The Sun. — London, England, 1833-12-28 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Another fatal shipwreck has occurred at Bou logne, for some of the dreadful details of which we refer to a letter with the initials " F.N." The growing frequency of these disasters at the same spot on the coast of a great maritime Power ought, we really think, to be regarded as a fit subject for strong and persevering representa tions to the French Ministry on the part of all commercial states, whose ships and people are thus as much exposed to the worst calamities of experimental navigation as if the sands of Bou logne formed part of some newly-discovered region, where the cares and powers of civilization were alike unknown,—where no revenue was raised for the ostensible good of the community, and no government existed for the protection of property or life. If the Government of France has not energy and enterprise to build out piers or walls somewhat further, so as to form a har bour, with sufficient water at all hours of the tide, is there anything so very formidable in the cost of that simple and excellent contrivance called a " life.boat ?” Or would 1501. sterling be deemed by the Opposition Deputies an inde fensible outlay for the preservation of French fishermen as well as of foreign sailors ? TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—l enclose an extract from a letter I have just re ceived from Boulogne-Sur-bier; I forward it to you, not for the sake of filling your columns with afflicting details, but with the hope that the French Government, the municipal authorities of Boulogne, or the person or per sons, whoever they be, on whom this frightful responsibi lity rests, may be reminded that the eyes of England are anxiously turned to watch how long this singular indif ference to human life is to last. Every country in Europe that has a vessel on the seas is interested in the question, whether France cannot or will not afford so trifling a sum as the cost of a life-boat, or cannot find men to man one, to avert some of the calamities which must be continually occuring on so dangerous a coast. I am, Sir, yours, &c., F. N. London, Dec. 26. Extract of a letter from Boulogne.Sur-Mer, Dec. 22 : —" In my last letter (dated Dec. 9) I told you I feared it would be impossible for the packet to sail. 11y fears were verified. The weather became worse than ever. At 8 o'clock A.M. one of the smaller fishing boats was wrecked within the harbour, between the two buoys. Five men and two boys were consigned to a watery grave; three of the men and the two boys were swept away immediately; the other two clang to the toast, and waved their red caps for assistance for a quarter of an hour, when an immense sea broke over the boat, and left not a vestige to mark the spot. Huret (the pilot who put off to the Amphitrite) with some difficulty went out in his boat, but without suc cess. The pieces of wreck came ashore directly, but the unfortunate sufferers have not yet been picked up. " The whole of that day I was in great anxiety. The fineness of the preceding afternoon having tempted many fishermen, who are in a state of starvation from the con tinued bad weather, to put out to sea, twelve attempted to enter the port with success, though two were in great jeopardy. You can ic2agine the scene—the poor anxious wives ready to rush ihto the sea. When will it please Heaven to calm this war of winds? Every blast makes me dread some new disaster. " This dread was fearfully realized yesterday. At ten o'clock in the morning two vessels were in sight, one a brig on the verge of the horizon, the other a three masted vessel, only just perceptible with the glass. The brig bore away to the westward ; the other gradually ap proached the shore (the wind blowing a hurricane from the north) until she got in a parallel line with the end of the pier, when she stranded at three o'clock p.m. "Conceive only the late dreadful scene of the 4mphi• trite acted over again, in some respects worse, though the number of victims was not so great;—conceive the having before your sight in broad daylight a gallant ship, and in a short two hours a total wreck, and every soul on board lost. " The mast broke away about four o'clock. There were then 12 men ; seven were clinging to the bowsprit, the rest were at the stern, the sea breaking over them every moment, and the poor exhausted creatures dropping into the sea, till the rising tide completely overwhelmed the hulk. Two men were seen clinging to the bowsprit the last time it appeared above water. They must have been lashed, or they could not have remained so long. Thus we have again been condemned to see our fellow creatures perish in the sight of thousands unable to give any assistance. It would be some consolation, under this second great catastrophe, if we could flatter ourselves that those who have the means, and whose duty it is to provide a life-boat, would now be urged to do something effective. Ever since the catastrophe of the 31st of August the ne cessity of this measure has been talked of, and money was actually subscribed with that view, but as yet nothing has been done. " All the sufferers in the present case might have been saved by means of a life-boat. Four pilot_boats put out, but the surf was too strong, and drove them back. Se veral Englishmen went out io these boats. One body Las been picked up. The vessel was a Norwegian, named the Habwitz Anker, Captain Brunn. Whence she came, her cargo, and destination, are unknown." Times. The Law Officers of the Crown have, it is said, received instructions to prepare and bring in a Bill, on the meeting of Parliament, " for the better trial of prisoners at - Justice Hall, in the Old Bailey, and for the better regulation of the gaol deliveries ikthe county of Middlesex." What the exact proviSions of the proposed Bill will be we have not heard ; butree main object we presume, will be to do away with the ano maly of the Grand Jury at Clerkenwell having anything to do with the finding or r e j ec ti ng bill s against persons committed for trial at the Old Bailey ; and to obviate which the Sheriffs will be empowered and required to empannel a Grand Jury for that express purpose at the Old Bailey, to be taken, as in other counties, exclusively from the list of Special Jurors, and to whom, as in other counties also, one of the Judges on the rota will be required to deliver his charge. Various other topics and regulations will probably be introduced into it, and we should not be surprised to hear of the Middle sex Magistrates (at least such of them as are fa vourable to the projects) endeavouring to en graft upon it the contemplated salary to their Chairman, but which, probably, as calculated to hazard the fate of the Bill, will not be permitted by its authors. As far as its object, as above defined, goes, it will meet, we have little doubt, with the approbation of all who have given their attention to the subject ; indeed, some such measure becomes imperatively necessary, were it only to put an end to the delays, the interruptions, and unseemly broils which the present defective practice has given rise to. For ourselves, we cannot help saying that consistently with the more enlarged view which we have always taken of the subject, we should be better pleased were Government to bring in a Bill to regulate the trial of prisoners in all the counties and local jurisdictions in the kingdom, by placing the judicial office in more competent hands than many of those can possibly be who at present exercise it. Any person accustomed to attend the assizes and quarter sessions in a county town must have been struck with the marktcl difference Which exists in the mode of administering criminal justice upon those occa sions, and particularly with the slovenly unsatis factory manner in which grievous crimes are dis posed of at the latter, as compared with the calm and dignified manner in which the law is expounded and dispensed at the former. We regret to have heard that many of the objects of this eulo_ gium are not very friendly to an increas?. of their own labours. This, however, is really not the question, though, if it were, it is one which the country is much fitter to decide upon than themselves. The real question is, ought the labours of those learned persons to be diminished as they have been by the transfer of those cases to the sessions which till lately were always tried at the assizes ? We are aware that a speedy trial is, on many accounts, desirable, as well as frequently essential to the ends of justice; and, surely, this object might be attained without handing over the highest functions of the law to incompetent administrators. 'We set the highest value upon the services which country gentlemen can and do bestow upon their neighbourhoods; but as neither their value nor respectability would be enhanced by their occupying the pulpits of the clergy, neither can we wish to see them displacing the ermine of the Judge.—Morning Herald. The circulars of Lord Althorp will produce a mass of valuable information with respect to the property of the church. We have always been of the opinion that that property is in general greatly under estimated ; and as the clergy cannot now be gainers by returns exhibit ing their incomes below the reality, we shall have a statement on which considerable reliance may be placed. On all former occasions, when information has been required, the clergy have either proved refractory, or have made incorrect returns, in order to mislead the public. But as the returns are now wanted for information to guide the Legislature with regard to a commu tation, it will not be for the interest of the clergy to cause their incomes to be exhibited below the actual amount. Lord John Russell stated the other day, that the revenues of the church are not too great, and that a better dis tribution of them is all that is wanted. We re ceive all that falls from the Aristocracy in both Houses on this subject with very great distrust. They have always been a good deal too eager to impress on the public the notion that the clergy are not overpaid. Church property may be said to constitute the chief means by which the Aris tocracy maintain their consequence in the coun try ; for the portion of that property which falls to the share of the working clergy is hardly worth taking into account. We yesterday noticed the attempts of the landowners in Devonshire to have the tithe fixed at a tenth of the rental, instead of a tenth of the gross produce ; and we observed, that we were sure the holders of tithe would strenuously oppose all attempts at commutation on such a principle. In fact, in many parts of England, the value of the tithe falls little short of the rent ; in some cases it greatly exceeds the rent. iVe observe in the Sussex Advertiser of Monday last a commu nication to that paper of a return made in one of the parishes of Sussex, with a view to guide other Churchwardens ; and if we were to apply to that return the Devonshire principle of com mutation, the difference would be as 2001. to 1,8001. But we will let the statement speak for itself:— " Parish of in the county of Sussex. 8,023 acres of titheable land, at 7e. per acre rack rent Deduct for repairs, at 151. per cent. £420 0 Unredeemed Land Tax 715 8 Landlord's net rental The Rector has a good house, with upwards of 100 acres of glebe, value £loo 0 Paid in clear cash, in lieu of tithe All rates on tithe paid in addition to the 1,400/. by the occupiers. Church fees The Pdrson'd net income It appears, then, that in this parish, which may be taken as a fair sample of the heavy clay lands, the net tithe nearly equals the amount of the net rent. The 1,4001. is only the net tithe ; for, according to an explanatory remark, the rates on tithe amount to 4001. In addition, it is said, to the 8,023 acres, there are in the parish, 110 of glebe, 4,000 of wood, 600 of common, not pro ducing tithe, and 2,667 acres for which a modus of 301. only is paid, but not to the rector ; and as there is upwards of 4001. for rates on tithe, this must be considered as tithes indirectly paid, in addition to the money payment of 1,4001. to the incumbent. We do not wish to prejudge the question ; but this we will say, that it will surprise us very much if the nation long con tinue inclined to allow so large an amount of public property to be applied merely to maintain gentlemen in black coats throughout the coun try. Where it can be shown that efficient ser vice is performed, there will be no reluctance on the part of the people to reward it properly ; but the most efficient service rendered by the clergy (we except the working clergy) is, perhaps, the administering justice. We are quite satisfied that without the aid of Parsons, the unpaid system must have broken down in many places long ago ; but it would be much cheaper to pay directly for the admi nistration of justice, than to pay indirectly for it in the shape of ecclesiastical sinecures. Be this, however, as it may, it is a great source of gra tification to know that there remains to the people of this country so large an amount of property applicable to public purposes as that which the Church still possesses. Making every allowance for moduses and for irnpropriations, the value of the tithes in the possession of the clergy must still be enormous, to say nothing of the glebe lands held by them. In Switzer land, before the revolution, the tithes were not only equal to the maintenance of the clergy (a working clergy) and schools, but sufficed also for the charges of the different Governments. The Canton of Berne, from this source, not only defrayed the expense of civil and ecclesi astical services, but contrived, besides, to save some millions sterling, as a fund for extra ordinary occasions. These sentiments may not be fashionable in the present, or in the next Par liament ; but many years will not elapse till the principle of paying public men, not for the value of their services, but their rank, will be generally scouted. We would not, however, have the people to manifest impatience because this change does not take place so soon as they could wish. Every reduction paves the way for further reductions, and weakens the power of resistance of the body having an interest op posed to that of the nation. While we perse vere, we should bear in mind that the power of enforcing our wishes is placed in our hands. We ought to hazard nothing by precipitating what ultimately we are sure of obtaining. The Church is the greatest mass of corruption with which we have to struggle, but let us not attempt too much at first.—Morning Chronicle. CHURCII REFORM.—There are in the county of Suffolk five contiguous parishes, the aggregate tithes of which amount to nearly 2,5001. per annum, in not one of which is there a resident clergyman; the income des tined arid adequate to provide for five resident incumbents, at 5001. per annum each, being entirely absorbed by one of the colleges at Cambridg e , who employ two non resident curates at 1001. per annum each to perform divineservice! LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, DEC. 26. —A very animated demand has been experienced to-day. The salt•% are estimated at from 8,000 to 10,000 bags, about 1,000 of which have been taken on speculation. Prices may be quoted id. to id, higher than at the clue of the irurket on Tuesday, COURT OP BANKRUPTCY, DEC. 27 BURST AND ROBINSON'S BANKRUPTCY. The bankrupts in this case were the e;tensive booksellers, publishers, &c., of Pall-mall, and the commission against them was issued in 1824. The amount of debts proved against the joint and sepa rate estates is very large. The meeting to-day was called to audit the accounts, and to declare a divi dend on the separate estate of Mr. Thomas Hurst. A report was read by Mr. Commissioner Wm- Luau from the official assignee (Mr. Lackington), who was absent from indisposition, relative to the pro perty of the separate estate of Mr. T. Hurst. The report stated that on his (the assignee's) appoint ment an unemployed sum of 11,0001. came into his possession, but without any means being afforded him of ascertaining in what proportions this sum ought to be applied to the several estates. The money was invested in Exchequer bills, where it still remained. The absence of the accountant who was before employed, but who had sailed to America for the benefit of his health, increased the difficulties in making out the accounts. The sale of property at Highgate which had been mortgaged, and upon which the Bank of England had liens, had been sold for 5,1001., the Court of Directors having, on being memorialized, given up a claim for interest, and the other difficulties in the way of a sale of the property having been removed. This money had, as well as the proceeds of the sale of shares in Joint stock Companies, which but for the investigation would have been passed over, also been invested in Exchequer bills. TheCommtssrosEß was glad the report had been presented, as it afforded the creditors a reason why a dividend had not been declared earlier. He wished to know what the property in Leeds belonging to the joint estate would fetch ? Mr. Hopkinson, the solicitor to the estate, said the property would be sold isa the spring, and would probably fetch 8,0001. The question of a dividend on the separate estate of Mr. Thomas Hurst was then gone into. The total debts proved up to this day are 188,8371. 14s. Among the proofs in the proceedings is one on behalf of the bank of England for 45,788/. and one on behalf of the Bank of Scotland for 2,138/, Messrs. Glynn, the bankers, also proved for 10,000/. The dividend first declared on this estate was twopence in the pound, and it was agreed to day to declare a further dividend of eightpence in the pound, which will require nearly the whole of the available assets at present in hand. The debts proved on the joint estate of Hurst, Robinson, and Hurst amounted to about 340,0001., upon which a dividend of twenty shillings in the pound has been paid with interest. On the joint estate of J. Hurst and Robinson dividends have up to the present time been declared of one shilling and tenpence in the pound. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Considerable interest was excited by the follow ing case, the publication of which will no doubt put extensive dealers in wine a little more on their guard than some of them have hitherto been, Mr. James Hoskins appeared before the LORD MAYOR end Alderman KELLY, to answer to an in formation founded upon the 6th of George IV., cap. 107, sec. 85, which states " that no drawback shall be allowed upon any goods which by reason of damage or decay, shall have become of less value for home use than the amount of such drawback, and all goods so damaged which shall be cleared for any drawback shall be forfeited, and the person who caused such goods to be so cleared shall forfeit the sum of 2001., or treble the amount of the drawback, in such case, at the election of the Commissioners of the Customs." Mr. Walford, the solicitor to the Customs, stated that, the object of the Commissioners being to put a speedy termination to a practice which existed to a very serious and pernicious extent, they had directed the case to be brought before the Magistracy, in preference to the more dilatory and expensive process of the Exchequer. The defendant was charged with having entered for exportation to Rotterdam in the ship Saxe Coburg thirty-nine gallons of what he called Portugal red wine, for the drawback of the duty, which amounted to 101. 14s. G. The liquid thus designated was, it would be proved, vile trash, which no person in his senses could mistake for wine. Fortunately it underwent an examination by persons well qualified to judge, and a representation of its qaality was made to the Board, who caused it to be seized. Mr. Walford was about to call witnesses, but Mr. Hoskins at once admitted that he had en tered the article, and made other admissions, for the purpose of accelerating the decision. Mr. Walford then produced samples of the alleged wine in its turbid condition on being jolted down to the Custom-house, and in its clear and quiet state. Mr. Richard Chase, an officer of the Customs and a searcher of the port of London, had tasted the article, and was of opinion that it was no wine at all. He did not know what it was, but if it was wine it was the most worthless wine he ever tasted; certainly not worth a shilling a gallon. Mr. Hoskins's solicitor submitted that it was un fair to produce a sample taken when the wine was disturbed with finings. His client had paid the duty on the article, which had by age become of inferior quality, and therefore he sold it to Captain Ladd, who purchased it for a friend, who intended it for retail trade at Rotterdam. He represented the extreme hardship of the case, which was brought forward not only as a ground of inflicting a penalty, but as a means of injuring the reputation of Mr. Hoskins. Mr. Walford disclaimed any notion of preju dicing the character of the defendant. tie was only doing his duty in going for the penalty for the very palpable violation of the Act of Parliament. The LORD MAYOR—Was the defendant's stock found to be correct ? Defendant—Yes. Everything is correct. This wine was the remains of three pipes which had been in my cellar for a long time. I'll take my oath, that I paid the duty on every drop of it. The LORD MAYOR-It appears to me that it is an act of severity and injustice to push for a penalty except there is evidence of an intended fraud, a very improbable thing in this case, the quantity being so trifling. If a man pays the duty on wine which turas out to be bad, it seems to me to be hard to prevent him from sending it back. Mr. Walford said that a case of this description had never been brought before a magistrate before, and he trusted that the event would supersede the necessity of repeating the experiment to stop prac tices which might be resorted to for purposes of fraud. The LORD MAYOR —WllO is to prove to me that this wine is not worth the duty ? Mr. Hoskins's solicitor—My client was in Sir John Lubbock's house for twenty-one years, and is an excellent judge, and he states that the wine of which this is a part was sold by him. Mr. Robert Cox, a searcher of the port of Lon don, seized the cask of wine entered by Mr. Hos kins. It was so bad that inquiries were made about it in the trade. He considered it to be nothing but the tops and bottoms of washings of casks.— (Liughter.) It was certainly damaged, an d no t worth the duty. Mr. Hoskins—Do you consider that a man can judge impartially of wine when it is in a disturbed state ? Mr. Cox—You can judge whether wine is good or not, however disturbed it may be. Mr. Hoskins—You may as well say that of wa ter in its muddy and filtered state. The LORD MAYOR--I know that wine is every day sold for considerably less than the duty. I have seen some nice samples of wine which has been adverti.ed as the stock of a gentleman of large for tune going abroad, or just dead.—(A laugh.) I presume the Customs would not refuse to take duty upon such trash, Mr. Walford—The commissioners gave the de fendant every opportunity of accounting for the pos session of the article, but he could give no satisfac tory explanation. Mr. Chafy, a landing surveyor of the Custom house, said that when it was represented to him that the entry had been made, he tasted the wine, and found it to be such trash that he ordered it to be detained, and the case to be laid before the board. The LORD MAYOR—What do you believe to be the value of it ? Mr. Chafy—lt would not pay the freight. It is horrible trash, and no doubt would be thrown overboard five minutes after the vessel should sail. Mr. Hoskins complained that the conjecture of the last witness cast a most groundless, and at the came time, a most uncharitable imputation upon him. Mr. Walford admitted that the surveyor was not justified. Mr. Lockman, who is engaged as a taker of sam ples, stated that the stuff produced was a complete mixture. Mr. Hoskins—Everybody knows that for brandy not worth 2s. a gallon, his Majesty wants 225. duty. This wine was bonded in 1829, and age has injured its quality. A gentleman had been obliged to send back to his wine -merchant, who had supplied him well for many years, a quantity of wine which was unfit to be drunk. Upon inquiry as to the cause, he was informed that a Nobleman had purchased the greater part of the same wine, but had taken the precaution to mix brandy with it, the want of which occasioned the mischief. The LORD MAYOR (to Mr. Hoskins)—Have you received the money from Captain Ladd for this wine ? Defendant—No. But if your Lordship will postpone the case till the Captain arrives I shall bring him forward to swear that he purchased the wine. I have another proposition to make. Let the wine be sold at the next sale, and it will then be seen whether it will not fetch si. 6d. Mr. Walford—lt is impossible that such trash should be disposed of at a sale. The LORD MAYOR—What will be done with it ? _ _ Mr. Walford—lt will be thrown into the Thames most decidedly. The LORD MAYOR—Where the fishery is quite bad enough already.—(A laugh.) My brother Alderman and I are of opinion that Mr. Hoskins ought to have time to bring forward evidence to prove the actual value of the article. Mr. Hoskins submitted that the sooner this else was decided the better, and he hoped the Magis trates would take it upon its present merits. The LORD MAYOR—Have you an entry in your books of the sale of this wine to Captain Ladd? Mr. Hoskins—l have. The LORD MAYoß—Then produce your books, and I dare say the Solicitor for the Customs will be satisfied. Mr. Walford—l will. Mr. Hoskins here hesitated, and then asked for the decision of the Magistrates without the pro duction of the books. The LORD MAYOR then said he was convinced there was no fraudulent intention upon the part of the defendant, but he certainly had violated the Act, for which offence he was convicted in the lowest penalty, a fourth of the third of the amount of the drawback.—The sum was immediately paid. MARLBOROUGILSTREET. John Thompson, an assistant porter at the Albany, Isabella Higginbottom, his daughter, and William, her husband, were placed at the bar, charged with having inflicted such blows on the head of John Humphreys as to render him in such a situation that at present his life is despaired of The defendants in part denied the offence, but did not go into any length in answer to it. Mr. CONANT said that they stood in a very hazardous situation. If the unfortunate man should die they would have to answer a very heavy charge. He then remanded them until Friday. Q UEEN- S Q UARE. DESPERATE ASSAULT ON THE POLICE, AND RES CUE OF PRISONERS,—.-Yesterday Mr. Thomas Rutter, a master greengrocer, of Regent-street, Vauxhall road, and a man named Joseph Taylor, were brought before "MaAsrs. GREGORIE and BURRELL, charged with violently assaulting police constable M'Carthy, of the B division, No. 156. After hearing a number of witnesses on both sides, the Magistrates fined Mr. Rutter in the full penalty of 51., or to be imprisoned for one month; and Taylor, whose conduct was not quite so vio lent, was fined 20s. HATTON-GARDEN. William Childe was re-examined, charged with having been concerned in the extensive robbery in the Caffe Colosseum Tavern in the New-road, and also with a burglary in the house of Mr. Keyser, zinc manufacturer, of Keppel-street, New-road.— Remanded. BOXING DAY.—A ruffianly-looking fellow was charged by Mr. Fielding, the proprietor of the Lamb and Flag public-house, Clerkenwell-green, with an outrageous and unprovoked assault, and with wan tonly breaking his windows. "Air. Fielding deposed that on Thursday morning last the prisoner entered his house in a state of in toxication, and in a most impudent manner said, " Give me a Christmas-box." Witness said, " I do riot know you; even if 1 did I should not feel disposed to give you one in your present state." " Oh," said the prisoner, " you won't, won't you then take that," and lie thrust his fist through the window and broke two panes of glass, value ten shillings. Witness went after him to give him into custody, when he rushed at him like a lion, struck him violently on the head, seized hold of him by the colLir, tore his shirt and broke his brooch ; and, were it not for the interference of his friends and the police, he would have been seriously injured by him. He resisted violently when taken into custody. The prisoner denied the charge with great ef frontery. Mr. ROGERS and Mr. Sergeant SELLON ordered the prisoner to pay 10s. for the windows which he broke, and to find excellent bail for the assault. A FLEET OF EELS.—A physician, when visiting a friend at Deeside, in Aberdeenshire, saw a shoal of young eels, so closely joined together as to appear at the first glance one continued body, moving briskly against the stream. It proceeded at the rate of about a mile an hour, night and day, for several weeks. Whence they came, or whither they went, is unknown. The place where they were observed was six miles from the sea; and the same phenomenon is said to occur there every year.—Mrs. 11011's Juvenile Forget Me Not. THE BILLS OF MORTALITY.—At a Coro ner's Inquest held yesterday in Shoreditch, on a child who died in consequence of its clothes having been acciden tally set on fire, some curious circumstances were stated as' to the worthy matrons who fill the office of "searchers.' I❑ the case in question they had made a report to the parish clerk that the child died of " mortification," though it appeared by surgical evidence that there was no mortification ; and that the extensive burns were the sole cause of death. One of the Jury stated that he knew of one parish in London in which a blind woman had ac tually held office as " a searcher," and she was led about in the fulfilment of her office by a lume woman ; and it was further stated that it is upon the reports of these searchers that the bills of mortality are made out. Soule curious evidence was adduced before the Corporation Commissioners at East Retford. The Aldermen, it was stated, are in general retail tradesmen, and the junior bailiff generally a very small tradesman. It has sometimes happened that the junior bailiff has degraded his office by evincing an intimacy with persons brought before him in the character of culprits; and :magistrates and the culprits sometimes acted with the greatest famili arity towards each other. Persons who had bee❑ defend ants had been very abusive, to the junior bailiff pal ticularly ; and, on many occasions, great a! xiety was expressed by the latter officer to convince insolent defendants that he was fulfilling an unwilling office, and ought not to be reg'rded with feelings of resentment. On one occasion a mart was brought before it former junior bailiff, to whom he was exceedingly insolent. The witness, who related the anecdote to the Commissioners, was present at this man's examination, but left the room for a few minutes whilst it was proceeding. Wh: nbe returned, lie found the justice and the prisoner holding each other by the collar, and both rolling o❑ the floor SPORTING INTELLIGENCE HUNTING APP OINTMENTS. The Brighton Harriers meet on Monday at Patella= ; Wednesday, at the Race Course; Friday, at the Dyke—at half-past 10. The Brookside Harriers meet on Monday at Newmarket Hill ; Wednesday, at the Race Course and Kennel, alter nately; Friday, at Telescombe Tye—at half-past 10. The Hove Harriers meet on Tuesday at Whitelock Bot tom ; Saturday, at Erringham—at half-past 10. The East Sussex Hounds meet on Monday at Glynde, near Lewes ; Thursday, at Sheffield Park ; Saturday, at Westmeston—at a quarter before 11. Mr. Meynell's Hounds meet on Tuesday at Kedleston ; Thursday, at Gwarkstone ; Saturday, at Radborne—at half_past 10. The Herefordshire Hounds meet on Tuesday at Lug wardine Valage ; Friday, at Rother was—at 10. The Shropshire Hounds meet on Monday at Condover ; Wednesday, at Twemlows ; Friday, at Nesscliff; Saturday, at Acton Reynald—at hall_past 10. Mr. Wickstead's Hounds meet on Tuesday at Stallingtan ; Thursday, at Blackhrook ; Saturday, at Swinnerton—at half-past 10. The Alhrighton Hounds meet on Tuesday at the Squir rel; Thursday, at Sherriff Hales; Saturday, at Chillington— at half-past 10. Mr. Codrington's Hounds meet on Monday at Sherring• ton Pond—at 10. Mr. Acure's Hounds meet on Tuesday at Alpheton Lion ; Thursday, at West Wratting ; Saturday, at Little Ssxharn —at half-past 10. The Canterbury Harriers meet on Monday at Bridge Hill--at 10. The Thanet Harriers meet on Monday at Monckton Beacon ; Wednesday, at Minster Mills—at 10. 'The Tickham Hounds meet on Monday at Park Gate, Leeds; Thursday, at the Kennel—at 10. The Norfolk Hounds meet on Tuesday at Miming ; Thursday, at Didlington ; Saturday, at Elmham King's Head—at 10. ' and Tuesday At, at the Hoste Arms, Burnham—at 11. Sir J. Cope' s Hounds meet on Monday at West Green ; Wednesday, at Englefield ; Friday, at Southridge Ram— at half•paat 10. The Cambridgeshire Hounds meet on Monday at the Hardwicke Arms ; Friday, at Brampton Wood—at half past 10. The Doddington Harriers meet on Tuesday at Manor Farm ; Friday, at the Cavalry Barn—at half-past 10. Mr. C. Brock's Hounds meet on Monday at Upton Snodsbury ; Wednesday, at Wetheley Wood ; Friday, at Astley Windmill—at half-post 10. The Upton Haraiers meet on Tuesday at Hanley Com mon; Friday, at Welland Court—at 11. The East Kent Hounds meet on Tuesday at the Kennel Thursday, at Woolwich Wood ; Saturday, at Crindel Down—at half-past 10. The Cottesmore Hounds meet on Monday at Clipsham ; Tuesday, at Owston Wood ; Thursday, at Empingham Town—at a quarter before 11. Lord Fitzwilliam's Hounds meet on Monday at Holme Wood ; Tuesday, at the Kennel ; Thursday, at Monk's Wood—at 10. Lard Yarborough's Hounds meet on Monday at Beelaby; Wednesday, at Thornton College; Friday, at Fox Dales; Saturday, at Hendale Lodge—at 11. The §iuth Wold Hounds meet on Tuesday at Totbill Wood ; Saturday, at Skendeby—at 11. Sir R. Sutton's Hounds meet on Monday at Nocton House ; Wedne4day, at Kettlethorpe ; Thursday, at Legsby; Saturday, at Ashby Toll Bar—at 11. The Essex Union Hounds meet on Tuesday at Wood ham ; Thursday, at St wk; Saturday, at Denton Black smiths—at half_past 10. Lord Petre's Hounds meet on Monday at Gilston Park ; Tuesday, at Birehanger ; Thursday, at the Kennel; Satur day, at St. John's—at hilf-past 10. The Somerset Vale Hounds meet on Tuesday at Burton Pincent ; Friday, at Chafrombe. Mr. A. Smith's Hounds meet on Monday at Oare Hill ; Tuesday, at Crowdown Clump; Thursday, at Wey hill ; Friday, at Chatford Oakcuts. Mr. H , ,rlock's Hounds meet o❑ Tuesday at Neston Park Lodge : Friday, at Compton Bassett. Mr. Greenhill's Hounds meet on Monday at the Kennel. The Warwickshire Hounds meet on Monday at Farn borough ; Tuesday, at Epwell White House ; Thursday, at Mitford Bridge; Friday, at Wellesbourne; Saturday, at Hampton Wood—at half-past 10. The Somerset Subscription Hounds meet on Tuesday at Cockle Coomb ; Friday, at Fairfield House—at half-past 10. FOREIGN WHEAT AND FLOUR. The highest price of wheaten flour of the first quality at Paris is 46t. the 159 kilogrammes, which answers to IL 93. the English sack of 28016.: and the highest price of wheaten flour of the first quality in London is 21. 10s. the sack. It therefore appears that flour is '72 2-sths per cent. dearer in London than at Paris, and that with the sum of 21. 10s. a man may buy 4831 b. of fine flour at Paris, whereas with the same sum he can only buy 28016. in London. .The price of wheaten bread of the first quality at Paris is 11 SOUS per 41b. French weight, which is less than 4d. for the loaf of 41b. English weight. The price of bread of the second quality is S sous per 41b. French weight, which is less than Sid. the loaf of 41b. English wheat. The following is the state of things in other parts of France : At Cognac, the mean price of wheat is 141. 31c., the hectolitre, which answers to 1/. 12s. 9d. the quarter of 8 bushels imperial measure. At Cualons-sur-Saone, the following are the prices of wheat :—First quality, 16f. 40c. ; second quality, 15f. 60c. ; third quality, 14f. 80c., which gives a mean price of 15f. 60e. the hectolitre, and which answers to 1/. 151. 9J. the quarter of 8 bushels imperial measure. At Bordeaux the price of wheat of the first quality is 17f. to 17f. 50c., and the price of wheat of the second quality is 16f. to 16f. 50c., which gives a mean price of 16f. 75c. the hectolitre, and which is equal to 1/. 18s. 4d. the quarter of 8 bushels imperial measure. The price of wheaten flour of the first quality is 15f. 75c. to 16f. the 50 kilogrammes, which is from 1/. 11s. 6d. to 1/. 12s. the English sack of 2801 b. At Chartres the following are the prices of wheat :- First quality, 151. 50c. ; second quality,l4l. 50c. ; third quality, 13f. 50c., which gives a mean price of 14f. 50c. the hectolitre, and which answers to 11. 13s. 3d. the quarter of S bushels imperial measure. At Nantes` the price of wheat of the first quality is 23f. per hectolitre, which answers to 1/. 15s. 2d. the quarter of eight bushels imperial measure. At Chalons-sur•Marne the price of wheat is 181. to 19f. 50e. per 1 hectolitre, which is from 1/. 7s. 6d. to 11. 81. 6d. the quarter of eight bushels imperial measure. At Toulouse the price of wheat of the first quality is 161. to 16f. 50c. per hectolitre, which is from 11. 16s. 6d. to 11. 185. sd. the quarter of eight bushels imperial measure. At Cambray the price of wheat rules from llf. to 14f. 50c. the hectolitre, which is from 1/. ss. 2tl. to 11. 13s. 9d. the quarter of eight bushels imperial measure. The price of wheaten flour of the first quality is 25f. the 101 kilogrammes, which answers to 11. 4s. 9d. the Eng lish sack of 2801 b., and the price of wheaten flour of the second quality is 22f. the 101 kilogrammes, which answers to 1/. Is. N. the English sack of 2801 b. ; and the price of wheaten flour in London being 21. 10s. the sack, it follows that flour is 102 per cent. dearer in London than at Cambray. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (From the " London New Price Current" of yesterday.) SUGAR.—The Market for West India Muscovades has been shut all the week, and will ❑ot be opened before Tuesd iy next. In refined goods there is little doing, on account of the holidays; the prices are nominally the sante' as on this day week. Mauarrius SUGAR.—There are no sales of Mauritius Sugar. EAST INDIA SUGAR.—There are no purchases re ported. FOREIGN SUGAR.—No business to report. COFFEE.—There have been no public sales ; the pur chases by private contract are confined to small parcels for the borne consumption, The Coffee Market looks very firm ; no parcels are pressed upon the Market for sale, which is rather an unusual circumstance at this season of the year. Run, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—There are no sales of Rum this week worth reporting ; Brandy and Geneva have also been reglected. TALLOW.—The excitement in the Tallow Market continues unabated. The Tallow ships were to the west. ward of the &nand on the 17th instant. The prices here are in consequence rather lower. The quotation is 455. for parcels on the spot. The time bargains for forward delivery have got into disrepute on account of the late failures. There are still offers made by the speculators for the fall Is. per cwt. under the regular currency of the Market, but from the reason® we have stated they Ars mot accepted, and they cannot be given as forming alai P iP to the future market prices. Woor,.—The late public sales of N. S. W a les V. D. Land Wool have gone off with briskness, supporting the late currency. SPICES. —Nutmegs maintain the late advance, bti t y . transactions in Spic es genera ll y d ur i ng t h e week ar e limited. WINE.-Port Wine continues in great demand .t: vancing prices, and all the late arrivals taken olf, ; quay for immediate consumption. The letters Oporto mention that an application had been by the merchants to each of the Princes to alloS Wine from the Upp er D ouro to b e f orwar d ed to OP°, ' Don Mieuel consented to it o n th e payment o f a v, tax, 8 milreas per pipe. Don Pedro would not liete, any proposition which wns to fill the coffers of Don Mir FRUIT.-The Fruit Market continues steady in prl little business reported, on account of the holidays. , supply of Figs this year will be little more than a 131 11 list season. The quantity of Turkey Red Raield trivial. COTTON..—The favourable accounts from Liverpool' casion much firmn e ss i n th e C otton M ar k et here, a d holders will not se ll exce pt at a f urt h er advance, b u ll actual sales this week are inconsiderable; they consi' l 1,300, Surats at kid. a lid. TOBACCO —The holders are very firm, the transaeli continue limited to small parcels for the home trade. SALTPETRE.-There is no alteration in Saltpetre. INmao.—lt is reported in the Market that a pare' Indigo has been sold privately at rather lower pt the Market generdly is, however, firm at the fat currency. TEA.—The Market continues very brisk. Bohol°, half and large cheats a re f e t c hi ng lid. advance, CoN . , chests Id. a lid. C ongous genera ll y at id. preral! The delivery last week of all descriptions was very gree, Isisee PROVISIONS.-Since our last of Tuesday we had rather a limited business doing in the Provi° Market generally. We must note, however, a dispose" evinced by some purchasers to give a trifling advance last week's prices for both sizeable and heavy singed 131 0 particularly rur etilinneut, b.s for no other article ta' this head has there been the least alteration either in pr or demand. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, comps' from the Returns made in the week ending the 24th dal i Dec., 1833, is 28s. aid. per Hundred Weight, exclusive of Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the Imports' thereof into Great Britain. PRICES ot' HOPS.—llec. 27. New Kent Pockets (per cwt.) 51 Os. 61. O. to 61. 16 4 ' Choice .. 71. Os. 81. Os. to 91. East 71. Os. 01. Os. to Si. Choice 81. 103. 0/. Os. to 91. if, 51. Os. 04 Os. to 51. 117 ... 61. Os. 01. Os. to 61. 6 1 .111. its. 01. Os. to 121. 1> 101 Os. 01. Os to 11/. 0!) New Sossex Pockets Superfine Ditto Farnham Ditto (seconds),.,.,.„, PRICE OF OIL. 0 Rape Oil, brown -..............371. 654............ Refined ...•••. g 39 I Linseed Oil , ... 0 7 I'i1 ' i ^. 12 I" 5 lj Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand Rape Cake, per ton...—. PRICE OF POTATOES.—Dec. 27. - Os. to 31. :Os. per ton. Os. to 21. ss. ditto. Os. to 41. 10s. ditto. 10s. to 41. Os. ditto. Os. to 21. Os. ditto. Shawl Middling Marsh Champions Scotch Reds Chats WHITECHAPEL HAY MA RKET.—llec. 26. Hay 60s. Od to 84s. Od. I Clover 60s. Od. to 955. , 243. Od. to 283. Od. PHI CES OF LEATHER. Per lb. d. to d. Per lb. d. to d g Butts, English 14 25 English Horse Hides.. 14 Ditto, Foreign 13 21 Spanish Ditto 17 Dressing Hides 11 15 Per dozen. Ditto 14 16 Calf Skins,. 30 to 4(lb. 13 0 5 Ditto, light Ditto 40 t o 601 b. 17 05 Ditto, Crop Hides, 1ight,,,.,, 12 14 Ditto 70 to 90th. 20 Ditto 40 to 50114. 13 16k Small Seals, Greenland 16 ;,1 14 1131 Large 12 PRICE OF CANDLES. The price of Store Candles, in the retail shops, is as follows:! Candles, per doz. 7s. Od. to Bs. Cd. I Moulds, per d0zen.........95. RICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of Eilb. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow . 2s 114 PRICE OF TALLOW, Town 'fallow , . 4Bs. Od. Yellow Russia 4Bs. Od. White...—. - . s. Od. Soap Ditto s. Od. Melted Stuff .378. Od. Ditto 1t0ugh.............—......215. Od. ', SOAP, &c. per 1121 b. Yellow Soap, 625. Xi Xi Mottled , 705. White , 72s. Graves 145. „ I Good Dregs 53. COAL MARKET.—Dec. 27. Per Ton. s. d. Per Ton. 8. 1 Chester Main l5 0 Walls End Hilda 17 Ord's Redhugh ................... 14 0 Ditto Northumberland * 17 Pontop Windsor ................. 15 6 Eden Main - l6 1anfie1d........ l6 0 Walls End Lambton ..,..... 1 9 rownley l5 3 Walls End Stewart's',.......... 1 9 West Hartley . 15 9 Walls End G0rd0n............ 17 Wylam W.E. Clarke and C 0......... 15 0 and Co. 611 Walls End Heaton--- 17 0 Walls End Elgin 17 Ships arrived since ast market-day, 67. .... couNricy CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK; Wheat. Barley. I Oats. Beans. Per Quarter. ---- Ashburn 50 56 32 34 19 24 38 4 ' Basingstoke 48 55 24 29 17 21 32 D° Bath . 48 58 26 32 20 26 40 44.,1 Bridgewater 50 60 22 26 20 25 32 Bristol 4B 56 28 32 16 20 34 Chesterfield —.... 44 54 28 36 17 25 44 4 f, Derby 49 52 33 35 20 24 34 41 Doncaster 48 60 26 34 16 24 40 46 Dorchester .-- 53 26 21 35 4 0 7, Exeter 4B 56 26 28 16 20 36 40 Gloucester 44 54 25 30 17 24 36 4 , v ",',.„ Hungertbrci 46 58 22 29 15 22 34 Leicester 53 34 24 4? Newbury—. 28 58 23 29 17 30 34 40 is Romsey 56 62 25 28 18 22 36 41 Shaftesbury 54 25 17 41 Shepton Mallet w 46 54 24 30 18 26 35 4 4 _, Sherburne 50 54 24 28 21 23 32 Taunton 48 50 24 28 21 2S 32 D'2, Yarmouth 46 52 26 33 23 25 32 D 4 Yeovil 4B 34 26 28 18 24 32 4 0 Per Bushel. s. d. s.d. s. d. s.d. s. d. s. d. e. d. s. d' Shrewsbury 60 7 9 3 4 40 1 4 0 58, 0 0 0 0 _, AItKEJ r —Dec. 26. [after. s. d. s. 24 0 to 27 18 0 25 " 0 !IC sack) 16 0 21 r bag) 4O 0 41 .r gall) 1 2 0 DEVIZES CORN Per Sack. s. d. s. d. Per Qt. Best Wheat 29 oto 31 0 Barley__ Second 24 6 26 6 Oats Thirds 22 0 23 0 Beans (pei 6SO Sacks of Wheat sold/ 0 , 4 Hour (per at the average of j " Bread (pei BIRMINGHAM CORN MARKET, Dee. 25. Wheat, 62 lb. Barley, imperial quarter .30 0 34 0 Do. Grinding, 49 lb. _ _ Oats, 39 lb. — 3 0 3 6 Old Beans, 66 1 ,4 lb 15 6 17 0 New ditto l4 6 15 0 New White Boiling I'ease, 3 imp. bush 22 0 22 6 Ditto Grey ditto lB 6 20 0 MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREET. (From the London Gazette.) ON MONDAY, DEC. 30. M. ii• G. B. Davidge, printer, New Cut, Blackfriars-road J. Bunker, carrier, Berner-street, Commercial-road 1 ' DIVIDENDS. if. T. and S. Johnson, carpenters, Lant.street, South war k at 11 M. Nathan and Co., tallow-chandlers, Old-street 0 818 TIIS. On the '27th inst., the lady of Henry Chitty, Esq., of the Middle Temple, of a daughter. On the :id inst., at Richmond, the lady of Henry G. Wells, Esq., of a daughter. On the 26th inst., the lady of Theophilus Thompson, M.D., Keppel-street, Russell-square, of a daughter. On the 25th inst., Mrs. H. Bagster, of Guildford street, of a son. MARRIED. • On the 28th inst., at West Ham Church, Mr. Thomas Whit well, of Highgate Academy, Hawkhurst. Kent, to Anne, third daughter, and in April last, Henry Bigley, of the Royal En , gineer Department, Tobago, eldest son of Henry Bigley, Esq., Ordnance-office, Tower, to Eliza Frances, second daughter, of Mr. Thomas Carpenter, of West Ham, and late of Ilford-house, Essex. At Minster, Sheppey, Mr. Charles Fox Baldock, of the Lon don Docks, son of Mr. Thomas Baldock, of Chatham, to Mary Maria, daughter of John Fincham, Esq., Assistant-Master-Ship • wright of Sheerness-yard. On the 24th inst., at St. George's, Hanover.square, the Rev. G. E. Gepp, M.A., Fellow of W•adham College, Oxford, and Assistant-Master of Harrow School, to Emma Sophia, third daughter of the late Matthias Arntz, Esq., of Dusseldorf. DIED, On the 22d inst., in Kensington-square, Henry Penny, Eq.. aged 86. On the 23d inst., at Brompton, in her 22d year, Jane, only daughter of the late Rev. David Felix, of Chelsea. On the 24th inst., at Cheltenham, F. Cianchettinl, Esq,, aged 66. On the 2.2 d inst., at Deptford, in her 61st year, Mrs. Ana Mason, relict of the late John Mason, Esq., Justice of the Peace for Kent and Surrey. her 41st0 On e t a h r e , l A 9t n h n n E s i t i . z , ab a e t th U , p w c i o f t e t- o li f o j u o s h e, n i s t e n a o r w 'r d a e u n 1 . 1 t E o s t q t i n Lately, in Chichester, William Tireman, Esq., age d 79. On the 21st inst., at Jersey, Mr. George Taylor, aged 56, formerly a clerk in the Bank of England. On the 24th inst., at the Vicarage, Br oomsgrove, Worces tershire, the residence of his son-in - law, Richard Butler, Esq., aged 67. On the 29th of September, Was drowned, whilst bathing with a companion in the river Reiskenima, near Fort Wilt shire, Cape of Good Hope, Edward Willes Blencowe, st., in the R egen t' s-par k, th e Ri g ht H on . Lieu tenant in the 75th Regiment, and son of It. W. 131encowe, Esq., Baroness De 13Iaquiere, in her 77th year. Ha thin yes, eOn the 22d nit., at his house in Kensington-square, Henry Penny, Esq., aged 86. Middlesex. PDIN"D AND rUBLISHED M U RDO YOUNCI, AT TUI SUN Orilen, 112, STRAND. 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