The Sun. — London, England, 1842-01-25 00:00:00

EVENING SUN SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM TEE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—Considering the strength of our cause, and of the evidence which presses from every side, and from every part of the country. in support of it, we really must almost confess to feel a sort of humiliation in ob serving what an amazing deal is made by our adversa ries of the smallest crumb of fact, fit for their purpose, that happens to fall from our table. What astonishing fel lows our Tory Contemporaries would be, if they had but a good cause ! But perhaps the monstrous deal which they can make of the slightest argument for a bad one, would render them too convincing in logic, too over whelming in rhetoric, if They had but those weapons and magazines at command which the truth furnishes. " Works may have more wit than does 'em good ; As bodies perish from excess of blood." The Flemish painters acquired their astonishing skill in perspective from the necessity imposed by the want of aids to a picture which bold scenery gives. In like manner, our Tory Contemporaries exhaust their art to give colour and character to the worse than Flemish flats of Pro-Monopoly advocacy : It is not Tory Contemporaries seemed to regard it, as they studiously abstained from saying a word about it, And were indebted to us, after all, fir the wel come news that it was without foundation)--yet it is not a fact which our views- would have led Us to regard, on reflection, as probable. It is our manual labour, unaidsd by machinery, that is chiefly under surprising they should have learned to make much of a little. And much, indeed, do the Post and Standard snake of the faCt which we furnished them—that the East India Company have not be. n giving large orders for cloth is Belgium. Although tile fact, if true, would have been most striking and startling (and so indeed, our sold on the Continent.. And though we are far from saying that the same thine. ° is not happening also to more skilled branches (as, for example, the manufac ture of fire-arms, and other articles, in which Birming ham and Sheffield have been used to consider themselves unrivalled, as Leeds and Manchester in their depart ments of cloth and of cotton), yet our readers are aware that we have rather regarded the ruinous depre ciation, and forced sales below their value, of our goods in foreign markets than the prospect of being outbidden in cheapness. That prospect is indeed neither remote nor visionary ; it is already realised in many articles, and will be in many more. We may mention as a fact which is within our knowledge, that French paper has been exported to an important colony of this country, at a profit of 80 per cent., after paying 6 per cent. extra duty. It is quite impossible. that productive industry should be burthened as it is in this country, ?vithout these effects taking place, while the rest of the world remains at peace, and at liberty to exercise the arts of peace in fair competition with us. STA NDARD.—Year after year manufacturers and tern buyers have rushed madly on in anticipating, and the anticipated time has unhappily arrived. Now, what remedy can be proposed ? To enlarge trade—that is, further to extend the field of such desperate specu lation. Why, the effect would be merely "to pile upon new runs" upon a mere tremendous scale—to have ten Manchesters and Glasgows painfully suffering instead of two. If, as we have been told by the Anti-Corn-law lec turers, the country is now within six months of anarchy, What must be our condition, with distress five or six fold extended and aggravated? Whatethen,is the.rernaly? We acknowledge the difficulty of answering the question, but the difficulty of finding a remedy is no apology for feeding the disease. We, for ourselves, must once more quote M. the Count Saint Aulaire. It is in states manship as in - medicine. The cure is effected most surely by causing the patient to last longer than the malady. We must not try to get rid of an inter mittent, by turning it into an acute, fever of a fatal type. As long as there is no direct control of over-trading which the Legislature can apply, and we confess we can imagine none, the evil must be left to correct itself by periodical chastisement; but mean while the resources of the nation must be protected from being squandered in commercial gambling, and :the labouring classes guarded from suffering by mis conduct, in which they are , not participators. These .objects can be secured only by an efficient Corn-law and a liberal provision fof• the poor, institutions, too, which must operate as constant, though moderate re straints upon the spirit of commercial _gambling. A vast amount of the present distress may indeed be ascribed with reason to the new Poor-law, -which has enabled hard-hearted landlords and farmers—for they when bribed in the same way can be just as hard-hearted as millowners—to force agricultural labourers into the manufacturing districts, and thus aid the spirit of over trading. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY, TIMES.—It is understood that the Spanish Commis sioner, M. Borrajo, had an interview to-day with the Chair man of the Committee of Spanish Bondholders, and officially assured him that the money for paying the divi dend on capitalised arrears of interest was already here, find that the delay in giving publicity to the contem plated conversion is owing to certain formalities in the preparation of the instruments not having been gone through, and to the non-arrival of the other Commis sioner, who is, however, daily expected from Paris. It was this that had the favourable influence on Spanish stock. The journeymen confectioners, who hold their meet ings in Alderagate-street, and whose object it is to get rid (if the present anomaly in the duties on manu factured sugar, continue their operations, and have been- actively employed in getting up memorials to the President of the Board of Trade and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. They have sent us spe cimens of manufactured sugar, which are so far curious that they show the variety of shapes which sugar is made to assume, in order to pass off as confectionery at the Custom-house. Formerly a kind of black sugar was in vogue, and this, in combination with charcoal, was the prevailing method of carrying on the fraud ; but now this plan seems to be abandoned, and the sugar comes over in the shape of acidulated drops, which com pletely deceive the eye, but contain no acid whatever, and a candy, in large pieces, of which, we are informed, one man could make 12 cwt. per day, and which can be converted into refined sugar, fit for use, at a most trifling expenditure. Thee various shapes, to which, by turns, the manufacturers of the Channel Islands are obliged to have recourse, show that it is not quite fair dealing on their part ; and that, de fective as the law is, they are resolved to adopt every expedient to evade its provisions and elude the vigilance of the Custom-house officers, a fact which would operate against them in case they should think themselves entitled to a compensation upon the law being altered. At the same time no vigilance on the part of the officers will ever be sufficient to prevent the injuries to the revenue when the material is susceptible of such endless disguises as sugar, and the only effectual remedy will be to impose a duty on the confectionery which shall deprive that from the Channel Islands of all advantage over our own, and thus, while protecting the revenue, do an act of justice to our operatives. A pamphlet has just been printed "On the Case of the bona fide holders of the Repudiated Ex chequer bills," the object of which is briefly to state the law and facts of that case for the consideration of Parliament, with the conviction, which the author shares with all other impartial persons who have re flected on the subject, that in enforcing the claims of the bona, fide holders justice and sound policy con cur. . Most of the authorities he cites have already been before the public from time to time, but the arrange ment of the whole in a concise form is very useful. One of the best points the author raises in favour of the holders is, that during the whole six years of the circu lation of the fraudulent hills the forgery was never de tected nor even suspected till the discovery of the dupli cate bills forced from Smith by his confession. During -this time almost. every banker in London, as well as the Bank of England, must have had some of the bills in their hands, the Government took them for the funding, and surely, if the acuteness of these bankers, as well as of the Bank and the Government, was foiled, it is to o much to insist that the present holders should have, bee n , clear-sighted enough to detect the fraud. The question of the bills will gain a new interest at the approaching Session of Parliament, and, when it will be of greater practical utility, we may perhaps return to the notice of this pamphlet. CHRONICLE.—Our correspondent may rest assured that the people of this country will never rest satisfied now until a moderate fixed duty is substituted for the sliding scale, and we therefore deem it unnecessary to offer any opinion upon the expediency of his suggestic.al, which in truth is intended to get the better of a flue tuating duty by means of an option to the imr i orter. 'The clear and simple plan of doing so is to fix the im port duty, so as to give fair play to a ll. The rumour regarding the Ministerial 'measure of Corn-law reform, which we announced at some length this morning, has produced no small sensation, and the main part of the plan, that of taking the returns from the principal market towns of the LT&.ted Kingdom, from the growers only, seems to be looked %Apotion all hands as likely to be authentic. The employ meat of the district officers of Excise, as the returniri officers, is looked upon as removing one of the ehie," obstacles to the proposed im provements in the sys.„,,of taking the averages, as any increase of patrona'; ; e and expense in the machinery will thus be obviated.,. On the Corn Exchange to-day the affair was in F I JMOSt every body's mouth, and created a very generF , 4 movement. Some parties say that the pre cise rang', of the modified scale is not to be from 15s. to ss. as a, maximum and minimum, but from 645. to 545. or 564., with a 2s. fall of duty for every rise of ls. in the average price, the maximum range of duty to be 20s. sad the minimum 4s. per quarter. We need only repeat, mat these rumours, now becoming more strong and 'apecifie every day, are to be taken only by the friends of free trade as the hander riting on the wall, which foretels the downfall of the fortress of monopoly. They should only lead the friends of commercial liberty.to more de-, terruined and powerful exertions: :SUN.—A m o d erate business was transacted to-day in the public securities, confined however almost entirely to real transfers, the jobbers and others evincing but little disposition to enter into speculative operations. rrices were maintained both for the Funded and Un funded Debt. Consols for present transfer have been quoted 89* to 891, and for the Account 89i to 89i Exchequer Bil ls were done at the improved premium o f . Saturday, viz., 1 7s. to 19s. ; and East India. Benda reached 13s. premium. New Three-and-a -H a lf per Cents. were at 98 to 98i; Reduced Three-and- a -H a lf per Cents. at / 99 Account. 99 and the Three per Cent. Annuities at 89* * 4 ; to 89i. The only bargain in Bank Stock was at 168 i ..!. for lndia Stock was not dealt in. It being now clearly ascertained that Senher Borrajo has the money for the dividends on the Capitalised Stock, some parties anticipate an improvement in th e value of the Spanish Bonds. To-d ay, however, there was not much doing either in them or the other Foreign Stocks. The Active Spanish Bonds closed a shade bet ter for the Account, viz., at 25 to 251, but for Money were quiet at 25. Portuguese Stock went lower, the decline being from 34 to 33j, and 33k for the New Five per Cents., and from 2 0 1 to 20 fo r the Three p er Cents. The news from Lisbon was not looked upon as favoura ble. Colombian Stock was rather lower, viz., 221 to 211. Mexican was not higher than 291 ; and Brazilian receded to 651 and 65. Belgian were firm at 103 ; French Five per Cents. at 117 f.; and Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. at 511 to 511. Except South Western Shares, the Railways generally were held at a lower value to-day. Great Western were 21} to 22; Birmingham, 79§ to 80; and South Western, 19/ to 261 premium. Brighton ranged from In to 13 1 1; Blackwalt from 131 to 131 ; and Midland Counties were 20 discount. London Joint Stock Bank Shares were 21 'premium ; and National Provincial Bank of Eng land were at par. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. ADDRESS• TO THE KING OF PRUSSIA. A meeting of the Court of Common Council was held yesterday, at ten o'clock • for the purpose of discussing the best mode of testifying the respect of the citizens of London towards his Majesty the King of Prussia, on the occasion of his visit to this country for the purpose of attending the christening of the Prince of Wales. The Loup MAYOR having briefly stated the object for which the COurt had been called, Mr. KING rose to propose that the Court, do invite his his Majesty the King of Prussia to honour a banquet to be given in the Guildhall for the purpose of testifying their respect to his Majesty on the occasion of his visit to this country to attend the christening of the Prince of Wales, and to show his Majesty the admiration L.- which his character is held by the citizens. of London. Mr. WILLIAMS seconded the motion. Mr. Deputy STEVENS proposed an amendment, to the effect that a Committee, consisting of the Aldermen pre sent and one member from each ward, should be ap pointed to determine the best mode of proceeding. Mr. ANDERTON seconded the amendment. _ _ A short discussion ensued, in which some of the speakers deprecated a banquet on the ground or ex pense, and recommended that an address merely should be voted to his Majesty. This view:appeared to receive approbation of the majority. Mr. WIRE urged the propriety of the amendment, and the withdrawal of the original motion. The Court might 'then decide the question in private, which would give the appearance of unanimity without dischssion. Mr. KING withdrew his motion ; and, after another short discussion, the amendment was carried, and the Committee was appointed, and retired from the Court. After about an hour's absence the Committee re entered the- Court, and Sir P. LAURIE, the Chairman, stated that, after considerable deliberation, they had come to a resolution to the effect that the most appro priate course of proceeding on the occasion of the visit of the King of Prussia to attend the christening of the Prince of Wales, was that .of voting to his Majesty a suitable Address ; and Mr. Deputy Stevens, who had so judiciously proposed the appointment of the Committee, would nuw,.with the concurrence of the Court, move an Address accordingly. Mr. KING was ready to concur in the address, but wished that to the address be added an invitation to a banquet.—(Cries of Oh. oh.) Another short discussion ensued. The RECORDER called the attention of the COurt to the fact that the Report of a Committee was now before them, and the proper course was either to adopt that Re port, or formally move an amendment to it. Mr. WILLIAMS was in favour of the banquet. Mr. ANDERTON was as ready as any one to honour the King of Prussia, but was this a time to expend a large sum of money in a banquet—a sum which would supply sustenance to thirty or forty thousand poor persons ?—(Hear, and cries of " Order.") The resdution 'of the Committee was ultimately put and carried, with few dissentients. Mr. KING then moved, that in r.ddition to the adthtss to his Majesty, the King of Prussia be invited to a ban quet in the Guildhall. Mr. Wit.L.t.tius seconded the motion amid some con fusion, and called upon the Town Clerk to read the mi nute of the Court which recorded the invitation to the King of Denmark in 1768. The minutes were then read, and it appeared that the invitation of his Danish Majesty was to dine with the Lord Mayor at the Mansion-house, and moreover that it was confined to his Majesty and the members of his suite. It was ultimately proposed that, in order to avoid the unpleasantness of giving a direct negative to the motion for a banquet., the Court should proceed, to the other bu siness of the day—namely, to the address. This was at once agreed to. Adiscussion then took place, and an Address was pre pared. Mr. STEVENS produced the Address, which was read with closed doors, and unanimously and with acclama tion adopted. He took occasion, in his speech, to speak of the great exertions made. by the King of Prussia to exalt the character of his people, and to give them a Constitution adapted to a great country, rapidly ad vancing in civilization.—(Cheers.) Mr. WIRE seconded the Address, which was unani mously agreed to, and ordered to be ornamentally writ ten and emblazoned, and presented to his Majesty the King of Prussia. _ _ _ _ _ It - was then ordered that the Remembrance:- mould, accompanied by the Sheriffs, wait upon the King of Prussia, to learn from him his will and pleazxc when and where he would receive the Address. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Jan. 24, His LORDSHIP will not sit to-morrow (this day), in consequence of having to attend the christening of the Prince of Wales, at Windsor. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, Jan. 24. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) BRUIN V. KNOTT. The plaintiff in this case, Mrs. Bruin, claimed a share of a certain property now in the hands of her mother, Mrs. Knott. It appeared that in the year 1823 a gentleman of the name of Aldridge, a freeman of the City of London died intestate, leaving a widow and three children, one son and two daughters. They became entitled, according to the custom of the City, to certain shires in his property. One of the daughters died under age, and her share de volved in moieties to the two surviving children. The on also died soon after, and willed his moiety of the share of his deceased sister to his mother. The plaintiff, however, claimed that moiety, notwithstanding the will, according to the customs of the City of London, which are of a particular character, and not regulated by the ordinary statute of distribution. The case having been argued at length as to the title of the plaintiff under the customs in question, His HONOUR said that, before he gave his decision in the case, he wished to have an opportunity of reading over the documents which had been referred to by Counsel on either side, and he should therefore reserve his judgment. His Hortoun intimated during the course of the day that he should not sit to-morrow. (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) CHAPMAN V. THE BRIDGEWATER AND TAUNTON NA.YI6A- TION COMPANY. The plaintiffs in this cause were Jol.n Chapman, the owner of certain lands in So7 - ..tersetshire, and John and Edward Seely, the occupying tenants of a portion of these lands, umiak leases of a determi nate number of years. The de:tendants were the above mentioned Company, and the object of the suit was to have it declared that the plaintiff Chapman (in whose interest that of the other defendants entirely merged), might be declared to have a lien on the pre mises of the Company, to a certaim amount of compensation. The plaintiff's claim arose thus : Under an Act passed in the seventh year of William IV., the Company received power to make a branch cut from their original canal, The lands of the plaintiff , were situated on the line of this branch cut, and were of consieeYable value, inasmuch as the soil was especially suited to the manufacture of bricks, tiles, &c., and was in part appropriated to that purpose. The question to be decided was, whether or not, Kider the provisions of the Act, the Company were not bound to pay the costs, charges, and expensw; of assessing the amount of compensation money to be ' given to the plaintiff for his lands. Another point in dispute was, whether or not the jury which assessed the amount of compensation were, in doing so, right in taking into account prospective da mages in respect of a particular part of the lands called No. 2. After the Jury had assessed the amount of compensation, the Company insisted that the Jury ought to have assessed only a certain propor tion of the amount, and that they were wrong in assessing the whole amount. In this state of matters the Company proceeded to take possession of the plaintiff's I property, and make the canal. The lot of land 110. 2 had not been worked in the manufacture of bricks, &c., but it was intended by the plaintiff to be so ; however, No. 3 was, and kilns, &c. had been erected upon it, and the effect of making the new cut was the severing of No. 2 from No. 3, where the kilns were. The company had offered 2171. as pur chase money for the land, and 2151. for damages ; those offers were afterwards increased to 3001 for purchase money, and 2501 for damages. The plaintiff did . not con sider that amount sufficient. The verdict of the Jury awarded to the plaintiff 269/. as purchase money, and 481/ for damage to the land—apportioned t 3 hu o sp in l/.i 11 t respect of the lots Nos. 3,5, 6, and 7, and re spect of No. 2. The defendants objected to the amount assessed, that whether or not the plaintiff was entitled to damages for the separance of his land ; the warrant un der which the Jury acted, directed them only to inquire into the damage which should arise to other lanel;, of the plaintiff, namely, Nos. 5,6, and 7, and did not refer to l o t N o . 2, an d th a t, t e r e f ore , they were not - warranted in making any assessment respecting it. In consequence of the a,;sessment being thus disputed, the plaintiff required the Company to sus pend their working. That , they refused to do, and therefore a bill was, filed in August, 1838, when an in junction was granted by the Vice-Chancellor of Eng land to stop the Company from proceeding with their works. An application to, have the injunction dissolved was subsequently made, on the part of the defendants, to the Lord Chancellor, and his Lordship granted the ap plication, on condition that the Company should pay into Court 7501., the whole amount assessed by the Jury. The sum was accordingly paid into Court, where it still remains, and the plaintiff now sought for payment of that money out of Court, also of costs and expenses, including those of an investigation into the plaintiff's title to the lands and those of the present suit. It was contended for the defendants that the Jury had no right to assess future damages ; that the lands No. 2 were meadow lands, and not used in the manufacture of bricks, and that it was only in the event of the brick-works being extended to those lands that any claim for damage respecting them could be sustained; and therefore it was that the otyment of the 3601. already mentioned as referring to him, was refused. In surport of this view, the authority of the sth of Geo. IV., sec. 34, was cited. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1842. His HONOUR postponed the further hearing of the case to Wednesday morning. Mr. Wigram and Mr. Turner appeared for the plain tiffs •, Mr. Simpkinson for the defendants. The Court rose at half-past three o'clock. (Before Vice-Chancellor WrGlum.) His HONOUR was engaged during the whole day in hetiring a part-heard cause of Williams v. Moore. When the plaintiff's case was concluded, the cause was ordered to stand over generally. THE EAST INDIA COMPANY v. THE COOPERS' COIiIPA.NY. As the Court will not sit to-morrow, his HONOUR stated that he should defer Ids observations on the argu ments of Counsel until Friday. COURT OF QUERN'S BENCH, Jan. 24. EX PARTE CLARKE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. JERVP was heard in support of the return, &c. The COURT was of opinion that the action was good. The Master of the Rolls was an officer of the Court of Chancery. and wherever he sat must be taken to be the Court of Chancery. The prisoner was consequently remanded in custody, IN RE BERNARD CAVANAGH, THE FASTING NAN. The prisoner was brought before the Court on a writ of habeas corpus, the return to which had been previ ously argued at considerable length before Mr. Justice 'Williams. Lord DE MAN said the Court was unanimously of opi nion that the commitment was bad, and the prisoner must be discharged. CRIMINAL INFORMATION-THE QUEEN V. THE PROPRIE TORS OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND CONSERVATIVE JOURNAL. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL moved for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against the defendants for an alleged libel upon Lieut. George P. Somerville, a Lieutenant in.the Royal Navy, and one of the Magistrates for the borough of Devon port. The article complained of charged Mr. Somer ville with being the author of an attack upon Mr. George Robert Dawson, which appeared in the Devonport Telegraph, stating that in their opinion he was the author of that perfect specimen of blackguardism—that 'he was the same individuel whose evidence was erased from a public document for his insolence, and that two of his family had been provided for by the Government, and a third rejected because he did not know how to write. The affidavit of Lieutenant Somerville totally denied•these statements.—The Court granted the rule. COURT OF REVIEW, Jan. 24. EX-PARTE WRIGHT IN RE BIDDULPII. This was the petition of John Wright, a bankrupt, and three others, who became legatees under the will of the late John Biddulph, a gentleman of independent fortune, of the county of Sussex. The object of the petition was threefold—the petitioners praying that, John Wright, as executor of the late John Biddulph, might be at liberty to prove a debt of 2852, the balance of a running account, against the joint estate of the bankrnpts ; 2dly, that the petitioners, or such of them as the Court might appoint, should be at liberty to prove a debt. of, 6,3001. against the estate of John Wright, who was in debted to the testator in a 'sum of 11,000/., but becom ing a legatee under the will for 't,ooo/. or 8,0004 his debt to the estate was reduced to 6,3001. ; 3dly, the peti tioners prayed that they might be at liberty to prove, under the fiat of bankruptcy, a sum of 2,046/. against the separate, estates of tinthony George Biddulph (who at the time of the testator's death became a partner of the bankrupt fiun of Wright and Co.) and John Wright; and of this - property the assignees had possessed them selves. The petitioners sought further, that they might mare such proofs without prejudice to a cause which they Lad now pending in the Court of Chancery relative to the ownership of this last-mentioned property, which consisted principally of plate, furniture, &c. It appeared that the testator died in August, 1835, and that shortly after this property, of the value of 2,046/., came into the, possession of the bankrupt Biddulph, with the privity of John Wright, and was in his posses sion at the time of the issuing of the fiat in bank ruptcy ; and the assignees alleged that they were the property of the bankrupt Biddulph, overlooking the claim of the annuitants under the will, who filed a bill of complaint against them and against John Wright. The assignees appeared to this bill, and filed a bill of de murrer in the Vice• Chancellor's Court, which was over ruled by his Llonour, who decided in favour of the annui tants. The petition was opposed by Mr. DIXON. His HoNoua was of opinion that the petitioners were entitled to prove the debt of 6,3001., and that the bank ruptcy estate was indebted to the testator's estate in the sum of 2851. ; and, after a lengthened discussion with reference to the other claim of 2,0461., it was ordered that the sum should be paid into the hands of the Ac countant-General of the Court of Review to account of the executors, and to abide the further orders of the Court ; the petitioners to pay the costs out of the testator's estate. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Yesterday Frederick Ludford was brought before Mr Alderman J. Johnson, charged with fraudulently taking a lodging and boarding at the Castle Tavern, Moorgate, knowing he was unable to pay t; le reckoning, and with out first inquiring of the lan.ulord if Litt waa tlibpe*ed to give him credit. Mr. Humphreys r;ttended on behalf of the prisoner. Mr. Hodder, of the Castle Tavern, declined pressing his charge. Mr. 2oore, of Peel's Coffee-house, Fleet-street, said the 'prisoner came to his hotel on the 13th inst., bringing two women and two children. • He said he had some luggage at London-bridge wharf, which he would fetch in the morning. He was accommodated with apartments and, refreshments for the night. Next morning they all dressed themselves to go out, and complainant sent up his bill. The prisoner objected to two teas being charged for the children ; one was enough, for both. Upon the understanding that he intended to remain ten days com plainant reduced the amount, and pressed for immediate payment, as he was a stranger, and had brought no luggage or recommendation. Prisoner said his luggage at the wharf would fill two cabs, and that was the reason he did not bring it away till he was suited, and that he Would go out and get some money. He returned no more, and the ladies and the children slipped off unper ceived, although the waiters were desired to watch them. Mr. Humphreys said the prisoner had promised to ,pay, and omitted to do so. For this breach he was sub ject to a civil process only. Mr. Lawton, of Ashwell Cottage, Kentish Town, .stated that the prisoner and his family obtained accom modation in his furnished house at Kentish Town, and went off without paying a farthing, after obtaining goods from - various tradesmen. Mr. Alderman J. JOHNSON said the prisoner went about telling untruths of himself and his means, but the case was not difierent to the last. Upon king discharged he was pounced upon by some bailiffs, and in'the confusion that ensured he lost his hat, and, was taken off to Whitecross-street gaol without one. MARYLEBONE. A stylishly-dressed young man, who gave his name and address, Alfred Thompson, law-student, No. 66, Seymour-place, NeW-road, was charged with the fash ionable but extremely silly practice of ringing bells. Sutton, 64 S, said that, on Saturday night last, about twelve o'clock, he saw the prisoner go up to the doors of Nos. 3 and 4, Avenue-road, St. John's-wood, and pull the bells. He then walked away, when witness stopped him, and on questioning him as to why he had acted as he did, he replied that he had merely been having " a joke with a friend." He was then taken to the station house. Mrs, Stevenson, a lady vosiding at No. 4, Avenue-road, said that she was awolst by the loud and violent ringing of the bell, and was greatly alarmed, imagining that the house was on tire. She had felt it her duty to come for ward upon the present occasion in support of the charge, however unp%asant and inconvenient it might have been to her to 'Attend at the Court. Mr. 'stA.wLxxsoN remarked` that the public was much lrloebted. to her for the trouble she had taken in follow ingup the case. i fhe prisoner said he had been dining out, and ad mitted that he had taken too much drink. Mr. RA.wuNsoN, after a well-timed lecture upon his (prisoner's) conduct, told him he felt it necessary to make a strong example of him ; and fined him 40s. for the bell-ringing, sad 20s. for being drunk. • The penalties were paid. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Joke Francis was brought before Mr. MALT3II7 charged with having stolen a number of pots from various pub licans. Policeman George, D 114, said he saw the prisoner go ing along Oxford-street on Saturday evening, and suspect ing from his appearance that he had something bulky con cealed about his person he stopped him, and asked him what he had in his pocket. He answered evasively, and on witness insisting on knowing, th e prisoner struck at him and tried to get away. Witness with assistance succeeded in securing the prisoner, and lodging him in the sta tion-house. On searching the prisoner a quart pot was found in one pocket, a pint pot in another, three bottoms w of pots were in his trousers pocket, an d t h ree p i nt pots ere fouhd hanging on a belt strapped round the priso ner's person. The property wasclaimed by th e following licensed victuallers:--Mr. Robson, Norfolk -st ree t ; Mr. Bevan s , Stafford-street ; :a rs. Roche, Oxfo rd -street ; and Mr. Scull, Park-e-reet. The Par.aes were all bound o ve r, an d the prisoner was commi.c,ted for trial. MALTBY received the following note, with a 51. Inclosure " Sir --,-Agreeably to the directions of Sam ue l Ri c h ard Fydell, , Esq., of Morcott, near Uppingham, we inclose 54 for the poor-box of your office.—Your faithful servants, " CHARLES HOARE and CO." Mr. MALTBY expressed his thanks to the charitable donor, remarking that the gift was particularly accept able at the present inclement season. CLERKENWELL._ A young gentleman, named John Frederick Grace, was brought up on summons, charged by a foreign gen tleman, of the name of De Spratz, with committing the rather graceless act of an assault. A profeisional gentleman attended on behalf of the Complainant ; but he stated that the case would not be entered into at any length, as the complainant was not desirous of pressing the charge. It would, there fore, be sufficient to state, that Mr. De Spratz, a German gentleman, highly distinguished for his literary and scientific attainments, was present on a day last week 'at the Hunterian School of bledicine to hear a lecture delivered by Dr. Flood, at the conclusion of which he was s u dd en l y, violently, and without the slightest provocation, assau l te d by the defendant. Mr. De .Spratz, being considerably advanced in years, and very feeble and , infirm, had felt it necessary for his own per sonal protection to take the present proceedings against Mr. Grace ; but as the parties had Once .stood in the re lation to each other of preceptor and mil, Mr. De Spratz was willing that the affair shoaki eelftui the Ma . gistrata binding over the young gentleman in such way as he might think advisable to keep the peace towards the complainant. Mr. GREENWOOD asked the defendant whether he would promise not to repeat the conduct complained of, and whether he would enter into his own recognisances to secure the performance of his promise. This, he pre sumed, would satisfy the complainant's wishes. The Solicitor sitid that was all that was wanted. defendant said be was perfectly ready to give the required promise, and enter int o th e propose d secur ity for its due performance. The Solicitor—The fact is, your Worship, Mr. De Spratz is desirous not only of securing his own protec tion against violence, but of protecting this young gen rernan against himself. The comelainant here begged to add some explana tion ; but as he appeared to be about to enter into some matters connected with the family concerns of the de fendant, the Magistrate politely refused to hear him. The defendant was then bound over in his own recog nisance to keep the peace towards the complainant, and the parties retired. THAMES OFFICE. Yesterday George Atkinson, a sailor boy, was brought before Mr. Ballantine, charged with breaking into the ship Amelia, in the London Dock, and stealing therefrom property to a considerable amount belonging to John Silk Buckingham 'Miller, the mate, and Jenkin Cullen, the Custom-house officer stationed on board. It appeared in evidence that on Friday night last, the mate and the Custom-house officer were both sleeping in the cabin ; the former in the state-room, and the other upon a mattress on the floor of the cabin. About midnight, the mate was aroused by a voice in the cabin, and heard a box of cigars thrown down which he had left on the table before he retired to rest. He listened and heart some one feeling about and searching the lockers. After this!had continued some , time, the mate called out to the Custom-house officer, "Is that you, Cullen?" And Cullen, who had also been aroused from his sleep, and was listening to the move ments of the intruder in the dark, put the same question to Miller. The noise ceased, and the mate end officer supposing the noise was made by the dog . kept in the cabin, composed themselves for sleep again, but were soon disturbed by the animal barking loudly, and both got up together. A figure darted past the mate, ran through th state-room where Cullen was, and went up the companion ladder which leads on to the deck. The revenue officer ana the mate hastily slipped on their clothes and went in pursuit of the robber, who was seen to make his way on deck. An alarm was immediately raised, and Blayney, a policeman, No. 91 H, on duty upon the quay, came on board, and was told the thief was in the galley. Blayney turned on his light and saw the hand. of a " human being, like a man's hand, on the galley door." 13layney hesitated a moment, and then called out, " Now, my young gentleman, turn out of that." . The prisoner did turn out, by making his escape through the opposite doorway, ran across the deck, and endea voured to get on board the ship Belvidere alongside. The prisoner, while stepping from one vessel to the other, slipped and fell between the two. - " Its all over with you, young gentleman," exclaimed the policeman. " No, its not," said the mate, who with all the gene rosity of a British tar flung a rope with a bowline into the water, which the lad was fortunately enabled. to lay hold of, and was instantly hauled on deck in a most pitiable condition. Miller forced a glass of warm grog down his throat, and then asked him why he had boarded the ship. The boy made no answer, and other officers were called on board, who found that the mate's chest had been overhauled, and everything turned out of it. On detaching the galley where the prisoner h a d sec re t e d himself, Walker, a Thames police inspector, f o und two pairs of white duck trousers, and a silk handk e r c hief, belonging to the mate, Which had been removed from his chest. A knife and other articles belonging to Miller were also flatinti upon. the boy's person. The Custom-house officer, on looking over his clothes, found the pockets had been emptied of 10 sovereigns, a knife, and some halfpentas. 'ow gold Was contained in a purse. Walker soon ascertained that the prisoner belonged to the Belvidere, a ship bound to Con stantinople, whose bowsprit overhung the taffrail of the Amelia, and that the prisoner had passed from one ship to the other, and had removed opine property from the Amelia to the Belvidere, and had returned to the cabin of the former vessel for more, when the upsetting of the mate's cigar-box disturbed him and the Custom-house officer, and led to the prisoner's detection. A Th ames -police constable, named Fraser, on searching the Belvidere, found the revenue officer's money concealed on the top . of a hammock-batten in the forecastle, and the purse in the boy's chest. On further search, a case bottle, containing Holland's gin, stolen from the cabin of the Amelia, was found in the Belvidera's forecastle, which Miller said he had left on the cabin table before he went to bed. Fraser also dis covered in the prisoner's berth two bottles containing be , n, which he admitted having taken out of a cask, and, upon examination, 16 bottles of porter were missing from three casks on board the Belvidere, which had been taking in a cargo of beer for Constantinople. The empty bottles were found in the prisoner's berth, and the mate of the Belvidere said the lad had been groggy for seve ral days, and he had no doubt he drank the porter. The various cases having been clearly made out againsLthe visonor, who made_no defence._ - tar. BALLAN TI NE comm itt e d him to Newgate fir trial. It was stated that he had been apprenticed to the sea service five years, and was just out of his time. THE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF CHILD BURNING. ADJOURNED INQUEST. Yesterday at three o'clock this inquiry, so extraordi nary in its nature, was proceeded with before William Cartar, Esq., the Coroner for Surrey, at the Ship Ta vern, Walcot-place, respecting the death of Anna Christ mas Crowne, aged 16 months, who was alleged to have been wilfully burnt by Juliana Easter, who was in the service of Mr. Crowne, of Walcot-square. The first days proceedings appeared in this journal on Saturday last, and it will be remembered that on the previous investigation the Coroner, after hearing the evidence, directed the girl Easter to be placed in custody. Mrs. Ann Christmas Crowns was called in and said, that on her return home with her husband on Christ mas-eve, at half-past six o'clock, she found the deceased in the arms of the girl ; it was then trembling vio lently; she tried to pacify it but could not, and Easter, upon being asked, said she had done nothitig to the child. Mr. Crowne inspected it, and found the body burnt or scalded upwards. Mr. Scott was called in and afterwards Mr. Howitt, who attended her until she died, on Sunday week. On the evening of the occurrence, she told the girl to explain how it happened, as the Doctor would be sure to find it out. Easter then said that the child was lying on the hearth-rug, and as she was taking the kettle off the water fell over it. Wit ness sent her away instantly. Easter told her, although this had taken place at three o'clock, she had done nothing to the child, nor had she told any one of it. To the Coroner—The child's dollies were perfectly clean, and had received no injury. They did not appear as if they had been burned. The child did not like Easter. To a Juror—There was no sign of any water having been on the clothes or rag ; but it was a distinct mark of a burn, as if the child had been placed on something hot, which she believed had been done; there was a large fire guard before the fire. - Mr. Howitt said he had no doubt, from the appearance of the wounds, that they were caused by burns, which were the cause of death. There was also a mark of vio lence on the elbow and at the back part of the head. The burns were deep. The CORONER then cautioned Isabella • Martini, or Rester, that she need not say anything unless she pleased, as it would be used for or against her. After some hesitation she said that s)t WO sitting be fore the fire, and turned the child's clothes tip to warm it, when she f e ll as l ee p and it dipped ofA Which awoke her, and upon lifting it up it 'ft:As I ±ligered. This was the whole of tht , evidence of this singular ease. The Jury, after 3orue consultation, returnees a verdict of----Accitient'ia death. onormit called the girl in, and told her to be t:autious for the future; she had told three different sto ries, and had been 'on the brink of being sent to Newgate. The inquiry excited great interest up to its close. CORN•LAW LECTURE IN LONGTOWN.—" On Thursday last the celebrated Lecturer, Mr. G. Thompson," says the Garish Journal, " gave a lecture on the Corn laws in Longtown, the preserve of the 'famous Corn-law renegade. Amongst the persons present, who were as numerous as the chapel would hold, were several of Sir James Graham's tenants, and a very great number of the labourers employed on his estates. In the course of a long and able lecture, Mr. G. Thompson made a large use of Sir James's pamphlet on ntheess happiness of pp t in h e e ss Corn-laws, ofthe " Corn and C urrenc y," to demonstrate' the inj ur i ous and was warmly cheered for a pplication. On one occasion when he d escr ib e d th e wages of agricultural labourers at 12s a week, he was corrected by some of the labour ers present calling out " 6s. and Bs, a week." Mr. G. Thompson has added to the many claims he has al ready on the gratitude of the Corn-law Repealers, by thus instructing Sir James Graham's tenantry and la bourers, and procuring from the latter the information Concerning their small wages. AFFECTING SCENE.---IO a former paper we mentioned the deaths, within seven hours of each other, at the respective ages of twenty and seventeen years, of Emma and Sarah Evans, the eldest daugh ters of John Evans, Esq., furnace manager to the Dowlais Iron Company. They were consigned to " the house appointed for all living," on Saturday the Bth instant, amidst the sympa th y of a very numerous almost int intense e sunk, watching and highly respectable assemblag e on the mournful occa sion.achailsnog I t was, indeed, a scene of deep sorrow. The, ex treme affliction of the worthy mother, to the grave, by long days nights of f around th e b e d s o f sic kness and of death, and the anguish wrung ejaculation —Oh .! my daughters ! of the a gon i se d father, over the grave, as they were laid , side by side, in their la s t eart hl y abode, excited unusual sympathy.— Cambrian. KINROss--TRADE. ---Most, if not all, our ope ratives iu the wollen trade, are working half hours, and as they have hitherto been more highly favoured than in almost every other, part of Scotland, they are pa tiently looki ng f orwa rd to an improvement in the spring months, by w hi c h ti m e, in addition to other reliefs, it is to be hop e d t h e C orn -l a ws will be in a fair way f or being, for ever, blotted out from the statute-book.--Glusgew (Saturday) Post. STATE OF TRADE.—Symptoms of improve ment- are this week visible, but they are yet very faint. Several buyers from London have been in the market, and have been purchasing to a limited extent, and some also from Manchester. It seems to be a general impres sion that stocks are lighter than they have beep for some years past, and holders are getting rather firmer in their demands. Several houses have been taking on a few of their old best weavers.--Paisley Advertiser STARVATION and CONCEALMENT of DEATH in SCOTLAND. CUPAR, FIFE, FRIDAY, JAN 21.--On Thursday great excitement prevailed in St. C lair town, Perth-head, Fifeshire, and neighbourhood, in consequence of its having been made known by Inspector Bett, of the County Police, that the body of Janet Forret, an aged woman, who lived with one Fergus Wilson, teacher, and repairer of ,watches, in St. Clairtown, had been found buried in Wilson's garden. The body has since under gone examination, and been re-interred in St. Clairtown churchyard, Wilson apprehended and lodged in Kirkaldy gaol, and the case been taken up by the proper authorities. Under these cir cumstances we cam only allude to the general features of this strange and suspicious looking affair. The circumstances connected with Wilson and the woman Forret, who lived with him, are these : Fergus or Ferguson Wilson is a native of Leslie, his father having been a small farmer in that vicinity. He settled in St. Clairtown about forty years ago, and is now nearly seventy years of age. Janet Forret, who has lived with him for upwards of thirty years, resided at that time in the neighbour hood with her mother and sisters, and was con sidered a respectable young woman. Her mother, a farmer's widow, was possessed, it is said, of about 3001., but upon her decease Janet got possession of the money (it is thought that Wilson had some hand in this), and gave it out to her relatives that her mother died poor. Her sisters, beisig disappointed in their expectations of receiving something on their mother's death, took legal steps to have Janet in carcerated in Kirkaldy Gaol, but they did not suc ceed in obtaining the money. On her liberation she went to live with Wilson. Shortly after the money was lodged in one of the Kirkaldy banks in the name of Moses Spokesman, a name taken from some old obsolete publication. Some time after a person belonging to the Links of Kirkaldy, who was in Wilson's confidence, got hold of the money under promise of securing a higher rate of interest, but he played false and absconded to America, taking along with him Janet's 300/., or, as sonic have it, 500/. or 600/. She and Wilson had still about 40/. in their own possession, but of this they were latterly robbed. Thus, by degrees, the money which Janet Forret hid taken with her when she went to Wilson's house got squandered, and she was left pennyless. Wilson being fre quently engaged in useless litigation with his neigh bours, and his school having dwindled away, has been endeavouring for some years past to earn a livelihood by cleaning clocks and watches. He must have been extremely reduced in circumstances ; for, during several years, he has allowed Janet, whom he always designated his handmaid, to go about the parish in a begging condition. For some months back she had been unable to perform this task, and had been confined to her apartment. Wilson a few weeks ago applied to the Dysart Kirk Session for relref, which, for .some reason, not specified, that body refused to rant. In consequence of this--refusal, he entered the case with the Court of Session, where it is still pending. It was under these circumstances • that the melan choly affair .which is now exciting so much atten don occurred. . . Wilson's house is situate in St. Clairtown, near to the guoad sacra chapel. He and Janet occu pied the the second flat, and an•old man taught a school on the grouro floor. About three weeks ago Wilson was observest .alf the scholars digging in his garden and measur . ig tits `r -''round with a line ; they also noticed that Janet he'd. et :sed coughing for several days, and that no light appea„..-d in the room where she slept. Having made known til'. circumstances, one of the neighbours called and inquired for her, but Wilson gave an evasive an swer and said she was not at home. Day after day passed without any appearance of the woman, and an Thursday last suspicion was so excited that Mr. Walker, Bailie of the Barony, and Inspector Bell called-and made the same inquiries. To them Wilson said that she was unwell, and in the house, but that they could not see her. Not being satis fied with this the inspector proceeded to search, but did not find her in the house, as stated by Wilson. The scholars having cold what. they had seen, forcible entrance was made into the garden, and the body of the woman found in a grave, care fully dug, by the side of a well. The grave was about four feet deep. The body was wrapt in a shirt and an old sheet, and a muslin cap covered the head and face. Some straw and a large board . were placed upon the body. Altogether the burial, though betokening the utmost poverty, had been decently gone about. Wilson looked over his window, and witnessed the disinterment ; but, on being asked by some on . the spot for some explanation of this singular deed, he replied that the Kirk Session having refused to give any support to her when alive, he thought they would also deny him any assistance to bury her when dead, and that he, therefore, considered it his duty to inter her in his own garden, and that he could do with his own what he liked. He has also given out that another individual assisted him in the interment, but refused to name the party. The body was taken to the Perth-head lock=up house on Thursday, and on Friday a post mortem examination took place in the presence of several medical practitioners, who unanimously agreed that the poor woman had died of starvation. There was nothing in the shape of food in the stomach, and the body was reduced to the merest skeleton., After the examination the body was interred in the churchyard of St. Clairtown. Wilson has since been removed to Kirkaldy gaol, and his declaration taken. He confidently asserts that he has done no wrong, that the woman died a natural death, and that the Session having refused a liment, he did not apply to them for burial. It is but right to state, that Wilson is regarded in the neighbourhood as a penurious and eccentric character. Janet and he lived together in great harmony. It is supposed that her death took place about the Ist of the month, that the body had lain some days in the house, and been in the grave six or eight ere di g . covered. We retrain at present from any temarka upon this singular and melancholy case. We tla not as yet know the grounds tipott which the Kirk Ses sion of Dysart refused to grant Mlief, Fergus Wilson, though eccentric and penurious, had Jtelret shown any symptoms of cruelty towards the woman which could lead to the belief of his wilfully neglecting her; on the contrary, the reason he as signs for burying the body in his garden unknown to the public, was the little sympathy shown by them and the neighbours during her illness. On Sunday fortnight he instructed the precentor of the Secession Meeting-house in Perth-head, which he attended regularly, to request in her behalf the prayers of the minister and congregation ;• but neither the minister nor any of the congregation visited her after this intimation. 'Wilson says that it was on that day the poor woman died. A LONG TALE.—A pasty agreed to dine at the Old Hats, on the Uxbridge-road, two of whom pro posed walking, as it was a tine day. Just as they cleared Oxford -street, one began a family tale, which he con- , tinned to relate until they arrived at Ealing, when the other ventured to say, "Yon must be. thirsty, I should think." L--." Not at all," replied the story-teller, and on he went, unceasingly gabbling, • without a semiquaver pause, until they arrived at the Old Flats, when the lis tener said to himself; " Thank my stars, there will be an end to this fellow's tale now ; " but he was mistaken, for while they sat at dinner the narrator whispered to his companion, "Let us walk home together, that I may conclude my story." MAEsTEG.—In consequence of the extreme slowness of the works at this place, coupled with the very low wages given to the workmen, besides a great many who are without any employment at ail, poverty the most abject, with all its accompanying evils, prevails here to a very great extent ;—men, women, and chil dren, crouching like slaves around their almost extin guished fires. Through the instrumentality of a few ladies (always the first and most clfective emissaries of charity), a fund was collected sufficient to supply the poor with soup and potatoes for twelve weeks ; and about 200 tickets are distributed every week.—Canibrian. CLIEESE COLOURING.---The plant from which this matter is derived is called 13ixa, and Orellana was added to it by 'Animus, in honour of the name of the traveller who first traversed Amazonia, 1540, where the plant is indigenous. It is, according to Linnmus, of the order Monegynia and Polyandria class of plants ; it was introduced into this country as a dye for cheese about 100 years since, and our early ancestors therefore knew not the pernicious art of cheese colouring in dairies. A shepherd boy, only 15 years old, of St. Jean de Marvejois, in the Gard, was a few days ago tending his sheep, when a wolf sprang suddenly into the middle of the flock, seized one, and dispersed the rest. The youth threw a stone at the beast, and striking it on the head stunned it for a moment. 1 - lis.dog seized the ani mal, and a conflict ensued. which. probably would hay , ended in favour of the woii; had not' the courageous lad bestrode its back and laid it lifeless under him by plung ing a knife into its throat. THE LATE RAILWAY SUICIDE. It appears that Mr. W. Jupp, one of the officers of the Sheriff of Surrey, and who also has for some time kept an inn at Reigate, recently exhibited considerable despondency, and his melancholy and altered appear ance was a subject of general remark. On Saturday afternoon be went to visit a sister; and remained there until about dusk on Monday evening, when he left, say ing that he was going to Harley, and that he should be back to tea. It appeared that he, proe,eeded almost im mediately to the cutting for the railway nut . the Redhill station, and just as a train was approaching, he rushed down the bank, and although every endeavour vas made to stop the train, it was impossible to do so. The engine came in contact with the unhappy man, anti the greater part of the train passed over him, dragging him 0 a considerable distance, and inflicting most frightful injury upon his person. The deceased was immediately carried to the Somers Arms,* where a surgeon promptly attended, and he immediately discovered that life was extinct. An inquiry subsequently took place before Mr. W. Cartar, the Coroner for this division of the county of Surrey, when the driver and guard of the train were examined ; and from the evidence of the former, it appeared that when he was within a short distance of the Redhill sta tion he saw the deceased standing upon the bank, and when the train was about ten yards from him he darted down the declivity, and appeared to throw himself across the rails directly before the train. He sounded the alarm whistle, and put on the break, and the guard did the same, but it was impossible to save the deceased, and the train passed over him before it could be stopped. They ..vent back and found the deceased lying on the line, with his coat dragged over his head, and covered with blood, and he appeared to be quite dead. The other per sons attending the train were also examined, and it appeared that there was no path across the Erie at the spot where the deceased was seen, and it was stated that he was in the habit of frequently travel ling by the railway, and that he was well acquainted with the locality, and was not likely to have accidentally got upon the line. The medical gentleman stated that he was called in to see the deceased, and found him quite dead. The scalp was lacerated most severely, a portion of the skull was gone, and the brain protruded; the left foot was almost entirely ground away, and there was also a compound dislocation of the right ankle. Some of the deceased's relatives were next examined, and they 'proved that the deceased had been in a melancholy state fir several days before the occurrence took place, but they had not the slightest idea that he meditated self destruction, and they expressed their opinion to be, that he did not wilfully throw himself under the train, but that it was the effect of accident. The Jury, after a searching inquiry, returned a verdict; " That the de ceased was killed by being run against by an engine, in consequence of his running on to the line when the en gine was running, whereby he might be killed, being in a state of mental aberration." The Jury, at the same time, expressed theiropinion that no blame was attribut able to any person belonging to the railroad. SOUTHAMPTON—DOCK COMPANY.—Yester day a special general meeting of the Shareholders of this Company was held at the offices in Bishopsgate-street within, for considering the propriety of applying to Par liament for power to raise an additional 100,000/. for completing the docks, for converting the present share list of 250,0001. into the same amount of stock, as also the 100,0001., and to extinguish 2,000 shares, on which the calls could not be obtained. The Chair was taken by J. Liggins, Esq., who entered very fully into the nature of the undertaking, and the advantages it would hold out to the Proprietors when completed. Mr. Hill said 100,000/. would not be sufficient, and objected to the manner in which the concern. had been managed, and .was followed by Mr. Richards, who entered very fully into the items of the estimate, and concluded by pressing for an adjournment of a fortnight to consider the sub- . ject. Mr. Giles, the engineer, then went into particulars respecting the state of the docks, one of which it was expected would be opened by Midsummer. After a long discussion between the Proprietors and the Directors, the resolution, embodying the objects of the meeting, was carried by a large majority. It appeared from the statement of Mr. Saintsbury, the Secretary; that at the present moment 480 shares were paid upon for the last call, and that out of the 5,000 original shares of 501., nearly 3,550 were paid upon by 161 Proprietors. The Chairman said that iu the present state of things, the forfeited shares could not be sold, and had there been a grant for public works last year, when application was made to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he had no doubt 50,0001. would have been granted. A conver sation took place on various topics, after which a vote of thanks was moved to the Chairman and Directors, by Mr. Forster, and seconded by Mr. Dasent, which having • carried unanimously, the meeting adjourned. WOE_Lwictr, JA N.24.--The Firebrand steamer, --e turned to her moorings at Woolwich,. and Cora. Nott; a salongside the basin to have her figure to-day wee taken . perfect, a -d attached to the vessel. The in head made e as all that the Firebrand sus jury to the figure-head •e: act with another steam ves tained when she caine in cont.: pn Wednesday morning sel on her veyage to Ostend, last, and will easjly- be remedied. :JED BATTLE. TRIAL FOR FIGHTING A PITC —Friday Anthony M'Ginty and Henry ISlr!Culic.Y, two noted pugilists from Glasgow, were tried betos' e Sheriff Campbell, for a breach of the peace , infighting a ?..'tched •battle. at Logan's well, in county of Renfrew, last inon: h • They ',leaded guilty, ancbwere sentenced both' to forty days' confinement and labour in Paisley prison, and to find caution to keep the peace for a limited period under the pain of farther imprisonment. The Sheriff remarked, that this was a case that could not be visited with fine, as the - probability was, that the equally guilty,instigators of the fight might pay the fine, and enable the prisoners to escape without any punishment at all. But he ex pressed his determination to suppress, in this county, a practice that is deprecated from one end of the land to the other, and therefore pronounced a sentence of impiq sonment and labour, in the hope that it would have the desired effect. He cautioned the prisoners, at the same time, against any repetition of the offence, as this would be visited with still greater seventy. M'Cnlley, on leav ing the Court, said that it was the last time he should be engaged in an affair of the kind. Several cases of theft and assault were thereafter disposed of.—Paisley Ad vertiser. We understand that the Admiralty have or dered the Warspite, a 50-gun frigate, commanded by the Right Hon. Lord John Hay, to be fitted out for the pnrpose of conveying Lord Ashburton 'and his suite to the Unitssd States of America. The period fixed for his Lordship's departure is not yet s ;efinitively settled, but he is expected to sail on his special. m 2ssion in the course of a few days, The Warspite is comm,;.nded to be t i n f: readiness to sail ttiew hours' notice. Led .Ashbur ton will embark at PoriZmouth- FISHMONGERS' POULTERERS' Bt•-'4E VOLEIST SOCIETYr"s'ThiS admi:able and most praise.' worthy Society gave their annual ball, in aid of the funds of the Institution, at Willis's R c ,vms, St. James s, last night. The company was numerous aDd highly cre ditable to these respective and respectable trades, in manner, :deportment,. and appearance. Dancing was kept up with great spirit, to the strains of Adams's band, until a late hour this morning. The nature and object of this Society cannot be too generally' known, or too highly commended. It is established to provide an asy lum and relief for aged and infirm members of the two trades that constitute it—to give occasional, and if pos- ' sible permanent, relief to the aged and infirm who have 'been in the employment of its ,members—to protect and succour their distressed widows—and to succour, support, and provide for their necessitous orphans. It is a praise avorthy Institution, conceived in a good spirit, and con di €e4 in an irreproachable manner ; and it is, as much on the gide , fe, of its general scope, as well as its particular utility, entitbeei to the support of every well-wisher of mankind. We ett'es isalppy to add, moreover, that it is prosperous and prospeling s and that another year wil e nable the society to establish almshouse: LORD MELBOTJRNE.--It is stated in the Court cireles that her Majesty insists upon the vacant Garter Whig given to Lord Melbourne. That the Mini;ters should have the bestowal of every office of trust any power, is obvious ; . but Royalty would be a most imbe cile pageant if the personal wisher of the Soiereign could not be consulted, at least . occasionally, in conferring a mere mark of respect like this.—Scotsman. ACCIDENT BY • GUNPOWDER.—Mr. C. Al- ' worthy, an actor at the Garrick Theatre, was brought to the London Hospital on Friday night, having received a severe injury on the face by the discharge of a pistol too close to him, while enacting a melo-dramatic part. The powder and , w adding burned his face in a serious manner, but not so ciesigerously as to cause any serious appfehension of his recovesv. Mr. Henry Betty's health, we are happy to state, has lately much improved; he is at present "in the coun try, by:the direction of his medical attendant, using strong walking exercise; anti when the weather opens a little It is intended that he shall visit Paris in company with the " Young Roscius," his amiable father; after which it is not improbable that the inhabitants of the me- ' tropthis may have a peep at' him " before the curtain." FATAL AggIDENT.—On Friday evening last, a fatal accident oventretEl at a coal pit, belonging to Mr. Goodwin, .at Birchwood. A large piece of bind fell in from the shaft, adout 10 yards from the bottom, and killed one young man, nam ed William Dane, aged 19 years ; and another, William Anthony, about 20, was so seriously Injured that he it not expected to recover.— Derbyshire Chronicle. Liverpool has lost her Cresswell. Singularly enough, however, she does not seem to regret her loss. On the contrary, there are visible syttiptems of satisiec tion that her Learned Member has vaulted from the Senate to the Bench. The fact is, that Mr. Creswell never was popular, even among his own party; nor, from all appearances, was lie ever likely to become so. Origi nally seized upon, as it were, for a candidate, when the Tories were in want of a man and doubtful of their strength, and succeeding - almost contrary to the hopes of his frieuds, be was soon found deficient in I the qualifications rinuisite to constitute.. an effi . cient Member fvr a commeir.'"' town like Liver pool. He wanted time ann . + . ?ct, , not . to say , • .A. 4 time he information ; and, though e d";;;,;„,1 .„ • -e -could spare from his 6 xt6 meats, he failed to give 13edibs411"1 h -1.1145. supporters. It is notoriousa , ts aetioli .i§ 1147 eve of the generalelection, the that, last Suliiiiier; Oil the dared, have sacrificed 11 . the T le iV ld if the' had dared, s ett , y opposition then arrayeclun. Pile apparent formidable them from sending hi against them alone prevemed sence of the foe forced him the right-about, The pre quarrels, and, , going to them to compose their iatestine .they, to their own very battle united and cle4l.llline(i' most triumphantly , great joy and surprise, serried peal Albion. both Sanloa and Cresswell.--,.Pler-. FELicim—The re is no such thing as pup .e— -teal tranquillity t. while we live pert bet -j; life itself is but nlot ton, and can never be without de sire, nor without fear, any more th an it can be w . t NAVAL IN ri PLYMOUTH ? JAN. 22.—The Hope, 10, paeket-bg‘ Lieutenant-Commander G. Snell, arrived here from Falmouth this morning. She is to come into habil and be paid off. The Resistance, fitting for a troop ship e this poi' , is to have a complement of 100 men. She is to long, eight guns—sir 18-pounders, lOcwt. each, 3 ft. 4in. log' and two 9-pounders, 25cwt. each, 7ft. 6in. long, The Crocodile, 26, is to be fitted with topmasts aned yards of a sloop of war, and, with the Scylla and i r ° l4 to be furnished with Harris's lightning conductors. to be Fly, 18, Captain Francis P. Bl ac kwood, is supplied with three stream anchors 7cwt. each, and t' kedges 4cwt. each, on Lieutenant Rodgers's plan. the In consequence of the shortness of the days e present season, the sailmakers of this establishment sre Is -t be placed on job and task-work until the expiro tie/1 of !he financial year. bas g biven to M. Bailey an to d egg f °l. the terk No lination een of the contract essrs- entered in with the ° for the sul,;:dy of British iron. In the Sound.—DidO, 20, corvette, Captain the If° • H. K e pp e l, Afezliterranean ; Hope, 10, packet brig, 144 ; tenant- Commander G. Snell, late from the West Indiet In Hamoaze pornmission.—Caledonia, 120, Va l :: ship, flag of Port-.A.dmiral Sir Graham Moore, Dal'i G.C.8., G.C.M.G., Captain 11. Eden ; the San Jos e „i 110, fair , 01' Rear-Admil'Al Superintendent Sir Sa m os , Pyin, Captain F. Bvrgoyne ; the Minden, hT, petal-ship, for China, Captain N. Quin ; the Imp the 74, Captain E. Harvey, from ti.e -Mediterranean ; ".',; Fly, 18, Captain F. P. Blackwood, iourveying the Bramble, mate in charge, - C. B , Yule ; the SY'Pei; tender to the guard-ship at Portsmouth, Burney, ; the Netley, tender to the Caledonia, Burney , d er C, the Avon, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Couunl nder m ref Jenkins, particular service—repairing ; the .Adv e , 9 „,ae, navy transport, second master A. Wallis ; and the 0""- Camel, and Devon, lighters. LLO YD'S SHIPPING. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals.-Dumfries, Thompson, from Penang , , e 1 Dover, sailed Sept. 6th, Singapore Oct. 10th, J S. „ l „ ) s t,' Oct. 17th, St. Helena Dec. 13th ; John Knox, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed Sept. 15th, St,. lens Dec. 4th ; Adrastus, Hughes, from Siam, , l" Downs, sailed Aug. 7th, Singapore Sept. Bth ; S i i t' ve r• ; lena Dec. Ist Osprey, King, from Bombay, a t t at i pool, sailed Aug 21, St. Helena Nov. 26 ; Moser"j; Bowman, from Batavia, off Portsmouth, for Rot ter " sailed Oct. 10th, St. Helena Dec. 12th. Arrivals at St. Helena. - Margaretha, .Jo han l9 ,o; Dec. 6th, from Batavia, and sailed 7th, to Anisterrues; Voyageur, 6th,fromßourbon, and sailed 6th to l\larsel.,,vo Congaree, 6th, from Manilla, and sailed, 7th, t°,:',.ge, York ; Portuguese schooner, Bth, Mr. Sprye in eita, prize to the Brisk, no slaves on board ; Morriso n, u'd , from Manilla, and sailed, . 9th, to New York ; Cor w o li Syms, 9th, from Bombay, and sailed, 9th, to LiverP,°oo, Hotspur, Wilson, 9th, from Calcutta, and sailed, ;we , to London ; Joshua Carroll, Porter, 10th, from the 'pa. and sailed, 12th, to London ; Louise, 10th, frl i idet tavia, and sailed, 11th, to Rotterdam ; Jane M at Can' 10th, from Bourbon, and sailed, 11th, to Nantes ; 00 1; dahar, 11th, from China, and sailed, 13 th, to Liv,erPrites: Pauline, 11th, from Bourbon, and sailed, 11 th , to •'-'41.130r' Progress, 11th, from Btourbon, and sailed, 11th, 0 c; ,,05 • deaux ; Rubens, 12th, from Batavia to Cowes ; pore, 12th,' from eingapore ; Fairfield, 13th, fro l l l lo o ; cutta ; Janet, Boyd, from Mauritius, all to Le:3,W, Byker, 11 th (passed), from Lombock and Cape to F.Wvec. Departure from St. Helena.-Speedy, Adam s, 11th, to the Cape. SPORTING INTELLIGENC E ' TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDA.Y. The indications of improvement in some of the.v - iikil favourites, noticed in our reports of the bettiol. week, were confirmed yesterday afternoon. Attu 111) bax;ked for 150/. at 7 to 1, Auckland at 25 and 2° - „Or upwards of 2004 and Wiseacre, in two or thre e `l o l3* ters, at 25 to 1 ; 40 to 1 about the Joanna colt Iv,, tl :ffor: tamed with considerable difficulty ; the subsep lol :o o ' against him, and the remarks apply also to slowing an advance a five points. Espartero cied rather strongly at 50 to 1, and will probab'v i s til e better favourite ere long. A decline in Meteor io t only other movement to be pointed out. Scotes sloP backed for 2001. at 3 - to 1, anti some outsiders 05, sums, at the odds prefixed to their 0 names. 8 4105" offered against Passion for the Oaks, and 25 to " Belle Dame, but nothing done. Closing prices : **". THE DEBBY. 3 to I agst Scott's lot e.f 3 7 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Attila—taken 10 to 1 agst Col, Peel's Chatham 20 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Auckland 25 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Wiseacre—tak e P* 35 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Joanna colt ‘ . /4 45 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsha,y's Moss Troop er --1' 0 , 50 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Meteor 50 to 1 agst Mr. Scott's Artful Dodger—tn. 911 50 to 1 agst Air. Pettit's Espartero—take n 50 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Dzfier 66 to .1 agst Mr. G. Clark's Master Thomas &6 to 1 agst Hon. S. Herbert's Nessus . ,tsi‘'' 66 to 1 agst Lord Jersey'sßrother to P hony: 8 to 1 agst, Chatham and Wiseacre. TILE OAKS. B . to 1 agst Mr. Etwall's Passion THE CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Illtodanthe.--tal' ep 50 to 1 agst Mr. Smith's The Maid—taken PRICE OF 131tEA.G. ~ „ lad for ll ' s 411' THE MARKETS. 1.9 e highest orite of p :r i e c # E ,t s i O t F he s li z l E ct p ro s p r. Q: , ''' ,. : o : ...., .... gi,v IA af. Good Bread rn I , y be had at Si. « ••.• ' Per Cwt. I ........ _,. Sew English Red Clover...7tAs 95s St. Foin ...... ......" .....3 5 " ' ...... , Old Ditto Ditto —s 5 —s , Rye Grass ..... ..• ..... „--s ,-, «,,, New Foreign Ditto..., —s 70s 92sTacey Grass ... ... ..... ' _...3 1 , . ." Wig ~,, my Old Dim) Ditto s—s —siLinseed, for feel. .......s t,,,, f o New White Clover 56s fos 70sDitto, for sowing ;•,,"' .....s 1 6s , Old Ditto Ditto —s s —iv Ditto, for crushi 3, & ... . ....4.7t,l_i t. New Trefoil —s 20s 406 Hemp ............ ........ .... .....s J A Old Ditto ....... Tr follum --s •-..11 —5 Per Bus b,l'od to ~,,,, English Carraway —0 50s 5:15 White Mustard ...' ',,,,.. 06 to le Foreign Ditto —s 46s 50s Brown Ditto .... ...•• 1 r cti Coriander —s —s —3,Tares .......... « ...... I ', S T . ,„ 16 0 PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per liz „A' '4 i Town Tallow ... . .... ........t2 12 61Melting Stuff ............ : . 1 ,g . „ j Yellow Russia 2lO CiDitfo Rough .............. vt , 0 White is 0 OlGraves .................... . Soap Ditto 0 0 0 1 Good Dregs .................. •10' IV' PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of alb s 'b s, • .." Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melton) ........... PRICE OF oii... 6 . ' XII o Rape Oil, brown, per ton ~..•....« 5,g • Ditto, refined Linseed Oil .. ......... ........ ,o,l_, Linseed Oil Cake at tlki Mill (per 1000)... ...... .. ..... I 1 1 0 1 • live Lake, per ton COAL Ships arrived since 1 ARKET: — 6 faist market .day, 11. Wabs End Pennbertoo, , Wa‘ls End Shincliff 6 W a lls End Stewartllr,......• 0 Walls End tiartle. ly ' l N , M N yj Walls End Caradaeol"....... jg Walls End Cassop e, Walls Es d brew:Who, Walls End Seymour ' w ll e Walls End South PO .. t , Wal,s End Tees .......... I , Cowpen ................ .. ... i g ........ . ........ ..... Hort;ey .............. . ... • D) y' O GOLD WA'ICHES, LON 0014,: 9 , o C ° 4 ;4 A. B. SAVORY ;c•ONS, Watchmaka rs , '2{ o se l t v ole o f London, opposite tl..- ' , lank of England, tria'im," ov o p , very large STOCK sr GOLD WATCH.E.' , t 1 o pe ° 0 0( which are made and tit.ished under the care& c ob ° experienced workmen on their own: premises, Olt ranted for correct per tor mance. 0 SlZe. FOR LADIES.. Fine Vertical WatchJs, jewelled, in engine-turned e. 1.0 1 gold cases and gold &ills, warranted ......... Fine Vertical Watches. jewelled, with doubles backed engine turner; gold cases and gold dials, 1 0 Patent warranted detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four , holes, with double-ha :led gold cases and gild 1 4 1' MlAs's Bell, Robson & Co. Hartley 18 0 Ruddle's West Hartley... — . 18 t".I i e ctop INirldsor 1 6 1 • Wila,7 l , vv dd , I ,od Clennell lB 0 Walls End . 4 il da .. 19 6 Walls'End ki‘isPur lB 6 Walls End Killn2eworth WallB End Perkins. , 18 0 W. E. BraddylPsHat: oll .. Walls End Hatton .. Walls End Lambton ....... r 22 9 dials, warranted ...... • SIZE Vint GENTLEMEN. Patent detached Lever Wai;ches, jewelled in font „ 0 holes, seconds, and double -backed l gold cases, g 1" warranted .. 0 p a t e ,:t detached Lever IVatches, capped, jewelled 11 i n i i. holes, seconds, double: capped, bac k - ed gold cases II arn :l dials, warranted ~,i l ranted Patent detiche,iseLoenviedrs,Wdaotticbhieetbcaacpkpeen,d in six holes, and gold dials, Either of the Gentle:flan's Watches mai' be Q ,coo d gxj,ledweaellgeesd l 041, hunting cases for 3/. 3s. each extra. NJ:. - .../ Watches purchased in exchange. - .i'' f ........ ma iopt is .... . the I BIBT, - - -.- HS. On the 20th inst., in Pitzwilliatn-place, Dublin , Is e Edward Pennefather, Esq., of a daughter. a th. l the On the 22d inst., in Duke-street, Portland , pia' A'' Dr. Gamble, of a son. lc On the 22d inst., at Stratton Rectory, Glouce sters tr lady of the Rev. Henry Forster, of a daughter. „ the t J. On the 22d inst., at Southtown House,P o°- ' to Mary E. Haworth, of a daughter. the p t tli st , On the 23d inst., in Lower Grosvenor-street , _ A ttt Miln:s Gaskell, Esq., M.P., of a son. * F On the 23d inst., in Upper 'Woburn-place, 141 r of a son.' . -. led Mil RAJED. virilletl;l ' On the 21st inst., at St. Dunsta'n's, Stepnah ges' o'' ander Wallace, Esq., of Dalsten, to .Elizabetb, Y.„,t l T e ch °F,, ter of W. More, Esq., of Great Turnef-street, vv.„u!, d ou , 0 0 1 : 4 ; On the 24th inst., at St. Matthew's Church, Br no P f , off . Terry, Esq., of Chesterfield-street, New-r0. 1 .,.;'0e1d ' 0, youngest daughter of J. H. Machu, Esq., of '' 2 ~e 4 d Lower Tulse-hill. 110. - ost On the 22d inst., at St. Peter's, Isle of Thanet,.te J. 4 Doling, Esq., to Eliza, third daughter of the hi 41% / 6 I' Alexander, Esq., of Stone House, Kent. it , la . ir e , On the 22d inst., at St. Botolph, Bishopsgate• ' i 'All 1 , Cozens, of Bristol, to Margaret, youngest (laughter ° s, ! et Somerville, of London. ~., f• c ia On the 22d inst., at Tormahun, Devon, the P. S ol e, 0 Gawthern, of Long Eaton, Derbyshire, to Jemirna o sti daughter of the Rev. S. F. Statham, of Torquay „„, r eil e On the 22d inst., at St. George's Church, 145 ,`, - dattg" 8 d Lugi Perret Sagrini Esq., to Margaret Alair, "'-' Lieutenant • General ' Paterson, K. C. H., of Exeter. $ l ,l • O P DIED. fo On Sunday, 23d inst.., Richard Mountford, EK" Salop, in his 71st year. M. P. la te On the 18th inst., at Lille, Doctor A. 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