The Sun. — London, England, 1842-01-14 00:00:00

MORNIN6 SVIVI MUSIC OF THE AGE OF ELIZA BETH AND JAMES. A lecture on this most interesting subject was de livered at the Westminster Literary and Scientific Insti titution, on Thursday last, by C. F. Rimbault, Esq. (Secretary toethe "Per.y " and "Musical Antiquarian . ' Societies). The lecture was introduced by a brief sketch of the Musical History of this country ; which proved beyond a doubt that the English cultivated and excelled in part music at a very early period. In exemplification of the position, and also as affording the audience the opportunity ( f judging of the character of the music that was trolled " under the greenwood tree " in the 13th century, the vocalists present executed in a most antiquarian spirit the Round "The Summer is icumen in," to which uncouth strain we owe the paternity of the exquisite melody, " Rich and rare were the gems she wore." This was followed by a song and chorus of the early) part! of the 15h century, " Our King went forth," and two other specimens from the same century—the first of about the year 1460, a trio, " Who shall have my fair ladye;" and a song of still later period, 1470, Blow thy borne," was a very pleasing composition. The lecturer, in proof of. the high esteem in which min strelsy was held, made some curious comparative ex tracts of items of expenditure, from which it appeared that if " the value of a thing is as much money as 'twill bring," the minstrels were more highly prized, as they were certainly better paid, than the clergy in those days. He also showed that music was both patronised and practised by Royalty ; and that in addition to the many other things of note chronicled fie Henry the Eighth, he was an enthusiastic musician ; and the audience were not a little surprised and gratified at being entertained with a ballad composed by " Bluff Harry Tudor." Ed ward VI. and Mary, it appeared, were also lovers of music ; and the reign of Elizabeth was distinguished by the introduction of one of the most genuinely English and delightful kinds of composition—the madrigal. A curious specimen was sung, composed by Byrd, the first writer of an English madrigal, " Lullaby ;" it had a most ancient and stately measure. " Now is the month of May," a madrigal, by Morley, of the date 1595, had all the charming freshness of " the spring time of the year," and elicited a n encore . Thi s was followed by a plaintive melody of the same date by Dowland, the " Legend of Avon," which was sung with much taste by Miss Thornton, and was also encored. A madrigal by Weeiks, a composer of this period, " To shorten Winter," lacked the touches of light and shade that gave such sweet effect to Morley's composi tion ; and there was, besides, an ungrateful stubborn ness about much of the harmony of it. Our old favourite " Flora gave me fairest flowers," by Wilbye, was also sung ; but (we presume from the want of an adequate rehearsal) it went off very lamely indeed. Queen Eli zabeth inherited with his kingdom her Royal father's passion for music, and was a performer on the virginal, and two specimens from her Virginal Book were given in illustration. " The Carman's Whistle," and "Nancie," the latter being the original air of " The Grenadier's March." We may mention for the edification of young la lies who delight in Herz and hand labour, and who are loyal withal, that the pieces most thumbed in the virgin Queen's music-book were those distinguished only by their expression and simplicity. Soli and Chorus from Middleton's play of The Witch followed, and the audience were convulsed with laughter at the shrill, twittering of the little airy spirit in nubibus, and the unearthly croak that responded to it. This undoubtedly forms the basis of Lock's magnificent music to Macbeth, but is almost wholly devoid of that grandeur in the mass of harmony, and that aerial lightness, which in some passages seem to fill the air with floating melody in Lock's music. The song from As You Like It, "It was a lover and his lass," was deservedly encored ; this was followed by Autoly cus's song descriptive of his wares, the music of which our readers 1 ave lately been made acquainted with by the stage revival of the Winter's Tale. The uproarious Bacchanalian glee, "Of all the brave birds," was next given, with much gusto ; and John Saville's sprightly finale, " The Waits," completed the antiquarian and musical treat afforded by the lecture. The illustrations were generally most effectively given ; and we observed among the vocalists several of the young gentlemen from the choir of Westminster Abbey. The lecture was attended by a crowded audience, who testified their gra tification by repeated and enthusiastic plaudits. TURKEY AND GREECE. (FROM A (WEEK CORRESPONDENT.) The final settlement of the question regarding Turk ish property in Greece has become a matter of life-or death importance to the present Cabinet. Diploma. tists at Athens have taken it foe their motto ; the Op position employ it as their main weapon : the political journals are solely occupied in discussing it. The' Turco-Greek question, as it is pompously .called, is in everybody's mouth, while it is clearly understood by very few. The Greek Cabinet pretend to treat the - menatei of the Porte with contempt, but secretly, I believe, arc not a little alarmed. I propose to give you a short narrative ollythe whole question—this Gordian knot which resisted all attempts •at unravelment for more than eight years! The discussion is founded on three separate bases, originating in' the two protocols of 1830 and 1832. The former merely recognised the independence of areeir, while the latter closeted her to the rank of a kingdom, and established the frontiers which she at present pos sesses: The main point in dispute concerns the Turkish lands is the province of Thebes ; those of the Phtbiotis are next ; and lastly is comprehended all the Evlat Va coof, or property bequeathed to the mosques of Chalcis. The protocols admit as a principle that all the pro v:nces actually held by the Greek troops at the time the first acknowledgment of independence was signed (April, 1830) should be considered as belonging to the new kingdom by right of conquest. Those, however, which were still occupied by the Turks, were sold to Greece for the sum of 40,000,000 piasters. The crite rion fixed upon to determine what lands had become Greek, or remained Turkish, was the fact of actual occupation by the troops of either party, and also the collection of tithes. Attica and Eubcea were undoubtedly in possession of the Turks, who at once proceeded to sell their lands, undisturbed by the Greek Government. But not so with Bceotia ; small part in the neighbourhood of Oropos, and that immediately under the guns of Chalcis, was recog- Anised as Turkish property, while the remainder of -that extensive province was occupied by Greek troops. Some, however, of the Turk who held lands in that portion of Bceafa which was in possession of the Greeks ultimately founded a further claim on the fact of merry successful inroads having been made by the Ottoman garrison of Cealcis for the purpose of-collect ing tithes - . Now, of the two points necessary to prove a right of possession, the Greeks claimed that of actual, occupation, whilst, on the other band, the Turks undee niably bad collected the titjie i , although they had ac complished. it vi el amis. A Turkish commission which was sent to Athens (1837) concluded, after a long anti tedious negotia tion, & compact with the Greek Government, con sistiag of two engagements on the part of the lat ter. The first of these, which was immediately fulfilled, obliged are. Turks to pay 600,000 piasters as an in dernnifica tion to those Turkish subjects who had lost their lands,, or which bad got into dispute in the pro vince of Bc sotia. The second portion of the compact on the part of the Greeks (and which * has not been ful fi:led) iosurs el the repayment to the purchasers of the price of cer. 'Asia lands which has been already con tracted for. s a • At length it is cert sin that the Cabinet of King Otho has determined ,to pay immediately the sum of 400,000 drachmas to the Turkish purchasers, being the amount of outlay, and in addition 8 per cent. interest per annual oa the 'capital, calculated trom the date of the contract with-the Porte. The _second part of the qeestion regards the Turkish lands iu the province of I'hthiotis. Ths- Orteek government, on the, plea of having paid forty - millions of •• piastres for the non-occupied pro vinces, and ahro4iecause the Greek army bad been in possession of the north side of Mount CE -a and the Pass of Thermopylm, seized all the Turkish f eroperty in those provinces (l 832). The Porte alleged that that pay urent only gave Greece the right of sovereignty - , and not of private property ; and also contested-the, tact of Greek occupation at the exact time req-eired by the protocol. And ou these grounds the Porte per mitted :the sale of those lands (1837). After much deliberation and hesitation the Greek Government ad mitted the validity of the last Turkish claims, but de ritivertheless, to ratify the sales, unless the lands were sold to the villagers who lived on them in prefer ence to others, The Porte applies to the Greek Mi nistry, and this forms the second cause of complaint. The probable Result is, that the sales will be ratified on condition that the proprietors cede to each family of peasants a free allotment of about five acres of land. Next, as regards the church property. These lands were bequeathed to the mosques by families who, fearing the rapacity of the civil governors, bargained that a cer tain portion of the produce should be for ever- returned to the donors and their , descendants. A sum '3f 600,000 piastres was at last agreed upon as an indemnification on this head, but a new t lifficulty has lately.arisen on account of a claim on the pail' of the Porte cor the m a:rest on th at same during the . i nterval in which the c overnment has been in possession of those lands. The appointment of the Seraskier Mustapha Pacaba ') to the Governorship of Syri e , .1 - be principal feat are w hi c h h a: i occurred at Porte ice my last. Te .iair, Capital] Paella, will tAI iate as hi; ka i i,maki.atia,. or Lieutenant, locum team s . By acme thin step is regal eed as a mere excuse r 0 displa ce h .4 e e t rask ter I rote 411- post ; but circumstances in no an w a t such :an opinion. Mustapha Pdcha it man ner " d, may be reme l ancre ac quired formerly a considerable reputation is the szr hahtib, or private secretary, to Sultan ' 41, ( I. Among the Turks he is regardpe 04nls ss a :rn o t o liberal sentiments (implying a pre r pro , ati, e asing r e respect e o c o t for European institutions), but his busine, abilities and general tact enabled hi.n, neverthele ss , to ma i nta i n a position of considerable influence. The nom illation of Mustapha Paelia to Syria,und . er existi ng c i rcue nstances, cannot be looked upon but as judicious and satisfactory. 'With respect to the anticipated Ministerial changes - here * nothing as yet has occurred tending in any way towards enlightenment. It is probable an ex tee naive and deepgame is being played (I now express the opini owns the test informed), but the cards are still in hand, an eno one gel of them has yet appeared by which we can jail' re of its its sequence. Constantinople is, of all other pia eel; the nest busy and mysterious, and at the present a nor ent titat rule m ove than ordinarily ' prevails. Ev ex, r an -- - asks his neighbour the news, while all confess their, ignorance. DUTCH. MAIL, THE HAGUE, J. o.—The Rhine. being full of float ing, ice, the bridge over that river at Arnheim was removed yesterday. Ice has also appeared in the Yssel, which impedes the passage v.t Weslesroost. Thci ice on the Y, at Amsterclath, was passable yesterdays on foot. _ _ We find from the Law Journal that on the 30th of December the Attorney-General in the Supreme Conn= ell, produced his arguments in the cause of J. Metzget and others against the Kingdom of the Netherlands. In the opening of his speech, he showed that the Kingdom of the Netherlands never had a penny of the inheritance in question, nor ever made any claim to it, and that this Kingdom, after the lapse of 150 years, is called ' upon by a law suit to produce accounts, and to answer for anticipated inheritances which it never had in its possession. The Attorney-Ge neral supported the objection of presumption, and prayed that the pretention of the plaintiffs should be declared inadmissible, and that they should be condemned in'the costs. Sentence will be delivered cva the 21st of January. DUTCH FUNDS.— AmsTutzum, JAN. 1 1. Money. Bit's. Actual Debt, 234 per Cent . 51% 51% Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. ..... 99% 105 Amort Syndic,4% per cent ..... ..... 91 31 91 % Ditto, ditto, 3% per 76 76% Commercial Company, 4% per cent... ... 155 15134 Ditto (1935 and 1837) 5 per cent. 10134 102% Loan 1 37, 5 per cent...... ....... ....... 97 % 98 Exchange on London, One l2 12 Two months ...... 12 Hamburgh, One month 95 68% Two months 35 4334 Dutch Papers, Jan. 12. HAMBURG BOR3EN HALLE, JANE Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares. . .... Anglo-Russian Loan 109% 10934 Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, let Set iQS lO3 -- Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th - Series — SS Ditto in Certificates Ncw 4 per Cent. (1940) 89% 5854 Dutch Actual Debt, 236 per Cent 5 054 50%.' Ditto 5 per Cent—. Polish Bonds New ficket .......... 165 1x41x454A Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per 784 78 Norwegian Lsan, 1834, 4 per HIM 102 Spanish. New 5 per Cents. ...... lb EXCHANGES) ON LONDON. Pirriasauiton, DEC. iB.—Two months. 3e% pence. Rma, JAN. I.... Three Months, 38 1 %. Santini. JAN. 4 —Tao months, 6 14. FIRE AT BERMONDSEY.—Yesterday a fire broke out, about eleven o'clock in the forenoon, in the premises of Mr. Wishton, a boat and barge-builder, carrying on very extensive business at Bermondsey-wall, by which property to a considerable amount was de stroyed. Some of the workmen had been engaged in preparing a quantity of pitch, when, either by accident or neglect, it boiled over, and the flames set fire to a quantity of caulking tow which lay near, and, in about five minutes after, the flames spread rapidly through a large shed, containing loose spars and timber. Mes sengers were instantly despatched to the different fire stations in the neighbourhood; but unfortunately, before their arrival, the flames had gained such an ascendancy, that although the two powerful fire-engines from South wark-bridge were quickly in attendance, property to a large amount was destroyed before the fire was extinguished. Between five and six o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out in Chelsea College, but which, by the assistance of the pensioners and fire-brigademen, was got under before much damage was done. THE PRIESTS' OPINION OF EACH OTHER. —We have every reason to believe that the rumour of an intention to withdraw Mr. Williams from the Oxford contest is a mere stratagem. We have proof that the party putting that gentleman forward are capable of any finesse.—Standard. PASSIVE RESISTANCE.—The revenue for intoxicating liquors alone is 15 millions a-year. If one half of .the people were to abstain, the Prime Minister might be brought to terms on the Bread-tax in a fort night. In fact it is the people's own fault if they do not get the Corn-law repealed.—The Struggle. A DISCOURAGINGIVISIT.—A poor woman came to visit her relations in Preston. She went to nine houses, and none of them could afford her a meal's meat; the last place she called at was in Albert-street, where the man pawned his shirt for 6d., with which 4d. of bread, ld. of butter, and Id. of tea were purchased for the party.— The Struggle. RESCUE' OF NINE PERSONS.—About half past ten o'clock yesterday morning, on the alarm of the tire which had broken out at Bermondsey Wall reaching the floating engine stationed at Southwark-bridge, a bell was rung on board as a signal that hands were wanted. At the time a number of labourers were waiting about Queenhithe pier. Seven of them di rec tly got into a wherry belonging to a waterman named Blackmore, who with his men had just rowed up to the stairs. Black more pushed off his boat, intending to take the men on board the engine, and had rowed nearly to the centre of the middle arch of Southwark-bridge, when the boat, from being so greatly overloaded, began to fie, and in a few seconds sank by the stern. One man, in his fright, instantly jumped into the stream, which was running down very strongly. Another quickly followed, and presently the whole of the party were immersed, and struggling for their lives, Several boats instantly put off from the shore, and by great exertion seven of them were got out ; the eighth was carried some distanco - by the tide, but saved himself by clinginc , to the rudder of a boat that floated by him ; the ninth, .a labouring man, named Owen Brady, thirty years of age, sank twice, and was in the act of disappearing the third time, when a waterman caught hold of his coat collar, and saved him. He was brought ashore in an insensible state, and was removed to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he at present remains, and is considered to be in imminent danger. ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAIL• WAY.—Another fatal accident on this line occurred in the Sonning Cutting (near the spot of the lastcJas trophe) last evening, whereby a policeman of the name of,Dixon lost his life. It, appears that the unfortunate man was on the south, or down-rail, signalling the up train, when the 6 o'clock down-train approached, unper ceived by the policeman, and killed him upon the spot. The poor man has left a widow and five children. TOWN AND COUNTRY.—From the third an nual report of the Registrar-General, it appears that the mean duration of life in the two classes of districts differs nearly 17 years, the average of life being 55 y ears in the country and only 38 in th towns. The density of the population in the country districts referred to, compared to that in the towns, is as 10 to 245 ; the mortality as 100 to 144. M2LANCHOLY CATASTROPHE.—SeIdom has it fallen to our lot to record a more melancholy accident than that which occurred on Friday afternoon last, at Bishop Wilton, which is about four . miles from Pock lington, when three promising youths, belonging to one family, met with premature death. The four sons of the Rev. Joseph Shooter, vicar of Bishop Wilton, were, with several other boys, amusing themselves with sliding upon a fishpond, about eight or nine feet deep, and the boys were in the act of leaving it, when James said he would cross the pond again for the laA time. He at tempted to do so at a part which was more dangerous than the rest, and when. he had arrived at about the centre of the pond the ice gave way, and he was precipitated into the water: He made a violent spring upwards, and called to George, his brother, to take him the rope, it appearing that a rope was at the side of the pond, they being about to go to the 'field with it. The brother iminediately ran with the rope to the assistance of James, but un fortunately the ice broke with him, and he too was lunged into the water. Henry Shooter seeing the aw ful situation in which his brothers were placed also ven tured on the ice, in order, if possible, to save them. One of the boys, named Butterfield, who had witnessed the accident, immediately ran to the blacksmith's shop in the village and gave an alarm. The blacksmith with seve ral other persoes proceeded to the spot and found the three unfortunate boys struggling in the water. A rope was thrown to them, but they had become so exhausted that it was completely useless, and whilst the blacksmith ran for a ladder they all sank. Attempts were then made to recover the bodies, but it was half an hour before that was effected. On Saturday an inquest was held on the bodies by Mr. John Wood, the Coroner, when a ver dict of "Accidently drowned" was returned.—Yarh Courant. REMARKABLE SAGACITY OF A DoG.-v-On Monday morning, as the Usk (Newport) steam , : f , Cap tlin Parfitt, was proceeding through the lock re„ Cumber land basin, on her voyage to Newport, a man named Hobbs attempted to get on board ; thr.; Captain in formed him that if he would go to the cor',er of the pier he would take him in, but if he attempt e d tr, jump on the pad dle-box he would certainly be drowr . „d . Th e man, how ever, persisted in eudeavourin C 4 to, jump on the box, and was precipitated into the lock. Tne paddles were instantly stopped, and almost iefore the plunge of the man in the water was heard,- Captain Parfitt's dog (a fine animal of the Labrador creed) sprang overboard, and diving in search of ale drowning man, brought him up by the shoulder and conveyed him to one of the lock-gates, where he could hold on in security. As soon asle saw he could leave the man with safety, the dog swam after and soon returned with his hat in his mouth ; .and, placing his fore-paws on one of the cross timbers of the gate, patiently awaited alongside the man, until a boat was brought, which conveyed the rash adventurer and his canine deliverer safely to the shore.—Bath Chronicle. ASYLUM FOR DECAYED FREEMASON ' S. The usual quarterly general meeting of the Governors I and Subscriber" to this benevolent and excellent Insti- tution, was held on Wednesday, pursuant to advertisemen t, at Raaley's Hotel; Bridge-street, Blackfriars ' • the Rev. Dr. Crucifix in the Chair. There was no business of any moment entered on, save the passing of the quar terly accounts, from which we were glad to observe that there is a considerable sum of money at present in the hands of the Treasurer, as well as a large sum invested in the funds. No less than 168 gentlemen have given the usual notices of their intention to apply to be admitted attornies of the Court of Queen's Bench during the pre sent (Hilary) Term. - There are also thirteen notices for re-admission to practice. SUDDEN DEATH.—On Wednesday a man, who had attended the Insolvent Debtors' Court as a spec. tator for many years, dropped from his seat. He was carried out to a surgeon's, and breathed his last. The body awaits a Coroner's inquest. We regret to announce the decease of Bourke Lambert, Esq., of Boyton, Wilts, Professor of Botany. His sudden removal from his friends in town, to a damp lodging at Kew,. with other distressing circumstanrzes, have accelerated the death of a gentleman who cla;med the best sympathies of the scientific world, and the gene .. rous succour of his high and influential relation' A . He died on Monday, the 10th, without a struggle,, in the presence of his faithful old friend, Sir Win. HonAter. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CILINCERY„Tip. 1 3. WARD V. ALSAGER.---•WARD V. WARD. This case came before the Court upon cause apd cross cause. The bill was filed by Mr. George Henry Ward against Messrs. Alsager and other persons, the assignees of the estate of Mr. W. Ward, who, some years back, was Member for the City of London, but against whom, in April, 1836, a fiat of bankruptcy issued. The other defendants to the bill were the children of Mr. W. Ward. The object of the plaintiff in filing his bill was to get himself removed from the trust of a deed executed by his father, Mr. George Ward, an d a l so to o b ta i n t h e declaration of the Court that he had not committed any breach of trust, and that therefore his estate was not bound to make good any losses that had taken place. The cir cumstances of the case • may be thus shortly stated : Mr. George Ward, the father of the plaintiff, and Mr William Ward, was in, and prior to the year 1811, a merchant of eminence in the City of London, and sub sequently resided at Northwood Park, at Cowes, in the Isle of Wight. Mr. George Ward being desirous of doing something for the benefit of his sons, entered, in the year 1811, into partnership with him then, and Mr. Thompson, who was a clerk in his house. Mr. George Ward was to find 100,0001., which was to be the capital of thepartnership, and the two sons and Mr. Thompson were to be the active partners. Each party was to draw out yearly 5001., and the remainder of the profits was to go to the capital. The partnership was carried on with various alterations in its members, till Dec. 1825, when Mr. Win. Ward alone remained in the business. Upon winding up the partnership accounts, the profits were found to be 93,0001. and upwards, which was divided equally among all the parties. Mr. George Ward's share, the plaintiff and two other gentlemen, were by the deed he had executed, the trustees upon trust for the benefit of his two sons, and after their death for the children of William Ward. At the time of his bank ruptcy a great portion of this fund was in th e h an d s o f William Ward, and by the cross bill filed by the children of that gentleman it was sought to charge Mr. G eorge Henry Ward with the loss occasioned by the bankruptcy of their father, on the ground that he had committed a breach of trust, in allowing the money to remain in his hands. The plaintiff, to relieve himself from the conse quences of an act, which had been done out of kindness to his brother, filed the present bill. The Solicitor-General, Mr. Girdlestone, and Mr. Camp- Dell appeared, for the plaintiff in the original suit of Mr. G.ciorge Henry Ward. 14r. Bethel', Mr. Piggott, and Mr. Fisher, were Coun sel 'or the children of Mr. Wm. Ward. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL addressed the Court at con siderable length on behalf of the plaintiff, contending that he had done all he could to obtain payment of the money from his brother ; that he had even instituted a suit in Chancery against him for that purpose ; and that he kid only been restrained from proceeding with that suit ,through the interposition of Mr. Justice Patteson, who acted as their mutual friend. The arguments, which appear likely to occupy a day or two, had not concluded when the Court rose. ROLLS' COURT, Jan. ]3. IN RE LAW. Mr. TINNEY stated that the petition prayed that a proper person should be appointed as a trustee in the place of the late Mr. J. Price, in this matter. In 1824 a marriage was agreed upon between Mr. Francis Law and Iris s Elizabeth Evans. The fortune of Miss Evans consisteCt of stock to the amount of 3,2001, which was held in Three per Cent. Consols, and 21,600 rupees in certain Bengal loans. It was agreed that this sum should be trans ferred into the joint hands of trustees, and Mr. J. Price was one and Mr. J. Beaumont the other, and Mr. Thomas Price was subsequently appointed another. The stock was transferred into their hands on trust for the lady during her life. The trust upon which this stock was to be held provided that after the death of the wife the trust stock should be allowed to accumulate for the 'pen efit of the children, with no life interest to the blusband, and the usual power for appointing new trust, ?.es. It also provided that the wife, the husband, or th Ft survivor, should have the power of appointing a new trustee. The petitioner then went on to state that 10,400 rupees were brought over to England and invested in the Three per Cent. Consols ' • this sum bein g part of the 21,000 rupees in the B e ng a l loan. Mrs. Law died on the 21st of November, 1827, without hav ing e grercised her appointment, and leaving one child. In 18 34 the death of one of the trustees occurred. On the lb tth of September, 1834, a deed was executed be tween .Mr. F. Law, the husband, and the executrix, and which !recited that the dividends and interest on the trust fund h trill, since the death of Mrs. Law, accumulated, and which :accumulation had caused the principal to amount to 6,78v/1. Three per Cent. Consols, and 11,000 rupees ; and tb.e deed witnessed that Thomas Price was appointed joint t ru stee, and the funds were thereby transferred to him jo in tly upon trust. In 1839 the two Prices became the on 1 3 - trustees, and on `the death of Mr. Beaumont, Mr. F. Law being desirous of carrying out the provisions of the trust-deed, requested Mr. George Law, the peti tioner, to proceed to the appointment of a new trustee, and he :accordingly wrote to Mr. J. Price for that purpose. Mr. 11 3 EmBERTos objected to the title of the petition, which :should have stated, in the matter of the Act of Parlia Dent. His LORDSHIP said that the title of the petition was decide( lly incorrect and irregular ; but he had consulted his l ionour the Vice-Chancellor of England, and he. thought the objection could be over ruled. Mr. 'Tinney might go on with the petition then, or' have it' amended, but if he procoeded then he must st an( ior fall by it. The parties preparing the peti tion eN ntly wished to try an experiment, therefore they put.:l4 new title to the petition. The subject-mat ter of tit(' ) petition was a marriage settlement, and the Court he I to act upon the Act of Parliament, but his Lirdshiy was far from thinking the point essential. Mr. TIO , TNEY then proceeded with the petition, which stated OW:, Mr. Thomas Price refused to be a party to the app, )1/3 tment of a new trustee, as directed by the trust de ed.. Respecting the costs, the petitioners prayed, that ina si nuch as the neglect of Thomas Price and John Price in Acting on the power of attorney, they ought to pay the (costs of this application ; and then it prayed that the lafsole fund might be transferred to the name ofthe three tr tatees. Now if the whole fund were transferred to the nan it-3 of the trustees, of course the costs could not be dedu 'ett d out of that fund. The costs of cases of this kind we. 're comprehended in the 25th section of the Act of Parli art sent (Sir Edward Sugden's Act), which stated that the c lisposing of the costs was in the discretion of the Lord Chancellor and the Court. Mr. PI .MBERTON replied, and expressed his regret that an arrangement had not been made before the partiu as came into Court, and which course might have beei i adopted ; and it appeared to him to be a matter ti sken up with much asperity by the petitioner, against , the defendants. The petition states that the- de fendant s lull imputed to the petitioner a conspiracy to defraud " the estate. They had done no such thing, they had ne rer dreamed of such a thing. What they said was, t . hat. the petitioner was not entitled to any amount out of this estate for the maintenance of his chi' al bz,r a former marriage, and which he demanded, and, as the discretionary p ower o f c h oos i ng st trustee was ye stet 1 in him, he refused to agree to the appoint ment elf a trustee unless they were granted. The ques tion wits, whether there was any ju r i s di c ti on i n t hi s mat ter. If is Lordship would refer to the Act of Parlia ment, tit ere was a provision there made that in rfJfusal for neglect to comply with the request - made is writing within thirty-one days after the applicati on was made, then the Court had a jurisdiction. But the i party making that application must have an in terest in the trust. Mr. Law had no such thing ; he was a str; sager to the trust, therefore the Court had no jurisdicti( m. He had no objection, and he felt inclined to recomi nend to these gentlemen the Messrs. Price, to agree to some arrangement. Mr. T INNEY said that perhaps his Lordship would -allow thi s case to stand over, to ascertain whether the arran get tient could be made. Hi 3 TACiRDSTEIP said he thought that Was the best plan to ad 'opt, for he' thought there were some misapprehen sions between the parties. With respect to the costs, ho could' ix take no order upon the defendants ; it was eon trary- V 3 all rule ; but as from whence the costs should come, ' ne could make no specific order till the arrange ment,: if agreed to, was made. The case was then adjourned. )V 7 CE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, Jan. 13. (1 3efore the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) / 'Anti AND CATTERWELL V. GIBBS AND CO. TI tis was a motion to dissolve an exparte injunction Mtr: iirdng rEmanuel Aguilla or his agents, from re ceiving, or_ collecting any part of the out-standing per sonal estate of 'Domingo Mattei, in England ; and also restra; '4lu:if; the defendants, Gibbs, from paying over to Emam ael Aguilla, or any other person, save under the directi on of the Court, any sum of money due to the estate of 21 lattei. It . tAppet.red that the defendants, Gibbs and Co., who made the present application, were merchants in the City, and the agents of Emanuel Aguilla, the personal representative of Domingo Mattei, deceased. In the year 1 834, Mattei, who resided at Saint Jose, in the Brazil s, sold his claim to the woods in a certain forest -in the ,t country to an Englishman, of the name of John Moot •e, on condition that he should himself receive Io,of /0 quintals Of the wood. Mattei transferred the claim he . thus acquired to Edward Wallenstein, the .agent of Messrs. Faith and Catterwell, the plain tiffs in the :present suit, for a consideration of 5,700/. This sum .was made payable in three bills of exchange fur 2,0001., 1,9001., and 1,8001, drawn by Wallenstein on the plaintiffs. The wood, however, never reached this country.. Moore having cut 14,000 quintals of it, they were . :seized by the Brazilian Government before they were embarked ; but the grounds of this seizure did not appear rrom the documents before the Court, and there was con sequently no means of deterniining whetter Mattei h. id or had not originally a good title to the foreit he had so ld. In the meantime, Mattei had sent over the bills of ex. change to the Messrs. Gibbs in London, for the purpose of .obtaining payment of them. The bill for 1,900 i. had. been parted with by the Messrs. Gibb's to a third part y, for a valuable consideration, and the plaintiffs were in consequence obliged to pay that bill. The other two bills • were stall in the hands of the Messrs. Gibbs; and the object of the injunction which it was now sought to dissolve, had been to prevent the defendants from transferring those bills to Aguilla. The defendants, however, b ad no personal interest in the matter. His Hot; ;OUR said that he did not feel that he could dissfilve th e injunction as regarded the first part, in the absence of Aguilla, against whom it was principally di rfJeted ; and he could not grant the applications to the second part, inasmuch as it might lead to a contempt of Court. But be should make an order to the effect that the injunction should not prevent the defendants from proceeding with the actions at law. (Before Vice-Chancellor BRUCE.) SAMUEL, V. BIGGS. His HONOUR was engaged throughout the day in hearing the arguments in this cause. The facts presented no feature pf interest whatever. THE SUN, LONDON,rFRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1842 (Before Vioe•Cbsncellor WIGBAIL) THOMPSON V. DERHAM. This was a motion for an injunction heard in private previous to the Christmas vacation. his llo N oua gave judgment at great length this morn ing. The question turned upon the construction of the will of a testator named William Hindu. In the month of June, 1829, the testator had entered into partnership with three other persons as a worsted spinner, and wool stapler ; and by the 28th article of the deed, it was agreed that if Wm. Hinde should depart this life before the expiration of the term limited for the partner ship. he should be at liberty to nominate any one or more of his sons to succeed him in five of the shares, and the profits arising from them. The bills ought to have the trusts of Wm. Hinde's will executed, and prayed a lien upon the bankrupts' property to the amount of the shares. It appeared that the surviving partners having become bankrupt, the Commissioners of Bankruptcy were about to enter a fiat upon the bankrupts' estate, when the plaintiffs opposed the proceeding, and prayed that no dividends might be received till their claim had been adjusted. That application, however, was refused. His Honour was of opinion that according to the true construction of Wm. Hinde's Hill his executors were not authorised to make over the whole of his estate to the partnership. The retaining the testator's estate was unlawful, and constituted a debt from the partnership to Wm. Hinde's estate. He could not, however, grant the injunction then sought, because he would be deciding that it was the duty of that Court to examine very decision of the Court of Review at the instance of any creditor against whom its decision had been pronounced.—The injunction was therefore refused. NORTH UNION RAILWAY COMPANY V. THE BOLTON RAILWAY COMPANY. This case, which was a motion for an injunction to restrain the defendants from erecting certain works on the plaintiffs' line of railway, was concluded this morn ing. His Honour said there was no proof that any in jury would be sustained, and the motion, therefore, must stand over generally, with liberty to apply. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Jan. 13. IRZACII OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.-DARBON V. ROSSER Mr. TEESIGER moved in this case for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside, on the ground of the damages being excessive. The case was tried before Mr. Justice Wightman, at the sittings after last term, and a verdict had for the plaintiff for 1,6001. There were various promises assigned, and the defendant pleaded the payment of a sum of money in satisfaction and acquittal of these promises. Lord DENmAN said the Court generally knew what the case was, and Mr. Justice Wightman had an opinion upon it ; but, without being taken to pronounce any opinion at present, the Court would suggest whether it would not be advisable that the parties should confer to gether, and the case could be mentioned again in the course of the week. Mr. TIIESIGER assented to this suggestion. KEMP V. GARLAND, ADMINISTRATOR. Mr. PLATT said this was an action of assumpsit, tried before Mr. Justice Wightman at the last Guildhall sit tings. The declaration stated that Charles Garland, de ceased, was indebted to the plaintiff in his lifetime in the sum of 3301., and for which the deceased had given his warrant of attorney to confess judgment for the sum therein mentioned, with a defeasance indorsed upon the warrant of attorney. By that defeasance the sum of 3301. was to be paid by instalments, of which five were paid, and eight remain unpaid. To that the defendant pleaded-Ist, that he did not promise ; 2d, that he did not execute the warrant of attorney ; 3d, a set off ; and 4th, the statute of limitations. All the issues were found for the plaintiff, except that with regard to the statute of limitations, on which a verdict was entered for the defendant, with liberty to the plaintiff to move to enter a verdict for 741. Is., if the Court should be of opinion that the plea of the statute of limitations did not apply. The warrant of attorney was given in 1832, and it was admitted that all the instalments except the• last three did not come within the statute of limitations, and the contest was with regard to these three instalments. The objection made at the trial was that the statute of li mitations had run as against these three instalments, be cause by the terms of the defeasance the party had a complete right of action more than six years ago. He submitted, however, that that did not bar the right of the plaintiff to recover the instalments in dispute, and having quoted some authorities on the subject, The COURT said it would be necessary to look into the case. THE QUEEN V. KENRICE AND ANOTHER. This was an indictment for a conspiracy to defraud one George William Featherstonhaugh of a valuable se curity for 1681., by unlaWfully, knowingly, and design edly pretending that a certain carriage, and a certain mare and gelding, were the property of a lady deceased, and since then of her sister, and that they were not the property of a horse-dealer. The defendants had also alleged that the horses were quiet to ride and drive, with intent to defraud. The case was tried before Lord Den man at the sittings after last term, and the Jury found the two defendants guilty. Mr. BYLES now moved for a rule to show cause why there should not be a new trial, or why the judgment should not be arrested, and why there should not be a venire de novo. With regard to the arrest of judgment, perhaps it might be convenient to mention the point which :Arose upon the record. The indictment con tained two sets of counts. One for false pretenees, in representing that the horses were quiet, and the property of a lady, and the other for a conspiracy, by fraudulent representations, to sell the horses and obtain the money. Now, he submitted that the count for false pretences was liable to two serious and fatal objections. It alleged that the defendants had fraudulently represented the horses to be quiet, &c., for the purpose of fraud, and had thereby obtained a valuable document or cheque for the su:n of 1681. The first objection was,: that the indict ment did not state whose order or cheque it was that the defendant had; the consequence of that would be, that it would be extremely difficult to plead that indict ment in bar to an indictment for a felony for the same order or money. The money was :not laid to be the property of any person, but there were several authori 'tics to which he would refer the Court, which would establish the fact that it was necessary that the money or valuable consideration obtained should be laid to be the property of some party. The second objection was that a false warranty was not the subject of an indict ment - Lord DENMAN said it was clear the Learned Counsel must have a rule for the first objection, but he wished to know the authorities for the latter objection. Mr. BYLES said there was Weekes's case, Pye's case, and Codrington's case, which all bore upon the point be fore the Court. Then with regard to the counts for the -conspiracy, it was laid down in the case of the Queen v. Beck, 9th Adolphus and Ellis, that counts for conspiracy were bad for being too extensive. The words • were " Counts for a conspiracy to defraud, not stating the means, is bad, not showing that the conspiracy was for a purpose was necessarily criminal." Ile had another objection also, that the younger Kenrick, who.. was in dicted with his father, had died after the,commencement of the action, and there was no statement to that effeot upon the record. After going through the evidence at the trial, The COURT granted a rule upon that point also. JOHNS V. SIMMONS. This was an action brought to recover a sum of 101. advanced by the plaintiff on behalf of the defendant, who was the owner of a vessel called the Phcebe. The case was tried before the Under Sheriff of Glamorgan, and a verdict had for the plaintiff, and a rule for leaa e to enter a nonsuit having subsequently been obtained, Mr. CHILTON now appeared to show cause against the rule. It appeared that the vessel was lying in the port of Swansea, and the master being in want of money wrote to his owner, who resided at a distance of eleven miles, and the answer was that he had no money to send him, but to try and sell the barley that was on board at five shillings per bushel. The master not being able to obtain more than 3s. 6d. the bushel, applied to the plaintiff's agent, residing in Swan sea, who advanced him 10/., which the owner refused to pay,. alleging that the master had no right take up money on his account. The Learned Counsel having referred to the law, as it bore upon cases of the description before the Court, submitted that the verdict ought not to be disturbed. The COURT was of opinion that the verdict ought to be set aside, and the rule for a nonsuit made absolute. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jan. 13. RICKETTS V. NASH. Mr. ERLE and Mr. PRIDE lux showed cause against a rule to set aside . "a release granted by the plaintiff' in this case, whereby the plaintiff's attorney had been de frauded of his costs. It appeared that the plaintiff was an insolvent, and having been run over and injured by the defendant, brought his action to recover d amages . The trial was had in August last, and lasted two days, the result was a verdict for the plaintiff with 50/. damages. The costs incurred were upwards of 1201. Tho attorney for the defendant intended to move for a new trial, but on the 30th of October some mutual friends interfered, The plaintiff and the defendant met, and it was arranged that the former should accept the amount of the ver dict, and settle the dispute. The money was paid, and a release given, the plaintiff's attorney being ignorant of the whole matter. The Learned Gentleman on behalf of the defendant contended that, according to the cases in the books, as it was clear that the oiler to settle came from the plaintiff,the had a right to enter into the arrangenient; there was no colluOon on his part to defraud the plain tiff's attorney, for he bona fide intended to move for a new trial, and his attorney swore that he had good grounds for supposing that he would obtain a new trial, and eventually get the verdict ; therefore be thought the arrangement a fair one. Mr. KELLY and Mr. BURT, in support of the rule, contended, that as everything had been done behind the back of the plaintiff's attorney, the Court must -infer fraud and collusion, for both the defendant and his at torney knew al,,the time the arrangement was entered into that the cegts to which he was liable were enormous, and that the plaintiff was not in a position to pay them. The COURT were of opinion that the rule must be dis charged, as a plaintiff had a right at any time to put an end to any litigation in which he was engaged. In this ease the offer for an arrangement came from the plain tiff—there was, therefore, no collusion on his part. Rule discharged without costs. ADAMS, ADMINISTRATOR, V. GARRARD. This was an action for work and labour done by the husband of the plaintiff. •It was tried at the sittings after last term before Lord Abinger, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff, damages 3901. Mr. CRESSWELL now moved for a rule nisi to reduce the verdict. The facts of the case were these. A cora- - pany, of which the defendant made one, was formed to work a marble quarry at Limerick, and the deceased, who was the proprietor of a, wharf in London, Was en gaged by them as their agent at a salary of 300/. • It was also sought to recover upwards of 100/. for wharfage, 70/. 10s. of which was alleged to have been paid to Wyatt, Packer, and Co., while the evidence showed that the money was paid, not in full, but at the rate of los. per pound, and that also not by the deceased but by the administratrix. That sum he proposed to strike out. He also submitted that the evidence given with respect to Le engagement of the deceased did not show more than that he was an agent to be paid by a commission on what he might sell. Lord ABINGER—I was satisfied on that point, 'and think the verdict ought to stand. You may take a rule with respect to the 701. 10s. You will have another ac tion brought for it.—Rule granted. - V. THE AGRICULTURAL BANK OF IRELAND. Mr. KELLY moved for a rule to set aside a judgment obtained in this cause, and to let in a defence. The ac tion was brought against a person named Hughes, who was the public officer of the above bank. It appeared that they carried on business till June, 1840 ; having no funds, a general meeting was called in October, when the Company was dissolved. There had been many transactions between the Bank and the St. George's Steam Packet Company, and there were some gentlemen who held shares in both concerns, and, of course, they were cog nizant of the affairs of both. After the bank had stop ped payment, a person named Hodgson, who was the agent of the bank, was induced to sign a promissory note for 5001., which was assed to the Steam Packet Company, and by them kefit till it was due, when an action was immediately brought upon it against Hughes, who had long ceased to be the public officer ; in fact, the bank had been dissolved long before that, and that mo ment he lost the character of its public officer. How ever, it appeared that that gentleman had come over to England for the purpose of accepting process in the cause, and judgment was allowed to go by default. A scire facias was issued against two gentlemen who had been partners in the bank, but who were wholly igno rant of the note, or of any of the proceedings which they now sought to set aside, and to have liberty to defend the action. Lord ABINGER—What was the date of the dissolution of the Banking Company. Mr. KELLY—The 19th October, 1840, and the note is dated in December following. Lord ABINGER—The matter requires exp'anation. There is something like collusion here. You may take a rule. BAIL COURT, Jan. 13. IN RE BARNARD CAVANAGH. It will be recollected, that Mr. James applied to the Court yesterday for a rule nisi, and a writ of habeas corpus directed to the Governor of Reading Gaol, to bring up the body of Bernard Cavanagh, the fasting man, now in his custody, the propriety of granting which the Court took time to consider. This morning, when Mr. James came into Court, Mr. Justice Wimorests said he was of opinion that the rule nisi ought to be granted, so as to bring on the case for argument. He granted the application on the point as to whether the applicant had committed any offence within the statute. As to the other point raised, that the pretence had not been negatived, he apprehended it would not be very difficult - to deny that a man could live or die for five years. Mr. JAMES said he had understood from the officers at the Crown-office that it would be necessary at the same time to bring np the depositions,-and he therefore moved for a certiorari for that purpose. Mr. Justice IVILLIAsts—It will be time enough for that when the writ of habeas goes.—Rule nisi for a habeas granted. COOPER V. EASTMAN. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a clerk in the employ of the Alderney Dairy Company, to receive damages from the defendant, Henry Eastman, a milk man, for assault and false imprisonment. It appeared that, on the 14th September last the plaintiff,, in, com pany with a man named Custans, a milkman of the Al derney Dairy Company, hakl met the defendant in Cos well-street, and after some conversation between Custans and defendant, plaintiff said to defendant, who was carrying milk pails at the time, " Henry, I think you have one of our cans." Defendant said, " Yes, you may take it if you like," and swung the pails round, when plaintiff took the can off, but seeing it was not his, said, " I see it is not ours, and shall not have it," and put it down on the pavement. Defendant said, " I will not take it buck, I will swear a robbery against you." Defendant then went to the station• house, and gave the plaintiff in custody on a charge of felony ; which, when heard the next day, was dismissed by the Magistrates. Defendant had been in the service of the Company, but had left about twelve months since, and had set up as a milkman in opposition to the Company. The plaintiff had been locked up in the cell at the sta tion-house all night. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—damages 201, costs 40s. Mr. Montague Smith conducted the case for the pro secution... NO one appeared for the defendant. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Jan. 13. SHAW V. HARRISON. This was an action brought by the assignees of an in solvent. In the pleadings it was demurred that the declaration should have been laid as of the assignees to the estate, and not of the assignees by appointment, of the Commissioners. Upon argument thereon before Mr. Justice Bosanquet (at the time Judge in Chambers), issue was joined, and the cause was tried in the Exchequer. Mr. Sergeant MANNING this day obtained a rule nisi for a new trial on points 'reserved, their Lordships how ever, giving their opinion that the motion should have been made in the other Court. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Jan. 12. (Before Mr. Commissioner EvANs.) IN RE GEORGE DELIANSON CLARKE. PATENTS EXTRAORDINARY.-This day was fixed for the choice of assignees in the matter of this bankrupt, who was described in the fiat as of 198, Strand, and Fieldgate-street, Whitechapel, both in the county of Middlesex, newspaper vender, bookseller, manufacturer of animal charcoal, dealer and chapman. Several disputed proofs were tendered, and the result was, that the choice was adjourned until the 28th inst. The fiat was dated the 24th December, and several pri vate examinations were held before Sir C. F. Williams, Messrs. Ward, of Water-street, Bridewell Precinct, being the petitioning creditors. The following schedule of the " patents," in which the bankrupt is interested, either wholly or in part, may prove amusing, if not in teresting, to his creditors and the public. PATENTS FOR BELGIUM. 1. Hagues' railwaycarriage wheels. 2. Walker's improvement in coke ovens. First patent. 3. Ditto. Second patent. 4. Rudda's smoke burner. 5. Walsh's method of obtaining ammonia. 6. England's screw jack. 7. Frank's waterproofing. 8. Chaudron Junot's purification of oils, &c. 9. Cowley and Brown's improvements in locomotives. 10. Croll's method of purifying gas. 11. Chaudron Junot's improvements in soda. PATENTS FOR HOLLAND. 12. Walker's improvements in coke ovens. First patent. - 13. Ditto. Second patent. 14. England's screw jack. • PATENTS FOR FRANCE. 15. Walker's improvements in coke ovens. First patent. 16. Ditto. Second patent. 17. Rudda's smoke burner. 18. England's screw jack. 19. Croll's method of purifying gas. 20. Dampier's balance. 21. Rymer's spherical castor. 22. Improvements in manufacturing carbonate of soda. 23. Purifying oils, &c. PATENT FOB SAXONY. 24. Mather's stocking frame. PATENTS FOR ENGLAND. 25. Chaudron Junot's method of purifying oils, dated 30th March, 1840. Cancelled. 26. Ditto. Dated sth November, 1840. 27. Specification of Walker's improvements in col,e ovens. PATENT FOR SCOTLAND. 28. Delianson Clarke's improvements in coke ovenE - Dated sth October, 1840. ' 1 INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Jan. 13. IN RE ADOLPHUS JOHN FEW. The insolvent in this case was opposed by Mr. Cooxr, ' on behalf of an attorney named Abbott. It appeared that he got a person of the name of Ham mond to accept a bill of exchange, for which the insol vent received the money, and Hammond being suedupon it, took the benefit of the Act. It then came into the hands of the opposing creditor, and proceedings being taken, he (the insolvent) defended the action, by which law costs were accumulated, and the Learned Counsel therefore sought that he should be remanded under the discretionary clause of the Act for entering a vexatious defence. The insolvent supported his application in person. Mr. Commissioner BOWEN said it was evident that the insolvent fraudulently and vexatiously put the op posing creditor to unnecessary expense. He should, therefore, order him to be remanded for five calendar months from the date of his vesting order. IN THE MATTER OF JOHN HILLTUGS. The insolvent was unopposed, and upon the Learned Commissioner calling on his attorney, Mr. Morrell, an attorney's clerk, named Mathews, said ho appeared to conduct the case in his name. Mr. Commissioner BOWEN ;mid there were some attor neys practising in that Court, who, without any regard to their own characters, the interests Of their clients, or the respect due to the Court,. were in the habit of em ploying persons to conduct their business who were quite unfit for it. It appearel in the present case that the unfortunate insolvent had pe.id, through his friends, ' the sum of 41. for carrying him through the Court, and yet he (Mr. Commissioner Bowen) would be compelled to send him back for a fortnight, without any fault of his (the insolvent's). Such procee ling' on the part of these attoneys were improper, and :he should`take every pos . - sible means to put an end to it. The order of the Court was that the insolvent should 'oe remanded for fresh ser vices, and also that Mr. Morrell .a in Court to-morrow. POLICE INTE LLIGENCE. MANSION-ROUSE. Aldermen Sir PETER LAITRIE, WILSON, and GIBBS sat yesterday to investigate clwrges against the crowd of young men and boys who w ere on Wednesday accused of having gone in gangs into the shops of two bakers, and stolen bread and cakes :and biscuits, to the great terror of the neighbourho ods of Cannon-street and Bow-lane. Upon their arriral at the Mansion House, the Alderman were informed that sixteen more young men and boys had been ackried to the list of bread stealers, for offences committ , NI in the night of the day on which the examination of the first gang took place— an evidence of a system of rel'aellion and violence, which Sir Peter Laurie, the senior Magistrate present said, must be crushed in its cot amencement by the most rigorous measures. The Justice-room was crowded with tradespeople, many of whom had witnessed the conduct of the prisoners. Alderman WILSON said he - wished to be informed whether there.was any truth in the statements made by some of the prisoners who had been examined on AVect nesday before hi n, thaz, ',hey mt.t with difficulties in Peckham workhouse, as to permission to stay in that place and break Ro3iies, J. A. Jopp, the son of one of the relieving officers of the City of London Union, stated that he recollected the faces of several of thoSe prisoners, whom he then recog nised, as having applied at various times at the house in Cannon-street, for orders to go into Peckham Work house, which orders they uniformly received. Some of the prisoners here stated that they had, to be sure, received orders, uniformly, upon application to Mr. Jopp, to go into the workhouse, but they asked what could orders avail them when they were obliged to turn out of that place at seven in the morning. The ALDERMEN, after some consultation, deter mined to select from the prisoners who had been charged the day before, such of them as could be sworn to as having entered Mr. Church's shop, and stolen bread, and distributed it amongst the crowd outside. Their names were Joseph Gardiner, William Bradent, James Cornish, George Allen, Henry Wilson, and William Toe. Mr. Church stated that he could swear that four of the above-mentioned persons entered his shop on Tues day evening, and took bread and biscuits and seed-cake away with them without asking a question, and. divided the eatables amongst the part of the gang remaining in the street, which appeared to him to amount to between 30 and 40. One of the policemen who interfered, said, that when he was taking away the four prisoners, to whose iden tity kr. Church swore, eleven others followed, and wished to go into the station-house, but were- prevented by the closing of the door. Church---/ was sitting in my parlour when they walked into the shop, and on turning my head round I saw the four I can now identify, and six or seven others, helping themselves to whatever was within their reach. Each of them took something. Some of the prisoners thus accused denied that they had entered the shop at all, but they all admitted that they had eaten of the bread, although not of the seed-cake. Mr. Church—You certainly did partake of the seed cake, and some of you said the cake was nice, and you would certainly come again for more. Alderman WlLsort—That shows that the visit was not one of starvation, but a regular preconcerted plan. Mr. Church—They said it was a regular plan. Alderman WILSON—No doubt it is a conspiracy amongst forty or fifty to plunder. It is , proper I should state that I have seen the Lord Mayor this morning on this very serious subject, and he has expressed his deter mination to resort to the most rigorous measures against every future delinquent of this description. The six now before us are committed to Newgate for trial for the robberies in Mr. Church's house. Gardiner then denied that he was a ringleader. He merely joined the rest who appeared to be equally dis tressed, in trying to get something to eat. Twele others, who had been taken into custody on Wednesday, were then placed at the bar, when Mr. Clury, a baker, in Watling-street, proved that they and a number of others, about thirty-five, surrounded his shop and commenced taking the bread ; he identified four of them, who gave their names, George Harness, James Curtis, Wilson Reed, and Joseph Hartley, as being in the shop. Mr. Clury begged that Sir Peter would treat the case summarily. Sir P. LAURIE said he could not ; it was a clear case of stealing, and the bakers must be protected. The commitments were all made out, and theprisoners • were taken to Newgate. The other prisoners, against whom there was no evi dence as to stealing the bread, but who had been seen dividing it outside, were then put to the bar, and informed that sixteen had just been committed toNewgat e, and that in all probability many of that number would be transported. _ _ The multitudes of young men and boys who had been brought up as participators in the plunder, outside of the shops of the two prosecutors, were then discharged, with an assurance that if they joined in any future criminal act of the kind, they might calculate upon the most severe infliction of punishment for the offence. W OR SiIIP. S7'I?EET. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT THE SWAN WITH Two NEctts.--L-JOhn Berry was placed at the bar, for re-ex amination, upon a charge of having been concerned in stealing a cash-box, containing 221. 10s. Bd. in money. and several bills of exchange and cheques, the property of Mr. Chaplin, the proprietor of the Swan with Two Necks, in Lad-lane. It appeared that on Monday afternoon, Mr. Varley, a clothier, in High-street, Shorediteh, gave information to police constable, H, 34, that a cheque for 14/.65. Bd. which he suspected had been stolen, had been offered to him a short time before in payment for some clothes, and that he had watched the man who offered it into the shop of Mr. Jocelyn, a clothier, living in the same street. The policeman proceeded to the shop of Mr. Jocelyn, where he found the prisoner, whom he con veyed to the station-house, and on being searched some bills of exchange, and four cheques, drawn by Mr. Chaplin, upon Messrs. Carr, Glynn, and Co., the bankers, were found upon him. Upon being asked to account for, his possession of them, the prisoner said that a man, with whom he had a slight acquaintance, had employed him to get them changed. The chief clerk at•the Swan. with Two Necks, Mr. Varley, the clothier; and other witnesses, were ex amined, when the prisoner was remanded for a week. MARYLEBONE. ,Wednesday, shortly before the closing of the Court, Mr. Henry Etheredfe, a greengrocer b carrying , on bu sinesi at 'Cumbden rown, was brought .before Mr. RAWLINSON, on a warrant obtained against him for having attempted to violate the person .of Elizabeth Nash, a fine young woman .17 years of age. 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 bad quitted, and was now residing with her uncle and aunt. On the. second day after she 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 was 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 be had never taken any liberty with com plainant in his life. He called a witness named Benjamin Hillman,' who said that be was in the shop the whole of lastliidSy, 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. Wednesday Thos. Underwood, clerk to Mr. Weaver, 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, of Brentford-end, bailif to the Manor of St. John of Je rusalem, Clerkenwell, with having assaulted and ob structed 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, nine ounces deficient, belonging to the defendant's em plo,v er, 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 which witness left, saying that he would call again on the following Mon day. He did so, and saw the defendan', who informed him that Mr. Weaver was out. Witness then said it 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 he pushed witness violently, and obstructed him in the execution of his duty. Louis Worrins, broker and constable, of No. 6, Brook-hill, Clerkenwell, sworn, corroborated the evi dence of the complainant. Defendant did not deny the assault. He refused to allow the complainant to take his master's property 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 acting 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 distrained upo❑ if the fine was not paid. The complainant was justified in seizing the horse. He convicted the de fendant in the penalty of 10s. and costs, which being paid he quitted the Court. FRENCH SCANDAL.—The Natitonal contains the following :—" Is it true that a member of the Cham ber, holding a high official situation, was, about a month since, detected in a criminal conversation with the wife of the "'resident of a Superior Court ?" "Is it true. that the injured husband has lodged a charge of double adultery against the Deputy and his faith less wife ?" "Is it true, in fine, that, in order to prevent the scandal which would arise from such a charge being brought against one of the stanchest sup porters of the Cabinet, a superior place was offered to the offended husband ?" "Is it true that in consequence of this promise the complaint has been withdrawn ?" "These ('acts," adds the National, "have furnished con versation to the Chamber of Deputies for some days past. The old Lovelace of 50 is laughed at, and the Ministry are censured for not having immediately dis missed a functionary who has so publicly compromised them ; and every one is indignant at the shameful com promise which has been agreed to, in order to save M. Duchatel's friend from a criminal prosecution." We understand that the lawyers at Edinburgh are likely to be engaged soon in a very curious case, as to the legitimacy of an heir to a Scottish estate, in con sequence of a lady, after being thirty years married, without issue, having gone to Paris, and having there, as she states, given birth to a son. It would be improper at present to enter into further particulars.—Edinburgh Observer. MORNING SUN LLOYD'S SHIPPING LoN - Doy, JAN. l:.- --Wind this JAN. Iz. r Ltd, inOderaie.—Arrd. froin th e River, Sir Robert Pe e l, f or Si nga p ore ; P ei s ian, cutta ; Sea Witch, River Gambia ; Forester, Tobago. RAMSGATE, JAN. 12.—Arrd. Hann a h, London for Rici• LIVERPOOL JAN. 12.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Renee'` Corsica ; Burlington, Charleston. Sid. Ritchie, Bombay Tremont, and Hero of Acre, New Orleans • Catherin e, Mobile ; Hebron, B a lti more ; A nna Liff ey, =s ew Work, ; John, Cape Verds. Arrd. off, Wetherall; Sin , veVr e ; Johnston, Calcutta ; A rg yl e , B om b ay ; C on f e d b e racicv• Valparaiso ; Charles, Buenos Ayres -; Delia W Savannah ; Circas,ian, Bombay ; Mansfield, Africa. OFF DOVER, JAN. 12.—Anthony, Clomp, Java. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 12.—Wind S. to S.W.—Am-1. Banca, Fincham, Batavia, for Athsterdam, sailed Sept. 15, St. Helena, Nov. 27 ; Lusitano, Astolfe, Trieste. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 12.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Planter , Manning, .New Zealand, in 94 (lays Jesse, Richarai, Demerara. FALMOUTH, JAN. 11.—Wind S.S.E. to S.S.W.—Ar rd " Petrel packet, West Indies, sailed from St. Thomas 20th ult.; Grace and Essex, Od essa; P ant h er, Sh ep l i er"' Leghorn. Arrd. off, Vemlia, Burton, Sierra Lon e ' sailed Nov. 23. The Hope packet, with mails for the port, left St. Thomas, four days previous to the Pei r packet, arrived here to-day. OFF HASTINGS, JAN. 12.—Claudine, Brewer, Madra s ° sailed from Cape Oct. 30 ; Candahar, Ridley, Bombay. OFF ROMNEY, JAN. 12.—Stanna, Sandersan, Ship'Pf re " PENZANCE, JAN. 11.—A boat marked " Mary : o l and Martha, of Dund a lk, Ch ar l es R o ddi ck, " was pic ked up off the Wolf Rock this morning. COWES, JAN. 12.—Arrd. Fortitude, Lombock, Aug. 22, and Cape, Oct. 31 ; Star, Rio. POOLE, JAN. 12.—The Hebe, Thomson, of LiverPO l : is in Studland Bay, w ith d amage, having been in conta ct with the Reward, from Plymouth t o Monte Video ;- latter sank-- crew' saved. CARLINGFoRD, JAN. 10.—The Diana, Peebbles, from Sligo to Liverpool, came ashore last night to the north' ward of the lighthouse, near Cransfied ; cargo diSCIIRTg i a . SWANSEA, JAN. 11.—Acrd. Circassian, Mann, Cuba. CORK, JAN. 10.—Arrd. Caroline 2 Buenos Ayres. PETERHEAD, JAN. 10.—The William Tureen, frog Ajloa to St. Thomas, ashore on Rattray Head, is 1 1, expected to be got off ; s p ars , sa il s, & c., nearly all saoof SOUTHWOLD, JAN. 12.—The Eli za b et h and .AllO, Boston, stranded at this place 19th November, has 1111. dergone repairs, and proceeded to-day. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORPTs 0 i For the Week ended J an . 7, ISt! made up from the Beturo!,,a the Inspectors in the difibrent Cities and Towns in Englan 4 vVales, per Imperial Quarter. , le Wheat 3s. fd. Vats Barley 29s. 7d. Bye ..... Mis H' l f ?ease ..158-: PBO,' i- ---- i t 3 6 31 9 22 6 44 5 L 9 4 0 , 0 4 62 7 39 9 22 2 4 8 3 9 0 :.2 7 .0 62 9 30 5 21 2 491 51.37 9 3 9 6 61 10 30 2 . 21 5 34 8 1 37 - 0 ih : .; 4 31 163 1 :29 920743 6 I :A1 .0" 10 Jan. 7 63 0 29 - 7 420 7 39 9 136 U :5 IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX Wr - ll Whea rley t 625. Ildbd. I Oats ......... 2k. 4d.1 8ean5......... 30' i v l id. Rye 423 9d I Pease . 37 ' DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. 0 Wheat 2 , s Bd. 1 Oats Barley 165 r 10d. Rye AVERACFS OF THE LAST SIY . WEEKS. Week ending WHEAT. BARLEy.I OATS. I RYE. BEANS. Dec. 3 10., --- - THE MARKETS.-(YESTERDAY) COLONIAL M ARKET. V 4 The operations were fair and at full rates. R 0. . 0 5 Refined Sugar sold freely at p rev i ous rates. SPls, firm, with an increased demand for Pepper. Rice c 4l Rum in good request. TEA MARKET. The demand good, and prices fully supported. 0 7 pany's Congou, is; 9d4. cash. TALLOW MARKET. The Market firm and the demand good. P.Y• C l i o; die 48s. 3d. to' 48s. 6d. on the spot, an d 49 5 ' delivery. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET. d+ The supply was moderate, the demand very and prices without alt era ti on . Clover, 21. los. to 5 1 . flay, 21 10s. to 4/. 6s. ; Straw, U. 12s. to 1/. 16s. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. ......:.- e / PO, Wheat. Harley.- I Oats. Beans. 1 ...... ....... —' ----°--' ;a I f Per Quarter . a. to a . ii. to k. a. to s. a. to a. I s • 4,, Boston Braintree 52 70 27 34 93 29 33 •38 04 • ,„1 B.ighton 63 71 '2B n 7 22 28 37 . 44 •r, Cauibridge — 62 27 18 35 ~--4; Chichester 6O •66 27 35 21 •24 33 40 ii. r Ounmow 5B 62 30 38 20 26 30 41 3 i " Grantham Grimsby 5O 74 29 3 3 lb 21 - 7 36 40 ' Hailsham 66 72 33 3.1 42 23 '32 37 ~, ,T, * Hitchin 5O 67 27 34 20 30 34 45 , Ipswich 6O 67 28 !'2 21 •- 26 33 , 31 S: Lewes. 6O 70 32 36 21 22 34 39 33 r, 7 ' Lvnn 'Maidstone ,59 76 36 39 -26 32 38 40 --'' 4 Norwich '64 70 27 32 28. 30 33 -. •40 3 ,1 4 , Petworth _., 4 " „1 Romtord Sandwich 6l 71 23 34 25 30 33 C 9 ",„ 4 5 0 rtietfrird' ... : GI ., 64 ' -32 36 24 28 40 44 ;,' 0 Wisbecn ...... 56 61 28 34 20 23 36 42 34 ,, 5 40 Witham ,11 ; , 62 . —W, . 29 35 24 31 31 42 ;,,„ 40 farmouth 6O '' 69 30 32 24 30 38 40 ' oe Li VERPOOL CORN M 4.RKET.—Jsn. 11. _ 10t WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b... 9s 84 t'i , g 9 -- Red 9 3 0 6 -:•.--- Scotch, Welch, and Manx • 0 0 4 0 8 ...:...--. Irish, White 7 4 8 -- Red G 6 ) t, 4 , Foreign 3 lO 5 u OATS, English, Welsh, a nd S c ot c h, per 451 h 3 Irish .. .. 3 0 Li 0 ---- Foreign n 0 5 4 5 BARLEY, English, Malting. per Imp. quarter 32 II A .------ Scotch and Irish, pet 601bs Feeding 3 10 5 English,Baaws, - per Imperial quarter 42 0 . 0 g . arc. • 39 0 1 0 Foreign ........ 4 o 33 0 4 6 „ PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter 44 0 4 4 v ..--- Foreign 55 0 EtoUR, Euglish; per 2 , 80111...... 4B 0 el , _ 5.... Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish,p . er 2401bs Iwinaw Cogs, per 18016. ............ ....... ........ 3 2 3 7 06 • T6 O (1 RYE, per Imperial quarter • 3l 0v , 0 MALT, per Imperial quarter .... O, 0 . • - A far, 0 b THE SONNING- HILL R.AILWAy tiCC.- or —Mr. Robert Palmer, th e L or d o f t h e M anor op estate the recent accident on the Great Westerl i go te way, at Sonning-hill, o ccurre d, i n consequence of II ' e ffe 6 ment which has appear e d i n t h e papers, to the f itO that the deodand awarded by the Coroner's Jorinn to about to be paid to . hi m , an d t h at i t was hi s intenti; 5t1,1" divide it in cer t a i n p roport i ons amongst the vo•foio ferers, has received several applications setting t do' their claim s . H e h as, t h ere f ore, i n order to prev epG appointment, published a letter, in which he says it „g present q ues ti ona bl e whether the deodand will belo-ote him or not, and that, under any circumstances, to es ment referred to is premature. His Highness Prince Esterhazy's long 05 i 0 nounced return from hi s annual v i sit to his e%tetn be Principality in H ungary i s at length understood ie o' , fixed for illonday ne x t, w h en he expected to Or' ;'' Chandos-house. 0 3s DEATH OF ADM IRAL S IR J OSIAs RO• " ( 111 —Admiral Si r J os i as R ow l ey di ed on Wednes d a y residence, Mount Campbell, near Drumsur, CO Leitrim. The Gall an t B aronet ' s promot i on to trie tl fe j " of Admiral of the Whit e t oo k p l ace on t h e late vc ' er, Sir Josias's naval car eer was di st i ngu i s h e d by s feats of great gallantry, an d i n hi s double capacicapacity,ll4 sate Gentleman and M ag i s t rate was beloved 11''f,° spected by all classes in the country. se SEIZURE FOR C HURCH - RATES .—W e d - o e o afternoon there was. a great d ea l o f excitement .biC . 0Y New Cut, Lambeth, i n consequence o f a seizure 01/ the parish authorities o f L am b et h h a d d i ree tet , made on the property of M r . U mp l e b y, shoe ins%-e+to arrears of Church -rates. Mr. tnipleby had Pi a off; his window a placard, of which the following is !! P„ —"A robbery now g o i ng o n for Church-rates• ersod'' matter of course thi s co ll ecte d a number o f • Pnijetfr round the shop, but no interruption of any conse" took place. °' THE WLATHPER.—A heavy fall of sno a 0 41; - A menced yeste r d a y a b out ten, and has cont inue'Aul little inturmission. A k een w i n d bl ows f rom the v east, with every appearance of severe wea.the r. snow lice several inches deep in the streets. -- lP'ci ......a - - --- ---= & fin ,0 PLATE.—T. COX SAVORY J",..fr4 rie.- - ell , turing Silversmith, No. 47, Cornhill, London, seven -- 4'vebi Gracechurch-street. The best wrought FIDDLE 17. " 04e ; SILVER SPOONS and FORKS, at 7s. 2, a . per sr .0 1° following are the weights recommended, but the 11. ti - '• i be had lighter or heavier at the same priu per ounce- d. ., A o a ez. 0 . 0,., 1 0 91 12 Fiddle Pattern Silver Table Spoons ' 3O at, i 7 -2... 1.0 4 i 2 ditto Dessert ditto . 20 ' 2 . 1i.".1 • 1' ditto Table For lo 3O 7 q " 7 ll° I 12 ditto Dessert ditto 20 7 .V . 4 "1 9 , e 2 ditto' Gravy Spoons lO 7 ..-•• Sig r 1 ditto Soup Ladle.... 10 7 . 2 "" t il i 4 ditto Sauce ditto 10 7, '''' A IQ: ' 4 ditto Salt Spoons (gilt strong) .........* •o'6 1 ditto Fish Slice 12 ditto Tea Spoons 1 pair ditto Sugar Tongs (strong) if, r 5..., $O ,Ol Ol N. B A Price Current, stamped as a Newspaper, i lliti te P. by drawings, and containing every information r elatii° 4 4 purchase of silver or Shef fi eld plate, may be had 00 , l i 3o l tion, or will be sent into the country, free of postalr, I n ' to a paid letter. BIRTHS. ' ifs° -On the sth inst., a t S omp ti ng , S ussex, t h e lady 0 f S ef, R. Partridge, Es q ., o f a son . dit ,i d* A On the bth inst., th e l a dy o f A. B ec k, Esq., of 1 1. 'lo" , i On the bth inst., a t B arns t ap l e, D evons h ire , 10 ' A l/ Major C. A. Munro, of a daughter. to" .On the Bth inst., a t C onvamore, t h e C ountes s o f ' Lis 0 1 1 of a son. 0 ! , On the 11th i ns t., i n B e l grave - street, the WA A Of A WAY ° f Gladstone, Esq., o f a d aug h ter. i t bd , On the P2th inst., in Ilalf-moon-street, Piece A1y ',.... 0y of Joseph Arnould, E sq ., M.D . , o f W h i te C ross, per 1 1 ' MARRIED. ' J. ,/ e 9, 94 On the 10th inst., at St. Martin's-in-the-7F, ... lc ro , Keeble, E sq ., t o J u li a , on ly d aug ht er o f J ose ph 3 1 °` di of St. Jam es ' s P a l ace . ivto sh O er n go t i h d e B 1 l o t o h n e i , n s o t f . , s a t t a n S h t o . p Julia Maria, second daughter of William Cox, Egg"' _______/ eJ..0l street,in ' s C h i zie d h e ,_ Hyde-park- ... 1 ; 00 7,1 0 . e s o f ° :ol' terrace, Hyde-park. ft Cif On the Bth inst., Frances, relict of the late. Ref- Vl ' rington, Rector of Ide, Devon. On the 9th ult., at Chambl, DIED Canada, Lieutenant, ,ge f; M'Netll, of her /11jesty's 56th Regiment. yOti On the 10th inst., at Kew-green. Lucy Matilda' -.4. ps i , daughter of the late Lord Napier, aged 11. r, CeO e ' r eie On the 10th inst., in Lichfield, Thomas Webb --r ro On the 11th inst., John Hoyle, Esq., at Gre-tt bil L str ag On the I Ith inst., Mrs. W. Hacklilock, of Deol n tlarl i On the 11th inst., in the Vassall••road, Williara 5 , Esq., formerly of Calcutta, aged 73. ro 0 " re , On the 11th inst., in Pineapple-place, Dig"' Groom, Esq., of the Ordnance-office, Rail-mar. yOuk tit London: Printed a nd P u bli s h e d b y MUR ,DO sus ° No. 112. Stran.:. at Th e Sun Office. 1 . ge).11:3984g, the County of Aliddl esez F r i day, Joll'uary 14, 1