The Sun. — London, England, 1833-12-24 00:00:00

Dissenters of the different denominations have, like all other classes of Englishmen, a right to discuss the operation of the Church of England, established as it is, and supported by the State, upon their own interests as British subjects. A Wesleyan Methodist on Friday last declared for himself, and in the name of his communion, a perfect satisfaction with the tole rance and mildness of the Established Church towards all other Christian sects, and an equal distrust of some of those who call themselves Dissenters, were they to be so upheld by the authority of the State, and invested with the Same privileges. We partake the satisfaction, and unfortunately the distrust. There is no ques tion that the grievances which in a peculiar man ner affect Dissenters—such as the state of the registration, and of the marriage laws, and their exclusion from the undergraduate course at our Universities—ought to be, and will speedily be, got rid of. There is as little doubt that those abuses which exist in the body of the Church itself, and which are so considered by the great body of her members, will be brought under the eye of Parliament, and will be subjected to such remedies as shall be called for by the prevailing sense of the people of England. Pluralities, Deans, and Chapters, sinecures, underpaid cu racies and livings, overpaid bishoprics (the monster Durham !) rectories more than episco pal, must be reached by a general and equitable distribution and adjustment of all Church pro perty. Two of our correspondents in this day's paper assume, with an edifying coolness, and an utter disregard of all propositions which do not square with their own views, that the denial of any right in one man " to interfere with another's creed" is in itself a refutation of the doctrine that the State has a right to establish a particular church in preference to any other. Upon this point we differ from our Independent and Presbyterian cor respondents, on nearly what may be termed first principles, and there is nothing to be resorted to but the will of the majority for a settlement of the dispute. The Independent may shut his ears, if he think proper, of that maxim on which all Christian States for fifteen centuries have framed their civil polity, save and except the republic of North America—a precarious, per haps ephemeral experiment, as well in political as religious legislation, and not yet at least to be pleaded as an example or authority for us to follow. We, who are advocates of a Church establishment, say that it is good for the general cause of all morality, all religion, and all good citizenship—that is, for whatever constitutes the essence of political welfare and of human happiness—to have religion, in some shape or other, established by the law of the land ; and the ministers set apart for the performance of its duties maintained in such a station as shall be respected by the laity,---that is to say, so far above want as shall enable them, un obstructed by sordid and anxious care about the means of daily sustenance, to acquire and store up that wholesome knowledge out of which they may religiously instruct and educate their flocks. and as shall conduce to the formation of those habits of disinterested kindness, and to the per formance of those deeds of Christian charity on their part, which may procure for them an easy access to the good will and affections of the humblest classes of their parishioners. That these objects have been but partially accom plished by the establishment of the Church of England, as it at present operates, and by the actual distribution of its funds, will be lamented most by those most inclined to revere and cherish its but that they are legitimate ends of ,an established church, and most precious to the well-being of society, few men at once benevolent and enlightened will be found to question. Then, however, the debate arises, what particular church shall be preferred and established by the State ? The an swer comes of course,—" that of the majo rity" of the kingdom or empire, as the case may be. In the United Kingdom, by far the most numerous of all sects is that of the Protestant Episcopal communion : and if the Episcopal Protestant Church were not established by law, we could have, it seems to us, no church whatever; for it is the known profession of the Independents, Baptists, &c., that they would not suffer theirs to be established. It becomes an alternative, therefore—the existing Church of England or none, and Christianity itself might in that case go a begging. There is, we ac knowledge, some outward plausibility in the talk of meddling with a man's " religion ;" but in truth the only question is, shall we secure a certain amount of religious knowledge and example in the country, or shall we leave both to the chapter of accidents, to be decided pro or con. by the popular caprice of the moment ? The Church, in its temporal as well as spiritual essence, must and will, therefore, be protected ; but to maintain it at all in the present state of national jealousy, inquiry, and knowledge, we must begin by clearing it of all its tangible impurities.— Times. We are rather pleased than otherwise to see that a morning contemporary has unfurled its banner against the most arbitrary proceedings of the Post-office, and especially with regard to their conduct in preventing captains of ships from forwarding foreign newspapers, &c., but by the formal route of the mail bag, which often causes a delay of many hours. That journal has so long been the unflinching advocate of all in office, under whatever class of Ministry may happen to be in power, that we hail the scraping down which that journal has given to the ma nagement of our Post-office department as likely to be ominous of future benefit to the com- rnunity. Setting aside the motives which have prompted this departure from their usual strain of Government adulation ; and, looking at the mass of approaching events, we feel assured that the ensuing Parliament will find sufficient mattar to work upon ; indeed, we hope th a t th e rea l busi ness of the State will appear so pressing, that the coming Parliamentary session, like the last will not be consumed in a wordy debate, scarcely of a higher grade than the lengthy yarns of a i Kentuckan or South Carolinian orator, who boasts of keepi ng the floor of the mighty Senate at Washington for nearly a week in continuation. The Post-office department is one of those Augean stables that requires a cleansing, from which any but a wan of business, acquainted also with the wants of the community upon this subject, will shrink ; moreover he ought to feel as great an antipathy to unbounded nepoti sm as ourselves. We therefore maintain that although the Duke of Richmond was a gallant fellow i l , the field, he is unfit for the office of Postmaster. General ; and too generous in his nature to cope with the wedded errors of that short sighted department,. and the domineering influ ence of the back stairs' intrigue, which in many instances, render that institution a blessing, mingled with a fiscal curse to the corn munity, for which it professes to do so much. We will not presume that the ori ' ginal object of this institution, which might be rendered of a most truly national cha racter, was purely for the public good, and that it was never intended to be converted into a fiscal source for increasing the revenue. Indeed, when we calmly contemplate the contrast between what that institution is to the public, and what it might be, we feel ashamed at the niggardly policy which actuates those who preside over that de partment. And, under these national emotions —for be it understood in all things we write, careless of those who may for the time being be in power, only for the community at large, and as the independent advocates of our country's welfare either at home or in her colonies—we boldly submit that it is disgraceful that the clerks of the Post-office should be allowed to traffic in newspapers, and to send the manifold copied extracts at their will of foreign newspapers round to the different journals. As to the first part of the last paragraph, we mean to say it is disgraceful that public officers of any grade should, for want of due remuneration, be permitted to sponge upon individual enter prise to eke out a necessary income. It gives them a control that the paid servant of the Government should never possess. With re gard to the second part of the above paragraph, we maintain that it is contrary to the constitu tional spirit which protects the liberty of the press to allow Government servants to deal out exclusively garbled extracts from the fo reign papers on the arrival of every mail. The Government, which by keeping the cobweb-like and filthy errors that have from time been handed down to us from our official predeces sors, and thus has become a part and parcel of the attendant inconveniences of the public ser vice, deserves our reprobation. It must be a strange anomaly which has forced a reform in the Senate, and precludes that reform from the inferior yet essential offices of the State. The regulations which also apply to our internal post-office department want amelioration ; those which apply to the transmission of ship letters are more important, since the interruptions to which they have lately been subjected check commercial operations, upon which vital ques tion the security of the people at large—nay, the national revenue, depends. In the ensuing session the post-office department must come under discussion. We shall then most un flinchingly avail ourselves of the opportunity to support the national interests in general, and, amongst others, we shall not forget the Post office.—Morning Herald. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DEC. 23. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, DEC. 23. (Before Mr. Commissioner EvaNs.) MARSH, GRAHAM, STRACEY, AND FAUNTLEROY'S BANKRUPTCY. A meeting of the creditors under the commission of bankruptcy issued against this banking firm, and which, it will be remembered, suspended payments some years since, in consequence of the extensive forgeries upon the Bank of England by the late Mr. Fauntleroy, was held to-day for the proof of debts and the declaration of a dividend on the joint estate. TILE NEW BANKRUPTCY LAW,-OFFICIAL ASSIGNEES, very commonly committed by a gang of knaves residing here on the shopkeepers in London, with a view, if pos sible, to check it. The Co., as they are styled by my townsmen, support themselves and their families by ob taining from London shop goods of every description, not emitting fish, flesh, and fowl, which, as soon as received are sold at a reduced rate or pawned, and they are such adepts as to render it difficult to bring them within any law for the prevention of fraud. Having remembered the custom of some, particularly tailors and shoemakers, of adding their own address, but for what reason I know not, I feel satisfied if generally adopted it would very much assist to stop this nefarious manner of living. As regards this town it is determined to render every assistance to parties doing this, by informing them in all glaring cases before it is too late to recover their goods. Perhaps your Lordship will be good enough to give publicity to this at one of your official meetings. Three instances have come to my knowledge of shawls and silk cloaks for ladies to a very considerable amount being received within the last week ; and while writing the above the enclosed letter has been put into my hands. " I have the honour to be my Lord, " Your Lordship's obedient servant, " WM. EVERARD, Mayor." " To the Mayor of Lynn. " London, 65, St. James's -street, Dec. 4, 1833. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. WILLIAMS AND ANOTHER V. SMITH. This was an action on three bills of exchange, which purported to be accepted by the defendant. The first was 4081., the second 3001., and the third 581. Sir JAMES SCARLETT stated that the plain tiffs were wine and spirit merchants, and the bills were paid to them as a security for debts due from Frisby and Gatefield, who had carried on the wine trade in the city of London. The Jury, after hearing Counsel on both sides, found a verdict for the defendant. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE closed the sittings after Michaelmas Term. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 23. Sittings at Guildhall, before the CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury.) stAcKENztE V. SIACLEOD. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, Lady Mackenzie, against Colonel Macleod, the defendant, to recover compensation in damages for the loss of a house and furniture by fire, alleged to have oc curred through the negligence of the defendant's servant. The Jury found a verdict for the defendant. F.LKINS V. SCOTT AND CO. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a respectable solicitor, against the defendants, Sir C. Scott and Co., bankers, to recover compensation for the injury sustained by the plaintiff in refusing to pay his check, when they (the defendants) had sufficient assets in their hands to do so. Mr. Sergeant WILDE, in stating the plaintiff's case, said that his client was a most respectable solicitor, and had been in partnership with his father, Mr. John Elkins, anti his brother, Mr. Morrison Elkins. Some differences having arisen there was a dissolution of partnership, when it was agreed that each person was to retain what money he had of their clients in hand. Mr. John Elkins, the father, and Mr. Morrison Elkins continued in partnership, while Mr. Edward Elkins commenced business for himself. Shortly after he (plaintiff) received a check for 1,0001. from a Mr. Brooks, the amount of which he lodged in the bank of the defendants. When Mr. Brooks sent the check he requested of Mr. Edward Elkins to deduct his costs, pay some bills, and remit him the balance to France, where he was then living. The business for which the costs were due was done in the partnership concern. The plaintiff accordingly followed the directions of Mr. Brooks, and drew a check for the balance, 500/., which was refused payment. Nothing could equal the astonishment of the plaintiff at finding his cheek refused, as at that time the bankers had funds in their hands far above that sum. The injury his client sustained was not only an injury to his credit but to his character. He therefore felt confident that the Jury would give that compensation which, as a public example, they ought to give. The Learned Sergeant then called witnesses, after which Mr. Sergeant JONES replied for the defendants. and the Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff.— Damages 15/. The Court adjourned to the next Term. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, DEC. 23. JACOB V. lIUMPIIERY AND ANOTHER. This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendants, late Sheriffs of London, to recover the sum of 1401. for neglect of duty. Mr. ERLE, for the plaintiff, said, the plaintiff had brought an action against a person of the name of Alvin for the amount of a debt. The Jury found a verdict for 141/. ss. A writ of execution was issued, and it was placed in the hands of a bailiff of the name of \Vallbank, who proceeded and made a seizure for the above amount. On the return of the writ, which was on May 22, plaintiff made an application for the money—when the Sheriffs said they had the goods in their possession; but for want of a purchaser they could not sell. The plaintiff then issued a writ to compel the Sheriff to sell; but although this was done, no sale took place. Since then it was discovered that an arrangement bad been entered into by the bailiff with the de fendants, and the goods were returned to Alvin, who since that period had become insolvent. An offer had, subsequently, seen made to the plaintiff, in shape of a compensation, but it was less than what had been endorsed on the writ, and therefore refused. All that the plaintiff wanted was a fair and full compensation, but he should advise him not to take a farthing less. After evidence had been adduced, and Mr. Ser geant TALFOURD had addressed the Jury for the de fendants, The Jury, under the Learned Judge's direction, found a verdict for the plaintiff for 1461. 65., being the amount and interest of the debt. Leave was given to the defendants to move the, Court fora nonsuit, Mr. GORDON said he had to apply to the Court for its direction in a matter of some importance to the creditors. When the new system of bankrupt law commenced the creditors' assignees were desi rous that no official assignee should be appointed on the estate, but they, as well as the creditors, bowed to the opinion of the Court that such appointment ought to be made. He, on the part of the creditors, now wished to have the opinion of the Court whe ther any per centage should be paid to the official assignee for moneys realized by the creditors' as signees, and placed in the hands of the official assignee when his appointment took place. He (Mr. Gordon) should humbly submit that the estate should not be charged with any expenses upon the . money so paid over i n th e fi rst i nstance to t h e ofh cial assignee, amounting to 21,0001. The COMMISSIONER said that by the appointment of the official assignee the estate was saved a great deal of expense, and that officer must be remunerated for his trouble ; and he felt confident that the public had saved thousands by the appointment of official assignees. He was bound to say that, in this case, the creditors' assignees had acted very fairly; but that was not always the case, and thousands upon thousands had been lost to the creditors in conse quence of the want of check now afforded by the °dicer referred to. The greatest possible benefits had resulted from the appointments, which were part of a general system that had hitherto worked well. Mr. GORDON asked if there was any fixed rule for_ the allowance of commis ion ? Mr. C9mmissioner EVANS said there was no fixed rule. He generally allowed 2i per cent. upon all old commissions. He had before said that creditors bad been greatly benefited by the appointment of official assignees, but it was his wish that all credi tors' assignees should themselves be active. He was desirous to afford every check in his power. THE BANK OF ENGLAND'S CLAIM. The subject of the claim made by the Directors of the Bank of England for forgeries committed in the transfer of Stock, to the amount of 250,000/,, having been alluded to, The COMMISSIONER asked if the matter still stood over for the judgment of the House of Lords?' This was a question of great importance, as at least 100,0001. in solid money depended upon it. Mr. GORDON stated the claim by the Bank stood over for the decision of the House of Lords. It was remarked in Court that there are now in the hands of Messrs. Coutts and Co. a sum of 95,559/. Bs. Id., to abide the decision of the Peers on this claim. The proofs made to•day were not large, but in cluding them, together with the claim of the Direc tors of the Bank of England, there are on the pro ceedings debts to the amount of 785,7891., which, added to the claim of 7,8221., make a total of debts and liabilities against the joint estate of the bank rupts of about 790,0001. • A further dividend of .sd. in the pound, was declared to-day on the proofs against the joint estate, in addition to former dividends, amounting to Bs. 4d. in the pound. The dividends paid on Mr. Stracey and Mr. Graham's estates amount to 20s. in the pound, and on that of Mr. Marsh 1.55. in the pound. On Mr. Fauntleroy's estate very little will be divided. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. The overseers of a parish were summoned by Mary Gush, a young woman who has been almost, from her infancy, a dependant upon parochial bounty. She stated that now that she had an opportunity of making herself happy and independent for life, the parish officers of Bishopsgate refused to do their duty, in helping her out of her present degraded state. She had been, off and on, at the workhouse for fifteen or sixteen years, and at last a gentleman in the carpentering line, named Bill Flockton, axed her to be his wife. As she was tired of a single life, and Mr. Flockton had a matter of fourteen shillings a week, she consented; and she applied to the parish officers for their consent, but they refused. --(Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR—I didn't know that the pa rish officers had the power to prevent you. The Beadle—l assure you, my Lord, that we don't attempt to exercise any such authority. Of course we don't encourage those marriages, which so seriously burden a parish. Miss Gush—Please you, my Lord, I don't want to be no burden to the parish ; I wish to cut it al together, and I am blessed if ever I soil a pump in the workhus again. The LORD MAYOR-But if the gentleman you love really loves you, why does he not take you off at once and marry you? I would not ask the con sent of the beadle if I was he. Flockton—Why, my Lord, you see when a man goes all for to join himself to a woman wot comes off the parish they gives a summut just to begin the world with. Now these ere Gentlemen won't give no such a thing, and they couldn't expect I'd take a poor cretur like this ere to be my wife without a summut of a Fortin, for I an't a living man if I an't able to eat all my own wittles myself.—(Laughter.) The Beadle—Their object is merely to get a pound or two from the parish and to spend it in drunkenness. They have no idea of getting married. Miss Gush—What a thundering lie !—(A laugh.) MyLord, this here dirty old beadle wants to prewent people from being modest and winnow. It's a shame to let sich willians live; they deserve to be hanged up without judge or jury. Don't they, Bill ? (Great laughter.) Flockton—And no mistake. Please you, my Lord, its this sort of consarn as sends so many poor creturs upon the street, that havn't got no house nor home, nor nothing, barring the flags, for to stretch their bones upon. Its a shame to think of such treachery.—(Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR—I am afraid that if the parish were to give you a fortune you would not do much good with it. The lady's voice seems to be rather affected, and it really sounds in my ear as if gin was the cause of it.—(The young woman's voice had that hoarseness which excessive drinking, if it will give, is sure to perpetuate.) Flockton—No, my Lord, the creeter got cowld by sleeping in the open hair. The LORD MAYOR— Well, you must manage the business without my assistance. I can't compel the parish officers to give you a fortune. Miss Gush—Then I'm bless'd if we don't find a way to burden the parish without marrying at all. Won't us, Bill ? Flockton—Blowed if we don't.—(Laughter.) This promising couple then moved off; the car pentering gentleman having put on his hat before he left the room, while the LORD MAYOR assured them that if they were ever brought before him for any offence he should not forget their conduct that day. Mr. Booker, one of the officers of Bishopsgate, informed the Lord Mayor that the two lovers had lived together in Petticoat-lane for the last twelve months. The LORD MAYOR received the following com munication from the Mayor of Lynn, enclosing the notice which follows : King's Lynn, Dec. 19, 1833. My Lord,—Knowing your anxiety to protect the tradesmen of London, as well as the community in general, against the various systems of fraud prevalent in the pre• sent day, I take the liberty to inform your Lordship of one " Sir,—Not knowing any Gentleman in Lynn to whom I could apply for information but yourself. I have taken the liberty of troubling you, trusting you will pardon the same, and oblige me with a reply. " A Gentleman of the name of P., residing at Terrace walk, Lynn, has applied to me for clothes, not giving me any reference or recommendation, but promising to remit nae the amount through his bankers on receipt thereof. Immediately after my sending Mr. P. 'a order, a Mr. J. C. R. also sent me an order for a shooting coatee, velvet vest, and three pair of shooting trousers, saying he wished to dress like his friend, as they were going to a pigeon match on Thursday (to-morrow). The writing of the last person is very bad, and appears to me to be quite a boy's; and the spelling is such that I cannot think of executing the order without doing t -o on some certainty. For forwarding he has written ‘forrediny ;' for double (bible and Po on, which looks any thing but respectable."—(Loud laughter followed the reading of the above paragraph.) " I shall esteem it a great favour if you will kindly in form me if you possess any knowledge of them.—Am, Sir, your obedient servant, " P. pro Robert Pulford, "JOHN K. PELBY." The LORD MAYOR said he regretted that the cor respondent of the Mayor of Lynn had been plun dered by means of so stale an expedient. The gen tleman who spoke of the pigeon march had used the language which particularly well described the con duct of both speculators in plucking tradesmen, and his Lordship really could not have expected that a London man of business, especially in a line of trade at v,hich all swindlers had a fling, and by means of which they were enabled to carry on their plans could have disposed of his property so incautiously. His Lordship has, with a spirit like that which distinguished the late Mayoralty, determined to rout out of the City the troops of swindlers who infest it, and has given instructions to some of the most active officers to keep their eyes upon some new firms which have appeared in the vocabulary of de predators. MAR YLEB ONE. A PHILANTIIROPIST.—Mary Anne Grace, a masculine•looking woman, was yesterday placed at the bar, charged on suspicion of having stolen a sil ver watch, seals, &c., with seven shillings in silver, the property of Mr. William Beevers, who described himself as a cabinet-maker, carrying on business at No. 7, Lisson-strect, Lisson-grove. The prosecutor on the previous night, between eleven and twelve o'clock, as he was returning from the City towards home, somewhat " fresh," but by no means intoxicated, met the prisoner in Crawford street, who represented to him, with tears in her eyes, that she was in the greatest distress, and at that very time had an infant lying on its death-bed at home. From motives of pure philanthropy he accompanied her to her residence in Mitchell -street, where he found the sick child in its cradle as de- scribed by the mother. Having ministered to her necessities by a trifling pecuniary donation, he sat himself down for some little time in the apartment, when all of a sudden he found himself very " queer," and in a short time his senses wholly forsook him. Mr. RAWLINSON—And what do you imagine was the cause of your insensibility ? Prosecutor—Why, your Worship, that's the point I want to come at ; hut it's quite out of my power. But of this I'm quite certain, that as soon as I came a little to myself I found that my watch and seven shillings in silver had tied, and I then called in a policeman, who found the watch under the pillow of the prisoner's bed. In reply to the charge the prisoner denied having told the dismal tale of distress as the prosecutor had asserted. He had passed the night with her, but denied having " hocussed" him as he had insinuated. Mr. RAWLINSON (to the prosecutor)—You are a married man, I believe. Pray is your wife acquainted with this midnight adventure of yours ? Prosecu tor—Oh yes! and, like a good soul as she is, don't believe a single word of it, your Worship; and how should she ? Now, I'll put it to your Worship, is it at all likely that a man of fifty years of age would be guilty of such a thing ?—(Laughter.) Mr. RAWLINSON (to an officer)—ls the wife pre sent? Officer—She is outside, your Worship. Mr. RAWLINSON—Bring her hi. A respectable-looking woman, about the middle age, was accordingly introduced, when Mr. RAWLINSON said—l'm told you know about this business of your husband's. Is it true ? Wife —Oh ! your Worship, there's no truth in it ; there can't be; of that I'm quite sure. Mr. RAWLINSON—there take him home with you, and teach him a lesson of fidelity, do. Wife (looking lovingly at her husband—" Come, dear, come along;" so saying the happy pair left the office arm in arm together, smiling as good-humour edly as any of the auditors. The prisoner, who was an old offender, was com mitted for a month. HATT 01V-GARDEN. Yesterday Henry Thorne Cussens Cox, a young man of respectable appearance, was brought before Mr. LAING for re-examination, charged by Mr. James Dignum, attorney, of No. 6, King-street, Bloomsbury, with having embezzled various sums of money. The prisoner, who it appears was formerly a preacher, and has a very solemn countenance, with straight black hair, was fully committed to Newgate for trial, and the parties bound over to prosecute. A Correspondent states that at the present time there are not fewer than 1,423 prisoners in Coldbath fields House of Correction. DREADFUL SUICIDE OF ONE OF THE CHIEF CLERKS AT THE EAST INDIA HOUSE.-Last night an inquest was held at Mr. Trueby's Vapour Baths, No. 34, St. Mary Axe, on the body of Mr. John Hatfield Kennedy, aged 60, chief clerk in the Transfer Office at the East India House. Mr. Trueby said that the deceased, who was estranger to him, that morning(yesterday)ordered a warm bath at the temperature of 90 degrees. In a quarter of an hour witness heard the report of fire-arms, and on proceeding to the room of the deceased he found the door bolted. It was immediately broken open, and the deceased was then discovered stretched upon bis back on the floor, in the agonies of death. His head was almost blown to atoms, his brains were scattered about the room, and a discharged horse-pistol was on one side of him, while another %vas lying on the sofa. The deceased had not been in the bath. Mr. Brown, a surgeon, was called in, but the deceased was quite dead. It appeared that the deceased, who had been for thirty years in the Transfer Office, had latterly appeared much depressed in mind, for which no one could account. Before he went to the bath he said be had a pain in his head, and he would try what the bath would do fur him. He further said to Mr. Peppercorn, of the Transfer Office, that he had an appointment with the Chairman of the Directors of the East India Company, who wished to see him, but it had been ascertained that the Chairman never expressed any wish to see him. No bullet was found, and it is supposed that the deceased shot himself with the ramrod. There are some doubts whether the deceased went to the Baths with the intention of destroying himself, as he told the messenger at the Transfer Office where he was going, and desired him to come at an appointed time with a coach to fetch him. The deceased resided at Clapton. Verdict —Temporary insanity. WARD OF PORTSOKEN. Pursuant to adjournment from Saturday last, the ward mote, assembled by virtue of the precept directed to Thomas Johnson, Esq., the newly elected Alderman of the ward, for the election of Common Councilmen and other officers for the ensuing year, was re-opened yestet day morning at nine o'clock, in the church of St. Botolph, Aldgate. The wardmote was attended by the Lord Mayor and the Recorder, and the church throughout the entire proceedings was densely crowded, the attendance of ladies being as numerous as on the preceding day. A very large body of the city police were also in attendance. The LORD MAYOR stated, that as no application had been made to him to preside at this ward mote, he had issued his precept in the usual way. The duties of the day must be discharged by Alderman Johnson, and he (the Lord Mayor) was confirmed by the opinion of the city legal advisers, that his doing so could not prejudice the case of the parties by whom he was opposed. That gentleman applied to him for protection, and he was here ready to afford it to him. (Tremendous hisses and uproar.) As soon as silenoe was partially obtained. The RECORDER observed, that the meeting had been called upon at their peril to maintain the peace, and as a lawyer he felt it his duty to inform those present, that any individual who might obstruct the proceedings would be liable civilly to those whose rights and privileges might be prejudiced and retarded, and criminally for a continued breach of the peace. Mr. Johnson was in fact the Alderman of the ward.—(Loud cries of " No, no ;" and great uproar.) The Learned Gentleman during his address was re peatedly, not to sty continuously, interrupted by the uproar which pervaded the majority of the assembly. Mr. TYERS, one of the churchwardens, stated that there was a couple in attendance waiting to be married, the curate was in the vestry ready to perform the cere mony, and be hoped that the proceedings would be suspended while the ceremony was performer?. The RECORDER concluded his observations by enjoining the meeting to avoid any repetition of clamour, or attempt at violence. The happy couple were then intrnduced, and the ceremony performed amidst repeated interruptions. The routine business of the election of the subordinate officers of the ward then commenced, but was frequently interrupted hy Mr. Scales, who addressed the meeting frequently, and was as often called to order by the Lord Mayor. This portion of the business of the day occu pied about an hour, when another couple, accompanied by their friends, then presented themselves, and the elec tive proceedings were a second time suspended, in order that the second hymeneal contract might be completed. The several candidates for the office of common-coun cilmen for the ensuing year were then put in nomination by their respective friends, and a poll being demanded, an adjournment took place at two o'clock to the workhouse for that purpose. Mr. JOHNSON still continued to preside amidst conti nued and increased uproar. A protest was handed in to that gentleman against his discharging the duties he had undertaken, and the poll proceeded very slowly up to four o'clock, when it closed, and the numbers appeared as follows : Mr. Tyers (a)....• l5 Mr. M'Kenzie 3 • Saul (a) Hoard (a) ll Death . . , Negus lO 1 Colebatch 0 Pecker 8 I Wright (a) 0 Mr. Aldertnin JOHNSON, after announcing the state of the poll, adjourned the %Yard:note until to-morrow (this day), amidst general groans, hisses, and uproar. ALDERSGATE WARD.—RETURNS S. Mr. Godson Lorkin 3:i Matthews ......... 3.2 Summers. Mottram 37 Parry (a) Rolls. BASSISHAW W, .RD.--RETURNS 4. Mr. Frisby Bevis 4l Kendall (a) 24 Baker 4l BREAD STREET rARD.—RETunNs 12. Mr. Lawrence Kiplinq Divison .29 Alathie, Deputy 27 Shuttleworth ZVilliams 27 Ho!mei (a) 27 Mr. Cracklow Bridge 26 De Grave ...... Thompson (a) 23 Cope Bhoobridge (a) BROAD-STREET W, Mr. Corney Mono ...... Deshans 76 Gadsden (a) Heppell Jupp 'ARD.—RETURNS 10. Mr. Stewart 75 Pigeon Peppercorn 72 French Baker (a) Trott (a) CITY ELECTIONS.-(SECOND DAY.) CRIPPLEGATE WI Mr. Beeton 45 floole 44 Smith 44 Jaques 43 Brass CRIPPLEG ATE Wl' Mr. Robinson 112 Haines .107 Jones 104 Dixon 99 Alderman 9B FARRINGDON Wl' Mr. Deputy Daw 67 Rutter (a) H. Prichard 66 Dunnett 65 Hayward . 64. Deputy Westwood 63 Wdliarns 60 Eagleton 59 Aghurst G. Prichard LANGBOURNE W. :THIN.-RETURNS 8. Mr. Wilson (a) 39 Wiltshire ...... 38 Sutton Richardson (a) HOUT....REruftNs 8. Mr. Atkinson 9B Hales B2 Taylor Malkin (a) 6l Herne (a) 'HIN.......RETtatNs 18. Mr. Filby Fisher 55 Thompson 54 Worne. Wheelton 53 Crawford Chubb (a) 27 Bowles (a) Holt (a) 2O Thomas (a) The four new candidites, viz. Mr. Funge, Mr. Oliver, Mr. Chapman, and Mr. Frodsbam, declined going to the poll, and the ten old members were elected. TOWER WAR] Mr. Gorst, Deputy 100 Drinksltl 97 Robinson Wright 96 Dixon 93 Finnic (s) Edwards 92 Those marked (a) I RD.-RETURNS 10. .-RETURNS 12. Mr. Joyce 9O Ruston Briggs (a) ..... 86 Cawthorn ...... 83 Jelson (a) Hopworth (a) 47 Junes (a) ...... 26 re new Candidates. FECUNDITY OF THE LIONESS.--.An extra ordinary birth took place at Wombwell's menagerie on Tuesday, at Keigbley. The lioness produced four fine cubs. Wallace is the sire. This makes nine she has pro duced in less than nine months. The Monileur has published in its official columns a document addressed to the King by Marshal Soult, Minister of War, on the administration of military justice during the year 1632. This is the more interesting because it is the first time such a document has been pub lished, and because it makes complete the returns of the administration of criminal justice made annually by the Keeper of the Seals. In 1832 the army consisted of 388,402 men, of which number 6 , 858 men were tried for various offences, which gives an average of 1 in 70 ; 7 awl2tf 015,1 5 :01:5lny:46 n kwio2 a cst fott,;e:i cognizancev_filesn:lre o smoo f 2f e A d;net fthar,t death, were o c hl a ,3bl2eo;6 it; councilsmo pt also boreios ihfogranuorewni hard e t ad y l ra:f b o o3o f r, crimes ou sdr making within the number of delinquents 6,933. The sentences were as i ic ff; 3 e 9 troe s nt ; th ep to epr oi s oh o dl l oned t 2 h total n6lth. re three hoef number otebgeoi condemned twtahlsoiare renu thereforembe being ra c4c,i accused, anti pa a on n rt d i the sentence of death has not been carried into effect in a greater ratio than lin 4,000. Of the accused, 1,555 have been sentenced within a month after the committal of the offence, 2,267 within two months, and 3,111 at periods exceeding two months. The number of witnesses examined in these trials is 24,064 ; and the expense of the proceedings amounts to 156,217 f. 97c. All the sen tences have not been carried into execution ; 496 have received free pardon, and 656 a commutation of punish ment. Of the 106 capital convictions, 13 only were carried into effect. The following statement will show the nature of the offences and their relative proportit.ns : Simple desertion, 1,154 ; deserting with arms and bag gage, 472 ; desertiun to a foreign country, 92 ; desertion by lapse, 68 ; desertion to the enemy, 33 ; desertion by conspiracy, 20 ; selling property b?lenging to the stile, 2,033; theft, 1,266 ; insubordination, 873 ; treason, and attempting to cause desertion, 45. Thus it will be seen that the smillest offences have been the most frequent. Ordinary crimes cognizable by the common law of the land are- classed as follows : —Thefts from private individuals 401 ; assassinations and murders, 235 ; violation, Iw., 18. BIRTHS. On the 11th inst., in Gloucester-place, the lady of Woodbine Parish, Esq., of a son. On the tllat inst., the lady of Robert Fisher, Esq., of a son. On the 22d inst., at Hinxton, the wife of the Rev. A. H. Pearson, of a daughter, still-born. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrival at St. Helena—Diary and Jane, Winter, frel ni , the Mauritius, on Nov. b, and sailed Nov. 6, for Liverpn Arrivals at Bengal—Thalia, Biden, from Madras rod Ennore, July 26 ; Emma, Hudson, and Jean Grab Dunecomb, from London ; Princess Victoria, Hart, se Memnon, Pattinson, from Liverpool, previous to Aug. Arrivals at Colombo, previous to the 7th of August / The Iris, Mackwood, from London, and sailed for Trio' comalee ; Copernicus, May, from London, and sailed O f Calcutta. Arrivals at Madras—His Majesty's ship, Undaun Harvey, from Trincomalee, on the 6th of August ; Majesty's ship Alligator, Lambert, from Pondicherry, the 7th of August ; Resolution, Jellicoe, from the Malel coast ; and Highland Chief, Hay, from Pullicat, e t the 7th ; Ahberton, Shuttleworth, from London, Maur' . tins, and Ceylon ; Emmee, Gerard, and Jean Laurel Langlais, from the Mauritius and Pondicherry, oh th g 14th. The Elphi ns t one , Sh ort , was to sa il t h e 15t h °` September, fur the Cape and London. Sailing from Saugor, Riphy, Lloyd, for Liverpool, O the 10th of August. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is 834c1. foi Ib 4th. Loaf. There are others who sell from %d. to IM. be o that price. PRICE OF SEEDS.—Dec. 29. New English Red Clover Seed (per Cwt.) —s. 545. fine 60s. 654' Old Ditto Ditto s. —.s. fine —s. New Foreign Old Ditto • —s. 555. fine —s. 6O 565. 60s. fine 635. 60 tF New White Clovi Old Ditto Di tl New Trefoil 311 I)itto - —s. —s. fine —s. - 18s. 2.05. fine 225. 24• —s. —B. fihe •••••••••••*,,,,,. fine —s. —s. —s. 84s. fine O . —3. —s. 833. fine 86e• _ —s. Ils. fine 10$' 448. 465. fine 48s. 50 3 —s. —s. new 40s. 446. —s. —s. new —s. moo• —s. 60s. fine —s. Cr 46• 48s. 565. —s. fine —6• English Carraway Foreign Ditto Coriaiid St. Foiti Rye Gra Ditto Linseed, for feeding Ditto, for crushing.,.. Canary Seed, New.... —s. —s. 60s fine 668. White Mustard Seed.—......(per —s. I:2s. 13s. fine r. Brown Ditto . —s. 17s. 18s. finB. —s. —s. 18s. fine 20$. —s. —s. 18s. fine 21$. 4s. Od. fine 4s. Skl. 4s fid fine ss. ocl. IZapeSeed, English, fine (per Last) 251. Foreign 241. 261!., '1 tto 01 --„, Turnip Seeds, Roun, Green and Red Ditt Di tto.N4 PttlCEi UP 110 PS.—Dec. 23. New Kent Pockets (per cwt.) 51 Os. 61. Os. to GI. 108. Clic ice ••• I "RPM •••••••••wa.eoro 71. Os. 81. Os to 9/. Os. East 71. Os. 01. Os. to 8/. Of• Choice 8/. 103. 01. Os. to 91. Os. New Sossex Pockets 51. (is. 01. Os. to 5/. 10s. Superfine Ditto 6/. Os. 0/. Os. to 61. 6s• Farnham (tine)— 111. Ils. 01. Os to 121. 12s. I)itto (seconds) Oa. 0/. Os to 11/. Os. 0 PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown 6s. Refined „... Linseed Oil Linseed Oi ti.ane Cake, Cako at the Mill, per thousand per ton .... 139 ..... 27 10 ...... 12 10 ...... 510 PRICE OF POTATOES.—IIee. 23. - Os. to 31. 10s. per ton. - Os. to 21. ss. ditto. 41. Os. to 41. 10s. ditto. 10s. to 4/. Os. ditto. Os. to 2/. Cs. ditto. Middling Marsh Champions Scotch Reds Chats WHIT ECHAPEL HAY MARKET.—Dee. 21. Hay 60s. Od. to 84i. Od. Clover 60s Od. to 95J. Od. 24g. Od. to 2Sg. Od. PRICES OF Per lb. Butts, 14 25 Ditto, Foreign...a...—. 13 :21 Dressing Hides 11 15 14 16 Ditto, light Ciop Hides, light 12 14 to 5011 a. 13 161 t to_- 14 181 LEATHMt. Per lb. d. to d. English Horse Hides.. 14 1 9 Spanish Ditto Per dozen. Calf Skins., 30 to 4(b. 13 21 Ditto 40 to 601 b. 17 29 Ditto 70 to 901 b. 20 2 3 Small Seals, Greenland 16 1 9 Large 12 16 1'14.10E OF CANDLES. File price of Store Candles, in the retail shops, is as follows: Candles, per doz. 7s. Od. to Ss. Od. J Moulds, per d0zen.........95. RICE OF RAW FAT, per stone ot 81b. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow 2s. lid. ettlUL 01 TA I,LOV Coven Tallow .......—....... 483. Od. Yellow Russia 4Bs. Od. White..,—, s. Od. Soap Ditto ~_.... s. (Id. Nfelted 5tuff..........„--.. —3 7 i. Od. Ditto Rough ..............—..........21i. Od. SOAP, &c. per 1121 b. Yellow Soap. 62s. Od , Mottled _ 7os. O. White - 725. Och Graves 14s. OcL Good Dregs,,,,. . ss. Oci, CET.—Dee. 23. Per Ton. s. d. Walls End Perkins...,.. 17 0 Ditto Northumberland... 17 0 , Walls End Riddell's 17 .1 Walls End 17 0 Walls End Hetton .......... 19 Walls End Stewart's.... 20 0 Walls - End Gordon— 17 3 Howard'sNethertonMain 14 0 Hartley 15 9 last market-day, 6. COAL MAR: Per Tort: s. d. Adair's 16 0 16 6 Ord's Reilhugh 14 0 Pontop Windsor. 15 6 I 'ail ti eI d 16 0 West Hartley 15 9 Walls End Heat0n........ 17 0 Walls End Hilda--. 16 6 Walls End Killingworth 17 0 I Ships arrived since CNWA i: MARKTS. Titußo—Wheat-(avOßerage) 2 0 L 3 .od.—Barley E , 9s. 9d.—Oata, Ss. 3d. ST. AUSTELL—Wheat, —s. to 21 s.—Barley, N. to 106,—Oats,, 7.. to 7s. dd. PENZANCE—Wheat, 90s. to 2 ` 2 s.—Barley, 9s. to 111.—Clath Os. to Bs. ed.—Beef and Mutton, s)d. to 6d.—Pork, Od. to 3d.—. Butter, 120. per lb. LAUNC E sToN—W h eat (average) 19s. 6d.—Barley, 93.0(1.—0ath ss. 3d.—Beef, 51_d.—Mutton, 6d. Ltsimatto—Wheat, —s. to :20s. Od.--Barley, 10s. (d.—Oats, 01. to tis. 6d. BoordlN—Wheat (average) 21s.—Barley, 10s. Od.—Oats, 7s 6/ HELSTON—Wheat, '2Us 3d.—Barley, lOs Od. Sr. CoLumo—Wheat, 20s. to 21s.—Barley, 9s. to 108.—Beer, and Mutton, 50. to 6,l.—Veal, Od.—Lamb, Od. MARRIED. On the = inst., at St. George's, Hanover.square, George Burdett, Esq., of Park-street, Grosvenor-square, to Harriet, youngest daughter of William Wellan, Esq. On the •?Ist inst., at St. Pancras Church, Fitzwilliam, second son of Edward Richard Comyn, Esq., of Mecklenburgh.square, to Harriott, only child of the late George Palmer, Esq. On the 19th inst., at the parish church of Mancetter, Captain Phillip Hill, A.D.C., 5.3 d Regiment, brother of Sir Rowland Hill, Bart., M.P., and nephew to the Right Hon. Lord Hill, to Charlotte Emma Katherine, eldest daughter of John George Norbury, Esq. On the 17th inst., at St. Paul's, Bristol, William R. Nedham, Esq., Lieutenant in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, son of Major_General Nedham, to Emma, second daughter of Thomas 11. Longden, Esq., of Wood Lodge, Kent. On the 21st inst., Joseph Fletcher, Esq., of Bruce Grove, to Harriet, daughter of Edward Marshall, Esq., late of Milton, Kent. On the 2lst inst., at Langharne, Carmarthenshire, James Whittaker, Esq., to Caroline Ann, eldest daughter of the late J. H. Strickle, Esq., formerly of Jamaica. On the 21st inst., at Richmond, Surrey, Benjamin Wyse, of Fownhope, Herefordshire, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons in London, to Maria, third daughter of William Barnard, Esq., of the former place. DIED. At W. Hanbury's, Esq., Shobdon Court, Herefordshire, the Hon. and Rev. Auchitel Grey, youngest brother of the Earl of Stamford and Warrington. On the 20th inst., at Tatton Park, Cheshire, the infant son of ➢ir. Tatton and Lady Charlotte Egerton. On the 9th inst., at Mullingar, in Ireland, Captain Duncan Campbell, of the 47th Regiment, in consequence of serious in juries received that day by a fall from his horse whilst hunt ing, deeply regretted by his friends and brother officers. On the 19th inst., at Holkham, Margaret Anne, daughter of the Hon. George Keppel, M.P., aged 1 year and 8 months. On the 20th inst., aged 5 years and 5 months, Mary Ann, the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tozer, of Hackney. On the 7th of July, at Malligaum, in the East Indies, Lieut.. Colonel J. B. Dunsterville, aged 47, in command of the 18th Regiment of Native Infantry. On the 20th inst., in her 4th year, Anne, youngest daughter of Henry Wodehouse, Esq. On the 21st inst., in Queen Anne-street, in her 68th year, Juliana, relict of the late William Samuel Towers, Esq. On the 18th inst., at Green!lithe, Miss Ann Warde, eldest daughter of the late Ambrose Warde, Esq., of Talding, Kent. On the 14th inst., at Bath, Stamp Brooksbank, Esq., of Lower Grosvenor-street. On the 21st inst., at Park-place, Islington, aged 9 months, the infant son of Mr. William Henry Whitley. On the 28th of July last, at Secumderabad, East Indies, at the house of her brother, Captain Henry Lee, Hon. East India Company's service, Louisa, youngest daughter of the late Re. bert Lee, of Walthamstow, Esq. On the 21st inst., in Berners-street, the Rev. Latham Wain. wright, M.A., F.A.S., rector of Great Brickhill, Bucks. Mr. John Warren, jun., of Trinity-square, Tower-hill, of Upton on Severn. aged 23. On the 21st inst., Joanna Carolina Amelia, only daughter of Samuel Walter Burgess, Esq., aged 3 years. On the 13th inst., in Shrewsbury, Patience Marianne, Wif e of the very Rev. Doctor Hawkins, Dean of Clonfert. dau l g n ite h r e and • On the 17th inst., Mr. Robert Collier, solicitor, of Chelten ham. On the 10th inst., at Bingley, in his 96th year, Thos. Dixon,' late of the 3d Regiment of Buffs. He was born at Plymouth on the 10th of January, 1738, enlisted on the 3d May, 1755, and was discharged in the month of February, 1784, having served (reckoning for Indian service) 33 years. It is rather astonish ing, that two veterans, both born in the same year, should die within less than the space of a month of each other in Bingley. It is also a remarkable coincidence, that both of them were en listed in or about 1758, and both of them discharged in 1754, being worn out. On the loth inst., Miss Bradley, sister.in.law to the Rev. Joseph Swain, minister of Beeston. PRINTED AND PUBLD , HED DY MU HDO Ycani G. 4T Tintj SUN Off t, 112, STRAND. P,ice: BUISS 0 / aounce to CIES in to taugh being ,at kathemat lenclence. TIRMS 26/. per a Apply, toffee hog Mona. 1 *pert his I THE SH FORD, a knit, al Mine of The D cumatance lively an contract, kpplicatim Crxr, wh( thverial 8, Pop, 131117 KIN M claire a ( laenced korison' Ravin agent, A that con ponvietit upon y ktating chronic of will, the me pills ea After et my cas! Lad per! kerimon ?!r. M. Otte pill Weeks I taki ng ►ation know h hi to m Peeeivec to the E My ins tisued to fifty, from ti before-1 departi, use of titre. At t teighb, ilecoul efteac that h I feel Buffett of col I beg youri Cone' to the lency, Orden preser As and to CI He 11111; that judge La c