The Sun. — London, England, 1830-01-05 00:00:00

DESTRUCTIVE LATCIIINGDON. (Ft om the Essex Ilcrqd or this clay.) A boner tiil confl,tgraiien toek plree on :-...unday tr:rning last, about half-pasr three o'cloel:, when the do elling-housa of Mr. Berjrmin Wedd, who occupies White Douse Latchingdon, burnt to tlur ground,, and evcry ves;ige of the handsome furniture, with the exception only of one bed, oso blankets, and a quilt. Mrs, lAredd wti iswoke by time cries of her infant, amdling fire, with some difficulty alarmrd Mr. Wedd, who, ea going flown stairs, discovered the keeping-room to he on fire, the flames at the instant breaking through the Nortek of the door. He returned to his bed mid by a secondary staircase, providentially. Nitetveded in getting Out of the house, but in a state of nudity, his wife, two daughters, three sons, and an infimt, who, in the absence of the second stair (-Ark\ twust have perished in the flames. Mr. Wedd, t4scrving that there was no chance of saving any lyart of his property in the house, ran to the stable and put his horses into an adjoining pasture. An engine from Mahlon was sent for, but the whole of the dwelling-house was reduced to ashes before its arrival. The barns and stack-yard surrounded the house, and had the wind been in any other direction than the north-east, the whole must have fallen a seerifice, but neither corn nor out-buildings were injured. The damage is estimated at about 1,2001. Mr. Wedd is not insured. The estate is the pro perty of Thomas Pitt, Esq., of Wimpole-street (of the firm of Bosanquet and Co., Bankers), who is supposed to be covered by insurance. Besides the usual description of furniture, Mr. Wedd has lost a considerable quantity of plate, and other articles of great value. Mrs. John Bourne, of Munden, has very kindly admitted Mr. Wedd and family under her roof. lIIGH RETAIL PRICES OF BOOKS. On Saturday evening last, at a Meeting of the Managers of the City of London Literary and Scientific Institution, at their mansion in Alders. gate-street, the Secretary, amongst other comma nications made to them, read a letter from their bookseller, which letter announced that, in conse quence of a general resolution entered into by " the trade," he could now only allow a discount of 1.5 per cent, from the publishing price of the works he supplied. In consequence of the large purchases previously made for the Institution, and prompt pay ment, 25 per cent. had been the customary discount. One of the managers stated, that as administra . bors of thp funds of the parent and chief Institution of this nature in the metropolis, it became their duty to set an example with respect to this combination of the booksellers. It was an attempt on the part of these tradesmen to sustain the old and indolent system of trade, or large profits on small sales, against the new system of trade, or small profits on large sales, with better payment. The attempt could only end in proving to the public the folly and ignorance of the body by whom it was made. It could by possibility succeed only to the extent of causing books to be sold clandestinely, at the same moderate and reasonable prices at which they were now beginning to be sold openly. Members even of the monopoly would eventually, by covert allow ances, sell goods at the reduced prices, and the only effect of the change would be to foster habits of falsehood and dissimulation. Thirty per cent. (he believed the booksellers got more) was a retail profit far greater than ought, as compared with other trades, to be demanded ; but be that as it might, it was a greater profit than the public would continue to pay. The days of the booksellers' favourites, the costly quartos, were gone ; it was impossible that the trade could recall them ; and the reward of the general support of all classes to the recent publica tions in cheap, convenient, and elegant forms, might have shown the necessity of conforming to the new direction of the public taste and will. If, as was complained, rents of splendid shops were high, those rents must be reduced, for the public would not continue to give high prices to pay them ; nor would statement of losses from bad debts be listened to. The large profits of the old system induced tradesmen to give credit too readily, on the calcula tion of making the good debts pay for the bad; or, in other words, of making the regular and honest who do pay become answerable for the defalcations of the irregular and profligate, who do not pay. The system of dealing for small profits, by diminishing the habit of giving enormous credits, would be at tended with no inconsiderable moral advantages.— Any thing, however, which tended to keep up the prices of book•, and render knowledge less accessible, and literary pursuits more expensive, ought to be especially reprehended. and repressed. The ma nagers having to purvey intellectual food for their SOt) members, were bound to obtain the largest quantity of books which their funds could procure. Even if the regular supply could not be at once obtained at a cheaper rate than that now proposed, he considered that this, and other similar Institu tions, and all Book Societies, ought to withdraw their custom from their present tradesmen, if they were members of the combination, and, as a lesson to similar conspirators, deal with the more humble of the trade, who would be grateful for whatever patronage was given to them. But he had no doubt that amongst the trade numbers would be found " unprincipled" enough to sell hooks at moderate prices—" unprincipled" enough not to forego small profits when large profits were inac cessible. A Gentleman here stated that one large house had refused to join the combination, and he had no doubt that there were many others who would never accede to it. The gentleman who had first spoken on the sub ject, said that in that case a list of the members of the solemn league and covenant against.knowledge hying sold too cheap, would show with whom the public could deal with the least advantage. Another member sta►ed that his bookseller (whom he would not name, but who was one of the Cove nant) had that day told him not to think of remov ing his custom, for, as an old friend, he should still he supplied at the old reduced price.—(A laugh.)— The attempt was perfectly ridiculous. It wag, however, urged, that no countenance should be given to it; and a resolution was moved, and carried unanimously, that all further orders to the bookseller who had announced his intention of acting in conformity to the resolution of the trade should be suspended. Madame PASTA has contracted an engage ment for the winter, at the Copenhagen Theatre. She is also engaged to attend a Carnival at Verona, where she is to receive 1,200 Napoleons d'or. GOOD SECURITY.--.A person who wished to borrow a small sum, being asked by SwtrT whom he proposed as security ? " I have none to offer," said the poor man, " excepting my faith in my Redeemer." SWIFT accepted the security, made the. entry acurdingly, witlr all formality, and declared that none of his debtors was more punctual than this raan.—Sir W. Scott's Memoirs of Swift. An accident of the most heart-rending nature occurred on Saturday afternoon hit . , in Charles-street, 13lock-house. Mrs. ANN Ca urietn, the wife of an ex ciseman stationed in this tits, a young woman, 25 years of age only, was putting on the pelisse of the eldest of her two children, preparatory to sending it upon an errand, when, in stooping down to fasten the dress, her hack being to the fire, the draught of the chimney drew her clothes to the bars, and she became instantly enveloped in a blaze. In her alarm, she hastened down stairs, hoping to find assist ance, but, unfortunately, the person in whe••• house she lodged had shortly before left home, and' in i, appalling state she remained some minutes, when a neighbour chanced to call in, by whom the flames were extinguished. The poor ere tture, however, was molt dreadfully burnt in every part of her body, and she was immediately conveyed to the Infirmary, where, we learnt, on inquiry this morn ing, that she stiil lies in a very'precarious state. To add to the perils of her situation, the unfortunate woman was, at the time of the accident, faradvanced in pregnancy, and the fright and terror of which bringing on premature deli very, she on Monday gave birth to twins, which died soon **v.— Worcester Jotwrnal. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5, ISSO. TIIE ICEVENUE. The Quarter's Revenue will not be made up until a late hour to-night, and we, therefore, decline entering into a statement of the parti cular items, as their amount must vary every succeeding hour. We can, however, state, that the present Quarter, as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year exhibits (up to three o'clock) but a very trifling decrease. The total amount of the Revenue for the past year, as compared with the year 1828 however, shows a deficiency of something more than one million. The principal deficiency is in the Excise. In the Customs there is an improvement. We arc again indebted to our spirited con temporary, the Morning Herald, for the fol lowing express from Paris, with the French Pa pers of Sunday. The following are extracts : (From the Moniteur.) fhc official part crarains a Report to the King by the Count de Chabrol, and a Royal Ordinance founded upon ir, for regulating the salaries of the persons employed in the service of the Customs. By the Ist article of the Ordinance the annual ex penses of the central administration of the Customs for the salaries of the superiors and officers of all classes, and other disbursements, shall be reduced to the sum of 445,000 francs. (From the Gazette de France.) SEMLIN, DEC. 16. The Hatti Scheriff of the Sultan, which re•incor porates the six districts of Servia, was yesterday read publicly at Belgrade. Tlii• article of the treaty may, therefore, be considered as executed. Prince I%lilosch has given orders to M. Danidvitz to go to the head-quarters of General-Diebitsch, and to express to him officially the gratitude of the Ser vian nation to the Emperor, for the benefit be has conferred upon it. PARIS, JAN. 2. King Ferdinand, on the ,occasion of his marriage, has granted permission to return to their country to iv per-ons, who were all members of the Municipa lity of Madrid under the Constitutional Government. (From the Messayer des Chambres.) SECOND EDITION. PARIS, JAN. 3. At eleven o'clock last night it ITas announced as certain that the Ministry would be modified, by re moving from the Council Messrs. Courvoi4er, Cha brol, and De llansscz. M. de Berthier, it is said, is appointed Minister of the Interior, M. Dutton of the Marine, M. de Peyronnet of the Seals, M. de Montbrl to take the Department of the Finance.— Thus the Ministry would be formed of elements per fectly homogeneous, and we may expect that the most violent plans would be adopted without oppo sition. We arc much concerned to state, that the indisposition of Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD is likely to deprive the public of his valuable ser vices, at all events, for a considerable period. When his medical attendants recommended his retiring from the fatigues of business, we under. stand the friends of the Right Hon. Gentleman inquired whether a short absence would not be sufficient ? and that the answer of Dr. WARREN was decidedly in the negative. The details recorded before the late Parlia mentary Committees, the late attempt to restrain Mr. ANDERDON, the late proceedings before the Commission touching the alleged lunacy of Mr. DAVIES, and the consequent exposure of the class of persons who, as unfeelingly as unblush ingly, trade and batten on the misery of real and alleged lunatics, have all served to satisfy the public that, notwithstanding the amendment made in the law by the Act of the 9th of the KING, and notwithstanding the execution of that Act has been entrusted to men of the highest integrity, humanity, and talent, the law regarding lunatics nevertheless stands in . need of, and must shortly undergo, some great and effectual revision. The object of the law touching lunatics we apprehend . to be twofold :- Ist. To protect sane persons from being treated as lunatic. 2d. To ensure to persons suffering under that calamity the best medical treatment, and at the same time protection from the cruel and brutal treatment to which (to our national die grace and the disgrace of humanity) it is on record they have been subjected. It is with feelings somewhat allied to appre hension we venture to approach a subject, to which we acknowledge ourselves unequal ; we shall nevertheless, in the discharge of our public duty, endeavour to point out some of the regu lations which it appears to us the law ought to embrace, in order to effect the abovementioned objects. We apprehend- That in all cases where the relations of afflicted persons undertake their charge, with out removing them from their usual resi dence or abode, or consigning them to the care of strangers, the law should allow the afflicted person to remain under Ebel: care and custody ; save only that upon information being given on oath, to the belief of the deponent, of the im proper confinement, mal-treatment, or restraint of any person, as lunatic or insane, the Commis sioners appointed by the Secretary of State be empowered . and required to visit the party, and after personal examination to take such measures thereupon as they may think fit and the case may require. That physicians and medical practitioners, practising their profession, be prohibited by law from keeping receptacles for lunatics. (The Act of the 9th of the KING enacts that no physician appointed a Commissioner shall professionally attend patients in any house licensed for the reception of insane persons, save as therein mentioned, nor while in office keep any house for patients ; also that Ito Justice shall act in granting a licence, who shall directly or indirectly be interested in keeping any such house ; and yet, by a singular omission, does not provide against receptacle-keepers signing, certificates to fill receptacles. We cannot con ceive any thing likely to lead to greater abuse.) That no person be received into a receptacle unless on a certificate signed by one friend of the party and two medical practitioners, who shall all sign their names, description, and place of abode at full length. That the name, description, place of abode, and age of the party, to be confined, be inserted at full length in the certificate ; and that the parties signing the same be responsible, under severe penalties, that the name, description, &c. inserted in the certificate, be ►he real name, &c. of the party ; and that the medical practitioners who sign the certificate be compelled to trans mit -to the Commissioners, on the day of the date, a duplicate of such certificate, indorsing thereupon the address, &c. of the receptacle in which the patient is to be confined. That a new certificate, setting forth the neCGE.. shy of detention of each patient, be signed by a friend and two medical practitioners every six months, while the patient shall remain confined, and a duplicate in like manner be transmitted to the Commissioners ; and in case any friend of the patient shall decline or omit to sign such new certificate, then that the Commissioners, or one of them, be required, if they see fit, to sign the same on his behalf, or other wise, that the patieht be discharged ; and that any receptacle keeper, and medical attendant, detaining a patient without such certificate, shall be proceeded against for a misdemeanour, and rendered incapable of keeping or attending any receptacle, without prejudice to any right of action by the party detained. That the power of the Commissioners to visit lunatic hospitals and receptacles be extended, and that they have authority to do so at anti• hours they judge fit, and that their visitations be required by law to be more frequent than the Act of the 9th of the KING directs. That persons applying for a license to keep a receptacle produce a certificate, signed by one medical practitioner, and two or more house keepers of the parish in which they reside, cer tifying that the parties signing the same believe them to be persons deserving of being intrusted with such a charge ; and that when the Commis sioners shall be satisfied with such recommenda tions, previous to their receiving such license, the parties shall make oath that no medical practi tioner, or other person, is, directly or indirectly, interested in the proposed establishment other than those:named in the license, and enter into a bond, in a reasonable penalty, with two sureties, to comply with the regulations required by law, in the management of the receptacle. All licenses to be renewed annually, and the oath taken on each renewal. That tl►e licensed keeper of each receptacle do reside at the receptacle ; and that he, on the day he receives each patient, transmit to the Com missioners a copy of the certificate received with each patient on the day he shall be received, and another copy of such certificate whenever any patient shall die, be removed, or discharged, indorsing the fact thereon as the case may be. That previous to any persons being employed as keepers, such persons give in a stateme►►t of their age, residence, and former occupation, and produce certificates or recommendations, signed by two housekeepers in the parish in which they reside, of their integrity, humanity, sobriety, and general fit ness to fulfil the duties of nurse or keeper, to be filed in the receptacle, for the inspection of the Commissioners ; and that copieS ofsuch certificates be transmitted on the day such persons enter on their employ to the Commissioners, that they may know who are the parties employed ; and that the Commissioners have power to discharge from any receptacle any keeper improperly con ducting himself towards the patients, and that the receptacle keeper be responsible for their misconduct. That the Commissioners cause a register to be kept at their office of all persons confined as insane, the places of confinement, date of recep tion, name, description, former residence and age ; and also of the name, description, and re sidence of the friend and medical practitioners who signed the certificate, authorizing their con finement, with the degree of the relationship of the former to the party confined. That all persons be intitled of right to inquire at the office of the Commisioners, whether any particular individual be confined as lunatic, and if confined, to have a copy of the certificate au thorizing such confinement ; and that' on any letter with such inquiry being addressed to the Commissioners, they be required within 24 hours from its receipt, to transmit a copy of such certificate, or an a nswer, stating that no such person is confined, or that he has been dis charged, with the date of such discharge, ox otherwise, as the case may be. That the friends of all persons confined have access and liberty to see them, on the days and hours fixed by the Commissioners, and at all other times, on prOducing an order from the Commi*Perg, whit they,should b e requ i re d to give on application, or within six hours there'- after ; and that persons confined be at all times at liberty to write and receive letters ; and that if any letter be withheld or suppressed, the recep tacle keeper be subject to severe penalties, and, to be deprived of his licence to keep a receptacle. That every receptacle be attended by at least one regular medical practitioner, or more, if, in the judgment of the Commissioners, such attend ance be requisite ; and to insure their being per sons of proper character and professional skill, they be in the first instance approved by the Commissioners or Magistrates granting the license, and that the class►fication and medical treatment of the patients be under the direction of such medical officers, under the eontroul of the Commissioners. That each medical attendant shall visit the patients in the receptacle to which he is attached once every day at the least, or as often as the Commissioners, judging from the number of patients, and other circumstances, shall direct ; and that a journal be kept at every receptacle, in which a daily entry shall be made and signed by the medical attendant and the licensed keeper, of the daily proceedings, particularly setting forth the name of every patient submitted to violent restraint, the nature of, and necessity for the same, and also of any patient who has been forced, the arrival, discharge, and death of pa tients, and all such other matters as the Com missioners may direct ; and that if the medical man and receptacle keeper shall in any manver falsify the same, or state what is untrue, they shall be subject to a heavy penalty, and rendered incapable of keeping or attending any receptacle. That the costs of supporting all pauper luna tics be paid by the Treasurer of the county ; and that the same be afterwards apportioned to the several parishes, according to the number of persons confined from each : that the rate of payment for each pauper lunatic be fixed by the Commissioners; that they be confined in such place or places as the Commissioners shall direct; and that the costs of any appeal by them to a Jury, under certain regulations, be paid by the Crown. That the Commissioners every three months make a return to the Secretary of State, setting forth a list of all licensed receptacles,—the names, descriptions, former residences, and age of the parties confined in each, with the date of each reception, and the name, description, and residence of the friend and medical practitioners who signed the certificate authorizing their con finement, with the degree of relationship of the former to each party confined. That the Secretary of State, within fourteen days from the receipt of such return, transmit the same to the Judges of one of the Courts at Westminster, any one of whom shall be autho rized, by commission or otherwise, to sit and try by the verdict of a Jury, to be duly summoned, all questions as to the sanity of such of the par ties confined as the Commissioners may think requisite ; and on whose cases they may not chose to take upon themselves to decide without the assistance of the Court—of ail persons confined, who shall on their own behalves claim such trial, —of any other person confined, upon oath being made before the Commis.,ioners by one or more persons, testifying their belief that such person is of sane mind. And that similar regulation be made, and power given to the Judges of As size to try all similar questions, as to persons confined as lunatic in the several counties within their respective circuits. That the friend signing the certificate, and at whose suggestion any person shall be confined, shall, within days from the date of the certificate, make a return on oath of all the per sonal property of the party in his possession or power, accompanied by a statement of all the property he knows or believes to be in the pos session of any other person belonging to the same individual ; and that within the space of three calendar months he _deliver on oath a like account and statement of all monies that shall have since come into his possession or power, or that he shall then know and believe to be in the possession or power of any other person, and shall from time to time, when called upon, deliver further similar accounts and statements upon oath. That the Commissioners shall forthwith make a return of the same to the LORD CHANCEL LOR, Secretary of Lunatics, or other officer ap pointed ; and that the LORD CHANCELLOR shall appoint some person other than the party at whose instance the lunatic shall be confined, Committee of his Estate, and the Committee be from time to time required to account and pay all monies that come to his hands in right of the lunatic into Court, for the benefit of such lunatic or his representatives. That persons concealing any property of a lunatic be subject, on discovery thereof, to a penalty of three times the amount ; and that any person giving information of such concealment, so that the property be recovered, be entitled to one-half the penalty. That the Commissioners publish in the Lon don Gazette, every six months, a list of licensed receptacles, with the name of the place where each is situated, the name of the party to whom the licence is granted, and the medical attendant ; the number of patients confined within that period, the number dead, the numbet removed, and the number discharged cured ; and that the re ceptacle-keeper and medical attendant of the house in which the greater number of patients, on a general average of the whole, shall have been discharged cured, be entitled to an honorary premium ; and that the Commis sioners be further empowered to award to the keeper and medical attendant of any other re ceptacle, where the treatment of the patients and general conduct of the establishment shall in their judgment merit the same, a like honorary distinction. That the law, and power given to the Com missioners be general, and include all public hos pitals, as w e ll as private receptacles for lunatics, so far as the medical treatment of the patients and their liberation be concerned. If it be otherwise, it must of necessity follow, the mode of treatment being different, that in some it must be better than in others, while for the interest of the patient, which ought alone to be considered, it re quires that the most improved mode of treat ment should be adopted towards ALL—there can be no reason, if the treatment of insane per sons in Bethlem, or any other hospital, be supe rior to that in other establishments, that the same mode should not be enforced in all other places, and if any more improved mode should be found, there ca►► be no good reason why the patients in public hospitals should not receive the benefit of such treat►ncnt. It is with great diffidence we submit the fore going suggestions to the consideration of the public, and of the authorities on %%hour) the duty more particularly devolves of attending to this important subject. They have been written in haste, we are sensible are imperfect in themselves, and that the details would require far more consi deration than in the midst of many other avo cations we can pretend to give them. The pub lic are, however, most sensibly and properly alive to the subject, rti bile they in common with our selves derive no small satisfaction from the con viction that the parties with Whom it rests will give it all due attention ;—that the law will shortly be made to throw an eactive shield around that most unfortunate class of beings, lunatics, and at the same time protect the sane classes of his Ma jesty's subjects from being at the instance of in terested or revengeful persons confined as lunatic. Persons who are lunatic stand more in need of the protection of the law than any other clas, from their inability to do any act for their own protection, while persons falsely alleged to be so afflicted, there is much reason to fear, are too often shunned for the imputation, soon forgottcu, and left to linger in some receptacle, sensible to the misery and wretchedness by which they are surrounded, and keenly sensible to the insult, tyranny, and oppression to which they are sub jected. We cannot contemplate any case snore dreadful. Time and space do not permit, or we could easily from recent legal proceedings, and from the evidence before the Parliamentary Com mittees, shew abundant and most painful evidence of the necessity for some such measures as those we have ventured to suggest. TIIE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O' CL 0 CK. We are this morning withqpt the arrival of any foreign mails or ship letters only from Halifax, con sequently we are deprived of all information; but, the wind having shifted to the westward, we may soon expect numerous arrivals. Consols, which left off yesterday at 951- for the Account, opened at 9511, and up to the present time little or no business is going forward. It is expected in the course of next week, there will be some stir in the British Funds, owing to about nine millions sterling of dividends being paid to the public and barkers on Friday and Saturday next. In the Foreign Mtuket there is also very little doing, and the report of the Brazilian Loan does not gain ground. It is not supposed that the offer sent out some time past to the Brazils, to take the Loan at the price of 50, or a little higher, will be accepted by the Emperor, when the funds at Rio are at present 70. This indeed would be an im mense sacrifice. ENGLISH Bank Stock, 216 17 India Stock, per Cent. Cons. Phut Ds., for Account, 9.54 Ditto Reduced, 9,11-i- FUNDS. Si per Cent. 1001 New 4 per Cent., Risut per Cent. 1526 105/3- India Bonds, 72 73 Exchequer Bills, 78 79 TWO O'CLOCK. The Consol Market has continued steady the whole of the morning, at 914- for the Account, without any speculations of importance g&ng forward. The Commissioners purchased in Re duced at 941. We are informed that the deficiency of the Re venue will not be so unfavourable as was at first anticipated, the East India Company have within these few days paid to Government five hundred thousand pounds for duties. Money to-day in the house can be obtained at from 3 to 4 per cent. In the Foreign Market there has been a consi derable decline in Portuguese Stock, of about three to four per cent., owing to a report that the Em peror of Brazil intends to fit out a squadron against Don Miguel;—that is to say, if he can procure a Loan. Baron and Baroness de Rothschild, accompanied by Baron Anthony, their son, take their departure this afternoon for Paris. THREE O' CL 0 CX. Consuls for Account, 94.4. FOUR O'CLOCK.-CLOSING PRICES. Consols Do. for Ac. 951 Brazilian Bonds 704 Buenos Ayres Danish 75i Greek, 1825 311 Mexican, 182;1 Peruvian Chihli DO. Columbian, 1824, Russian 109 Spanish 10 LITERATURE. MEMOIRS AND COMInSPONDF,NCE OF JEF FERSON, Vol.. 3 and 4. —LowooN, 1829. We have little to add to what we some weeks since observed of this posthumous publication. It is valuable as a record of many of those com paratively unimportant events that took place in America during the progress of its separation from the mother country, with which we could not otherwise have been acquainted. Through out his very voluminous correspondence Mr. Jefferson appears to considerable advantage, both as a writer and as a man. t - Ku: cui tir STOCICI 1H I 4 VAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. n tnx ..t4-,,A :+er Cc.+l. Hat. ......V4-W,i 34 t )ld Annuities .; 1,7 :sent. Con& shut New Ditto shut per (74m. --. Ex. 8i11.% .Z I,(Dfs 2d. 7S 79 pm. _ . _ _._ ..._ ;t:'t ~ c...! .. - 1003 i Ditto rpr Cent. Ann. - shut Ditr0.....„,.....50i 2d. 7S 79 pro. :)ut., 1' , 2:1 ...: ........... b, 105% Ditto.. ... ........ lid. 18 79 pm. !)itto Scrip — Ditta email Rank I. Ann. Ditto 30 years - indi4 .stecß phut India for Account — Ditto Itoud A •-•• 73 pm. Cont. for January 95'4 N P.:!CFS OF FOItRION rtnins THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Brazilian Bonds 70i I 7P li 1 Peruvian Bonds Buenos Ayrea Bondi — 'Portuguese Bonds 58!!, t7IUBan Bonds ... — ',Prussian, Old _ _ ('olornhian Bcnds — Oitto, Ncw lOOl4 Ditto, 1821 I Tan i;11 75!3 Spartieh, • , 121 104 Greek Bond, Mr3 Date, 1875 3 1 1,4 French lic:ntes, ip. c. —tl —c. (;ttatintala — Exchange — 1 1 , .xic,,n Bonds — 3 per cetit —r t o, Ekehanre —f. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY ♦Y ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at W. pm.) .£lOl Brazilian Mining Company 5 Brazilian liri i. min. Co. 055 at si. pm.) £2O Ditto National lO Canada Company Arrived, MAILS. Arrived. 0 America 0 0 Hamburg 5 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica I O Carthagena... ...... ... 1 0 Leeward Islands I Dill,Fri 0 0 Lisbon I O Flanders 0 0 Mexico O F;ance 1 0 Sweden O Ouernsey le Jersey.. 0 1 Waterford 0 ri - •;) A AA, 18444+ 4 . ; ittc• Per Share. 4.2 41;4 9 SS Si SIN :I%Ya ntie. ARNOTT'S ELEMENTS OF PHYSICS. This new volume will not detract from the well-earned reputation of Dr. Arnott. It proves him to be a man of great eminence in science. As we have already from time to time given copious extracts from this book, and may, as circumstances and opportunity permit, give more, we shall content ourselves, on the present occa sion, with recommending it to the favourable consideration of our readers. Frost-bound earth, covered with snow, has proved, this week, an effectual impediment to the sport of hunting, and the harriers have remained at head-quarters, the kennel, and will so continue until the frost breaks up. —Brighton Herald. THE. VORACIOUS WHALE.—The huge mon ster of the deep that recently cut the fishing boat across, whereby three men met an appalling death off St. John's Point, on the Donegal coast, has been silica thrown on shore dead. It is said to be one of the largest ever seen in this country, and our correspondent adds, that, on be ing opened, a young one, measuring IS feet in length, was found inside. Its death is said to have been occasioned by a part of the boat which it may have swallowed at the time ; but this is to be questioned, as the gullet of the animal is not sufficiently capacious to admit a large por tion of timber. We expect to hear fu, then particulars next week. It is to be hoped the pruduse of the fish will be applied to the relief of the families of the unfortunate suf. ferers.—Ennishillen Chronicle. SIIIPPING INTELL!GLNCE,-•('THIS DAY.) FIIOII LLOYD'S. DEAL, JAN. 4.—Wind E.—Arrived the Fanny? from the Cape of Good Hope. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 4. Wind N.E.—Arrived from London, the Lirehy, Ford, for Smyrna. FALMOUTH, JAN. 3.—Wind N.E. to Arrived the: Zeno, Lawson, from Buenos Ayres Anne, Heywood, and Itehat, Norworthy, fror o Newfoundland. SCILLY, JAN. 1 and 2.—Arrived the Mineral, Richard!, from St. John's ; Prince Eugene, Lestp and Elizabeth, Johns, from Newfoundland ; Svn" metry, Alexander, from Smyrna; Elizabeth, Turner, and Admiral Lake, Cooper, from Zaire. 13RISTOL, JAN. 3.—Arrived the Chestei.firblo Cranford, from Africa ; and Sir Walter Scott, Davil;t from Terceira. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 3.—Wind E.N.E.—His Ma' jesty's brigs Britomart, Royalist, and Levert:t, have sailed to the westward to relieve the homeward bond, DUNDEE, JAN. 3.—Arrived the Margaret four, Gellatly, from Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 4.—The Sarah, Rodol, front Bridport to London, got in contact with a schoon er yesterday morning off Beach)? Head, carried awnf her bowsprit, and had her bows stove, but maker little water. WHITEHAVEN, JAN. 4.—The Brothers, Brai.th• waits, from DOlin, which was stranded at Raving' lass the 12th ult., has been got off, and taken into the harbour. The Quebec packet, Atkinson, has arrived ag Scilly loaky, and with loss of bulwarks, &c. VIE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). HAY MA RKETS.—( A t per Load of 36 Trusses.) ST. .1 A MES'S. Coaree heavy Lowland Mea , low Hay £2 2 to £2 1 11 New, file.u.low flay Useful Old Ditto 2 15 3 S. __ _ .1 - Fine Upland Mea.ow and Rye-grass Day— 3 15 4 / 5 Clover flay 3 15 5 / 11 Oat straw £1 IS to £2 0 I Wheat Straw... 2 0 2 A great supply, and a very dull trade; prices as last quoted. SMITHFIELD. Coarse heal.) , Lowland Meadow Hay £2 n to £2 1 1 New Meadow Hay I IS 2 IS Useful Old D i tto 3 3 • 3 . . . . Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 915 ' 4lu Giver Hay (extra fine)....f 5 10...(lenerally Oat Straw £1 10 to .£1 14 1 Wheat Straw 1 lfi 2 Surply moderate, trade very dull, and prices stationary. CITY MARKETS.—(TWO O'CLOCK) SUGAR.—The delivery of British Plantation Sages last week from tke West India Docks amounted to 2,13 1 bhcbe and 104 tees., leaving a stock there of 34,859 bhds• and 2,22 S tees. Good Sugars are in demand, and full,' maintain their value. Of Mauritius Sugars there were only 720 bags delivered last week, and as 654 bars were landed, the stock remains aboat 26,500 bags. In Foreigo Sugars little has been done to this morning. n e find Goods are notnindly the same. Prices of Refined &welt. generally may be quoted from ss. to 7s. lower than at this period last year. RC3l.—The deliveries from the West India Docks were small last week, viz. 272 puns. and 24 hhds. of home use( and 47 puns. for export. The stock is about 22,590 puns , and 1,700 hhds. The demand for the Continental Mar' kets has somewhat subsided. There is no variation ILI prices quoted this morning. The Coeres Market remains in nearly the same state Al last week. SPICES.—There is some enquiry for Spices, but as ths sale for the Ceylon Covet muent will take place next week , Cinnamon is decidedly firm. COTTON...—This article of produce excites some atter tion, and the increase of the demand of late has renders the market very firm. The sock in the port of London being also short, has led to some speculative demand' Theme are now only about 4,400 bales of American, 4,40 0 bales of Brazil, 50,000 of Surat, about 9,000 Bengt t 1,860 Madras, 600 Smyrna, 660 Bourbon, 3,780 Egjr tian, 1,560 West Indian, amid 670 bales of Broill in stock' in all not exceeding 77,200 bales. Surats are quoted frail ) aid. hold. ; Egyptian 6FI. to Sid.; Ilmgal 31d. to 41 ,1 •.; Demerara 6id. to 9d. ; Pernambuco Gill. to Bd. ; Wi t Indian sd. to 616. ; Boweds 58d, to 6141. per lb. The Hot. market is dull, a.id prices for good bags its from seven to eight guineas per cwt. -BALTIC PKODUCE.—The dates from St. Petersburg b are to the 18th ult. The Exchange was at 10 114 6 ' and 5,000 ponds of T allow had been bought up to 60 date, the price was rather higher, viz., 91 rubles. IRO Tallow is 355. a 355. 3d. per cwt. Hemp, 38/, 55. 8 38/. 15s. per ton ; and Flax, 451. a 455. 6d. per cwt. Mr. COURTENAY, the Vim-President of the Maul of Trade, is at present At Florence, where hie Larly confinement has just taken place. Air. JOHN BARRON, brother to Mr. HENRI WINSTON BARRON, has just published an address to IV electors of Waterford, in which he announces himself as! candidate for the representation of the county. I n thlt address he denies most distinctly and unequivocally that he bas ever been, either directly or indirectly, a party to any coalition or comp tet calculated to compromise the , independence of Waterlord. Ile adds that he is a frier , to every measure which has " for its object the dimintatior:, of the public burdens, and the extension of popular rights. On Tuesday evening, at half-past five o'clocki' a large red meteor, like a g'obe of fire, was seen seen hi several persons on the Boreham road : it appeared ove r Danbury, or rather between that place and Great 13 ,01 ' dote ; it lasted only a few minutes, and then suddenly di: appeared ; its altitnde was nut great, and its light le " A brilliant, owing to the mistiness of the air, than it woo l " have been en a clear night. —Essex Herald. THE SIRLOIN.—There is now at Friday' 11111 House, in the parish of Chingford, in this county, th e osk table upon which King CHARLES knighted the loi ti of beef. The house is now the property o f Heall e COTE, Esq. It is a large building, containing more ths ° 30 rooms, and is in a dilapidated state, but is now u nder going considerable repair. Report has it that it originally a hunting scat of Queen ELIZABETH. 1 .11 "( table is thick, and has a clumsy npprarance, is made ( 1, Englishtalk, which, from th e e ff ects of time, is a IRV d ecaye d. Some of the knots of the wood have been latelf taken out, and pieces of oak of the same age neatly l e t iot d it, and the top newly polished. —Essex Herald. LOVE AND SUlClDE.—Yesterday all inqu- - was held at the Bell and Crown Tavern, Hammerstnii ii i " on th e body of WILLIAM FORD, a fi ne youth, aged P i ' who destroyed himself under the following determig'„ circumstances :—lt appeared from the evidence that deceased was in the employ of Mr. RHODES, IttildlOrd i e . the above house ; a short time back he f orme d an a ttsrP l ment to a young girl, named ANN Corm, but in c ones' titmice of her not returning his affection he bece oe dejected, and about three weeks back attempted 1 1 ; deprive himself of existence by cutting his throat Wi t : A penknife; but, being discovered, he only inflicted,: slight wound. The love-sick youth continued in tP . ' same state of mind, anti, in a conversation with an quaintancc, on Thursday last, be said" That he was a voung man ; that he never could survive the treatment 0 , had received from the cruel girl whom he adored; and eh,t, he hoped he never should live to see the new year." 17 ( Friday night lie was missed ; and search being made Aft e , him, he was discovered suspended by a piece of rope to h „ ; tough of a mulberry tree, at the bottom of his Master, garden. He was instantly cut down, but was quite de'l The Jury returned a Verdict of Insanity. A party of young ladies, passing through ' s certain Cathedral town, in the county of York, some 6 0 ago, resolved to visit the Minster, and gratify curiosity 4 A brief survey of the monuments of the dead. They ', di e cordingly proceeded thither, and gained ready access, it so happened that the Minister had engaged to " chor e , a lady," as the clerical term is, that very morning. I. ' l , Rev. Divine had waited a long time, and had got his ft tience nearly exhausted, when the young virgins enters He however, took them for the matron party, and 0 .! 1 : ceremoniously fixed a stern eye upon one of the s pinster:, whose dt.licate state of health seemed to indicate that e had come from a lick room, and in an audible voice cos menced with the service, reading the words—" Forasmo i . ns it ha de pleased ALMIGHTY GOD to give you safe d ol. ; verane:! and bath preserved you in great danger ea childbirth, you shall," &c. Here the lady could bear i t io longer. She knew not of the mistake, but, deeming , 0 Divine a scandalous old man, uttering libels under 1 .4 ` 0 pretences, was about to resent the imagined insult, woo the more penetrating observation of the clerk suggested„ his erring companion that there certainly was some oir t i, take. The Clergyman; in his turn, now looked . . surprise—the service was soon closed—the Divine 4 ,, pardon and explained—the young ladies blushed and tio t e red at the blunder—awl the story has since been ‘- 0 cause of much mirth, whenever the. maiden pure has be!,, pointed out as the virgin who was half - churched , by 0, 1 • d take, in that ancient and vs uertthle Minster. —Maro s, ' Paper. C01‘1.1.117. Yesterd, gel her at tl celebrate Mr. Alder stead of AI Society, w sequence o patriotic ti speeches I the course institution. already bee were at l ige l e . sly i l d tt c l ) , ‘ es nt m 's, aini 4 n the s ums ants on th N1114:11 had were 49,5 allowanc e s „ health o f t and a f ter succeeded 1 men asem on the part commercial of Mr. W e from th e C meeting tin Wellington be done to confidence, wish, some pinching di the comme had no dc taken place which all I interruption sentiments commercial as were alsl the benefits practical o After 111 r. it was take nottneed tha which had 1 upwards of have arouse indignation sums of the medical pre a very largo has done hii to alleviate unfortunate has, in the 1 stilts of his Public ; as but view tin with a feeli so, as the da en those pn Particular at tnent of met tation from ". the care of tnioner of tr of our WE - ce that the moi should be ins ceded to me stigma on t and most t follow it ? likely- mean 9 norent, cruel Glth"01), near • .Des h atehe Ois e ie yesterilai n _ r "ce• T rat c h et' h from ti P a tches for Sir kilsioner of the The /Veto on% ha s , mut .Ice to 111 r, A n , Herald. i 41!'tniea Obit l to Air. 011 a Lary r tionn4 s.erihed to *4, 4 1 1 the cal Y by Mr. st o, r y, LI 'leh arn, on tl "t ' of olt,On his ren bit ()til if '"gli4ll f ' to_n d be rep eat tigtinn, gave th e 1 ar I) en GE at ~, icatre if : th. `""rs ap pl ied 0 46. 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