The Sun. — London, England, 1842-01-27 00:00:00

MORNING SUN and anxious for England's weakness to triumph over England's pride. Look to the Continent, and you will see that a trifling error, a political mistake, may light up a same that will extend from the palace of the crowned head to the cottage of the humblest peasant--or stir up that state of thine ° s which should be contemplated with horror by all. Look beyond the Atlantic, and see whether affairs appear more promising for Britain on the wide continent of America. There is England claiming the right of search, a claim which America will not yield ; and there are other points of differ ence between the two countries,_ which do not appear to present an early settlement. You must admit that to meet the exigencies of the times, experienced and ta lented 'statesmen are required • yh e y cannot be accom modated by boys—(Cheers)—they may be men in age, but boys in ideas, having some property at their b ack, and some 5,000/.—(Laugter). It is not to such repre sentatives the affairs of the State ought to be intrusted. —(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Recollect that this state of things will be attempted to be provided for by additional taxation, and although British bayonets and Irish arms are occupied in seizing towns and storminggastnesses in Asia, money is required to pay the expense, and where is that money to come from ? There never was a pe riod that required so much sagacity, talent, and good temper, in order to avert the dangers that threatened the country, as the present.—(Hear.) In England we find manufactures diminishing, and the people losing the means of subsistence. Commerce is reducing—foreign competition is driving English produce from every mar ket on the Continent—the cry of the starving operative is heard in Paisley, it is re-echoed in Manchester, and extending over the length and breadth of the land. At such a time will it be said that a youth should be sent into the British Legislature in preference to a Statesman of tried experience, consummate talent, and wisdom.— (Cries of " No, no," and cheers.) We should comply with the terms of her Majesty's writ, and send her a councillor capable of giving her that advice which she requires at this crisis. —(Cheers.) A kind of revolution has taken place since last I addressed a meeting in this Court-house. At that period 1 could have been a free man of this city—the law allowed me to be so, but you (the Conservatives) prevented me from obtaining my right. For fifty years party feeling and bigotry excluded me—and this is my reward.—(Great applause.) We, who are now enjoying our triumphant success, will take care to avoid your faults, as we know what we should do.—(Cheers.) Since the new Corporation was formed no man could accuse us of showing a disposition to adopt exclusion or exhibit bigotry. A Voice from the Conservative side—You bronzed the statue of King William.—(Great cheers and laugh ter from the Liberals.) The LORD MAYOR—I thank you, my friend ; and that is " the head and front of our offending.—(Renewed applause.) We found that statue with party colours upon it. We decided upon painting it a colour not of any party ; and, as we were in no hurry, there it is for you still in your pet colour.—(Cheers and laughter.) I rejoice to find that the most determined hostility can only find this one fault in the new corporation, that of intending to bronze a hitherto party-painted statue.— (Cheers.) I appeal to you—is Mr. Gregory the fitter person to represent this City 2—(Cries of " No, no," and " Yes, yes.") Mind, I do not say one word in reference to his private character; every thing I have heard of him tells me he is an amiable young gentleman—liked by his friends—has no enemy—and is very fit for ladies' so ciety—in short, a very worthy young gentleman—very fit to stay at home and Mind his papa.—(Laughter.) The Rev. Mr. GREIG—He is faithful to the British Constitution. The Loan MAYOR—What a boast he makes. That is all that can be said for him by my friend Thresham.— .(Laughter.) I regret that he appeared at Fishamble street Theatre on Tuesday evening last, when he lis tened without remonstrance to the drunken Orangemen shouting " To hell with the Pope," and other expres sions insulting to the great bulk of the Irish people. Rev. T. D. GREIG—They were faithful men at that meeting. The Loan MAYOR—And no tailors.—(Laughter.)l have assailed Mr. Gregory as a political man, or boy, for, what ever his age is, his political history is in its infancy; he has not got over the pap and lollypops yet.—(Laugh ter.) We never heard a word about him until the shuf fling of the cards between the Carlton Club and the Paw son-street Society turned him up, after Alderman Boyce and Paddy Carey returned from their bunt for a "candi date in England, and then we were told of Mr. Gregory and 5,0001. You might as well send a lamp-post into Parliament, only it could not say " Aye" and " No," ar this young man. Is that the case with Lord Morpeth ? There is not a single quality in private life . that Lord Morpeth does not possess—in kindliness of manner—in benevolence—charity, that ever has an open 'hand—and the highest accomplishments he is distinguished for in an eminent degree. His very last act before leaving this country was to give the princely donation of 1,0001. for educating the people, without reference to sect or party.—(Cheers.) Now as to his qualifications as a public man—as a speaker it will be admitted he has few superiors. Any man that reads those gems of speeches which he lately delivered in America, would admit his exquisite address. I have heard it said that Moore excelled all other men in short speeches, but I will say that the brief speeches of Lord Morpeth are superior to any I ever heard or read. I think it a most fortunate circumstance for these countries that his Lordship visited America. The sentiments thrown out by him with all the kindliness of his heart will act like oil upon the troubled waters, and will go far toward reconciling the differences which exist between England and America. Lord Morpeth has every reason to desire the peace and prosperity of the British empire, connected as he is with the Howards, one of the most honourable families in the land—he himself the lineal descendant of " belted Will Howard."—(Great applause.) In voting for Lord Mor peth you support the principle of giving the large loaf to the mechanic—you support the principle of reduced tax ation—of education and of liberty to all.—(Cheers.) His Lordship concluded an eloquent and most effective ad dress by calling upon the friends of goed Government to rally round the standard of Lord Morpeth. Sir J. KINGSTON JAMES rose to propose Mr. Gregory, the Tory candidate. After referring to the eloquent and powerful speech of the Lord Mayor, he stated that he stood there to vindicate a principle in political affairs to which he should ever adhere, in proposing his worthy friend Wm. Henry Gregory (Tory cheers and hisses from the Liberals)—a gentleman whose manly and straightforward address entitled him to the support of every friend of the Constitution. Mr. Gregory was an Irishman by birth, and connected with some of the highest families in the country; and if he was a fox-hunter so much the better, as he would win the race at this election.—(Tory cheers.) At the school of Harrow Mr. Gregor) , obtained every honour, - including the Peel medal, which had been con ferred upon him by that eminent statesman now at the head of affairs.—(Tory cheers.) Mr. GEo. OGLE MOORE (formerly Orange member for Dublin, and now principal in the Irish Registry-office, a sinecure of 2,0001. a year) rose to second the nomina tion of Mr. Gregory. In regard to the late Mr. West, be cordially adopted all the expressions of sympathy that had so generously tome from the other side. They were asked what were the claims of Mr. Gregory to re present Dublin ? In answer, he would say, young as he was, he had displayed talents—he had manfully avowed his opinions in his canvass and these entitled him to support. He (Mr, Moore) agreed with the Lord Mayor in all his alarming pictures of our foreign and domestic relations—the danger of fo reign war—the terrible state of England—the menacing state of Ireland—but he would ask, was it not during the late administration that all those dangers had arisen? —(Tory cheers.) The answer should be in the affirma tive.—(Loud cries of "No, no.") The Repeaters (Mr. O'Connell bowed) now sent their bugbear, lest it might scare away, not Lord Morpeth, but that timid being, Lord Morpeth's name.—(Laughter.) But how could the Anti-Repealers vote for Lord Morpeth, who had the support of the Repealers?—(Continued laughter, and Tory cheers.) The Conservatives had their actual and beau fide candidate, and they would return him trium phantly.—(Tory cheers and Kentish fire.) Sheriff PORTER inquired if there were any other can didate, when , • The Hon. FREDERICK PONS ONBY arose , an d an nounced that the Hon. C. Howard was here, having ar rived that morning to represent his brother, Lord Morpeth. ESo tremendous a burst of applause was never witnessed. Seven-eighths of the audience arose, and cheer after cheer pealed through the Court during a period of ten minutes.] The Hon. Mr. nowArtn, when the protracted cheer ing ceased, stated that he had come there Co; a specific purpose. In consequence of certain statements that bad appeared in the Conservative papers regarding Lord Morpeth's family, he had come personally to contradict those statements. It was alleged that his Lordship's relatives had repudiated what is termed " the unworthy trick" of putting him in nomination. At the desire of those relatives, he came expressly to state that they did not interfere one way or another in this election. On the part of his absent brother, he would express the conviction of his heart—the firm impression of bis mind—that nothing could give Lord Morpeth greater happiness and delight than in accepting the representa tion of Dublin, if they thought proper to elect him. — (Long-continued and enthusiastic cheering.) Standing there, with hosts of friends about him—(Cheers) — it was with pride he gave expression to this his con viction of what would be the course of Lord Mor peth, on his return to this country. The bravery . of Irishmen constituted the best safeguard of British liberties ; and with the spread of education in' Ire land, and the well-regulated attachment to freedom which - education would secure. He had but one brief sentence to add, that, in addition to the views he expressed, the same sentiments prevailed amongst the steady friends of Lord Morpeth in York sh're. And other members of Lord Morpeth a family besides himself participated in the sentiments of grati tude he had endeavoured to express. The Honourable Mr. Howard resumed his seat amidst protracted and en thusiastic cheerinw Mr. GREGORY next rose to address the electors. It was said , tliat he had join e d i n a cry o f " T o h e ll w ith the Pope- " But he had passed too long a time in " the Eternal City!' he too much venerated the grey hairs of t h e venerable Pontiff, to participate in such an expres sion ; and Go forbid that he should so degrade himself as to use or to applaud -such language. —(Tory cheers. He came fbrward as the re p resentat ive of the landed pro prietary, the me rcantile interest, the Church, and th e bar. These four divisions of th_e__ , i gr _eat Conse rvat i ve party were united in his support. th regard to his oppo_ nent, Lord Morpeth, there had been no more consistent and decided opponent of repeal than he had beeu. Ri ng William the Fourth had denounced repe al in the Roy a l Speech. Lord Morpeth vote d for the a ddress , _ in reply to th a t speech ; and it was in the debate on t h at address Mutt the Whigs were, for the first time, called, "base, blos,aY, and brutal." Next, the Coercion Bill, Lord Morpeth had voted for it ; andthe had also spoken in 5uPP"t of it. It was, then, in the character of an exter minator that Lord Morpeth appeared before them , for the supporters of the Coercion Bill had been denounced as exterminators.—{Tory cheers.) These were the parties who now were united, showing the truth of the proverb that "lovers' quarrels were but th e . renewal of ! ove. How could Lord Morpeth , coming from Yorkshire, turn his back upon English interests, and endeavour to pro mote manufactures in Ireland ?—(Tory cheers.) He should now conclude by thanking them for the patience with which he had been heard.—(Tory cheers.) Mr. O'ComiELL said that Mr. Gregory had denied the report about "to hell with the Pope." He believed now no such expression had been used by him, and he begged to withdraw the assertion. Sheriff PORTER then proceeded to call for a show of hands. For Lord Morpeth a forest of hands appeared, and the cheering was tremendous. For Mr. Gregory very few hands were held up, whereupon the Sheriff declared that the show of hands was in favour of Lord Morpeth. Sir JoUN KINGSTON JAMES —I demand a ballot—l mean a poll, on the part of Mr. Gregory. The SHERIFF then fixed the polling for to-morrow morning, at nine o'clock, and proceeded to swear in the deputies and other officers. The proceedings terminated before two o'clock. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROIVI THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—Religion, with all its hallowed inspira tions—the domestic and social affections, equally essential to the substantial happiness of the monarch and the pea sant—loyalty, comprising ardent affection to the Sove reign, attachment to the laws, and devotion to the Throne —these were present at the scene which was yesterday exhibited at the palace of Britain's Queen—on an occa sion no less enteresting to her as a parent than a sove reign. Without their presence, that occasion, instead of being, as it doubtless was, pregnant with delightful anti cipations, would have been shrouded with gloom, the precursor of still more bitter sorrows. With them in active operation, the Queen of England blended the connubial and parental affections with the gratitude of a Christian Sovereign, and the delights of a constitu tional, hereditary Monarch. She beheld the child of her heart and the Heir of her Throne received, with the solemn rites prescribed by its ritual, within the bosom of the Church, to be henceforth the subject of its prayers, and especially interested in its blessings. She listened to the demonstrations of heartfelt loyalty with which the Nobles assembled within the spacious ban quet-hall hailed the infant Prince, the Heir Apparent to the Throne; assured that from the highest Peer to the lowliest peasant in her dominions, through the several descending grades into which society is divided, there is found no heart which does not respond to those demon strations—no voice, however rough its tones and homely its expressions, which does not join in the fervent hope, that Heaven will establish her throne in peace—that in health and wealth" she may long live and reign ; and that, when gathered to her fathers, her Son, now the object of a nation's hopes, may ascend the throne, and that the line of succession may be perpetuated through her to many ge nerations. These were the associations which gave substan tial interest to the scene. The mere externals, imposingly grand and even gorgeous as they were, combining wealth almost beyond the power of computation, with splendour wrought up into the multifarious forms which art the most refined could cause them to assume, would have been worthless : the merely rich ornamented casket ; the jewels which would have given to the casket real in terest and solid worth having departed from its keeping. STANDARD.—Let none think slightly of the pomp and magnificence of the solemnity of yesterday. It was the duty of the Sovereign and the nation to ren der both; for if a proper religious sense tells, that po verty may not excuse from such humble worship as poverty can render, wealth and greatness may not plead the duty of such humble worship, or the acceptance of the poor man's prayer, as an apology for offering only a niggard adoration. Tue ceremonial of the Prince's bill tism was indeed grand and imposing, but no more than it ought to be, in whatever aspect the occasion is contem plated. It was the admission into the Christian Church of the descendant and representative of a hundred kings, immediately the representative of a family, blessed by Providence, and blessing our nation for almost a century and a half ; the heir of the greatest empire, the most en lightened, and the most truly Christian that the world has ever seen ; and wisely and piously was the Sovereign of the most powerful and truly Christian nation, beyond the limits of this great empire, invited to take the principal part in the august solemnity. Again, it was, for the nation represented by our Sovereign and her heir, a renewal of the covenant with that Divine Being, who has so signally protected and prospered this nation above ail the nations of the earth. The millions whose prayers ascended, and will continue to ascend, accompanying those poured forth at Windsor, be it they proceed from the castle or - cottage, from church or chapel, or closet, make us all partakers in the great act of worship and praise, as much as if we were present at it. To appreciate justly the solemnity of which we speak, to awaken the feeling which it ought to suggest, we have but to carry back . our recollection to any other age of the Church. We may choose any epoch, and, comparing it with the present, we must, in contemplating such a scene as passed yesterday—we must, if we are Christians, be filled with joy and gratitude be yond expression. This is the Christian Church, once the object of relentless persecution ; this is the Christian Church, so long the tool of crafty priests and politicians, and otherwise the object of indifference to both : this is the Church into which the Sovereign of the most mighty empire upon which the sun has shone since its creation— herself an example of Christian grace, in youth and loveliness, and worldly prosperity, solicits admission for her infant child—solicits humbly before God, but manifesting that humility more evidently by prostrating before his throne herself and all the worldly grandeur with which she is invested. This is the Church in which the millions of this great empire join in their Sovereign's act of heart worship. IS not such an advance a pledge to the fulfilment of His promise who said, " lam with you to the end of the world ?" Once again, we say, compare the state of the Christian Church as it exists in England, and as it was illustrated yesterday_ by the court and the nation, and compare that state with the condition. of the Church in any other nation, and at any other time, and then you will feel how much reason you have to be grateful for the period and the country in which it ,is your inesti mable privilege to live. COURIER—We regard, and we are satisfied the en- tire nation will so regard, the presence of his Prussian Majesty, and the sacred character of sponsor for the Royal Infant in which he appears, as not the least auspicious circumstance attendant upon this happy event. Not that we augur any immediate conse quence of striking political or national interest as likely to flow from this signal demonstration of the good will and the friendly disposition of the Monarch of a State which, since its regal origin, has, almost without a pause of interruption, been connected with the British dominions by bonds of common interest and al liance. It can never, we hope, be forgotten in Prussia, that in moments of utmost need, and in days of fearful peril, when the Prussian monarchy was shaken to its foundations, and crumbling into disjointed fragments— when it was overrun by insolent, deadly, and victorious foes—and its territories actually parcelled out, or threa tened to be, at the caprice of ruthless conquerors, as in the times of Frederick the Great and Napoleon, Groat Britain stretched out, magnanimously as disinterestedly, the hand that never faltered in support of an ally, and never failed to save ; and that what Prussia now is, powerful, prosperous, and peaceful, respected abroad and contented at home, we may, without tiny vain in dalaence of self-laudation, or the remotest desire of re calling the remembrance of benefits conferred, claim as the peculiar work and the glorious achievement of Great Britain. But, although we may not, as we ought not, connect political consequences of instant import from the Royal visit, for in no sense is it possible that the peculiar and solemn occasion should be desecrated by the intru- sion of political objects, yet we cannot help the internal conviction that it is destined to exercise a kind influence upon the mind, not of Prussia alone, but of the univer sal German nation, of which Prussia may now be re garded as the virtual, if not the constituted, head. The German mind has been unhappily too much abused and embittered of late years against us by the presumed clash of material interests and commercial rivalries ; and the incessant efforts of a portion of the German press to promote disunion and inflame to alienation, have only been too effectively seconded by the tourisms of indiscreet and semi-official babblers like Dr. Bowring. When, therefore, the German States shall feel and comprehend in the popular reception of their Chief and representative, the homage of ancient friendship and unforgotten sympathies, spontaneously tendered by the British nation to the Fatherland, as suredly it must tend to dispel delusions now too preva lent, to quench heartburnings artfully fomented, and to revive more grateful reminiscences of former union and more congenial sentiments of mutual regard and good will. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 7per - which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10. d, per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.32, and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.50, it follows that gold is 0.72 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 429 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3.175. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.7, and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.93, it follows that gold is 1.17 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. Some attention has been drawn in the city to a state ment in a Morning Paper, that the West India Steam packet Company had engaged vessels from Bremen to carry coals from Sunderland and Newcastle to their va rious depots or stations in the West. Indies, because they would perform the voyage at less charge than Eng lish vessels ; but it turns out, on inquiry, that those foreign vessels were engaged to carry coals to St. Thomas's and to the Havannah, because no English ships could be obtained for these particular ports, and that no saving was effected by employing them. POST.—In the very important letter from Madrid, in serted in this day's (Tuesday) paper, we have the long expected outline of Senor Surra y hull's financial budget for the current year. A 3 the English public have been amused by some of onr contemporaries with exaggerated pictures of the means possessed by Spain of meeting her public engagements, it is to be hoped that the figures contained in the summary of our correspondent will be dwelt upon with the requisite attention. The resump tion of full payment of interest on the active debt, on the first day of the ensuing year, has been promised, and the feasibility of the measure does not appear to ha.* been questioned even by Mr. Thornton, who, after his in terview with General Sancho, made public his impressions upon the subject ; but how completely must any dream or expectation of this sort be dissipated b y the imm ense de ficit admit te d b y S enor K u ll to exist between the in come and expenditure of Spain He does -not attempt to disguise the fact, that it amotints to between six and seven millions sterling, including 2,750,0001. as the year's interest on the principal of the general debt. We estimated the latter item, in round numbers, at three ~~~ THE ,SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1842. I millions, and if certain recognised extra interest charges be added, such as that accruing on the annual draw ings of Deferred Stock, portions of Passive periodically capitalised at Madrid, &c., we shall be found to be rather under than over the mark. Yet, as it was but the other day that the Globe and Chronicle met us with a contra diction upon the subject, it will be seen what confidence may, in future, be given to the denials hazarded by such authorities. We mentioned in yesterday's paper that there were grounds for believing that the claims of the Treasury bondholders were to be put upon a satisfactory footing, and we are again assured by parties in the confidence of the Spanish Government, that the fact does not admit of a doubt. They take precisely the same view of them that we take ourselves, as well as their countrymen, Senors Pebrer and Zulueta. We are unable to-day, however, to insert at length the sentiments impressed by them on the several points contended for in connection with the case. LAW INTELLIGEN CE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Jan. 26. The Lord Chancellor did not sit in his Court at West minster to-day until a quarter past twelve o'clock, not having arrived from Windsor. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. WIMBORNE SCHOOL. The SOLICITOR. GENERAL, upon this case being called on, stated that he did not think it would be necessary to trouble the Court with going into the discussion. The question in this case arose upon the proper construction of two charters granted in the time of Queen Elizabeth, by which the tithes of the parish of Wimborne were granted to a corporation to be selected out of the inhabitants of the parish, the object of which was for carrying on a school at Wimborne. The con struction that had been put upon the Charter for years was, that the tithes were to be applied by the persons named for the benefit of the school, and that so much as was not required for that purpose was to be applied for the benefit of the inhabitants of the parish, and in that way the charity had been administered for a long series of years. Upon an information, however, being filed, the present Master of the Rolls decided that the true construction of the Charter was, that the whole tithes should be applied for the purposes of the charity. The present trustees being now satisfied that the construc tion which had been put by the Master of the Rolls upon the Charter was a proper one, were content to forego the appeal, and it had been arranged that as they had ad mMistered the charity in the way it had been done by their predecessors, they should be allowed their costs, that part of the order of the Master of the Rolls direct ing them to-pay costs being discharged by arrangement. HERRING V. CLOBERRY. The further arguments in this part-heard appeal were then proceeded with, and occupied his Lordship the re mainder of the day. ROLLS' COURT, Jan. 26. GREEN V. MAITLAND. The further arguments in this case occupied the Court the whole of the morning. At their conclusion his Lord ship said he would read over the whole of the affidavits, and defer his judgment to a future day. His LOrdship disposed of several unopposed petitions. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, Jan. 26. (Before Vice-Chancellor BRUCE. ) CHAPMAN V. THE BRIDGEWATER AND TAUNTON NAVI- CATION COMPANY. In this cause, which stood over from Monday, the Counsel intimated to the Court that the parties had come to a private settlement of the disputed points. BURRIDGE V. ROW. The arguments in this part-heard cause were resumed to-day ; and Mr. Cooper was heard at considerable length for the assignees of Alderman Winchester, on the question of the assignment of the policies by the as signees of Row to the assignees of Winchester. His HONOUR, in giving judgment, said that the argu ments advanced to-day were, in a great measure, the same as those urged at the previous hearings of the case. The only point on which the Court had expressed a wish that the matter should be spoken to again was the question of the construction of the deed of assignment of the policies, and upon that point scarcely anything had been said, and he must therefore conclude that the Counsel for the assignees supposed that there was no probability of success upon it, and that it would be rather against than in favour of them. His Honour continued of opinion that the question, "What ought to be done with the fund," which he should call the 4311+, appeared to him a question of considerable difficulty under the peculiar circumstances of the case. That difficulty, however, existed more in respect of the title of the assignees of Row than in respect of that of the assignees of Winchester. It at one time occurred to his Honour during the arguments not certainly to give it to the assignees of Winchester. However, having fre quently re-considered the subject since the last hearing, he came to the conclusion that the more certainly safe course would be to keep back that fund at present, and give the assignees of Row liberty to apply, if they should think fit. As he understood it, the fund representing the dividends had been accumulating since it was brought into Court, and of course the amount of stock had been varying every half year. He therefore thought he should best consult substantial justice, by not letting Mrs. Burridge, as he was originally disposed to do, re ceive the income of that fund, but to retain it and carry it over to a separate account, to be called the suspense account ; the accumulations to be continued and carried over, without prejudice to any question, and with li berty to Row's assignees, or any other person, to apply in respect of that fund as they might be advised ; and then, if the assignees of Row should come before the Court, on petition either as respondents or petitioners, he should be ready to hear and dispose of their case. He neither encouraged nor discouraged the claim; he merely said that there was enough to convince him that it was a reasonable subject for discussion, and that that dis cussion might involve matter of their interest ; there fore at present he should withdraw from all parties the sum of 4311. ; then if the assignees of Row should come before the Court to discuss that question, there would be two points to be decided—first, whe ther they or the assignees of Winchester were entitled to anything—whether they could displace Mrs. Burridge's title, and if either of them could do so. Then, secondly, whether, according to the true construc tion of the deed, they or the assignees of Winchester were entitled. He could neither enter into nor decide that question in the absence of Row's assignees. The reason of this doubt was obvious, namely, that whereas, according to the intention of the settle ment, if the policy produced the full sum of 5,0001., there would be notlaim against Row's estate, yet there had been a claim against that estate without any deduction] or valuation in respect of those policies, and those policies had ultimately produced the full amount. That difficulty he had felt from the beginning of the case, and his mind was not yet relieved from it. He should, therefore, with a view to do justice in the best manner to all parties, reserve that fund as, he had before stated. The trustees were with their own consent to give notice of the present decree to the assignees of Row, and then, if within a rea sonable time after that notice they neither consent to come before the Court nor file a bill of their own, the Court might be influenced by that consideration. His Honour then read (as we understood) such of the mi nutes of the decree proposed by Counsel as accorded with his views of the subject, and which he there fore meant to confirm ; they were in substance that the plaintiffs, in right of the plaintiff, Sarah Bur ridge, were entitled, during their lives, to the interest and dividends accruing on the sum of 5,9921. 17s. 4d. Bank Annuities, in the pleadings mentioned; that they were entitled to the same from the year 1833 to the present time ; that it being admitted that Henry Winchester, during his lire, and after the bankruptcy of Wm. Row, had paid four sums, of 119/. 18s. Bd. each, as premiums on the policies mentioned in the pleadings, which sums were properly due from, and payable by, Mr. Row, on his estate, and it being admitted that Alderman Winchester had been fully repaid those four sums by Mrs. Burridge, and that his estate had not any claim in respect of those sums, or the interest thereon, which had not been satisfied by Mrs. Burridge, the plain tiffs had in her right a lien upon the capital of the , above mentioned 5,992/. Three per Cents. in reversion, ; immediately expectant on the life interest of Mrs. Burridge ; that the defendants Skinner, Row, and Thomas Briggs, the trustees of the settlement, were entitled as against the defendants, Belcher and Phipps, to hold the 5,9922 Three per Cents. until the sum of 5,000, secured by the bond of Winchester, Skin ner, Row, and Briggs be paid and satisfied ; and that the defendants Belcher and Phipps could not without making good those 5,0001. and the interest accumulated thereon, claim any part of the bank annui ties or the dividends accruing on them ; that a sufficient part of those annuities be sold to pay the costs of the trustees, and that the dividends on the residue of the annuities be paid during the joint lives of the plaintiffs, to the plaintiff the husband ; also that the plaintiffs were entitled to the benefit of the bond, with no costs up to the present time, either to them or the assignees. The decree to be without prejudice to any claim of the as signees of the bankruptcy of William Row the younger— , this point his Honour reserved. (Before Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.) WILKINSON V. PAGE. In this cause, the facts of which are alreadi fte b r efore egfserp partiesr th io i r s t t oh mattere the ug ha thought aoirtd,w arbitratione eld the public, his Honour delivered judgment. therbe e citing the origin and progress of the dispute between parties, lrl a et n hN d eei t ur h ab e e p sn r ae le proceedings t ra h o a lir n eis t f o o further prosecute the suit ; and, accordingly, on the 10th of September, 1841, an order was obtained at the Rolls, by which it was ordered that all matters in difference mentioned and referred to in the pleadings in the suit should be referred to the award and arbitration of Edward Goulburn, Esq., Sergeant-at-Law. After this order of reference had been made, the parties t t ah king ough out t t h aettheir the a interests e v th o e ul ty e r b e e q b u e e s s t t c e onn of f u a l tee:o account 2 o 3 f d pa o r r tn N e o r v sh em ip d ber ei , al s n 4 g l s : and a was entered an into agreement he dated t wee the nthem, by which it was agreed that, in the event of the arbitrator awarding a dissolution, the account should be taken by a gentleman of the name of Bowden. It was also agreed between them that Mr. Bowden should receive the outstanding assets of the partnership, and pay the same to the joint account of the com plainant and defendant, into the banking-house of Messrs. Glynn and Company, to be first applied in the payment of the partnership debts, then in the payment of incidental expenses, and afterwards on the footing of the settled accounts. Now the Learned Sergeant, to whom the case was referred, made his award on the 24th November, 1841. In p 4 in., of fact, he awarded a disso lution, awarded certain acts to be done by the parties, and made a special declaration as to the 7501. secured by the note. ' In the month of December, 1841, a motion was made on the part of Mr. Page to make the award an order of Court.. As it - then-. appeared that there bad been a mistake in - practice, he gave the plaintiff an op portunity of making a cross motion to set aside the award, and the case had accordingly been heard on motion and. cross motion. Now, from the terms of the award it appeared first, that the arbitrator had taken the 7501. already paid by Mr. Page out of the partner ship account, and awarded that sum to be paid on the Ist of January instant. without reference to the question whether the accounts should at that time have been taken by Mr. Bowden or not ; secondly, that the arbi trator had not awarded payment of the balance, which might be found by . Mr. Bowden, nor p rov id e d f or t h e case of the assets being insufficient to wind up the part nership concerns; thirdly, that he had in general terms directed a guarantee to be given, without saying what its nature should be. With respect to the purchase money, he declared that the 750/. paid should be repaid by Mr. Wilkinson to Mr. Page, and then he made the following declaration :—" I declare that I do not intend any liabilities ect of the said t o o t, the affe s c a t i , d W or ill i i n am a s n a y go w n i p se agt,: t , o ii va r r e y sp , promissory note for 7501., but it is my w i s h an d inten tion that any such liabilities of the said defendant in that respect, as between him and th e p l a i nt iff , rema i n wholly unaffected by this upon my award." Th ere was t h en respect to the 7501. ne a ix general odd each i r an e c e ht t i h o oe n t ha t e h N‘r, a a t n d t u h . teu l rrElhee which had been paid as part of the 1,500/. purchase money of a moiety of the partnership concern, it had been argued for the plaintiff, that the amount merely insisted that that ought to form an item in the accounts between the parties, and that the arbitrator had done wrong, therefore, in ordering that sum to be paid without reference to the accounts ; and with respect to the other 7501., it was contended that the question whether Mr. Page was or was n o t u l t i ma t e ly li a bl e was a matter in difference betwe en th e p ar ti e s, and that consequently the arbitrator making his award had left open one of the very questions referred to him for settlement. Upon some of these points he had no difficulty whatever in pronouncing an opinion. If the 750/., paid by Mr. Page to Mr. Pearson, and the rights and liabilities of the parties in respect of it, were matters in difference between the parties at the reference, he would have had great difficulty in t rea ti n g that as an error in law not affecting' the validity of the award. Upon the second point he could not help thinking that the Learned Counsel had over-rated the difficulty in supposing that the Court would hesitate to make an award for the payment of any balance which the accounts might show to be due from Mr. Page to Mr. Wil kinson, or from Mr. Wilkinson to Mr. Page ; and if that were not so he would hesitate to decide that the award was invalid, on account of the na ture of the remedy. The strong inclination of his opinion was, that the authorities obliged him to make an intendment in favour of the award. Upon the remain ing objection he had experienced great difficulty. The arbitrator stated that the whole sum of 1,5001 was a matter in difference ; he then proceeded to award that the 750/., part of that sum, should be paid by Mr. Wilkinson to Mr. Page, on or before the Ist of Jan. inst.; and he then declared that he did not intend to vary or affect any liabilities of Mr. Page, in respect of the promissory note for 7501. The question whether Mr. Wilkinson or Mr. Page was the party ultimately liable upon the note, was a matter in difference, mentioned and referred to in the pleadings in the cause. The state of that question was simply this:—The primary liability of each party to Mr. Pearson was admitted, in the ab sence of special circumstances ; but if the alle gation of fraud could be wide out against Mr. Wilkinson, he would be liable for the payment of the whole 1,500/. He was of opinion that the arbi trator meant to decide that the special circumstances relied upon by Mr. Page ought not to affect Mr. Page's natural liability upon the notes both to Mr. Pearson and Mr. Wilkinson ; but the arbitrator had declared that Mr. Page's liability should be wholly unaffected by the award, leaving the question raised by the pleadings un decided. The mutual releases which the arbitrator had awarded could not help the case, for they would only affect a subject which he did not intend to affect. It was with great regret, therefore, that he was compelled to refuse the defendant's motion, and accede to that of he plaintiff ; but he gave no costs upon eit h e r motion. JONES V. HUGHES. His HONOUR delivered judgment in this case, granting .he injunction, with liberty to the plaintiff to take such proceedings as he might be advised, to perfect his title at law. ton and Payne, page 376, that a bill drawn in this coun try, and not leguly stfimped, was not avnib'.•lc mly purpose wl,atever, except as aguin.:t the cir:f.\ er. in the case referred to, the bill purported to have been drawn in Paris. • Mr. BEES, on the part of the holders, contended that the probability was that the bills were ante-dated. It was not enough for the acceptor, or for the assignees who represented him, to show that the drawer was in this country on the days of the date. The onus of proving that the bills were actually drawn in this country lay upon them. Mr. Commissioner EVANS considered that the date of a bill was prima facie evidence that it was drawn on that day. He would, however, hear any proof offered that the bills in question were not drawn on the days of the date, and that they were really drawn in Guernsey, without an intention to defraud the revenue of this country. If Mr. Bees could point out any authority to show that the onus of proving the actual drawing on the date lay with the acceptor, he would give it every attention. At present the question before him was merely one of fact : Was the drawer in Lon don, as alleged ? He would give his judgment on Tues day next, Ist Feb., and in the meantime would attend to any points which Mr. Kearsey or Mr. Bees might think proper to suggest. In the course of the argument, it was stated that the bankrupts would have been solvent if they could have got rid of their liability on these bills. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Jan. 26. IN THE MATTER OF WILLIAM HATTON. The insolvent carried on business in the Kingsland road as a grocer and baker, and was opposed in person by James Walton, a miller in Hertfordshire, on the ground of having obtained goods from him by fraudu lent representations. It appeared that the insolvent had dealt some time with the opposing creditor, and having lately fallen into difficulties, Mr. Walton refused - to advance any further goods except for ready money. The insolvent thereupon stated, that he had become entitled to a large sum in the Three per Cent. Consols, in consequence of the death of a distant relative of his wife, who had appointed him residuary legatee and executor. Upon these represen• tations, Mr. Walton consented to let the insolvent have goods upon the usual terms of credit, and imagined all to be going on right in the.Kingsland-road, until he re ceived a notice that the insolvent was about to pass through this Court. The insolvent had caused himself to be taken in a friendly arrest by his brother-in-law for a small sum, which was alleged to have been due on some betting transactions connected with the last St. Leger Races. The LEARNED COMMISSIONER said this was a case which required a severe sentence on the part of the Court, as there was nothing to be more reprehended than arrests at the suit of friends and relations, for the purpose of defrauding the legitimate creditors. The sentence of the Court was, that he be imprisoned for the term of six calendar months from the date of his vesting order. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CLERKEINWELL. On Tuesday Richard Kerrison, aged twelve years, was placed at the bar, charged by Charles Luff, tobacconist, of Well's-place, Islington, with having stolen nine cigars. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor, that the prisoner was connected with a daring gang of young thieves, who prowled about the neighbourhood of Isling ton and committed the most impudent depredations. On Monday night last witness left his boy, eleven years of age, in the shop, and whilst there, the prisoner, with a gang of other juvenile desperadoes, was observed lurk ing about. At length the prisoner and four of his com panions rushed into the shop, pushed the boy down, whilst they made an effort to seize the till. The pri soner made a snatch at a bundle of cigars, which he took from the counter, and the whole of them ran out of the shop. Au alarm was made, and witness immediately pursued them - and overtook the prisoner, whom he took into custody, and handed him over to a policeman. The prisoner, on being pursued, threw the cigars into the road, which were afterwards found by a passenger and returned to witness. Richard Horren, errand-boy to the prosecutor, iden tified the prisoner, and gave evidence in confirmation of the above statement. Inspector Jervis, of the G division, recognised the prisoner as an old offender in petty thefts, who had been in custody before although so young, and he was at that Court about a fortnight ago. Mr. COMBE asked the prisoner what he had to say to the charge ? Prisoner (crying)—l was sent into the shop by a big ger boy—he told me to go in. Mr. COMBE convicted him summarily, and sentenced him to two months' imprisonment in the House of Cor rection. , COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jan. 26. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE EASTERN AND NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANIES. This was a special case, sent by the Lord Chancellor, to obtain the opinion of the Court, as to whether the Railway Companies were entitled, under the Acts by which they were established, to cover over a certain street or way, called Goddard's-rents, in the parish of Christ Church, Spitalfields, for the purpose of making a railway station over the way in question. The case had been already before the Court on Saturday, and the ar guments having been brought to a conclusion this morn ing, their Lordships postponed their decision. The Attorney-General and Mr. Koe appeared for the Commissioners of the parish ; and the Solicitor-General and Mr. Butt for the Railway Companies. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Jan. 26. (Before Mr. Commissioner EvANs.) IN RE HILL AND BROOKS, At a former hearing of this case, Mr. Kearsey, on the part of the assignee, opposed the admission of five bills of exchange, drawn by a person named liaise, (recently a bankrupt), and accepted by the present bankrupts, without (as they allege) any consideration. The objection was that the bills having been drawn in England, and not bearing an English stamp, but pur porting to be drawn in Guernsey, were illegal. The whole amounted to nearly 3,0001. Maise, having been called, admitted that the bills were in his handwriting, and that there were no such persons as Douglass and Co., of Guernsey, in whose name they were drawn, the house carried on under that name belonging to him alone. But he refused to say where he had drawn them, be cause the answer might subject him to a criminal pro secution. This day Mr. ICEARSEY proposed to prove by other witnesses that the bills were drawn in London ; and Mr. Rees appeared for the holders. Mr. Glegg examined—He was a clerk to John Caspar Maise, late a bankrupt, from May, 1838, to the date of his bankruptcy. Could not say whether Mr. Maise was in town on the 13th of December, 1840. The entry in the stamp-end of the cheque-book produced, under date of 31st of May, 1841, is partly in Maise's handwriting, and partly in that of witness. This, and the entries on the 29th of May, were for duty upon spruce. Other entries shown to witness were in the handwriting of Maise, but he could not say he saw them written. The bill-book p r oduced, and marked Bills Receivable," was Maise's. Some of the entries under date the Ist of June last, were in the handwriting of Maise. Could not say whether he saw Maise make the entry on that day, which refers to Hill and Brookes. The entries under date the 140111 of June, and particularly the entries of the bills, from 3,012 to 3,015, were in the hand-writing of witness, who received them from the hands of Maise. The latter was in towti on the 16th and 17th of that month. Cross-examined. —Was a clerk in Maise's counting house. There were other clerks occasionally, part of the time, but not the whole. There were others' in May, June, and July, 1841. Maise had a confectionery establishment at Guernsey. It was carried on under the firm of Robert Douglass and Co. He was in the habit of going to Guernsey once in three months, perhaps oftener. Could not say whether he had any dealings with the banks there. Bills had been remitted from Guernsey to him. Witness had known him to take bills from London, and get them exchanged fox:others in Guernsey. These bills were exchanged chiefly through the medium of persons named Harris, Harvey, and Camp bell. Does - not remember when Maise was last in Guernsey before his bankruptcy. Bills were not always entered in the bill-book on the days on which they were received. Re-examined—The shortest time -.witness remembers Maise to have been absent from London to Guernsey, was four or five days. The cheque, dated the 19th of June, was charged to his personal expenses, but witness could not say to what purpose the money was applied, nor could he say positively that Maise went to Guernsey on that day. Saw him in the counting-house in London on that day. Could not say, within a fortnight or a month, when he saw Maise since the 19th of June. • To Mr. BEES—Could not state when Maise was last in Guernsey, previous to the 19th of June. Hr. Brookes having been called by Mr. Kearsey, Mr. Bees objected to the other bankrupt remaining in the room. He said that he must stand upon his rights, for the objection against the bills held by the persons whom he represented was the most unfair and dishonest that ever was made. Mr. Hill then withdrew. Mr. Brookes examined--Was absent from London in the beginning of June last. Left London on the Bth of that month, and returned on the 16th. After his return, first saw Maise on the 18th, at the office of the latter, No. 46, Lime-street. - Mr. BEES objected to the que stion "What conversa tion had witn ess with Maise o n that da y ?" and the Commissioner decided against the question, observing that no declaration of Maise could be evidence against the creditors. Examination continued—Saw Maise on the 19th of June, at his (witness's) office, 56, St. Mary Axe. Saw him afterwards in the evening at Southampton, when he was, to the best of witness's belief, on his way to Guern sey. Received from Maise the several bills now put into his hands. Of one bill he could not say how it came into his hands, although the acceptance was in his hand writing; for by some accident it was not entered in the bill-book at the time. Received the bills from Maise on the 19th of June, in the morning, at his (witness's) office, in St. Mary Axe. Remembered this from the entry made at the time, and from having afterwards refused to give up the bills to Maise, because Mr. Hill, his partner, was absent. Cross-exami ne d— C ou ld not tell exactly when hi s firm stopped p ayment , as be was not in this country a t the time. B e li eves i t was in the beginning of J u l y.: Made an off er o f com position to the holders of those bills in September, and also in O ctober. Sho wed them an account current i n w hi c h they were set down as credi tors to the amount of the bills. Had been in the habit of accepting bills for Mr. Maise before the date of these bills. The paper now produced and described as a "Rough Statement of the Affairs of Hill and C 0.," was that which he laid before the holders of the bills. Off ered them a comp os i t i on o f fi ve shillings in the pound. Thomas Hill the younger, examined by Mr. KEARSEY— Saw Mr. John Caspar Afaise, on the 19th of June last, at Southampton. Of five bills put into his hands now, he had received four from Mr. Brookes, his partner, on that day. Neither self nor partner ever had any value for these bills. Knows that Maise went to Guernsey on the 19th. Mr. KE ARSEY su b m i t t e d that the eviden ce was suffi cient to establish that the bills must have b een d rawn i n London, for the witness had . distinctly sworn that Mose was in London on the days of which they severally bore date. He cited . the authority of Chief Justice: Best, in the case of Bi rey v. Moore, 24 Caning- QUEEN-SQUARE. On Tuesday Robert Bligh, the keeper of a beer-shop in Queen-street, Chelsea, appeared to a summons charging him with having assaulted the police and obstructed them in the execution of their duty. Luke Buck, 73 V, stated that on Thursday morning, the 20th inst., between one and two o'clock, he heard a noise in defendant's house us though a number of per sons were there. The door stood ajar, and on pushing it open he observed a number of persons in a back room, where-there were glasses and pots, as if they were drink ing. In a moment defendant came from within, ant. asked witness what he did sneaking about there, and ! struck him three or four times on the head. - A police , serjeant came up, and seeing that defendant was intoxi cated, they thought it advisable to leave the house. Sergeant Ligne, 5 V, said that as he came up he found the constable, who informed him that ho had been assaulted. Defendant, in reply, declared that the whole charge was false, and had been concocted at a rival beer-shop, for the purpose of injuring him. lie never struck the policeman, nor did he even see him, until, hearing a noise in the passage, he came from a room behind the bar, and saw him strike his son. The son and a person named Watson were called, who both swore that the constable had not been touched by defendant ; but, on the contrary, that he had struck the son twice over the head. Mr. BURNELL made no comment, but at once dismisses the case. WORSHIP- STREET. Charles Sheffield and James Johnson, two young men of notorious character, were charged with having stolen a box containing a quantity of miscellaneous property belonging to Mr. Philips, an auctioneer in Chiswell-street. George Moore, a warehouseman in the prosecutor's service, stated that between eleven and twelve o'clock on Monday night, a van, laden with property that had been purchased at a sale, having reached the warehouse, he went round to the private door to apprize his master of its arrival, and on returning back in a few minutes, he found the prisoner Sheffield, with a woman and a man, whom he believed to have been the prisoner Johnson, and who were all briskly engaged in removing a box which they had taken out of the van. He immediately seized hold of Sheffield, upon which the other man took to his heels, and escaped, but the woman commenced a violent attack upon him, and compelled him to relin quish his grasp of the prisoner, who made off, and although witness succeeded in re-capturing him, the woman renewed the attack with so much impetuosity that the prisoner was eventually rescued. Sergeant Brennen, of the G division, stated that on the preceding evening he was passing, in company with In spector Barton, through Long-lane, Smithfield, when they met the prisoners, and being satisfied from the de scription given of the persons who committed the rob bery that the prisoners were the same, they took them into custody. The prisoner Johnson resigned himself to his fate, and walked quietly towards the station-house with the Inspector ; but the other prisoner made a most determined resistance, and swore that " he would not be taken by such a Greek as witness was." After a severe struggle he succeeded in overpowering the prisoner, but whilst he was dragging him along the latter made a sudden snatch at his watch-guard, which was snapt in twain, and having secured the watch he threw it away. As they were followed at the time by a tu multuous mob, who took part with the prisoners, wit ness gave his watch up for lost, but to his great sur prise it was restored to him in a few minutes by a little boy, who had picked it up, and who disappeared im mediately afterwards among the crowd. Mr_ BROUGHTON remarked that it was a great pity the boy was not to be found, as his conduct was in the highest degree praisworthy, and he deserved to be re warded. Ile should remand the prisoners till the day appointed for the re-examination of their female ac complice. The prisoners, who declined saying anything, were remanded until Saturday. Her Majesty will leave the Castle for Bucking ham Palace on Monday next ; and it is stated that the Court will proceed to Brighton for a short time, about the 14th of February. The Augsbur? Gazelle, in a letter from the frontiers of Poland, gives some curious details and ex planations respecting the King of Prussia's last visit to the Emperor of Russia, at Warsaw. It would appear that his Prussian Majesty's policy-in regard to the Poles in the province of Posen, as well as the reception which some Polish emigrants had experienced in Prussia, had excited the of the Russian Autocrat, who availed himself of the moment of the Prussian Monarch's pre sence to strike the last blow at the nationality and con stitution of Poland, by issuing the famous edict which places all judicial and administrative attributes in Poland on the same footing as those of Russia. The Emperor of Russia got wound up to such a pitch, on reading the speech of a French Deputy, in fitvour of Polish nation ality, that he gave immediate orders to his Secretary of State to convert the Polish Lt oiwodschaften into Rus sian Governments, without attempting to conceal the motive for pursuing such a course from the French Ambassador. For the same reason, he also again hit upon the day of the King of Prussia's arrival to publish his decree of denationalization for Poland. The Poles, however, are not to be deterred from maintain ing that spirit of independence awl nationality which are inherent in them, and therefore they look upon the attempt to Russianize them as a certain step to produce a contrary efThct. They are prohibited front singing in the Polish language, "Poland is not vet lost," so they sing it in Russian, and even in the forts which are garrisoned by Russian troops. So long as Russia is unable to extend her measures to those parts which are unit, d to Prussia and Austria, so long will her efforts to Russionize, or denationalize, the Polish nation be useless. For this reason the inhabitants of Warsaw, on obtaining a glimpse of the King of Prussia, could not refrain from shouting, " Long live the King of Prussia," which was re-echoed by the troops, although they had but a few moments before shouted the official Russian cry, " Hourrah," with the utmost difficulty. It is generally believed that the policy of the Emperor of Russia with regard to Poland is one of revenge, which is likely at some future period to be attended with serious results. MORNING SUN MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT on the *vIERSEI. 7 .--1 OS:% of FO;.) LIVES. A melancholy disaster occurred upon the river Mersey, opposite Liverpool, on Sunday morning last, by which, we regret to state, four boatmen belonging to the port were suddenly hurried into eternity. It appears that the four unfortunate men in question were the proprietors of a boat termed "a speculating _,gig," whi c h genera lly plies for hire near the docks, and is of the kind frequently en— gaged by news agents and others for bringing' papers, letters, &c., from the vessels. As several ships were expected to come in on Sunday, the four boatmen proceeded with their vessel towards the rock, speculating upon meeting some ships, and of being engaged to land either passengers or documents. With one sail up, the tide running swiftly, the water exceedingly rough, and the wind rather high, they had proceeded as far as Egremont, about half-way to the Rock lighthouse, when the boat suddenly upset, precipitating the boatmen into the foaming waves. The accident occurred not far from the shore, within sight of spectators, and not a great way from where one of her Majesty's revenue cutters and a ship (the Siddons, New York packet) lay at anchor. The boat turned keel upwards, and for a short time none of its ill•fated crew were per ceptible. At length two of the poor fellows were observed grappling with the boat, and they suc ceeded in getting upon its bottom, from which, however, a wave suddenly dislodged them, and for a few minutes they were seen swimming in the water. The crews of the revenue cutter and the other vessel, on witnessing the accident, immedi ately launched their boats, but on nearing the scene of the disaster they were almost swamped, and compelled to return. They succeeded in throw ing out a hand buoy, which one of the men clutched, but shortly relinquishing his hold, he, with his companions, sank to rise no more. The men, it is said, were all swimmers, but the wea ther was so inclement that animation was so far suspended by the immersion as to render them incapable of exertion to save themselves, which accounts for the hand-buoy rendering no service. On the shore, just opposite to where the melancholy affair happened, there is a large avenue, or cutting through a hill, which laces Bidston. From this avenue an immense body of wind frequently issues from the neighbourhood of Bidston, and it is sup posed that an unexpected gust from that quarter was the cause of the accident. None of the bodies were picked up. They will doubtless be carried out to sea, and at the end of nine or ten days they may probably be found at some distance from Li verpool. The body of the unfortunate woman, Mrs. Powell, who was drowned in the collision of steam boats during the late fog on the Mersey, has not yet been found. Signals of distress were hoisted off the Bidston Lighthouse on Sunday, which caused some appre hension. Two of the steam tugs and one of the life boats immediately went round the Rocks for the purpose of rendering assistance, when they found the Fergus from Apalachicola, at anchor off the Bell Buoy, totally dismasted, having come in contact with a vessel off the Skerries. No lives, it appears, were lost ; but both vessels received con siderable injury. The Fergus has been towed into port. STARVATION and CONCEALMENT of DEATH in SLOTLAND. CUPAR, FIFE, FRIDAY, JAN 21.—0 n Thursday great excitement prevailed in St. C lair town, Perth-head, Fifeshire, and neighbourhood, in consequence of its having been made known by Insueetor Bett, of the Courty Police, that the body of Janet Forret, an aged woman, who lived with one Fergus Wilson, teacher, and repairer of watches, in St. Clairtown, had been found buried in Wilson's garden. The body has since under gone examination, and been re-interred in St. Clairtown churchyard, Wilson apprehended and lodged in Kiikaldy gaol, anti the case been taken up by the proper authorities. Under these cir cumstances we caw only allude to the general features of this strange and suspicious looking affair. The circumstances connected with Wilson and the woman Forret, who lived with him, are these : Fergus or Ferguson Wilson is a native of Leslie, his father having been a small farmer in that vicinity. He settled in St. Clairtown about forty years ago, and is now nearly seventy years of age. Janet Forret, who has lived with him for upwards of thirty years, resided at that time in the neighbour hood with her mother and sisters, and was con sidered a respectable young woman. Her mother, a farmer's widow, was possessed, it is said, of about . 300/., but upon herdecease Janet got possession of the money (it is thought that Wilson had some hand in this), and gave it out to her relatives that her mother died poor. Her sisters, being disappointed in their expectations of receiving something on their mother's death, took legal steps to have Janet in. carce rated in Kirkaldy Gaol, but they did not suc ceed in obtaining the money. On her liberation she went to live with Wilson. Shortly after the mon ey was lodged in one of the Kirkaldy banks in the name of Moses Spokesman, a name taken from some old obsolete publication. Some time after a person belonging to the Links of Kirkaldy, who was in Wilson's confidence, got hold of the money under promise of securing a higher rate of interest, but he played false and absconded to America, taking along with him Janet's 3001., or, as sonic have it, 5001. or 600/. She and Wilson had still about 401. in their own possession, but of this they were latterly robbed. Thus, by degrees, the money which Janet Forret had taken with her when she went to Wilson's house got squandered, an d s h e was left pennyless. Wilson being fre quently engaged in useless litigation with his neigh bouts, and his school having dwindled away, has been endeavouring for some years past to earn a livelihood by cleaning clocks and watches. He must have been extremely reduced in circumstances; for, dining several years, he has allowed Janet, whom he always designated his handmaid, to go about the parish in a begging condition. For some months back she had been unable to perform this task, and had been confined to her apartment. Wilson a few weeks ago applied to the Dysart Kirk Session for relief, which, for some reason, not specified, that body refused to grant. In consequence of this refusal, he entered the case with the Court of Session, where it is still pending. It was under these circumstances that the melaw. choly affair which is now exciting so much atten tion occurred. Wilson's house is situate in St. Clairtown, near to the quoad sacra chapel. He and Janet occu pied the the second flat, and an old man taught a school on the ground floor. About three weeks ago Wilson was observed by the scholars digging in his garden and measurig the ground with a line ; they also noticed that Janet had ceased coughing for eeveral days, and that no light appeared in the room where she slept. Having made known these circumstances, one of the neighbours called and inquired for her, but Wilson gave an evasive an swer and said she was not at home. Day after day passed without any appearance of the woman, and an Thursd a y l as t sus pi c i on was so excited that Mr. Walker, Bailie of the Barony, and Inspector Bell called and made the same inquiries. To them Wilson said that she was unwell, and in the house, but that they could not see her. Not being satis fied with this the inspector proceeded to search, hut did not find her in the house, as stated by Wilson The scholars having told what they had seen, forcible entrance was made into the garden, and the body of the woman found in a grave, care fully dug, by the side of a well. The grave was about four feet deep- . The body was wrapt, in a shirt and an old sheet, and a muslin cap covered the head and face. Some straw and a large board were placed upon the body. Altogether the burial, though betokening the utmost poverty, had been decently gone about. Wilson looked over his window, and witnessed the disinterment ; but, on being asked by some on the spot for some explanation of this singular deed, he replied that the Kirk Session having refused to g i ve any support to her when alive, he thought they would also deny him any assistance to bury h e r when dead, and that he, therefore, considered it his duty to inter her iii his own garden, and that he could do with his own what he liked. He has also given out that another individual assisted him in the interment, but refused to name the party. The body was taken to the Perth-head lock-up house on Thursday, and on Friday a post mortem examination took place in the presence of several medical practitioners, who unanimously agreed tha the poor woman had died of starvation. There %'.as nothing in the shape of food in the stomach, and the body was reduced to the merest skeleton. After the examination the body was interred in the churchyard of St. Clairtown. Wilson has since been removed to Kirkaldy gaol, and his declaration taken. He confidently asserts that he-has done no wrong, that the woman died a natural death, and that the Session having refused aliment, he did not • apply to them for burial. It is but right to state, that Wilson is regarded in the neighbourhood as penurious and eccentric character. Janet and he lived together in great harmony. It is su pposed that her death took place about the I st o f the month, that the body had lain some days in the house, and been in the grave six or eight ere dis- covered. We refrain at present from any remarks upon this singular and melancholy case. We do not as yet know the grounds upon which the Kirk Ses sion of Dysart refused to grant relief. Fergus Wilson, though eccentric and penurious, had never shown any symptoms of cruelty towards the wools" which could lead to the belief of his wilfully neglecting her ; on the contrary, the reason he ae" signs for burying the body in his garden unknown to the public, was the little svmpathy shown by them and the neighbours during her illness. On Sunday fortnight he instructed the precentor of the Secession Meeting-house in Perth-head, which he attended regularly, to request in her behalf the prayers of the minister and congregation ; be neither the minister nor any of the congregati°ll visited her after this intimation. Wilson says tha t it was on that day the poor woman died. THE MARKETS.-(YESTERDA n CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of all Grain since Monday have bee/ small. There was very little doing in any articl e, ee ' prices remain as on Monday._ Flour very dull sale . COL ONIAL MARKETS; There was little business transacted, either for hod e consumption or export, but prices were fully sustaine - TEA. MARKET. - The demand was good, and full rates were paid. C°lll - Congou Is. 101-d. cash. TALLOW MARKET. Prices continue firm, with a good demand, at 48 5 . 6d. on the spot, and 48s. 6d. to 48s. 9d. for delivery. METAL MARKET. Iron in good request, at firm rates. Lead sold gol,: but prices firm. Spelter in good request at 38 1 . pe r to n• IRISH MARKETS. DUBLIN MARKET NOTE for the Wcek ending JA42I ' From 475 Wheat,per barrel ut stone.... .9.1 0 015 Bere .... l6 stone l4 0 342 Barley 537 Oats l4 sterie 9 3 o Four, per cwt. .. ti stogie." —. 0 419 Oatmeal-- 6 stone ll 6 I 13 6 Sold to Bakers only. 1 09 l', l EO Cwt. I , 10ur........ .... „ . from ls. ed. t° . 7/".0t 1 Average price *o' li% heat and lour 55. Od per sack. .. e d Receipts of Flour, 9,13;6 1 s F ec lr ' 6 L ti s ................... Sales of Do. 13,781 from 225. Od to t,r, 01 Thirds ......... from 10s, Od. to •• To 35 0 14 G 17 0 13 2 Averf . 14 .. 0 12 li Fitter OF BREAM • Quartert. Loa{ ..... Quatern CORE MARKETS.—Jan £2. Wheat (per `103:.)17s Od. t3ss Od.watsiper 14st. 513.91. to 0 B Harley (per 16131.'11 0 i 8 0 11.1 or r (per cwt 7 Oatmeal 4per Od to 14s Od Beef, 6d. to 61d.--ISlutton ' sd. 6a.—Veal, 4 1 i1 to 7 " Pork. 4d. to 5d.--Fresh Butte', 11d. to 12d per lb' PRICE OF BUTTER. To the 241, _ . To the Cole/ lants. icrr..... Fast Quality.... .......... ....... 89 , ...........................? j i timend .. St ~,o e ••• ••••II.• No.. •••..... a Third Fourth Fifth ............ • 10. 10•• • •••• •••••••• 50 .....•.........•.. .."•". 03 Sixth ••• 28 ............. ... ........... CLO N 51ELL Al A RKET4.....Ian. 22 Per t wt.. 0 ti. . 3. d. d. d. 1. d. " 0 0 New Butter Oatmeal — 0 14 6 8ac0nP.0............44 % .... . Rendered Lard 0 52 •J dead8.................. 28 ... V 0 Per Os,. 0 Y. Fleur, Second 0 40 ,• It Urtir 1:..rda.......... s:, r —Household...-0 38 0 I --2 Fourtns.~ 1 8 " 0 Per Barrel, 18 0 i!apeseed....... ........ 20 0 Of Barley ...».« 16 0 .., Der •••..... ..... " ..... - 13 0 I C•xvls ........."," ..... 4 , 4 ' KILKEN MA K El S ~,i .. W!,eat,perbarrel)2Bz Od.to 33 N ,.0d Y . beet U ' .ver It .. .... Oa. '`.. f( 0 a Bark, 12 0 19 0 Witten ~..,4 44, 4 0 5 0 vats 14 0 15 0 Pork . ..... "........ fl I Af„ Hour (per bag) 25 0 39 0 t'ea' ..........,.., 4 0 u j . Buttcr(per cwt.) 0 0 98 0 ercsh Butter . 4 .. 0 0 010 Bacon Pigs 45 0 46 0 Salt Ditto . 4 , 44 ." 0 6,, u U Coals 1 0 1 2 Fotatoes,:per at.) 1 . , I ' - . • His Majesty the King of Prussia a nd suit w e h ; take their departure from Windsor for town on -L" - f day next. The King will not leave England ur itil 1 11 the meeting of Parliament, at which his Maie st i be present. AB Tl' THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN 1 11 E: a sked CLE "A" AND " THE. " —A Merry Andrew belnib hot by a young aspirant for fame to inform bite by. means he might discover the difference between the o hy de finite article a and the definite article the ? r tOPi sir," said the clown, " , you are a fool, but I th e —that's the difference. ' th e An inquest was held on Tuesday evening Feathers Dean-street, Westminster, before Mr. Ygg, on tile body of Thomas Rogers, aged 70, of Maidenhead-court, Tothill-street, William Shaerni of 16, Snow's-rents, Westminster, said th at 4 e h we C e l lCS ceased was a tenant of his, but had for the last 11 ,.. i5 r ot been unable, through extreme poverty, to paY " t o On Sunday morning last witness went to his revrtiby ask if he could settle his account, or even pay a of it, but being unable to get an answer from I k e t hen knocking at the door, ho had it forced open. • n g to saw him sitting near the stove, and endeavour' _eh, raise a jug of water to his lips. He was then sP, e oo e less, and witness immediately sent to the station-'n;e4 for assistance. A surgeon soon came, but deceased in in a few minutes. Deceased was a crossing sweepte;eid Scotland-yard, but he earned very little, and il re , be able to purchase it bundle of wood to light his d s lep t broke up an old table for fuel. He had no bed, a n ,, on! upon a bundle of rags. His lodging cost A pril ra s e h rp il l l i3 i l, n a g troly per week, which witness believed h e , f ia thhaevewopia.kidhothisaed for re relief. been a m ble a . ry Fl an i ota er ease d h t vid,r,,o h eihu a aadoen t d:sn:d s infti h rie.(l e t)dtoibhmv iteeei..ronnoodgNit‘in:ee:artet((nee)lvvhidat_setasotiien.litfe.edeth.msfefsoB,oheoiirar,,:ottesnh.e:iesri whatever. ter deceased's de a h t ' g hlish consideredi bird wa t the i_peh initinyeaNtoss,iifm: iiriteihanlepkates;:e.esaaltainhds etetrl:drsteihwtde;:::eto:foi not remain for any length of time at his crossit"r46►. therefore got very little money. His clothes were 'b it isei . the principal garment being a piece of gree ° which he wrapped over his shoulders. Verdict -- s ole' from old age and the want of the common n eces se: of life, not having applied for relief at the work The late Robert Peel, Esq., who died on. /of' nesday week, at his residence, Wallington-hall, Oild folk, was a first cousin of the Premier by blood , Of ° uncle by marriage. The deceased gentleinn n u ":o4 ' daughters, one married to Mr. Ethelstone L 1 % ". 70°,1 ' and the other to the son of the Dean of York, v . Ow; burn. Mrs. Cockburn lately died, leaving two r u„ bri't dren, whom Mr. Peel adopted, and un dertookA t ilief, up. This circumstance induced him to settle at rst spill ton, which has been recently furnished in th e 0 , °, 1 stantial and costly manner, and where Mrs. "" r e : now probably reside with her two grandchildren i,Ol viously to the death of Mrs. Cockburn Mr. re e lbere':. establishment, and lived much at Exmouth, 71,,rocen'i was fabled he died. The same paragraph greer is rated the deceased gentleman's wealth, ivhiePue 0 01 1 supposed to exceed 1,200,0001., and committed tP , important error of asserting that he died intestloeole is true that, on the death of Mrs. Cockburn , h e e h is Pr t r o very important alteration in the disposition 0 1 - er perty ; but we feel quite assured that every P r q int e r ; has been taken to secure the due execution of I ' ls e n 0.- dons. We have heard that the following gentleilin the named as his executors :—Edmund H o warthjt - c iel ier Rev. Frederick Peel, and Joseph Peel, Esq. ola- Ciironicle. a vS! SILVER PLATED CORNER PIS j i bs, be A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing Silee rs „ - breilo Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of England, °, - oitt , fo r prices of the following patterns of stroll ly plated 'OO DISHES, with silver handles and edges,gind silver shield the crest or coat of arms : The p Gadroon Pattern. Four strongly- dated coy ner Dishes and Covers...ClO 10 ..... t Four extra stronely.plat d and Covers ........ ... at o CornerDishesandi_overs 12 12 S_deti N.B. The Covers are made with moveable hallai o 'i.o" they form extra dishes. Drawings of the above ere to any part of Great Britain or Ireland, postage fr ee ' sserairm• BIRTHS. t rio On the 22d inst., at Bury•place, Bloomsbury - W - T. H. Severn, of a daughter. .1 0/2 Fopulart Theeplated e x Croarn Flowerer st iiele; I of On the 24th inst., at St. John's-wood, the lady Ouelverlony, inst of a (laughr. deri cig On the 25th ,at Woburn-square, Mrs. F re 11 CIA' of a daughter. On the 25th inst., at Roehampton , the lady f - • man, Esq., of a son. ;cep dof MARRIED. F. P r- et Oa the lath inst., at Amberly Church, 1 %. r • e a ngb,ioty fllackmoor-street, London, to Charlotte, younges' _-b, the late Mr. H. White, of Brittian Farm, RodboroMi► op t cesterslMT jietit e Tes' At Boxley, near Maidstone, Richard Jesse, Esq' co p. R.N., to Emily, second daughter of the late Rey', o f Lin_ijet nyson, D. C. L., Rector of Somersby, in the c ounty , he ips o t On the '2sth inst., at St. Alban s, Wood-stre!tp:rta Captain 11. W. Evans, of Southampton, to Cam daughter of Mr. James Middleton, of Bermondsey, DIED. k on of 6 • On the 24th inst., in Sloane. street , Frederic Oldrini, aged 9 years and 11 months. E q. On the '2Bth ult., at Reading, John Hooper,..„. ga ir istis At Deal, in Kent, Mary Ann, relict of Air. n re lict o' On the 21st inst., at Arras, in France, D10:1' 1 t On n Ed th w e ar 2 d 3a ß i e n v s e t r E m sq r. ., G of . A B i u oi s • t r i i n m , e s r e , n ß ., e o r , f k sshoieretb. bank, the gent's. park, aged 51. lateO On u 2 i 4 le t t h t, and d H in tt o ck th n e e r y, cif ik L lr a sa On the 25th inst., C. Clifford, Esq. , t" Chelsea, aged 82. , „ o der, On the 25th inst., at Brighton, Henry AO' et , eldest son of'H. Alexander, Esq., of Cork-strt:s, cbries,l e pcli On the 25th inst., in Bouverie-street, Mr. " etta S a la * On the 17th inst., at Brighton, Merger ' DO Y NUR I Str Morris relict of Vice-Admiral Sir James (1 of O z oc { r London : Printed and Published by No. 112, Strati, at The SUN Office, No. ,1 0 lr 4 the county of Middlesex, Thursday, . 1 4 2 : 1 W 1 yl‘i,l,ill,o,lefattlit,.orteelrict_toreet, MONOlasi ,4110•4 y Th, i lt] . ANc !Cow,