary Seed 76s 80s-old 77s /3 "". White Mustard Send. , per bushel.... 14s—fine 905 l'" Brown ditto les iss—fine gt Turnip Seeds - 12s Iss Od.—fine I" 'fares Ss 5s —new 71 " • Rape Seed ....per last l NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS, Dec' °' By the Carcase. .. Of . • Beef 3s O i l t o 4s 44 ! Veal 4s Od tt , ;,. ,„, Mutton ..... as ad t o 4 s 4d Pork 4s oil to 6 9 " Lamb, Os ad to Os d 0: SMITH4IELD HAY MARKET, Dec. 17. of Clover, O. toOs Odd to l tOs Od Hay, Old 90s Od to o ,j —1nf..... 81 - s Od to ) 7 s 6d —N ew I n f . 6 5c O d to 85'j —s od to —sod Straw ..., 36s Od to 4°' ST. JAMES'S. Flay 6Ss Od to 105 s Od Clover .... flits Oti to Act Nev Ditto —s Od to —5 Od Straw ....33s Od to 401' WHITE:CHAPEL. Clover ....90s Od t o 120 s Od. - 1 Hay 7Ol Od to 10 - s , Straw .... 36s od to 42s Od I Inferior —s O i l to " PRICE OF HOPS, per Cwt., Dec. 19. Kent Pockets - l6l O s to 17 1 lOs to 18 1 iSs pe, , cwt., Sussex Pockets 151 lOs to 161 lOs to 171 Os per r. Essex Pockets • l6l Os to 171 Os to 181 os per r‘ of Farnham, fine.... 241 Os to 261 Os—Seconds, 211 0s to e 4 ' t Kent Bags Sussex Bags . t . Essex:Bags 161 Os to 1;1 Os to —I 05 P r ' _...., RAW HIDES. a Best Hei fens & Steers, p e r s t. Ordinary .... 2, od to es Od 2s 9d to as 0.: Market Calf .. each.. 9' ~d Middlings 2s 4d to 2s 6d L am b s.... 05 O d to 0 9 ' SHEEP SKINS. „ od . i Polled Downs . 35 Od to as 6d Lamps 2s od to es PRICE OF LEATHER. eld Best Dressing{ Hides per lb NO to ~ t i Common Hides Crop'Hides, .n. 5 to :381bs for cutting lsd tn ''', isi, Ditto .... 40 lo 45 1 bs Ditto .... 45 to solbs' Calf Skins...?.s to 40Ibs d Ditto 45 to 551bs 211773ddd ° t ti (-°' : 32:: jlt Od Ditto 5.5 to 751bs 22 dto - Small Seals (Greenland) 19d to ' Large ditto 'farmed Horse Hid es 10 4 1 to 1- 18 d Spanish Horse Hides • l 3d to _..... PRICES OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 1121b.—Dec' 164, Towu Tallow 45s Od —s Od J Yellovi Soap e2 , Yellow Russia 38s Od —s Od Mottled ................ pgs White ditto.. 4ls opt ad Curd ...... soap ditto.... 37s Od —s ad Graves gs Nieltiug Stun —s Od Good Dre g s ......... - Od Ditto Rough.. 92s Od —s od PRICE OF CANDLES, FROM TALLOW C HA NULEfeS II4 * Price of Candles, per dozen, 6s 6d a NIOUidS, ee fitl per dozen allowed for ready money. • PRICE OF RAW FAT, per Stone of 816.—P I ec• Price, of Tallow (as stated by the 'Tallow Melters), COAL MARKET, DEC. 19. Adair'_ . ,s 36s—Burdon, 36s 6d—Charlotte 36s—Cos t 38s 6d—Dean's Primrose, 36s 3d—Eighton 'Moor, 355--- r th, ton, 38s—Hehburn 38s—Holywell, 38s—gi1lin to 38s 9d—Liddel's Main, 34s—Ord's Redhugh, 34s —r 6d—Shipcote, 34s ield or 37s " d P Townley, 36 383 s 6d—Willington,„ 39s •6d Tant —Walls M En o d Bri ; ir gi and Co. 41s 6d . to 43s—Walls End Burraton, 37 8 - 1114 r 5 N , Green's, 36s—Walls End Hotspur, 37s Wall's Li * tl March, 39sWalls End Northumberland,'37B 6d--LIV 3115' 405 small, 40s—Hetton's small, 22s 3d L 1 ton r ) small, 245--Hartley, 41s—Fawcett Main, 36s.6d—Lyo n !Z e irs' ' —Lamtiton Primrose, 37s—Nesham Main, 37s 6,1— ' 11 ;, - pb , Lyon's, 40s 3d—Walls End Hatton, 43s —Walls Llnd ... it __ • ton, 43s—Walls End Stewart's, 435-.--Ships at market, 0 0 Ships sold, 64 #.--Unsold, 13i. rvl, e POTTERY GENI 4 IIAL _SAVINGS BANK. -1 di nual meetirig of the trustees and managers of thiS useful o iri a - er , tution was held at ;the Receiving Room, Hanley, bY, ad i i, , et ig-,, ment'from the 7th, on Thursday the 15th inst. Josiah ';esc wood, Esq.. in. the Chair. Thp report gave .a pleasing that the growing prosperity of the establishment; and stat e „ t he' the .suni. of 5,4661. deposited by 2.1 g depo.itors durinf'o. year, had been inv es t e d i n t h e B an k o f E ng l an d, on Go: sr,. ment securities. Thank s were vote d to t h e fi rm of " Knnersly and Sons " for the very liberal manner in of m respectable balling -house had transacted the bi.Ls.n ) . the institution ; and a l so t o J o h n Rid gway, E sq . for L"' fatigable in exertions in its beh a lf. OTTE/tY mee t OF'COMMERCE.-A t hs' ing of the Gen era l C omm i ttee o f t hi sy was held.3l:sze. Wheat Sheaf Hotel, in St o k e , on Th urs da y sennight, R. venson, Esq. (the D e p u ty Ch a i rman ) i n t h e Ch a i r . A P.' . o ur Sidon was made fo r sen di ng a p et i t i on to P ar li ame nt, in t should on 0 f come theproposed rboeptio)sreedtli; Act e ct British oi of the Birmingham and Liverpool Railway, whenever th.ers, regulation of the sizes and count of Earthenware, was tu e- e Uf sunned, and a special Committee appointed, in fertile that important measure. arelianamtee.nt,The further co,stroi for the more.eten- On the 28th of October,BlßT at Ant H igua, Mrs. Joshua gerlti .sht of a daughter. NW' On Saturday, the 17th inst., i n B urton-crescen t, Mrs , ' well Hyslop, of a (laughter. . __..,--# RR TED. of c a r)" On Friday, the 16th inst., A at Brixton, Mr. Carrick , berwell, to Miss Evan 4, of the same place. johr On Saturday, the 17th inst., at Wanstead Church, 3 1 ,_r• r Walton, of Canonbury-square, to Eliza, eldest daugate William Walton, Esq., of Wansread. DIED. On the Bth inst. i%ir. John iV a lton, Kingslancl-cr esc e nt' Pt' Kingsland-road, in the 81st year of his age. nift°Tl+" t." On the 15th inst., at hi s h ouse , Ch ester - p l ace , Kent"„ - 6 1 John Rutherford, Esq., l a t e o f t h e S toc k E xc h ang e, in year of hnday, is age. eCtf • On Sunday, the 18th inst.; a t h e r h ouse i n Abinglon -s ' Mrs. Dorothy Smith, in the 71st year of her age. --e Printed and Publi s h e d f or t h e P ROPRIETORS, a t ti '6 s v 7 4, OFFICE, No. 112, Strand, by J. B. CARsralits-