The Sun. — London, England, 1842-01-07 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—Everybody must be struck with the complacency with- which Sir James Graham talks of his colleagues and himself ; and the contrast betwe en this complacency and the absence of any cause for it known to the public, is equally striking. The most sterile of all Ministries is, nevertheless, the most self-complacent. With what unction Sir James talks of the Premier, the Duke, and himself ! Yet, except a barefaced attempt to take the credit of the Anti-slavery Treaty, he does not produce a single good deed done or intended, as a pretext for his unc tuous complaisance. " Look at me and my col leagues—did you eyer see the like of us?' Yet not one good thing can he adduce. " Did ye ever," said a happy father, addressing a Scotch hostess, " did ye ever sec sic a sight in your house before, as me and my three sons a' placed ministers o' the Kirk o' Scotland'?" " Never, Sir," was the reply of the dame, remembering that none of her guests could preach a good sermon, " but once, when I had a Highland piper and his three sons o' Highland pipers, and deil a tune among them." Of all the Administrations which have held power of late years. none has equalled the present in sterility of ideas. Their friends, when saying the best they can for them, have merely hinted they still have sense enough to adopt parts or imitations of the measures of the men they have displaced. Ideas. of their own they have not, nor pretend to have. Nobody knows what they will do, nor does any one of themselves know. Sir James Graham only seems to think it clever to vapour about how soon and readily they will resign. Search the universe. and you will not find a more con- temptible sight than a purposeless Government And the Cabinet of Sir Robert Peel is purposeless. Observers, who have Tory friends,. know that they always consist of two kinds—men who wish to retake poorer which has been conceded to the people, and men Rho wish to concede still more power to deMocracy. In Ireland there are men resolute for taking away the grant to Maynooth, and those who are bent on cooLtliating the priests by increasing the grant and giving endowments to the entire priesthooi.. Yet these men of opposite purposes both belong to the Govern ment party. Scotland has Conservatives determined to give up their party if a power is not given to the people in the election of their clergymen ; and the strength of Scotch Toryism lies in the patrons from whom this power must be wrung. How long will these men hang together? In England, an active and zealous body of Tories are Ultra-Protestants, who have societies all over the land for agitating ag ainst Rom an i sm . A not h er, an d more powerful body o f Tories, are banded together to make the Church of England more like the Church of Rome. Can these persons continue to pursue the same path ?—to form companies of the same army in the same war ? We trove not. Again, in the last general eleo tion the rallying cry of the Tory party was, the preser vation of the Corn-laws untouched. Already the altering of these laws is reckoned a certain thing —per baps prematurely enough. Undoubtedly, however, the Tory party is divided on this very matter, and consists of free-traders, who feel the necessity of concessions to allay the distresses and the discontents of the manufac turing interests—and of bigots of aristocracy, who menace the Government with destruction the instant a reforming hand is lifted up against their monopoly. STANDARD.—That the public distress has had some influence upon the revenue, if not in producing the whole or any considerable part of the Excise de crease, at least in preventing an increase, which the great increase in the other sources of revenue would seem to promise, we are not disposed to deny. The sinking of the edifice is first felt by those on the ground floor, and they are unhappily the last to emerge from it. The humbler classes, the great con sumers of exciseable commodities, are always the. earliest in suffering by general distress, and the latest to enjoy a recovered prosperity. That the nation is re covering is proved by the signal improvement in the Customs' revenue. Allowing, as we have done, that some of this improvement is borrowed from the Excise, still an improvement in the Customs, at the rate of 1,658,0001, per annum, manifests a wonderful aug mentation of public confidence, and a corresponding revival of foreign trade—the trade upon which so many tell us the happiness and security of the country depends. It will not do to say that this improvement is the Customs is all the produce of corn duties, be cause it is an increase upon a quarter of the same year in which 1,200,000/. was received in corn duties ; and if 414,0001., or any great proportion of it, has been realised upon corn duties,—much of these duties being col lected at the rate of one shilling the quarter,—what is to be said of the practical exclusion of foreign corn, It is idle, however, to pursue the inquiry further, until we shall have before us the particular details. We have now but to congratulate our fellow-subjects upon the first financial fruits of Sir Robert Peel's Government, the enjoyment to which for many years they have been unaccustomed, of a well-grounded prospect of improve ment in the revenue of the country. COURIER.— We do not seek to justify the indis cretion, for it scarcely amounts to more, committed by the Herald in fixity , the imputatio ns falsely current in public rumour with apparently so much distinctness on one or two noble persons, and two there were equally answering by title and other circumstances to the one de scriptive process employed; but we may be allowed to say that had the existence of such rumours only been referred to, without personal application, the Herald was no more than in the just performance of its duty towards the public, not only without prejudice to individuals, but the reverse, for the notice of such rumours would have led to more particular inquiry on all sides, and thus parties injuriously and falsely implicated, but still in ignorance of the privately circulated slander by which their fair fame was hourly being assailed, would come to cognj ance of the fact th roug h some f r i en d or other, so asto enable them at once to meet the ca lumny, and vindicate their reputation. What most surprises us, in the otherwise proper retractation of the Herald, is the terms in which it is made, at least so far as the first paragraph, as follow :—" In our paper of the 21st ult. we noticed upon authority, on which we have been accustomed to place implicit reliance, the exist ence of rumours relative to the Exchequer bill fraud, which we were assured had gained an extensive circu lation in the City. The result of inquiries which we subsequently instituted on the subject now leads us to the conviction that we have been im posed upon, and that such rumours had gained no such circulation as our informant confidently stated." We can only say that the Herald, if imposed upon at all, was grossly so, but not certainly by the informant by whom the " existence of the ru mours" eas asserted and their circulation in the City. The " inquiries instituted" must have been conducted in a strange fashion to lead to the " conviction" that the rumours alluded to "had gained no such circulation" as stated. For in fact they were unfortunately the talk even in taverns of public resort. From the moment that the rumours were first guardedly broached in the Tunes we oyrselves heard them broadly connected with names, not in the City merely, but in the west end of this metropolis. We sincerely rejoice that at length they have been disposed of, as the base fabrications of calumny for which there existed not the slightest foun dation. REVERSIONARY INTEREST SO- - - CIETY. A meeting of the Proprietors of this Society was held yesterday, at their Office, King's Arms-yard, Coleman street, for the purpose of electing a new Director. One of our reporters attended, but he was not admitted to the meeting, as he was told it was entirely private. NORTHERN AND EASTERN RAIL WAY COMPANY. A general meeting of the Shareholders in this Com pany was held yesterday, at the London Tavern, for the purpose of confirming the forfeiture of certain shares on which calls had not been paid. W. CIIAWBIIAY, Esq., took the chair, and said he was happy to inform them that there were only fifty Shares to be forfeited, all tho others previously declared for feited buying been redeemed. H e th en call e d upo n some Proprietor to move a resolution, confirming the forfeiture of the Shares. Mr. BULT mw;ed, and Mr. S3IALE seconded, the reso lution, deel;tring the said shares to be forfeited to the Compav, and empowering the Directors to dispose of :bem. Mr. BELL, inquired if the shares would be sold in the market? The CHAIRMAN said the Act of Parliament empow ered them to sell them in any way they thought best. The motion was put and carried. Mr. Ilaavee said the London and Birmingham Rail way had set, them an example worthy of their adoption, which was tht t i ( stating the probable amount of divi deld at r l . -,Q next distribution. 1 1 .1 e CHAIRMAN said he should be sorry to state any thing which lie was not certain of. They had not made OUt the year's accounts, but they should be happy to allow any_ gentleman to go into the office and inspect th e books. He knew nothing with respect to that railway 'which he would not communicate to any individual. Mr. Wieeints made an application to the meeting respecting the payment of shares, but it was decided that the subject could not be taken into consideration at that meeting. The Hon. Gentleman also wished that the forfeited shares should not be disposed of till June, upon which a short conversation arose but it was decided that the subject could not be enter tained except at a meeting called for the purpose. A PROPRIETOR inquired what portion of the 240,0001. granted at the last meeting had been raised ? The CHAIRMAN said that about:6B,ooo/. had been raised. ' Some conversation then arose as to the propriety of A t once commencing the line to Hertford and Ware, which will be fully discussed at the next general annual meeting o f the Company, whi c h i s to b e held in February next. A PROPRIETOR inquired when the railway would be opened throughout ? The CHAIRMAN said he had consulted Mr. Peto, and he had stated that it would be finished in April next. In answer to a question from a Shareholder, The CHAIRMAN said that the Company could not carry goods yet, as accommodation bad not been provided. Mr. HARVEY said that with respect to the prevention of accidents on the railway, he wished to inquire if the plan of placing an empty carriage neat t he engine' and also one behind, had been adopted? He thought it might be desirable that some means should be adopted to pre vent, as far as possible, the recurrence of accidents, in order to give confidence to the public. The CHAIRMAN said he did not think empty carriages placed in the manner described would prevent accidents. Mr. KINNAIRD said that frequently stage coaches were placed between the passenger carriages and the engine. He was happy to say that this line of railway was less liable to accidents than any other, as there were no cuttings or e mbankments. They had never had an acci dent yet. The ClitlßMAN—Don't boast, Mr. Kinnaird.—(A augh.)—There being no further business before the meeting, thanks were voted to the Chairman and Direc tors, and the meeting adjourned. • LAW INTELLIGENCE. SHERIFFS' COURT, Jan. 6. DRYDEN V. SYDNEY. In this case the plaintiff was a partner in the firm of Boyle, Brydcu, and Co., the publishers of the Court Guide, carrying on business at 290, Regent-street ; and the defendant, Sir William Robert Sydney, was a lawyer, residing at No. 11, New Palace-yard, Westminster. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 151 for work and labour done, and upon an account stated, to which the defendant pleaded that he never was indebted except in the sum of 101., which he paid into Court. Mr. Bryden had been a Parliamentary and house agent pre vious to his joining the establishment in Regent-street; and in May last Sir W. R. Sydney called at the plain tiff's office, and said he was recommended by a Lady named Boyle to apply to him to dispose of his house in Palace-yard. Ile said he wanted 400/ for the lease of the house, but if that could not be got, he would accept of 1501., or even 50/, as he wanted to be rid of it. Under these circumstances, the plaintiff caused three advertisements to be inserted in the Morning Papers, and the lease was subsequently sold for 50/. to a gentleman named Rickworth, who took the fixtures at a valuation, and upon informing Sir Robert'he told the defendant to call the next morning and he would settle the account, which at the rate of Si. per cent. on the rental of the house and the incidental charges, formed the amount of the present demand. Next morning Sir Robert left town saying he would remit the money to plaintiff. The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF having summed up, the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the full amount claimed. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Jan. 6. IN RE THOMAS F. BALLS. The bankrupt was an extensive omnibus proprietor, who ran between Vauxhall and Oxford-street. His lia bilities were considerable, while his available assets will scarcely pay ls. in the pound. A number of omnibus proprietors, horso•dealers, and persons connected with the trade were in attendance to prove claims, and after a long discussion Messrs. Week ley, coach-maker, and Ashland, corn-factor, were chosen assignees. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. Antvemahn, a Malay, 30, and Samut, a Japanese, 25 were indicted for cutting and wounding Hassan, a Chinese, with intent to do him some greviously bodily harm. The prosecutor, upon getting into the witness's box, had a saucer handed to him, and he kneeled down im mediately and broke the saucer upon the rail in front of the witness-box. Mr. Harker, the usher, then administered the oath to him, according to the Chinese form, in the following words—" You shall speak the truth, and the whole truth —the saucer is cracked, and if you do not tell the truth your body shall be cracked like the saucer." Baron GURNEY inquired of the interpreter, who stated himself to be a native of Macao, whether this form of oath was binding upon the Chinese P The interpre ter replied that it was the mode of administering the oath in China. Hassan, the prosecutor, was then examined, and it ap peared that he and the prisoners belonged to the Scales by Castle East radiaman. A quarrel and fight took place between the Malays and Chinese on board the vessel, and in the course of it the prosecutor received the injury in question. There was no evidence that Samut had assaulted the prosecutor, but it appeared that Antvemahn had struck him with a bamboo. Mr. Phillips, who was instructed on behalf of the pri soners, was about to address the Jury, when the Court intimated that the offence only amounted to an assault. The Jury found Antvemahn guilty of a common as sault, and acquitted Samut. Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN having ascertained that the vessel would sail in about a month, ordered the prisoner to be confined for fourteen days. George Young was indicted for cutting and wounding Jane Griffiths. The prosecutrix being called, mounted the witness box with difficulty, and stammered out, " I am not fit to be examined." Mr. Baron GURNEY—I see you are not. Who has been giving you liquor ? Prosecutrix—l gave it to my self ; I hare been up all night, and I am very drunk. The case then proceeded, but there being no evidence to show that the name of the prosecutrix was Jane Grif fithi, the Court directed a verdict of Not Guilty to be re turned. NEW COURT. MAGISTERIAL NEGLECT. - The following case is strongly illustrative of the loose manner i❑ which depo sitions are taken in the Police Courts, and the little reli ance that can be placed on their accuracy. Peter Welch, printer, aged 17, was placed at the bar, charged with stealing 56 yards of bed-ticking, value 31., the property of Charles Thompson. The firstwitness called was the shopman of the bedding warehouse from which the ticking was alleged to have been stolen. lie stated that the name of his master was Rickards, and that he knew nothiag about any person named Charles Thompson. Mr. Baron GURNEY—Why, in your deposition before the Magistrate, you state that you were in the employ of Charles Thompson. Witness—l told the Magistrate that I believed my master's name to be Rickards, and that I knew nothing about Thompson. I understood that I said tie ticking was the property of my master. Mr. Baron GURNEY—Then :you know nothing about any Charles Thompson? Witness—No, my Lord. Mr. Baron GURNEY—CaII the next witness ; and let us see if he knows any thing about Charlie, Thompson. The next witness was the policeman, who appeared to be equally ignorant of the existence of any C. Thompson. Mr. Baron GURNEY—TeII the Magistrate that there does not appear to be any such person as Charles Thompson connected with this case. The Jury, under the direction of the Learned Judge, immediately acquitted the prisoner. It appears from the calendar that the prisoner was com mitted on the 23d December, by. J. B. Greenwood, Esq. ANOTHER LAPSUS.—Joseph Clarke and Henry Clarke were indicted for stealing certain goods, the property of i William Mills and another. On the trial it appeared that Mr. Mills had no partner. Mr. Baron GURNEY—Who gave orders to have the in dictment prepared at Mr. Clarke's office ? A City policeman stepped into the box and said ho had clone so. Mr. Baron GtTamEY--What directions did you give? Witness—That they should be indicted for stealing the goods of William Mills. I said nothing about any partner. - Mr. Justice WIGLITMAN said that - under the circum stances it was the duty of the Jury to acquit the pri soners, which they accordingly did. The Court, how -1 ever, ordered both the prisoners, and also the prisoner Peter Welch, to be remanded until next session, and in the meantime gave directions to have proper indictments preferred against them. TRIAL OF A LASCAR.— Russell, a lascar, was placed at the bar, charged with feloniously cutting and wounding Abraham, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. The prisoner, who was attired in a pilot coat, with a large fur collar, which was closely buttoned up to the chin, surveyed the Court with a look of the most intense curiosity and satisfaction, unmingled, however, with any thing like an appearance of appre hension or anxiety ; he seemed, in fact, to regard the whole proceeding as an exhibition got up for his own especial amusement. When brought up to plead in the morning, on which occasion Mr. Sheriff Rogers addressed a few words to him in Hindostanee, he appeared attired in a turban. He now, however, stood at the bar bareheaded. An interpreter having been sworn, The first witness, who was attired in a turban, was sworn on the Koran. He said his name was Abraham, and that he belonged to the ship Fort William. The prisoner was his shipmate. Prisoner had struck him when he was on board ship in the East India Docks. Witness was under the forecastle when Russell gave. him five dollars. Russell was en trusted to give out money. Witness gave three of the dollars to one of the topmen, andwith two dollars bought some clothes of the Serang. 'rhe Serang told witness to give another man two dollars, but he had no more. The prisoner was the Serang. Witness said he had no more to give. Prisoner said he must give, and struck him with the hooka produced on the forehead. It bled, and hurt him much. He had done nothing to the prisoner to snake him do it. The hooka was produced in Court, and appeared rather a formidable instrument. Cross-examined by the Prisoner, through the Inter preter—Witness was clerk to the Serang (the prisoner). Prisoner had given him 90 dollars before. Mr. Baron GURNEY—lnterpreter, tell the prisoner the question is not about the dollars, but about striking him with the hooka. _ _ The Interpreter (after communicating with the pri soner)—He says that he did not wish to break his head. Mahomet Greatoo, sworn upon the Koran, and exa mined through the medium of the interpreter, deposed that he saw the blow given with the hooka by Russell, and that Abraham had done nothing to Russell pre viously. The constable of the East India Docks deposed to taking the prisoner into custody on board the Fort William. Mr. Blew, a surgeon, described the nature of the in jury the prosecutor had received. Mr. Baron GURNEY—lnterpreter, ask him if he has anything to say in his defence. The interpreter, after communicating with the pri soner, said, he says he has nothing to say. Mr. Baron GURNEY summed up, and The Jury found him guilty of a common assault. The Surgeon of the ship said that the prisoner as Serang was a man whose presence was required on board the ship. He was the chief and manager of the native crew. Mr. Baron GURNEY sentenced him to be imprisoned for one week. THE PEussrAN EMBASSY.—The personnel of the Prussian le;;ation have removed to his Excellency Chevalier Bunsen's mansion (recently Lord Stuart de Rotheaars),onCarlton-house-terrace, whereßaron Canitz and Baron Schlenitz have taker it their reeidepce. _ SURRE Y SESSIONS. DanielDonaghue was indicted for stealing a copper, or brewing utensil, value 41., the property of Joseph Rams dale, from the Borough-market, on the 30th Dec. last. Policeman 207, saw the prisoner in Duke-street, London-bridge, at six o'clock in the evening of the 30th Deceinber last with the copper on his back. He asked witness if he was in the right direction for Abbot-street, Dockhead. Witness said yes, but inquired where he was going with the copper ; he said he was carrying it for his master, Mr. Pontifex, to the place he had named. Witness asked why he had come so far round:; he said he did not know the other way. Witness followed him, on seeing which the prisoner asked if he was going to see that it was all right ; he went on to Abbot-street when he stopped at the door of a marine-store-keeper, where he went in. Witness followed, and the woman who was in the house denied any knowledge of the copper ; he therefore took the prisoner and the copper to the station-house, where it was identified by Mr. Ramsdale as his property. Mr. Ragsdale said the copper was his, and was safe in a loft in the Borough-market, a few days before the one in question. On receiving information of the loss of the copper, he went there and found that the place had been broken open, and the article carried away. He believed he had sometimes employed the prisoner to do little jobs for him, but never to carry the copper. Policeman No. 89 said, when taken into custody, the prisoner said he was standing by St. George's church, when a man came up and offered him a job. He took him to Mr. Pontifex's, where the copper was standing on the pavement, and told him to take it and carry it to Dockhead. The prisoner, in his defence, repeated the same story. The man told him to carry it to the shop where he stopped, and he was to be there. The Jury, after a short consultation, returned a ver dict of Not Guilty. Solomon, Isaac, and Joshua Follett, stood indicted for stealing a clock, a bed, a variety of bed-clothes, and a warming-pan, at the parish of Newdigate, on the 31st October, the property of a farmer named Butcher, who resided in the same locality. _ _ _ Mr. Feast, the constable at Horsham, having taken Isaac into custody for the robbery while at work in the fields, his wife and father came up to him weeping, and imploring him to speak the truth. He said nothing until they had walked three miles, when he commenced to confess. Witness did not want to hear him, but he persisted in giving a detail of the circumstances. He said his brother Solomon incited him to the deed, and that all the three brothers assisted in it. He took him before the Magistrate at Croydon, when, having repeated his statement, he was committed, and warrants were granted for the apprehension of the other brothers. They were taken before a Magistrate at Dorking, and committed. None of the property was found upon their premises. All the things were found at the house of Isaac. Mr. Holdfast, the Constable of Itiegate, proved another confession on the part of Isaac, made while they were waiting to go before the Magistrate in that town. The prosecutor identified the property. The prisoner Solomon had resided in his house at Newdigate for 12 months previous to Michaelmas last. He (the witness) had two houses, the one in question he generally let out to parties, reserving a part of it for himself. The goods were in the house after Solomon left, at least on the day he did so. The confession was made before the Magistrates by the three prisoners. Mr. Wallinger addressed the Jury for the prisoners Solomon and Joshua, and Mr. Scriven for Isaac. The CHAIRMAN shortly summed up, and the Jury, after a short consultation, and not being likely to agree, on the suggestion of the Chairman, retired. After being out for two hours they came in and returned a ver dict of Guilty against all the prisoners, but recommended them to the mercy of the Court, but more especially Joshua and Solomon. whom they believed to have been led into the crime by Isaac. The Court then sentenced Isaac Fullett to imprison ment for six months and hard labour in Brixton ; the other two to be imprisoned 21 days, solitary confinement. NORWICH QUARTER SESSIONS. (Before Mr. J. JEREMY, Recorder.) NORWICH, JAN. 4.—Thomas Hewett appeared to an swer to an indictment for a misdemeanour, having, with other evil-disposed persons, carrying various sorts of arms, unlawfully assembled to disturb the peace, on the 16th of November last, at Catton New Church, and then and there made a noise, riot, and disturbance, for the space of an hour or more. He was further indicted for having on the same day a second time, with other evil disposed persons, unlawfully assembled, and thereby created a disturbance during the ceremony of consecra tion at Catton New Church. The case excited great interest, the Court being com pletely crowded during the whole time of the trial. Many of the Magistrates were present. Mr. EvANs appeared for the prosecution. Hewett, who conducted his own case, objected to Mr. Nurse being sworn on the Jury, alleging that he was prejudiced against the Chartists. Mr. EVANS called the following witnesses : Robert Coleman, policeman, deposed—He was ordered to attend the church at New Catton, on the 16th of No vember, and at about half-past ten o'clock was stationed at the gate of the church. I saw some persons with a band coming towards the church. I saw Hewett close by the church gates ; there were about 300 persons as sembled ; they were conducting themselves in a very to • multuous manner. People were not able to get up to the church-yard before the Bishop's carriage came up. Se veral attempts were made to get into the churchyard. I saw Hewett very active and prominent in those attempts. When the bishop's carriage came it could not be driven up to the gate ; there was a great deal of hooting and diffe rent expressions used,directed against the Bishop. After the carriage came up the persons in it obtained entrance into the church by sheer force. The Mayor then personally as sisting the Bishop succeeded in obtaining admission. About half an hour after the gate was broken the con duct of the mob was such as to terrify people attending the service. After the Bishop came out of the church the band and banners returned. The Bishop went round the churchyard ; the band was playing and the people were shouting. I saw Hewett take a banner and hold it over the rails. I heard him say something, but do not recollect the words. The Mayor then took Hewett into custody. The Chartists behaved in a riotous manner, and attempted to rescue him. He was put into a car riage and conveyed to the station-house ; he put his head out of the window and shouted " Hurrah for the Char tists ; three cheers for Feargus O'Connor." Superintendent Yarrington examined—Hewett headed a procession at the church with bands and banners. Hewett and a number of others came up and asked for admission. A rush ensued, and an attempt to force open the gate, which was broken. I saw Hewett, who called out, "Go it, my boys," or words to that effect ; he was foremost amongst those who made the crush when the Bishop's carriage came up. After the church was consecrated the Bishop came out to consecrate the churchyard ; then the same band came up with the flags ; they came up playing " God save the Queen," and halted at the corner. After the Bishop had gone round the churchyard he went into the church porch to read the service of consecration. The band then played the Old Hundredth Psalm. The people were arraying the banners on the church rails. I saw Hewett plant a banner myself. The Mayor asked me to go with him and apprehend him. We did so, and the people endeavoured to rescue him. I saw the defendant in the station-house afterwards. He considered it a d—d odd thing that he could not hire a band and have it play without our interference, and that we had no right to stop his men on the highway. Hewett and the people with him acted together. Their conduct was such as as to alarm persons who might wish to attend the ceremony. Sergeant Copeman stated—l attended at New Catton Church when the Bishop was consecrating the church yard. After he had been round the churchyard he went to the Church, and Hewett and others said, " Now we'll go and consecrate it." Hewett had a large banner, with the inscription of the Bishops' and others' salaries. Hew ett was then taken into custody. By Hewett—You said " Go it, my boys," when the rush was made to force the gate. The COURT (to Hewett)—You said you were going to call witnesses ; what are you going to prove ? Hewett—l want to prove that no alarm was created at Catton. Mr. Kitson, respecting this, deposed that during the reading of ,the service the cougreg talon rose up in alarm - agniecidtitac, , keVig etiSenlY opened, and the serv l ch was Itia- a few thinutes stopped. The proceedings were such as to terrify people. It was quite impossible for females to obtain admission into the church. By Hewett—The band was not playing when the con gregation rose. This was the case for the prosecution. Hewett, in defence, said he could not see that there was any charge made out against him, and cited the act relative to riots. The Learned RECORDER stated ,that any proceedings which had a tendency'to riot were unlawful, and in sum ming up explained the difference between a riot and a rout—that where persona tumultuously assemble together fur the purpose of doing an unlawful act, and such assem bling is accompanied with some circumstances of actual violence, or is calculated to inspire people with terror, and if they proceed to execute any unlawful purpose, then it is a riot ; but if they do not so proceed to execute any unlawful purpose, then it is a rout. ; The Jury consulted fur some time, and returned a ver dict of Not Guilty of a riot, but Guilty of a rout. The Learned RECORDER then, after remarking that the Jury had found Hewett guilty of the minor offence only, and condemning such proceedings as took place at Catton. sentenced him to be imprisoned for two months, and to find two sureties after that time of 501. each, and be him self hound over in the sum of 1001. for his good beha viour for twelve months. It has reached has that their Serene Highnesses the reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg, uncle of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the Dowager Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha, will unavoidably be absent from the christening of the Prince of Wales. It is said his Excellency Baron Gersdorff, the Saxon Minister, will have the honour to officiate as represent ative of his Serene Highness as one of the sponsors, and we believe her Royal Highness the Duchess of 'Cent will act for the Dowager Duchess. LIVERPOOL, JAN. S.—(FITMI a Correspon dent.)--The Jenny Jones arrived from London on the 2d. About twenty miles east of Tuskar fell in with her Majesty's steamer Avon, hence to Plymouth, on fire ; remained by her for about an hour, when the fire was got under by . ripping up the decks. The Avon then bore away for Milford. Yesterday morning, between nine and ten o'clock Mr. William Johnson, residing in Regent-street, acci dentally fell by stepping on a piece of•.orange peel, by which he received a fracture of the left thigh, near the hip. He was conveyed on a shutter to Middlesex hospital. . _ POLICE INTELLIGENCE; MANSIOA-HOUSE. A man, named John Thompson, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having defrauded Mr. Dubock, the landlord of the Coach and Horses public house in Petticoat-lane, of some silver and a meal of victuals, &c. The prisoner was supposed to be a ship carpenter. It appeared from the statement of the publican, who gave a very droll and animated account of the affair, that the prisoner called at his house and asked whether he had kept it thirteen years ago. The answer was that the person who carried on the business at that time was gathered to his fathers, and would no more be seen. " I am sorry for that," said the prisoner, " for I lodged in this house thirteeen years ago, and better treatment I never received any where, so that its recollections make me wish to lodge here again." He then asked witness to board and lodge him, and said that fifteen shillings a week was the sum he used to pay on the former occa sion. Witness, although unused to the entertainment of strangers with bed and board, consented, and the pri soner sat down to his first meal in the house, and then requested that the witness would provide him a trustworthy porter, and accompany him to the India docks, in order that his chest of carpenter's tools, and other property, might be fetched from thence in safety. On their way the prisoner said he bad to call upon his captain, in Prescott-street, about his wages, and he and witness, and the porter, went into a public-house in the neighbourhood, to make arrangements. The pri soner in a short time went over to a house in which he said the captain lived, and knocked at the do r, being watched by the witness and the p or t er , w h o 'began to suspect that all was not right with him. After making, as was afterwards ascertained, some ineffectual inquiry at the house, he walked on further, and at last disappeared, and witness and the porter began to condole with each other upon being made victims. They, however, deter mined to remain in the public-house for some time, and after a short delay, in walked the prisoner. " It's all right," said he, " I shall receive my wages from the cap tain presently, and I want you to lend me 4s. 6d. to give to the servants." Witness handed him the 4s. 6d. but no longer let him out of sight ; and he soon learned that the fellow had been home to witness's wife, immediately after he was missed, and endeavoured to do her out of I ls. 6d., upon the pretext that her husband wanted to pay the dock fees upon the tools. A po liceman was then employed to take care of the inge nious fellow, who would certainly have succeeded if he had not had rather clever people to deal with. A man named Richardson stated that he was in Mr. l)ubock's house in Petticoat-lane when the prisoner CR tered in a hurry, and asked Mrs. Dubock for I ls. 6d. for her husband, who wanted to pay fees at the dock. Witness, upon being called by her, who suspected that the prisoner was not a bit better than a thief, re fused to let him have the money, dogged the prisoner, and carne up just after the prosecutor had lent him the 4s. 6d. The LORD MAYOR-Why, Mr. Thompson, this was well clone of you. You have been long practising this work ? Prisoner—No, my Lord. I meant nothing bad, and I am ready to pay the gentleman the money I borrowed from him. The LORD MAYOR—You mean the money you swin dled him out of. Pray who are you? Prisoner—l am a poor Swede, and I came to London five days ago from Valparaiso. The LORD MAYOR—In what vessel? Prisoner—ln the Nereid. The LORD AlAYott—There is no such ship from Valpa raiso to my knowledge. I happen to have some know ledge of shipping, and I have no doubt you are an impostor. Mr. Dubock said that his object in bringing the pri soner before the Lord Mayor was to Render service to the public. The fellow, he said, told his wife when he tried to rob her, that the captain and her husband were enjoy ing themselves at a tavern. The prisoner was remanded. G UILDHALL. Mr. Alderman Gains, on taking his seat upon the Bench, said he begged to correct an erroneous statement which appeared in several of the morning newspapers. It had been stated that Mr. Alderman Copeland, when committing some destitute persons to prison, had said that upwards of 6,000 casual paupers had been relieved within the last twelvemonths in the London Union. He (Mr. Alderman Gibbs) regretted to say that the destitution prevailing in the City of London, both amongst the per manent residents and those who came into it, either seek ing work or from other causes, far exceeded that number, for he could state upon authority, that the casual paupers relieved in the London Union within the last QUARTER amounted to no less than 10,000 persons. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S STATUE, by SIR F. CHANTREY. Yesterday the Committee appointed to superintend the preparation of the erection of an equestrian statue to his Grace the Duke of Wellington, in th• city of London, assembled at the Mansion-house. Sir Peter Laurie in the chair, There were present Mr. Master man, M.P., Mr. F. B. Simpson, Mr. Francis, Mr. Rainbow (the Honorary Secretary to the Committee), Mr. Child, Mr. Jordan, Alderma❑ Lucas, Alderman Humphery, Mr. Edgingtoo, Mr. Burbage, Mr. Bridges, and Mr. Jones and Mr. Turner, executors of the late Sir Francis Chantrey. The Sub-Committee appointed by the Committee to communicate with the executors of Sir Francis Chantrey presented the following report to the meeting : The Sub-Committee appointed to confer with the executors of the late Sir Francis Chantrey, and also to inspect the state of the work, and to inform themselves as to the progress made towards the completion of the equestrian statue to be erected in the city of London, in honour of his Grace the Duke of Wellington, beg to report that on Thursday last, Dec. 30, they visited the atelier of the late distinguished sculptor, there being present on the occasion Mr. Masterman, the Treasurer, &c. &c. On entering the studio they were shown a bust of his Grace the Duke of Wellington, cast in plaster, of the size of the head, intended to be com pleted in bronze, which bust the Committee were in formed bad received the finishing touch of Sir Francis Chantrey but a few days before his lamented decease. Opposite to this was placed what was understood to be the quarter-sized model of the complete statue—the horse being in plaster, and the figure of the Duke still in clay. " At the end of the room was a model of the horse of the full size, and, as the Committee were instructed, in a state to receive the plaster which would form the mould in which the metal would be eventually cast. " The Committee further requested that the execu tors would also comply with the wish expressed by the last Committee, that they should report in writing to the Committee the exact state in which the work had been left by Sir Francis Chantrey. The Sub-Committee beg, in conclusion, to state that a letter has been sent, on behalf of the executors, signed by Mr. Weekes and Mr. Cunningham, to be presented to the Committee at their present meeting." The Report was unanimously agreed to, and the letter of Mr. Weekes and Mr. Cunningham, two very clever men, who had been for many years employed by Sir Francis Chantrey, and had wrought at his most celebrated works, was read, and ordered to be entered on the minutes. The following resolution was, after some conversa tion amongst the members of the Committee, unani mously agreed to : " Resolved, that it is the opinion of this Committee, that from the Report of Sir Francis Chantry's execu tors, and the Sub-Committee appointed to inspect, the progress of the work is such as to lead to the convic tion that the executors are fully enabled, with the assistance of Messrs. Cunningham and Weekes, to complete the statute of the Duke of Wellington ; and that they be therefore empowered to pro ceed with the work, such endorsement being added to the original contrast as the legal advisers of the trustees shall consider ❑ecessary to ensure the performance of its obligations."—The Committee then adjourned. It has been determined to place the statue in the space before the West-end of the Royal Exchange, now occupied by the clump of buildings which have been ordered to be taken down, and which are called 13aalre-batiltliage. LLOYD'S SHIPPING VESSELS SPOKEN WITII-Victoria, Madagascar to Mauritius, 22d Oct., lat, 22 S., Jon. 53 E.; Anna, Bata via to Rotterdam, 30, Mt. 32, lon. 30 ; Margaret, Bom bay to London, Nov. 12, lat. 32, lon. 15 ; Osprey, Bom bay toLiverpool, 12 ; Portland, Bombay to Liverpool, 14, lat. 14, lon. 10 ; Six, Bombay to London, and barque Laura, same day ; Quinton Leitch, Bombay to Liverpool 16, lat. 28, lon. 6 • a ship, from Cadiz, No. 39, rendez vous flag, 3d ult., lat. 1 N., lon. 21 W.; Warner, Clyde to Sierra Leone, Ist inst., by the Circassian, arrived at Cork. Underwood, London to St. Kitt's ; Veracity, sktg Londonnru:aib,ba2yc4itito,thha,Serit arrived Domino ae i its n o g sLn, o .i , valer3 4 rrp t i; h io,Ce(ii. ult., aan p a uiL t iod . vnil l l.o,, 7 ;: , vr3b,p l t o iaob n rio, nci). Liverpool. , osßt b roaa y mirA,ci t uu h unse e e:l t G i‘l i a ta n d tl a e llu 2 p d e, and Jam lon. 5, by her Majesty's James, 14th, hit. 32, lon. 31 ; Eliza, of Swansea, for i l n at s . t. : l ia N t. 45 7. 25 Cuba, 22d, lat. 41, lon. 16 ; Esperance, Granville to ship Conway, arrived at Portsmouth. Argyle, of and for Greenock, 13th Sept., lat. 16 S., lon. 66 ; Ajax, Bristol to Trinid a d, Ist ult., lat. 26 N., lon. 37 E. Phi- D lan ia d at er o , nd l4 , li s ra c m ar i b c o h r i ou t ogh, London, 27th, lat. 49, lon. 11 ; from Sierra Leone, 28th, lat. 50, lon,ll ; Elizabeth, Liverpool to Charleston, 28th ; Cleostra tus, from the Clyde, 31st ; Northumberland, toMadras,Sept. 1, lat. 1 S., lon. 78 E., by the Royal Adelaide, arrived in the Clyde. Hunter, London to Jamaica, 25th ult.,lat. 41, lon. 13, by the Blotnidan, arrived at Plymouth. General Evans, Demerara to Sierra Leone, 26th Nov., lat. 27, lon. 62, by the Greenock, arrived in the Clyde. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals-Circassian, Sproule, from Bombay, off Cork, and proceeded to Liverpool, sailed Sept. 21 , Ascension, Nov. 28 ; Stratford, Haslep, from Mauritius, off mPen zance ; Royal Adelaide, Barbour, from Bombay, the Clyde, sailed Aug, 16, St. Helena , Nov. 4 . Arrivals at Ascension-Argyle, from Bombay, and sailed Nuv. 28 ; Baboo, Stewart, 28, from Colombo, and sailed 28, to Liverpool ; her Majesty's steamer Wilber force, from Africa. Departure from St. Helena-Claudine, Brewer, Nov. 'lB, to London. Arrival atßombay-Mor, Young, Nov. 24, from China. Departures from China-St. Mungo, Lamont, Grey hound, Hutchinson, and Saghalien, Brown, all for Eng land, previous to the 9th of October. The Neptune, , Ferris, under despatch. Count St. Aulaire ' the French Amb assa d or, visited the -Earl of Aberdeen yesterday after noon, at the Foreign-office. • MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. • FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—The intelligence from China and India, published exclusively in the Times of this morning, ex cited the greatest interest in the City, and all the places of commercial resort were occupied with it, almost to the exclusion of every other topic. It was the more gratifying to the merchants, as they had hardly ex pected that so rapid a progress could have, been made in .the military operations against China ; and it need scarcely be adverted to, what immense commercial inte rests are involved in that enterprise. It is almost un necessary to say, that not a syllable of news from the same quarter transpired through any private channel in the course of the day, so that even the great speculators in tea, who have usually been so active •n these" ocea sions, were indebted to the Times for all the information they obtained. The market for this article, so import ant was the news, was quite paralyzed, so that little spe culation occurred. We have had a much firmer market for the English securities to-day, our intelligence from China being con sidered highly satisfactory. This was also the first day for private transfer in the stocks, which have been closed for the January dividends, but business was not exceedingly brisk. It was checked in a measure, we be lieve, by the withdrawal by the East India Company of monies afloat in the market on the deposit of stock, which caused a temporary scarcity. The fact that the divi dends were paid to-day on East India Stock, is quite suf ficient to account for this movement. SUN.—Neither the accounts from China nor the Revenue Returns have had the slightest effect on the Funds. From the success of the China expedition it might have been supposed the Funds would have advanced, but there are rumours respecting an extensive funding of Exche quer Bills, which are quite sufficient to keep down prices. Consols were 89+ to for the 14th instant, and 89i to for Money. Exchequer Bills realised 18s. to 20s. prem. India Stocks advanced to 247. The Foreign Bonds were inanimate, nor was there any disposition to speculate in the Railway Market. Great Western, Brighton, and Birmingham, were about the same as yesterday. Spanish Bonds were a trifle better, viz., 25i to t. Portuguese not quite so good, the New being 32i. NEW THEORY_ OF MESMERISM. Al the Queen's Rooms, Hanover-square, yesterday, my . delivered a lecture upon a new theory of Mesinerisin, to have been discov ere d by M r . Baird, of Manciesr, "an eminent surgeon." Th ere l were about sixty persons p: went, many of them ladies, and, to judge from their appearaOce, and the numerous equipages which awaited them at the doors, the com pany consisted for the most part of the "higher class." Whatever may have been said of those who attended Mr. Duncan's previous lectures in London, it is certain that on this occasion not more than half-a-dozen entered the lecture-room without paying at the do:V. However ex traordinary therefore might appear the patience with which they sat out a d u ll l ec tu re , an d s till duller illus trations, it could not be accounted for on the st.lPPosition that they were friendly vi s it ors , w h o came , ''Without curiosity, merely to support a favoured empiric. Indeed, there was a good deal in the bearing of the lecturer h im self to impress any but the most ill-natured that he w as not an imposter (as according to his statement he ha.' been styled), and that though his theory may be of little ,vorth, he considers it supremely grand and important. The first part_of his discourse consisted chiefly of an apology for the Mesmerists, of whose views and mode of proceeding he showed the most profound ignorance. He gave a clear, but somewhat stale and tiresome account of the opposition which all new theories in science and inventions in art have met with, and the persecutions which their propounders have endured since the days of Copernicus, to Harvey and Fulton ; and he very reason ably claimed that the facts offered by the Mesmerists and his own instructor, Mr. Baird, should at least be investigated before they were rejected. Ho read an ex position of Mr. Baird's theory, written by that gentle man himself ; from which we learned, that, looking steadfastly in a particular direction, and at one object, for some time, produces congestion of the brain, and a train of inexplicable derangements, in the condition and functions of the heart, &c., which, he affirms, constitute the mesmeric sleep 1 The absurdity of this doctrine was not greater than that of the method which the lecturer employed for proving its infallibility. A very interest ing little girl, some twelve or thirteen years of age, whefts has frequently been the subject of the experiment, was placed in a chair. The lecturer then lifted up her right arm with the index finger erect, opposite to her face, and directed her to look at that finger. She sat for little more than four minutes in that position, when he declared her to be asleep. He then fixed her arms and legs in a straightened position, extended from her body, and, upon examination, we found the muscles tense, and the limbs in the rigid state sometimes observed in mesme rised persons. Mr. Duncan, after a time, called to her in a loud voice to stand up and come to him. It was not at all wonderful, and (what Mr. Duncan seems not to know) not at all like anything ever related of naesme= rism, that she did stand up and go to him ; and more, that she knelt down when he loudly bade her to do so ; and clasped her hands together as if in prayer, when bidden in the same manner. Five gentlemen afterwards volunteered to subject themselves to experiment. They were placed in a row with their backs to the audience, and instructed to fix their eyes intently- upon cprks fastened to their foreheads. Thus they sat, nearly half an hour, squinting, for that is the mode of regarding the cork, or other object, enjoined by the new theory, natural squinters being, by Mr. Duncan's account, not susceptible ! but they sat in vain, and arose at length not less awake, though more fatigued than when they sat down. If there be any truth in the theory, nothing was said or done at the Queen's Rooms yesterday that can, in the slightest degree, advance it. TIIE DISTRESSED PRINTERS, A numerous meeting of the letter-press printers was held last night at the London Mechanics' Institution, Chancery-lane, - to receive the report of the Compositors' Committee, appointed in the October of list year to re ceive subscriptions for the relief of the numerous mem bers of the trade thrown out of employment. The re port of the Committee was accordingly read by Mr. Parker, the Secretary, from which it appeared that the receipts had been as follows : X. s. d. Balance in hand from last Committee 24 0 0 Country subscriptions Donations from master printers and others connected with the trade Other donations . Subscriptions from the London printers in employment 3OB 18 7i Total 1,042 7 9i Out of these receipts 4411. 3s. 6d. had been spent in the relief of applicants, which together with the share of do nations to the press committee (246/. ls. 10d.) and sun dry necessary expenses, made a sum expended of 7561. 14s. 11d., leaving a balance in the hands of the Compo sitors' Committee of 285/. 12s. lOid. It further ap peared from the report that the rate of relief per week had been ss. per head for the unemployed single men, and 6s. per head for the unemployed married men, with 6d. additional in the case of the latter for each child they had. The Report congratulated the trade upon the fact that several of the great houses, which had been empty of hands some time back, were now full, which had had a beneficial effect ; and the Committee taking into consideration that the temporary pressure which they had been appointed to relieve, would determine on the meeting of Parliament, recommended that their (the Committee's) labour should come to a conclusion in the first week after the meeting of Parliament, and that meanwhile no further subscriptions should be received, considering the balance which was in hand. The Re port concluded by expressing the thanks that were due to the proprietors of many of the London papers not only for their donations, but for having most kindly al lowed the insertion of advertisements free from all charge except the duty, as well as to many private indi viduals, amongst whom were particularly noticed the Rev. Mr. Fiske (who had sent in a donation of 30/.), Lord Panfnure, the Archbishop of York, and the clergy of his diocese. The Report, which was most copious and interesting, was heard with marks of general appro bation, and universally adopted. Some discussion ensued upon the causes which had occasioned so much distress at different periods of late among the trade, and an understanding was come to that the Committee should state in their printed balance-sheet, as fully as possible, the nature of those causes. Auditors having been appointed to look over the ac counts, and thanks having been voted to the Committee for their zealous exertions, the meeting separated. THEDISTRESSED SPITALFIELDS WEAVERS. —On Wednesday night, at seven o'clock, a very nume rous meeting of the unemployed and. distressed Spital fields weavers was held, by adjournment from the Satur day previous, at the Crown and Anchor, Waterloo-town, Bethnal-green, for the purpose of obtaining information from the acting Committee, when the funds in the hands of the Lord Mayor would be distributed. Mr. Britten in the chair. The Report of the Committee was given by Mr. Claisse, the Secretary, from which it appeared that he had that day seen Mr. Miller, the Honourary Secretary to the Committee formed for the purpose of distributing the funds in the hands of the Lord Mayor, and by whom he was informed that probably the distri bution would commence on Saturday, and be in full operation on the Monday following. Several weavers then addressed the chair, lamenting the delay, and alluded to their resignation under the trying circumstances in which they had been placed. They observed that they knew of many families who had no coals at this season, and who were without food, and where, if relief were delayed beyond the Saturday, fatal consequences might arise. It was then moved, seconded, and unanimously resolved, " That in consequence of the number of indi viduals who have not been visited, a deputation be ap pointed to wait on Mr. Hanbury, at the brewery in Brick-lane, to solicit that the labours of the acting Com mittees be continued in the visiting department, and that the immediate distribution of the funds to those who have been visited take place." Upon the resolution being adopted, Mr. Hornsby appealed to the meeting to know who had not been visited, when nearly half the meeting held up their hands. He then suggested that w h en t h e deputation was formed, it should be a recommendation to them to impress, in their interview with Mr. Hanbury, the necessity of appointing some locality where a box might be placed, into which applications from those weavers who had not been visited might be placed, stat ing their circumstances. A deputation of six was then formed, who were directed to request that, if possible, the funds at the latest might be distributed on the ensu ing Saturday. The meeting then, after having voted thanks to the Chairman, who replied in a few words, broke up at a late hour. TUE INCREASE IN THE TAXES has been procured by means no less expressive of the necessities of the State than the decrease in the Excise department indicates the distress of the people. The ordinary course has been this : the moiety of the yearly land-tax and as sessed taxes due on the 29th of September, was not paid until after the sth of January following ; but in the year which has just closed, a new and much more rigo rous system has been introduced, and generally applied, for the purpose of obtaining payment. A circular, of which it is said that no less than 70,000 were issued from the Office of Stamps and Taxes for the metropo litan districts alone, threatened Exchequer process against defaulters on the half year terminating the 29th of September. This excited fears, which naturally led to early payment, and thus produced the amount upon the taxes to which the balance-sheet is indebted for the increase it exhibits. But this is a positive anticipation of the ordinary receipts, which will be felt at the close of the current quarter ; when a deficiency will neces sarily appear equal to the amount obtained by . the applt cation of the screw in the quarter which has just closed . --Evening paper. POLITICS ARE MORALS.—Politics are mo rals all the world over; that is, politics universally im plicate the duty and h a ppi ness o f man, Every branch of morals is, and ought to be considered, a universal concern. Under despotic Governments there is a pretension, more or less sincere, on the part of the rulers, to moral regards; but from these the bulk of the people are, by common con sent, cut off. If the bulk of the people saw the truth, that the principles of politics affect them—are the mes sage of their Maker (as principles are) to th em, as well as to their rulers, they would became moral agents in re gard to politics, and despotism would be at an end. As it is, they pay their taxes, and go out to war when t h ey are bid, are thankful when they are left unmolested by their Government, and sorry or angry when they feel themselves oppressed ; and there they end. It is owing of ang . to their ignorance of politics being morals, i.e., m aters equal concern to all—that this truth is not made mani fest in the action in every country on the globe that has any government • The same is the thecaseof es unrepre senteddpOtic. under Governments, which are not called —H. Martineau. A PRACTICAL IRISH GRIEVANCE.—One of the most useful men in Ireland is Charles Bianconi. He is useful as indicating the results of continued in dustry—useful that his love of his adopted land chides the more sluggish affections of those born upon h er soil ; he is eminently useful as a carrier. N ot hi ng can be better than the appointment of his convey ances, and nothing more convenient than the fa cilities of internal communication which they afford. Yet the Trustees of the turnpike-road be tween Cork and Fermoy have made an attempt against Charles Bianconi which, if successful, will prevent him from plying between those towns. The roads having passed from the hands of the late contractor to the trustees, these latter propose to charge Mr. Bianconi with a toll of 245. per diem for running his car over 20 miles of their trust road. Of course that amounts to a total prohibition of his vehi cles upon those roads, and Mr. Bianconi has given orders to stop his cars if it shall be levied. And this is the way the trustees of a public road accommodate the public, while they permit gentlemen's carriages to travel the same length of way for one-sixth the sum I Dublin paper. EVERY STATION HAS ITS DUTY.—The situation that has not its duty, its ideal, was never yet occupied by man. Yes, here, in this poor, miserable, hampered, despicable actual, wherein thou even now, standest, here or nowhere, is the ideal ; work it out therefrom, and working, believe, live, be free.—Thomas Cadge. ADELAIDE GALLERY• DISSOLVING VIEWS.—Last evening the members of the Press were invited to witness Mr. E. M. Clarke's ex hibition of Dissolving Views, in which he considers the application of his new principles only now completed. We had already spoken of them in The Sun, with what we considered well-merited commendation, to which we have only to add, that since our former visit, Mr. Clarke has made very great improvements, and has brought his adaptation, of ,the Camera Lucida to the highest degree of perfection. The scenes last night exhibited were fif teen finely painted pictures by Acres, Ackerman, and Simpson, the exhibition of each being accompanied by characteristic music, selected and arranged by Mr. Louis Emanuel. The views were selected from the richest scenery of Ireland, Switzerland, and Italy, and three views of the Tower of London, •by day, by moonlight, and on fire were greatly admired. The burning of the arsenal, the gradual spreading and varied intensity of the flames, together with the successive explosions which marked the several stages of the conflagration were managed with surprising dexterity and effect. The ,dis. solving views wege preceded by a very droll phantasm tr gorio of " diablerie, ' accompanied by appropriate mus.,..c of great character andexpression, a la Freischutz, though altogether original, being entirely composed and arrange& Mi. Emanuel. It has at every exhibition elicited universal applause. In the course of the evening, Mr. Swift delivered an instructive lecture on combustion. The little harpist re peated her wonderful performance on her native—we might say, her natural instrument ; and Miss Lyons sang delightfully several Italian and other melodies, to the loudly expressed delight of the company, which, we are glad to perceive, continues nightly to bo very numerous. LUXURIES VERSUS NECESSARIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sra—ln The Sun of Saturday I observe a paragraph (copied from the Manchester Guardian) stating that venison is now being impOrted into this country from America. I have seen some dead deer also brought to this port from Hamburg.' The law which admits veni son for the rich, excludes fresh mutton, beef, and pork for the poor, all which latter might be had abroad for 2d. a pound. Whilst these are prohibited, game, viz., blackcock, capercalizies, &c., from Norway, and venison, come in as "goods unmanufactured," paying a duty of 51., per cwt. ad valorem. This is of a piece with the whole. Preserved turtle is now admitted at the same rate as fresh—namely, duty free, because a long voyage deteriorates this article for the rich man's table ; but corned beef is excluded, and salted only is admitted at 12s. 7d. per cwt. ; hams pay 11. 9s. 4d. the cwt. ; sau sages 4d. the pound ; butter 11. ls. the cwt. By the way, another gross sin and iniquity arises with respect to the latter article. Owing to the high duty imposed, the im porter often finds that it will not reach a remunerating price after it arrives here, and though it would serve many domestic purposes, such as " shortening" for crust, and even do to butter the poor man's bread, when he can get a leaf, our selfish legislators will not permit it, but order that, when it cannot pay the landlord's tax, tar shall be mixed with it, to reduce it to grease, and the Custom House officer who superintends this pleasant duty has to certify that it is rendered unfit for human food. Is not this a cruel and wilful destruction of the bounties of Providence, for which the present laws are responsible ? In all our petitions against the abominable Corn-laws we should as well denounce the no less hateful exactions upon provisions. The effort to abrogate one should be applied to the whole ; nor as a measure of justice should we slacken our efforts until we have obtained indemnity from the landlords for the wrongs they have so many years inflicted upon the other classes of the community. I am quite of opinion with our good friend Col. Thomp son on this. subject. As a Hull man, I blush that that veteran apostle of free trada does not now represent us ; but attribute it not to the apathy or indifference of the great body to the odious enactments on corn and pro visions, for at the election the middle classes, or those who have the 101. franchise, gave the Colonel and Mr. Clay a majority of 300 over the Tories.. The evil was perpetrated by the old freemen, who for lucre sold their country to the enemy ; many of whom, however, now find where the shoe pinches, and, deprived of labour con sequent upon loss of trade, deplore the evils they were seduced to inflict upon themselves. I rejoice to say that Hull is showing some signs of vitality on the Corn-law question. A requisition to the Mayor to call a public meeting for total repeal is being numerously signed, and as our worthy Chief Magistrate is a good Repealer there is little doubt of , a successful meeting. As one of his old constituents, I would, how. ever, urge on Colonel Thompson again to " come over and help us" against the Philistines. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, Hull, Jan. 4, 1142. A FREE 'TRADER. THE LONDON NEWSVENDER.—The " second class" news-vender entered the ranks when a strippling, and has gone successfully through the initiatory ordeal without ever suffering a cusromer or a coadjutor to get the better of his wisdom ; he has never been fool enough to take cost price for a newspaper some two or three days old without previously demanding double its original value, on the speculative ground that the article is scarce. He is not only acquainted with the penetralia of a newspaper manufaelory, but is also on the most intimate terms with the daily emanations therefrom. He knows by sight all the editors and sub-editors, and is theoretically conversant with the nature of their duties. He fully understands the political principles of every newspaper in Europe—from the Star down to " the great Globe itself." He is neither a Whig, a Tory, nor a Radical, but an enigmatical compound of all three; and, strange to say, he can at any time mould his opinion so as to produce a corresponding har mony between his own sentiments and those of the three political parties. At one time, for the sake of peace and a " glass of grog," he will be the staunchest advocate of Sir Robert Peel; at another time—when he has had a glass too many—for the sake of " a good argument," he does not hesitate to swear that black is white, in order to prove that Lord Melbourne and Joseph Hume are Britain's truest friends. He can tell you when one paper is losing caste, and when an other is " getting up," with as much precision as an Alderman can point the way to the gallows, or a New gate chronicler the way to glory! In short, the news vender (we speak especially of the " old hand") is one of the most useful and impartial representatives of the public press. He is the arbiter of its destinies—the har binger of its fate—the propagator of its vicissitudes ; yet he is looked upon in the light of a common porter— a mere drudge, whose duty consists not in " diffusing " useful knowledge, but in merely carrying it from place to place, and thus bearing on his back a burden which Atlas might have sunk under.—The New Monthly Belle Assemblee. LIVERIES.—The term livery, as applied to the dress of servants, is of French origin, being deriveg from the verb livrer, to deliver. At the plenary courts of France, under the first two races of monarchs, the King was accustomed to deliver to the servants of the Royal Family particular clothes which were called livrees, because given at the King's expense. The nobi lity and gentry iu like manner presented to their de pendents liveries, which term sometimes denoted both food and clothes, but usually clothes alone, or even only a particular mark or badge for the clothes. . . SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. The • goillowing were the only bets laid :- 20l 0 Ito 50 agst Attila and Chatham 625 ; :to 25 agst Barrier and Defier 270 • Ito 10 ugst Lord Verulam's Robert de Gorham 400- ;to 10 agst Lord Westminster's William deFortibus 400. ;to 10 agst Lord Westminster's Auckland 1000. to 15 agst Lord CheSterfield's Joanna C---take n THE OAKS. 35 .to 1 agst Col. Westenra's Rapture—taken to 50L INTELLIGENCE . EXTRA.—LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING, -- FIRST DA` L—Norninations for the Mersey Stakes Aquilo, Gaper, Foresail, Agidia f, by the Tulip, out of . Eleanor—Titania c, by Velocipede, out of her Highness-- c, by Bay Middleton, out of Mermaid—Gipsey Queen- - 0, by Jereed, out if Ganymede—Blacklook, Xantbu s Cohn Clink, Churton, Winter, Maria Day—brother to by Emilius, out of Variation—Philip- 4 4 by Despot, out of Blue Bell—Delia —brother to Peloponessu S —f, by Physician, out of Y. Sweetpea--Marquese. SECOND DAL — Nominations for the Trades' Cup Naworth, 5 yrs—Topsail, 3 yrs—Tripoli, 3 yrs—The G a. crier, 6 yrs—Mus, aged—Sybarite--Fatalist, 4 yrs-- g r .. Cali's, 5 yrs—Bellona, 6 yrs--The Young-'un, SY" —ph son, 4 yrs—Prince Caradoc, 4 yrs—Belmont, 4 yrs rles the Twelfth, 6 yrs—The Dean, 6 yrs--St" Andrew 5 yrs—Collina, 4 yrs—Un a , 4 yrs—Paltara , eorge, aged—Vulcan, 5 yrs—Cru.iskeen, aged -- 4 yrs---(.l' Zelmyre, 5 yrs—Fidhawn, 4 yrs—Discloknre, 4 yrs- - Alice Ltawtborn, 4 yrs—Gallipot, 5 yrs—Pagan, 4 yrs -- Brother to Garland, 3 yrs—Fitzgambol, 4 yrs—Sweep er, . ;.1 yrs—Wee Willie, aged—Calypso, 5 yrs-- 31 1 5 : Trooper, 3 yrs—Mustapha Muley, 4 yrs—f by Colonel, out of Galatea, 4 yrs—Falcon, 4 yrs St. Lawrence, 4 yrs—Champagne, 5 yrs—Potent i* 4 yrs—Miss.-;Fidget, 8 yrs—Sister to Glencoe, 4yo —Black Beck, .5 yrs—Retriever, 6 yrs—JollyTar,4 yrs' The Oneida ehik‘f, 3 yrs—Welfare, 5 yrs—Hyltus, 6 Y . r s —Miss Stilton, 4 yrs—Fitzroy, 5 yrs—Satirist, 4 yrs" - Martyr, 3 yrs—Svnpson, 6 yrs—The Recorder, 6 yrk Middleham, 4 yrs-- Fleslington, 4 yrs—All Fours, 6 Yr s —Knight of the Whistle, 4 yrs—Marshal Soult, 4 yrs- - Rodanthe, 5 vrs—Blact; - Bess, 4 yrs—D u k e o f Welling ton, 4 yrs—K.;ngston Robin, 5 yrs—The Ruler, 4 yrs- - ",* Thirsk, 5 yrs---Fieschi, aged--Baronet, 3 yrs—The . Lor, a . Mayor, 6 yrs---c by Veutris, out of Gambia, 3 yrs-1 3 c 1 lingham Lass, 4 yrs—Forester, 4 yrs—Flash, 4 yrs' Ernest the First, 6 yrs—Cabrera, 3 yrs—Cormoran t, 6 yrs—Whistle Binkie,, 3 yrs—Bounc* - mway, 4 yrs": Studley Royal, 4 yrs--no ry O'More, 6 yrs—Johnny , " yrs—Mustapha, 4 yrs—The Potentate, aged—Tarealieo 4 yrs—Clinker, 6 yrs—Po ,'trait, 4 yrs—R-other to liar' purhey, 4 yrs—f by Muley Moloch, out of Lillah, 3 yrs -- ' Proof Print, 3. yrs—Shattow, 6 yrs—Princess, 3 yrs- - Tubalcaip, 6 yrs—Robin, .5 yrs—Moonbeam, 4 yrs'' Marius, 4 yrs. THE ATROCIOU& , MURDER OF AN IDIOT. (From the Dublin Evening Post.) We copy the following from the Jflail of last night " The Evening Post and other journalists have eeke ir a ' and very naturally, what is the Government about ? 116 have asked the same question ourselves, and we 0 . 6 positively state, th a t up to S atur d ay n i g h t, no gence had reached the Executive of any such mole as that stated having been committed. Had such bee° the case, and a refusal to teke such steps as were Cs' . culated to bring the perpetrators of this terrible ou t ' rage to justice, on the part of th e G overnmen t,* 0 1 would have disentitled themselve s t o t h e sup p or t a° good opinion of every well-thinking man in the kingda,m• u And is it in regard to the " fi rm an d i mpar ti a l ' r vernment of Lord De Grey"—that Government 5013 06 4 vigorous action was to extirpat e ever y vest i ge of crinir in the land—that the admission is made, of its tt )ts . helplessness and utter incapacity, to arrive even At th e knowledge of a crime having been committed, as atraci n ° 6 as any that has ever disgraced the character of man ', sr 'Weeks have elapsed since this most fiendish nittru'f was perpetrated, within forty-seven miles of the seat , °f and now, when foreigners are expresajog their disbelief of the crime, because of its terrible atr, 6. city, the organ of the Government is instructed to ( I , e ; dare, that " no intelligence had reached the Executi ve , of any such outrage." We are thus driven to adopt the' alternative of the Mail, that " the Government bay ° disentitled themselves to the support and good °pin° of every well-thinking man in the Kingdom." Sir James Graham, as the Secretary of the 1 101 t: Department, is ent r u s t e d w i t h t h e superv i s i on o f JP: Executive at Dublin C as tl e . A n d Si r James et down to Dorchester, and lauds the Government of Loc" De Grey, as "firm, impartial, and vigorous." Hero is a specimen of its vigour, exhibited to the world by "' own organ ! The Magistrates of the King's County rendere d themselves very notorious in assailing Lord NormanbP and they have an especial horror of the Stipendiary Magistrates. No wonder! We must against repeat that this fiendish murder of the idiot was committed by "gentlemen." THE MARKETS. COUNTRY MARL , ET6 Wheat. Barley. Scans, r yr"' •••••' s° s6 40 „ Per Quarter Bath Rlandford stridpert --- !Thant . ' 28 32 22 26 Exeter Gloucester 26 30 - 21 2E3 3uildford Newbury Reading..,....,, 25 38 19 31 Salisbury Shtrborne ' 28 35 ',4 32 SheptonMallet . 28 37 411 27 Oxbridge Warminster, 54 69 28 25 24 29 42 50 Worcester j 64 68 32 81 _f26 28 42 le 165 70 24 30 .:. 3 30 40 44 j LEEDS CORN M A RKET. Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 601 b. ' 653. to 73.1. 1.! --- York. and Lincoln. 601 b. . 56i. to 7 1 s• 3 Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding Beans Oats, Potatoe 24s. to 251 1 . , —Mealing, For. ltd. tol2d Eng. 11%d. to 138. Per 6 re n ad R belling 2Bs. to 313. per s. to S. 58 64 52 72 68 56 72 64 70 46 63 56 76 45 74 45 72 52 72 74.) 72 51 72 8. to 8. 97 34 31 32 S. t, c 2.2 26 t 3 26 E. to 8. 38 42 46 3 42 40 - 40 42 34 44 40 48 33 44 40 50 42 44 40 48 - 4 - 0 ; 48 38 ~ ; -4° _ DEVIZES CORN MARKET. d. Por Sack. s. d. s. d. Pe r Q uarter. s. 6 s. to 3 ,2 0 First Wheat 35 to 26 0 Oats 2" 0 Second 10 6 33 Beans (per sack)... 18 0 0 i t • Third Barley 25 0 36 0 Bread (pergallon). J 4 CHELTENHAM MARKETS. Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d, Per lb. Wheat Barley 3 0 9 9 Mutton Oats 3 0 3 9 Vral Beans . Pease 5 0 8 0 Lamb Hay 41.51. to 41. 10s. Od. per ton. CANTERBURY MARKET. Wheat, white—......... 645. to 71s. awes. 01d. .,,..... _. s, to 1t re d.„___„,...„„ 6's. to 685...—. 01d............... .....s. to l's Barley, Malting—. 28s. to 3)s ...... Grinding.. —s. to ..''g' Oats ...—.. 21s. to 21,5. ..... 0161--... —a. tom' 3 Beans s. ' 3os to 345. &woe 01d..........„.. —s. to Pease ................ 355. to ...a. w ee. 6/eye...Pos. 365. to .... 9 " CHELMSFORD MARKET. ' Red Wheat, White 57 to 68 I Oats 2 0 to 0 Red 53 (35 Pease, Gray 3l 0 Barley 30 133 White 3l 0 Chevalier 13 35 I Beans, Tick ~5 a 0 . Grinding 23 29 Mangan 2d d. to ti° , 7 6 6 6 8 6 9 7 The Duchess of Kent has been pleased to di; rect that a shawl, similar to those lately made fork!. Majesty, shall bo made for her by the inmates of tu e Royal Victoria Asylum for the Blind, Nowcastle.- - O s Mercury. ; The last of th e roya l ma i l steamers, the Tev;43t t ; proceeds steadily i n h er equ i pment, and will complete the six furnished by t h e Cl yde builders for that splell"A' undertaking. It appears th e can did ate who was expecte,•• A to come forward on th e T ory side for Dublin was Lord: celyn, but he w ou ld not meet the support of the OM rates of his party, and is besides envged for . 1 1,7,4 The deputati on f rom the Dublin Orangemen has ar"ich in London, to " fi s h up ," somewhere or other, Il i : f n - 0h " squeeze u bl e " can di date. Amongst others to vr P - re in the desp era ti on o f the Orangemen, it is said they - likely to apply, is Mr. Colquhoun I GOLD WATCHES: LONDON-MA —11 0 5013 -- ; T. COX SAVORY, Watchmaker, No. 47, Cernhill , „ ;00 s seven doors from Gracechurch-street, submits for Sele u c o l, 1 very large STOCK of GOLD WATCHES, the v i " on the which are carefully examined by experienced work'' , el' premises, and each is warranted for correct performance' SIZE FOR LADIES. Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, in engine -turned i o gold case,, and gold dials, warranted .............. £lO - Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with d ou ble-backed engine-turned gold eases and gold dials, warranted 12 V 2 Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes with double-backed gold cases and gold dials; warranted SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN. Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes, seconds, and double-backed gold cases, war ranted Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in six holes, seconds, double-backed gold cases and enamel dials, warranted l7 17 0 Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in six holes, seconds, double-hacked gold cases and gold dials, warranted Either of the Gentlemen's Watches may be had in gold }mat" cases, for 31. 3s. each extra. N.B. Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange.....te BIRTHS. On the 6th inst., in Grosvener-street, the Lady Mary Far' quhar, of a aen. On the 6th inst., at Cambridge-terrace. Hyde-park , th e lady of John Murray, Esq., younger, of Philiphaugh, of a " and heir. On the 4th inst., at Chester-place, Regenes-park, the lady of Francis Valentine Lee, Esq., of a daughter. On the 4th inst., at Crabbett, Sussex, the lady of Francis Scawen Hunt, Esq., of a daughter . MA RKIRD. On the 6th inst., at All Souls Church, Langbata-place, Thomas Harrison, of Tugby, , Leicestershire, to Elizabeth , eldest daughter of Mr. S. Ray, of Great Castle-street, Re" gent street. D lED. On the sth inst., at her house, in Vinsent-square, Wet minster, after a painful illness, Mary, the eldest daughter 0,1 the late Anthony Ditchell, Esq. , of C romer, Norfolk, an. granddaughter of the late John Ditchell, Esq., of Norvrich, aged 39 years. On the 4th ult., at Figueira, in Portugal, Mary, wifo of S. Tozer, Esq„ aged 71. On the 30th ult., at Edinburgh, Henry Scrymgeour Wed' derburn, Esq., of Wedderbut n. On the 22d ult., at the Elms, Ringwood, Hants, Willion Clark, Esq., aged 79. -----__ _ London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOITN G of No. 112, Stran,l. at The Suit Office, No. 112, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Friday, January 7, 1642. DON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1842, EVENTING SUN_ a 41;1, Fitt high !erin ill: adtlr, eat!, Juct Ctß kddre EZee riorrh