The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-28 00:00:00

In consequence of arguments respecting the height for soldiers, we have taken some pains at various times to ascertain the relative height of English, Irish, and Scotch recruits. As far as the Line Regi ments are concerned, the Irish have a decided advan tage in height. It must be, however, taken into ac count, that the Guards, the Marines, and the majority of the Cavalry and Artillery, are English, and the re cruits for these are all of superior standard. It may then be doubted, if an equal number of tall men were deducted out of the total recruits raised in Ireland, whether any difference would exist. In weight the English recruit has the advantage, the heights being equal. A regiment of the Line that consists wholly will_ gen_er . a h lly be found to average Bnglishrilen sh j orter than - either the Iris , Scotch, or the mixed corps.—Navatand Military Gazette. ?.., 0,4" - ':4 - ..; • ' > 4 --!' '''':, ', :!t' _,, ,,7 ",,,„' 4r,...1,1 - ' '7, -. ,;:r"; •:i . te 7-/ -"."—_- ..-",' ;a I , •'. r_ . ? ,' 'r. k. V - ..,-7,714%16„ , z , " ; = - - - z - r, ' 4 ......," '. ' , k , i, A , a s EETING at WOLVERHAMPTON On Friday evening, the 23d instant, a public meet ing was held at Wolverhampton, for the purpose of , re cei sing John Bright, Esq., and R. B. Moore, Esq., delegates from the Anti-Corn-law League. The meeting was held in the Music-hall, many ladies at tended, and the room was filled. John Barker, Esq., a county Magistrate, was called to the chair, supported by Joseph Walker, William Walker, Benjamin Walton, J. Bradshaw, S. Cart wright, H. Walton, Alexander Walton, and other in fluential gentlemen of the town. The CHAIRMAN read a letter from the Hon Charles P. Villiers, one of the Members for the borough, ex pressing his great regret that he could not leave Lon don, but strongly urging the importance of support ing the League. Mr. THORNELY, M.P., was received with cheers. He said it afforded him the highest gratification to at tend this meeting of the inhabitants of Wolverhamp ton. He had been absent from the country, as many of them were aware, since the prorogation of Parlia ment. Fourteen years had elapsed since his previous visit to the United States of America. Among the changes which he had witnessed there, nothing surprised him more than the great extension of manufactures. It was stated to him by a gentleman largely engaged in the wholesale dry goods business in one of the large towns—a business includ ing cotton, woollen, linen, worsted, and silk goods— that he estimated the stocks of the importing houses to consist of 30 per cent. of English manufactures, 5 per cent. of German, 10 per cent. of French, and 55 per cent. of American goods. Now, he had not the least hesitation in declaring that one great cause of the increase of American manufactures, and the dimi nution of British goods, was the restrictive syste:n of this country, and especially the operation of our Corn laws. Indeed, one mercantile house of very long standing, with whom he conversed, remarked that, when they began business, upwards of thirty years ago, they had no difficulty in keeping one or two ships regularly employed in the Liverpool trade. They loaded them with flour, staves, tobacco, and flax-seed, but, they added, "an alteration in your Corn-laws and your timber duties cut off the expor tation of our flour and staves, so we abandoned the trade, and have devoted our capital to manufactures," and they produced samples of cotton goods, the pro duce of their works. These gentlemen, no doubt, from their change of position, had become wnat is called high tariff men ; and, in fact, a very powerful high tariff party now exists in America. On the subject of the corn trade of America, he (Mr. Thornely) had visited the town of Buffalo, a port of considerable business upon Lake Erie. It is here that the wheat and flour which are brought down the Lake are transferred to the boats upon the canal, which con nects Lake Erie with the Hudson River, above New York. He found wheat putting on board the canal boats, and, on inquiring the price, was informed it was 70 cents, or 2s. 11d. sterling, per bushel of 601bs. He wished the meeting to understand that to get this wheat to England very heavy charges would have to be incurred, as canal and river freight, freight across the Atlantic, and commissions; but he made the statement to show that abundant supplies of cheap wheat could be had in America. He would mention one circumstance to show the extent of the internal navigation of America, which should always be borne in mind in considering the importance of the Ameri can trade. When he reached Lake Erie he had travelled upwards of 500 miles, but upon inquiring the distance from thence to Chicago, for which a steam-boat was to sail the next day, he was answered 1,000 miles. He really did not believe the statement till the course was pointed out upon the map, when it appeared the steamer would have to traverse the whole length of the lakes Erie, Huron, and Michigan ; and on her return she might collect wheat and flour at all the various ports which she might touch at. He then visited the town of Rochester, standing upon the Genessee River, about ten miles from Lake Ontario. Here were many manufactories and flour mills, work ed by water-power. The price of wheat was here 75c., or 3s. 2d. per 601bs. A gentleman who was an ex tensive dealer in wheat, and also a proprietor of flour mills, informed him it was impossible to trade with England under our sliding-scale ; in fact, he said, " Your sliding-scale is a trap, and half the losses sus tained by houses in Rochester have been owing to your sliding-scale ; and we support our tariff because, excluded from your market as we are by the Corn laws, we wish to raise up customers, by establishing manufactures at home." (Loud cheers.) The meeting was, no doubt, aware that the Ame ricans had lately passed a high protective tariff. This, in his judgment, was highly impolitic. Ame rica, like the rest of the world, would be most prosperous under free trade, and he believed it had already been found by the working of the new tariff, that it would neither sustain the price of goods nor yield the revenue required by the State. He had omitted to mention that, at Rochester, he conversed with some English workmen, from whom he learned the rate of wages. Labourers were receiving 50c. to 75c., or 2s. ld. to 3s. 2d. per day; and an English bricklayer told him his wages were a dollar and a half, or 6s. 3d. per day, equal, at the price of wheat to two bushels per day—the man added, that from the severity of the frost he could do no work in the winter; but then he added he could earn enough in the summer to maintain his family without work in the winter. He (Mr. Thornely) had gone into the market at Rochester, and found the price of the best beef to be 4d. per lb., pork 21c1., potatoes 7d. to 9d. per bushel. His reason for making these remarks was, that the advocates of Corn-law repeal had often been charged with an intention to lower wages, al though it was undoubted that the rate of wages depended upon supply and demand, and that high wages were compatible with a low price of food. At the city of Washington he went to pay his respects to the President of the United States. He was the bearer of letters of introduction to him, and was received by President Tyler with the utmost courtesy and affa bility. It happened that before he left England he had prepared a printed statement of the reductions made by our tariff of the present year, in the duties on articles imported from the United States. He presented to the President a copy of this statement, assuring him how much he was gratified that these reductions would increase the commercial intercourse of the two countries, and adding that, from the spread of free trade principles in England, he looked for still greater reductions in the tariff; a large party, him self among the number, looking forward to a total repeal of the Corn-laws. The President expressed his acknowledgments for the printed statement, which, he said, was an important document, and should have his attention. He only added, he did not see h ow A merica could import largely, of corn under our present Corn-laws. He ('sir. Thornely) would now say a few words upon the state of parties in America. Next week they would receive the President' 3 Me ssage to Congress, but this was the same Congress whi c h h a d passed the high tariff, and its functions would cease on t h e 4th of March. Now the elections for the succeeding Con gress had already taken place, and the result had been a large increase of the free trade party. The high taria' would undoubtedly undergo a revision ; it must be modified, and might possibly be so to the extent of making it a tariff for revenue only. The new Con gress might not meet till the time fixed by the Con stitution, namely D e c em b e r, 1843, but it might meet any time after th e 4th o f M arc h, if the President called an extra session. It was then of the utmost importance that in the coming session of Parliament the Corn-laws should be put upon a sound footing, for this would strengthen the free-trade party in America, and would mat er i a ll y i n fl uence the new party which would meet next year. He (Mr. Thornely) should vote for the total repeal of the Corn laws. Whatever change might take place, should be adopted at once ; there was not a moment to lose ; the Americans would not be influenced by speeches made in England upon free-trade; they would look at our deeds, and especially at our Corn-laws, for almost half the American population might he said to be corn growers. In regarding America our views should be prospective—she has already a population 0f18,000,000 —her population doubles in 25 years, so that in a quarter of a century h er p o p u l a ti on wou ld have reached thirty-six millions. The gentlemen who would next address them, Mr. Bright and Mr. Moore, would direct the attention of the meeting to the evil effects of the Corn-laws upon our own population. He (Mr. Thornely) had confined himself to the effects produced by the Corn-laws upon our commerce with America, knowing how much the people of Wolver hampton were interested in the American trade. The Corn-laws were probably the pivot upon which our future commerce with America would turn, and hence the importance of dealing with them at once. Jomi BRIGHT, Esq., deputy from the League, delivered an eloquent address, which occupied an hour. Mr. Moo followed, and was loudly cheered throughout his address, and a comm i ttee was ap pointed to collect subscriptions in support of the League. Thanks were vote 1 to the Chairaian, and the meet ing separated. POLICE INTELLIGENCE (YESTERDAY.) BOW-STREET. There were upwards of fifty charges at this office this morning, the majority of them being charges of " Drunk and disorderly." The grotesque appearance of many of " the charges" excited much laughter in the Court. Some were covered with mud, all had their clothes more or less torn, and highly ridiculous was the appearance of every one. The defences were that yesterday being the day on which Christmas was kept, they had availed themselves of the opportunity of taking " a drain." One or two appeared highly indignant at the idea of being taken into custody for getting drunk on Christmas-day, as they seemed to believe they had prescriptive right to do whatever they pleased on that day. blr. Twyford, however, taught them otherwise. The interesting charges were in some cases fined and others admonished and disci gaged. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Jchn Jones was charged with having been found in the area of the Senior United Service Clubhouse un der suspicious circumstances. James Murray, one of the pages of the establish ment, stated that between five and six o'clock yester day evening he found the prisoner in the area front ing Pall-mall, supporting himself against the wall, and holding his leg as if he was much hurt. He was questioned as to how he came there, but was unab:e to speak from excessive intoxication. Inspector Beresford of the C division said, that after the prisoner had recovered himself a little at the sta tion •house, he stated that he had no recollection whatever of how he got into the area. He had been drinking very freely during the afternoon. The house-porter of the Club said that the prisoner must have climbed over the area railings, which were at least five feet high, and then have dropped from a height of about 12 feet into the area. The prisoner repeated that he had no recollection of how he got there. - Mr. Munn' said that he was perfectly satisfied that he was not there for any improper purpose, and lie should therefore discharge him, hoping it would be a - caution to him in future. The prisoner said it no doubt would be, as he had seriously hurt his leg. .MARYLEBONE. James Cannon, a decently dressed man, was placed at the bar on the following novel charge. James Cross, 5, Stafford-street, Lisson-grove, said that while walking up Wimpole-street the preceding evening, between five and six o'clock, the prisoner came up to him and demanded what money he (wit ness) had upon him. He replied that he had none, when the prisoner again said, "D— you, I know you have, and I'll have what you've got." Witness seeing the man had been drinking, walked on quickly, but the prisoner still kept close behind him, threatening and swearing. He (witness) walked a considerable way, but could see no policeman ; at last, however, one came up, and the prisoner was given into custody. Police-constable 178 D said that when he came up he heard the prisoner say " D-- your eyes give me what you've got." Mr. RAWLINSON said that it was a serious eharge to advance against any man, and asked the prisoner what he had to say why he should not be sent to Newgate to stand his trial for an attempt at highway robbery ? The prisoner said that he had been keeping Christ mas very heartily, and had, he believed, got drunk. He had no recollection of asking money from any one ; but as it appeared that he had done so, he could only express his sorrow for it. Mr. 11Awi1mox said he could only suppose it a drunken frolic, and would fine him 10s., with a re commendation to be more careful in future. David Jones was placed at the bar charged with attempted pocket picking. It appeared that last evening, as a female named Morei was making .her purchases in a shop in Craw ford-street, the prisoner, who was standing beside her, put his hand into her pocket. He afterwards went away, but the husband of the female, who had watched his movements, followed, and seeing him make a similar attempt upon the pockets of another woman in a shop in the same street, he gave the prisoner into custody. As neither of the women had lost anything, and the last refused to appear as a witness, the case was remanded that further inquiries might be made. CLERKENWELL. A young man named John Shamrock, was charged with having been riotous on the previous night in Bagnigge-wells-road. Police constable Archer, 8 G, stated that, between nine and ten o'clock, the prisoner was crying and shouting, and otherwise disorderly ; his conduct caused a great crowd of persons to assemble, and he took him to the station-house. Inspector Penny, of the G division, said, when he visited the prisoner's cell, about twenty minutes after he was locked up, he found him lying on the ground, apparently dead ; he was foaming from the mouth. On examination, he found that the prisoner had at tempted to strangle himself by a cord, which was noosed round his neck at one end, and fastened to his right leg at the other. Witness immediately cut the cord, but for many minutes the prisoner was insensible ; at length, by the aid of restoratives, he revived. A person was left to watch him, but he slumbering, the prisoner again attempted to destroy himself by fasten ing his neck and pocket-handkerchief in the same manner as before. His struggles to effect his purpose aroused the watchman in time to save his life. The prisoner, a lad of nineteen, of very melancholy aspect, acknowledged the attempts. His widowed mother wept bitterly, and she promising to keep close watch on him, Mr. COMBE ordered his discharge. UNION-HALL. Thomas Harding was charged with robbing a woman named Macdonnel of 21. 10s. on the preceding night. Complainant went into the Craven public-hous, with a townswoman (Glasgow) to have a " wee drap," and while standing at the bar the prisoner thrust his hand into the complainant's pocket and took the above sum out of it. She caught the man's hand in the pocket, but he contrived to get away from her grasp, and was seen to pass something (supposed t o be the money) to a female accomplice, who hastily ran out of the house, and made her escape. The complainant said that the loss of the money was a serious affair to her, as it was intended to fit out a son of her's, who was going to sea. The prisoner denied the charge, and said that there was a crowd at the bar, and that she had mistaken him for the thief in the confusion that ensued. She however adhered to the accuracy of her state ment, and the prisoner was remanded. WORSHIP-STREET. Monday Michael Meagan, an hi;,laman, a shop keeper, and dealer in second-hand sl.oes, in White cross-street, Ellen Regan, alias l lea; his wife, Catherine Singleton, a sister of the lat ter, and Hannah Cotter, an elderly woman, living at 'Meagan's in the capacity of servant, were placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, the sitting Magistrate, on suspicion of having been concerned in the rnv,rder of Thomas Leary, a single man, a journeyman in Meagan's employ. The prisoners wer• brought to the Court by a party of the G division of police, mid the Court, and all the avenues to it, were thronged by the residents of Whitecross-street and neighbou rhood, amongst whom the occurrence had occasioned . intense excite ment. Mr. Win. Richard Bland, the firs t witness, stated that he was a tobacconist, keeping a shop at N 0.106, Whitecross-street, im me di ately opposite the prisoner Meagan's, and after ten o'clock on Sunday night, was serving a customer, when a strange outcry and bustle on the opposite side of the street attracted his notice, and going to his door he saw the prisoner Michael Meagan come out of his shop, and t ml O of the females also in a hurried and agitated manner . Meagan him self went off in one direction and the females the op posite one, and soon afterwards the witness saw a man called " Jack," who worked for Me agan and lived in the house, came out wringing his ha it' and his hands, and uttering exclamations as if he• had witnessed something dreadful. The witness th en went into the shop and saw the woman Cotter, v /hi), in answer to his question as to what was the matt ex, said she did not know, but, looking behind the counter, he saw the deceased Leary lying there, He at first thought the deceased was asleep or insensibly drunk, but, looking again at him more particularly, saw that he was bleeding profusely from a wound in the side, and just then the man called " Jack" return :ed with Mr. Wright, a surgeon, who sent for some si rapping, and dressed the wound. The deceased, however, expired in about half an hour. The witness, in reply to the Magistra ti 3's question, said he knew the parties as neighbours, living oppo site. He was not aware that the prisf xier Meagan was in the habit of getting drunk, but the deceased (Leary) was. John Rice, the young man whom the witness Bland mentioned by the name of Jack, said that he worked for Meazan and lived in the hou9 e, as did also the deceased, Thomas Leary, who was is single man. Two of the females lived in the house ; and one of them, the prisoner Ellen, was Meagan':s wife. On Christmas eve the witness was at the hous e of a Mr. Perry, who is in the same kind of bi isiness, in White Horse-yard, and he remained with t' nem all night and till six o'clock on Sunday mornir when he went home and went to bed until eig/ it o'clock, when he arose and went again to Perry's, v ;here he continued throughout the day. At night, It' bout ten o'clock, he heard the voice of the prisoner Singleton calling to " Jerry," Mrs. Meagan's brother; who lives in White Horse-court, and the witness feari .ng from her manner that something had happened, • went home, and on entering the shop, found the deo eased lying bleeding behind the counter, and exclaim wing, " Oh, Tom. ' He took him by the hand, and asked him who had done that to him ? The deeeast 'd, who appeared to be fast dying, said, " Jack, you a. re the last person I shall ever speak to," and the witne is said, "For God's sake, Tom, tell me who did it bef( e you die." Mr. BROUGHTON asked if the: re were any other ; persons present at this conversation between him and the deceased? The witness said that some of the policemen, arid other persons also, he believed, were i n th e shop at the time. Mr. Heritage suggested that all such witnesses should be ordered out of Court during the further examination of this witness, who, however, being de sired to look around the Court could not recognise any one; nor did it appear that any person present had heard anything spoken by the deceased. The Police Inspector, Jarvis, said, in answer to the Magistrate, that if any of the police had heard any such conversation, he believed it would have been reported to him. The witness said he thought they had entered the shop at the time he spoke of. Mr. BROUGHTON desired him to proceed with his evidence, and state what the deceased had said. The witness said the last words spoken were, k Oh, Jack, you are the last person I shall speak to," for while witness was reiterating his entreaties to know who had done it the deceased closed his eyes, and wit ness then hurried off for Mr. Wright, the surgeon. Mr. BROUGHTON, after some private communication from the Police Inspector, asked the witness whether he had not heard that Meagan was jealous of the de ceased, and had complained that the latter was too familiar with his wife. The witness said he had never heard anything of the kind. When he went home at six o'clock on Sun day morning, all in the house were up, and had been up all night, as he judged from their appearance. The last time he saw the deceased alive was about half pa> t one on Sunday. Mr. Frederick Wright, surgeon, said that about half-past ten on Sunday night he was called to the prisoner Meagan's house by a man who told him that a man there had cut his throat. He accompanied the messenger, and found the deceased lying behind the counter, bleeding copiously from a wound betweem the two upper ribs on the right side. He compressed the lips of the wound, and strapped it, but it kept bleeding, and in half an hour the deceased expired. The wound was half an inch long, and three-quarters in breadth, a stab, and must have been the result of a very hard blow. He had not probed it, but was of opinion that it had penetrated the lungs. The de ceased did not speak while he was present, and was in a state of syncope during the whole of the time till he died. The witness picked up a knife, now pro duced, which he found by the side of the body, and he believed the wound had been inflicted by a hard blow with that knife; it was a shoemaker's knife, with square end and keen edge. The witness Rice identified it as belonging to Mea gan, and kept in the shop for the purpose of cutting th. leather. Several of the police were then examined to thefol- lowing effect :-134 G, who first went to the shop about the time when the deceased expired, went in pursuit o Meagan, on learning what had occurred, but did no find him; and about half-past two yesterday morning the prisoner Meagan went to the police station, and gave himself up to sergeant Ellis, saying that he un derstood the police were after him, and that it was an unfortunate business, but he knew nothing about it. Ellen Regan, or Meagan, was found in the house by Sergeant Beaumont ; and Charrington, 160 G-, said that on the way to the station she exclaimed, " Oh dear, if they split it will be a hanging job." The prisoner Singleton lodged in Spitalfields, and 134 G went there arid waited till six yesterday morning, but she did not return home all night. In the course of the morning, however, she called at the house of Driscol, 24 11, and gave herself into custody, and said to him that they began throwing shoes about in Mea gan's shop, but she could not tell how the man came by his death, - The male prisoner said in his defence, that he was quite innocent of the charge. The deceased Leary, he said, had begun quarrelling, and insisted upon having money. The deceased, who was very drunk, threatened to strike him unless he gave the money. Prisoner then went out to take a glass of drink, and when he returned he heard that his wife was in cus tody, and the occurrence in question had taken place in his absence. He knew nothing about it. llannah Cotter, the servant, was, after some in quiry, removed from the bar and placed in the wit ness box. She stated that there was a christening on Sunday at Jerry Regan's, Mrs. Meagan's brother, and the Meagans went to it. About nine at night witness went to fetch Mrs. Meagan home, and she went up stairs about that time to make the beds. When she had done that and returned down stairs she saw the deceased Leary stooping behind the counter, and heard him exclaim, " Oh God ;" or " Oh dear !" and immediately after he fell down behind the counter. Witness then went out to get assist ance. There was nobody in the house but the de , ceased and herself when she went up to make the beds, and she heard no noise or quarrelling while she was up stairs, and there was no one there but the de ceased when she went down again. Being further questioned, however, she said that as she came down, she saw the prisoner Singleton run out, and the shadow of some other person. Mr. Bland being recalled, said that when the noise drew his attention to the place, he saw Meagan and the two females come out, and the gas was alight in the shop when he went in. The MAGISTRATE, after an examination which lasted several hours, remanded the prisoners for a week. CONSISTORY COURT, BRISTOL, (From the Bristol Journal.) The Worshipful Joseph Phillimore, D.C.L., Chan cellor of Bristol, this day (Dec. 21) presided for the first time in his Court. DEFAMATION.-PATNE V. ROWLEY. This was an action in which the plaintiff prayed for judgment upon the defendant for defamation. Mr. Hartley appeared as proctor for the plaintiff, and Mr. Bridges for the defendant. Mr. HARTLEY stated that this was a suit brought by Mrs. Prudence Payne, a lady who lived upon her property, against Mrs. Mary Ann Rowley, the wife of Mr. Thomas Rowley, straw-hat manufacturer, of College-green, and he prayed the sentence of the Court that Mrs. Rowley may be condemned in costs, and to do penance, for having defamed the character of his client. The facts were, that an acquaintance had subsisted for some years between Mrs. Payne and the family of Mr. Rowley; and in the year 1841 Mrs. Rowley had said in the presence of credible wit nesses that Mrs. Payne had been for two months co habiting with the defendant's husband. To this a responsive or defensive allegation, as we understood, had been put in, as he conceived irregularly, together with exhibits thereto, being certain letters ; and the allegation stated that Mrs. Rowley did not use the word cohabit, but said an improper correspondence had been going on, and that Mrs. Rowley spoke under great excitement. The fact was, however, that the uttering of the words had been clearly proved, and he now prayed the sentence of the Court upon Mrs. Rowley. Mr. BRIDGES, for the defendant, stated that this was an extremely hard case. His client, coming into pos session of certain letters which he would presently read to the Court, felt that she was wounded in the most cruel manner in which a wife could be injured, and she felt also that she had daughters whose repu tation and fair prospects in life depended upon the discontinuance of a correspondence which those letters proved to exist between her husband and Mrs. Payne. She did in this case what any respectable woman, a mother, and a wife, would do; she evinced even more than common self-sommand in this case, for she wen' to Mr. Chidgey, who is an assistant-surgeon at Keyn sham, and the brother to Mrs. Payne, to induce that gentleman to prevail upon his sister to discontinue the correspondence. She requested for this purpose to have a private interview with Mr. Chidgey, which that gentleman refused ; and said that if she had any thing to say she should say it in the surgery, when there were two gentlemen present. Excited, as may be supposed, by the letters then in her hand—still ate,up a n an d more excited at being thu s t rea t e d w h en s h e came he a in n i d gh t the esamyosthtejumdeicstiouksi,ntdhetemtohset that could be conceived, Mrs. Rowley certainly did speak under the impulse of strong feelings, and said, " If I must speak out, I say your sister has been holding an improper correspondence with my husband ;" but even if sbe used the words stated on the other side— of which she was not aware—he conceived the Court would consider that the provocation w as such as to remove the necessity of condemning her in costs and enjoining penance. Whatever the words were that she then used, Mr. Chidgey was apparently not less excited, for he shook his fist at her, and said, " By God, if you were a man that said this, I would knock you down." The Learned Proctor having detailed the facts to the effect above stated, read the depositions of Mercy Ware, servant to Mrs. Payne ; of Miss Amelia Rowley, and of Miss Jeronomy Rowley, daughters of the defendant. The evidence of Mercy Ware stated that a considerable number out of fifteen or sixteen letters produced were written by her mistress to Mr. Rowley; that her mistress read over some of the letters to her (Mercy Ware), and desired her to deliver them to Mr. Row ley, and to nobody else ; some of the letters were signed " Constant,' some of them were addressed to "Forget me Not." This witness had seen nothing improper pass between her mistress and - Mr. Rowley, except that he once gave her a kiss. If an improper intimacy had taken place at Mrs. Payne's house, it might be without her (witness's) knowledge of it. The evidence of the Miss Rowleys, young ladies grown up, proved the handwriting of Mrs. Payne on some of the letters; that they had, with their mother's consent, been on visiting terms with Mrs. Payne be fore these letters were known of ; that they had never witnessed any impropriety of conduct between their father and Mrs. Payne ; that their mother had pro hibited them visiting that lady, and that they . had not since visited her. Some of the letters to their lather were addressed to "Forget me Not," and a few to Mr. "Tatton." The Learned Gentleman then read the following extracts from the original letters : "My dear Thomas—l this day promise you, while I am on this earth, no man shall win my affections from thee, not if he were rich, ranking amongst the most high in this life, and if he would settle a dowry on me, I would spurn it, and still fondly fix my hopes on thee; that if God saw it not good for me to be thine in this world I may be thine in glory; my witness to this now is my Heavenly Father, and on his Sabbath I have written it. Oh ! may he hear my prayer ! may Ibe thine. How I should adore and study to make you happy. Adieu, believe me with fidelity, ever and ever, yours, and only yours constant, "PRUDENCE PAYNE." "My dearest, dearest, very dear, my own Forget ' me-Not--Every day you are more dear to my heart, and when I leave you it is death, for I am sure the separation of the soul from the body cannot be so painful, especially to those who believe and die in the hope of an immortal life ; such I trust will be our case when «e depart this sinful world ; but you often ask me do I pray to be your's ; yes, in sincerity I do night and day, and had I worlds to give to obtain you I would sacrifice them all for the possession of one I love so dear. Will that day ever arrive ? I hope, I pray it may, and sometimes I am sanguine enough to believe it will. Then, oh, then, I shall, we shall be more than happy, I fear too happy to last long ; but again I trust the day will come, for if 1 have your arm to lay my head on in the hour of death, painful as the separation may be, I should resign my soul t o m y Maker, and my last fond look, faithful . pray er , an d dying words would be yours, and, shouldl never have the bliss of possessing you, if sensible in the hour of death, 1 shall send for you, and I hope I shall at least be heard in this prayer. I should wish you to be with me to receive my last devoted kiss * * * and blessing. "I am labouring to-day under a severe sick head ache and a bad cold, but I shall nurse myself today and to-morrow and I make no doubt I shall be bet-. ter. You, my dear, I hope are well. I long for your note to-night, that will do me more good than medi cine. God bless, bless, bless, thee, my faithful dear. I hope we shall meet again Wednesday evening. Mind you write—don't disappoint. Let it be Tues day night if you can, as the post is so late in the morning ; and if you think the Butts the best place, I shall be waiting (or meet you) just as you turn to the Sea Banks, where I waited before - there are so many sailors, am afraid. I wi s h I could behold you to-night, but I shall see some of the girls, and if I do I shall kiss them for you (my only love). My paper tells me I must bid adieu, but believe me I could write to you for ever. Oh that I was with you for ever. God bless you ; God keep you for me, and may God love you as I do, fervently, fondly, and ever I shall be your's in this life. Constant, * • * * *. Burn this. ; ' "My dearest, dearest Forget-me-Not—Your note delighted me, but why did you not say where I was to meet you this evening ? 1 hope you will, for I want to see you. I can meet you by the George on the Butts going to the Sea Banks any time you like after the boys come home. My dear Tom, write by James and let me know. They are going to take your Henry to the Wells, and you can get it ready by the time they return; don't be out (mind to be in the way), for if I don't hear from you and know where to meet you, I shall be most wretched, as I can't tell but they may come from Bath to take the boys away, I shall then have no chance to send to you, or to know how to act. I must see you to-night. Good bless you, dear, don't disappoint me. Ihave much to say to you when I see you. I went to church last night, hut did not sit in the same pew with Mr. Pike, nor did I walk with him. No! I love you too well to go with any one. I was but very little with them all day, and was by myself in my bedroom waiting for James with your loving. "Bless you for it, and may God bless us both ; be sure to write, if it is but two or three lines, stating what time I am to meet you to-night. It is an age since I saw you, my love; and now, good bye, in the hopes of seeing you to-night, when I shall be fully happy while, Tom, with you. Adieu, ever yours, sincere and "'CONSTANT." " My dearest love Forget me Not—Blessing on you for your very kind letter; the assurances are and will be cordial t) my heart; but it made me very low spirited, and I could not but fancy you had taken your leave of me, as you never mentioned you should see me Thursday. Pray ease my mind by writing but three lines to-night, stating that you will, and what time, not later I hope than a little after two o'clock Thursday, for we shall manage so that no person shall be th ere . I s h a ll se nd Mercy to-night at half-past seven to meet nu where she did last night, for the note. Do, my dear, or I shall be truly wretched. I want nothing more than that you will come, as you promi se d yesterday, on '.Thursday; don't disappoint me, nor keep Mercy waiting long; she will be sure to be there at half-past seven ; mind you go, and write—if it is only (yes my dear), but I should like more. The one you sent me last night I like better than any you ever sent me. Bless you for it, again and again. I saw the dear girls yesterday ; they do in deed love me, and I hope they will ; but they tried to get out of me that you and I met, but they could not; and many things they said I wish to tell you, but I cannot commit it to paper. I want to put you on your guard. I will tell you all when I see you. I wish it was to-day. I hope I shall, as I pass (at half -past four I shall go down Trinity-street) —could you any way get out for ten minutes ? and meet me (if you ean)—but I don't wish it without you could do it safe—but meet Mercy, I charge you. I will, at all events, walk by the church a quarter of an hour, and if you don't come I shall go and send her as I have said above, half-past seven to-night. My dear, you will now accept my fervent and devoted love, and be lieve me wholly yours in this life, as I told you last week ; and though we are divided now, I pray God we shall some day be united, if not on earth, in heaven. How was it you did not go to church last night ? I was sadly vexed; but I guess and I know why, and will tell you when I see you (never mind), I can bear it. Once more, bless you ; good by; re member me, Forget me T ot.—Yours, truly, "CONSTANT." The letters were about twenty in number, and were signed " Con s t a nt," and a dd resse d t o " i'orget me Not." They were all in the same tone, occasionally interspersed with drawin gs o f fl owers an d hearts and poetry ; as for instance, "Forget me not, though we may part, Perhaps, alas ; to meet no more, Remember that there beats a heart That loves you to its inmost core. " CONSTANT." In another part of the same letter the lady reminds the gentleman that "her love is not to be trifled with." In asubsequent epistle, the platonic widow, after ex horting Mr. Rowley to burn her notes, so that they may be safe and out of danger, adds,—" I would die to save you, for I do not blush to own I love you truly, fervently, passionately, but not lustfully." On the Ist of January, 1840, she sends him a Keepsake, accompanied by a letter, in which she ad monishes him to "remember to follow the dictates of religion, so that at the last you may meet me in glory." In the same letter the amorous again gets the better of the religious, and the widow thus breaks forth :—" I have kissed it (a note from Rowley), not twenty times, but twenty times twenty; how much would I not rather have had them from the writer, not the writing. I hope I shall soon." The extracts having been read, Mr. I3utDoEs addressed the Court, saying that the facts formed, if not a justification, such a mitigation o the words used as to exonerate his client from penance and from costs. Mr. HARTLEY, on the other side, pressed for sen tence against the defendant. The Learned CHANCELLOR then proceeded to deli ver his judgment. The Learned Judge having gone over the facts of the case as stated above, then said that the words used were defamatory there was no doubt ; but the question was, whether there was a justification of them ? The Chancellor then read some a the letters, commenting upon some of the impassioned expressions in them, and said there were in all fifteen or sixteen letters in the same fervid strain ; and it was impossible that any wife could see such letters addressed to her husband without being irritated. Whether any criminal intercourse really took place between the plaintiff and the defendant's husband he did not know ; but, looking at the letters, there was every excuse to the defendant for believing that there had. Was this, then, a case in which a Court, pro salute animce, could punish the defendant for having uttered the words that she did utter under the circumstances ? He certainly could not hold that it was such a case. When he looked at all the facts be fore him, there appeared to him to be a justification of the words used. He should, therefore, dismiss the party from the suit and from all further consequences EDUCATION OF A GERMAN LADY.—The education of a German lady is, to us, a very singular one. It is composed of the two extremes of household useful ness and social ornament. Accomplishments are carefully taught. All that tends to give the ladies eclat in the ball-room and in large companies, they are more regularly drilled into even than ours. Music and dancing are indispensable. The French lan guage has long been universal, and English is now becoming so. Their greater intercourse with fo reigners keeps in use their French. Music is so much a national enjoyment, that not only all young wo men, but almost all young men, play on the piano and sing. This is not only a great relief to the mo notony of private life, and an elegant and refining enjoyment for the evening circle—especially to weary men, harassed or exhausted by the daily tug of their affairs—but is conducive to the pleasure of those agreeable little parties which abound so much among the Germans : where singing, a dance, and simple games pass away rapidly the bours.—HowitesGernzany. CHARGE OF ASSAULT AGAINST .A MAGISTRATE. (From the BlaCkburn Standard.) On Wednesday last, Mr. Robert Graham, appeared at the Sessions' Room, in this town, to substantiate a charge of assault which he had preferred against William Henry Hornby, Esq., one of her Majesty's Justices of the Peace. The case excited intense in terest, and the room was crowded to excess. Mr. Graham conducted his own case, and Mr. Ening thorpe appeared for Mr. Hornby, who was absent during the hearing. Mr. Graham gave his evidence to the following effect :—On the night of the 20th of October, I was assisting in extinguishing the fire at Mr. Eccles's. factory, in this town. I was in front of the building, when Mr. Eccles gave orders to open the door. I was standing on the causeway near the door, when Mr. Hornby came up, and said, "What business have you there ?" I replied, " Just the same as you." He said, "If you do not go off these premises I will give you in custody," and he then took hold of my collar and shoved me off the landing. I thought I would not quarrel with him, and walked away. He next refused to let Mr. Ellwood go into his own house, and then refused to let Coulthard, an old servant in the employ of Mr. Eccles, come forward. There was a . great outcry for trucks to convey away the cotton from the burning premises, and I went to my shop and fetched mine. On bring ing. it up I encountered Mr. Hornby, who stood in the road. I said to him, "If peop:e who call them seiVes gentlerrien would act as gentlemen, everybody Would . be willing to assist." He said, "Do you mean to' say lam no gentleman ?" I replied, " I said no thing about you being a, gentleman." Mr. Hornby then said,'" Damn you, we will send all you Radical devils to hell!" He then knocked me down. Mr. Polding ' sett.' ' was present, and exc l a i me d, "Sh ame, shame, Mr. 'Hornby," and then defendant walked away. It Was a few minutes after twelve o'clock when he knocked me down, and the place was no thoroughfare, but my own yard. Mr. Ellingthorpe—Ho w d oes it h appen, S i r, 64 you have not made this complaint before? This fire occurred two months ago, and yet no steps have been ialen by you up to the present time ? Mr. Graham—No, I went to Preston to consult an attorney, who wrote to Mr. Hornby on the subject, and received a letter which - advised me to get an in dictment preferred against him, but this he said would cost 601., and ihat is a very ser i ous sum, or else to bring an action. Mr. Henry Pearson was the next witness—l was present at the commencement of the difference. I aas ordered to break the doors open by Mr. Eccles, and Mr. Hornby would not allow them' to be broken open,. and then Mr. Graham and he had'some words, and Mr. • Hornby pushed him off the landing place, and they went out together. They were not at high words. Mr. James Briggs said, I was present on the night in question; and heard what took place between' Mr. Graham and Mr. Hornby. I heard nothing improper fall from .Mr. Graham. Mr. Hornby asked where Mr. Eccles, was, : and Mr.' Graham replied that he was somewhere there. Mr. Hornby then said, " I will not have you here,"- and got hold of him by the breast, and pushed him off. Mr. Hornby seemed very fresh., , Mr. Lister—l considered it exceedingly reprehen sible in Mr. Hornby to push him off the steps, when he came thereto render his assistance. Ido not see what wrong.. - Mr. Hornby could suppose that Mr. Graham was doing, Mr. Simpson—We understand that Mr. Hornby had pushed him off the parapet before Mr. Graham made use of the language.. Mr. Ellwood--Mr. Hornby was standing at our yard end when I came down. I thought that our house might be in danger from the fire, and I said , : to Mr. Hornby I wane to come into my house, and he said " You shall not." He took me by the col lar and knocked me into the street, and said, " I, as a Magistrate, recommend that nobody shall come here this night." He said, " You may go where you like." Simeon Coulthard—l am one of Mr. Eccles's men, and was going from the fire with a bundle of papers belonging to Mr. Eccles, when Mr. Hornby came up and threatered to strike me. Mr. J. Polding—l was coming down the yard be longing to Mr. Graham, and met Mr. Graham and Mr. Hornby. Mr. Hornby struck at him several times. I said it was a shame. Mr. Hornby said, " Damn you, do you say I am no gentleman," and he struck him on the outside of the premises, and when he was going into his own yard. James Ingram—l remember the night of the fire. I was standing by the side of the stable door when Mr. Hornby came up, and he struck at Mr. Graham twice. He said, "Do you mean to say,l am no gen tleman ?" and then struck at him. Mr. Ellingthorpe. then called the following wit nesses for the defence : Mr. T. Myers said, of the night of :the fire I was assisting in removing the goods. I never saw Mr. Graham remove any goods out of the warehouse. Mr. Hornby and he were together. They seemed a little bit confused together, and I saw Mr. Graham's foot slip and he fell down. He insisted on having the warehouse opened. He called Mr.. Hornby fool, and a puppy, and no gentleman. Mr. Hornby said " the door shall not be burst open."' I said there was no danger. Mr. Graham—Did you see Mr. Hornby collar me ? —I saw him put his hand to your breast, and heard him tell you to go where work was required ; you was not wanted there. Mr. Ibbotson—l was present on the night of the fire. I saw some persons attempting to break open the cotton warehouse, and Mr. Hornby came up at the time, and requested them not to do so. Mr. Graham said it was necessary the place should be broken open, and the cotton removed. Mr. Hornby said that Mr. Graham had nothing to do with it. Mr. Hornby inquired for Mr. Eccles, but previous to his coming Mr. Hornby and Mr. Graham continued to exchange words, and at last Mr. H orn by t o ld hi m t o go about his business. Immediately afterwards I heard Mr. Graham call him no gentleman. There was not the slightest degree of violence used. I can not tell exactly the precise words used, but remember the words fool and puppy. When he was on the parapet he told Mr. Hornby that he had as much right there as him. The parapet is about eighteen inches high, and I will swear that it was not two feet. I do a considerable deal of business for Mr. Hornby. Mr. Hartley—l saw the scuffle between Mr. Gra ham and Mr. Hornby, and I saw Mr. Graham going up towards the warehouse, as I suppose, for the pur pose of opening the door, but Mr. Hornby said he thought there was danger in opening the door, and he pushed him off the parapet. Mr. Graham used some kind of language, and came up again. The language was very insulting, and I said to another person that I would not take such language. I did not hear Mr. Graham complain that he was hurt. The case being then gone through, Mr. LISTER, the Magistrate on the bench, said he should put off the decision for a fortnight, remarking that there was a great deal of excitement at the time of the fire, and that above all things, on those occasions, a Magistrate ought to be attended to. Mr. Hornby is brother to one of the Members for Blackburn, and is one of the recent Tory appoint • ments. DEATH FROM OVER EATING AT A CHRISTMAS FEAST.—On Monday Mr. Payne held an inquest in the vestry-room of the church of St. Mary Somerset, Upper Thames-street, on the body of Thomas Rod gers, aged 55. It appeared in evidence that the de ceased was a workman, in the employ of Mr. Rath bone, of Trigg's Wharf, Thames -street. On Christ mas-eve all the men on the premises were, according to usual custom, regaled with a supper, and at eight o'clock sat down to the table. The deceased ate very heartily, and upon the removal of the cloth, drank freely from the bottles of whisky with which his master had provided them ; they were allowed to take as much as they could drink. After eleven o'clock at night he could not hold his head up, and as he leaned forwards on the table, his companions, thinking he would be safer if placed by himself, conveyed him into the counting-house, where they laid him on the floor, and put a great coat under his head. At one o'clock all the other men, with the exception of George Stagg, left the premises, and he being so far intoxicated as not to be able to get home, laid down by the side of de ceased. At seven o'clock deceased was found dead. Mr. Pullen, surgeon, said that death was caused by congestion of the brain, the result of eating and drink ing immoderately. He was predisposed to that affec tion and had before suffered fro m fits of epilepsy. Verdict, " Natural death." THE APPROACHING LONDON SEASON—HER MAT JESTY'S DRAWING Rooms.—A morning paper, a few days since, alluding to the probability of her Majesty's accouchernent, taking place about the month of May next, observed, that until that period, " and for at least a month afterwards, her Majesty will be obliged to restrict the circle of Royal hospitality, and society will be deprived of that impulse which our Sovereign has habitually given to pleasure, no less with a view to the solid benefit of the industrious classes than to the more ephemeral recreation of their superiors." The paragraph then proceeds tc state that there is a " rumour prevailing in the highest regions of society, that an illustrious lady will be deputed to hold the drawing-rooms during the season," the " illustrious lady" alluded to being evidently her Royal Highness the Duchess of Tient. We have authority for stating that no such arrangement as that referred to by ow Contemporary has ever been in contemplation.— Times. A schism, says a letter from the canton of the Valais, in Switzerland, has taken place between the two first powers of the State. The Council of State has just protested against the decision of the Great Council, which ()cullers upon the eldrgy of the - Upper Valais the right of appointing a representative to - that body, in place of the Bishop of Sion, PRICES OF CANAL, DOCK, ASSUR ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. &c. &:._ LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC. 27. Number Dividend tic( ot per CANALS. ' per Shares. Annum. Paid. Share. 1,16 7 per cent. Ashton& Oldham...Averag e971.185.5h, 1 , 2 1,4 0 2 41. Ashby-de-le..Zouch AT crap 1131.5 h .72 -0 2 60 Basingstoke.... lool.sh, 5 1,065 5!, Brecknock and Abergavenny -1501. sh . 92 3,00ff1-16th. 101. Birmingham, 1-16t13 share ..,Bel. & 711. 160 1.000 .....« .. Ditto & Liverpool Juncz.lv 5. shaft pd 311 ON 3/. Bridgewater and Taun ton.lolo .0 all p 3 - SOP 51. Chelmer and Blackwater . sh. 101 500 321. Coventry 1001. sh. 293 Croydon. Ave-sge3l/.28.10d.5h . twee 51. Os Dudley 1001.. b. - 93 6130 131. Derby lool.sh 120 1 ,0 11 4 per cent. Danube and M a y ne 411.13 5 . 4 c .pd Si 3,6121. 4' Ellesmereand Chester Averzgel33:.sk . 09 231 621 Erewasn 6,6 , 5 901. Forth and Clyde 1901. in. 1001. pd. I !2 ,453 7i. Grand Junction 1001.5 r. 124 1 1,04V4 255. Grand Union lOOl.O 56 1,500 .... .... Grand Surrey...." „,. 1001.5 h. 15 1,0001 f I:percent percent, Ditto (optional) Loan. 1001. 3,096 . 600 13 12s. tl. Glannrganshire, Aver. cost 1701.136.4 d. '2lO 749 12!. Granthasri . ... „ 1501.5 h. 220 6 235 100 ... 2 5 .323 0/..155. Kennet and Avon, Av. 39/.lBs. 100. eh 12% 11,6998 11. 10s. Lancaster Average 471.6 x. fiel 27% 2,8972 %I. Leed s and Liverpool lool.sh 600 5451 11. 10s. Leicester 1401.0 145 1,897 51.0 s Leicester & Non kampton Aver O3l. ioi 71 2,409 101 Monmouthshire lOO/.81 200 250 131. Melton Mowbray 803 254 Mersey and lrwell lOOl. sh. 530 3,000 11. 10s. Macclesfield lOOl. sh. all pd 15 247 171. Neath 1001.51.. 31 5 2,400 51. Peak Forest Aver.ge about 781.5 h. 55 1,418 % 1. Regent's (or London) Av:331.165.8d. eh. 17% 0.669 61. Rochdale Average 861..00 58 500 81. Shropshire ..125/.sh. 135 800 111. 10s. Somerset Coal .. . . ........ .. ~ .. 1501. sh. 170 3,600/. 6 percent Ditto L oc k F un d S toc k 121.105. sh. 11% 700 301. Stafford and Worcester. 1401.5 h, 684 000 151 Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 280 300 9/. 3taurbridge .......... 1451.5 h. 396 .047 21. Os. Stratford-on.Avoi, z5ver....791. 9s. (i. sh. 33 533 1241 Swansea I 001. sh. 230 3,762 2!. 121. Severn and Wye &Railway A 0.261.95. sh. 45 roonien. al. 10s. Trent and Mersey, I share lOOl. sh. 6,140 ... ..... Thames and Medway Av. 191.55. Bd. sh. 2 1 'i 000h. Msh i 141. Warwick and Birmingham lOO/.sh 169 980 101. Warwick and Zeaptins* lOU/. sh. 117 7,000 41 Worcester & Birmingham Av.7B/.Bs.sh, 52% 3,000 365. Wilts and Berko Average 671. 105 Bd. sh. 16 800 6.. Wyriev and Essington...-. 1251. sh '74 I "' .26 Wisocacn ........ ........ lo3l.sh. 30 kb I Noy and Aruu 1101 .5n, 20 DOCKS. 2.800& 7 - 1,965a5h,1 0 10 c. Commerc a) .. ....... ......... 1001.1 h. f 2 .233.310 y 5 per cent, East and West Indi a ........... Stock 1134 . 341.p.ct. London ...........Stock 87% Ditto Bonds 2,200 31.6 e, sd, Bristol Average 14'1.95. sh . 75 68,324/. 51. percent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lOB 252,752 5 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 1043( 500,('00 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds ..„ lOl 20(4000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years ...." ..... .... Deptford Pier 0 01. sh. 201. pd 10 1.600 1/, BRIDGES. Hammersmiti. 501. 05 . 21 % 7,931 Southwark, Old ...... -.Av. 631. 2s. Bd. sh. 1,790 11. 15s. Ditto, New, of 7f per cent.,.....501.5h. 19 i,OOO ... Waterloo 1001. sh. 3 5,000 225. 08. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/ COL p 4 18% 5,0 I 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. 4O/. pd 16% 5 0,1201 5!. per cent. Ditto Bonds 5,0118 27s Vauxhall ...,,..,.Average 701.108.3 d. sh 2B ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3110 s Albion ....... 5OOl. sh. 501. pd 69 59,000 E f la i i c i5 N Allianceßritish&Foreignloo/.sh. 111. pd 14% 59,0(30 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 5/. pd 5 1 % 24,000 IL per sh. Atl as 5 Ol. sh. M. pd 14% 1,20015 h. 5/. Birmingham 1. ire 0 50/. sh. 55!. pd 107% 20,000 40 percent. British Fire 2501. sh. 50/. p 8 41 12,000 6!. percent. British Commercial 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 6% 5,000 51. percent. Clerical & Medical Life, 100/.sh. 21108 pd 6% 4,000 2/ Os County lOO/. sh. 101. pd 10 20,000 55. Eagle.... ..... 5O/. eh. 51. pd 4% ~,,,, 15 per cent.'] Economic Lite 1000/. sh. 250/. pd 406 °'" land 310 bs.l 2,271 221. percent. European Li w 0 0/. sh. all pd 20 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 20/. sh. 21. pd 131, 1.(010,000/, (/. per ct Globe Stock 124 0 0,00 0 51' Guardian 30,000 4s. 08. Hope 5O/. eh. 51. pd 5% 2,400 51. 12s. ild. Impenal Fire 5OOl. sh. 501. pd 147 7,500 10s. Pd. Imperial Life ION, sh. 101. pd 13 3,459 5/. per ceist. Indemnity Marine lOO/. eh. 8/. pd 33 2.020 .31 10s Kent Fire ........ 501.5 h. all pd 91 3/, Ditto Life 5O/. lid 10,000 25s Law Life lOO/, sh. 10!. pd 33 5,000 1(73. London, Fire 251, sh. 121. 1(13. pd 17 3,900 10s. London, Ship .. „ 251. sh. 121. 10s. pd 17 ,(4)0,0001 ... ..... Minerva Life 1001. sh. 25,000 5. 1 . per cent. National Loan Funt'.... 201. sh 2/. les. pd 2% 30,600 51. percent. Palladium Life 50/. sh. '2l. pd 50,000 5/. per cent, Protector Life 201. sh. IL pd 18.0 d 2. 1 ,000 4 per cent. Protestant Dissenters ....1001. sh. 5/. pd 5% 1.500 11. Provident Lice 100!. sh. 101. pd 20 60",G60 4s. Od. Rock Life :N9,2201 5/. per cent. Royal Exchange Stock 170 6 009 5 per cent. University Life 1004 sh. 51. pd 11 10,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 1001. sh. 51. pd JOINT STOCK BANKS, 5,000 Agric. and Corn. of lreland2sl. sh. 101. pd 15,000 S per cent. Australasia.... .... . ... 4Ol. .h . 401. pd 53% 10,006 10 per cent. Bank o f Bi rm ingham 501. sh. 101. pd 131 2 10,000 IA per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/.5h. 10!. pd 13 31,000 6 per cent. London & Westminster 1001. sh. 20/, pd 21% 80,060 5/. London Joint Stock 504 sh. 101. pd 13% .1,000 4 per cent. Lancaster lOOl. sh. 20/. pd 30 .25,000 10 per cent. Liverpool 100/ eh. 124/. pd 19 50,000 74 pis, cent. Manchester and Liver 1 ~i .sh. 151 pd 1914 pool Discount. • "'" 20,000 7 percinst. Manchester ... 100/.5h. 101. pd 4% 10,000 8 per eent. Provincial Ba nk of Irelandlool. sh. 251. pd 41% 10,000 6i er cent National Bank of Ireland 50/. sh. 17V. pd 15% 10,000 6 per cent National Provi ocl al Eng.loo/. sh. 351. pd 31 10,900 Ditto New 10e. sh. 10/. pd 10% 10,000 Gloucestershire......... 5O/. sh. 10!. pd 32 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 9% GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 Itis Od Bath 201. sh. 161. pd 22 5,000 .....«.. British W. sh. 16/. pd 19% 00 , r 51. per cent} Ditto Provincial ...,, « 201. sh, 191. pd 23% /and Bs. 6s. 028 51 10s Birmingham 50/. sh. lot 1,258 2/ Os Bristol 2O!. sh. 36 2,250 3! lOs Brighton ....20/. sh. 14 750 3/ 102 Ditto, New '2ol. sh. 181. pd 9 2.471 44 per cent Brighton General 2O/. sh. allpd 9)0 8,000 71.108. Continental Consolidated ....75(. 6241. pd 110 1,000 101. City of London ....1001. sh. all pd 195 1,000 0/, Ditto, New 1001.5 h. 75/. pd 150 4,000 31.05, Equitable 5Ol. pd 23% 10,000 3/. per cent. Imperial 5O/. sh. 69 800 M. per cent. Isle of Thanet 251. 311. 201. pd 19 1,250 0/. per cant. Independent V/. Ai. al I r . 38 6,000 5/. per cent. Phoenix 5Ol. sh . SW. pa 32 1,000 4!. per cent. Ratcliff lOOl. 3h . 501. pd 114 4,000 South Metropolitan 50/. sh. e 334 t. pd 21 0,000 51, per cent. United General 501. sh. 471. pd 13) 240 51. per cent. Warwick 5Ol. sh. 50 400 51. per cent Wakefield 2,000 3/. Westminster Chartered ..... 5Ol. sh. 11 5,0(0 12s. Ditto New 5 (l. eh. 10/. pd 12 780 3 per coat. Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. 18/, pd WATER worms 1,8011 345. Birmingham 2.5' sh. 25/. pd 21 1,433 8/, East London 1001.8 h. 193 5,500 21 15s. Grand Junction Average 411. 13s. 4d. sh. -68 1,000 21. Kent 1004 sh. 353 4 372 101. Liverpool Bootle 220/.5h. 325 1,500 2110, New River London Bridge Water Ann... 60 6,486 41 /00 Manchester and Salford 1001 sh. 54 1,000 5 per cont. South London lool.sh. 48 3,294 441. West Middlesex Average 631.1125. 9d. sh. 195 1,380 11 14e York Building Co. Lessee Prop. 1001. sh. 36 IRON RAILWAYS too 21. Os. Birmingham and Derby ..... ....... 100/ pd 40 1 i 9,500 ...... .. Birmingham and Gloucester......loo/. pd 48 15,1100 4 per cent. Bristol and Exeter 100/. sh. 70 lid 47 4 7,500 Cheltenham it G. Western ... 100/.s h. 801. 23 3,008 Clarence 1001. sh 100/ pd 3 8,000 ... ...... Dublin and Drogheda 1001. sh. 5/. pd 10,1100 Eastern Counties 25/. sh. TV. pd lil% 10,000 21 per cent. Great North of En gland 1001. s h . 100 1. pd 58 10,018 12 per cent. Grand Junction lOOl. sh. all , nd 191 23, 0 00 4 per cent. Great Western 100/. sh. 65/. pd 10% 25,009 0 per cent. Ditto New 50/. sh. 001. pd 64 4 4006 8 per cent. Hartlepool 100/. eh. 100/. pd 1454 8,000 1 pt.' cent. Hull and Selby 5O/. sh. 504 rid 35 2,100 6 per cent. Leeds and Selby 'no sh. 110 1 4 5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool& Manchester 101 Lab. 100/. pc! 184% 7,968 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares 5O/. pd 91 11,495 10 gee cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 251. pd 45 36,000 London and Brighton 501 sh. 50/ pd 1:64 24,000 London and Mackwall 251. sh. 251. pd 54 :0,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich -20/. stn 211/. pd 5% 25,000 VS per sh. London & pirminghann 100/. sh. 901. pd 1894 25,000 21.7 s (d. Ditto Quarter Shares 25/. sh. 251. pd 49% 31,250 0/. Os. 4d. DiVo New Shares 32/. sh. 32/. pd 334 /6,200 3 perch. London and S. Western Ay. 431,155. Od. 62 33,000 ......... London and Croydon] Av. 13/. 15s. 9d. 94 Ditto New Scrip.... 94 13,000 51.13. per sh, Manchester and Leeds...loo/. sh. 704 pd 73 .3,0410 ........ Ditto Half Shares 5O/. 301. p d 32 10,000 44 Manchester and Birmingham 70/.sh. 40/. 2A Ditto Extension 7l. pd 0,000 2/.los. Midland Cuuntics •-100/. sh. 1001. pd 60 .5,1100 8/. Os. North Midland lOO/. sh. 100/ pd 02 11. Os, Ditto New 401. pd 3114 0,2:,6 1/.los. Northern and Eastern,.,. 30/. sh. 451. pd 35 bhp Preston and Wyre 5O/. sh. :30/. pd on 8,000 4 per cent. South Eastern and Dover 3Ol. pd 2235 1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOOl. sh. 265 9,000 Thames Haven 5O/. sh M. pd 4,000 IN. per cent. York and North Midland 50 . sh. 501 pd 93 MINES. 14,000 Albion Copper 51. .. 011. pd 12 4,0110 11. ss. Alten l5l. sh 121. us pd 14 10.000 .... ..... Anglo Mexican,isS. 5/. pm.lool, sh. a , 'i d 1% Ditto Subscription 25/. po 2% 2,000 Bolanos l5O/. sh a ll p.' IN 10,000 IL lOs Brazilianlmp. iss.s/. pm-25/.811.21/40 9 5,000 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey ...20/, sh. 154 pd 3% 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company 20/. 5h..90/. pd 1 10,000 Ditto Scrip lO4 sh. 10/. pd 2 20,4300 ...... ... British Iron lOO/. sh. 70/ pd 8 ,000 British Copper 5/. sh. 41/. pd 134 ... ...... Cata Branca 6l/. pd 54 Candonga 18,000 11 Copiapo ..... 2O/. sh. 101. Psi 0 8,500 ... Columbian, Ise. st. pm. 551. sh. 551. pd 1 2,850 3/. English 20,000 6,155 Mexican Company 1004 sh. CU/ pd I 3.808 11,500 .....,.» Real del Monte, Unregistered... . .... 2N Ditto Loan Notes Miii. lad 50 10.000 ......... United Mexican, iss. 2 pm. 40/. sh. all pd 1 Dittt. Scrip l4 Ditto New Scrip 01 2s. pd 2 3 s West Cork 5Ol. s h 50/, pd 3 LITER ARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 ..., M London with Bronze Ticket ...75gs. sh. 12 1,500 ..., ..... London University lOO/. sh. all pd 8 700 King' College 1001. 15 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,0110 355, Australian Agricultural.loo/.7sh. 30/ pd 26 6.000 1. percent. British American Land Comp.an y 3511. pd 9 10,000 6/. per cent. Canada Company 100/. sh. 321/. pd 31 30,000 5/. per cent. Upper Canada Loan City Bonds, 4 par cent lOO 0 0 0 u . 6 s , General Steam Navigation 15/.. h, 14/. pd 25% 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock IL London Corn. Sale Rooms ....Av. 75/. sh • 193 Caoutchouc Company 12S/. pd 12% New Brunswick Land Compawy...sol. pd 12 ,087 41. per cant. Reversionary Int. 50c...100/. sh. 100/. pd S 8 2,003 5/. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 100/. pd 107 4,000 .....-.. Thames Tunnel 5O/. sh. all yd 7 0,000 as. Van Diealet.'s Land.... 1004 sh, 20/, pd 5% LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES DEC. 24, 1842. BANKS, 0,008 , 61. p. et. Bank 01 Scotland —834 611.8 d. ch. all pd 182 1,000.0001 el. p. ct. Rcyal of Scotland 100/.sh.allpd 16134 500.0001. Si. p. ct. British Licen Company 1001. sh. cllpd 208 600,800/. 71. p. ct. Commercial .5001. sh. 100/. pd :63 500,0084 Gn. ct. National loCl.sh. 104 pd 14 3 4 500,0001. 81, p. ct. Glasgow Union 2501, sh. 501. pd 79N 4000,0001. 6p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 401. pd 71 -•-- - INSURANCE COMPANIES. :10,000sh. 61 p. ct. Scottish Union 2O/. h. 11, pd 7,500 Ip. ct. Hercules lOOl. sh. 101. pd 044 , 00,000 10 p. ct. 1 nsurance Co. of Scotland JO/. sh. all pd ay 50,000 p. ct. North riritish 2tiol.sh. 10/. pd 19 1,000 10 p. ct. Caledonian Fire 100/. sh. 104 pd 10 5,000 10 p. ct. Edinburgh lOOl. sh, 10;. pal 18 1 4 10 , 1,000 3* p. ct, Wort of ........ 101. pd MiscL4ANEous. 4 ,518 .... Eden, and Glas. Un. Canalso/. sh. all pd 10 Ditto Allocated' Unt. sh. all pd 61 mow( re per cent. Edinb. Joint St.cic Watcr 25/. sh all pd 30 i,ooUsh 2i per cent. Shottslror, loundcrit, .... 501 sh 48/ pd 30 0,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh At Leith Olass.2o/.sh. 16/. pd 4 4,500 lb per r.,•ent. Edinburgh Coat (Sas 25/.sh. all pd 56 1 ,4 1,40 10 pel *rout. Glasgow Gas .. 351. sh. all pd 52 760 71 per cent. Leith Coal Gas ... „. .. 21!1• sh. all pd 26 1.154 ..... .... Edinburgh and Dalkelth de:may 501. sh 25 Chang Foo, the great astronomer, observed that just at the moment of putting the " vermillion pen bil" to the treaty of Nanking, the " Man in the Moon" was dreadfully agitated. No doubt he was aware that his " Brother" had been making a fool of himself. A letter from Blidah states that the town has so much improved that there are, now 500 hcuses built in the European style. The populati on h as, o f course, increased considerably, and there is a National Guard of 500 men, MARKET NEWS. COLONIAL. The markets for Sugar, Cotfee, and other colonial produce are now closed, and will remain so until the 3d of next month. The only transaction, therefore, which we have to notice as not given in our last state ment is the sale of a cargo of yellow Havannah Sugar, sold afloat at 21s, deliverable at a near port on the C9ntinent. The quantity of British Plantation Sugar landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 215 hhds and tierces, and there were taken for home consumption 581 hhds, 105 tierces, and 158 brls. The stock in the same places is 12,022 hhds, 1,508 tierces, and 1,227 brls. _ . Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 200 puns 17 hhds ; there were taken for home consumption 187 puns 44 hhds; and exported 81 puns 24 hhds. The stock in the same places is 14,505 puns and 2,570 hhds. TEA.—This article is dull, and at nominal quotations. TALLow.—P.Y.C. is 472 9d to 48s per cwt on the spot. HAY IVIAILZETS. SMITIIFIELD.—C oarse mea d ow H a y, 3/ to 3/ 1 5 s; useful ditto, 41 to 4/ 4s; fine upland ditto, 4/ . 6s to 4/ lOs ; Clover Hay, 41 to 51 lOs ; Oat Straw, 21 to 21 2s ; Wheat straw, 2/ 2s to '2l 4s per load. Supply very moderate, and trade on the whole dull. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse meadow Hay, 31 ss to 41; useful ditto, 412 s to 4/ 6s; fine upland ditto, 4/ to 4l ]2s; Clover Hay, 4/ to 51 8s ; Oat Straw, 2/ to 2/ 3s; Wheat Straw, 2/ 4s to 21 5s per load. Hay and Straw were in fair average supply, a nd sluggish inquiry, at the prices above quoted NV HITECHAPEL. Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 to 41; useful ditto, 3/ 5s to 4/ 5s ; fine upland ditto, 41 6s to 4/ 103 ; Clover Hay, 41 to Si 12 3 Oat Straw, 11 18 s t o 2/ 2s ; Wheat Straw, 213 s to 2 4 4s per load. A good supply and a heavy inquiry. (From the London New Price Current of December 27.) SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation was in e w d i i a t with much wants ; a u t t h i o e n ,c p d t r a e lt h i dull state all l as t wee k ; G rocers as wel l as Refiners purchasedtheirimmediate for the t hre° a r' s g es only amPle for market days am ounte d to only 800 hhds and trcs at . prices ed und er those previously quoted for the b est low, and Gd to is p er cwt for all other kinds. I. C"M r the Sugar market was closed and will remain so until Tuesday next. REFINED.—For Refined Sugar prices have fur ther de" . dined, the supply o f goods being large, and ' ci rrs. limited. For Bonded Crushed Sugar the dematil been excellent at 27s 3d to 27s 6d for first q al. I tl- " °3 'es. large sales have been made at 31s for 14, -3(115 6d to 3:as for 10, and 34s to 35s for 61bs. Treace has bee n la(Ie in request at 10s. Bastards at 17s to 18s 6d, and at lgs to 24s per cwt. Dutch Crushed Sugar at ►4s 6d per cwt, on board in Holland ; damaged at 225 6d to - per cwt. MAURITIUS.—HoIders have refrained from of r '' ril l any at auction ; former rates have been sustaine" most cases ; fine yellow 64s 6d to 66s Gd, good 62 A „ c , to 645, middli ng 59 s to 625, l ow 56s to 58s, goo d to "- brown 53s to 555, low to middling 45s to 53s per ew l'eor . EAST INDlA.—Th ere h as b een a goo d d e mand white Bengal S ugar at 66s to 70s for goo d to fine Wm l l oir o Dobah sorts at 64 s t o 68 s per cwt, b ut b rown and o r yellow have m e t w i t h a d u l l sale. S i am 23s 6d for l o ot white. Manilla a t 17 s to 17 s 6 d f or l ow, 18 s to 1 95 mid to fine brown, and 19s €d to 20s 6d for fine ./ - Java has fetched full rates. FOREIGN.—For yellow Havannah there has been ively demand since last Tuesday, at stiff rates. - 133 1. 1: t brown at IBs to 19s 6d, an d l ow to good white 138 0 14 i. and Pernambu co at 23 s to 25s 6 d per Porto Rico at lls to 19 s f or l ow m id an d mid qut'S MoEAssEs.—The transactions have been upon n 111 scale only ; good sorts are held for the former currencir but common kinds are rather lower. ffee COFFEE.—There is a large consumption of -° ; , e s going on and which is likely so to continue, as In"i s , are moderate wh e n com p are d w i t h t h ose o f former yea: but the market has been in a dull state both for Wes and East India sorts since we last wrote , the trade ; 0 _ having yet disposed of their old stocks. tendency' Mocha dull of sale, and prices have a downward Mocha sells slowly at the late decline. Foreign Co ti 'e has been less in request, at barely former currenci es ; d i s COCOA.—Prices have been sustained for West , I rea. Cocoa, and a fair demand has existed. 'Trinidad fair red at 335, good grey 31s to 31s 6d, and without cern 28s 6d per cwt. Prices have suffered no further depre sion for Foreign. u d Ceylon Coff .0 TEA.—lmporters of Tea are still desirous to sell, a t . e have pressed further parcels upon the market ; t h e tra still entertain an unfavourable opinion towards the a d ! t t g cle, and purchas e w ith much caution, n otwithstan 11 the considerable decline that has taken Plac e ,d prices of late. The limited business transact Lr since this day week h as b een at a d ec line of id common, lid to 2d for go o d C ongou , id for Twan ks 2d for Hyson, and Id per lb for all other sorts of 7 .' 4 privately is 2d has been accepted for good own ° . Congou, cash. To-day a parcel of low Souchou.; tr ixt Bombay was sold at Is 3d per lb cash. The Tea Oar' is flat. 26,000 pkgs are declared for sale on Jan. 1 0 . w. RUM, BRANDY AND 11oELANDs.—For ail sot is 01 1 . 0 L Rum rather lower prices h ave b een t a ken, i)elli era z., of fair quality at 2s 10d for 30 per ecnt fT and Jamaica at 3s Id for 30 per cent. O. 1".. -"; • India at is 3d to is 6d with, a t an d i s 2d w ithout cent Iri; cate ; low descriptions of Cognac Brandy at • 2 5 Id 2s 3d per gallon, but all other kinds ha ve b ecom e dull e d sale, and prices are rather lower ; Cognac best brands the vintage of 1838 hhds s s , p uns 4s 10d ;d o 1839 1-,1 4s 6d, puns 4s 4d ; do 1840 hhds 4s 3d, puns 4s Id '; nt 1841 hhds 3s I Id, puns 3s 9d per gallon. Go,nev# Is 9d to Is 10d. English Corn Spirits 9s rd to 9a per gallon, cash. SPlCES:—Pimento has been in excellent requ est o sitt i former rates. Ginger has sust a ined former r ates, 1 is the demand steady for East and W es t India. Pepp er i r held with firmn e s s . N utmegs have sus tained toe f7lis ie value. Cassia Lign ea i s more i n demand, and 78s paid privately for mid and good mid quality. PaovisioNs.—ln the value of Irish Butter no variati Dt t has taken plac e s i nce we l ast wrote . Dutch, finest 3 108 s to 110 s per cwt. The trade for Bacon has beerri dull one. Lard has been in good request. p r ime Ilan! have secured a fair sale ; but inferior have been hot ; asked for. The market is flat for Pork, but the denim' for Mess Beef i s goo d , an d i t i s scarce . There is hsu Y any India Beef in the market. RICE.—The market for Bengal is firm, pre y have been fully susta i ne d , and a " ood business b'as r beL a transacted privately a t It s to lis 6d for low and Eal mid at 12s to 19 s f or goo d m id to fi ne c l ean whi`t e . TALLOW.—The mark e t h as p rese nted a ci A uiet iour, Ce: , for Russian Tallow since we last wrote ; anti prices ha% )1. declined 3d per cwt ; on the spot at 47s 9d to 48 s f( f P Y Candle of fir st quality. For delivery 475 a l 0 spring months. Town Tallow has fallen 47s 6d to 48 nett cash. South American at 41s 9d to 46s 6d. SAGO.—Prices have further improved for Sago Fle ll and at 15s to 16s a good business has been transacts by private contract. Sago is in request, and seven L parcels have been sold at lOs to 14s 6d for low and " 15s to 18s for good, and 19s to 23s for fine. INDIGO.—For Spardsh the d eman d h as b ee n good , tai : cl , 36 serons Guatim a l a a t p u bli c sa l e were so ld a t 35 ; 6s 5d for Cortes and Sobres, being full rates. 11°16 ,4 of East India a re firm, and supply the market sPar' n " with all descriptions. OlLS.—Linseed Oil 30s 9d to 31s, being rather /lig" - e r Rape, pale at 41 s t o 41 s 6 d , an d brown 40s to 4 059 ' d P is. cwt. Olive Oil is dull of sale. Gallipoli 51/ to Si' I ( Spanish 49l 15s to 51/, and Barbary 48110 s to 49/ perk t it Palm at 30s 6d t o 33 s 3 d f or l ow to fi ne quality. Cocoa' rs Oil at 38s to 40s p er cwt . I n common Fish Oils hot' °: „le are firm ; 31/ lO s to 321 pa id f or Cod, and 4010 r Seal. Sperm 741 to 7 9 / a ccording to quality. ifie. g‘ ,. .f...% ---- O/ , .. t ~.. ... 1` ... ..... ,' • 00 0 0 U 0 0 e A I 0 or • o o oi - 0o 00 1 ' 1 6 1 6 1 6 COUNTRY COR } Wheat. Barley. Per Quarter: Carlisle Hexham Morpeth Penrith Sheffield Winchesti•r Per Bushel. Carmarthen Cowbridge Swansea Per 8011. Barnardeastle Durham Richmond Stockton 8. to 8. 40 41 52 66 o. d. o. d. 6 3 70. 76 80 6H 74 3. to S. Y 1 36 38 £6 SO s. to s. Per Sai First °atm Second Dit Barleymeal Peasemeal 'A3 ;28 1$ 20 25 i? 3 YO s. d. s. d. 00 12 1 2 80 $ 40 Beans. 4. to 8• 46 -- 40 4 27 30 s.d, s.d. 00 40 36 46 30 3 M 40 d 56 6 1 555 1 d 11 136 69 70 40 5496 IC e !O6 116 00 7 0 4 0 5o 00 9 0 140 1 76 10 40 5e 90 10 0 ;110 14 01 7 0 80 40 5 0 9 0 100; EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET. la of 2101bs. Per Stone of ltlb. neal 10 0 First Oatmeal. tto. 1 7 0 Second ditt0............ 0 1 6 6 Bodement ............ 11 1 4 0 Peaserneal Pot Barley from 275. to 2Js. par sack. BIRTHS. On the 7th inst., at Fl orence , th e l a d y o f Alexander Gibi an Esq., of Johnston, Kincardine. of daughter. On the 17th inst., at the Hill, a near Carlisle, the lady c Ii ; R. Grant, Esq., of a daughter. On the 22d inst., at Inhurst, Berkshire, the wife of Th , Ou l* Kirby, Esq., of a son. On the 24th inst., in Hans-place, Mrs. Bulkeley, of a s°° ' still-born. On the 25th inst., in South Moulton-street, Grrisrenor square, tie lady of R. T. S. Dyer, Esq., of a son. On the 25th inst., at Gloucester-place, Portman-stove, the lady of Charles Gonne, Esq., of a son. On the 26th inst, at Torrington -square, the wife of Willi e° Taylor Pritchard, Esq., of a son. On the 26th inst., Mrs. T. P. Turner, Bedford-row, ofa sox- On the 26th inst., at Clarence -terrace, Regent'A-park , Macready, of a daughter. DIE/i. On the 14th of October last, at Gra l 7,am's-Town. Cap e 4 Good Hope, Capt a i n Richard Crawley Ons low, of th e 91st Regiment, you ngest son of Sir Henry Onslow, Bart, age d 24 ' On the 7th inst., at Edinburgh, Captain A. L. Anderson. On the '22d inst., at Roches.er, Mr. John Weller, aged 6g• On the 23d in s t., a t M y dd e l tan-square, M r . R o bert , Smith, ot Albion-buildin'o, aged 34. On the 23d inst., Petrie, Esq., Conarnitsary - G one' ral to the Forces, aged. 58. On the 24th inst., at Cunningham-place, St. John's-tvni . . Albert Edward, the i n f an t son o f M r. A. B oy d, of New 1 3 °P street. On the 25th inst., at Rodney-street, Liverpool, Mary the daughter of J. W. Cater, Esq. On the 25th inst., in Piccadilly, Mr. James Bland, aged 74 0 % • On the 26th inst., Margaret, the wife of Mr. Robert 'Spate of Vernon-place, Bloomsbury-square. On the 11th inst., the Rev. Robert Grosvenor, Fellosv of A l t. l Souls College, Oxford, brother 4 , f General Grosvenor, and fill cousin of the Marquis of Westminster. On the 24th inst., in Alfreil.,treet, Bow-road, Maria Anne, the wife of Frederick Kerehevall. London : Printed and Published by Al URDO YOUNG' 'D . No. 112, Strand, at The S un Office, No. U 2, S trand, the County of Alid,ilesex, Wednesday, December 2 8, 1141 MARKE rS. Oats. 1, MBER 28, 1842