The Sun. — London, England, 1834-01-13 00:00:00

British corn amounted to one-sixth and rather more of the corn imported from foreign parts and from Ireland, from the year 1772 to the year 1815. The export was comparatively small, but it kept the home growth sound, for no branch of home industry can be in a whole some state, where, by operation of law, its pro duce cannot be exported. This is peculiarly so in the case of corn, for if Great Britain and Ire land can grow enough, or nearly enough, to maintain the population in middling seasons, they must grow a great deal too much in abun dant years. But the effect of the restraining laws Since 1815 has not only been to deprive the home grower of the foreign market, but it has further been to promote the importation of foreign corn. A high price in Great Britain, which al ways exists, from the increasing demand of an in creasing population for food, if suffered to operate abroad as it does at home, would always insure a preference to the home grower in the home Market, but being prevented so to operate, the higher the price is, it enables the more distant foreign grower to come into competition with the nearer foreign grower, and all to come into competition with the British grower in the home market, whereby his growth is progressively diminished, while theirs is progressively increased• This consequence does not rest upon inference. We have evidence of the fact. In the year 1823, when the plentiful harvest of 1820 and 1822 brought down the price of corn to a natural price, the number of places abroad from whence w e imported corn was only nine ! whereas in the year 1 830, the number of places abroad from f 'whe or nce we impo r t e d corn was t wen t y -f our !! the evidence of which two facts we refer to Parliamentary Paper, 1832, No. 408, and 1833, No, 89 . Mr. JACOB and Mr. HODGSON, wh o were examined before the Agricultural Committee of last Session, state that the British farmers cannot afford to store, and that the dealers now speculate only in foreign grain, which is another necessary con,e quence of the present laws, and thus, after a plen tiful season lik e t h e last, the British ' farmer is obliged to bring his grain to market at a low price, and to lower the price by the very quan. tity he brings; when, after the quantity which British farmers have to bring to market has been exhausted, the price rises, and the increased price goes into the pockets of the dealers in foreign grain, and not into those of the British grower. It thus appears how the present Corn Law injures the British farmer ; and in a former number we showed how its consequences are now about to reach with terrible effect the British landowner. We have received a letter from Paris, in which it is stated that there is a deficiency of seventy_ five millions of francs in the French budget. The same letter informs us that Ministers are not at all satisfied with the address of the Chambe r of Deputies. It was generally believed that M. rOUPIN would again be asked by the KING to accept a seat in the Ministry. The German papers last received confirm the preceding accounts as to the determination of the German rulers to destroy the little liberty of the press which still exists in Germany. The mode of doing this is to be settled at the ap proaching Congress. We direct the attention of our readers to an article of old date, but of much interest, from the frontiers of Prussia. ''hey will see from it that an attempt is making to detach France from her alliance with us, by promising her the advantages which the absolutists imagine would result from an adoption of a, general exclusion of British manufactures from the Continent. The idea is absurd, but it exposes the views of the Allied Sovereigns. France knows • her interest too wellato make common cause with despots against .the only country that has at once the power and • the desire to assist her. The LORD CHANCELLOR received a mes sage, at about eleven o'clock, this morning, in Court, from Earl GREY, requesting his Lord ship's attendance at a Cabinet Council to be held to-day. 'e have given elsewhere an account of a meeting at Bath to promote the formation of a railroad between Bristol and Bath, Reading and London. To the inhabitants of Bath and the landowners of the vicinity, this undertaking must be of vast importance, for it may be ex pected very shortly to double the value of their property. We see it is estimated that the time occupied in the journey to lUth will, on the completion of the railroad, be four hours and a half, instead of upwards of twelve hours. The vast public benefit to be derived f rom suc h works it i s i mpossible to ex aggerate, an d i t i s their general undertaking a t t assurance that the the , s• that affords us our rot, present mom en t gent time is favourable for a great change in the poor laws, and that the people will till information has been Spread upon the s u bj ect g , without attemptin by forc e to break dow n th e barrier which the corn law s h ave raise ' them and plenty. Profitable einplo d between whll yrnent west ill an immediately be found for thousands impetus will b e g i ven to t h e industry of hundred s of thousands. • We have hopes, too, that Wh en it is seen by the landowners in the neighbour hood of great towns that rents do not fall by the facilities of bringing food to those town s being increased, even the Squires of Bucking. hamshire will begin to perceive that their pros petit), depends upon that of their customers, ,hat their land may be valuable for other purposes, iesides that of raising wheat, and that there is no tecessary connection between monopoly and vealth. In connection with this subject, we may refer 0 a meeting which took place on Friday, at Nindsor, for the purpose of supporting the . ailwaY proposed to be formed between London nd that town. There seems to be a contest )repariug between the London and Bristol, and he London and Windsor Companies. The orrnerdesire to go direct from IVlillbank through leading to Bath. It being considered certain that Parliament will not allow two parallel or crossing lines of railroad to the west, the Windsor Company want the Bristol people to come through Windsor, before going to Reading. At present the London and Bristol Company appear to have the advantage, for we see it was announced at the Bath meeting, that 8,000 of the 10,000 shares were subscribed for, and an additional 700 were taken at the close of the meeting. The sinews of war appear to be not quite so abundant with the rival Com pany. On the relative merits of the two plans we do not presume to pronounce any opinion, but whichever is adopted, the advantage to the public cannot but be great. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, JAN. 11.—Wind S.W., squally. JAN. 12.—Wind S. S. W., strong breezes. —Arrived from the river the Llandovery, White, and Alexander, Murray, for Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 11.—Wind S.W., to S.S.E. JAN. 12. S.S.E. to S.W. squally.—Arrived the Mary Hall, Horwood, from Terceira ; and Magdalen, Ballot, from the Canaries. PLYMOUTH, JAN. D.—Wind S. to S.S.E., heavy yesterday and to-day.--Arrived the Concord, Leggos, from Tarragona ; Margaret, Youens, from Memel; and Mary Bulwer, Conner, from Newcastle, leaky, bound to New York. FALMOUTH, JAN. 10.—Wind W.S.W. to S.W., strong breezes and squally. JAN. D.—Wind S. W. to S., strong gales and squally.--Arrived the St. Antonio da Ferra, from Ca minha ; Commerce, from Alicante; and Water Witch, Reynolds, from Cork, with three and a half feet water in her hold, loss of boat, bulwarks, &c., having been struck by a sea bound to St. Michael's. Put back, the Lord Melville, for Halifax. STANGATE CREEK, JAN. I:l—Arrived the Midas, Warren, from Taganrog; Britannia, Lightfoot; and Neptune, Bristow, from Trieste; Anna, Casson, fron Carbonerar ; Sisters, Royal, from Tarragona; and Express, Wells, from Gibraltar. MARGATE, JAN. la—Arrived off port the Surrey, Kemp, from Bombay, sailed Sept. 4. GREENOCK, JAN. 10.—Sailed the Bengal, Ritchie, for Bengal. DARTMOUTH, JAN. D.—Arrived the Eliza, Follet, from Galipoli ; and Cherub, Blake, from Oporto. TOPSHAM, JAN. 11.—Arrived the Two Brothers, Duke, from St. Michael's. BRISTOL, JAN. 11.—Arrived the Morven, Mitchelo, from Carthagena. MILFORD, JAN. 11.—Arrived the Concord, from Swansea, leaky, and cargo shifted ; bound to London. LIVERPOOL, JAN. IL—Arrived the Chatham, Robertson, from Demerara; Choctaw, Foster, from Savannah; Henry, Longmuir, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; Challenger, Newman ; and Ninus, Read, from Lisbon. Off port Susque sannah, from Philadelphia ; Charlotte, Langan, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; and Oporto, Martin, from Oporto. Arrived the Belmont, Simpson; and John, Croall, from Demerara; the Heron, from Balhua to Liverpool, is wrecked in Killola Bay. The Rusco Castle, Murray, from Cardiff; was on shore in the Dardanelles, 11th ult., but expected to be got off: The Onyx, Brown, from Odessa, was driven on shore in the Bosphorus during a violent gale, 26th ult., and it is feared the crew was drowned. The Six Sorskende, Peluston, from St. Petersburgh, is wrecked on the islands of Stormskar. The Wharf, Brettaired, from Yoole to Hamburg, is on shore in Scherborn. Cargo discharging. COUNTY DEVON ANTI-TITHE MEETING. EXETER, JAN. 11.—Our tithe meeting went off with great spirit yesterday, and the event justified the anticipation, as all the three county members present found themselves opposed to the meeting, on what the latter deemed a vital point. The assemblage may be fairly stated at about 3,000—a considerable number for the season of the year—and it was generally ad mitted that the major part consisted of the leading yeomanry of the county. Many came upwards of forty miles to attend the meeting, and, on the whole, the business was conducted with the utmost spirit and animation, though there was a little too much asperity in the way in which the old favourites were treated. The requisition to the Sheriff had been signed by 2,160 names—an almost unprecedented number—and most of the leading gentlemen of the county were either actors or specta tors at the meeting. As soon as the Sheriff (J. Quick, Esq.) had opened the meeting, he read a letter from Lord John Russell, explanatory of the reasons which kept the Noble Lord from his consti tuents, and which were understood to be the pressure of busi ness in the Cabinet, and a fear that if he should have at tended, any declaration that he might happen to make on the subject as a County Member, would be taken as the dictum of a Cabinet Minister. The cause assigned for the Noble Lord's absence was deemed perfectly satisfactory by the meeting, and the business then proceed in the usual manner. Mr. HAMLYN proposed the petition, which was condemna tory of the tithe system, which the petitioners stated to be " at variance with the dictates of reason and the principles of justice, and most oppressively grievous, in cases that fre quently occur, where the value of the whole crop will not clear the expense of raising it." The petition prayed that " the tithes migilt be permanently computed on the basis of supposing the tithe owner the tenth joint-proprietor of the soil." The Hon. Gentleman spoke at some length in favour of the petition. Sir H. P. DAVIE, Bart., seconded it; and Mr. PARhorr, M.P. for Total., atbly followed on the same side. Capt. BULLER, R.N., of Whimple, moved an amendmqpt, the object of which was to get rid of the specific clause of the petition for commuting the tithe to a tenth of the land. He maintained that the only party that would be benefited by the abolition of tithes was the landowner ; and, on the ground of common honesty, he could not permit any meeting of landowners to dictate to the Legislature what the commuta tion should be. Above nine-tenths of the meeting were op. posed to this view of the question ; and the amendment, which was seconded by Mr. Divett, M.P. for Exeter, was negatived by a most overpowering majority. As soon as the amendment was negatived, the meeting be came anxious to learn the views of the three county Members who were then present, Lord Ebrington, Mr. Fellows, and Mr. Bulteel, and all expressed their opposition to the petition adopted, on account of the specific clause, and each was as sailed by all the uproar, and clamour, and opposition which usually accompanies the avowal of the unpopular sentiment in popular assemblies. They were all evidently surprised at the reception they met with. The speeches on either side were comparatively meagre, and the meeting was only characterised by one interesting and al. most universal feature—the most unqualified expression of de termination to get rid of the system altogether if the legislature did not speedily amend it. THE FUNDS.---(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The French papers state that, if they are well informed, the Minister of War will, immediately after the representation of the address, bring to the Chamber of Deputies the various projects of laws prepared during the interval of the sessions, relating to the department of war; among these projects is one for the organizing of the army of reserve. Letters from Toulon of the sth January state that part of the squadron in the Levant have received orders to return to Toulon, and that which is under Admiral Hugon is expected daily. THE FUNDS. We have several arrivals this morning of foreign mails, with information from the Peninsula, France, and the East. Ac cording to accounts from the former, several provinces begin to be displeased with the Queen, and demand a Constitutional Government. This looks like another revolution on the eve of taking place in Spain. The information from the East is of an uncertain description. Consols, which left off on Saturday at 89 % for the Account, opened at the same price this morning, with nothing doing as yet. HALF-PAST ONE. We are without any further arrivals. Since the early part of the morning, there is an arrival from Bombay about four days later than the last accounts. No papers have yet been re ceived, nor do we hear it brings any news of importance. Consols have turned heavy, and have been done at 89 for the Account; at present they arc 8.9 - In the Foreign Market there is but little doing. Dutch Stock, 49 % ; Portuguese, 56 14 ; and Spanish, 23 to %. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Account 898. 8 'INGLIS/1 OPERA.—The workm en com mence op era ti I ne tidin g d, trials which eviee expected to rise very fast, the wind being One of t 1 i 0 in th: most remarkable of the criminal zurred in this country took place in was arraigned for ta.e.entury, when Mr. James Stewart The deceased and the accus f e olio Stewart in the murd ' e u r i ng and abetting Allaa Breck as the respective clans of thdeCampbell, of Glenure. moved in good society, and, aatz!kells and the Stewart, had long been at enmity, th e op as a party matter ; and to r attedeextreme penalty, thi. 4 WI: igsenbeerlaielvlyedtatkheant James Stewart, though he suffered was innocent of any connivance in the Which:Tear character cutfistances of a very romantic and myste e_d.. Many cir were connected with the murder, is little doubt, was perpetrated by Allan Breek, who a l e , nded. We are glad to see that Mr. Gleig, the c lebrate"a of " The Subaltern," has taken the subject for d a noon]' which, especially in his bands, can hardly fail to be one ' of fixing interest. COURT OF CHANCERY-(THIS DAY. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat today at ten o'cloe: at his Court at Westminster. His Lordship looked *ell. IN RE LORD WARD. Mr. JACOB stated that he had an application to make to his Lordship, relating to some infant wards, in a case which had been heard in private before the Christmas vacation, but that he did not know whether it might be his Lordship's plea. sure to hear it in his private room. Mr. JAuEs said it was only in Lord Ward's case, and that Mr. Jacob could state it in his place at the bar. Mr. JACOB stated that the Court, after hearing lengthened discussions, had ordered that there should be a substitution of the next friend; that that arrangement had been commu. nicated to the gentleman who had been proposed, and in fact appointed; that he had considered it his duty to take upon himself the office, but that it was necessary the minutes should be drawn up with the record amended by the insertion of that gentleman's name ; that the other side having declined to draw up the order with the recorded so amended, the infants now applied through him their next friend for leave themselves to draw it up. The Registrar had a doubt whether he could deliver out the minutes to that gentle. man, he not being regularly before the Court, without his Lord ship's special order. Mr. JAMES said this was one of the strangest applications that had ever been made to the Court. It was, in point of fact, an application made by Solicitors in Essex street, to have the conduct of this suit. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought it right that he should state fairly that he did not mean to sit to argue a question between two sets of Solicitors. All he had to do was with the parties, and if Mr. M`Donald was appointed the next friend, he must choose his own solicitor. Mr. JAmEs could not understand how anything heard in his Lordship's private room could have reached the ears either of Mr. M`Donald or of the Essex.street solicitors. There was another suit in which Mr. Mackenzie was the next friend. The LORD CHANCELLOR said if there was not the con• sent he should refer it to the Master. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL had not his brief with him, but his clients were before him, and he was instructed to say that the whole matter was under arrangement, and that it was hoped it would be brought to a conclusion satisfactory to all. The LORD CHANCELLOR then directed that it should stand over till Saturday. He hoped the parties would agree cn the course to be taken; it would be infinitely better for them to do so. If it should be necessary to mention it again, it had better be mentioned in the private room. The Court proceeded to hear causes. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) His HONOUR this morning resumed his sitting, and took pe. titions in the general paper. IN RE SEYMOUR'S CHARITY Mr. PEMBERTON stated that this was the petition of Lord Carrington, which was presented under one of Sir Edward Sugden's Acts; and it prayed that the Master might be ordered to cause two successive advertisements to be inserted in the London Gazette, and in such newspapers as circulated most extensively in the county of Bucks, calling on the representa tive of the surviving trustee of the charity in question to come in and prove his title within twenty.eight days, and in default of such appearance that other fit and proper persons might be appointed new trustees of the charity estates. In 1679 the charity was founded by Sir Edward Seymour, in Lum. ley Marsh, and he conveyed his lands, situated in that parish, to five persons mentioned in the deed, and their heirs, in trust, to apply the rents and profits towards the maintenance of cer tain alms people, to be from time to time nominated by the founder, his heirs or assigns. The almshouses had been esta blished soon after the death of the testator, and the rents and profits were applied to the support of the proper objects of the charity; but it did not appear that any trustees had ever been appointed since the original trustees under the foundation deed had died ; the consequence was that there was now no person in whom the legal estate was vested. In 1809 Lord Carrington purchased the estates, and had since been in the habit of administering the charity. The present petition was now presented in order that the heir-at-law of the surviving trustee not presenting himself after the insertion of the advan tages directed by the Act, the Master might be directed to ap. point new trustees of the charity. His HONOUR granted the prayer of the petition . VICE CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) His Honour the VicE.Citaisrceu.oa took motions to-day. SIR WILLIAM KEPPEL AND OTHERS V. HARFORD, BAILEY AND OTHERS. The Court was occupied the greater part of the morning with the part-heard motion on behalf of the defendants in this case, the object of which was to have the names struck out of the record as plaintiffs to the bill. The plaintiffs and de fendants are shareholders in a railway in Monmouthshire, called the Trevil Railroad. The defendants some time since had erected a railway of their own, and discontinued to use the Trevil Railway. The plaintiffs filed a bill for the purpose of preventing the defendants using the railway they bad erected, in which they made the defendants as shareholders co-plaintiffs. On application to the Lord Chancellor in the long vacation his Lordship granted an injunction, restraining the defendants from making use of their railway, and a motion was now peed. ing to dissolve that injunction. The only object, however, of the present motion was, the removal from the record as plaintiff's the names of the defendants. His HONOUR, after hearing Counsel at considerable length on the first day of term, and again today, dismissed the motion with costs. COURT OF KING'S BENCH,-(THIS DAY.) Shortly after the sitting of the Court, the Master promul gated a series of new rules which had been agreed to by the Judges of the Courts of King's Bench, Exchequer, and Com- MOl4 Pleas, for the future guidance of practitioners. The LORD C►ticy JUSTICE then observed that certain rules had been drawn up by the Judges upon the subject of plead ing, but they could not yet be formally promulgated; they would be so however during the Term. He then adverted to a circumstance which the Court deprecated. A person named Cooper had sent affidavits and letters to the Judges requesting a new trial ; the Court could take no notice of such a mode of application; if the party wished for a new trial he must make it in the usual way. FAWCETT V. CASH. This was an action brought by a clerk against his master to recover wages, upon a written agreement between them. It was tried at Guildhall during the sittings after the last Term, and a verdict found for the plaintiff; giving the defendant leave to move topnter a nonsuit. The SOLICITOR -GENERAL now moved to set the verdict aside and to enter a nonsuit. He stated that the action was a very.vexatious one, for a difference occurred between the par ties, who were Quakers, in January, 1833, and the plaintiff went immediately and employed an attorney, but for which circum. stance the matters in dispute might easily have been arranged. The question was whether the action could be maintained in the shape in which it had been brought. It was only on the first count, which charged a contract of hiring for a year from the sth of March, 1832. That contract was to this effect, that the plaintiff should receive 121. 10s. per month for one year, and afterwards to be increased until the salary should amount to 180/. a year; the time it would take to reach the latter sum would be four years. The Solicitor. General submitted that that agreement did not bind the parties conditionally for a year, because, if it did, it would equally bind them for four years. It must mean that it should continue until reasonable notice was given to either party. The dismissal took place within the first year, viz., in January, 1833, up to which time the wages were ',aid. If, as was the most probable, the hiring was monthly, even then the plaintiff could not recover, because he brought the action before a month's salary was due. The Learned Counsel submitted that the first count, viz., the hiring for one whole year, was not supported by the evidence and by the contract. Their LORDSHIPS delivered their judgments seriatim, and expressed their opinion that the evidence did support the count alleging the contract for one whole year, and that therefore the verdict must stand. CROOK V. JADIS. Sir JAMES So, Run moved for a new trial or for a non suit in this case. It was an action brought by the holder of a bill of exchange for 5001., drawn by the defendant on, and accepted by the late Lord Foley. It was alleged, on the part of the defendant, that the plaintiff had given no consideration for the bill, and in answer thereto evidence was adduced to show the consideration. In the course of the evidence, it appeared that the only prosecution for payment was made by the notary's clerk, who presented it at Messrs. Drummond's, the bankers, after banking hours, and when the clerks had left, viz., between six and seven o'clock, and that the answer given by the clerk who was left there to receive notaries, gave an answer "no orders." He (Sir J. Scarlett) had objected to that presentment as not valid, and the Lord Chief Justice took a note of the objection. He now submitted, on the authority of the only cases he had found bearing upon the question, that that presentment was not a valid one. In the case of Bark v. Gordon, 7th East, p. 185, which was precisely in point, viz., the presentment of a bill after banking hours, after the banking-house was shut up, and when all the clerks had gone, Lord Ellenborough and Judges Grose, Lawrence, and Le Blanc, nonsuited the plaintiff: They held that a party was bound to present the bill during business hours, and when there were persons ready to pay, but that if it were not presented until after business hours, and when it could not be paid, it would open a way for a party to fish for the dishonour of a bill, to order to bring an action upon it. A person was always left in the banking.house after the business Wars, merely to give an answer to notaries, but there was no person left to pay money. Sir James cited other cases upon the same subject, and upon those authorities he submitted that a presentment of a bill after banking hours at the banking-house was not a rated presentment ; and that, therefore, the plaintiff should be nonsuited. Their LORDSHIPS thought the question one of very great importance, and they would converse with some of the other Judges before they delivered their judgment upon this point. Sir JAMES SCA KLETT then took two other objections to the verdict, which, he thought, entitled him to a new trial. The first was, that the bill came into the plaintiff's hands under ctcumstances of such sdspicion that he was not entitled to sue upon it, the defendant not having received any consi deration for it. The second was, that the Lord Chief Justice had laboured under some misapprehension in the mode in which he left the case to the Jury, viz., whether it was proved that the plaintitthad been guilty of grass negligence in taking the bill in the way in which it appeared he did. The Learned Counsel adverted to the evidence, bearing upon those two points, and submitted that as regarded them he was entitled to a new trial. The . CoußT, as regarded the two latter points, refused the rule COMMON PLEA S.-(THIS DAY.) The Court sat this morning shortly after ten o'clock, when the new rules adopted by the fifteen Judges of the three Courts of Common Law, pursuant to the provisions of the Uniformity of Process Act, were read by one of the Officers of the Court. The CIIIEF JUSTICE communicated to the Bar that new rules had been prepared and signed by the Judges, in conformity with the provisions of an Act, passed in the last session of Par liament, for altering and amending the laws of pleading, but that these rules would not be promulgated until they had been first submitted to Parliament, after which they would come into operation and full force at law. ACEBAL V. LEVY. The CHIEF JUSTICE delivered the Judgment of the Court iii this cause, discharging the rule nisi for a new trial, which had been obtained and argued in the course of last Michaelmas term. DEAN V. HOED. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover compensation in damages for an assault and battery. The circumstances of the cast were as follow :—" The defendants had.engaged the Adelaide steam packet for a trip to Richmond and Twickenham, but the plaintiff and a friend bad been ad mitted on board as passengers by the Captain, and refused to leave the vessel when desired by the defendant's party, and the consequence was, the assault for which the present action was brought, and for which the plaintiff had obtained a verdict, damages, 101. In the course of last Term a Rule nisi for a new trial had been obtained by Sergeant SPANKIE, on behalf of the de fendants, on the ground that they had such a possession of the vessel as to justify the removal, by force, of any trespasser. Mr. Sergeant WILDE, for the plaintiff, showed cause against the Rule in the course of last Term, and this morning The Cu lEF JUSTICE delivered the judgment of the Court. The question in this case was, whether the defendants had such a possession of the vessel as to justify them in removing from it the plaintiff by force. On looking at the terms of the letter addressed by the owners of the vessel to the defendants, there could be no doubt that the latter were entitled to the possession and full enjoyment of the vessel free from the intrusion of any stranger; and that if the Captain ad mitted, as be had done in this instance, a stranger, an action would lie against the owners for a breach of contract, and the defendants would be entitled to compensation in damages. But, on looking at the whole of the facts in evidence, the Court was of opinion there was not such a possession in the defendants as to justify the removal of the plaintiff by force; and the Court, therefore, would not disturb the verdict, which in their judgment, met the justice of the case. The COURT also gave judgment in several other cases, which, however, were entirely destitute of public interest. 110ADLEV V. MACLEAN. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by the plaintiff, a coach-builder, against the defendant, Colonel Sir Archibald Maclean, to recover the sum of 2001., for a carriage built by the defendant's order. The cause was tried before the Chief Justice, in the sitting after last term, and a verdict had for the plaintiff. It appeared that the defendant had, in the first instance, ordered a coach, for which he agreed to pay 3001., but he subsequently changed his mind, and ordered a splendid Landaulet, but without any stipulation as to price. The Landaulet was finished, and a bill sent in for it to the amount of 4861. A verdict was returned for the amount claimed by the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant JONES now moved for a rule, calling upon the plaintiffs to show cause why that verdict should not be set aside and a new trial had, on the ground that there had been no contract for the landaulet,which had been exorbitantly charged. The COURT granted the rule Nisi. There being DO other business before the Court, the Learned Judges rose shortly after twelve o'clock. COURT OF EXCHEQUER-(THIS DAY. LAMBERT V. lIROCKLEBANK. This was an action for damage done to a schooner by a steamboat, which was tried before Mr. Baron Gurney at the London sittings after last term, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff, damages 601. Mr. Sergeant BCoteass applied this morning for a rule to show cause why that verdict should not be set aside and a new verdict had, on the ground of its being against evidence, and also on the ground ofmisdirection. The schooner was in Limehouse reach, coming up the river with the tide, at the rate of two knots an hour. She was towed by a boat a-head, as there was no wind, and a heavy fog lay on the water. The steam-boat was going down the river at the rate of five miles an hour, and, on account of the fog, did not see the other vessel till too late to prevent a collision. Such did take place, and the schooner was damaged to the amount of the verdict. At the trial the witnesses for the plaintiff said there was no wind, and their sails were flapping about the masts, and the helm had no power, so that they could not get out of the way of the steamer, which they saw when about two ships' length off. The dc. fondant's witnesses, on the other hand, said there was a little wind, as much as would in their judgment fill the sails. It was also proved that the helm of the schooner was not only put hard a.port, but kept there, so that if it had any power at all it was the real cause of the accident. The Coma however were of opinion that the case was one peculiarly for the Jury. The defendant had no right to be going at such a speed which put it out of his power to alter his course or stop his engine in time, when he saw any vessel so near him, as without such steps must come in collision. He ought to go slower when a fog was on the river. The Court also decided against the Learned Sergeant on the other point, and refused the Rule. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Lord Chancellor, in Berkeley-square, from Brougham Hall; the Marchioness Dowager of Salisbury, in Arlington_ street, from Gorhambury ; Lady Caroline Russell, at Sir Henry Russell's, in Wimpole-street, from Southill Park, Berks ; Wil liam Brougham, Esq., M.P., in Mount-street, from Brougham Hall, Westmoreland ; Mr. and Lady Mary Stephenson, in Ar lington-street, from a tour; Lord John Fitzroy, in Chapel. street, Grosvenor-square, from a tour; the llon. General Capel, in Charles-street, Berkeley-square, from Cashiobury ; Baron Gendorff, in Mount-street, from Brighton; Lady Granville Somerset, in Whitehall yard, from Herts ; Lieut. George Her. bert, Grenadier Guards, from Gorhambury ; Mr. and Mrs. Fox Talbot, at Capt. Fielding's, Sackville-street, from the Continent. MARYLEBONE REPRESENTATlON.—Not withstanding the extensively circulated report, that the Attorney-General is about to accept of the office of a Puisne Barunship, and that consequently there will be a vacancy in the representation for the borough of Mary - hone, we are authorised positively to state that the whole report is entirely without foundation. A work likely to be of the utmost value, as an addition to our stock of travels, is about to appear, from the pen of John Madox, Esq., the well known tra veller. This gentleman was absent from England thirteen years, during which time he explored the whole of Egypt, Syria, the Holy Land, and the desolate and unknown region of the Hiouran. His book is said to abound in minute and curious details, the fruits of his active obser vation during a long residence among the people, and his patient examination of the many relics of antiquity in the above countries, particularly as regards the objects and localities alluded to in the Scriptures. • NAPLES, DEC. 21.--The trial of the con spirators against the King's life has been lately terminated. The two ringleaders, Ancelotti and Rossarol, the first a lieutenant, the second a corporal, in the first regiment of the Guards, were sentenced to death. Seven others, among whom were a merchant and landowner, named Valentine, were set at liberty, and only placed under the superintendence of the police. Rossarol, (whose father was formerly a general in the Neapolitan service, and who died in banishment in Curfu,) a rash and wrong-headed young man, for whom the King had particularly interested him self, was the chief promoter of the murderous project. In the mistaken notion that the King was opposed to his promotion, be took the resolution to murder him on the day of the grand parade, at Piedigrotta, Sth September, 1832, and, for this purpose, united with Romano, another sergeant, and Ancelotti, a veteran lieutenant, The plan failed and Rossarol, who was convinced that he could not hope for deliverance, shut himself up in a room with his accomplice, Romano, loaded two pistols, and persuaded the unfortunate young man to consent to his desperate purpose. At a given signal they fired on each other. Romano was killed on the spot, Rossarol was only severely wounded, and restored after long suffering from the effects of the wound. While in prison he contrived to obtain coison, but was saved by the speedy application of medical assistance. The 14th was the day fixed for the execution. Early in the morning the priests were met with their money.boxes to collect contributions for the holy mass for the poor criminals. Ten or twelve battalions of the garrisons of Naples and Nola formed a half circle about the place of execution. The indifference of ' the population of this city to such scenes is a remarkable Phenomenon. On this occasion there were but few spec tators in proportion to the great population, who looked with silence at the procession. Rossarol ascended the scaffold with a firm step, looking fearlessly about him. Ancelotti, who is the father of five children, could scarcely support himself. He was to have been first executed. He had already ascended the last step to the guillotine, when all at occe General Saluzzo, the King's Aide-de camp, came forward with a pardon. The joy was general ; the cry of "Long live Ferdinand," "Long live the King," was uttered from overflowing hearts. On the same even ing, the King being in the Theatre de Florentine, was wticomed by a numerous audience with loud and long continued applause. —Nuremburg Correspondent, Jan. 4. THE MARKETS,--(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of all descriptions ofGrain last week were consi derable, and there was also a large return of Flour. Thd trade throughout the week remained dull at the previous Monday's rates. The fresh supplies of most Grain this morning chiefly consisted of a fair quantity 01 Wheat. Beans, and Peas from Essex and Kent, but not much from other ports, the wind being boisterous. The fin dry, samples of Wheat were all readily bought by our millers at fast week's terms, but other qualities were very heavy in sale, the weather being so damp that the millers are indifferent in snaking purchases. Barley is less abundant than of late, and fully maintains former quotations. Beans and Pease both remain very dull in sale, and hardly sup port the prices of last Monday. Oats are plentiful, but meet a s'ack demand, and cannot be reported any lower than on this day se'nnight. In the Flour trade there is very little doing, and no variation in prices. PRICES ON BOA kb of sinr Wheat, Red (old) —White (old) —s. —B. —Red !R33) 48s. 465. Fine 48.4 51s. -- Superfine 52; 545. White (1833) 4ss. 508. Fine 52s 51s. Superfine s6s. 5Ss. Foreign free —s. —s. 32s 365. 21s 265. "7s. 30s. 130 s. :3•2.1. 445. 50s 525. 565. " 13 355. Beans, Small (new) —s. —.s, (old) —s. —s Tick (new) :33s 325. (old) 325. 34s Harrow (new) 325. Ms. (old).. 3.35. 365. Braid: , Oats, Feed 163. :20s New —s --- Poland los. 29s . -------- New --s. --s. l'ota toe 245 New „. —s. —s. Stotcli 2-24 24s Mich• -17 s. Ills 2 !s. Flour Town (rer sack) 45s 50s tye , Barley - Grindihg - Malting Malt Mine New Pease, Grey Nes - Maple NI - White - Boilers .ew 365. 375. 40s. 425. 435. 455, - - North Com Bran 425. 455. atry nos. 406. c 7: ARRIVALS OF GILAIN IN LONDON DURING L .ST WHEK. ET From Whence. Fo • • f.. 4. r, r, • r Qrs. Qr,. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Scks Aldbormigh l9 616 1 54 70 Alemouth - 721 -- I lloqton - 2915 i 5 -- 140 -- -- Dartmouth - 40 85 -- -- 100 Colchester 449 359 1055 30 88 171 1172 , V ali:h.— 644 413 1061 . 151 133 1243 3 0 110 -- 35 184 70 Maldon lOO5 397 208 59 207 555 1090 r.xcter - 2 -- _— 100 llastings Ipswich l5B 1729 1000 -- -- 37 20 Ioenl 1172 448 CO 158 623 458 1179 Lowestoft 27 1 287 -- 410 Lyme - 26 11C __ 20 Lynn 291 I 59 -- 259 65 -- 622 Newcastle - 40 -- -- Nmhaven - 408 Newport - 180 Poole - 67 -- -- 90 Ryde - 150 Southampton -- 755 -- -- 430 Spalding - -- 910 -- -- 400 Stockton 270 Wells 2OO 160 -- -- IVisboach 1374 -- -- Woodbridge 322 792 10 -- 65 33 170 Yarmouth 9 4709 1877 -- 1933 10erdeen - 1230 -- Banff L3 51 -- 3782 -- 4 -- erwick - 1000 -- -- 20 Montrose ...... -- 203 -- 373 -- -- Perth 7496 11160 7080 11814 1388 1350 10219 Cork Galway 268 -- 2264. -- 48 Limerick - 250 3063 __ -- Newry - 600 -- -- Waterford 352 -- 520 492 Westport 993 -- FOREIGN. Dant= Konigsberg.-- 277 -- New York e __ __ 700 Rotterdam Total 7704 11762 7180 19254 1388 1720 11563 '7764 111762 AGGREGATE QUANTITY OF OTHER KINDS 0 'C, o —Tares, '222—Linseed, 7704—Rapeseed, 0—• Mustard, 128--Seeds, 40`.). 1720 1 PULS] •Brank, . 0- SMITHFIELD MARKET, This day's supply of Beasts and Sheep was moderately good, of Calves and Porkers limited, and the trade was dull through out, at the following prices:— PRICES PER STONE OF SLBS. TO SINK TILE OFFALS. s. d. to s. d. s. d. s.d interior Beasts " 0 ° 2 Large Lambs 0 0 0 0 Second quality ditto 2 (3 3 0 Prime:mall ditto.... 0 0 0 0 Prime large Oxen... 3 8 310 Large coarse Calves 310 4 li Prime Scots, &c. .... 4 0 4 2 Prime small ditto 410 5 4 inferior Sheep " 6 " 8 Large Hogs '1 (1 310 Second quality ditto 3 4 310 Small Porkers 3lO 4 4 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 4 4 6. Suckling Calves 10 , .t.28 each. Southdow•nWethcrs 4 6 4; 8; Quarter old Pigs 12:,.t018,.each. _ - SUPPLY, AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT, Beasts. Sheep. Calves. I P I I igs. 2,786 15,750 75 230 About 850 01 the beasts came up th e St. Alb an ' s road; about 750 up the other northern roads; about 200 (including Irish: from the western and midland districts; about 7 , 0 from Nor. folk, Suffolk,_ Essex, and Cambridgeshire; about 160 Irons K enl and Sussex ' • and most of the remainder fr om the marshes, &c. hi the neighbourhood of London. ;•.:WtiAl'il; AN!) MAttitEiS. At per stone, by the Carcass. s. d. to s. d. '4:et, inferior - middling - prime large 3 2 3 6 prime -- prime smal! 3 4 3 8 Pork, large 3 4 4 8 -small S. d.toi. d. 2 6 210 30 3 4 3 8 4 :3 0 3 2 38 4 4 NEWCASTLE CORN MA !MET —Jan. 11. The supply of Wheat from the farmers to-day was small, and from the late continued wet weather, the condition generally is very inferior, and the whole went off heavily at the rates of last Saturday. Oats sold snore readily without change in value. The supplies of Barley continue to exceed the demand, and though the finest samples find buyers, .at last quotations, the in ferior qualities are quite neglected. Fuse Malt in fair demand. In Beans and Peas little doing. - . Old. Whs , ,,t, Northumberland 40 New . 525. 4Bs 525; --..— Norfolk and Suffolk 50s 52s ... .. —s. —s. - Berwick and Scotch 42s 48s --3. —4. -- Foreign -8. -a...... .-...5. -S. Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk 365. 395......, —s. —s. Foreign 30s. 3411. —3. —s. Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk.. 30s. 32s --,s. —s. Grinding and Feeding 6s. 28.5. Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk 525. 56; —s. —s. Beans, Small 355. 37s —s. 40s. Tick ..33s 35s —s. 38s. Pease, White —s. —s —s. —s. -- Gray —s —s —s..-3. Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe 17s 19s l9s. 20s. Feed 15s lds l7s. 18s. Foreign 1 5 3 . . =R s 3 " Vs .. 4 - 9 3 5. . Flour, Fine (per sack) If the current rumours of the day are worth anything, there are grounds for believing that serious dif ferences exist between the Government and the Directors of the Bank. Different versions of the affair are afl .at in the select city circles, but that to which we are disposed to give most credit states that Lord Althorp, during the most recent interviews which have taken place at the Treasury, has distinctly conveyed to the Governor, the Deputy- Governor, Mr. Horsley Palmer, and Mr. Drewe, his impression that the official returns lately made are a very imperfect compliance with the spirit of the new Act, and anything but satisfactory to the public. It would appear that though the directors might be not unwilling to transmit to the Treasury such detailed accounts as would distinctly make known the actual state of their affairs, yet that they have not, in reality, thought it prudent to enlighten Ministers in the least more than they have done the public at large, and that they have been restrained by this very prudent considetation—that though the confi dence reposed might not be broken at the Treasury, it might prove impossible to prevent the accounts from going forth to the public on a motion for their production by any independent Member of the House of Commons. This is the matter at issue between the Bank and the Government, as described in the most accredited rumours of the day; and, looking to a variety of circum stances nut necessary now to detail mare fully, there is evidently a considerable portion of truth. It is to be feared that the Government is too strictly bound by the literal construction of the Act for granting a new Charter to be able to take any very decided step, but it is conceived, otherwise, that the deadly quarrel which bas taken place between the United States' Bank and the AtnericAn Go vernment might not he very long without a parallel in this country. Still the Government may do much towards crippling the power of the Bulk by granting to the new banks about to be formed all the privileges compatible with the new Bank Charter, especially if Ministers arc convinced, after due investigation, that those privileges are in effect essential to the public advantage —Times. There are about 300 members in the Trades' Union at Arnold.—Nottingham Review. SUPPOSED MURDER.—WhiIst the Surrey Union Fox Hounds (which are under the direction of H. Coombe, Esq.) were out hunting on Saturday last, on Leatherhead Common, a most extraordinary and horrid circumstance recurred, which at present is involved in great mystery. About 12 o'clock in the day, as the huntsman (Kitt) was beating about for a fox, the bounds suddenly m;'ile a dead set at a clump of bushes on the Common. As no fox made its appearance the huntstnan whipped the hounds off, but they still returned to the bushes, and, smelling all round, would not leave. Sup posing there was a fox which would not back cover, the . huntsmen, &c., beat the bushes, and in so doing, to their astonishment and horror, they discovered the body of a woman in a state of decomposition, so much so that attempting to remove it was found to be impracticable. A person was placed to watch the remains, and informa tion was sent to Dr. Evans, of Leatherheod, who promptly attended. On examining the head, a severe wound was found, and from the general appearance of the body, it is supposed to have lain there tor several months. It was placed in a shell and removed to the Royal Oak, on the Common, where a Coroner's Inquest is summoned to assemble this day (Monday). Various rumours are afloat, some stating the unfortunate woman was the wife of a travelling tinker. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke of Gloucester 1..1t hi+ residence in Bagsliot Park on Saturday, for the PAIACC at Brighton, on a visit to their Majesties. Divine service was performed yesterday at Kensington Palace. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, and their Ruyal Highnesses' Household, attended. The Dean of Chester officiated. Prince Talleyrand and Sir Willoughby Gordon had in., terviews with Earl Grey on Saturday, at his residence in Downing-street. Sir James Graham returned to town on Saturday night, front a visit to the Duke of Richmond at Good wood, Sussex. Prince Talleyrand had art interview with Viscount Pal merston on Saturday, at the Foreign Office. The Lord Chancellor was expected in town yesterday evening from Brougham Hall, Westmoreland. The Marquis of Lansdowne arrived in town on Friday night from his seat at Bowood, Wilts. His Lordship visited Earl Grey and Viscount Altborp on Saturday. The Marquis of Sligo transacted business on Friday at the Colonial Office. The French Ambassador visited Lord Holland yesterday a Barlingt m-street. BRIGHTON, JAN. 12. IThis morning ti.eir Majesties attended Divine Service in the Palice Chapel. The Rev. Dr. Everard read p, ravers and the Rev Mr. Wagner preached a very elo- Tient sermon. In the pew with their Majesties sat the Duke of Gloucester and the Countess of Mayo, Lady in Waiting to th , . On Ft-idly their Ms's ties were prevented by the incev sant rain from leaving the Palace. Their guests at the dinner table in the evening, exclusive of their relatives and suite, were Lady Harriet Hoste, Lord Saltoun, Sir Charles and Lady Rowley, Sir George Seymour, and Mr. and Lady Augusta Seymour. Yesterday the King gave audience to Sir E. Disbrow and Major Johnston. In the afternoon their Majesties drove out together along ihe cliffs. They appeared in •xcellent bath, and received from the p-ople in the course of their drive the greatest respect, which they inc'ariably returned in the kindest manner. The Royal dinner party last evening comprised several military gentlemen; amongst them were Lieutenant-. Gtneral Sir W. Pringle, Lieut.-Colonel Sir George Berkeley, Lieut.-Colonel Loftus, Lieut.-Colonel Barnard Lieut.-Colonel Sir Thomas Downman, Major-General Sir \V. Cotton, Major Johnston, the Field Officers of the Grenadier Guards, the Duke of Dorset, the Duke of Glouces:er, and the suite. The Queen's band w;s in attendance. Their Illejesties will give a grand entertainment on Wednesday. Nearly 700 of the Nobility and gentry of the town and neighbourhood are invited. To the ARCHBISHOP of CANTERBURY, Your Grace is hereby informed that the general ne gl•ct, and almost abandonment of our cathedral service is most scandalous ; that we have had neither Dean nor Prebendary, in residence, for many months ; and that ot Christmas day, the entire of the duty of this e•tablish ment, comprehending prayer, sermon, and ascrament, was imposed upon one solitary minor Canon. When it is considered that the Prebendaries receive, exclusive of va. luable benefices, full 600/. per annum each, and the Dean. chuble, the minor Canons getting about 40!., re haps your Grace in iy, in times like those, think some better order of things necessary. Bristol, Jan. 12, 1834. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire 7'elegraph.) PoarsatOurm, JAN. 11.—On Wednesday his Majesty's ship the Tyne, 28, Captain Charles Hope, arrived from the South American station, last from Rio Janeiro, in forty-two days, baring left that place on the 26th of November. She is also the last arrival from the Pa cific ; left Valparaiso on the 18th, and Coquimbo on the 27th of Sep'etnber, - and touched at the Falkland Islands on her way to the Pacific. When she sailed the Dublin, 52, Captain Lord James Townshend, was about to proceed from Coquimbo to the northern ports; and the Samaranga 28, Captain Charles Paget, from Valparaiso to San Bias and the other Mexican ports, to protect the trade, and take on board the annual remittances of bullion for Eu rope. The Pylades, 18, Commander Blanckley, was daily expected at Valpataiso from Rio. The Commander ie-Chief (Sir M. S ymour) had returned to Rio in the Spartiate, 76, Captain Tait, from a cruise, and that ship was left there, with the Hornet (local) packet. The SatelOte, 18, Commander Smart, was looking after the British interests in the River Plate ; the Conway, 26, Captain Eden, was employed in a similar duty at Bahia, Pernambuco, and the northern ports; the Snake, 16, Commander W. Robertson, was cruising off Cape Frio to intercept slave vessels. She had fortunately just cap tured a bark rigged vessel engaged in this inhuman traf fie, with four hundred slaves on board. The vessel can he adjudicated at Rio, but the poor miserable slaves must he again conveyed across the Atlantic to Sierra Leone for emancipation. Our Government having- judged the Falkland Islands to be a station of some importance and convenience to our ships proceeding to the Pacific, and having taken possession of them, had directed that Capt. Fitzroy, in the Beagle, should survey them, for which service he was about to leave the River Plate. Lieutenant IL Smith (b), late First Lieutenant of the Tyne, is ap pointed Governor of these Islands, and four seamen, volunteers, as a boat's crew, for it's use and protection. They were to proceed lay the first ship from Rio. It was expected that this little nucleus party of a new colony would be reinforced by a party of Royal Marines from England. It has been ascertained that these islands are not so unproductive as has been believed, and th it a limited number of settlers would do well on the eastern island, where, in fact, one is forming ; a situation called Port Louis, at the head of Berkeley Sound, had been fixed upon as head-quarters. At least seven thousand head of fine wild cattle and five hundred wild horses are roaming over a large expanse of most excellent pasturage. Game is also in abundance, particularly rabbits; and the shores abound with excellent fish, as well as whales and seals. Though there is no timber on the islands the sheltered spots are favourable to the growth of hardy trees; there is peat in abundance, which would furnish a never-failin; supply of fuel, and kelp for manure. The climate is not severe, considering ie3 localities, and there is good ancho• rage all round the coast. The Tyne, on her passage to and from the Pacific, fell in with a number of icebergs, some of them two miles and a half in circumference, and 300 feet out of water. Ons night, when blowing a heavy gale of wind, she was obliged to lay to, in the midst of and adrift with them, the sea running so high that even these huge masses were rolled by its violent motion considerably. Two vessels had lately put back to Rio Janeiro to repair damages which they sustained by running foul of ice. We mention this circumstance, that our whalers may *always keep a look out for these floating dangers, by which they may generally be avoided. The Tyne brought home only 460,000 dollars. She had been absent from Spithead two years and 11 mouths, in which period she had been' perhaps more actively em ployed than any other ship during the peace, having gone over a space of more than 66,000 miles, and was never a month at one time at anchor. During the seven days previous to her arrival she was hurried along at a most astonishing rate, having, from noon to noon on those days, averaged 230 k miles, which few ships of the size or a small frigate ever did. She ran from the westernmost cf the Azores to the Lizard in five days and four hours. Silo has come into the harbour, and will be paid off im mediately and recommissioned. 'I he Romney troop ship, Mr. J. Wood, master, with the depot companies of the 51st and 94th Regiment+ on board, put hatoPlymouth on Thursday for provision!, these troops having been embarked forty-nine days since at Spitbead, for a passage to Ireland. Vice-Admiral Sir Josias Rowley, Bart., K.C.8., will hoist his flag in a few days at this port in the Endynaton, 46, Captain Sir Samuel Robert s, for the Mediterranean command. Sir Josias will shif t his fla g at Malta to th e Caledonia, 120, Captain T. B rown, to assum e his cow mend. Thomas Tripbook , Es q ., Secr e t ary to the Coin , wander-in-Chief, The ot arrived.iiaquis of Sligo, who has b ee n r appointed to succeed the Earl of Mulgrave as Governor of the Island of Jamaica, will take his passage from this ol e h a le port in the Blonde, 46, C a pt a i n F ranc i s M ason , C. 8., which ship is fitting for his reception. The Blonde wil thence proceed to the South American station, to relieve the Dublin. The Flamer steamer, Lieut. Wean), arrived on Thurs !ay from Plymouth, and sailed for Woolwich on Friday. News has been received from Persia, that a very bad fever was raging there, sweeping off thousands ! Among the victims is the Crown Prince Abbas Mirza, and the Shah himself was suffering, and hardly expected to survive. Dr. Cormaek, a very old and respected reel &Nit at the Court of Abbas !Ulm, had also been carried ~if by the disorder.