The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-13 00:00:00

Th e Paris Tribunal, which, as we stated yester day' d Idd nonsuited the sufferers from the acci eat on the V ersa ill es ra il ro ad, have awarded no coB4 it against the Company, so that the plaintiffs N un n Pay all the expenses. The President fo uEaucyr DE CHEZELLESi), in the midst ofpro u?ld silence, pronounced judgment as follows : tciceording to the indictment it would appear that surl'A c astastrophe was owing to the following facts he e ircumstances—the getting off the rails and o r ea k„mg of the right axletree, and one of the springs o}' t he Matthew Murray engine ; the insufficiency fi t ,e number of engines of the Company; the un pi:`'s and bad 'state of the Matthew Murray ; the 'olg it with another locomotive of unequal force ; atid, k u , nally, the excessive velocity of the convoy, to th e facts and circumstances are to be imputed re accused. t irt n jeapect to the getting off the rails and the th a , a lcoig of the right axletree and springs, it appears • neither the judge-arbitrators (experts) nor the hleers, or the other witnesses, in their depositions o r i e peen able to determine, in a positive manner, the kr in which these various accidents took place ; e _ even on this point, upon which scientific men Bire te divided, on ly con j ec t ura l o pi n i ons have been koi t; from whence it f o llows that the tribunal re ipte" In doubt in that respect, and cannot draw any ten . ce against the accused ; when it is, moreover, Zhahed by the unanimous evidence of the engi ti'l, and judge-arbitrators, that the spring and axle- Were made of good iron, well wrought, and are ▪ susceptible of a long service. iq ` l roapect to the sufficiency of the material :—See -8 'oat this ha s no t b een p rove d, th a t even th e engi of l eharged by th e G overnmen t w ith th e i nspec ti on 4 le railroads, gives favourable testimony as to the t h e ler of e ng i nes , an d th e fit ness an d good state of s tatthew Murray machine. th e e eing that, according to the opinions of science, at g i o moment of the catastrophe the fitness of this en thee Cannot be impugned, and that, in considering the Particular construction of the Matthew Murray, th e Tribunal has had no proof that the locomotive had (korePutation of being bad, and presented signs of p a ger, nor that it had been remarked by the coin -BthY, or that it had exceeded or even attained on the e 4 , ; ° F May the bounds of the ordinary service of an that, finally, it had been purchased from a rii kl u t and experienced manufacturer, who had made h o e Others of precisely the same kind, against which 11 4 ° °)Plaints nor protests had been raised, and the ° I . Which is still allowed both in France and abroad. Seein It att , g, in respect to the manner of placing the with hen, Murray, that it was in strict accordance th ,ellstorn, and that no blame can be imputed for Ey ' 0 the accused, inasmuch as scientific men are know divided on this point. th Peet to the excessive speed :—Seeing that, on fi t; ` rmt, the evidence is contradictory ; that no ste t " Proof results thereof that the convoy went at a N 'ed tom to cause or aggravate the accident; and that, fa id ige rest, supposing even this last point proved, the iq th .alust be brought home to the accused; and that, I h ls respect, the accusation had not been borne out. Cou,t" eofp sect to the claims pin f dama as e de e i c i Correctional Police have or not the ge p s, ower th of ing civil actions but accessorily for the public d etn ol ; and as no offence has been established, the ids f or d amages cou ld no t b e d ec id e d. The Tribunal, for the above reasons, dismisses all the from the consequences of the indictment, ti , c ondemns the civil parties (demanding damages) •ie Cogs ! LL 115 YD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY) kii r "boN, DEc. 13.—Wind this day at noon, S. to b ., fresh breezes and fine clear weather. (b, i !AL, DEC. 12.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Finis ze r i 6) ) westward. A large ship (supposed the Swit an p d), from America to London. hieAL a torru, DEc. 12.—Wind S.E. to S.W., fresh b s and squally.—Arrd. Montrose packet, for Vigo. (iitZER, DEc. 11.—Arrd. Louce, Westerwick, for ki l iiltar L after being ashore at Dungeness, and t 7, OIL Put back, Liberty, for Stockton, having p"shore on the bar. • p rszaouni, DEC. 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. off, tie t - fel!, White, New York. , DEc. 12.—Arrd. Comet, Rabe, Havannah; * kt V B remen; Bordeaux Dunkirk, with four feet }jai her hold, and has come into the harbour. )444tmouTH, DEC. 12.—Wind, S.W.—Arrd. Tyne, %;0, 8 , Quebec; Lydia, adiz, for Hull, with loss of 41;' , boats bulwarks, Scc. ; Duchess of Gloucester, ,Ar ra t 't Wight for Gloucester, leaky in topsides. °ff—Mungo Park, Richardson, Monte Video; siq Rockwell, Jackson, Charleston for Hull. A ti T A NREooE, DEC. 12.—Wind S.S.E. to S.W.— Cb Swanton, Devonport ; Eliza Warwick, Davies, ill t leston ; F. Depau and Caledonia, Savannah ; Curt Bean, Ritchie, Bombay; Reliance, Dunley, b eh Z Lobelia, Thorpe, Demerara ; Zeno, Jamaica; go4Lion, Allen, United States ; Seaton, Hope, ' and Gossipium, New Orleans. rO II4:ARFORD, DEC. 9.—Sld. Terpsichore, New 41nd• fr o , l4 lrny, DEc. 12.—The Newcastle Trader, Lord, nap I, l lield s , got ashore yesterday, in Rob lit in Hood ; 1 t was assisted off, and towed in here last le aky, and with rudder unshipped. k ot -I irtAWALD, NORTH ITIST, DEC. 7.—The Helen, \ lle t, from th e Clyde to Limerick, was totally er e ek ed at Girinish, on the night of the 4th inst., t t . aaNed. ht c „!T, I-1 , DEC. 11.—The Crowley, of South S hields, \'‘itC,.n‘ r lyth rocks this morning, but was assssted off kt "Mage, and proceeded for Shields in tow of a ale. I xe „ ' ll lE -TAX APPEALS- IN TUB CITY OF LONDON. Yesterday being the general adjournment day . for the I ZS those appeals which were not heard during S o ' s ; Week, the Income-tax Commissioners met at ‘he th e ic'ek, for the purpose of finally , disposing of k it far the wards of Aldersgate Within and With (4,l'e tread-street Castle Baynard, Cordwainer's, til l e phithe, Cripplegate Within and Without, Far- No o n. Within, St. Andrew's Holborn, St. Bartho- Ar et , B, ,,, St. Sepulchre's, St. Dunstan's-in-the e Bride's, St. Martin's, Ludgate, Whitefriars, and Sergeant's Inn. The number of ap- IT ti ta who have presented themselves each day has !at il j exceeded the 200 provided for , wh ich has 1 4fa,', much delay, as many of them were r ather 4 14 44 cases to determine, and required a ser ious con -6 t he , 4t iOri on the part of the Commissioners to define pl meaning of the Act as regards schedu les A also ' respecting lands, tenements, and he r e ditaments ; %e „ t :rider schedule D in professions, &c. Yesterd a y the was a very full attendance, and many were pit raarks against this unpopular tax. A notice was lha t 'P, that it having been represented to the Board 14 °I ;e of the appe ' llants had ill-oonducted hims elf, Ivo l n it l 4 ing insolent observations, th e Commissioners RigNA hear his case until the close of the Corn ahi,llll; and that the same rule would be enforced 41.v. -4 all others who might thus misconduct them kill:The consequence is, that respectable citizens Nsekeepers of the free city of London, who con % 9 ui themselves unjustly over-assessed , must kee p the as schoolboys when presenting th emselves at Itre e 'Perty and - Income-tax office, 36, Basinghall taissitl at lea s t within the hearing of the worthy Corn hoti....clrlers, or their underlings. It appears that the t(4 ,- authorising the surveyor of taxes, Mr. Welch, eti t it harge the assessment made upon clerks, who 1407tisfactorily prove that their incomes are under dell Per annum, does not extend to commercial tra kr, and they are assessed ac cordin g to their an returns while out on journey s, which causes the tkat complaints to be made o n their p art against '4itistice of the assessment. , MICHAEL, B ASSISHAW , LONDON:A hand 's4ll 41 ver salver, weighing upwards o f 100 oz., has Rec Ti s ubscribed for and presented to Mr. Wadd, sur thtir o f that parish, by his neighbours, as a token of ,I; 0 6 1 . Teem for his gra tuitous medical servic es to the 'ar e °' that parish during a period of forty year's, bs, e- A et. " Well as since the passing of the Ne w Poor-law th Mr. W a dd has resided upwards of f ort y y ears 0, 4 t Parish, and during that period h as never made 41th arge t o an y poor person residing wi thin it, wel l continually assisting them, by advice as 4 l a a s medicine. The presentation took place at a-~:a-hall on Friday evening, the 9th inst., when gn encomium was passed on that gentleman by ' tly -Aslderman Farncomb, who kindly undertook to eY to hi m th e feelings of his fellow-parishioners. iViL IV ICT-GARDEN T HEA TRE.—The Merry Wives of thisT°r, as adapted with music, was represented at ‘v its theatre last night. The character of Mrs . Ford fir st s upported by Miss Kate Howard, it being her Ittld a ppearance on this stage, and was very pleasantly hPrumisingly personated. The house was well filled. A teh A b 4 ARKET THEATRE. The benefit of Mr. aio lt r, the box-keeper of this theatre, took place last -to t The performances consisted of A Cure for qr Slezanne, with Celeste as the heroine : the itei r a of One'Hour ; or, A Carnival Ball, Charles Ws and Madame Vestris acting in their migi fate aracters of Swiftly and Miss Dalt on ; and the °f my Husband's Ghost. The sec ond p iece was •D oit , a ‘ C har les Mathews' own comedietta of T he %,,,,,ger, the principal characters of which w ere per 'l`Vag ep by himself and Madame Vestris. The house A Vwded in every part. ( 1 1 1) 0 , DUTY.—Many of our Whig friends are .4 ed to the total repeal of the Corn-laws, and say, f e s„ w ant revenue. Why, not corn a fair Iv You , It -r taxation ?" Our a nswer is,—Be it so. You b oth to he taxed. Well, let it be taxed at the (10 i t. """th foreign and domestic. But you dare not t ax The old women themselves would abolish y our ti ev th their brooms and their pokers.—Correspon c;:)-1' the Liverpool Albion. Gow PROFESSORSHIP OF CIVIL LAW.—Allan ba c k n o ~'he , Esq., Advocate (son of Lord Meadow %asi4",ll.g been, appointed Professor of Civil Law in SUMMARY OF NEWS? AND Onbitc Optittou. " Who runs may read.' FOREXON. A letter from Barcelona, of 'the 4th instant, states that much damage has been done to the city by the bombardment. A contribution of 2,000,000 piastres was to be levied on the city. The Regent had not yet entered Barcelona. Full particulars will be, found under the proper head. The Madrid journals, of the 4th, are entirely with out interest. The French Court left the Tuileries on Friday, for Fontainebleau, where it will remain for some days. The streets where his Majesty and family passed were crowded with police agents and municipal guards. The Royal family occupied three carriages ; that of the King being escorted by a strong detachment of Lancers and National Guards. M. Rothschild is said to have declared that he would not embark one franc in railroad enterprises, till the action against the Versailles Railroad Company was over ; for if damages were given in proportion to such disasters, the most colossal fortune might be awarded away by a jury. The Crown Prince of Hanover. accompanied by Aide-de-camp Major Von Stolzenberg, and his phy sician, Dr. Spangenberg, set out on the sth for Alten burgh, on a visit to the Princess Mary. The King's health is now as good as can be wished, and has not at all suffered by his journey to Celle. His Majesty is recommended to go to rest early, and as he seems to take more pleasure than formerly in visiting the theatre, the performances now begin an hour earlier than they used to do. It is reported that the Prussian Government se riously contemplates to free all publications, without regard to their extent, &c., from the censorship, with the exception, however, of the journals, and that ne gotiations for this purpose have already been com menced with the German Diet. PUBLIC OPINION. The Herald has the following remarks on the meet ing at Brill. It is cruel to turn round thus upon the Farmer's Friend" :—" The spirit which animated the speakers at the agricultural meetings recently holden at Yeovil, Clevedon, and Leicester, is cer tainly preferable to the feeling which pervaded the Brill festival, if it were only because at the former there was a fine display of energy, hope, and deter mination, while at the latter a reiteration of personal opinions and of unavailing regrets was the be all and the end all' of post-prandial eloquence. To repine at what is past never to return is waste of time ; in preparation for the future alone is there safety for agriculture. The present Corn-law is the utmost pro tection land will in these days receive, and no time ought to be lost in making ready for greater compe tition by increased industry and skill. The Duke of Buckingham stands alone in his expectation that the country gentlemen in the House of Commons will come back and again support him in the principles which he advocated.' Even Mr. Miles of Somerset shire has abandoned all such anticipations—' improve ment in agriculture' he assured his' constituents the other day was the only means of meeting the altered state of the times.' A- perfect revolution in hus bandry is now the recommendation ,of those agricul tural leaders who formerly relied solely on high duties. That revolution consists in firstly having all the soil of Britain as highly cultivated as that of Norfolk, North Northumberland, and the Lothians, and then not resting ratisfied that productiveness has reached its utmost limit." The Chronicle thus replies to the violent article in the Quarterly Review on the Anti-Corn-law League : —" The foulest selfishness ; sedition, hypocrisy, and blasphemy; and polluting and perverting the most sacred topics into incentives to pillage and bloodshed, are the charges made in direct terms by the Quarterly Review against the Anti-Corn-law League. It is superfluous to say that this is not the language of civi lity or courtesy, of philosophic calmness, or of Chris tian meekness. Imputations of this sort are not tole rated in the intercourse which is carried on orally; nor are they more excusable in that which is sustained through the press. In fact, the press is only, as it were, a huge speaking trumpet, through which people may be spoken to by scores of thousands, and at the remotest distances. Its language is under the same laws of civility as that of direct personal communication be tween man and man. And those laws are observed by all but base minds as faithfully as if there were no such screen from responsibility as that of anony mous authorship. The 'sin of their violation offends not only against manners but morals. What can the Tory reviewers plead in its defence ? They may say that they believe all this ; that they speak the language of sincere conviction ; that they have proofs, which they adduce or offer to adduce, which satisfy their own minds of all that they affirm. We allow,Tho far as it is true, the validity of this excuse, and we claim it in turn for the violent lan guage' imputed to the adherents of the League. Their convictions are as sincere, their belief as firm, and their proofs as satisfactory to their own minds as those of any Quarterly Reviewer. To them, the base selfishness of landowning legislators, who take advantage of their position to enact laws for enhancifig the price of food, is most demonstrable. To them, the hypocrisy and blasphemy of praying to the Deity for daily bread, and levying a tax which' often de prives the poor man of his daily bread, is manifest. To their perceptions, the impost which raises rents at the risk of starvation, is pillage in itself and blood shed in its consequences. Why, then, should they not speak out? Why should they be more mealy mouthed than the Quarterly Reviewer ? Is free'speech and sincere writing a monopoly, as well as corn ? They only do that which the Reviewer does ; and he, doing as they do, yet dares to threaten them with criminal prosecutions." The Times has the following remarks on the Bar celona insurrection :—" The outbreak of an insurrec- tion in Catalonia, or, to speak more correctly w ith reference to the ate disturbances, in Barcelona, is an incident which has unhappily been of far too frequent occurrence to occasion much surprise. Nor has this Catalan spirit of revolt been more conspicuous amidst the modern vicissitudes of the Spanish monarchy than in the days of its most absolute power. Of the four teen or fifteen sieges which the city of Barcelona has at various times sustained, by far the greater number have been occasioned by the rebellious resistance of the population to the Generals of the Royal armies; and the severity of the language which Espartero or his Ministers are reporteffto have used is readily accounted for, if it be not wholly justified, by their knowledge of the incorrigible temper of the people arra y e d in arms against the Queen's Government. As a political movement, it is impossible to conceive a more ill regulated and incomprehensible demonstration of a desire to do mischief, without either a scheme or a leader to give effect to the brutal passions of an igno rant multitude. But the combustible elements which are so well known to exist in the city and the pro vince doubtless attracted the machinations of those foreign incendiaries, %hose cause is irrecoverably lost if, in spite of their predictions and conspiracies, Spain remains tranquil, and the Government of the Regent_unassailed by weapons more formidable than thOSO of constitutional debate. As we do not possess at present any complete account of the real origin or extent of the insurrection, it would be premature to speculate on its causes or its ultimate consequences. But our attention has been excited, by the very sin gular tone in which the leading organ of the French Government, or, more especially of the French King, has from the first spoken of these events. There has been an obvious endeavour to give them the utmost importance ; and although it was im possible for a journal iprofessing, before all things, to uphold the principles of monarchical power and public order to avow an open sympathy or to afford direct encouragement to a mob of revolutionary enthusiasts, led on by a few Republican desperadoes, yet it is evident that the enemies of Espartero, be they who they may, were not viewed with much horror or repugnance by the Court of France." The Post forgetting old friendships, tells the Tory landlords that they have not made a proper use of their brains. " There are a great many very respect able persons (says this journal) who, from want of use, find it very irksome to harbour two leading ideas at one and the same time, and to act upon their impulse. To this we attribute a good deal of the very strange abandonment of formerly avowed opinions, which of late it has been our 'unpleasant duty to criticise. Certain gentlemen who, from the easy circum. tances that have surrounded them from their birth, hare not had occasion to make very active use of their brains, are very apt to fall into mistakes through the habit of throwing aside one leading idea, as soon as the events of the day, or the accidents of their position, cause them to take up another. 'These gentlemen to whom we refer were for a long time told by those to whose guidance they chiefly looked in public affairs, that the securing to the cultivator of the land a remu nerating price for his produce (so far as the regulation and restraint of foreign competition could do it) was their duty as members of the landed proprietary and friends of the agricultural population. Upon this idea they constantly acted, in which we think they were very right ; but (for the most part) they acted upon it exclusively, in which we venture to think that they were wrong. Giving their chief, and almost their whole attention, as guardians of the landed in. terest, to agricultural protection, they neglected, to a very blameable degree, that agricultural improvement which always ought to have been a leading object of their care. But how stands the case now ? They to whose guidance these gentlemen chiefly look in pub lic matters, do not now inculcate the policy of protec tion, but say a great deal upon the policy of improv ing the process of agriculture, and obtaining better crops. The idea of improvement has, therefore, be % THE SUN', LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 1842 come the leading idea. of certain rural senators. Fut 'it seems that, in order to keep hold of this idea, they are obliged to let go the other idea about protection. Their new zeal for improvement is great, and we think it is not at all greater than it should be ; but their old zeal about protection is utterly forgotten, or looked upon as something obsolete, and no longer of use, which we take leave to say is quite a mistake." The Advertiser thus comments on the former and present political opinions of Sir James Graham : " A few weeks ago a paragraph appeared in the Ob server, stating that Government had employed some person in their confidence to collect all the more vio lent passages he could ferret out in the speeches of the members and abettors of the Anti-Corn-law League. What the object was in making these 'ele gant extracts,' as our Contemporary characterised them, the Observer did not pretend to know. The murder is now out—the secret has transpired—the collection has been made for the pages of the Quarterly Review, in the current number of which there are many scores of such extracts. The article into which these quotations from Anti- Corn-law speeches are interwoven is evidently put forth as a feeler, with the view of ascertaining whether or not it would be advisable, on the part of Government, to attempt to put down the Anti-Corn-law League, on the ground of its being an illegal association. There can be no doubt that the parentage of this idea belongs to Sir James Graham. It is just of a pieca with his "constitu tional " instructions to policemen to prevent or dis perse all meetings at which these police spies might fancy they heard, or might think it probable they would hear, seditious matter uttered by the speakers. The Home Secretary was once an Anti-Corn-law orator and pamphleteer himself. It might be doing the cause an essential service, were some one who has the requisite leisure for the' task, to make some " elegant extracts " from his Anti-Corn-law speeches and pamphlets. If we remember rightly there was no lack of the quality of violence in them. Indeed, violence is a characteristic of everything the Cumberland Baronet says or does—no matter on what side of the House of Commons he sits, or whether he be a Member of the Cabinet of the Liberal Earl Grey or of the Tory Sir Robert Peel. The man who at one time couldlcarry his Reform notions to such an extent as to lose himself in the revolutionary ; and, under the inspiration of opinions of the latter class, could coolly talk of the gratification it would afford him to see the heads of those monarchs who opposed the progress of Liberal principles rolling in the dust— the man who could give utterance to such language as this, is just the man to be capable of anything. That he should, therefore, now that he has become a rank apostate to all his former principles, propose to put down the Anti-Corn-law League by the strong arm of the law, does not at all surprise us." PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. It has been proposed to take the Fleet prison for the Law-courts; it is otherwise thought that a more advisable situation would be the space between Picket-street and Carey-street, which is withi a quarter of au hour's access from the four poin ts of London, and close to the offices, to the barristers, and Lincoln's Inn. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was flat, prices being somewhat in favour of the buyers, though only a moderate business was done. Sales 3,500 bales, of which 500.vvere Surat, at 3id. to 'lid; 200 Maranham, at 51d. to 60. ; 60 Egyptian, at 64d. ; and 2,740 American, at 44d. to 7d. per lb. The Railway Share Market was also less active. Eastern Counties were 8i; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 48 ; Grand Junction, 191; Liverpool and Manchester, Quarter, 454; Birmingham, New, 334 ; Midland Counties, 63; Paris and Rouen, 26*. Accounts from Adelaide, South Australia, of June 2, give an account of the proceedings of the natives at Port Lincoln, which certainly does not impress one with a very favourable idea of the measures taken to protect the settlers against a horde of natives ; 15 soldiers were sent by the Governor from Adelaide, and this "army," as a local paper facetiously terms it, was immediately routed. The inhabitants of Port Lincoln are described as being afraid to move out of their houses, • and were anxiously denianding the'more efficient protection of an armed patrol or police. The culture of the vine was about to be in troduced from the Cape of Good Hope, and an Agri -cultural Society had been formed for the improve ment of the resources of the people. Provisions seem rather dear. Flour 201. per ton • Mutton 4d. to sd. per lb. ; Veal and Pork Bd. to 10d. per lb.; and Bread ls. 2d. per 41bs. The Canada loan is the talk of the citizens blessed with more money than they can provide suitable em ployment for ; and judging from the present rate of the 3+ per Cent. Amiuities, it is calculated that 106 or 107 will be tendered for the debentures which bear 4 per cent. interest. Scarcely any business has been transacted in the English Securities to-day, which, however, have been very firm. Money is very abundant in the Stock Exchange, and does not command more than two per cent., while in Lombard-street it meets less employment than was anticipated, the merchants ex hibiting most praiseworthy caution in not over dOing the new trade to China, which for some time to come, will be much of a speculative one. Consols for the opening have realised 94 ex dividend, and Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 1004 to 101 ; Exchequer Bills are 51 to 53 premium, being held very steady. Bank Stock is kept up to 172; and 174 The broker acting for the Commissioners of the Savings' Banks has taken 5,3001. in the Re duced Three per Cants at a slight advance, viz., 94i. The Foreign Bonds are more elastic. Spanish Stock gets up gradually to the position it stood in be fore the outbreak at Blrcelona. The Actives are 18 to f, and the Three per Cents. 23i to 234. The Passive Stock is at 4. For Mexican Bonds there is also rather a better sale, and the price is 31+ to 31i ; Columbian are worth 21f ; Brazilian, 69; and Chilian, 92 ; all being steady. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are at 521 to 52i. Shares are rather dull. Great Western, New are 141 ; Birmingham, 99 ; the Quarter 24* ; the Thirds, 31*; and the Northern and Eastern, Scrip, 52 prem. ; MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 12.—We continue to have a demand for Manchester and Leeds, South Westerns, Liverpool and Manchester, Bristol and Exeter, and most of the leading Railway Stocks. Our sales were—Bristol and Exeter, 464; Hull and Selby, 35i ; Manchester and Salford Bank, 102 ; Union Bank, 7 9-16. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Rank Stock l73f India Stock 3 per Cent. Red. ...... 94i Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons Ditto Old Annuities ... 3i per Cent. Red... 101 Ditto New Annuities... New 3fr per Cent — Ex. Bills, 1,600/....2d. 51 pm New 5 per Cen: — Ditto 500/...... 51 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ...... 51 pm Jan. 1860 ...... Bank Stock for Acct. Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 .... Consols for Opg. ' l / 4 T FUNDS. LAW INTELLIGENCE. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) DESCH V. FROLICK. This appeal came on for farther hearing this day. It was an appeal from a decree of the Vice-Chancellor dissolving the partnership between the parties to the bill, on the ground of the lunacy of the defendant Frolick. The case came on in the Court below as a short cause, and the decree was made without any argument being heard. It was contended, in support of the appeal, that the decree should only have dis solved the partnership from the date of the decree itself, 1839, and not have gone back to May, 1834. • The LORD CHANcsm.oi in giving judgment, said it was competent to the plaintiff Besch, to file at any time for procuring a dissolution of partnership ; if he chose not to do that, and for a considerable period continued to derive a benefit from the lunatic's capital and interest in the concern, it was not open to him now to say that the partnership ought to stand dissolved from the period of the insanity of the appellant. This would be a great hardship to the lunatic, whose capital would be so employed, he being also left liable to the partnership debts. The decree of the Court below must be confirmed, as far as respected the dis solution of the partnership between the parties. The dissolution, in reference to others to be dated from the day of filing the bill. FINE ARTS. An extensive and valuable collection of engravings, the property of the late Mr. Binmer, formerly a mer chant of eminence in the City, has been sold during the past week by Mr. Sotheby. The lots consisted chiefly of fine antique prints of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and brought from four to eight guineas a lot. The Xanthian marbles from Lycia, weighing 180 tons, have arrived by the Cambridge, and will be speedily deposited in the British Museum. Win:HART AND SCIENTIFIC. The cast of the Adelphi at Westminster school this year is spoken of very creditably ; the prologue and epilogue will not be spoken till Thursday, and the last performance will take place on Monday. THEATRICAL. The pantomimes will be brought out on Monday the 26th inst. The pantomime at Drury Lane is to be Harlequin William Tell, the music by Blewitt. The Covent Garden pantomime is to be Monarch Jack, founded on the tragedy of King John; the music by Hughes, leader of the band. The 'New Theatre Royal, Marylcbone-street, Church-street, Lisson-grove, was opened last night under the lessees-hip of Mr. John Douglas. Miss Vincent, and Messrs. Osbaldiston, T. Lee, Col lins, and Cobham, have promised their aid. The theatre is capable of containing 2,300 person. SP ORTII4O. - The Ist of January falling next year on a Sunday, nominations, &c., for stakes, which close on that day will be received on Monday the 2d, as allowed by a resolution of the Jockey Club. COURT-irASUXONAIILE. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge spent the day (yesterday) shooting in Coombe Wood. His Royal Highness afterwards came to town. The Marquis of Queensbery is passing the season at Kinmont Hall, Dumfriesshire. The Countess of Huntingdon has returned to her villa, in the Regent's-park, from a tour. The Earl and Countess Grosvenor leave town at the end of the week to pass the Christmas at Eaton Hall, with the Marquis and Marchioness of West minster. The Earl of Yarborough leaves Arlington-street to day for Appuldercombe, Isle of Wight. The Earl and Countess of Clanwilliam arrived at Wilton House, near Salisbury, the seat of the Dowa ger Countess of Pembroke, on Tuesday last. The Dowager Countess of Liverpool arrived last week at Norbiton Hall, Surrey, from Dover Castle. Viscount and Viscountess Acheson, and the Hon. Francis and Mrs. Howard, are on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Wicklow. The Dowager Viscountess Anson has arrived at Cannon Hall, Yorkshire. Lord and Lady Montagu intend to pass the winter at Ditton Park, near Windsor. _ Lady Charles Somerset has returned to the Ter race, Piccadilly, from a tour. Lord and Lady Southampton are at Whittlehury Lodge, Northamptonshire. MISCELLANEOUS. A large bonfire was made last week at Bally macarret, in Ireland, near to Mount Pottinger, in honour of Sir Henry Pottinger, under whose auspices the British army have achieved their glorious vic tories in China. Mount Pottinger is his native place, and receives its name from the family. Harmony Hall, the head-quarters of the Socialist Community in Hampshire, was erected at a cost of 30,0001. It is not yet half-furnished, but most of the rooms are handsomely fitted up; the inhabitants are clean, and the workmen industrious. The quantity of land is 1,000 acres, held on lease of 99 years, at a rent of 15s. an acre, and is considered by judges well worth 3/. an acre under cultivation. WILLIAM KENNEDY, ESQ., AND THE " HULL . ADVERTISER.''—WiIIiam Kennedy, Esq., recently ap pointed her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Galveston, in the Republic of Texas, sailed from Liverpool for Texas, accompanied by Mrs. Kennedy, on Thursday, the 24th ult., to enter upon his official duties. Mr. Kennedy was for many years editor and part pro prietor of this journal ; and to his unwearied assiduity, rare talents, and undoubted genius, is due the high position which the Advertiser holds among the Pro vincial Press of this country. Upon his successor de volves the painful task of announcing that Mr. Ken nedy has withdrawn from the proprietorship, and is no longer in any way connected with the Hull Adver tiser. As few men are so rarely gifted as to supply his place, his loss will be long and painfully felt by our readers in the East Riding, and more especially in the metropolis ; but his successor trusts that time— the worker of so many miracles—will reconcile them to a change which undoubtedly implies no abandon ment of Liberal principles. He cannot flatter himself that he has the "ability" to serve the Liberal cause, but he is not less sure that he has the wish to do so; and that the honour of succeeding so distinguished a scholar, t.,0 eminent a poet, and so able a politician as Mr. Kennedy, will prove an unceasing, as it always must a most generous, incentive to a career of local usefulness.—Hull Advertiser. DEATH FROM AN OVERDOSE OF LAUDANUM.— Last evening Mr. Gill held an inquest at the King's Head, King-street, Park-lane, on the body of Sarah Wheeler, aged 39. It appeared that :t e deceased had held the situation of cook, .in the se of Mr. Bod dington for the last three years. Sh ;:buffered much from spasms and indigestion, and was {in the habit of taking laudanum to alleviate her sufferings, but which was unknown until Friday night 144 .by her fellow servants. After eating her supper on that evening she complained of being sick, and became very ill. The housemaid gaive her an emetic, consisting of mustard and warm water, but without effect. Mr. Sawyer, surgeon, of Park-street, was then sent for; and pro nounced deceased labouring under the effects of laudanum, which she afterwards admitted, and said she had not taken it to destroy life, but to remove her pain. She was bled, and the stomach pump and other remedies were applied, but she never recovered, and died on Saturday afternoon. Two phials, one empty and the other half full of laudanum, were found in her room. Verdict, " Died from the effects of an over dose of laudanum, imprudently taken." WIND.—One of the cattle waggons at the North allerton station of the Great North of England Rail way, was shifted, a few days ago, by some mischievous person, from the side rails to the main way, and the wind blowing tremendously from the north, it was forced forward in`h southerly direction at the rate of twelve or fourteen miles an hour, and was not stopped until it reached the Alne station, a distance of twenty miles from its starting point.— Great Northern Ad vertiser. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.—Two pic tures, one of Ghuznee, the other of the Bolan Pass, from Atkinson's sketches, have just been added to the dissolving views at this place, and the new microscope was yesterday used for the first time publicly. THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OT ELY V. ELM. . _ Mr. BETHEL, in the absence of the Solicitor-Gene ral, opened this case, which involves a question of great nicety and importance. It was a bill for tithes, [ brought by a spiritual corporation aggregate, the Dean and Chapter of Ely, against the defendant, who put in a plea founded on the late Statute of Limitations, commonly known as the 3d and 4th Wm. IV., and the important question involved was, whether that statute of limitations repealed the statute known as Lord Tenterden's Act, which was passed the year antece dent to the former one. In the year 1833 great changes took place in the law. In the April or May of that year Lord Tenterden brought in a Bill, put ting the law of exemption with regard to tithes on a better footing ; this Act was followed in the succeed ing year by the Act which altered the law of limita tions as far as related to real property, and what had always been understood by the Bar, was, that the latter statute did not supersede or render the .former inoperative. The decision of the Master of the Rolls ruled that the latter statute of limitations applied to suits for tithes, and might be pleaded accordingly in bar of such suits. The present case was an appeal from that decision, with the view of trying the ques tion. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to read the bill ; the claim against which the statute of limi tations was pleaded was made by the Dean and Chap ter of Ely for great and small tithes, under a grant from Henry VIII. The Lord Chancellor rose at two o'clock to attend the prorogation of Parliament. VICE-CHANCERY,(THIS DAY.) (Before Sir JAMES WIGRA.M.) FANNER V. COLLINS. His HONOUR gave judgment in this case this morn ing. The plaintiffs alleged themselves to be the trustees of a Wesleyan chapel in St. George's Fields, and the object of the suit was to obtain payment of the sum of 5821. 15s. 6d., alleged to have become, and still to remain due, to the society of which the plaintiffs alleged themselves to be trustees, from one Collins, formerly a treasurer of the society, in respect of monies held by him as such treasurer. The precise mode in which the plaintiffs sought to work out satisfaction of their claim, was by means of a lien, or equitable charge, which they sought to establish by their bill upon monies of Collins in the hands of the defendant, Collins, as the agent in this country of Collins who was abroad. Collins had fot many years before the institution of the suit, and still was, a resident in Africa. He was made a defendant upon the record, and process was prayed against him when he should come within the jurisdiction of the Court; but he had not appeared in this cause. The first document relied upon by the plaintiffs was a writing signed by Collins, and addressed by him to the defendant, Collins, signed the 24th of February, 1820, imme diately after writing which he left the country, and had not since been within the jurisdiction of the Court. From that time down to the filing of the bill, and subsequently, he had written letters from abroad to Collins respecting the plaintiffs' claim, and Collins (the defendant) had addressed letters to t h e plaintiffs which were relied upon as evidencing and showing the lien or charge which it was the object of the bill to estab lish. These letters came down to a period so late as the month of December, 1840, after the institution of the suit, and a supplemental bill had been filed to have the benefit of one of such letters. The bill was filed in the month of October, 1840, being more than 20 years after the debt claimed in the cause became due, and an injunction was obtained, which had once been continued to restrain alienation of the fund. The de fendant Collins claimed no interest in the fund in question except as trustee for Collins, and he had re sisted the plaintiffs' claim on several grounds. First he said that the letter of the 24th of February, 1820, did not form an effectual lien, or charge, upon the monies now in the hands of Collins; secondly, that the plaintiffs' title as trustees had not been established; thirdly, that the admission in the answer of Collins of the letter of the 24th of February, 1820, and of various other matters in the answer, could not be received as evidence in the cause; fourthly, he set up the statute of limitations ; fifthl y, he said that by a letter of Collins, of 1840, put in as evidence by the plaintiffs, Collins disputed the amount claimed by the plaintiff's, and that an account of what was actually due could not be taken in the absence of Collins, nor could he be bound by , any evidence in the cause. His Honour, after going through these grounds, said he had come to the conclusion that he could not, upon the evidence before him, grant the plaintiffs the relief which they asked. If he were compelled then finally to dis pose of the cause, he could only dispose of it by dis missing the bill. He would be led to consider, however, whether he ought in this case to grant the plaintiffs that indulgence which a Court of Equity sometimes granted to enable plaintiffs to perfect a suit. In considering this he had had regard to the two considerations which usually regulated the discretion of the Court; namely, the merits of the case, and the risk of perjury by which the amendment of a case after it had been argued, was too often attended. Upon the question of merits, his Honour referred to the letters in evi dence, and, amongst others, to a letter from Collins to the defendant Collins, dated the 19th December, 1840, in which he said that the monies in the hands of the latter were to be consi dered as a sacred deposit for the purpose of paying the debt. It was the case then of an agent, setting up on behalf of his principal and in his absence--he did not mean improperly setting up, but setting up defences on behalf of his principal, which that principal in honour and conscience, felt himself bound to repudiate. As far as the first Ties tion, that of merits was concerned, he thought the case was as strong as any case which could be brought before a Court of Justice. With regard to the second point, he thought this was not a case which presented any danger of perjury, for so far as the principal claim was concerned there was evidence of it in writing under the hands of the parties sought to be charged. Upon the evidence before him he could not decide at the hearing of the cause that the case was one in which the plaintiffs might not, as against Collins, en— title themselves to a decree. He thought he ought to give the plaintiffs an opportunity of bringing Collins before the Court. The remaining question, and the only question which had seriously embarrassed him at the hearing of the cause, was whether Collins had not a right to have the case decided so far as he was concerned; whether if a case had been made out against Collins the bill should not be dismissed as against Collins instead of his being kept before the Court as a party to a cause, the end of which could not be foreseen ; but when he adverted to the letters written by Collins, to the defence which Collins had set up, which was merely that he could not as trustee or agent admit the plaintiff's claim in the absence of Collins, he thought, as against him, particularly having regard to his letter of the 19th of December, .1840, he was not dealing unjustly by him when he said, he thought the interest which he had in being dis missed from the suit was not such as ought to pre vent him from being retained before the Court. All, therefore, he could do in this view of the case was to direct the cause W.:stand over, with liberty, to the plaintiffs to take such proceedings as they might be advised, for the purpose of bringing the defendant Collins before the Court. The injunction must be continued, or a sum sufficient to cover the demand brought into Court, the rest being left at the disposal of Collins. The plaintiffs must pay the costs of the day. At the close of his Honour's judgment an offer was made on the part of the defendant of 8001. in full dis charge of the debt. After a short discussion the de cree was ultimately taken by consent, the defendant agreeing to pay 700/. withinit costs. The bill was or dered to be dismissed. INSOLVENT COURT-(TII 1S DAY) FOREIG Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent — Russian, 5 pei cent — Ditto, Metallic — Spanish, 5 per cent lBl Ditto, Deferred.... French, 5 per cent. —f. —e. Exchange........... —f. —c French, 3 per cent. —f. —c. Dutch, 2/ per cent. 524 Ditto, 5 per cent. 100 i Austrian, 5 per cent. — Belgian, 5 per cent Irazilian Bonds... 69 Buenos Ayres 6 per cent. Chilian, 6 per cent. 92 Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1824 2l Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent B o ii Danish, 3 per :ent Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent 3l Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian,lB2s,6 per ct. 171 SHARES. Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) ...... • ••. .. 451 Eastern Counties (23 paid) • 9 Great Western, (65 paid) Ditto New Shires(so 'paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) 34 London and Birmingham (90) . ..... ...... Ditto Quarter Shares (25paid) 49i Ditto Thirds (32 paid) London and South Western (411 6s 10d pd) 62 Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Ditto Scrip ( 5 paid) •..... 101 Paris and Ronen (20 paid) ........ ... 26 South Eastern and Dover (50 paid).— ...... 23 Ditto Scrip (20 paid) MARKET NEWS. (THIS I)AY.) HAT MARKETS. SmrrimELD.-Coarse meadow Hay, 31. to 31. 155.; useful ditto, 41. to 4/. 4s. ; fine upland ditto, 4/. ss. to 41. 10s. ; Clover Hay, 4/. to 5/. 10s. ; Oat Straw, 1/. 16s. to 1/. 18s. ; Wheat Straw, 1/. 18s. to 2/. per load. Supply very moderate, and trade heavy, at the above rates of currency. CUMBERLAND.-COarSe meadow Hay, Si. ss. to 41.;, useful ditto, 41. 4s.to 41. Bs.; fine upland ditto, 4/. 10s. to 4/.135. ; Clover Hay, 4/. 4s. to 51. Bs.; Oat Straw, 1/. 18s. to 2/. ; Wheat Straw, 2/. to 2/. 2s. per load. A short supply, and a • somewhat improved inquiry. Prices fully stationary. WITITECIIAPEL.-Coarse meadow Hay, 3/. to 3/. 155.; useful ditto, 41. to 41. 4s ; fine upland ditto, 4/. 6s. to 4/. 12s. ; Clover Hay, 4/. ss. to Si. 15s. ; Oat Straw, 11. 16s. to 11. 18s.; Wheat Straw, 11. 18s. to 21. per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at late quotations. COLONIAL SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation is without alteration, but barely 200 hhds have been sold. The public sales have contained 596 bags Mauritius (new crop), and 3,677 bags Bengal. The Mauritius sold at 55s 6d to 66s for low bright to fine yellow, being fully is cheaper. Only part of the Bengal found buyers at a fur ther decline of is to is 6d, the great reduction being on the lower sort. The quantity landed last week at the East and West India docks was 242 hhds, 21 tierces, and there were taken for home con sumption 1,110 hhds, 156 tierces ' 28 barrels. The stock in the same places is 13,432 hhds, 1,701 tierces, and 1,412 barrels. COFFEE.-191 casks British Plantation, 2,338 bags Ceylon, 100 bales Mocha, and 176 bags Manilla, were offered by auction. The British Plantation consisted chiefly of Berbice, which sold readily, and at rather higher prices, low mid and mid quality bringing 90s to 99s 6d. Nearly all the Ceylon was disposed of at 95s to 95s 6d for low mid quality, and 62s to 64s for good to fine ord, which is is to 2s lower for the latter description, but comparatively high prices for the former ; the Mocha brought 78s to 82s for good 3s to 4s cheaper. All m th i e d (excepting one lot), a t 43 s Manilla n ill ga a w rb e l r e e d, ta b i e ce in n g in fully to 445. The La Guayra sold for home consumption at 65s 6d to 68s. COCOA.—Of 43 barrels and bags British Plantation (chiefly Trinidad), at auction, nearly all found buyers at 31s to 34s for mid grey to good red Trinidad, and a few lots good to fine red Grenada at 33s to,pss 6d, being, for the former, rather cheaper. Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 739 puns, 112 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 165 puns, 28 hhds, and exported 114 puns, 22 hhd s. Th e s t oc k in SPICES.-1,770 the i c%a s m places 1,0 bg 77bags is s 14,873 puns, 2 ,661 hhds. Pepper were all taken in at a 2-ad to 2.1 d for ordto black Sumatra, and li g h t M a l a b a r 31d, but subsequently part of the for mer d escr i p ti on has been disposed of at 2d, which is rather lower. Pimento sold at 2id to 2 - id for mid t o goo d m id quality (but mixed), being fully id che a p er . Rice.-3,351 bags, 771 pockets East Indian (chiefly Bengal), were all taken in, excepting a few pockets, which sold at lls to 11s 6d for mid whit e , a t 10 s 6d verpy per r dull of sale, and prices are depressed. to lls for low mid quality, being h e ld at the latter price, which is rather above the value. cwt on the spot. TEA.—WT.—hisPa.rTic.leC.isis 48s3d still )i. PRICE OF ISIMAD. Ihe highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is 7 d for the 41b Loaf. Goad Bread may be had at i34d. PRICES OF SEEDS. ...... ..... ......... _9_, Sew nglish Rea Clover...6os 75s St. Foin ~,,,».....`. —s Ms 44. Pace) Gra P ss e Old Ditto Ditto Per Cwt. - —s ....3 —s Rye Grass... .._ ~n _ ace . , _ ... . .......... 1 . 0 . o N i e d w Di F? t r o eig b n ii ll to itto —s 50 8 755 —, —s —, Linseed, for reedl ug :. 50s .--9 hew White ('over 50s st's 60s'Ditfo, for sowi ng ......_, tos 56.04 ): 170e .. r ... °..1 .1 e 1 :1....- od .—s tc724 9 , f 7 d Old Ditto Ditto .._, _ g —l'Dltto, for crushing ......—s 48s US he w Trefoil ........ —s 171 255 Hemp............... ..... s 42. 48s Old Ditto fr. foil= English Carraway —s 40s 45s,White Mus tar d,, .. 9s Od to Ils Od Foreign Ditto Coriander ..«...... .»,.... 3s 6.1 to 5. 0.1 PRI .CE Jr' OIL. Rape Oil, brown, per ton . ...... ....£4l 111 Ditto, refined ............... . ............................. 4') 10 —a 14: 4 -1 :0 2 4 s: ,205 4 -41 6 1 T B ca a ro n re w a i r n y Linseed Oil ..... . ....... . ..................................... 3 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill (per 100 0) ............... II 0 Rape s ake, per ton ..................................«,«.. 6 0 PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP L --c • Ott* 112 Town Tallow ... ..£2 11 6151elting Stufr .. al 14, 0 Yellow Russia ..... ..... White u 0 l, Graves .... ... . 0 14 0 2 10 0 Ditto Rough .................. Soap Ditto 0 0 0 Good D regs, ' .......... .. ................ • 0 5 " PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone ot pa s. Price of Tallow (as stated by the 'Tallow Slelters),.. . . 10' ....... -s.• • COAL MARKET. 3111ps arrived since last market .d ayt 260 s. d.I Buddle's West Hartley l7 0 Chester Main l5 6 Car's Hartley Hastings Hartley lB 0 Ord's ltedheugh l5 0 Wylarn Walls End Bewicke &Co l9 31 Wall, End Barnard lB 01 Walls End Bosforth Walls End Hotspur l7 0 1 Walls End Eillingworth NE, DraddllP okittto pi 34 A IN BE MOSES NATIiAN. The insolvent, who described himself as a general merchant, was in custody upon a liability contracted by gambling. Lewis Levi, the well-known s heriff's officer, who also is an extensive wine-me.rchant, having . been mixed up in this transaction, and not 1 wails. End Stewart's .... 2 1 113. being in Court to give evidence, d Morrison witness to acme L ct erv )m i e . o r n ie in oi th r. e c a o b rn se m nce iss oL so er 11:, End l nsoieltttvoh eii), i ri......... ,22 01 : 96 theimportant i ns o l v e a n t s ' i s , Walls End Lambt4; ''' " ''' : - ..ii g Harris) always sifted th ose gambling transact ions to the utmost, and he shoul II therefore order the ?ileariog ivvgiiisTauerd" is ato be adjourned for a month, the insolvent in the Hough Hall 20 t. , mean time not to be all owed out upon b a il ; an d care Walls End Tees fletton in a being taken to have L evi an d the detaining q :editor Walls Eigl ee % IN RE GEORGE KNIGHT. The insolvent was a surgeon and aponeccry in Drury-lane. At the last hearing the case was ad journed in order to perfect service, and• he was opposed in person by Mr. Shaw. It appeared that he got a bill for 701. for the pur pose of entering upon business. The insolvent re peatedly told Mr. Shaw that he would give him up the bill, until eventually it was found to have been put into execution, and he (Mr. Shaw) was called upon to pay the amount.—Discharged. IN RE JOHN HACKEN. In this case the insolvent was opposed by Mr. Wood ruffe, on behalf of Mr. William Peddington. It appeared that the insolvent, who carried on an extensive business as an architect and builder, had engaged the opposing creditor to perfect a contract which he (the insolvent) had entered into with a gen tleman connected with the Surveyor-General's office, named Shilcocks. The chief grounds of opposition were, that he had entered upon the contract at such a low price, that it was impossible for a fair trades man to even pay for the materials, independent of labour. Mr. Commissioner HARRIS ordered the case to be adjourned for a month, to amend the schedule, by in several creditors, and refused to enlarge the insolvent's bail. In the case of Nathan, previously reported, on the application of Mr. Wooiruffe, who read an affidavit, stating that the insolvent's child was dangerously ill, the Learned Commissioner consented to enlarge his bail. In the course of the day William Compton Smith, John BUM, George Bennett, and Anna Maria Gully, were discharged. No point of general interest was elicited in the hearing of their petitions. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT Henry Be &lead, aged 46, and formerly a Captain in her Majesty's service, was placed at the bar charged with forgery, and the embezzlement of various sums of money to the amount of 1,5001., which had been deposited in the Savings bank at Richmond, of which establishment the defendant had been secretary. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the indictment, and the prosecutors strongly recommended him to mercy. Col. Fox, Major M'Culloch, and other highly re spectable persons gave the prisoner a very execllent character for integrity and for his services in the army. The RECORDER said that, in consequence of the recommendation of the prosecutors, and the high cha racter which the prisoner had received, he would in flict the lightest punishment upon him.which the lack' allowed, and he could apply to the Secretary of State for the Home Department to mitigate that penalty. The sentence of the Court was, that the prisoner be confined in the House of Correction for two years, without hard labour. NEW COURT. Nearly a dozen cases were disposed of in this Court in the course of the morning, but they were chiefly cases of petty larceny, of no general interest. POLICE INTELLIG ENCE. BOW-STREET.—(THIS 1)A Y.) A clerk from Mr. Flower's office appeared before Mr. Jardine this morning to apply for a warrant against the secretary of a benefit society. The so ciety was not enrolled, but it was a general trade be nefit society, and the person against whom he applied for a warrant, acted in the capacity of secretary, and had received several amounts of money from corre sponding societies in the country ; these sums he had appropriated to his own use, and he therefore wished the Magistrate to grant a warrant for his apprehension. Mr. JARDINE inquired what the charge was under the Act, so as to bring it within his jurisdiction ? The applicant said the charge would be one of em bezzlement. The society was established within the Bow-street district, and was called the Saddlers' and Harness Markers' Benefit Society. Mr. JARDINE said if a felony had been committed a warrant was not required, as any person interested might give the man in charge. The applicant said the object of the society was to have the opinion of the Magistrate upon the matter, the society not being an enrolled one. Mr. JARDINE could give no advice on the matter. The applicant then left the office with the inten tion of giving the person in charge. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DA Y.) Charles Phillips was charged with being riotous at a public-house in Nottingham-street. Mr. Skone, the landlord of the house, said the pri soner came into his house on the previous evening, and was so noisy and annoying that witness could not serve his customers. He told him to go away, but as he refused he gave him in custody. Mr. GREENwoon—What did you give him into custody for? Skone—For annoying my house. Mr. GaEENwooD—Did he strike you ?—lle did not. Mr. GREENWOOD—Policeman, what did you take him into custody for ? Police-constable 39 G as cended the witness-box ; at first he seemed much con fused, but after a minute's hesitation said " There were seven or eight persons round the door, your Worship." Mr. GREENWOOD—But this man was in the public house, and not in the street; at least the police-sheet says so.—The constable was silent. Mr. GREENWOOD-YOU had no right whatever, publican, to give this man into custody, nor you con stable to take him into charge. The man was in a house, and not obstructing the public footway or dis turbing the public peace. I discharge you prisoner. MARYLEBONE.-(THIS DAY). Catherine Lindsay, alias Caroline Sheriff,' a young smartly-dressed girl, was charged b y one of the offi cers of the Mendicity Society, with begging. The complainant said that the prisoner was decidedly one of the most artful, and consequently one of the most successful, begging-letter impostors in London, generally . representing herself as a soldier's daughter, and showing a number of cards from individuals im high life, recommending her as a deserving and worthy character. He could produce a host of wit nesses, if necessary, but had only brought three, as he thought these would be sufficient to convict her. John Charles Campbell, surgeon, of Weymouth street, said that he was informed by a lady residing near the Regent's-park, that the prisoner had called upon her, representing herself as sent by witness, and the lady had consequently assisted her with money and clothing. He (witness) wrote to the Secretary of the Mendicity Society, giving a description of the girl. The prisoner subsequently called upon himself and showed a petition, purporting that her father was a Sergeant-Major in the 10th Foot, at present it , India, and that she wished to go out to him, but wanted money and clothes. She also showed a great number of cards, principally from noblemen and gen tlemen of high military standing, who she said could vouch for, the truth of her story. He , however, gave her into c ustody. James Danielts, servant to Miss Parker, of 45, Upper Henley-street, said the prisoner called upon his mistress with a similar story, and was assisted by her. Police-constable 87 B said, she had been frequently l Q ate uee i‘ n i - r s . q c ua r r e e g , or a ie nd to was tiie s blo e re tina th e e ag Ma o tn st t ra b te y th so e f House of Correction for six weeks. Mr. RAWLINSON said, that from all he could learn, he believed her to be an impostor of the worst class, and he would therefore send her to the House of Cor rection for three months. UNION HALL.--(THIS DAY.) Fifteen destitute objects were brought up for re fusing to do the work assigned to them in Newington workhouse. The defendants, who were all nearly destitute of clothes, were admitted into the work house on the preceding night, on agreeing to work for fourwere hours taken into the next the mornin morning. When, however, they stone yard, they refused to break stones, saying th a t they were incapable of doing it owing to th e i r wan t of rest the preceding night, the place they were put to sleep being so cold and damp they never closed their eyes, and were therefore unable to go to work. The MAGISTRATE said that it was lamentable to see the number of destitute creatures who were brought pp day after day from Newington, and that there roust be something wrong in the system there adopted with respect to cases of the above description, and the sooner it was altered the better. lie then committed the defendants for seven days each, and to be passed. WARD OF F A& RINGDON WlTHOUT.—Yesterday afternoon a ve numero us meeting of the inhabitants of St. Dunstan-in-the-West was held at the Com mittee-room, adjoining the Church, Fleet-street, for the purpose of nominating fit and proper persons to be elected as Common Councilmen for the Ward and for the Ward Inquest. Mr. Churchwarden Rogers in the chair. Mr. James Ramshaw (Deputy), AIL John Charles and Mr. Edward Hodgson, the present Common Councilmen, were again nominated, and the nomination to the inquest being also chosen, the meet • ing broke up after returning thanks to the chairman. On Friday week, Mr. Frank Stuart, son of Lord Dudley Stuart, met with a serious accident on the Cherryhinton-road, near this town, by his horse fall ing with him. • Mr. Stuart came violently to the ground. A concussion of the brain was time conse quence, and he remained insensible for nearly forty eight hours. Though some apprehensions were en tertained for his life during this i n t erva l , h e i s now i n f a ir way of recovery. Lord Dudley, who was se nt for expre , and has been s t ay i ng h ere s i nce , h as ss returned to London.—Cambridge Chronicle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent has, through Sir George Couper, transmitted an order to the Blind Asylum at Newcastle, for a shawl similar to those sent to the Queen, worked by the inmates of 1 t h a t excellent instituti on . Her Royal Highness the k Princess Sophia has also repeated to ban one sent. I o her. • t BOMBARDMENT of BARC (From the Moniteur Parisien of Sunday 'We have received the following letters fitattgatVd . SMag I celona to the sth inst. The following is a summary of their contents :—" The bombardment began on the '3d, at 11, A.M., and continued without interruption until midnight, 817 bombs having been thrown into the city, causing the greatest damage, and setting fire to several places. The quarter where the Municipal or Town-house is situated was particularly affected by the fire. General Van Haien signified on the 4th that he would give six hours to the authorities and inhabit ants to disarm the corpos francos, who still held out, and if the place did not surrender at the expira tion of that period, he would resume the bombard ment. The authorities after having convoked the principal citizens, and, assisted by a great portion of the population, immediately commenced to disarm the insurgent s , and succeeded. The town has suf fered much, and it is impossible to estimate the da mage that has been done or the number of victims who have fallen. On the sth the tire was still raging in some quarters. The French Consul, whose zeal, energy, wisdom, and humanity, cannot be too highly praised, obtained front the Commanders of the French ships of war in the roads the assistance of the crews, who afforded every assistance with their known ac tivity. Before the bombardment the insurgent mi litia went en name to the ship where their officers had taken refuge, demanding with fury that they should be given up, and the Commander had to repulse them with force. Several houses belonging to . the French, and even that of the Consul, were more or less da maged. A forced tax of two millions of piastres was about to be imposed on the town. The Regent had not yet made his entrance into Barcelona.' As soon as the town was surrendered, and Van Helen and the C•oops had made their entrance at five P.M.i on the 4th the General issued the following proclam a ti on : , " Don Antonio Van Haien Sarti, Murphe y Casts , neda, Count of Peracatnps, &c., Captain-Gen era l o f the 21 Military Distri c t, ommandant-General of the First Corps d'Armee, &c. The town of Barcelona having submitted to the empire of the laws, violated by the most scandalous sedition, my first duty is to pc escr;be the measures which at the first moment I consider most conducive to order by destroying every ~, ,c rm of anarchy ; to chastise the crimes that have been committed, and to protect honourable Spaniards, the faithful defenders of the legitimate throne of our young Queen, of the Constitutionthat has been sworn to, 'and of the Regency, with which the nation has invested the Duke of Victory, by investing him with. a shield of a nature to preserve their person,; and their property, menaced by the ambition and efforts of the partisans of despotism. Consequently, making use of the powers which have been conferred on MI?, and are ascribed to me by decree, as Commander-in-Chief of the army in campaign, I decree the. following bando "Art. 1. Barcelona is declared in an exceptional state from the first shot fired at the troops of which the brave, faithful, and well-deserving army is com posed. The state of siege will continue so long as circumstances shall require it. ,‘ 2. The National Guards of all arms is dissolved in Barcelona, until its re-organisation has been deter mined according to the rigorous terms of the law. " 3. All the arms and war materiel belonging to the said militia, as well as the arms extracted from the national magazines, with all the articles and effects appertaining to the State, shall be delivered up within 24 hours, without fail, after the date of this procla mation, to the fort of the Atarazanas. " 4. At the expiration of the 24 hours any one in fracting this order shall be shot. " 5. Any denouncer of the existence of arms in any house, or in the possession of any individual, shall receive as a reward 10,000 reals. This sum shall be paid by the person ,or master of the house or locality where the said arms shall be seized. In the event of the incompetency of the party to pay the fine it shall be levied on the quarter where he or they live. "6. Within two days all arms and weapons of every kind, including those for hunting, shall, be -given up by the inhabitants of Barcelona, and no per son s h a ll be allowed to retain any ex ce pt by virtue'of a license to that effect. "7. 10,000 rcals line for the infraction of the pre ceding article. "8. Everything valuable, whether in horses, furni ture, &c taken from the individ ua l s forming the gar rison, to , restored, or the value thereof. 9. Any one committing a robbery, or any other crime against public order, to be shot, whether he be. long to the population or to the army. " 10. The legally constituted authorities will see that all crimes are duly prosecuted in the interest of public justice, and any one who, by words or otherwise, commits an outrage is to be severely punished. The troops as well as the inhabitants are to forget the past, and are to embrace each other like brothers. The authorities _are and will remain responsible for the execution of the present decree, their mission being only to prove the offences and to punish them. " Barcelona, Dec. 4, 1842." - _ SEDUCTION AND SUICIDE. An inquest was held yesterday before Mr. Wakley, M.P., at the Skinners' Arms, Hart-street, Paddington, as to the death of Emily Churchill, aged twenty-two. Mary Jackson, of 10, Hart-street, widow, stated that the deceased had lodged at her house for about four months. •She had a child with her, and said that her parents were the owners of a very large farm in Yorkshire. She left home about two years ago, in consequence of some differenees with her family, and about eighteen months ago got into service in London, and very soon after was seduced by a gentleman under a solemn promise of marriage. If she went home, she said, she feared her father and mother would not look at her, and she thought her seducer was eoing to be married to another ; and if he did, she would not be long for this world, for she could never afterwards be happy in it. Witness had frequently seen a gentleman call on her. The last time was on Monday. On Thursday he sent deceased a letter, and she afterwards told witness he was going into the country for a few months. The deceased remarked that was only an excuse, and she believed he was going to get married the next morn ing. On the I ridgy, finding the" deceased did not come down to breakfast as usual, she went up to her room, and found her hanging by a rope attached to her neck, and suspended from a nail in the wall. The poor child was lying in bed asleep. IVitness imrne trotdee deceased e butdyt,s, table;i witness t e sit added, hadw u (Lately went for a surgeon, who, on hi s arrival, said she had been dead two or three h ours . S he was very low-spirited eshe er meantaf waster f n readingthe hy e herself. letter, t n h o a a l idea unsealed, and was to the following purport : Ini 'L . l l or l t y on d o ea a r od Ch t a r r o l u e b s c I a o e y a n l n o o n t g o b e r ; a r y o u u p k m u i o t hw you have so often promised to marry me. I could never bear to see 'my father and mother again unless you keep your promise, and now you are going to get married to another • it is more than I can bear, dear Charles; I did not think you would have so deceived me after your sacred promise. My mind is quite dis tracted ; people in this world will laugh at me, and I shall be pointed at by every one. lam resolved to make away with myself, and before you receive this letter I shall be no more; but I pray God you will take care of my dear little Emily, and do not desert her as you have me. I hope God will forgive me, and my dear father and mother. Once snore I pray you to take care of Emily. Adieu, dear Charles, and God be with you.—Your once truly affectionate lover, " EMILY CHURCHILL." The Jury returned a verdict of Temporary in sanity. It was stated in the room that the party alluded to holds a high situation in the City. WAGES AT SYDNEY.-The following rate t wages is copied into the Sy dne y Herald, from th'e Immigra tionthe Report, ,ear p l r B e 4 p 2 ar :_ eu A b g y n t c h u e it S u u ni pe i rinterident of P o li ce for labourers, 22/. p er asthineupthne,rdswi,tl2l47. ; Carters, tionsot* 28. ; meat,flour, four, tea, and sugar; Domestic Servants, 25/. ; Mechanics, from 401. to 561. a year. The above refers to country districts only. i r '-. 1 0 wages of women are as follows :-Cooks, 141. to 301. a y ea r ; Dress. makers, 9/. to 16/. ; Dairy-maids, 12/. to 301. ; F arm servants, 101. to 151.; General house servants, la to 18/. ; Houseinaids, 121. to 15/. ; Housekeepers, 81. to 20/. ; Ladies'-maids, 8/. to 13/. ; Laundresses, 121. to 26/. ; Needlewomen, 101. to 141.; Nursery governesses, 6/. to 15/. ; Nursemaids, 51. to 13/. Nursery go vernesses at 6/. a. year I Ladies maids seem also in poor request, standing much at the same figure in the market as nursery governesses; but mechanics are tempted with rates varying from 401. to 56/. a year. St. Lucy Day, December 13, is in the Church of England Calendar and the Almanacks. St. Lucy was a virgin of great sanctity and purity of life. She gave her whole fortune to the poor that she might not be teazed with suitors, and particularly to get rid of one, who, being vexed at his disaypointment, accused her before Paschasius, a heathen judge, who, because she was a Christian, put her to cruel tortures, under which she fell a martyr in the year 305. THE PRESENT STAIR or moscow.-The Russian journals give some details relative to Moscow, which are not without interest. Towards the end of the 17th century manufactories of cloth, silk, cotton, glass, porcelain, and crockeryware, were established in this city, but without any decided effect anti 1822, when, in consequence of the protective system adopted by the Government, Moscow became the c en t re of a vast number of manufactories, all in the most flourishing sta t e . At present there are, in and about the city, not less than a thousand of these establishments send ing forth goods to the amount of 40,000,000 silver rubles a year. Upwards of 40,0c0 workmen are em ployed in those manufactories, besides 30,000 in various trades. The prosperity of the city has, in fact, increased to such a point, that all traces of the terrible catutrite 012 1 17 fire, are entirely offoced. S U N ,QN, ~F.