The Sun. — London, England, 1833-12-17 00:00:00

MR. 11/ W. HARVEY AND THE BAR. (Abridged from the Essex Herald of this day.) On Friday evening last the Benehers reassembled, and Sedgwiek concluded his summing up of Mr. Harvey's vase. These proceedings have occupied nine evenings, and we understand it is probable that the decision of the Benchers will not be made known until the next Term. It appears to us that the following are the principal points of the case : The certificate of the Benchers of their objections to Mr. Harvey's claim to be called to the bar, goes to charge that he having, as the agent of Mr. Frost, of Kelvedon, sold an estate for his client to Mr. Skingley, for the sum of 1,450/., paid to Mr. Frost only the sum of 9501., put t-rig into his own pocket the difference-5002. ; that an action was brought against him by Frost, for that 5001. and other moneys, and that the plaintiff in M arch 1814, obtained a verdict, with datrat<es for 8971. 19s. 6d., and that Mr. Harvey did not defend the action. After the Harvey of the tri a l i n th e ( helmsford Chronicle, M r . Harvey published a letter in that paper, stating that any person mighi see at his office an agreement between him and Mr. Post, for the purchase by him of Mr. Frost, of the ea s rare for 9501., and another subsequent agreement between tom Mr.Skingley, for the sale of the estate by him to Mr. S. for 1,4,50/. He also stated that he should take the earliest opportunity of moving for a new trial. The certificate alleged that the benchers had no account of these agree ments having ever been seen by any person but his own clerk and the Common Council of Bishopsgate Ward. It was also observed, that the estate was actually conveyed from Frost to Skingley, and the consideration inserted was the sr:aller sum of 930/. Another principal charge was, that Mr. Thos. Andrew, aaolicitor, of Coggeshall, having charged Mr. Harvey with fraudulently taking his (Mr. A.'s) office, an agreement, the abstraction and defeating of which would be highly beneficial to his (Mr. ll.'s) client, a Mr. Shelley ; and Mr. Andrew publicly stated that he would have Mr. liatvey struck off the roll of attorneys. For these decla rations, Mr. H. brought an action for defamation against Mr. Andrew, who pleaded justification, i. e., that his declarations were true ; and he obtained a verdict in his favour. There were other minor points; hut it appeared from the certificate of the Benchers, that the verdicts in these two cases formed the main grounds of their rejection of 111 r. Harvey. In the recent investigation, Mr. Harvey produced many witnesses and documents to vindicate his character. The testimony went to prove the following facts:— With respect to Frost's estate, among other evidence, Mr. Harvey called Mr. Waylen, who succeeded Mr. Andrew in his business at the decease of the latter in 1826. Mr. Waylen stated that in December last, he, while looking through the late Mr. Andrew's papers with no friendly intention towards Mr. Harvey, found a copy of tl e agreement between Mr. Harvey and Mr. Skingley, dated 13th October, 1809, part of it being in the hand writing of Mr. Andrew himself; he also produced a letter (found among the same papers) written by Mr. Frost to Mr. Skingley, and dated the 9th of October, 1809, and asked him if he had seen the agreement which had been signed by him (Mr. Frost) and Mr. Harvey. This agreement and letter were now pro. duced to the Benchers. Mr. Harvey also produced his former clerks to prove the existence of the agreements, and Mr. White, a common councilman of Bishopegate Ward, to prove that the agreements were laid before a meeting of the common council in April, 1814, and that a unanimous resolution was passed declaratory of their being satisfied with Mr. Harvey's conduct with regard to Mr. Frost's affiir. He also adduced testimony to show that after his letter in the Chelmsford Chronicle, persons did apply at his office to see the agreements, and actually did see them. Other evidence went to show that the estate was conveyed by Frost to Skingley for the smaller consideration, to avoid the heavier stamp duty, which was a practice commo❑ among the most respectable part of the legal profession. With regard to his not moving (or a new trial, Mr. Harvey said that he settled with Frost subsequent to the verdict, and that Frost refused to take the 5001. for the recovery of which he said Mr. Andrew had proceeded without his consent— that he, Mr. Harvey, having thus settled with Mr. Frost, and having repeatedly and publicly challenged inquiry into the transaction while all the parties were living, and having been repeatedly returned to Parliament for the Borough of Colchester, he considered that he had vindicated his character in the best and most complete manner. Sir Charles Wetherell frequently recurred to the evidence of Mr. Skingley on the trial, in which that gentleman had deposed that Mr. Harvey asked him for the 5001. after Mr. Frost had left the room, and that he paid it him. To this Mr. Harvey replied that he doubted not that Mr. Skingley was confused when giving his evidence, and impressed with an idea that he was in danger of losing his iurchase money and of being liable to penalties. He also complained that the Judge and Counsel put leading questions to Mr. S. which, at all times was very improper, and particularly so in an unde fended cause. He did not mean to accuse Mr. S. of wilful misstatement, but asserted that from the circumstances in which be was placed, he stated that which was incorrect. He also urged the argument of the absence of all po.sible motive for Mr. Skingley to pay 5001. to him (Mr. Harvey) if he (Mr. S.) had bought the estate of Mr. Frost for 9501. Mr. H. produced documents to show that he had settled with Mr. Frost. In the case of " Harvey v. Andrew," Mr. Harvey stated that the paper which he was accused of purloining was one, the execution of which would have been highly advantageous to his client, and therefore there could be no motive for purloining it ; whilst on the other hand, Mr. Andrew had every motive to g.t rid of its execution, and in point of fact did so, though Mr. Harvey moved the Court of King's Bench to enforce upon him the perform. ance of its conditions. The verdict against him (Mr. Harvey) was given entirely on the evidence of Mr. Andrew's brother, who was in the office with Mr. Harvey, at the alleged time of the paper being taken, and swore that there were four papers on the table, and that after Mr. Harvey went out there were only two ; but on cross-examination he said he did not see Mr. H. take the papers, and could not swear that he did take them. He (Mr. H.) also asked why, if Mr. Andrew could establish the fact, he did not apply to the Court of King's Bench to have him struck off the Roll ? He proposed to offer evidence to show that John Andrew had subsequent to the trial made declarations tending to exculpate him (Mr. H.) from the charge of purloining the papers, and also to invalidate his character and that of his brother, but the Benchers after consider able deliberation decided that they could not hear such testimony. I❑ the course of the proceedings Mr. Harvey repeatedly complained t bat the Benchers had not, with their certifi cate, transmitted to the Judges a copy of the evidence produced by Mr. Harvey on the former occasion, and that they bad introduced into the appendix of their certificate, certain affidavits which had not been produced to Mr. H. on the former occasion. He also averred that they had assumed several important facts in the case which had not been proved. He also frequently adverted to the difficulties imposed on him by ths , .nature of the tribunal before which he appeared, as that tribunal could not give him any authority to compel the attendance of even a single witness. [ln the absence of a detailed report, the above abstract, which we give with perfect impartiality, will furnish our readers with a correct outline of the leading points of this most important investigation.] THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND TEM PERANCE SOCIETIES.-The Duke of Wellington has given his sanction to the introduction of Temperance Societies into the srmy. A Regimental Order of the Grenadier Guards, of which his Grace is Colonel, is now lying before us, wherein it is stated that his Grace " has inquired whether any Temperance Societies exist among them," arid expresses his opinion " of the great advantage which might result from the adoption of systematic measures to repress habits of intemperance, and to encourage sobriety" —adding that " nothing would be wanting in the character of the English so'dier, if the prevalent vice of drinking to excess could be eradicated." The Order then urges the benefit of temperance, and states " that those who become unfit f or th e s e rvice will receive little or no pension at examination at Chelsea if their disability shall be traced to habits of excessive drinking." Such a dis tinction must he made in justice to the good and steady soldier, who preserves his health, and serves the proper time.—Kentish Observer. CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE.—The de lay that has taken place in commencin g this interesting work has had the effect of pr o ducing a plan whi c h ma y probably supersede the adoption of the suspensi on prin ciple altogether. Mr. Motley, f)rmerly of this city, pro poses a stupendous arch, of 600 feet span, combining the two principles of compression and tension, so ingeniously adjusted as to assist each other. It is proposed to be of wrought iron ; and in its construction, as Mr. Motley explains it us, our readers will be surprised to learn that heittotto ( totlelitft it without the aid either of a fixes itfailutck (RWha r ik-tErmed a " centre." The plan hit; fP . iiALunittel 4ifse - ril individuals who rank highly ttiN-ecience, jatt Iwe hear that some of the V;--ibOri to the )Itlspension bridge are favourably ; 11- I • \#, - "rthe saving in expense will, it is expected, tiiirtelderiblerr—Bristotjournal. tr Z., i'ltic;F.s 01' s'f' CKS TH. S iIA l' ~, INN. 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Morning 39 minutes after 6.1 Evening... 2 minutes after 7. gok s 464 0 - 1) rbe ew itn, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1833. It is generally understood that attempts are making by the British and French Governments to displace the present Ministry in Portugal, and to put the Duke of PALMELLA at the head of the Cabinet. One of our most influential Morning Contemporaries has warmly recom mended this policy, whilst an Evening Paper has with equal warmth devoted its columns to the support of the present Ministry in Portugal, as if it were the only one that could be found adapted to circumstances, and able to carry on the contest against Don MIGUEL. We have no predilections either for the Duke of PAL MELLA Or M. JOSE DA SILVA CARVALHO t the present head of the Portuguese Ministry, as individuals, and can only weigh their respective merits in the scale of public utility. Thus weighed, the Duke of PALMELLA, as a man of tried integrity and great diplomatic skill, with an important stake in the country, has certainly an advantage over M. DE CAR VALHO, who is comparatively a new man, and who, whatever may be his integrity, certainly appears to be deficient in the art of making partisans and friends. Our Ministers, however, are much to blame for endeavouring to force DOD PEDRO, who is one of the numerous class of persons more difficult to be driven than led, into an acquiescence with their views. In their anxiety to see PALMELLA at the head of the Portu guese Ministry, they ought to have adopted very different means to attain the desired end. From all that we have heard of the character of Don PEDRO, he is a man not to be diverted from any point by intimidation, and is indifferent almost to rudeness towards those who are not in possession of his esteem. Mr. HOPPNER, our late Consul-General at Lisbon, would have done more in one hour with Don PEDRO than Lord W. RUSSELL could do in a year. It may be now too late to replace Mr. HOPPNER in the post from which he was unwisely removed ; but immediate instructions ought to be given for the removal of Lord W. RussaLL, and the presence of the new Minister, Lord HOWARD DE WALDEN at the Portuguese Court. So long as Lord W. RUSSELL remains in Lisbon, PEDRO will do nothing to oblige the British Government, even though his inclination should be that way. If Lord PALMERSTON were aware of the extent to which the personal dislike of Lord W. RUSSELL by Don PEDRO is carried, they would not hesitate at his removal, for it is always the aim of a skilful Minister, who has a point to carry with a foreign prince, to have near his per son an ambassador who has some influence over his mind. How little Don PEDRO likes Lord W. RUSSELL, and how much he esteemed Mr. HOPPNER, may be gathered from the fact that at one of the state dinners, when both these gentlemen were present, Lord W. RUSSELL had a seat near the end of the table, whilst Mr. HOPPNER was placed at PEDRO'S right hand. We are glad to perceive that most of our contemporaries are warmly following up the line of argument respecting the ambitious designs of Russia, which we first used several months ago, when our attention was directed to them by the information we had received. Whatever incon venience may have been sustained by having permitted the Emperor of RUSSIA to pur sue his career so far unchecked, it is cetH tainly not too late to prevent the injury to the political and commercial interests of this country which further impunity on the part of the Emperor of RUSSIA would produce. The apparent, indeed almost avowed, object of th e Emperor of RUSSIA is to obtain exclu sive possession of the Dardanelles ; without that his fleet in the Black Sea would be of little avail : but were he once to be permitted to pos sess the right of excluding the ships of other nations from the Dardanelles, there would be nothing to prevent his taking possession of the entire coast, and by an offensive and defensive treaty with the Paella of EGYPT, putting an end to British commerce with the Mediterranean. The British Ministry must be sensible of this, and will, we doubt not, make such demonstra tions as their own honour and the public in terests demand. `We have received from the Mauritius letters and papers to the 21st of September. The colonists had received an account of the passing of the Slave Bill, and were satisfied with the Compensation Clause, which, from the circum stance of the Mauritius being a new colony, and very productive, is expected to give about 501. for each slave, whilst in Jamaica and other old colonies, the planters will receive only about 201. There is much irritation in the island in conse quence of the disallowance byGovernment of the ordinance No. 1, 1832, respecting the Penal Laws. By this disallowance the Penal Laws which existed previously to 1832 will again come into operation. We subjoin the procla mation which has been issued on this subject : PROCLAMATION. In the name of his Most Excellent Majesty William the Fourtbrof the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land, King, by his Excellency Major-General Sir William Nicolay, Knight, C. B. K. C. H., Governor and Commander in-Chief of the island of Mauritius and dependencies, &c. &c. Whereas, in consequence of his Most Excellent Majesty's disallowance of the Ordinance, No. 1, of 1832, the penal laws, orders, and regulations in force before its promulgation, resume their full operation and effect among which are the laws, orders, and regulations, respect ing the holding of public meetings, forming societies and associations, and preparing and presenting col lective petitions. And whereas his Excellency the Governor is informed that there exist cert tin societies and associations, known by the name of Colonial Com mittees and Agricultural Societies ; and that they conceive themselves sanctioned either directly or tacitly by the Go vernment. His Excellency does hereby expressly with draw any and every sanction and authorisation whatever that may have been at any time heretofore granted for forming any such Committees and Societies, or for their holding meetings or convocations under any name or designation whatsoever. And his Excellency does further by these presents an nounce his determination to cause to be duly and strictly enforced the laws, orders, and regulations bearing reference to the holding of Public Meetings, forming Societies, Committees, or Associations, and the preparing and pre senting of Collective Petitions. GOD SAVE THE KING. Done at Government House, Port Louis, this 10th thy of September, 1833. By his Excellency's command, GEO. F. DICK, Colonial Secretary. Some of our Ultra Tory friends, with more zeal than discretion, are continually crying out at the present Government for its love of pa tronage and its extravagance, although its only real offences, in their eyes, are its abolition of useless places, and curtailment of public expen diture. It is ludicrous to see them one day lamenting the fall of a hundred sinecures, and the next boiling with indignation at the creation of one necessary office, all forsooth on the score of economy. Here is the last number of the Old England, for instance, has devoted a full column to a detailed vituperation of Mi nisters, because they have resolved that India shall be better governed than it hitherto has, and that by the removal ofthe nuisances bequeathed to them by their predecessors, they incur the unavoidable expense of brooms. The Augean stable of In dian abuses is threatened with a thorough clean out, and the Old En g land forthwith—does what ? Show that there are no abuses ? That the old system of Government wants no change ? Not at all ; but calls out at the expenses to be incurred, and charges the Ministry with corrup tion for incurring them. Under the system of 1813, says our contemporary, the Government of Bengal cost only 53,800/., whilst under the system of 1833, it is to cost 20,6001. additional. He does not attempt to show that the additional expense is not a necessary one, and for the plain reason, that he knew the whole evidence given before the Select Committee of last year established its necessity. The two items which occasion the increase are 9,6001. for a fourth Member of Council, with qualifications and information of a character acknowledgedly not possessed by the other three, but which were essential for the good government of Bengal, and 12,0001. for the new Presidency of Agra. There is a decrease in the salary of the Governor- General of 1,0001. per annum. The main cause of the increase is the creation of the new Presidency. Any one in the slight. est degree acquainted with Bengal, will be able to inform our Contemporary that the necessity of some separate head of Government for the western territory of that province has long been severely felt. If he will take the trouble of referring to the large blue books re lating to India, laid upon the table of the House of Commons last Session, he will find that Mr. MACKENZIE and others distinctly recommended the very arrangement which Minis ters have now adopted. In order, however, to reconcile him if possible to a departure from the expenditure of 1813 by the Whigs, we would remind, or inform him, that the other expenses of Bengal have vastly increased since 1813, and that under the sway of his beloved Tories. In the Appendix to the Military Report of the Committee, he will find at page 196 a return showing the number and expenses of the troops in the three Presidencies in every year since 1813. By that it appears that the army, which cost in 1813 seven millions odd, in 1830 cost nine millions odd. The military expenses could not be kept down, because the necessity of in creasing the number of the troops was one which could not be postponed. The proper government of Bengal has been postponed as long as it can, and now that it can be postponed no olong longer, the change is a tt en d e d w i t h an additional expense of 20,0001., a piece of ex travagance which quite shocks the new found economy of our Conservative friends. The Old supposed akw eeightto his main salaries of the E ch n a g rg la e l , id a , d l ;l up by way way of m Law Commissioners, and the expenses of the Canton establishment. With regard to the first, we will only say, that it has been long a matter of just reproach to the Conservatives that some attempt has not long since been made to form some code of Indian law, or establish some mode of administering justice, which should prove a blessing, instead of a curse, to the un happy natives, whom necessity drives to our courts of law. Hardly any expense can be conceived too great to secure the services of individuals competent to discharge this task. With respect to the last point touched upon by our contemporary, we will only express our satisfaction at finding that he praises the Court of Directors for saying to Mr. C. GRANT, among other things— " The Court earnestly entreat that you will he pleased to bring under the consideration of the King's Nlinister* the propriety of equalizing the duties levied in Greai Britain upon the produce and manufactures of India with those of other parts of his Majesty's dominions.' We thought our Contemporary too strong an admirer of West India Slavery, to sanction for a moment the idea of equalizing the duties on sugar. As to the talk about restricting and burdening our trade at Canton by the imposition of the seven shillings per cent. duty, it sounds rather strange from a writer who advocates the continuance of all the burdens and restrictions upon our trade at home, which are so mischiev- ously checking our industry. The poor shipowners, whose property does not pay interest, who are annually incurring heavy losses from the reciprocity treaties which prevent their vessels being charged with heavy discriminating duties abroad, feel so strongly the distress the shipbuilding trade would ex perience were they to cease ruining themselves, that they have been good enough to resolve to go on as before. Several of the Northern papers contain the following statement There are now building on the banks of the Wear fifty-six vessels of from 150 to 600 ton burthen." The poor shipowners ! how disin terested, when they are being ruined by the re ciprocity treaties. The race has begun for the production of Scribe's Comedy, Bertrand et Raton, at some of our London Theatres, major or minor. It is in the hands of four of our dramatists of greater or less celebrity. The Victoria Theatre will close on Thursday, and reopen after Christmas. The novelties after Christmas are :—A Farce, in one act, from the pen of Mr. Collier, entitled The Blacksmith, or a Trip to Gretna ; a Play, by Serle ; a Drama, in two acts, by Mrs. Charles Gore, called The King and the Cobbler ; and a new piece from the pen of Sheridan Knowles. The Pantomime is in a forward state. The Ottoman [Woniteur of the 2d ult. states, that in July last the Sultan having gone to see the pieces of cannon presented to him by the King of England, said to the British officers present, that he took the greatest interest in a good maritime organization, and the imposing force of a fine fleet; that he had recently visited the Rus sian squadron brought to Constantinople by particular circumstances, and was lik.wise desirous of seeing the English fleet stationed in the Mediterranean, but was obliged to deny himself this satisfaction, beciuse neither the interests of the British Government nor those of his own empire would allow the entrance of that fleet into the Dardanelles. The father of the late Mr. Kean, the trage dian, about whom the theatrical public seem entirely ignorant, the writer of this paragraph well remembers. He was, during two or three seasons, one of the chief pillars that supported the debating society at the Mitre Tavern, in Fleet-street, in conjunction with the late Chief Justice Dallas, Sir W. Garrow, Horne Tooke, Mr. Perry, Hewardine, and his friend poor Jenkins, the reporter, who died a year or two ago in extreme poverty. The!wall was at that time clerk to Impey, a respectable solicitor in the Temple, and a regular attendant at the debating so cieties then extremely prevalent. He must have a vivid recollection of Kean's father, who was a handsome, dark young man, with floe flowing hair, and a most intelli ligent countenance. He was a very interesting, elcquent, and effective orator. Mitre Tavern, Coach-makers' Hall, a Great Room in Bartholomew-lane, the Great Room in Spring-gardens, and a Room in the Haymarket—the ad mission sixpence each—which was divided amongst the speakers, after paying for the bread and cheese and porter. The Right Hon. W. Pitt was a constant visiter at these debating societies, although he never spoke. He was al ways accompanied by the late Mr. Perry. GRAND MATCH FOR 50,000 NAPOLEONS. —This match, which was alluded to in the papers of last week, and in which the challenge of a Frenchman to play for 25,000 Napoleons aside was accepted by the proprie tors of the Athenrum Club-house, in St. James's-street, Messrs. Bond, was finally arranged on Friday evening, after a good deal of discussion. The French speculators were desirous of playing in private, but Messrs. Bond took exceptions to this, on the ground that suspicions might arise as to the bona ,fide character of the transaction, and therefore stipulated that the affair should be decided on their own premises, in the presence of a select number of friends on both sides, to be admitted by tickets. To this the " foreigners" at last acceded, with an understanding that they might appear incop.—a privilege granted to the friends of Messrs. Bond, if they are equally fastidious. The preliminaries thus adjusted, the whole of the money on both sides was exhibited—a most tempting amount. It was then arranged that the play should commence this evening, each party choosing an umpire, who, if they disagree in the course of the play, are to select a referee, whose judgment is to be final. Great interest is excited among the speculators of all ranks, some of whom in the higher circles, it is understood, will, as agreed, attend in masks or other disguise. Of the 10,000 shares required to carry the Bill for the two sections of the Great Western Railway, for which application is to be made in the approaching session through Parliament, between seven and eight thou sand are already subscribed. —Birmingham Journal. DOING BUSINESS.—A man servant, on a farm in the neighbourhood of Brecon, was married on Monday last to a female residing in the same house ; on Tuesday be forsook his wife ; on Wednesday stole a cow near Abergavenny ; and on Thursday was sent to Mon mouth county gaol for the offence. _ The summits of the Malvern and adjacent hills, were, this morning, partially covered with' snow, and there was a slight frost during the night; but, judging from the season, so far as it has gone, the predictions of the weather-wise that the present was to be a long and rigor- Otis winter do not appear likely to be verified.— Worces ter Herald. SCARLET FEVER.—WC are told that this disorder in its malignant state has been raging in Man chester to a great extent ; and we have been given to un derstand from undoubted authority, that in November last past, not less than five hundred and eighty children were buried in the new burial ground, Rusholme-road, who had fallen victims to this epidemic.—Stockport Ad vertiser. The new coach from Exeter to Falmouth, by Camelford, Wadebridge, and St. Colamb, commenced running on Tuesday last ; and being the first that bad come by that route, it was welcomed at the towns with much eclat, many hundred persons assembling to greet its advance. At St. Columb, a subscription has been set on foot far placing twenty lamps in the main street, and which is considered to be preparatory to lighting the town with gas. We learn that it is in contemplation to establish a rail-road from St. Columb Porth to the Gorse Moor; a measure that would be of essential benefit to thatim portant part of the county.— West Briton. STATE OF TRADE IN PAISLEY.---AVe have never bad the satisfaction of noticing the trade of Paisley in a more flourishing state than at present. Dur ing the last four months, the plain middled shawl s o f various descriptions, and sewed-on-borders, have given place entirely to others of rich and expensiv e d escr i pt i on, figured all over, and finished in the loom. I n d ee d the plain work of almost every description has been on the decline for some time past, and those workmen who are unwilling to change from it are obtaining labour with considerable difficulty; but harness w or k, i n great variety, is readily obtained , and is gradually exten di ng still further over the country. This alteratio n i n t h e nature of the work has been seriously felt by those engaged in several departments, though to the gre a t port i on of the populat i on it has proved highly beneficial. The shawl sewers, in particular, have suffered severely, and the greater part of them have been obliged to turn their hand to something else. In the light silk line the same briskness has not prevailed that is usual at the season, owing entirely to the late advance in the price of the material, but even in that branch trade cannot be considered bad.— Glasgow In telligencer. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, DEC. 16.--Wind W.S.W. to S.W., strong, in squalls all day. Five, r. rt., it blows a gale from S.W. —Arrived the Maria, from Mogadore. The Elizabeth, Richards, from Philadelphia to Antwerp, slipped her an chor and chain, and proceeded to Ramsgate. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 16.—Wind W.S.W. to S.W., a heavy gale.—Arrived from the river the Sippings, Free man, for the Cape of Good Hope and Ceylon ; and Lord of the Isles, Highton, for Madras and Bengal. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 15.—Wind W.S.W,—Arrived the Alert, Capperston, from Wyhurg; and Fanny, Drum mond, from London, for the Mauritius. FAtmouTu, DEC. 15.—Wind W.S.W., fresh breezes. —Arrived the Superb, Baxter, from Cadiz. MARGATE, DEC. 16.—Arrived off port the John Sachlen, Weshart, from B.lfast. RAMSGATE, DEC. 16.—Arrived the Princess Victoria, Thomas, from Cork ; and the Magnet packet, Harvey, from Newry, very leaky. PENZANCE, DEC. 15.—Arrived off port the Herstiller, Vanderwind, from Rio Janeiro. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 15.—Arrived the Superior, Tyson, from Virginia; Agenoria, Wbireway, from Newfound land ; and Achille, from Palermo. Sailed the Hellas, Scanlan, for Bombay. GREENOCK, DEC. 14.—Arrived the Arcadian, Auld, from Charleston ; and Divina, Tait, from Riga. NEWRY, DEc. 14.—Arrived the Neptune, Brown, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; and Oak, Richie, from WATERFORD, DEC. 14.—Arrived the Lady Leitrim, Clement, from Newfoundland. YARMOUTH, DEc. 16.—Arrived the Arthur, Rester, from Pillau. WHITBY, DEC 15.—Arrived off port the Freeland, Midgley, from Africa. MILFORD ' DEC. 15.—The Sybil packet, from Holy head, on the 13th instant ran foul of an East Indianian, and lost figure-bead, bowsprit, &c. ; she staid by the latter two hours. YARMOUTH, DEC. 16.—The Richard and Ann, Bur gin, from London to Wick, has put i❑ leaky, having been on shore. The Jane, Poole, from Boston, in working through these roads this morning missed stays and was driven on the beach, but is expected to be got off after being lightened. The London steamer, from Hamburg to Hull, was as sisted into this harbour yesterday by a smack, with damage. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE TATTERSALL'S. The room was thinly attended yesterday. Great anxiety was manifested in two or three quarters to get on about Shilelah and Delirium, 16k to 1 was taken about the former; but, although offers were made to take 20 to 1, nothing was done on the latter. Bubastes was backed at 7tol at the finish, and retains th“ call of Bentley. No thing was said about the Oaks till just before the close of the room, when Rosalie had the call of the Yorkshire filly, and there were offers to take 14 to 1 about Forth's. THE DERBY. 7 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's Bubastes 7 to 1 agst Mr. Yates's Bentley 12 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Plenipo 16 to 1 agst Mr. Chifney's Shelelah t." 2 to 1 agst Mr. Walker's Delirium No others mentioned. OAKS. 17 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Rosalie (taken) 71 to 1 agst Mr. Walker's Cotillon 13 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Louisa STEWMAKET OATLANDS, P.P. 55 to 20 agst Chantilly and Claret (taken) THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND. Supply rather limited, trade dull, and prices barely stationary. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £3 5 to £3 10 New Meadow Hay 3 10 4 4 Useful Old Ditto 3 15 4 0 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 0 4 4 Clover Hay 4 0 5 0 Oat Straw £1 6to £1 8 1 Wheat straw... 1 8 110 SMITHFIELD. Supply short, trade very dull, and prices as last quoted. Coarse neavy Lowland Meadow Hay £3 0 to £3 5 New Meadow Hay 3 5 4 0 Useful Old Ditto 3 5 3 15 Fine Upland Meadow and Itye-grass Hay ..... Clover Hay (extra fine)....£s o... Generally Oat Straw ... £1 4to .£1 6 I Wheat Straw 1 8 1 10 THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Bombay papers have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house to the llth August. GIVOLIER.-We need scarcely call attention to the revolution which has occurred at Givolier, Junhojee Read Swendeah being now in quiet possession of Meean dad. Her Highness, the Baeza Ree, has we bear quitted Givolier, and crossed the Chambue. We have little data upon which we can calculate the line of policy which Lord W. Bentinck will at present adopt, but from the conduct of the President, we should be led to anticipate that no effort will be made on the part of our Government for the purpose of restoring the Baezi to her former authority. From the papers of the 3d of August :—" We regret to state that, owing to the suspension of the rain here, and the unfavourable accounts from the interior, a rise of 40 per cent. in the price of all grain, oil, and other necessaries of life, took place in the markets yesterday." We find, in yesterday's Custom-house report, the fol lowing exportations to Calais :—J. Norman, 10,000 ounces gold and silver coin and bars ; andJ. Lamb, 44,200 ounces gold and silver coin and bars. By this we may infer that gold and silver is again going out of the country. THE FUNDS. Consols, which left off yesterday at 88i 1, opened this morning at BSi for the Account, with no speculation at present, which may be attributed to the state of affairs in the east of Europe. England and France it appears are on the qui vine, watching the movements of the Russians in the Black Sea, who have been for some time past pre paring an extensive force in the ports of that sea. Still we are of opinion that Russia, single handedly, will not venture hostilities against the two great Powers of Europe. Up to the present hour we have no foreign mails, owing to the gales and stormy weather during the night. The Foreign Market is also inactive at present, and the prices may be quoted the same as yesterday. HALF-PAST ONE. To the present hour, we have neither arrivals nor reports of any description to communicate. It is the opinion of the well informed in the city, that the decided mea sures which England and France have adopted respecting Russia, will prevent a war on the Continent, and that that power will listen to the remonstrances of England and France. By the next arrivals from the Continent we may hear some important information en the above subject. Consols, which were in the early part of the day heavy at BSi i for the Account, have rather improved, and may be quoted at 881 1, but very little doing. The Foreign Market is void of interest ; Spanish, 23 to I ; Portuguese, 561 Au arrival from Portugal may hourly be expected. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Conools for th• Account, 881 i. GENERAL PoST•OFFICE.—The following notice was put up this morning :—" Letters for Lisbon in time to-morrow by his Majesty's brig Pantaloon. The packet will touch at Vigo with a bag of letters for Spain. The Hamburg mail will in future be made up on Fridays until further notice. The Edinburgh Journals received on Satur day, repeat the report to which we formerly alluded re specting the resignation of Lord Cringletie, one of the Judges of the Court of Session, and add that it is generally believed that the Lord Advocate Jeffrey will be his sue. cessor. Collins, a private in the Third Dragoon Guards, now lying in our barracks, in pursuance of the sentence of a courtmartial, was tied up in the riding school on Monday and received 200 lashes. Collins bears a bad character in the regiment, and his present punishment was for an attempt at fraud.—Birmingham Journal. STEAM-ENGINES.—The French Academy of Sciences, at their sitting of the 18th of November, awarded a gold medal to M. Guy Cazalab, for a discovery which, it is said, will give perfect security against the bursting of steam-engine boilers. Though many most important improvements have been made in the steam engine, we are not aware that the great desideratum of complete security in the boiler had been obtained previously to the discovery of this gentleman, who is a Professor in the Royal College of Versailles. The frequent discovery of minerals, now ad vancing i❑ our country, is fast developing new and impor tant resources. In New Jersey a copper mine has been recently found, so valuable and abundant that the ore can be taken out with little labour by tons, It is the sul phuret of copper, many of the ores of which species are said to contain from 70 to 80 per cent, of copper, the residue consists of oxide of iron and sulphur.—Philadel plain Chronicle, COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY•) IN RE SIR RICHARD RUTH, A LUNATIC, DECE4IISRD• Mr. LYNCH presented a petition, praying the Court to confirm the Master's report, approving of certain rePall i , to the lunatic's p ro p ert y. The Master's report was mir e , in the lifetime of the lunatic, but by some omission fl a application had been made to the Court before the presen t to have it confirme I. The lunatic died in October la° All the parties now consented to the confirmation. Th e repairs were estimated to amount to 2001. The LORD CHANCELLOR expressed a difficulty i 1 making the order, now that the lunatic was dead ; bosv' ever; the order of reference having been made in the lit, time, the Master having repo r t e d b e f ore t h e d eat h t h a t 1' would be proper to expend the motley in the way 1 10 sought, and all interested parties consenting; he thought bs might direct the confirtnation.—Report confirmed. DE BEAUVOIR V. RHODES. The Court proceeded to hear Counsel in this long lirt" gated case, upo❑ the settling of the minutes of an order directing the trial of certain issue, which were gone into at considerable length. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) HULME V. HULME. This was a bill filed for the purpose of having a deed o f settlement executed on the marriage of two of the de' fondants, James Hulme and Eleanor his wife, established , and the trusts of it carried into execution, and that the sale which had taken place of the trust estate, situate 81 Croydon, and the transfer of a sum of 8691. Bank §toetl to which the plaintiffs, the children, were interested i° remainder, might he declared to have been frauduleoto and that the trustees might he ordered to replace the funds and have the estate reconveyed for the benefit of the plaintiffs. The stock having been placed in the names of tvf° trustees, the deed of settlement contained a provision to case either of them refused to act, that the parents should have the power of nominating another. One of the defendants, named Powell, had been appointed by tbt husband with the concurrence of the wife, and in,' med iately afterwards he sold out the stock, an d handed it over to the husband, who had applied the fund , ' to his own use, and had since become insolvent. O ne of the objects of the bill was to recover the sum from Powell, in consequence of this breach of trust. Powell repre• sented himself as a sailor, who was altogether igna 4 rant of the transaction, or of the effect of what he had done at the suggestion of Hahne, the husband ; that part of the settlement which had contained the ar pointment of Powell as trustee, had, it appeared, been mutilated, and the evidence of the solicitor who had pre' pared the deed afforded the inference that it had been done for the purpose of concealing the part which P o well had taken in the transaction. There was however au endorsement on another part of it, which proved his ar pointment as trustee of the trust property. Th e pur chaser of the real estate, situate at Croydon, had proved the payment of an adequate consideration without trusta of the deed of settlement, and consequently no relief could be had against him. The hearing of the case occupied the greater part of the morning, and was not finished when our reporter left. VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) EARL PORTSMOUTH U. LORD GRANTLEY. Sir EDWARD SUGDEN stated that this case came before the Court upon a bill filed, in consequence of the lunal, of the E a rl o f P ortsmout h, an d a l so i n consequence 0 1 what had taken place in the Ecclesiastical Court, declaring the marriage of that Noble Lord void ; praying for the delivering up of the deed entered into at that period, for the purpose of being cancelled. The Learned C o unsel believed the defendant did not object to the prayer of the bill being complied with, provided they had their costs. Mr. SPURRIER, who appeared for the defendant, con firmed the latter part of Sir Edward Sugden's statement. His HONOUR ordered his client's costs to be paid ou t of the estates. Mr. STEWART was afraid the Court could not make the decree asked, as all necessary parties were not before the Court, Lady Portsmouth nut having been made a party. The VICE-CHANCELLOR did not see the necessity of making Lady Portsmouth a party ; the bill was filed after the declaration of the Ecclesiastical COO that no marriage had taken place, any Miss, therefore , who walked in Drury-lane, might as well have been made a party as Lady Portsmouth. Mr. STEWART submitted that his client was entitled to costs as between solicitor and client. The Vwx-CHANCELLOR said the Court never gave partite costs as between solicitor and client, except in cases where there was a fund over which the Court had domi. nion, which it had not in the present case. ATTORNEY -GENERAL V. SHORE.-LADY lIEWLEY.S CHARITY. This ca.e came before the Court, upon an in formation filed by the Attorney-General, at the rela tion of a Mr. Thomas Wilson, and several other persons, praying that it might be declared that ministers or prtach ers professing Unitarian principles and doctrines, their Wi dows or any member of such congregation were not fit objects of Dame Sarah Hewley's charity ; that exhibitions to the Manchester Unitarian College were inconsistent with her intentions ; that the allowance of 80/. a year to the Rev- C. Wellbeloved, minister of St. Saviour's Gate Chapel, vise not chargeable on the charity estates, and the information also prayed the removal of the trustees. Lady Hewley, the wife of Sir John Hewley, formed,' one of the representatives of York, who professed trinitv rian principles, and attended St. Saviour's-Gate Chapel, in Manchester, then a trinitarian chapel, by deed dated to 1704, gave estates in Yorkshire, of the value of 3,0001., to trustees, in the first place for providing relief for poor and godly preachers of Christ's holy gospel; 2d, for the sustenance of the widows of poor and godly persons ; thirdly, for the encouragement of preaching the Holy Gospel; and 4thlyr for relieving such godly persons as the trustees m ight think fit and proper ohjects of the charity, always making persons residing in Yorkshire the primary objects of the charity. From the statements of the information, it appeared that the funds of the charity from the time of its founda tMn down to MG, were always applied to object. profess ing Trinitarian principles, that Dr. Collier and Mr. Hoihans, who were the ministers of St. Saviour's Gate Chapel, pro fessed and inculc ited Trinitarian principles, and that it was not till a person of the name of Camp was appointed minis ter of the chapel that Unitarian principles were put forth. Mr. Wellbeloved succeeded Mr. Camp, who died in 1801, a nd he continued to preach, as his predecessor had done,Unitariatt doctrines. This, the relators contended, was inconsistent with the intentions of the benevolent and religious founder, who evidently meant that the objects of her bounty were to profess Trinitarian principles. The trustees, who pro fessed Unitarian principles, in addition to paying 801. a year to the Rev. Mr. Wellbel9ved, had applied other funds of the charity to the relief of poor Unitarian clergy men and their widows, and had placed persons professing Unitarian doctrines in the alms houses founded by Lady He w ley. Sir . EDWARD SUGDEN, on behalf of the relations, was addressing the Court when our reporter left, contending that from the will, and course of conduct pursued by Lady Hewley, her intention was not to confer any benefit on persons professing Unitarian doctrines. the defendants, by their answer, denied the profession of Unitarian principles, and submitted that they were entitled to the bounty of the Founder. Several eminent dissenting divines were present in Court the whole of the morning. The case appears likely to occupy the Court a day or two. The fact which we announced yesterday, of the intention of his Majesty's Ministers to give the utmost possible opposition to the treaty lately entered into between Russia and the Porte for the closing of the Dardanelles at the pleasure of the former, we can now confirm as a matter of which no doubt need be entertained. We have it from a source on which we can rely with the most perfect con fidence. At the same time, notwithstanding the preparations of Russia, we have not the slightest idea that she will either dare to encourage the Poi te in opposing the passage of a British fleet, or aid her in any endeavour of the kind.-- Morning Advertiser. PORTRAIT OF THE HON. MRS. NORTON, engraved by Cochran, from Mr. Hayter's ce lebrated paint ing made for his Grace the Duke of Devonshire.--The proof impressions of this exquisite Engraving are published given with t h e N um b er f or January this day by M e ssrs. Bull a nd Churton, Holles-street, and may be bad of all Booksellers and Printsellers in the Kingdom. It h as b e en many months in the hands of the engraver, for the purpose of being brought out in the very best style of leof th t e he c a o r u t,rtani;fugazine whi c h i s e di te d by 1 Mrs. Norton. • The 111ercure Segusien of the 7th instant has the following:—" A few days ago a chasm, 60 feet deep, suddenly formed near the entrance of St. E ienne, by the road from Sorbiers. A carriage was but a feW paces from the spot when the earth sunk in this frightful manner. Fortunately it occurred in the day-time, or, as the road is so much frequented, many passengers might have fallen in, and been no more heard of, as the gulf was filled with water to the depth of 40 feet." CITY 0 Mr. Mt unity of i o lder for t fight be Mr. BL alike any Mr. Di t o be exan of which t f ound extr Mr. C. proceeding wood coo 4 eemed in! 4 rporatiol , Mr. De !0 a corre 14:11rni:toe d a r t b f Mr. Co or what n 111 r. D Itti any c 4 his opi tine Corp ' ), speximi second, t torporati ttre in a torporate The e: ate proci HOR ( A mur Nper lael t he neigh nai f emale na I dly resid Plying h. uloothi Pearan have fi be cut tually, Inn, / lord a sight hand, ing, I Oxfc of th Then childi toren chiefl West Were Baco Is. t 4d. ; lb. 1 lb. 1 ditto PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Alten Mining Company £7 754 Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 54 pm ) £lOO 9 3olanos Mining Company .£l5O 140 Brazilian Mining Company £s 15 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £2ll 61 Ditto National 22% 254 Ditto St. John Del Rey Ditto Cocaes 5 1 Cata Branca Mining Company 3% 54 British Iron Mininv ('omnanv £5O 29% Columbian MininA Co. 'iss at 5/.pm.) 5135 24 English Mining Company 1254 25% ~ leneral Mining Association l2 124 Hibernian Mining Co Itexican Mining Co. £4B 11% Kcal del Monte Mining Co....(unreg.) 524 3 'tilted Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 2/. pm.) 40 11% Ditto New So ip 5 I4i Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO 11 Protector Insurance Comp. Australian Co. Canada Company ........... ........ .. l7 48 General Steam Navigation Co. l3 11 National Provincial Bank of England 5 4% Rio Doce Provincial Bank of Ireland ........