The Sun. — London, England, 1842-01-13 00:00:00

EVENING SUN PIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—Any pretender will find reception from the party in power, and its organs, who will find impu dence to enact the "delegate," and abuse the manu facturing interest. That is the Open S esame to Downing e street; and Printing-house-square. That is the one thing needful to turn any convicted cheat into- the Tory oracle, the quoted authority of the day on Trade, Labour, and Poor-laws. The great systems of our manufactures and commerce — the main employers of our town industry—oc cupy the posit ion, as it were, of prisoners at the Tory bar,—while any disgraced itinerant, any .‘ unjust steward," whose private malversations have left him the liberty of the gaol" to instruct the public, any door keeper of a dispersed Jacobin Club, any Socialist pro pagator of anarchy and immorality on system—as cends the witness-box, delivers himself of whatever stile falsehood, or fresh crudity, may come upper most in his wretched mind—end commands, in the columns of the organs of Power, ample room and verge enough for whatever his mouth may have left ure uttered. These are the fit Titus Oateses of Ant i-Mane. lecturing and Anti-Commercial Policy. Manufac turers and Merchants I—you see the ir agency encou raged systematically. You see their denunciations of yourselVes as the gorged tyrants of the nation (you, alas !—struggling to keep your heads, and the hands employed by you, above water —you, alas ;—victims, like your workpeople, of the Old man of the Land)— . you seo these Taus Oates-like ravings transferred with alacrity to the 2'imes and Standard from the proper and natural obscurity in which the public would otherwise leave them. You see all this—Conservative rnent of capital and enterprise —can you doubt what it means ? Can . you doubt th e ra bid state o f t h e m i nds to which th is virulence is welcome food ? Can you doubt the fixed intention to injure you on the part of those who suborn and spread it all ? Can you doubt that they feel they have injured you by their policy of monopoly—that -they mean to persist in injuring you 7 --and that they aid in getting up these clamours against . the factories—simply because they cannot en tirely !tale the consciousness that they arc drying up the source of our manu f actur i ng an d commerc i a l pros perity—and because they mean to stifle, in the ears of others, the cries of their victims. We tell this dis honest pack—whether in public offices, or newspaper ones, or Socialist conventiclel—whether in durance vile, or unwhipped of justice—that all their revived efforts come a day too late. It seems to be forgotten that we have had ail this before!—that no worthless clamour can succeed with the serne public twice—that the old Sadler and Ten Hours' BM blaze won't make a house-warming for the new Ministry, STANDARD.—" The position of the Tory (('on servative) press is ridiculous enough. They dare not he silent, and yet what can they say ? Of S r Robert Peel's intentions they appear to know about as much as they do of the intentions of the Emperor of . China." Such are the terms in which our state is coin passionatcd by a Whig-Radical Contemporary. That we have liitle new to say of the intentions of the GJ verimient is true. These intentions were, however, pretty candidly disclosed by the Pr me Mini;ter him self during the list s'ssion, as far as concerns their gerpral direction. Ii he had any secrets he keet them very successfully; and it would not consist with wisdom, having kep! them so long, to cornmunica'e them now to us of :he press, whose province it certainly nis not t .guard v ry faithluily sec's hidden deposits. S.r R. Pc: I has ['duly toll the country upon what principles lie propests to carry on the Gevernmeut, namely, by protecting equally and imeartni ly all exiting interests and institutions, as far as can be cotssit ut with- the national prosperity and progte•A ; and the country has testifie ! its fel ssti.sfacniJn with this expla na'ion by rs:c av :tie! c ;snide:nen and eonseTieetly iin• proving revenue. It i; very nitoral for the organs of an Administration that Lved far more t'i tn ten yenta nears " enormous lyine," and upan suecess:ve " clap treps,"so anpreeinte the incoerzniersee to v. itch we ale ex pose; in the service of oleo too bone. t and too wise to deel in [wisteria and Costi.S decal sat as one can fancy the contNnptuoes consmi,ernion with which a Davits looked upon tine brash-di set life of his old rn ester's mere faithful don] ?stits. Bit ilea:, venient as it must he t livrly sp:rtts to fu ft! the every d'sy duties of lloner.t service, it suits very yell with phlegmatic temperanserit which disposes isles t ) prudence end to Ciniervatisin. Wo are c'sn•e itcd to set tiff the blcss'ags of peace all security, which we enjoy, against the proessional ea'n of wild:shine in advance an n'inatnack of violent rcviations ; end our Conterneenarie; who wer:. , in the favour-of the lute G.sveranicnt ou,:lit is messsa to s e :nether that they have thernstives exh lusted tl.e spring of this latti r source of gain. It is about eight years since Lord Brougham snid, " We lave done much in the last yea:, and therefere we shall do I the in this, and still less in the par feroming." But the disninishieg series must surely approach to nil at the end of tight annual stages, and at the end of the eighth stage we have arrived. COU-ItIER.—It is not without satisfaction we per ceive the Tioues returning from its first unsound and hasty judgment on the point of state etiquette now in controversy between the Arnhassader of Louis Phi lippe and the Regent of Spain. The p:etensian in the first place set up by, or for, Espartero, exclu sively to regulate the ceremonial to be observed in the intercourse between the Court of Madrid and the representatives of sovereign power duly accredited to it, is manifestly untenable, and would be really ab surd, if not arrogant, but for the oce precedent in his favour afferdel by the course pursued during the preceding Regency on a sin Per presentation of lettets of credence. The French Ambassador of that day, as is known, made no hesitation in placing his credentials at once into the hands of Queen Regent Maria Christina, and so far, as succeeding to her po litical power, Regent Espartero would seem entitled to claim, as of right, the same act of deference and acknowledgmeet. But the analogy thus existing is qualified or destroyed by other accompanying incidents, which separate the two cases by a sufficiently broad and distinguishing margin. For Maria Christina has been Queen Consort. Queen Sovereign, in fact, herself, and she stood in the situation not only of Queen Regent, but of Queen Mother and Guardian t) the eoung Isabella. Es partero occupies, however, one only of these positions, for though Regent, he is not even tutor to the Queen, nor has he custody of the Royal person, a charge with which, as is well known, Senor Agustin Arguelles is specially inverted. The precedent of Maria Christina, therefore, will not serve the turn of Espartero, for she could claim, not as Regent merely, but as Guardian and Queen-Mother ; not as of right to the political re presentation of the juvenile Sovereign alone, but to the personal representation. In her person the right as ex vitiate (Sidi, was, therefore, much more complete, not absolute. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) There was rather less animation in the market yes terday than on the two preceding Tuesdays ; and those spinners and manufacturers, who had de manded fUrther advances last week, were gener ally content to accept the prices which were then offered but refused. The market, however, is toler ably steady, both in goods and yarn, at a trifling ad vance upo❑ the extreme low rates current about a month ago. In reference to a statement, which ap peared in the Guardian of Wednesday lost, on the ex port of cotton goods and yarn to China, wa have been favoured by a mercantile house in this town with a statement of the amount of those exports, as compared with that of the precediog year; from which it ap pears that, in 1841, of white cottons shipped to China, there were 23,436 packages, the declared value of which was 771,5891. ; and, in 1840, 21,284 packages ; declared value, 684,2611. ; increase in 1841, declared value, 87,3281. Of printed cottons, the declared v. iue in 1841 was 71,9621.; and in IS4O, 70,8611. ;—in crease in 1841, 1,1011. 01 ootton yarn, the quantity in 1841 was 4,159,7801b5. and the declared value, 199,929/. ; in 1840, 3,860,9351b5. ; value, 185,143/. ; increase in 1841, 288,8431b5. ; increase in value, 14,7861. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, JAN. 10. —To-day veing the new market, there has been a nu merous attendance, bat not a proportionate quantity of business transacted. Prices yet remain low. In the wool market there is nothing new to report. LATEST MANCHESTER BETTING LINCHESTER—TUESDAY EVENING. There was a good number of the feinting speculators this forenoon, but scarcely any business. THE CHESTER TRADESMEN'S CUP. 200 to 10.was,offered on the field The field agst any fifteen 200 to t agst Mr. Vansittart's Galaor—taken 100 to ` 2 . agst Mr. Treen's Una—taken 100 to 3 agst Lord Westminster's Sleight of Hand— taken and afterwards offered 25 to 1 agst Lord We'itminster's Satirist—off 25 to 1 agst Mr. Hohne's Vulcan—off An offer was made to take 40 to I about each of the following in one bet :—Satirist, Rhodanthe, Galaor, and The Squire. We did not hear move than 25 to I bid, THE DER B Y.-01Yer s to lay 8 ponies to 1 about ea , .2h of the favourites, or take 9 to 1. 4. to 1 agst Col. Anson's Attila ff. 9to 1 agst Col. Peel's Chatham—off. ')5 to 1 agst any other —off. :300 to I 0 iigst Mr. G. Clark's Lord of Holderness—t. 400 to I() agst Mr. Bowes's Meteor —taken. °Of) to 7 agst Mr. Wreford's' Wiseacre —taken. 50 to I agst Lord Ches:crfiehr .Toarma colt—off. it to I agst Auckland .. and de F ort ib us (offered freely) ; 1,0 O) to „5• was a s k e d f or upon Moss :11i.) 1,000 to 10 upon Fire- Trooper .loanna s•ott,oi.:2d. and the sam e on Timo .; away, or 500 to 5 upon leon ; 45 to 1 apt the Artful Dodger was offered ; 40 Some other offers ; b ut to to I aget Auckland (offered). our e4f, no further business. .IIE O. to 1 ttgst Mr. Etwah's Plt,tsion—ott. 14 to_, 1 agst Mr, Bowes's Latiti of Lonton—taken 14 ti/I agst Ansoit's Syren—off 14 to 1 agst Lord Chesterf.iehr; Dil-hgr—off 17 to 1 agst Duke of Rutiand's :11eN. line filly—nff. Offers t 9. take Lit the elo;e of the room, 30 ponies to 1 that Scott carries oft the Derby, and St. Leger. AMERICAN NEWS. (Further Extracts from the American Papers.) MUTINY IN THE ‘• CREOLE" SLAVER. (From the New Orleans Picayune.) FURTHER PARTICULARS.- - At nine o ' clock at night the slaves commenced the attack by shooting Mr. Goddard, the mate, in charge of the c'eck, with a pistol. The ball slightly wounded him in the back of the head. He made for the cabin, and gave the alarm to the captain and passengers, who had " turned in." The negroes came forward, obstructed the passage from the cabin, exclaiming, " We've got 'em, kill 'em as they come out." Mr. God dard first rushed out, and, although bruised with clubs and stabbed in one or two p l aces, reached the main rigging, and took refuge in the maintop. Capt. Eason followed, and said he was badly stabbed, and thought he was dying. Soon after he fainted, and the mate made him fast to the rigging. A desperate affray took place on deck. Mr. Howell, a passenger, killed one negro with a musket, and fought afterwards like a tiger until he was killed. Several oY the sailors fought bravely until they were completely overpowered. The captai n an d mate rema i ne d i n t h e maintop until about five o'clock in the morning, when they were first discovered. The ringleaders then ordered them to come down or they would shoot them. Mr. Goddard descended and told them he was at their disposal. One of them presented a musket to his breast, and he was informed he must take them to an English island, or they would shoot him. He finally assented, and shaped the course of the vessel toward New Providence.— Two of the sailors were able to assist him, the others had all been badly wounded in the conflict. In the morning the captain was taken down, and, with the second mate, Mr. Stevens, the captain's wife, his daughter, four years old, niece, fifteen years old, and one of the nassengers, confined in the forehold. In the course of night the slaves had rifled the vessel, broken open all the trunks and decked themselves out in such clothing as they could find. A(ter the arrival of the Creole at Nassau, the slaves acknowledged that a Bsptist minister at Norfolk, named Bourne, had advised them with regard to their course, and given them directions how to proceed. Mr. God dard learned at Nassau that Bourne had formerly re sided there, and had absconded, leaving his family. He is an Englishman, and about 40 years of age. Forty of the slaves in the Creole were owned by Thomas M'Cargo, of Richmond ; the balance belong ing to Johnson and Apperson. Mr. Howell was the agent ofM‘Cargo, and was well known in this city. Three of the slaves were killed in the affray, and an• other died of his wounds after his arrival at Nassau. Five more—four females and a boy—refused to accept tLeir freedom, and came to this port in the Creole It is worthy of remark that a dog belonging to the Cap tain fought furiously against the negroes, and bit several of them seriously. de was finally killed. We have soma interesting particulars in relation to the conduct of the British authorities at Nassau.— ... That the entire scheme was resolved upon before the brig left Richmond, is evidea from the tact that the negroes boasted at Nassau that they expected to en counter the brigs Long Island and Orleans, which saiiel from Richmond in company with the Creole, with cargoes of sieves. Both of these vesEels, however, are safe in port. A full investigation of this case, we doubt not, will present solle very strange developmet.ts. ( From the R:clezond ewnpiler.) THE MUTINY ON BOARD THE CREOLE.—We have a'.certained that the svbo!e of the s'a'e property on hoard the Creole was insured in New We ins. lie f.)!Faxing is the last of owners, with the amounts of in surance, and the names of the ofriot•s where effect-:d : Tons. Nl‘C:irgo, in the Orleans Ids. C • Ditto dA•o ditto Merchant:,' 15,'200 Luinpkin Fireinans' dit 0......... 20,000 Ditto ditto ditto lAL:reliant' di•t ► Jihtison qn:l Apperson, ()coal, ditto OtiO J , ,ho iiaz to, ditto (Lit (:.) , ric.; II ditto foilowin,r; tre the tranc , tripts rem tt:e policies of inswarieo issued from each 04E03, swims and numbers omitted (LEAN POLICY. " Oir sl.ve3 value l as per liit Fitt lehea to app!iel flog as risk , * aid eb'efly against 0 forcign iaterierenec ; wa:rAutt,ql f,...2e from eloprnont insurreetioe, and natural de ..th." FIREMAN'S Pc tacY. " •••••-••• 1 , 1,1/C5, nato:s anl ages a 3 rr application Til.2 wssurcrs are nut liable for suiciap, natural death :'e , ertion or rnwiny ; but to t the risk of interfer. encc by Foriign Goverarnent3 or their agents." ilitrxitANTs' POLICY. " The company rble for suicide, desertion or natural death ; bet liable for risk or emancipation, de tention or seizure by Foreign Powers." The Companies have refused to pay in each ea: , e. Three or four of the most, distinguished lelal gentlemen in Ne.v Orleans have cffercd to underteke the conduct of subs ag rcost them for 5 per cent., if the money shalt be recevered, or nothing if unsuccessful. This would Indic ite that they think something of the chaeces ; but the prospect based on the above extracts looks ~t least very doubtful. ' (From the Second Elition of the Albany Atlntrtiser.) MONDAY, 7 O'CLOCK, A. M.—The snow storm of Thursday and Friday list, seems to have been one ni the most severe and extensive on record. In Cl: directions the u3ual avenues of communication were blocked up, and for several days we have suf fered in this city from an ahnoq universal dearth of news. Thus, up to seven o'clock this morning, we had nothing later from New York than the papers of the Wednesday evening previ ous—while from the West our latest Buffalo dates were only up to Tuesday, and Rochester of Wednes day. The Eastern mails, however, fared rather bet ter ; those from Boston having been delayed but a few hours, while the Hartford papers brought us our earliest advises from the South. The steamer De %Vitt Clinton, which left New York with pas sengers and the mails on Thursday evening, met the storm in Newburgh Bay, and was compelled by its violence to anchor and remain there during the night of 'Thursday•, and the greater part of the following day. The land mail from Hudson, which left that city on Saturday morning, and was due here the same evening, did not reach here until the afternoon of Sunday ; the snow-drifts along the road rendering them almost im passable. Oa the west side of the river similar ob stacles delayed the Catskill mail until late at night, the driver being compelled to dig a road through the snow. PHILADELPHIA, DEC. 21, - P.M.--W D have bad another most inclement day, with a nretheeasterly wind, and a constant drizzling rain, jut sufficient to keep the pavements glazed with ice, rendering it extremely diffi cult, as well us 'dangerous; iealkin in any part of the street. (From the Savannah Republican, Dec.l6.) FROM FLORIDA.—Thirty-seven Creek Indians have come in at Fort Waccahoota, and these Creeks promise to bring in the remainder of that tribe under their Chief Oetaoosie. Eighteen Mickasuckies have been heard from, who say that they are determined to fight it out to the last. The Mickaiuckies have killed two Creeks sent to negotiate with them. These particulars may be partially incorrect, but they arc in the main true, as they were given by an officer to a passenger on board of the steamboat General Clinch, arrived at this port yesterday, on the ever of her departure from Palatka, ad express having just arrived from the interior. IROSt MExaco.—The following information is con sidered by some of the New Orleans papers as fabu lous, but by others as true, the captured party being supposed by them to be a foraging party detached front the main body of the Texan forces at or near Santa Fe. SANTA FE ExrEDlTioN.—Havannah papers to the 22d ult., containing accounts from the Mexican capital to the 7th of the month, have been received at New Orlelns. The item of the most interest in them is the following account of the capture of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition by the Mexicans VERA Chuz, OCT. 20.—1 n our paper of yesterday we had the mortification to announce that the Texan forces had occuped the city of Santa Fe ; but to-day we have the extreme pleasure of publishing an occount of their entire defeat. A supplement of El Sigla XIX, received yesterday, gives the following : " VILLA DE PASSO, SEPT. 2g.—To the Chief in command of the district.—Excellent Sir—Vive la Patria! The Texans have been conquered. Don Pable Salazar, Captain of the first company of Santa Fe, has just reported himself to me, bearing dispatches for your Excellency and the Supreme Government, and he com- municated to me that 100 men, composing the van guard of the TeAns, hare been made prisoners, and came in guarded by 1,200 men. With th e warmest effusions of my heart, I congratulate your Excellency and the nation on this auspicious event." GRIFFITH'S COTTON FLOATER.—We yesterday an nounced the arrival of Mr. G. R. Griffith, with 93 bales . of cotton, enveloped in his newly invented " Cotton Floater," or India Rubber Bags. This is the first experi mentof his invention, and the result is such as to satisfy him in its great utlity and perfect success. Not only he, but we believe all who have seen the cotton and the' Floaters" since their arrival, are fuly satisfied that the invention will answer the most sanguine expectations of the enterprising inventor. The cotton belongs to Dr. Earl, and was shipped from his plantation on the Tombigbee river. The process of shipping is very simple. You have only to envelop each bale in one of the India Rubber bags, throw them into the water, lash them togetUr wit't ropes, aid set them afloat. These 93 bales came to our m irket in most beautiful order, perfectly dry and sound. The bales are large, weighing between five and six hundred pounds, and yet the raft, as it is canc.?, drew not more tha n three and a half inches water. In this respect Mr. Griffith was agreeably disappointed, as be ex pected it would draw considerably more. We are per perfectly satisfied that the invention is destined to be of inc , dculiblr,benefit. to the planters in the! vicinity of streams not navigable for steamboats ; and we have no doubt the " Floaters" will soon be in ge neral use on the Coosa, Cahawba, lilick Warrior, L B;gby, NuxubLe, and other small streams. We our own. ' have heretofore described the " Floater" more particu larly, and it is unnecessary to repeat the description. Wo would earnestly recommend the invention to the planters of Alabama, as eminently worthy of their at tention. Mr. Griffith will still further test the utility of the " Floaters" on other and smaller streams, in the course of the ensuing winter.—Mobile Advertiser. FIRE AT LEWES, DEL.—DESTRUCTION OF THE ATLANTIC HOTEL.—We learn• from the Exchange books the following particulars :—The Atlantic Hotel on our beach was burned down to its foundation, also the kitchen, on the night of the 14th inst., about twelve o'clock, whether by design or accident is not known. I think by accident. The hotel was not occupied ; the other house was the kitchen, and it was not on fire until the other was half consumed. The last was not more than thirty minutes in consuming. A young man, a son of Benjamin Johnson, of Sulli van County, Tennessee, was killed by lightning while standing in the porch of his father's house, on Friday evening, the 19th ult. He was in company with his sister, who was severely stunned, and had several parts of her dress destroyed by the fluid at the time, but pro videntially received no other injury. FREIGHT BUSINESS ON THE NORWICH AND WOR CESTER RAILROAD.—But few of our readers are aware of the quantity and value of the merchandise and pro duce that pass weekly over this road. Upon inquiry, we learn that from the Ist of January last to this date, the receipts from freight alone average something more than 1,000 dols. per week ; and for the last eight months, 1,150 dols. week. We understand that it is intended to arrange a line of packets for the next sea son, and start one every day for Norwich and New York. Also, to place upon the route to New York one or more steam freight boats. By these arrange ments, and suitable efforts, it is believed that this branch of business will amount to 1,500 dols. per week, or 75,000 dols. for the year 1842—a sum more than sufficient to pay ail the expenses of the road.—Nor wich Courier. Col. Greene, of the Boston Post, is a very'apt scho lar, as every body knows ; can he tell us where the fire goes when it goes out P—Vermont Spirit of the Age.— It goes to lucifer matches, we reckon, because we can always find it on the end of one.—Boston Post. INDIAN GIANT.---The Providence Journal states that about three weeks since, Samuel White, Esq., of Burrillville, near Allum Pond, while removing the earth 'near his dwelling-house, discovered the skeleton of an Indian. It was examined by Dr. Ed,ly, and from ap pearance must have been seven feet high ; it measured from the anele to the socket bone of the hip three feet ; the teeth were white and perfectly sound, and wc - te all double, The ground has been used as a garden for nearly half a century. The Indian no doubt has lab there 200 years. He was found buried with his head downwards, and to the south. THE AMERICAN NAVY. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. NAVY DEPARTMENT, Dec. 4, IB4l.—The Navy of the United States is composed of— Eieven ships of the line ; of which one is rated for 120 guns, and ten for 74 guns. Filt•en frigates of the first class ; of which one is rated for 54 guns, and 14 for 44 guns, Two frigates of the iceond class, of 36 guns each. Eighteen sloops of war, of which eleven are rated for 20 guns, two for 18 guns, and five for 16 guns. Tire brigs and four schooners, rated for 10 guns each. Four steamers ; beshles T srce store-ships, three vessels used as receiving vessels, and five small echooners. At the daee of the last aanusl R Tort from this Da parteiant, the ships in commission were employed as le the Mediterranean, the Ohio, of 74 guns, Cep!. L tc ; the Betntlywine, of 44 guns, Capt. Bel ton ; and the Cs alas-, of 20 guns, Commander Porci sel, who was reiievcd on aecount of ill beaitie and sive:retied by Commai.der L s thner ; the whcla sque -.hoe under the connnand el Corn. Cyane .r-as relien-ed ny the sloop of war PrAle, Commander V aorhees, and returned to the United States hi May last, Les cruise having been pm. formed. The Oaio returned in the 17th of July last, and the 8.-andywine on the 9.11 of May last. The return of tie Brandywine was owing to pa tieul .r c.:ll.;eF, not corn-laced su its the ori ginal purposas of her ciuise ; a ad, as her preeence in t 1 e Nliditerranc4u was import sot, she iris ordered 1 - )Lk, under the con:man:l r,f C.pet tin Geisinger. In July laSt, the sloop of war Fairi - 1,11, Commander Tatt nal), sailed for the Meditsrrenean, t,king oust Corn. Ciatl2s Morgan, who now cousin :rids the squ demi on that station. The seri eiron consists at present of the Been.ly wine, Fairfield, slid ProLl e Tee honour of the flag, in its intercourse with those of ether nations, appears to hate been properly sustaieed by this squa dron ; us due support an't countenance have been af forded to our mercantile interest, and the amicable rela tions of our csuntry with foreign nations have been re spected and preserved. In the Pacific Ocean the frigate Constitution, Crept. Turner ; the sloop of war St. IL.,,uis, Commander French Forrest ; the sloop of war Yo ktown, Com mander A,ulick ; the sloop of war Del,, Commander Gauntt ; and the schciontr Shask, Lieut. Bigelow; the whole under the command of Corn. Alex. Claxton.— Corn. Claxton died at Taleu.shana in March last, to the great Ices of the service, and the just regret ,of the country. Upon that event, the chief command of the squadron devolved on Capt. Daniel Turner, who returned to the United States with the Constitution on the 3lst of October last, the time of her cruise having expired. Com. Thomas Ap. C. Jones, having been appoicted to the command of that station, will sail in the frigate United States in the course of the next fort night. Tne sloop of war Cyane, Commander Strib line, sailed for the same station early in November. Upon the arrival of Com. Janes, the squadron in the Pacific will consist of the frigate United States, the sloops of war Sr. Leask Yorktown, Cyane, aad Dale, and the schooner Shark. Orders were given to Corn. Claxton to employ one of his vessels in cruising in the Gulf of California and along the northwest coast of America, and, if circum stances should permit, to despatch another to visit the Sandwich and Friendly Islands, in order to afford protection and assistance to our citizens engaged in the whale fisheries. In obedience t o thi s order, the sloop of war St. Louis, Commander French Forrest, was ordered to cruise in the Gulf and along the wes tern coast of California. This duty was performed in a manner highly creditable to Commander Forrest. The atrocities committed on American and English resident; at Monter4 and its neighbourhood, by the Mexican authorities, are well known. Under the un founded pretence of a conspiracy among the foreigners to wrest the country from Mexico, and to set up a sepa rate and independent Government of their own, they were attacked by armed soldiers in the night, wounded, beaten, imprisoned, sent in chains to a distant place, and their property destroyed, without even the forms of trial. In the midst of these outrages, Commander For rest:arrived upon the coast, and, by his prompt and spirited interposition, vindicated, and secured the rights not only of American citizens, but of British subjects resident in Upper California. For these services Corn. mender Forrest received, aid appears to have well de served, a formal expression of the thanks both of Ame rican and English residents. In consequence of the civil disturbances in Upper Peru, it was deemed proper to despatch the Shark, under the command of Lieutenant A. Bigelow, to cruise upon that coast. The movement was judicious and well-timed, and the delicate trust reposed in Lieutenant Bigelow was discharge,l in a manner highly satisfactory to this department. The property of American citi zens, exposed to the rapicitY. and:. JaWless violence of contending factions in the midst of civil war, were effec tually protected, while all who witnessed the operations of the Shark were inspired with increased respect for the American flag. It is highly gratifying to observe ; that Lieutenant Bigelow, as cell as Commander For rest, extended the protection of our flag to the citizens and subjects of other countries as weir as to those (x In further execution of the orders of the department, the sloop of war Yorktown, Commander Auliek, was despatched in May last to the Sandwich and Friendly Islands, with a view to render such assistance as might be necessary to our whalo fishers and other citizens trading in that part of the Pacific. No intelligence has been received from her since she left Valpara'so. The conduct of this squadron, as well under the command of Commodore Claxton as under that of Cap_ tain Turner, has been highly satisfactory to the De partment. I would respectfully solicit your attention, in a parti cufar manner, to the situation of American interests in the Pacific Ocean. According to an estimate mado by an intelligent gentleman lately returned from the Paci fic, there at this time not less than forty millions of dollars employed in the whale fisheries alone, of which th© greater part is American. I have great confidence in the accuracy of this estimate ; but, even if it be too large, there will remain, after all reasonable deductions, an interest of vast magnitude and importance. Ameri•• can merchants have formed establishments in different parts of the coast, from Chili to Colombia river, some cf them very ostensive and important, and all of them worthy the attention of Government. In Upper Cali fornia there are already considerable settlements of Americans, and others are daily resorting to that fertile and delightful region. Such, however, is the unsettled condition of that whole country, that they cannot be safe, either in their persons or property, except under the protection of our naval power. This protection cannot be afforded in proper de ,, .-ec, and with suit able promptness by so small a squadron as we have usually kept in that. sea. To cruise along so extensive a coast, calling at all necessary points, and at the same time to visit those parts of the Pacific in which the presence of our ships is necessary for the protection and assistance of our whale fisheries, requires twice the number of vessels now employed in that service. It is highly de sirable, toe, that the Gulf of Cdifornia should be fully exp!ored ; and this duty alone will give ernFlayment for a long time to one or two vessels of the smallest class. For these reasons I have caused estimates to be prepared for a large increase of the Neill,: squadron. I also respectfully submit to your consideration the propriety of establishing, at some suitable point on our territory bordering that ocean, a post to which our vessels may resort. Many positions well adapted I to this object may be found between the mouth of Co lumbia river and Guayaquil, which, it is presumed, may be procured, if they be not to he found on our own territory. Our public vessels cruising in that ocean are generally absent from the United States not less than four years ; within which time they neces sarily require a variety of supplies which cannot now be obtained without very great difficulty and expense, Any considerable repair is almost impossible, with all the means which can be furnished by all the na tions of' the coast. Such a post would also be of in calculable value as a place of refuge and refreshment to our commercial marine. I need not enlarge on the many and great benefits which might be expected fro:n the establishment of some general rendezvous for all our vessels trading and cruising in this distant sea. In additiOn to this, a naval depot at the Sandwich Islands would be of very great advantage. It is a central point of the trade carried on in the Pacific, and possesses many peculiar recommendations of climate and local conveniences and accommodations. The exploring squadron, under the command of Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, consists of the sloop of war Vincennes, commanded by that officer; the Peacock, Lieutenant Hudson ; the brig Porpoise, Lieutenant Ringgold ; and the schooner Flying Fish, as a tender to the squadron. Intelligence down to the 6th of April, 1840, bay been communicated in previous reports from this De partment. At that time the squadron was in New Zealand. In further prosecution of his cruise, Lieut. Wilkes visited the Feejee Islands, and succeeded in establishing useful regulations of trade and intercourse with some of the principal chiefs. His surveys of this group were prosecuted with great care and industry, and have served to ascertain the positions of a large num ber of dangerous reefs, and to indicate many secure and convenient harbours. This will be of great value to our citizens trading with that group, and particu larly to the whalers. In many of the harbours, in which hitherto it was considered too dangerous to en ter, whales abound, although few are to be found in the neighbouring res. The melancholy tragedy which has already been an nounced in the public journal; was enacted at this group. Lieut. Joseph A. Underwood and Midship man Wilkes Henry, while engaged in surveying, were treacherously assailed by the natives, and after a brave but ineffectual resistance, were murdered, before it was pcosible to relieve them. Their bodies were arrested and properly interred, and Lieut. Wilkes inflicted on the offending savages a arvere chastisement, which will probably deter them from similar outrages in future. He was also fortunate enough to capture a noted chief, who instigated the massacre of the greater part of the crew of the brig Charles Dagget, of Salem, in 1834. This chief he proposes to bring to the United States, to be dedt with as the Government shall direct. The brig Dolphin, Commander Ball, and schooner Grampus, Lieut. Paine, returned, the former in May, and the latter in August last, from their second cruise on the coat of Africa. Tnese vessels have been ac tively and effiaivntly engaged in the suppression of the save -tale, and is the protection it t f i o s u o r r e i i in ti g ze: n s engeged in comm erce on t h at coas t. I regret to say that their officers an d crews b a se su ff ere d severely from the diseases o f tics climate ; and a greqf degree to the constant vigilinee and prudent precautions of the commanders, that their sufferings were not Fill greater. Nst.vithstanding the extreme sickliness of the clue ate, it is impossible to dispense with a squadron on that cost. In addition to the in. wresting duty of suppressing the slave trade, which could not be otherwise elf cted, the lawful commerce of our eitiz •ns with ell pales of the coast is rapidly in (tie ising, aed already employs a very large cispita'. Tills trade is an cij ct of so much importance, an d is contended for in so strong a spirit of rivalry by traders of (14:rent countries, ti.at the presence of national we:- eels is abiolutAy neces:.ary to pet t,:ct them in their Tights, a;ld to pese,it tho,e outrages, unfriendly to the harmony of nations, to which nivel are often driven by the thirst of gain. Tao °eel...6°ns of these vessels have been highly valuittl: in prote3ting the rights of our citiz 'll3 engaged in trad7, and in pent eating the tr,..lfic in shaves. Ties pee formed ell that could have beau reason ibly ex pseted of so small a fore , . An a:W.6one! number of vessels, some of ahicli should be of larger size, veil on ..'oulnAdly be n ecessary f or t h e secur i ty o f our i ncreasing .! trade that qe trier, and for the effectual suppreisioa of ;he :.1 ',re trade. This trade, I regret to say, is it II cane I on to a considerable extent, notwithstanding th • vigil ince of our cruisers, aided by tile active co-opera lien of those of Erie - land. Toe, steamships , uri and Mississippi, built under the Act of 3d March, 1839, the former et New York, and the latter at Philadelphia, are nearly ready for service, and will form a part of the home. squadron. Orders have been given for the construction of three sae tmers of medium s'ze, under the Act of 3d March, 1841, one at New York, ono at Philadelphia, and one at Norfolk. In addition to these, Captain R. F. Stockton is superietending the construction, at Phila delphia, of a steamer of GOO tons, to be propelled by Ericesou's piopeller ; and Lieutenant W. W. Hunter is eegaged in like manner at Norfhlk with one of 300 tons, to be propelled by submerged water-wheels in vrnted by himself'. Very valuable results are antici. pated from these experiments. Orders have been given to build a first-class sloop and three small vessels o f war, and to fi n i s h t h e f r i ga t es Cumberland, Savannah, Raritan, and St. Lawrence. The balance in the Treasury to the credit of the Navy Hospital Fund is 217,907 d015..53c. This fund is gradually increasing, from the assessment of 20 cents per month upon the pay of officers; seamen, and marines, so that a continuing surplus may be expected. I re commend that authority be given to invest these sur pluses, as they accrue, in some interest bearing fund. So much of its annual increase as may not be needed for the particular purposes of the fund may be advanta geously applied, in other forms, ta the comfort of our seamen. The average annual increase of this 'fund, from the Ist January, 183 G, has been 27,223 d015.67c.; which, if it bad been invested in six per cent stock, would have added to the amount 57,482 doll. 4c. on the Ist of January next. " Of the appropriation for the suppression of the slnve trade," there remains unexpend e d the sum of 4.365 dole. 14e., which has been carried to the surplus fund. I recommend that it be reappropriated, and the further sum of 3,000 doh. be added, in order to meet outstanding liabilities of this fund. Under the head of " contingencies not enumerated," there remains, of the appropriations of the last three years, the sum of 9,24 G dole. 76e., of which 3,246 7Gc. will be carried to the surplus fund on the Ist of January next, if not previously applied to the proper purposes of the fund. Great difficulty is experienced in the enlistment of seamen. To what cause this should be attributed I am unable to say ; and consequently I am not prepared to suggest any remedy. It is, however, probably true, that the mere seaman is of too little consideration in the general estimate of the service. Laws and regula tions securing to him the enjoyment of his just rights, liberal wages punctually paid, and a strict application, if not an extension, of the benevolent policy which provides for him or his family when he is disabled or killed in the service, would probably secure for our ships of war the preference in most cases over those of the merchant service. Measures have been adopted, and are now in pro cess of execution, for supplying the navy with the re quisite guns. Less progress has been made than was desirable., because of the great pains which have been taken to obtain the best guns which could be procured in the country. In a short time they will be furnished of the 'various descriptions aced in the service, including the Paixhan guns. I have, under your directions, taken measures for the construction of a steamer on Lake Erie, in compliance with the Act of the 9th September, 1841. That reform is necessary, in every part of our naval establishment, is on all hands admitted ; and it is a subject of general regret that it has been so long de layed. The delay has been in the highest degree in jurious to the service, and is daily rendering reform more and more difficult, as it becomes more and more indispensable. Impressed with this truth, and anxious that no time should be last in commencing this irnn portant work, 1 respectfully bring it to your notice at the earliest day. full code of re gulation o f t h e nava l serv i ce. Wi t h ou t this, every f fi i r a s ir t v a s t e a p n d o u r g u h l et s t n b r t h t e h eg preparation o a f n a d other measure of reform would be unavailing. It is of the essence of free Government that the rights, the duties, and the responsibilities of all men, in all condi tions, should be ascertained and accurately defined ; and it is of the essence of tyranny that men should be punished for imputed offences, or at the arbitrary die cretion of their judges. The evils resulting fro:n the want of a proper naval code are of the most serious character, and will, if not remedied, ultimately ruin the naval service of our country. What can be expected of a community d of men living together u n d er c i rc umstances ten mg to constant excitement and co lli s i o ns, with no fixe d law . to govern them, and where even rank and station are im perfectly defined? The necessary consequence of such a state of things must be, disputes, contests, disorder, and confu s i oa . The unbounded latitude of discretion allowed to Courts Martial is of most evil consequence, and calls loudly for correction. It invites to the in. dulgence of prejudice and favouritism —subjec t ing light offences to undue punishment, and these evils, to re me d y t h e disorders s uff ring gr eat offenders to es ca p e with trivial penalties. To prevent w hich now prevail, and to place the Navy in a healthy and efficient con dition, it is absolutely necessary to provide for it a code of laws and rules which shall accurately define rank I and authority, plainly p rescr ib e d u ties and responsibili t:co, and ascertain crimes and their punishments. There is reason to believe that it is now the settled i policy of the Government to increase the Navy as rapidly as the means at its dispOsal.will Admit, and it may therefore be unnecessary that I should over any suggestions upon that subject. We may safely estimate the mercantile property of our citizens annually afloat on the ocean, and employed in foreign trade, at not less than 1'20,000,000 do). ; and to this is to be added the value of the vessels in which that property is conveyed, and the value of American interests vested in mercantile establishments abroad, and dependent on American trade. The coast ing trade, not including such articles as are exported, cannot be accurately estimated, but it certainly amounts to many millions of dollars. Taking the aggregate of all property annually exposed to an enemy on the ocean, on the lakes, and on our principal bays and rivers, it will probably be found that it does not fall short of 130,000,000 dol. So large an interest is entitled to demand, and justly expects to receive, the most certain and ample protection. Trade is never secure unless it can, at all times and in all places, appeal for support to the national flag, and it ought to feel that it is safe wherever that flag is dis played. Every nation engaged in foreign commerce to any valuable extent provides, as a part of its established policy, an adequate milita7 marine, Our own coun try is far behind all the considerable nations of the world in this respect. England, with much less than twice our foreign tonnage, has more than eight times as many vessels of war, exclusive of her steamships ; France, with only one-third of our foreign tonnage, has more than five times as many vessels of war. Wars often arise from rivalry in trade, and from the conflicts of interests which belong to it. The presence of an adequate naval force, to protect commerce, by promptly redressing the injuries which are done to it, is one of the best means of preventing those disputes and collisions, which are so apt to interrupt the peace and harmony of nations. Heretofore we have found in the shallowness of many of our waters security, to a certain extent, against invasions by sea. So long as maritime wars were conducted in vessels of large size and great draught, we had little to apprehend from them except at a few points, and those were susceptible of adequate defence on land. But this security can no longer be relied on. The application of steam power to vessels of war, and the improvements which have recently been made in artillery, are destined to change the whole sys tem'of maritime war. Steamboats of light draught, and which may be easily transported across the ocean in vessels of a larger class, may invade us at almost any point of our extended coast, may penetrate the interior through our shallow rivers, and thus expose half our country to hostile attacks. The celerity with which these movements could be made, the facility with which such vessels could escape, and the promptness with which they could change the point of attack, would en able an enemy, with a comparatively inconsiderable force, to harass our whole seaboard, and to carry all the horrors of war into the securest retreats of our people. The effect of these incursions would be terrible every where, but in the southern portion of our country they might, and probably would, he disastrous in the extreme. It is obvious that a war thus conducted must be successful to a very great extent, in spite of all the de fences on land which we could contrive. The policy ofincreasing our navy, without further delay, is obvi ous. How far it shall be increased, the wisdom of CJrigress will decile. Looking to it as the chief, if not the only adeqnate defence of our country against those wars of incursions from which so much evil is to be apprehended, I respectfully suggest that we can not safely stop short of half the naval force of the strongest maritime Power in the world. With less than this, our fleets would serve only to swell the tri umphs end feed the cupidity of our elemy. It is better to have none at ell than to have less than enough. I am aware that this great increase of our naval power cannot be effected in any short time. I ,;repose it only as the object at which our policy ought to aim, and towards the Atainmeat of which your mea sures ought to be steadily directed. An annual appro. pr tion, as 1 here: as the means of the Treasury would :Tow, will in a few years accomplish mill that is desirable. Oi what des:rip:ion of vessels our navy ought to be composed, is a questisn of great importance, and one which we are compelled t decide with reference to the practice of other countries. Doubtless a very large part of it ought to consist of steam ships. Experience has shown that these v; ss. la may be rendered per fciaiy s ,fa et sea, and that they may be so construc ted as to a;?apt them, in other respects, to purposes of war. Of their great usefulness. the world has had a striking proof in the recent operations of the B-itish squadron on the coast of Syria —troops were trans• ported a distance of two thous Ind miLss over the oce and were engage] in battle in Asia Minor on the six teenth day after leaving E meland. This and other fa- , el tics afforded by this class of vessels were so great and effective that the Admiral declared that " his sue ce;s was owing to the efficiency of his steamers." We may will profit by the lesson thus taught us. I respectfully sugge.:t, however, that it would not be wise in us to engage vary extensively in the construc tion of steamships of war of the largest class at this time. Imitating the example of England, our wisest policy would be to aid the private enterprise of ottr citizens in constructing packet ships, to ply between this country and foreign ports. These should, of course; he so constructed as to fit them for war purposes, and should be held subject to the demand of the Govern merit upon equitable conditions. Thera will, in all probability, be enough of such vessels to answer all the purposes for which steamships of the largest class would be required, and they would be furnished at a comparatively small cost to the Government. Experi ments are now in progress which promise imp)rtant re sults in these respects, and it would probably be judi cious not to expend large sums in the construction of steam ships for distant cruises until these results shall be made known. But the same reasoning does not apply to steam vessels of a smaller class, destined for the defence of our own coast and harbours. These ought not, under any circumstances, to be delayed. They would be particularly useful on the lakes and in the Gulf of Mexico. In my opinion, there is no necessity at present to increase the number of our line of battle ships. Same of those which we now have would be more useful if cut down to frigates of the largest class. There is, even in the present condition of the service, a pressing demand for sloops of war, brigs, and schooners ; and I recommend that a suitable number of them be imme diately built. Not less than ten are necessary, even in the present condition of our Navy. One of them should be kept in commission and ready for service at each of our principal ports ; and this may be done without any considerable additional expense, because they will al. waysbe prepared to perform a variety of duties for which the Government now pays high prices to merchan vessels. In view of any considerably increase of the navy, a large addition to our frigates of the first class ought to be made. Oar present 44-gun frigates would not en counter, upon equal terms, the modern frigates of the first class of England and France. To enable us to contend successfully with these, the principle maritime Powers of Europe, we must not only increase our gene ral naval force in proportion as they increase theirs, but we must also build vessels of corresponding size and description with those which they will use against us. I renew, with anxious desire for its success, the re commendation so often made by my predecessors for the establishment of higher grades in the naval service. This will be absolutely necessary if the Navy should be considerably increased, and would be highly useful, even in its present condition. It is, us a general rule, wise and politic to establish as many grades as possible in all military service. The officer should always have before him some station, yet to 'be reaChed, andiworthy of a high and generous ambition. lie tvhb has attained all that is attainable has no need of any further exertions than just enough to sustain him where he is ; all beyond this is supererogatory, for he is not permitted to hope that either the utmost exertions of his powers, or the most generous self-sacrifices in the public service will ever raise him one grade higher in the ranks of his countrymen. Of the importance of marines in the naval service, but one opinion is now entertained. Tee principal maritime nations of the world, with the exception of ourselves alone, have within late years greatly increased this part of their force. I respectfully suggest that there should be provided for each ship not less than one marine for every gun, besides a sufficient for the police of naval stations on shore. A still larger proportion of marines would, in the opinion of experienced officers, be highly valuable in the service. The laws and regulations for the government of the marine corps are extremely imperfect, and require amendment. A new code has already been prepared by a board of officers constituted for the purpose which it is proposed to incorporate in the general revi. sion of the naval code, hereinbefore recommended. The propriety of establishing naval schools has fre quently been submitted to the consideration of Con gress. I again respectfully bring it to your notice, as a subject of increasing interest to the Navy. The use of steam vessels in war will render necessary a different order of scientific knowledge from that which has here tofore been required. If our Navy should be increased by the addition of any considerable number of steam vessels, engineers will form an important class of na val officers. It will be necessary to assign to them an appropriate rank, and to subject them to all the laws of tie service, Having recommended a large increase in most of our Fquadron s, it followed, of course, that I should ask the r, quisite appropriations to support them. Presuming that Gi4vernment does not build ships without designing to use them, it would appear to be the obvious duty of this department to keep as many of them in constant service as can be profitably employed. This is, indeed, the true economy. Some of our finest ships have de cayed to a serious extent, while yet upon the stocks, and still more have, after having been launched, required extensive repairs before they have been sent to sea. This is the necessary consequence of keeping them in our docks. Ships in actual service are gene rally clean, tight, dry, .and properly ventillated. A ca•eful guard is kept over them, so that slight decays arc immediately detected, and repaired without any eenslderable expense. It bls frequently hippened that our vessels have been found, after their return from long cruises, in better order for service than when they left the docks. On the other hand, when they are kept in port without crews, they decay rapidly, for want of the care and attention necessary to preserve them. It • - may well be doubted whether the aggregate of losses sustained and repairs rendered necessary, by the non use of our vessels, has fallen very far short of what it would have cost to keep them in commission. But this is the least part of the evil. While vessels are unemployed our officers are idle. They thus lose the opportunity of acquirinc , a due knowledge of their profession, and naturally fall into those habits which idleness always engenders. It would not be surprising if they should forget, in some degree, their respect for the flag which they are so rarely permitted to hoist, and lose in indolence and despondency, the lofty spirit, and generous aspirations to which the Navy owes its past renown. An efficient Navy cannot be built and supported without very great expense ; but this expense is more than repaid, even in time of peace, by the services which such a Navy can render. In war, it will be worth to us all the value which we place on the safety of ow' exposed seacoast, on the security of millions of our people, and on the well-varned glory of our naval flag. It is enough that a necessity for this expenditure can be shown ; the amount of it will be a secondary con sideration with a people who truly love their country and properly value its institutions. A. P. UPS HER. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. 111,-INSIOA-110USE. A case of a very alarming kind, in which fourteen young men were the defendants, came on before Alder man Wilson yesterday. Mr. Church, a baker, residing at No. 12, Cannon street, in the City, stated, that at a quarter before six o'clock on Tuesday evening, ten or twelve ',young men, amongst whom were some of those who were at the bar, walked into his shop, and helped themselves to bread, and whatever else was within their reach, and then returned to the street, and divided what they had stolen amongst thirty or forty others who were in the street, and who appeared to be a gang determined to do as they pleased. Alderman WILSON—How many have been recog nised as having committed this depredation ? Mr. Church replied that four were identified as having been in the shop, and as being ringleaders. Many of the others at the bar visited the shop of a neighbour, and served him in like manner. The conduct of the pri soners was formidable in the extreme. Alderman WILSON—Was the door of your shop open at the time ? Mr. Church—lt was. Alderman WILSON—And how much do you judge you lost ? Mr. Church—Perhaps about four shillings' worth of bread, biscuits, and cakes. The crowd outside, with whom they divided the bread, were hooting and hallooing. The four persons spoken of as the ringleaders here said that they ate the bread because they were all hungry, but they deeied that they had entered the shop. They were amongst the outside crowd of poor fellows, and about fifty of them, amongst whom were many navigators, had been at Clerkenwell Police-office requesting relief, which they did not receive. They had expected some direction there as to the course which it might be proper for them to pursue, as they had bean refused assistance at the workhouse in that district. The policeman who apprehended the four ringleaders said that they declared if they were not committed to prison they would repeat the outrage. Alderman WILSON—Then they made no resistance ? The policeman—Not the least. There was no dispo sition to anything of that kind amongst them. Mr. Church—Some of the men said that they liked the seed-cakes very much. They did not confine them selves to the household bread. Another policeman, who charged the ten other pri soners with having divided amongst them the breed of another bsker, stetted, that having been informed, while on dery in the neighbourhood, that there was a mob feeding at the expense of Mr. C!uncy, of Cannon street, he went to the spot, and found a number of men eating in the street. He apprehended two who were points(' out to him as having been in the shop, and having di% ided bread amongst the rest. When he took the two to the station-house, eight others followed, and Fa'd they . sere spart of the gong. Allermait WeLsoN—They ma le no objection to go with you ? Witness—Not the slightest. They all followed me without hesitation. Some of them said that they had been refused .relief at the Union, and that they had applied in safe at Clerkenwell workhouse else. They also said that upon their application to the Magistrates at Clerkenwell police-office for instructions what to do in such an emergency, they were told by those authorities that they must go back from whence they came, as the Magistrate icould do nothing for them. One of the prisoners, who said his name was Gar diner, stated that he went with about forty or fifty others,who appeared to be in as destitute a condition as that in which he was unfortunately placed, to the workhouse at Clerkenwell to ask for some relief. They were told if they consented to Lem the workhouse they should have something ; and alter having waited about two hours outside, a policeman came to them, and said to them, if they pleased they might follow him, and state their case to the Magistrate. They accordingly accompanied the policeman to the police-office at Clerkenwell, and after having described their destitute condition to the Magis trate, were told by the Magistrate to go to the place from whence they came. Alderman WILSON—Did you say that you were in a starving condition ? Gardiner--Yes, we said so, and lie tell us to go to the place we Caine from. What could we do then ? We were obliged to take some bread. Alderman Wll.soN—What brought you into Cannon street and Bow-lane, from Clerkenwell ? The prisoners made no reply to this question, but Gardiner said he had no claim upon Cie; kenwell, his parish being at Margate, to which he had not means to go. Alderman WILSON—It is too bad that you should come into London to commit depredations because you were refused relief in Clerkenwell. Several of the prisoners, who looked very much tat tered and hungry, here cried out with one voice," It is hard to starve and perish in the streets." Alderman WILSON—It appears to me that many of you set out with a determination to rob. Every one of you knows that, independently of the Unions, there is a House of Refuge for the houseless ; and you all have parishes to which you can go. Some of the prisoners declared that they had been at the Refuge, but they were turned out at seven o clock in the morning. Mr. Hobler said the parishes ought to be compelled to assist every case of real destitution. Mr. Jupp, one of the relieving officers of the City of London Union, stated that he had frequently relieved many of the prisoners by sending them to the Peckham house, which belonged to that Union. The prisoners said that they had been turned out of the Peckham house at seven o'clock in the morning also. Evans, the street-keeper in the neighbourhood of the City of London Union, assured the Alderman that, if the prisoners chose, they might have stopped and worked in the stone-yard. The prisoners stated that they were not permitted to break stones, and remain, although they had shown the greatest willingness to do any sort of labour. Alderman WILSON—WeII, I shall remand all the prisoners, in order that inquiries may be made, and that I may consult with the Lord Mayor as to the propriety of committing them to Newgate for the robberies they have thus daringly committed. A stop must at once be put to such a nefarious system. If it be permitted to go on, the most serious and extensive plunder may be apprehended. The two bakers stated that plunder of the kind just described had been repeatedly committed in the neigh bourhood of late. The prisoners were then remanded, evidently to their great satisfaction. A suggestion, which was male to the City Magi's. tretes same time ago, is, we are given to understand, un der their serious consideration. It is to the effect that when offenders are prosecuted for depredations commit. ted under the impulse of hunger, after having been re. fused, relief by ,the parochial authorities, although such -offenders should not be permitted to escape punith mant, the respective parishes should be compelled to dee fray the expenses of the prosecutions. Captlin Robertson, the Chief Constable of Hert fordshire, attended at the Justice-room, to inform the Lord Mayor, that the Government had ordered the reward, which had been offered for the apprehension of Blakcsley, to be paid to the two Hertfordshire constables, stationed at Hitchin. The Chief Con stah'e considered it to be his duty to mention that he had received an order for the payment of the 100/. from the Secretary of State's office, as it had been reported from the Mansion-house that as Blakes ley had resigned himself the constables were not entitled. GUILDHALL. An elderly and respectable female was charged with endeavouring to commit suicide at 131ackfriars-bridge. In reply to Mr. Alderman KELLY, she said her hus band was in independent circumstances ;• she had joined the Temperance Society about two years ago, and having met an acquaintance she was induced to break the pledge, when in a fit of madness she attempted the rash act for which she now expressed deep contri tion. She was remanded till to-morrow. Sevonable-bodied young men, in a state of destituti on , were brought beforo the sitting Alder man on the charge of forcibly taking broad Icon the shops of several bakers in the City, and were sentenced to various short terms of imprisonment, after being reprimanded for not apply ii.rr at the workhouse. In reply they said they had appli e d at several unions but were denied relief. MARYLI;BONE. Yesterday, shortly before the closing of the Court, Mr. Henry Etbered6e, a greengrocer, carrying on bu siness at Cambden Town, was brought before Mr. wuNsoN, on a warrant obtained against him for having attempted to violate the person of Elizabeth Nash, a fine young woman, 17 years of age, EVENING SUN Complainant deposed that she had been six weeks in the service of the defendant, whose house, in conse quence of the ill treatment exercised towards her, she had quitted, and was now residing with her uncle and aunt. On the second day after sho had entered upon her situation, he laid hold of her round the waist , and on the same evening he sent her up stairs for his collar. He followed her, and on getting into the room, endeavoured to throw her upon the bed. She burst out crying, and desired him to let her go, when she at length contrived to extricate herself from him, and made her way below. He had also got up early in the morning, and had taken liberties with her in her bed room, but she always resisted him. She did not like to tell her mistress of these attacks, as the latter Wes very kind to her, and she did not like to make her un comfortable if she could help it. ' Defendant denied the truth of the allegation against * him, and said he had never taken any liberty with com plainant in his life. He called a witness named Benjamin Hillman, wbs( said that he was in the shop the whole of last Friday , and that if there had been any screaming at all he must have heard it. The defendant was held to bail for his appearance to answer the charge at the Sessions, in the event of the:. complainant thinking fit to indict him. CLERKENWELL. Yesterday Thomas Underwood, clerk to Mr.Weaver.i lime and coal-merchant, of Battlebridge Wharf, King's' . cross, St. Pancras, was placed at the bar before Mr: - Greenwood, charged by Mr. Ash Kinnard Lloyd, 0 Brentford-end, bailiff to the Manor of St. John of Je7'. rusalem, Clerkenwell, with having assaulted and cie" strutted him in the execution of his duty. It appeared from the evidence of the complainant: that the Leet Jury of the above manor, according to' custom, proceeded to examine the weights and mea•• sures of the various tradespeople in their district, when they seized four 561 b. weights, eiD°: ounces deficient, belonging to the defendant's eta'; plo3er, and a presentment being made, he was amerced'` in the penalty of 51. On Monday week last witness;' went to the premises of Mr. Weaver, for the purpose. of demanding the penalty, when that gentleman became ! violent, and would not pay it, on whieh witness left , . saying that he would call again on the following Mon'' day. He did so, and saw the defendant, who informed him that Mr. Weaver was out. Witness then said 3 was his duty to distrain, and that he should seize one of the horses in the stable, which he was about to do, when the defendant placed his back against the door, and said that he should not take anything from there, and be'i pushed witness violently, and obstructed him in thi execution of his duty. Louis WOrrins, broker and constable, of No. 6, Brook-hill, Clerkenwell, sworn, corroborated the evit' denee of the complainant. Defendant did not. deny the assault. He refused to allow the complainant to take his master's propertt during his absence. Mr. GREENWOOD told him that the Leet Jury were only protecting the rights of the manor and the public. The complainant was ogling under proper authority. and pursuing a legal course of duty, and he, defendant, had no right to assault or obstruct him. It would be well if a notice was sent that they would be distrainel upon if the fine was not pairs. The complainant wad justified in seizing the horse. He convicted the del feadant in the panalty of 10P. and casts, which Wiwi paid he quittid the Court. CORN AVERA GEN. • GENERAL AVERAGE I'RICES OF BRITISH CORN. For the Week ended J ..n. 7 , 1842, made up from the Returtri c a the Inspector; in the different Cities and Towns in England 30 ' Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat i :is. Id. 1 Oats Barley 29:. 7J. 1 Bye AVERAGES OF TIIE LAST SIX WEEKS. Werik en _ling WIIEAT. BARLEY . ' OATS. 1 RYE. BEANS. 1 1.2.156._ Dec. 3 10 I 21 31 ; ____—...• t 3 6 31 9 22 6 14 5 :A 4 39 I ,_ 62 71 3 ) 9 22 2 i 4 8 39 0 39 ~.' ' 62 9 3 5 21 2 49 5 37 9 39 ',; . 6: 10 30 2 21 5 31 8 37 0 36 1 .: 63 1 :.1) 9 24 7 43 6 26 0 37 :. Jan. 7 IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX witEX% Wheat 625.111 1 Oats Harley, 303 51, 1 Rye DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat......... 2s. Bd. 1 Oats rarley l6;. 10/1. 1 Rye .11 01?, THE MA COAL M Ships arrived since UIKETS. ARKET. last marxet day, 6. 9. et 22 (. 21 C° 21 I oF 91 13- If, 61 6 d. Holywell Main Original Windsor's Pont o p 17 3 Wall; End Lanabton West Hartley ........... 1 4 0 Walls End Sh incliff Walls E d I:ewic , e and C. Walls En'l Cassoo Walls End Brown's Walls End Hedley lsi t Walls Ei.d Even wood Walk End 18 ti Blythe Walls End Killingworth o.Cowpen RN MARKETS. Per Quarter. Boston ...... ... Pease. .draintree -- B ighton Cambridge Dunmow Grantham Grimsby Hailsham Hitchin Ipswich Lewes Lynn Alaidstonc Norwich s to B. 39 4 35 , 40' 36 8 ' 8 4,1 , 3i 4 . ••••• F 2: 3% THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1842. ;OUNTRY CO Wheat. Barley. - 1 Oats. Bean.. to R. I R. to 5. to s. .55 74 22 38 18 22 . 52 70 2/ 34 ,P 3 29 63 71 128 37 22 28 62 27 18 .60 66 27 35 21 24 .I 58 (12 130 3i 20 26 .60 73 28 31 2 28 .56 74 124 33 lb 21 .66 72 33 35 ,22 23 50 '67 27 34 20 30 .60 67 29 2. 1 21 26 ,CO 70 32 3 ; 21 22 ,54 66 i 26 32 18 24 ,I 53 76 36 30 26 33 64 70 0 34 28 SO 73 74 130 32 26 54 1 2 ; 1 3: 61 71 0 2 3 3 1 3 t 2 30 61 C 4 32 36 24 28 56 63 23 34 20 23 62 N 69 72 29 30 : ; 5, 2 24 4 30 1 VERPOOL CORN MARKET, ish, White, per 701 h. to S. 35 58 33 ss 37 44 33 40 30 41 36 40 33 40 32 137 ' 34 45 33 34 34 3 , 3 28 31 38 40 38 40 40 44 58 40 33 r. 9 40 44 36 42 31 42 38 40 —Jan. 11. 9s. ed. to 4s • Scotch, Welch, and M anx 9 3 0 9 0 0 0 ° Irish, White 74 8 4 Red 6 --- Foreign 6 8 0 9 OATS, Engli s h, W els h , and Scotch, per 451 b BlO 13 2 9 6 -- Irish . 3 0 3 --- Foreign ••• 0 0 0‘ BARLEY, English, Malting, per • Imp. quarter ... 32 0 34 0 ---. Scotch an d Irish, pet 60lbs. ---. Feeding 3 10 4 0 BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 42 0 45 0 -- Irish, &L. .................................. 38 0 2'9 -- Foreign ...... „. PEASE, English, per Imi.erial quarter 44 0 46 0 FLOUR-.-- Foreign , English, per 2£4;11) . . ........ Irish OATMEAL, English and Iri s h, per 2401bs ................... 4 6 0 50.. 0 38 _..27 6 28 6 11 , nAN NA* 480Ib. ........... • ......... ••••••••• 33 0 40 0 Rvc, per Imperial quart er .. .................. 3 ..... 1 MALT, per imperial quarter....... ......................... 4b 0 e 4 0 ...... 31 55 33 34 32 36 l'et worth Rom ford Sandwich 'Clietford Wishech Witham farmouth Li WHEAT, Engli 3,4 40 40 42 30 40., 35 39 38 4! 34 3 6 35 4 0 39 4° SEIZURE FOR Cu URCH-RATES.—Yesterday afternoon there was a great deal of excitement in the New Cut, Lambeth, in consequence of a seizure which the parish authorities of Lambeth had directed to h° made on the property of Mr. Umpleby, shoemaker, for arrears of Church -rates. Mr. Umpleby had placed in his window a placard, of which the following is a copy —" A robbery now going on for Church -rates." As a matter of - course this collected a number of persons round the shop, but no interruption of any consequence took place. EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES OF WATCHES, JEWELLERY, &C.—Yesterday information was received at the various station-houses of the Metropolitan and City Police, that on the night of Sunday last the pre mises of Mr. Thomas Wilson, silversmith, Hall-street, Spalding, Lincolnshire, was broken open, and robbed of thirty-six valuable silver watches, and three dozen of gold wedding rings. GOLD WA'I LIES, LONDON- MADE. A. B. SAVORY at_t: ONS, Watchmak ers , No. 9, Cornhill, London, opposite tl., ; lank of England, submit for selection a very large STOCK o: GOLD WATCHES, the whole of which are made and thished under th. careful inspection of experienced workme.i i.n their own premises, and each is war ranted for correct pei to mance. SC/. 4 - 17, FOR LADIES. Fine Vertical Watch a jewelled, in engine -turned gold cases and g old ais, warrant e d ......... £lO 10 Fine Vertical 3,Vatches. jewelled, with double_ backed engine turner: gold cases and gold dials, warranted Patent detach e d Lever Watehes, jewelled i n four 12 12 0 holes, with double-ba . - :kcd gold cases and fold dials, warranted SIZE Watche s GENTLEMEN. , jewelled in four holes, se con d s , and double-backed gold cases, warranted Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jew e ll e d in six hol es , secon d s, double-backed gold cases and enamel dials, warranted ..................... Patent deta c h e d L ever Watches, capped, jewelled in six holes, seconds, double-backed gold cases and gold dials, warranted ........................... 0 0 Either of th e G ent l emen ' s Watches may be had 21 in gold hunting cases for 31. 3s. each extra. N.R. Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange. 14 14 0 13 13 0 17 17 0 B IRTHS. On the sth i ns t., a t Somi ting, Sussex, the lady of Sylvanus R. Partridge, Es q ., o f a son. On the 6th inst.;the lady of A. Beck, Esq., of a daughter. On the sth inst., at Barnstaple, Devonshire, the lady of Major C. A. Munro, of a daughter. On the Bth i nst . , at Convainere, the Counted of Listowel, of a son. On the I lth inst., in Belgrave-street, the lady of Thomas Gladstone, Esq., of a daughter. On the 12th inst., in Half-moon -street, Piccadilly, the lady of Joseph Arnould, Esq., of White Cross, Barks, °fagot'. D. On the 10th inst., at MARRIE St. Martin's-in-the-Fi e ld s , J. N. Keel)le, Esq., to Julia, only daughter of Joseph Morris, Esq.* of St. James's Palace. On the 11th inst., at St. John's Church, the Rev. James , Shergold Boone, of Stanhope.stree.t, Hyde -park-gardens, to. Julia Maria, second daughter of William Cox, Esq., of Oxford terrace, Hyde-park. DIED. On the Bth inst., Frances, relict of the late Rev. W. H. Car rington, Rector of Ide, Devon. On the 9th ult., at Chambly, Canada, Lieutenant, T. G. 13. M'Neill, of her Majesty's 56th Regiment. St On the 10th inst., a t K ew-green, Lucy Matilda, young .•• daughter of :he late Lord Napier, aged 11. On the 1011iin5t., in Lichfield, Thomas Webb Greene, E' A On the 11th inst., John Hoyle, Esq., at Greet Portl yuci" street, aged 59. On the 11th inst., Mrs. W. Hack'l oc k, o f D enmark.h On the 11th inst., in the Vassall •road, William Ba rnfieli 1, Esq., formerly of Calcutta, aged 73. On the 11th inst., in Pineapple-place, Edgware- a m, S. Groom, Esq., of the Ordnance -office, Pall-mall. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YO UN C • ° 1 No. 112, Strand, at Th e Sum Office, N o . I Stray -It in the County of Middlesex Th urs d ay, Janur;ty JIJ A : J 842,