The Sun. — London, England, 1825-12-31 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Papers,Dec.3l, [BRITISH PRESS.] The news from Greece begins again to be highly interesting. Several important advantages have lately been gained to the cause of inde pendence. The siege of Missolonghi, it is already known, was finally abandoned in the middle of October, and Karaiskaki had subsequently at tacked the Turkish encampment in that neigh bourhood with brilliant success, and carried off a rich booty and many prisoners. By the German Papers which arrived yesterday, it appears that the Turkish commanders had quarrelled, and that iussuf Pacha had been disgraced for not properly supporting the Seraskier, Redschid Pacha. Meanwhile, victory attended every en terprise of the patriots. General Gouras, with some others under the orders of Constantine Boz zaris, having resolved to drive the Turks out of Salons, attacked them in their quarters, and, after killing 'a great number of them, com pelled their advanced posts to take flight, leaving in the hands of the Greeks all their artillery, munitions of war, and baggage. — This achievement recovered Salona, and its in habitants were returning to their dwellings. This event had excited the ent,husiasm of the Greek population, and under these circumstances the military chiefs of Missolonghi had resolved to send for such assistance as would enable Bozza ris and Gouras to attack the camp of Redschid Pacha on every side at once, and destroy it. The troops required had been furnished, and were proceeding to join their comrades when the last advices came from Missolonghi. In the Pelopon nesus nothing had taken place since the arrival of the Egyptian fleet. Every precaution had been adopted by the Greek Government in defence of the public safety. Hydra, Spezzia and Psara had been fortified, and the people of Candia had been supplied with every thing necessary to their maintenance against the enemy. The regularly disciplined regiment formed at Napoli di Ro mania was increasing daily, and Colonel Fab vier was organising another regiment at Athens. At Gastouni a regular body of cavalry was forming under the directions of the Neapolitan General Rosarol. The Greek General Suffini had enrolled himself in the regular army, and all the prejudices at first so strongly felt against the introduction of regular discipline were at last disappearing; the success of the Egyptian force under Ibrahim Pacha having quite convinced the Greeks of the necessity of conforming to the ad vice of their military friends. The Government have lately manifested great jealousy of the French Officers who were assisting them. The intimacy subsisting between the French Govern ment and the Pacha of Egypt has probably led to this feeling. From whatever cause, however, it may have arisen, it is carried to an extreme length. General Roche, and all the other French men, were suddenly dismissed, and Lieutenant- Colonel Arnault, who bad just arrived with 20 artillerists, and all the materials of a cannon foundry, had suffered the mortification of having his services rejected. [THE TIMES.] A letter, which derives more than common it terest, as well from the name of the writer as from the nature of the subject, was published lately in Galignani't Messenger, and will be found among our French extracts this day. It was re ported about the beginning of last month that the difficulties which Mr. Huskisson a ppeared to have experienced in negociating a treaty between France and this country, had been enhanced by the interference and opposition of some or the leading manufacturers among our neighbours, and by M. Ternaux specifically, the most emi nent of them all. The letter in question completely contradicts the above statement, and on no less respectable authority than that of M. Ternaux. This gentleman declares, that so far from employing any means to induce the French Government to reject such propcy,i dons as might have been made by Mr. Huskisson, he never had the slightest communi cation upon the subject with any one Member of the Ministry. He goes further, and offers the strongest assurances of the value which in his contemplation belongs to a free commercial inter course between countries so contiguous, so intel ligent, and industrious, as France and Great Bri tain ; expressly stating his conviction that " a " reciprocal interest established by enlightened " and honest negociators, might be so combined ff and arranged as to produce advantages of the - 44 highest hnportnnce to both nations." M. Ter naux thus gives the decided support of his well .merited reputation, to a system of liberality in the intercourse of states which the English Mini -sters had the meat of anticipating but *bid) those of France, less instructed than another class of her subjects, cannot yet be brought to appreciate. We conceive, however, this manifestion of opinion by the great repre sentative of the French commercial and manu facturing interests, to be a point of incalculable value gained for the cause of general industry, as well as of peaceful policy, throughout Europe.— It is difficult to imagine on what grounds the .Government of France could object to a removal of the barriers which separate her trading opera tions from those of England, except'on that of such a change being hurtful to French manufac tures. In truth, it is pretty generally under stood that M. Villele's argument against Mr. • Huskisson's propositions amounted to nothing more. than the inability of France to contend with this country on a free and equal footing ; • her inferior progress, in skill and capital, not enabling her yet "to afford it." Here, then, by M. Ternaux's letter, the contro versy is quite set . at rest,. when he, a ma nufacturer, and expressing the sentiments of his most respectable and enlightened colleagues, . 'gives his voice against the Minister, and himself refutes the objection which professed to have the security of French manufacture for its basis.— We are pleased to find,. under M. Ternaux's hand, the following liberal, wise ) and unques- tionable maxim—namely, that " in treaties, we " cannot procure for ourselves substantial and " lasting advantanges without having regard to " those of others." Had such a policy been present to the mind of the British Minister who negociated the commercial treaty of 1785, a peaceable and permanent intercourse with this country might have been more valuable in the eyes of the French Government and nation. [THE PUBLIC LEDGER.] We have received the Paris Papers of .Wed- nesday, with the Eloile of the following day. They contain the Russian Official Account of the death of the Emperor Alexander ; but it adds nothing to our previous stock of informa tion on the subject. It appears, that as soon as it was known, severe regulations were adopted on the frontiers of the Empire, such as placing videttes on the adjacent roads, who suffered no traveller, whatever may have been his rank or nation, to proceed ; and we are told of an Aus trian extraordinary messenger, who evaded the regulations, by quitting his carriage, and making his escape on foot, probably at the risk of being shot. These, however, are said to be usual precautions on the death of every Russian Sovereign ; and the same is said of another precautionary measure, which was adopted upon the same occasion, by vir tue of which, all the walled towns in the kingdom of Poland were kept shut, till the Func tionaries, Civil and Military, had taken the Oath of Allegiance to the new Emperor. These ar rang.ements may be merely the effects of custom ; but coupled with the character of Constantine, they look rather suspicious. Be this as it may, our contemporaries, both psuedo-liberal and anti liberal, have opened their throats in concert, to cry down, or hark down, every on- who has expressed himself to the effect that the present pacific relations of Europe are endangered, in consequence of the change that has taken place on the Russian throne. They affirm, with all becoming gravity, that the chances are very faint indeed ; and their reasons betray equal good faith and ingenuity. One of these profound sages says that it has been the fashion for some time to present a greatly exaggerated estimate of the resources of that empire, and that they are in fact only formidable in the description. In reply to this novel discovery, we can only say, that ever since the reign of Peter the Great, that Power has never entered into a war, that she has not come out of it a very considerable winner. Nei ther the ability, nor the imbecility, of the Sove reign made any material difference in this respect; for in every reign the boundaries of the empire were enlarged. Neither the genius of Fre derick the Great of Prussia, the consum mate skill of Maria Theresa, the enterprising character of her successor Joseph ; nor the active reign of Gustavus of Sweden, were equal to stem the tide of success, which in their times, as well as ever since, has regularly flowed in upon that colossal empire. Both Austria and Prussia, even when best governed, and most prosperous in their affairs, saw themselves reduced to the mor tifying situation, and this more than once, to be come whippers-in to that Power, because they either saw the excessive danger or utter inutility of opposing its systematic scheme of aggrandize ment. In our own time, we have seen the liberal minded, philosophical, and eminently pacific Alexander, add abotit 100,000 square miles of territory, and nearly 6 millions of souls to his patri monial possessions; and yet we are told with ludi crous gravity, that there is much exaggeration in the usual estimate of Russian power. Another of these sages says that Russia is too poor to go to war, though she is much richer now than she was at any former period ; and as if the► Russians are not in the habit of helping themselves in the ter ritory of their enemy. Another argument is the power of Prussia, Austria, and France If there be no other guarantee for the present peace of Europe, but this, it is placed in a very preca rious state truly ; and we only hope that the Porte does not trust to it as a safeguard against the ambitious designs of its hereditary enemy. — The present legitimate Government of Prussia would sooner make a voluntary cession of its part of Poland, and add Silesia into the bargain, than provoke a rupture with Russia under any pretext. As to the next Deus ex machisna, have we not seen the French Government forced into one of the most wanton, cruel and unprin cipled aggressions, by the orders too of that very Power, against whose ambition she is now held up as a bulwark ? Of the right direction of Austrian policy, at least in this instance, we have no doubt ; but with regard to its efficacy we are extremely sceptical, seeing in particular the irri tation which that Government has created by its vexatious proceedings, both in Hungary and Italy. As members of the Holy Alliance they never will be able to afford effectual resistance to Russia, because their subjects, oppressed and betrayed as they are, will not make the great sacrifices that a contest with that colossal Power would require. But let them disclaim the principles of that odious and hypocritical league, and substitute others of a conciliatory character, in this case we should estimate their means as highly as our contemporary. If they purpose securing themselves against the future projects of Russia, they will not oppose their despotic systems to hers, or their mercenary armies to her million of bayonets ; but they will array on their side all the energies that - are to he found in a perfect union between subjects and Sovereigns. [MORNING POST.] We received last night, by express, French Papers to the 29th inst. and the Eloile of Thurs day. From the latter we have extracted and give in another column the Russian official ac count of the death of the Emperor Alexander, which leaves the subject involved in as much ob scurity as ever. It enters into no details,"specifies no particular cause, but ascribes the melancholy event in general terms to " a cruel malady," as vague an expression as could well be used. This is the more remarkable as the Ministers must have been aware that the amplest information was desired by the whole people. It is also remark able, though an attempt is made to explain the fact by the prevalence of custom, that the Russian frontiers should have been closed for several (lays to passengers and letters going out of the country. Was it apprehended that they might convey in telligence which it was wished to keep secret ? , [MORNING CHRONICLE.] It- gives us great pleasure to observe the good sense and judvinent with which the present Lord Mayor discharged his Magisterial duties, and we rejoice extremely to see a Magistrate of his high character discountenancing the persecution of a sufficiently unhappy class of females . While the Lord Mayor recommends what is necessary for the suppression of nuisances and the preservation of order, he disapproves of giving a power to watchmen to take in to custody the persons to whom we have alluded except when they are seen acting in an indecent, riotous, and disorderly manner, for watchmen, he justly observed, were notoriously in the habit of abusing that power, those females who gave money to them, being sure to escape with impunity. The Lord Mayor, being a man of the world, well knows that persons of this description must always be found in a great city, and that all that can be done is, to take care that they shall give as little offence as pos sible to public decency. There are some zealots, however, who are for sweeping them away alto gether, without considering whether, in remov ing one scandal, they may not create another, of infinitely greater magnitude. In these- days, I such an attempt would be particularly ail timed. But the persons whose modesty rages with such exemplary fury, can never have reflected on the consequences of the measure they propose; they thoughtlessly talk a particular cant, because their character thrives on it. [MORNING II ERALD: Some members of the Common Council feel very indignant, in consequence of its being re cently stated, in a Mansion-House report, that the system of housebreaking and .other depreda tions carried on so extensively within the City, originated from the notoriously bad state of the Police, and the negligence of the Common- Councilmen, who allowed public-houses to be kept open at late hours, for the shelter of thieves and prostitutes. The Temple chambers have been lately so exposed to plunder, that one, without any great stretch of imagi nation, might suppose the precincts of this nursery of the law had the ancient privilege restored—of giving sanctuary to all thieves and vagabonds who had the good fortune to get with in v the consecrated bounds. Do the Common- Councilmen of the ward of Farringdon-without, in which Fleet-street is situate, deny the fact ? Not at all. They only deny the cause — namely, that their negligence, along, with the inefficiency of the Police, creates, or at least perpetuates, the nuisance. They would show more 'wisdom in setting about the removal of the evil, since it is acknowledged to exist, than in taking up th.. , time of the Lord Mayor and the public with solemn and sonorous dissertations on th& probable cause of this dis grace to civic government. We observe that a Mr. Vale was particularly busy in making speeches on this subject at the Mansion-House, and that he characterized the: report in question as a " most gross calumny against the Alderman and Common. Councilmen of the Ward." It is easy to make ruch assertion ; hut we imagine that Mr. Vale's eloquence has its answer in the noto rious fact of the shameful and scandalous state of t Fleet-stre e. by night and day, under the very noses—delicate as they maY be--of the " Alder man and Common Councilmen of the Ward." If the Ald erme n and Common Councilmen of the respective wards, would take a becoming pride in clearing their several diStricts of the many nuisances that, are a reproach to the me tropolis, the Press would be as happy to com mend their efforts, as it is now ready to censure their remissness. Louden wants active, in dustrious, and intelligent Magistrates; not great talkers. A modest female cannot go along that great thoroughfare, Fleet-street, without having her feelings shocked and distressed by the many instances which she is obliged to encounter of the shameless depravity of her sex. As to those dens of profligacy—these hot-beds of crime, the night houses to which thieves and prostitutes resort to share their plunder and concert their schemes, it is impossible that they could exist,and pourout their banditti for nocturnal outrage, if the Civic Au thorities (lid their duty. It is in those places that the most noxious vices are engendered, and the most criminal designs matured. It is of little use to rut off a straggling wasp now and then from the venomous swarm, while we leave their nests undisturbed. Justice appears in its most merciful character when it is fonder of cutting off the material of crime than the criminal, and loves prevention more than vengeance. [NEW TIMES:I The Money. Market yesterday evinced a strong tendency to rise. Consols for the Account opened in the morning at 82, and gradually rose to 82i, at which quotation they remained a short period, and then as gradually declined to 82h4, the closing price. It is stated that there was a great defi ciency of Money Stock. The Commissioners for the Reduction of the Debt purchased Reduced at 81i, making the money and time price nearly equal. Exchequer Bills of 1,0001. from 2s. dis. rose to 2s. pm., anti closed at par ; those of 500/. from Is. dis. to par ; and small Bills advanced from 2s. to ss. pm. India Bonds, Is. pm. • the prices of Exchequer Bills prove that money is more plentiful. At one period of the day, we are in formed, it was lent on the Stock Exchange at 3 per cent. Large sums are daily received by the London bankers from the coun try, but they very naturally act with caution in this early stage I of returning contidente in disbursing this return of wealth, as they conceive there may be.a possibility of their being called on suddenly to assist same of their country correspondents ; still we understand it is anticipated that they will shortly commence their discounts again ; indeed, one house has been named as having discounted Bills of four months date ; this will, of course, give considerable facility to commerce, particularly at this present season. At the Bank every thing proceeds with the greatest regularity and satisfaction. Gold appears to be accumulating there fast ; and the increase of the number of clerks in the establishment. proves the anxiety of the Directors to give every possible assistance to the wants of the.commereial world. Yesterday was setting day in Foreign Market, which went off smoothly. Some of the secu rities 'had at one period of the day improved nearly 1 per cent., but receded again towards the close of the market, and left of rather above the opening prices, with a firm appearance. The business in the Share Market was very considerable, and the rise in some of its securits equalled the rapid decline hich took plate some weeks since. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Yesterday a grocer, named Stanley, who resides in Aldgate„ was summoned before the LORD MAYOR, to account for -hav ing broken open a parcel, directed to Mr. Hoskins, who had carried on business in the same house, and for having applied the contents (8/. 10s.) to his own purposes. Mr. Hoskins stat ed that he had a short time ago carried on the grocery business in the house in which Mr. Stanley now resided. Amongst his country customers was a Mr. Poole, who being indebted to him a balance for groceries, amounting to 81. 10s. inclosed that sum in a parcel to him, directed to the house at Aldgate, not beiek aware of his removal from that glace, and gave a fresh order for groceries to a greater amount, for which credit was to he given. The parcel had written upon it " Money parcel," and was secured in the usual way. Mr. S. however, instead of sending the parcel to the only person who had any claim to it took the liberty of opening it himself, and the still more extra ordinary liberty of putting the 81. 10s. into his pocket. He then, without giving any notice of the transaction to Mr. H., made up groceries to the exact amount of the 8/. 10s. and sent them off to Mr. Poole, accompanied by a note, signed with his own name, and intimating that he should be glad to execute orders for those who had been customers to his predecessor. As soon as he (Mr. H.) became acquainted with what had been taken of him, he went to Mr. Stanley, and accused him of having dis honestly appropriated money which had been intended to dis ; charge a balance, but Mr. Stanley treated the matter with marked slight and disregard, said he had merely executed an order sent by Mr. Poole to him, and that he knew nothing of any money intended for, or of any letter directed to, that Gen. tleman. Under these circumstances Mr. Hoskins applied to the Loup MAYOR, as he considered that if such conduct were tolerated in the City of London, no man in business could be safe from plunder. A young man, who had been in the em ployment of Mr. Stanley, deposed, that he was in the shop when a boy entered with a money parcel for Mr. Hoskins. Wit ness sent the boy away, informing Min that Mr. Hoskins did not reside there, and afterwards told Mr. Stanley of the circum stance. Mr. Stanley. however, " blowed him up" for not keeping the parcel. Next day a stage coachman called with the parcel, and Mr. Stanley took it. opened it, read what corre sponded with Mr. Hoskins' statement of the contents, and put the 81. 10s. into his poket. Mr. Stanley then ordered witness to make up groceries, which be specified according to the order of Mr. Poole to Mr. Hoskins, to the exact amount of 81. 10s., and the goods were accordingly sent off to Mr. Poole. Mr. Stanley said, the last witness, who was his discarded servant, had told the truth, but not the whole truth. The fact was, the coachman had called twice with the parcel. Upon the first occasion he informed the coachman that Mr. Hoskins lived, he believed, somewhere in the Commercial-road, and he declined receiving the parcel. Afterwards, however, he was induced by the coachman, who called again, and stated that Mr. Poole must have the amount of the order, and that he (Mr. Stanley) must execute it, to open the parcel, and dispose of the contents •as he had been described. The LORD MAYOR desired that the case should stand over until Mr. Poole and the coachman should be able to attend, and that Mr. Stanley should bring with him Mr. Poole's letter to Mr. Hoskins. On Thursday the new witnesses came forward. The LORD MAYOR asked Mr. Stanley for the letter he had desired hint to produce, but Mr. Stanley declared that he had. entirely forgotten that part of the direction of his Lordship. file. Poole deposed, that he had sent the parcel alluded to by Mr;:iloskins to that gentleman under the impression that he still resided at Aldgate ; lie had not directed the coachman to give the parcel to other persons, under any consideration whatever,and hewas astonished at receiving the ' groceries froni Mr. S. of whom he had not theslightest knowledge. The coachman was then examined—He deposed that he had taken the parcel to the house in Aldgate, after the boy had called with it, and that he told Mr. Stanley he was in a hurry, and bad not time to go after Mr. Hoskins who lived at such a dis tance as the Commercial-road ; that Mr. Stanley might i s well execute the order, as Mr. Poole was impatient for the goods, anti that Mr. Stanley therefore broke open the parcel. Mr. Hoskins hoped his Lordship would visit such conduct' as had been described, in such a manner as would prevent future prac tices of the kind. The LORD MAYOR asked the former shop man to Mr. Stanley, whether he heard any conversation between the coachman and his master? The shopman replied in the negative. But of this he was positive that Mr. Stanley was vexed at his not having detained the parcel in the first instance. —The coachman was again called, and in answer to the ques tion, whether he had called twice at the shop in Aldgate ? he said he -had not, but he afterwards qualified the negative, by saying he did not recollect, as he had so much business to attend to. Mr. Stanley, upon being told by the Lord Mayor a second time, that he should have produced Mr. Poole's letter, said, he admitted that the letter was just such as had been described. Mr. Hoskins declared most so lemnly, that Mr. Stanley had at first denied that he had re ceived any letter or parcel at all directed to him (Mr. Hoskins ) —Mr. Stanley said, he considered himself perfectly justified in having done what he had done. The message brought to him by the coachman, was, in his opinion, quite enough to autho rise him to open the letter and dispose of its contents. lie had given the full value for the money.—Mr. Hobleler observed, that, arguing upon the principle which seemed to influence the defendant, a man might snatch another man's watch from his pocket, and with propriety send him the supposed value in gingerbread. —The LURID MAYOR, after having consulted with Mr. Hobler, told the defendant, that the coachman's evidence had taken the sting out of the charge, which other wise would have amounted to a felony ; that the least that could be said of his conduct, was, that it was most untrades manlike and disgraceful, and that Mr. Hoskins might, if he thought proper, indict hint at the Sessions.—Mr. Hoskins said, he should certainly do sa for the sake of the public. BOW-STREET. Yesterday George Robert Kerridge, clerk to Messrs. Jenkins and Abbott, attornies, of No. 8, New-inn, was brought before THOMAS HALLS, Esq., charged with stealing 1911. the pro perty of his employers. It appeared in evidence, that Colonel Edwards, a client of Messrs. Jenkins and Abbott's in Feb. last held the promissory note of a Mrs. Margaret Jones for the. sum of 1941., whieh was dishonoured, and not being able himself to obtain the money, lie sent the note to the prosecutors, in order that they might sue Mrs. Jones upon it. They sent it to the Under Sheriff for the purpose,of having a writ issued against Mrs. Jones, with directions to proceed immediately to arrest. Sometime afterwards they made inquiry respecting it, and were informed that it had been returned to their office, a circumstance which surprised them considerably, as they had never seen it, or the money which was due upon it. They prosecuted a rigid in quiry after the note, but were unable to discover any trace of it; and the consequence was, that they were obliged to pay the 1941. to Colonel Edwards. In the course of the last week, the prose cutors discovered that the note was in the possession of Messrs. Matliwish and Co., of Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, where they saw it, and found written on the back, in the hand-writing of the prisoner, " Received for Messrs. Jenkins and Ab bott. G. R. Kerridge." They learned also that he had received the money and applied it to his own use. They had never given him any authority, direct or indirect, to receive the money. The attendance of other witnesses being necessary to the completion of the evidence against the prisoner, he was remanded for ten days. Two Gentlemen made the following application to Mr. HALLS. They stated that they often had occasion to pass through Clare-market, and had almost as often been disgusted and annoyed, by a practice which prevailed amongst the butchers there, of killing their sheep in the public foot-path. This was done daily, and those who happened to go that way frecuently could not fail to witness an exhibition which, to any but a butcher, could not but be distressing to the feelings. They wished to know if the Magistrate had not the power to restrain the practice by some summary procee3.—Mr. HALLS said he had not. The only remedy was by indictment for nuisance.—The applicants asked if the Paving Act would not apply to such matters, and were informed in the negative. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE MASQUERADERS.—One Mr. Watson appeared to I answer the charge of a Mr. Frost, a cabinet-maker. It appeared that as Mr. Frost was descending the stairs of the Argyle rooms, about six o'clock yesterday morning, Mr. Watson came up to him and gave him a thump with his fist. Mr. Frost did not return the blow, but inquired why he had attacked him ? " Because you have been threshing one of my pals," was Mr. Watson's reply, and he dealt another thwack on the unfortunate Mr. Frost. So far there appeared to have been no reason on earth for this outrage, but Mr. Frost explained that whilst he was promenading - the rooms with two ladies, Mr. Watson and some of his friends came up to him and assaulted the ladies in a very indelicate manner ; this led to a remonstrance on the part of Mr. Frost, and to the assault already detailed. Mr. Frost's evidence was fully confirmed, and Mr. Watson was ordered to find bail for his future appearance.—Another charge was then preferred against Mr. Watson, for an assault on a young man named Craig, who officiated as constable. Craig, on seeing the fracas between Mr. Watson and Mr. Frost, went up to them, and said, " Gentlemen, no fighting can be allowed here." " Who are you ?" said Mr. Watson, and seizing him by the collar with his left hand, he gave him a most unmerciful body blow with the right. lie gave him a second blow of the same kind, when Craig struck bins with his staff on the bridge of the nose, which caused a copious flow of blood to make -its appearance. Some other officers then came up, and Mr. Wat son was secured.—Mr. Watson said he had not given any pro vocation to Craig which could induce him to assault him on the bridge of the nose ; and, in fact, he contended that he had not committed the assault stated. Some of the officers, however, same forward, and proved that Mr. Watson did use Craig in the manner stated, and that he was hard put to it to defend himself against so vigorous on assailant as Mr. Watson. Mt. Watson, however, said he could bring forward plenty of wit nesses to prove he was not the assaulter. There was John Reeve, of the Adelphi, and Mr. Somebody, of Covent-garden, and a variety of other gentlemen, whom he could bring forward oti his behalf—Mr. CONANT said, he would give every oppor• tunity for the case to be impartially heard, and it was postponed until next Tuesday. WORSHIP-STREET. THE SILK TRADE.—Yesterday a person named Daniel Mil. well, a journeyman silk-weaver, charged with embezzling quantity of silk, the property of his employer, Mr. Charles Brown, of Church-street, Spitalfields, was brought before .fir• BENNET and Mr. TWYFORD, by Hanley, an officer of thiS establishment. It appeared from Mr. Brown's statement, that in the course of last August the prisoner received from him a quantity of silk for the purpose of manufacturing, which, with the bobbins, weighed I.llbs. 3.3 0 z., and some time afterwards he returned 105 yards of manufactured silk, weighing 41bs. Boz. Mr. D. then stated that the prisoner had absconded with the remainder. Mr. BENETT—What, did he not return even the bobbins? Mr. Brown said he had returned merely the 105 yards of silk immediately after which he ahsconded. Sir. BENETT—Can you state the neat loss of silk, after de ducting the usual allowance, and the weight of the bobbins ? 111 r. Brown replied, that the loss on the prisoner's loom was 31bs. 1 loz., and on that worked by hiS wife 21b. 6 oz., making altogether a loss of 61b. loz. of silk. The prisoner did not offer a word in reply to the charge. , The Magistrates were of opinion that this was one of thel most aggravated cases of the kind that had come before thent and one which called for the infliction of the full, extent cu . punishment awtfrded by the Silk Act. The prisoner was sentenced to an imprisonment of three months in the House of Correction. PRISON DISCIPLINE OF SCOTLAND.—We are glad to learn that the LORD ADVOCATE, in Pe' suance of the very liberal and beneficial measure, which he has already taken for improving th e .. Police and administration of jusCce in Scotland, has recently applied to the Sheriffs for a particle lar return as to the state of the different gaols ht Scotland, and requesting remarks from t he Sheriffs as to the state of the prisons in ea c h county, and suggestions as to their improvem ent ; His Lordship's queries comprehend, u motig s , other things, whether there is any airing grou": connected with the prison ; and whether t b d number of gaols might with advantage be redUC e ; either by the establishment of one prison in O c t ' county, or by the establishment of one prisu" a ro each circuit town for the reception of all prise° belonging to the district ?--(Scotch • Paper) p O r° CORONER'S INQUEST.—A IncrioSt was ' - 1 day holden at the Plough public—house, before T. STIO, 1 " sP, Esq., Coroner, on view of the body of Catherine Jeniclt interesting young woman, only 18 years old, the datigt; # o4 Mr. J. Jenkins, landlord of the above house. It Atia; from the evidence, that on Wednesday morning the deeeoTao o eaten her breakfast apparently in good health and spirinoo whilst the servant, who was assisting her to dress, wa b otte s stairs, she was suddenly taken ill, and was in a few after discovered in a state of total insensibility. Mr. - Ireloll stir-,eotii who was called in, described the deceased in; beet: lir..sfiously subject to fits of epilepsy, which la static assumed the character of apoplexy, an d tbete be mv•tiotybt that her death was occasioned by one of 01;0 had tried the ordinary methods of bleeding, inflating the • bot - a~~ilatln the , nest, &c. so as to cause a re-action, hut ed efiect, Stie Jury expressed themselves satisfied, and 7 a verdict of " Died by the visitation •of God." COAL MARKET, DEC. 30. Deno 'Adnies, 35s lid—Burdon, 3t;s 3d—Beaumont. 30,-".„°37V Primrose, 35s—Eigliton Moor, 53s—Heaton, 36s 6 " l iz " i nior Hebburn Main, 37s 3d to 37 6d—Holywell, 35s worth, 37s—Liddel's Main, 33s 3d—Ord's Reclimgh, • 364 law, 375--Percy East, 35s tid—Shipcote, 33 s— Townlef, d Ca; Willington, 37s 6d—Wylarn, ,37s Wl—Walls End Bel • end 38s 6d—Walls End Bewicke and Co. 40s 6d---VV, 11 119 PQ I • Green's, 333 9d to 34s—Walls End Hotspur, 375-- 1 10, - ,, - 0 tc". Newmareh,- 38s 3d—Walls End Northumberland, '),lew -37s—Walls Riddell's, 38s Fkl—Walls End Russell's,t,"";,bol Walls End Walker, 37s 9a—ll etton's iO s " —ma- Co o small, 21s 6d—Cowpen, 9d—Hartley, 525-- 11 ed worth Main,' 32s—Lambton Primrose, 3 7 631°11 , t0 W gue, 30s—Russell's Lyon's, :;9s—Russell's fetton s End, 41s lids to 41s 9d—Neshain Main, 37s 6d---W alll btl u Hetton, 42s—Walls End Lyon's, 39s—Walls End Lan l . 9s i; 425--ships at market, 19.} —Ships sold, 56--Ur:L ... 4°1 t .. ./ I 40s 6d--Stone COURSE OF EXCHANGE, Dec. 30. , mstet dam ._r4 - Ditto, at Sight Rotterdam . . - li 11 Antwerp 4; 12 it ri• • Hambotgh 37 11 ,i LP Alt ona , O7 8 0 Ci'l Pat is,3 D;ty's sight , Ditto 7 7 0 0 1 0 ~ p Mom dratix, ditto 7 0 514 0/ Delhi, Frank forton the ,Main Petri sburgh Virorrt Trieste..., t1mt.r.::.,1 C:olht Biib.ia Barcelona ieville Gibtaltal ..,1 1 . 1 l ee i; x E. i itcr i ccc i t , . i : : 0 : '3l Leghorn .... 481 Get ,,, a ...... ... 4.:i4 -Venice, It al. Li d . 27 Malta Palermo Lisbon ,2Naples ••• 3 f 1 :9 0 5 : per OP, 501 301 Oporto Rio Janeiro Bahia 5O Buenos Ayres Dublin .... 9i Cork 9} pet Cent, 01 , BULLION 0 P ei l'orttm'al Gold,in Coin I. 0 , Foreign Gold, in Bars • s 17 ° D .. ns Nrw utrbloo New Dollars • 0 4 1 0 ~, Silver Standard in Bars, 0 ° ----""'' BIRTHS. of At Petersfield, on Tuesday, the 27th inst., the L a "' .. 4 c Ateheson, Ksq. of a daughter. ~ Goon t `' At Norfolk-house, on Friday, the 30 th inst., tile fl 4 Surrey, of a son , On Thursday, the 29 th inst., Mrs. V on der klerie'° lc Ta i On of a daughter. S I On the 28th inst., in Cadogan - place , the lady of . , of Smith, Esq., of a son. t he WV On Thursday, L . S ou th-h o use, Lancing, Rev. Dr. Butcher, of a son. 5' At Pi- Printed and Published for the PuoParrrotts,ooo.' OFFICE, No. 112, Strand , by J• C't3 titellegUn. r Ng. Ut un u - " ... ~,. At Norfolk-house, is ouse, onFr i ' day . , the 30th inst., al e - i JA° P, , ~' Surrey, of a son , On Thursday, the 29 th inst., Mrs. V on der kleP e ' ° Ago " tr Thames-street, of a daughter. f i tl' On the 28th inst., in Cadogftn-place, the lady 0 - .. o f 0 1 , Smith, Esq., of a son. L anci ng, the istlY 1 1' On Thursday, a . South -house, Rev. Dr. Butcher, of a son. i S e d i : MARRIED. rt, s-i' On Thursday, the 22d in , in All Sainte'r,. sbli": t ` I l castle upon-Tyne, Mr. James Close, of Reeth, I ,.." ) s c pen" .l ‘; geon, to Louisa, eldest daughter of Mr. Hug" o se,'+' Ridley Villa, near 0.: former place. Teig li V iv so l ' i On Thursday, the '....9th inst., at Ringmore, ner o ., to ~ .1 - 4 0t, Devonshire, Henry Smith, sq ,of South 1.801.7,`,": 6 1 '' ~ daughter of George Smith, Esq., of Teigit "7' Devon. il, 'l' l , Chu rc t 0 On Monday, the 26th inst., in St. JarrieS 3 , ~.• i t et, dL i.ii, Revell Phillips, of the Middle Temple, E5ci1,.,"...%it 5 1 Ontri to Anne, eldest daughter of the late Rev- , buw 't ' - ftV Marston-Biggott, Somersetshire, Doctor to Diviul Nisi, Ballingarry, Kiltinnon, Durrah, &c.in the cou nty ° ' i 0 0 '01 DIED. ro pe t bo 4 In October, on his passage from Alvarado to 'la° Arch cri the yellow fever, Captain John Strong, of the t o';`,, O second son of Richard Strong, Esq., Of Act 6 " 3- - r oe aged 36. ~ inn/ j . On Wednesday last, at his chambers in erg ' • P;1 Fearnley, Esq., barrister-at-law. f liplatotteel At Clifton, on the 28th inst., Mrs. Swallow, ° w ise% ~ On Wednesday last, aged 15, Mary Ann , ° ,. / ( 1: d i' Mr. George Score, solicitor, of Toltenhouse-M„atons On the 29th ir.st., at Canterbury-row, 1•10vAl"v Robert Bryer, F.A.S., of the Bank of Englan w ____// 5 1/1 . do