The Sun. — London, England, 1844-01-23 00:00:00

r oceed with the first charge and complete it, in order Oat he might ask either for a committal or discharge f Mr._ Barber. Mr. CLARKSOiN would invite his friend to go to the Court of Queen's Bench and ask the. advice of that Court if he thought the proceedings wrong. Mr. CHAMBERS said that was the very reason he asked for a committal or discharge. He wished to go to the Court of Queen's Bench. He thought the 'Court ought to ask .the prosecutor to go on with the first charge. The LORD MAYOR thought he was adopting a con stitutional course in the mode he was pursuing. Mr. John Noble—Was assistant accountant to the Bank of England. Recollected Mr. Barber coming to the Bank of England on the 22d of June, 1841. He- was accompanied by the female prisoner. Mr. IL INS objected, on the part of Mrs. Dorey, to this mode of proceeding. Examination resumed—He introduced the lady as the executrix of Eliza Burchard, deceased. He said she wished to receive the hack dividends of stock belonging to Eliza Burchard deceased. Mr. Barber had all the necessary - documents ready. The amount of dividend was 4401., and the stock 700/. Reduced Annuities. The Stock was re stored on the 19th_ of June, 1841, into the name of E liza Burchard, New Bond-street, Bath, spinster. The female prisoner signed the necessary document, and received from witness a ticket on the cashier for the money. The witness was cross-examined by Mr. Chambers and Mr. Wilks as to the identity of Mrs. Dorey ; but his evidence on that subject was not at all shaken. Griffin, the person alluded to by Mr. Clarkson, was-then called in Court. Mr. Hyatt was called, but did not answer for some time. A short delay having taken place Mr. Hyatt appeared in Court, and was cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—Kept the Greyhound in Great Marlow. Did so is May 1840. Went there in July 1835 or 1836. The prisoner, Fletcher, came to his house in May 1840. He stopped at witness's house. In quired of witness if he knew a person named Steuart. He told witness his name was Mr. G. Jones, 24, Little Guildfordsstreet, London. He said he wanted to find out the relations of a person named Steuart, that died at Marlow. 'Witness recommended him to some elderly people who would know better than him, as •he had been only a short time there. lie said that Mr. Stuart had a good deal of property, and they wished to find out his relations. - lle said he came from the Lord Chancellor. Witness accompanied him to. several of the elderly people of the place, among whom was a person named Windsor, who knew Stuart very well. Ile said there was an ac count that Stuart had a brother who went to Ame rica. Windsor told the prisoner that Stuart had been a gardener with Mr. Stride, who lived at Court Garden. Windsor told Fletcher that Stuart died in 1827. Fletcher then inquired about the gravestone of Stuart, and winess went with him and showed it him. Ile took a note of what was on the grave- stone, and also of 1% hat was told him by the persons . he had introduced him to. Witness promised, at the request of Fletcher, that he would send him any word he obtained of the relatives of . Stuart. Fletelier said that fir any information he should - give he would he handsomely rewarded. Ile also asked the witness the name of the clergyman, "and he told !din the Rev. Thomas Stracey Fletcher then went away, and in about a fortnight afterwards the prisoner Barber came, went into his commercial room, and ask,e, him if he had not had a person of the name of Jones there ? Witness said he had, and upon the prisoner Barber inquiring, witness said he had made every inquiry about the rela tives. of Stuart, but could not discover any, except a brother, who went to see. Ile said he was from the same firm as Mr. Jones, that it was all one. He said his name was Clarence la aek haul, Esq., 52, Nelsoa- square. Witness went with him, at his request, to several per sons; among whom was NVindsor. The prisoner Barber said that Stuart had (ilea worth a good deal of pruperi v, which would fall to the Government, if no owner could be found. lie said there was a good deal of property in Cheleca ; he said there was property in the Sinking Funds, but that that had gone with him. Barber invited witness, when he came to London, to come and see him, and, in the meantime, to get all the information he could. He asked him to come and dine with him. Shortly afterwards witness went to London; went to the house 52, Nelson-square, and inquired for Clarence Packham, Esq. A woman answered the door, and he then saw the prisoner Barber. It was in the evening when he went there. Witness told him he could not find out any relation of Stuart's. He thanked him for the trouble he had taken, and there the matter ended, and witness left. Old Windsor was a baker, but he had left off business now from age and infirmity. Cross-examined by Mr. 'CHAMBERS.—He (witness) had not seen Mr. Barber since he saw him in Nelsen-squares-until he saw him the other day in the Compter. When he was taken to the Comp .ter, be instantly recognised the prisoner Barber as Mr. C. Packham. t.ould not say whether he saw him through . bars or not. lle thought it was Wednesday when he went there. Witness could well recollect what took place in 1840, although he could not recollect whether •he saw the prisoner Barber through bars at the Compter. Upon his oath the expression Mr. Barber made use of Naas that its all one firm, he used the latter word par ' ticularly. The a itness here produced a me morandum-book in which he had put the address of Mr. Packham. When witness went to Nelson-square, he stopped in the passage. Mrs. Emma Hartwell was the wife of John Hartwell, who kept a coal and coke-shed at No. 2, Heed's-road, Westminster:road. In 1840, was the servant of a Mr. Bradly, a grocer, who lived in Southampton-ruts, Cam berwell. Itecolletted Fletcher coining to her roaster's for lodgings for an old lady. Witness shuwed them to hint, and he said they would do very well. In a few clays after wards an old lady came, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher. IVitness thought tea was ordered. The old lady continued ai occupy the apartments; for three or tour months. She appeared to be very old and chiliiish at first. Fletcher • used often to visit her, the female • prisoner, Mrs. Dorey, also visited her. Fletcher used to call there frequently. No other persons visited her • except Flkeher, his wife, and daughter. The old lady was tall awl thin, ofratlier pale complexion ; her eye's - were very weak and red. She used sonic times a little milk and water to them. She had the gout in one of her hands occasionally. She was at home a great deal. 11cr usual breakfast flour was between nine and ten. She - (lined at one. Hcr ppetii• was very. indifferent. S!le had difliealty m walking, and alwap carried an um . brolla to lean upon. She was a very weak person. She generally wore a half-mourning, cross-barred, washed out cotton gown. Occasionally she wore a black silk dres,. She wore a black silk bonnet, trimmed with crape. Semannes Fletcher called upon her twice a day. Never knew from herself is hat her name was ; hut letters came t*(l- her di rec t e d ta Sik s Stuart. When Fletcher and any of thwiti came, they . asked for the old lady. She appeared at times to be very dub, particularly towards the latter end of the time, and said she did not like the apartments. Never recollected any quarrelling between the old lady arid Fletcher. Recollected the old lady going away iu company with the female prisoner. Cross-examined by Mr. Wilkins—Witness was a servant of a I work, and no person answered the doer but her. Sir. Forrester, shreofficer, brought her there. He came to her on Friday week last, - tut that was nut the first time she saw him. She had- had several interviews with Forrester. No clothes had teen shown her, nor had any description of clothes been given her. Forrester had spoken to her about clothes. The old lady was between seventy and eighty. Mr. Charles am a stock-broker at 23, Thread -needle-street. I remember the prisoner, Barber, calling on me in October, 1841. He desired me to g o to the Bank with him to see some stock sold, which should pass through my hands. I bad never seen him before on matters of busi ness. I had seen him frequently before at the Southwark Literary Society, and I certified his identity. Thete was a female waiting for him in the chief accountant's office. Barber introduced me to her as Miss Stuart, She was a tall person, at from 40 to 50 years of age. She was dressed in dark clothing. Shortly afterwards he called again at my office, and directed me to sell .511. Long Annuities, standing in the name of Elizabeth Stuart, Southampton-ter race, Southampton-street, Camberwell. He stated that he would be at the Bank at two o'clock, with Miss Stuart, to make the transfer. He called again, and I accompanied him to the Bank, Iterate , previously sold the Stock and put the transfer forward. fie was accompanied .by the same female that accompanied him before. Ido not recollect the person. •I do not see her here. If I were to see the person, I think should know her. (Ile Learned Counsel wished Mrs. .Dorey to stand up, for the purpose of its being shown that she was not the person. This was objected to, and net pressed.) She signed the transfer, and I handed Mr. Barber a cheque fur the amount of 652/. 2s. 9d. for the amount. I found that I . had paid 31. 3s. 9d. too much. I returned to my office, made a correct account and another cheque, and went to Barber's office in Token-louse-yard. 1 then sent to the bankers, and when I returned to the office they told me the bankers had sent to say that. the cheque had been peal in gold. I went to 3lr. Barber's office, and told him that I had paid him too much. He gave me the -same a ddress that was no the stock parer. I told him that the cheque had been paid in gold. He said they were stupid country people, that were frightened at the rumours of war. I wrote a letter fu the address on the stock ticket, and sent it by a messenger. It was returned because the party was not in. ,Such hail been my orders. Sly brother told me subsequently . that he had received the three pounds from 31r. Barber. the Bank Cross-examined by Mr. Chambers—M y office is close to England. It is usual for solicitors not known to the Bank to walk over to some neighbouring stock-broker and -get him to accorn i , any him. There is a regular commission for the sale or stock, but t b o: d r u er , rec: u i . ve any profes sional gentlemen. identifying . ne a ver trent transaction with Mr. Barber 1841, and since 11c-examined—The transaction in other. 5 1741 was in the affair of Eliza Burchard. I have never known hint by the name of Jones 'or of latekhana ' Frederick William l'oa-1 am •a• notary public and proct or . 1 attested the execution of the depositio n produced named Griffin. Ido not recolle ct the least in by a perso n the world of his person. I also attested the deposition of the other depenent, Elizabeth Shied. • Daniel Forrester—l made inquiry after Thos. Griffin and t yes terday morning I took him into cust o dy at 5, Gray s h r a e d et , a Duke-street. -Manchester-square. I t o ld hi m that yf warrant against him for making an affidavit, signed Thom as 'Griffin. He said he was the reason, and that he was quite wiling to state all he knew about the fact. • Mr. Wiaatats desired to know if Griffin was now under charge, or as a witness, because he should certainly object to hearing any such statement made until he ascertained in what position lee was placed. Mr. CHAMBERS, on behalf of Mr. Barber, also objected to the statement being.rwirle until the siwation in which Griffin stood was a7certaincd. If he were witnes.s let him be called, if he warn xn d f . st jet t b- o.w uea t s snit let it b.; LIIOWn it he war iql4r;zrtf 'mini - non with aft: other prisantp. Me. BALLA NTYNE had understood, from the commencement of the proceedings, that Griffin was in the same po!ition as the other prisoners. . . WILZIN3 conteuded that Gran, in fairness to- higaself, should be told precisely what was the position in which he stood. ! Mr. CLA RKSON said that it was entirely in the discretion of II the prosecutors to determine, at some future period, whether or nut they would admit Griffin as a witness; he was now unde charge. Mr. Wu:mists—That is holding out to him the inducemen to give evidence. The LORD Maron.—Thomas Griffin, you are aware of the charge that is made against you, and I ask you if you hay anything to say ? Mr. CHAMBERS, evidently labouring under great excitement, asked if the case against Barber was finished. Thecour al se . now attempted to be pursued wa s irregular, unjust,n the name and g culated to pervert the admin i s tration of justice . In of regularity and decency he pretested It was inconsistent of this illegal course. ad G op r t ifa ion n was placed in the same positi on in which Fletcher had been—a as should lure had been held out t o him to g ive such evidence did e lfthatevtde n ne e e not ery prosecutionthen he would and be indicted. nonnc ed the attempt to seduce h im into g ivin g evidence b y nerve the it their purposespurposes, of the intimidation. It was impossible for a barrister to do his duty, if this course were pursued. It was more like the course pursued in foreign countries, where evidence was procured by 1 means of the rack and the torture. Nothing could be more dangerous than the conduct now attempted to be pursued. Mr. Bern.earTasse objected to the course pursued, and called upon the prosecution to decide whether they would call plaintiff as a witness or not. Mr. CLARKSON rose and said that it was time he should be heard after the three speeches of his Learned Friend. Mr. CIIA3IBERS—And if you are heard, I will have another speech. Mr. Wu:erns—And so will I. Mr. BALLA NTYNE—And so will I.—(A laugh.) Mr. CLARKSON—Then I must leave the matter in his Lord ship's hands, stating that I will not now decide whether ulti mately I shall call him as a witness or not, but at present he is under charge. Mr. Cuamsees insisted or, knowing precisely what the charge against Griffin was. At the time Mr. Clarkson mentioned the circumstances connecting Griffin with the case, it was true that Griffin was out of the room, therefore at that time he could not have been under charge. Now, he wished to know when he had been charged, what he was charged with, and whether he was charged in common with the others? Mr. CLARKSON—I charge him, in common with the other prisoners, with being concerned in this felony, and I demand h s remand with the other prisoners. The Clerk then read the charge, as made upon the notes of the Court. Mr. CHAMBERS desired that it might be entered upon the notes the time when the charge was made. Who are charged? Mr. CLARKSON—The two men at the bar, the woman below the bar, and the prisoner at the right hand side of the bar. Mr. CHAMBERS—When was he charged? It is clear he i was not charged at the commencement of the proceedings, for he was not here. 1 Mr. CLARKSOW—He heard the evidence of Mr. Pott, and that is the only evidence which concerned him. The Loan MAYOR suggested that, as he had not perhaps heard the other evidence, it would be as well to go through the evidence again. A long, warm discussion ensued between Mr. Chambers, Mr. Bailanfyne, Mr. Wilkins, Mr. Clarkson, the Lord Mayor, and Mr. Alderman Humphery, three or four of these gentlemen frequently speaking at the same time, and the counsel con-- 1 sternly interrupting each other. The Loan MAYOR (addressing the prisoner)—You were here when the evidence affectin g you was given. You heard that evidence ? The prisoner, Griffin—l ant not aware of it, my Lord ; I did not attend. Mr. \VILKINS—He did not hear the whole of the evidence in the case, and therefore he cannot be called upon the charge. Mr. Alderman liumearettv— He heard the evidence of Mr. Putt, and that of Forrester, upon the charge. Mr. CHAMBERS— You should protect a man who has not any legal advisers, instead of endeavouring to catch him in a trap. Mr. BaLLANTralt—ln this case it is attempted to obtain by caj lery, what in the other case was attempted to obtain by threats.- My [.earned Friends intend to use hint as a wit ness ; after what has pinsed, they dare not prosecute hint, and therefore let them examine him at once. Mr. CHAMBERS—It it were a private prosecution a different course would have been pursued. Mr. Alderman He strainer —lt would not. complicated ease. Mr. CHAMBERS then demanded that the charge against the four prisoners should be read. The Clerk said that he had only a record of three prisoners. The fourth prisoner had been apprehended upon a warrant. Mr. Chambers applied to have a note made upon the record of the proceedings, that at this stage of the proceedings a per son named Griffin had been apprehended upon a warrant, en which he was charged, and the prosecutor were called upon to say whether he was charged as a prisoner or admitted as a witness. I Mr. CLA RKSON—To which the prosecutors refused to answer, inasmuch as they had not made up their minds. Mr. Wieeitas desired that the entry might be made. It was most important that it should be known that up to three I o'clock to-day the prosecutors had not made up their minds. ! Alta CLARKSON —I call as the next witness Mr. Frederick kViiliarn Putt. Mr. CHAMBERS —Dues he depose to say anything affecting I Mr. Barber? Mr. BA r.T.A NTY NE—Or Mr. Fletcher. Mr. WILKINS—Or Mrs. Dorey. Mr. CLARKSON—Then, my Lord, if my Learned Friends I object to my proceedings, I request your Lordship to remand the prisoners. Mr. CHAMBERS demanded that the several charges against the prisoners should be complet ed. A copy of the depositions had been demanded, and it was merely playing with the Act of Parliament to refuse a copy of the depositions, because the prosecutors did not choose to complete the charges. He put it to the Lord Mayor, whether, even as a matter of discretion it was not his duty to furnish the prisoners with copies of the depositions? The prosecutor' had boasted of their can dour, but if they had kept their word of promise to the ear they had broken it to the sense. He demanded that copies of the depositions should be furnished to the prisoners, that the charges made at an early stage of the proceedings should be completed. What the prisoners wanted was, that no more favour should be shown to the Government prosecutor than would be shown to a private prosecutor. He demanded, there ' fore, that the evidence should be completed or a valid excuse made upon oath, for the apparent negligence of the prosecutors ; and, secondly, that copies of the depositions should be granted to the prisoners. Mr. HUMPHREY, the solicitor to Fletcher, made some corn- I mastication to the Cord Mayor. The LORD MAYOR—The depositions have not yet been taken. You demanded copies of the depositions. The exami nations alone have been taken. Mr. BA LLA NTYNE reminded the Lord Mayor that those very examinations were depositions in point of law, and that it was the duty of the Magistrates to have the depositions, as they were called, made out at the close of every examination. The Leal-tied Couanel then proceeded to aiiimadvert very severely on the conduct which had been pursued in relation to Griffin, who had been virtually told by the prosecution that unless be chose to say something that should he agreeable to the prosecution, he ahoulai be committed. He entreated the Lord Mayor to bring the matter at once to a conclusion. Mr. CIA Rl:so:4 As far as regards the three first charges he was willing that they should at once be committed on them, so as to enable the prisoners to have copies of the depositions. With regard to the last charge he asked for a remand, but he begged that if at the trial additional evidence should he ad : (lured in rilaticn to this charge, lie hoped that he should ' not be taunted A ith pr,,ducing evidence which had not been produced before the magistrates. Mr. CH A MBEns characterised the offer made as pretended candour, but real oppression. Ile demanded that Mr. Barber should be made acquainted with his real position. He should riot have fresh evidence started upon him at, his trial. What he desired was, that, lrorn time to time, copies of the deposi tion should he furnished to him. The Loire MA VOR.—No opposltion has ever been made on the part of the prosecutors to your having copies of the deposi tions. 31r. IVILKIss again complained of the conduct pursued by the prosecution in relation to Griffin. The counsel for the prosecution had held out an implied promise to hint, which was at once an appeal to his hopes and his fears. He pro tested against this delay, as calculated to bring f :nit a host of such witnesses, and to break the spirits and hearts of the accused. he Lotus MAYOR—I will state at once that lam prepared to commit the three pi isoners on the three first charges, and to remand them oil the last. I remand them until Friday on all the cases ; and when brought up they will have the evi dence, in the first three cases read over to them. I re mand them until three o'clock on Friday. The prisoners Barber, Fletcher, and Mrs. Dorey were then removed. A person named Peckham, who had beep a clerk to Mr. Barber, wished to state that he had not been given anything for the use of his name. Mr. Alderman Hum PHERY—What is your Christian name? Mr. Paekham—Robert. Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY—Then you are not the man. The Christian name given was Clarence. Thomas Griffin was then placed at the bar, and the &Toil of Mr. Pott and of Daniel Forester were read over to him, and he was asked if he had any questions to put to those witnesses, to which he replied that he had been taken by surprise yester day, and had no questions to ask. Forrester . amended his deposition, by statin g that he had made inquries in Duke-street, Oxford-street, and in addition he I stated that he had told Griffin that he had sought after him for making an affidavit in the ease of Eliza Stuart. IHe state., that he had done so, and would state all that he knew about it. I then told him that I had a warrant. He I then made a statement, which Mr. Weare took down. Mr. Weare--I am a clerk in the office of lilt-. Freshfield. I was present when Forester apprehended the man Griffin. Forrester had some difficulty in meeting with him on 1 Saturday. I therefore accompanied him on Sunday morning and knocked at the door. I asked if a tailor named Griffin lived there, the person who came 1 said " Yes," and that she was his wife. At this time 1 Forrester came in ; I said I was sure Griffin was in the house, and I should insist upon seeing him. Forrester asked which was the room, and she opened the door, and we went in to gether. She knew Forrester and said her husband had , done nothing wrong. She went out and brought hint down to us. I asked him if he knew a Mrs. Stuart, and he said yes. I asked hiin if lie 'knew Mr. Stuart; he said no. He said Mrs. Stuart had lodged in ! ; the same house with him twelve or thirteen years ago in 1 Poland-street. I asked him for how long a period, and he said, about a twelvemonth. I asked him whether he had any thing to do Mrs. Stuarts' affairs, and he said he had signed a bond to the Stamp-office, and got some letters by him, about which he was a good deal alarmed. Either Forrester or myself then said there was a charge against him for having sworn to some paper. Then he appeared desirous of saying all that he knew about it, and was proceeding to state what he knew, when I asked him if I might take his state ment in a riting ? He said, " Certainly ;" and Forreater sent out for some writing paper, and I took it. I -produce the statement. I took it from his mouth. I read it over to him. ' lie put his name to every sheet of it.—( The statement was then read. It declared that he had lived in Poland-street twelve years ago, wills some persons named Sanders, and Miss Richards, an old lady who he un derstood was- the mother of Miss Richards, and Mrs. Sanders. Sanders was a fishmeager, and afterwards went to BristOl to take his mother's business as a fishmonger. In IS-It) the old lady called upon him, and asked him to become, security to 1 the Stamp-office on account of some property left her by a breeher who had died in Berkshire. He agreed to do it, 1 and she promised to pay him for his time. She said she lived , in Southampton-terrace, Camberwell, and would send to depo nent. Sh e a f terwar d s sent wor d, an d th e y met in Paul's . . and went to Pott, the proctor. The old lady had a person with her, - who had advanced her owner. De ponent s i gne d tie bond. He met her again after, and she w as accompan i ed b y her solicitor. He was called.on to sign a paper which he understood was the same as ! Lefore. He signed his name, and kissed a book. That was at a different office. He pate soverei g n eac h ti me fro. m the old lady. lie afterwards hail letters from the Sta Mp-office respecting the duty. He made inquiries of Pott, and was directed t I . h.t,lfr, to R4rher,. and to Irs. Stuart. Il e th en sat. f;curgi.4;y4 11 ieliAt its, who said her mother was dead. She el ii;natcls gave hint a letter to Barber, who said he knew all about it, that he was in treaty with the Stamp-alike, and he should hear no more about it. • Ezainitiat:ou continued—l then read over the af4dtkvit to hiln, and he said that lze :huald -never ha:e signed his 414414 This is a very to it if it had been read over to him so as that 'he could have understood it. - The prisoner Griffin said he had no questions to ask, and he desired time to procu:• a legal adviser. The prisoner was then remanded until Friday next. He was immediately removed in custody. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEENS BENCH, Jan. 22. QUEEN V. SCOTTON. At the Summer Assizes last year the defendant was indicted fur perjury in a case under the game laws, and was convicted. On the 224 of November last Mr. Sergeant Talfourd obtained a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside, and a new trial had, or that the verdict should be entered for the defendant. The ground of the application was that the information with respect to which the de fendant was indicted was not in accordance with the Act of Parliament, which provides that in cases of tresspass under the game-laws, the information with respect to it should be given by one person to the magistrates and deposed to on oath by another. The defendant was indicted for perjury upon the informa tion given by him of the trespass and poaching, but no depositions upon oath were taken, and it was con tended that as this was contrary to the terms of the Act of Parliament, no indictment for perjury could be maintained. The verification of the information by the Magistrate, Major Chetwynd, was in Court, but no depositions upon oath. Mr. Whateley and another Learned Gentleman, to day showed cause against the rule. The COURT held that as the terms of the Act of Parliament had not been complied with, the objection on the part of the defendant was a good one. Rule, consequently, made absolute. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Jan. 22. (Sittings in Banco.) BURGESS V. BOELEFEUR AND ANOTHER. - This was an action brought by an inhabitant of the parish of Paddington against the overseers to re cover the amount of the expenses incurred by the plaintiff, in the successful prosecution of nine houses of ill-fame within the parish. The case was recently heard at Westminster Sessions before Mr. Justice Coltman, and the jury found for the plaintiff in the amount of damages claimed, namely 601. • Mr. Sergeant BomrAs this day obtained a rule nisi for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was against evidence. The Court was occupied the rest of the day in hearing motions of distringas, and for a rule nisi which was granted in the case of horde and Cass, which was of no interest. COURT OF EX6IIEQUEI?, Jan. 22. (Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.) SAUNDERS V. ROSS. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 811. 55., the amount of commission for the sale of a house belonging to the de., fendant in Chester-place, Regent's-park. The plaintiff is a house_ agent in Regent-street, and the defendant is the proprietor of several houses. The present action arose out of his refusal to pay the amount claimed, on the ground that he, and nut the plaintiff, was instrumental in disposing of the house. . . Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Bradwell appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Thesiger acid Mr. Ogle for the defendant. . . A witness ❑amed Stovell, the plaintiff's clerk, was called to prove that the defendant once, in his hearing, did not deny his liability to pay the commission, and that on another occasion he re. fused to pay the claim oa the ground that he had received a corn. munication from the purchaser of the house some days before he (the purchaser) communicated with the plaintiffin the matter. Mr. THESIGER addressed the jury for the defendants. The system of paying house agents by commission was exceedingly re. prehensible ; their charges, as In the present case. were frequently exorbitant, and gave rise to consideraole litigation. If the house agent was unsuccessful all his trouble brought him no reward. It were better to pay them, like other tradesmen, a certain sum for the work required to be done. The witness who had been exa. mined on the part of the plaintiff had not given his evidence in so satisfactory a manner as he could have wished. The plaintiff had stated that he sent the particulars of the house, and a card which wou:d admit to inspect it, to the gentleman who ultimately pur. chased it; but he distinctly denied that he ever received from the plaintiff any such particulars. He would call witnesses to prove that Mr. Marshall, late of Soho-square; the gentleman who pur chased the house, visited it, and expressed his intention of pur chasing it previous to receiving or having any communication with the plaintiff. Mr. Marshall, aged 85, examined.—l saw the house in Chester terrace two or three days previous to hearing anything of the plaintiff. The letter produced, expressing my opinion that Messrs. Saunders and Woolley were 'entitled to the commission, was neither written by me, nor by my direction. I applied to the firm relative to other houses, but never concerning the house in Chester. terrace. The w'tnesq, who was here sharply cross-examined by Mr. COCKBURN on the subject of the letters produced, rather testily ex claimed, "I will not be spoken to , in that , way. I have not been in a Court of Justice for forty years. lam the Master of one hun dred men, and was never spoken to in that way. I presume I may now go home." John Wasty examined—l wrote the letter expressing Mr. Marshall's opinion that the plaintiff' was entitled to the commission by his direction. Mr. CoeKettax then addressed the jury for the plaintiff. The Learned Counsel for the defendant bad stated that the witnesses for the plaintiff had committed deliberate perjury— that they had concocted the letter which Mr. Marshall, a man who must soon appear lefore another and more awful tribunal, and whose memory he himself could not trust, stated to be written without his direction or consent. A witness in the full possession of his faculties stated that the letter was written by him by Mr. Marshall's direction. Air. Marshall's faculties as well as his memory might have deceived him, as was no doubt the case. The Learned JUDGE summed up the evidence, and the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, Jan. 19. (Before Mr. Baron RoLrE. ) HART B. WINDSOR. This was a❑ action brought by the plaintiff against the de fendant for the recovery of I'2l. 103., the amount of a quarter's rent for a house in Spring-place, Wandsworth. The defence set up was, that the house was untenantable, from its being infested by that domestic animal the " bug" to an alarming ex tent. The house was taken under an agreement at Alidsum riser last, and at a yearly rent of 501. fur three vears. The deendant, from the annoyances to which himself and family were subjected, from the nightly peregrinations of the bug tribe, vacated the house in fourteen days after taking posses sion, the key of which was sent to the plaintiff, with an inti mation, that the daring inroads upon the peace of the inhabi tants by the animals in question could not longer be endured. The Counsel for the defendant (Mr. WATSON) stated that bugs were wholly unknown to this country until the great fire of 1666. Shortly afterwards American timber was imported, and being extensively used in the building of houses, intro dueed that noxious animal, the bug, into the peaceful houses of Merry England. In one of the barbarous States of India it it as the practice to retain a number of loathsome reptiles. Among them sieve a great number of bugs, and at night beg gars were engaged to allow them to feed on their blood. Bugs like departed Ipirite, only came forth at night to prey upon humanity, and having feasted thereon, retire to their lair dur ing the day. The following witnesses were called and examined Elizabeth Trumper—ls the defendant's sister-in-law. On visiting the house, to get it in readiness for habitation, she per ceived a number of marks cn the wall. In the upper rooms there were a great number of bugs. The servant was quite horrified. Ile at first thought the bugs might be got rid of. He got poiso4 and gave it to them, but they did not leave us. The defendant did nut go into the house to live for some time, on that Recount. I could not sleep at nights. I was dread• fully bitten. I found several bugs on my dress and breast. Several witnesses were called, some of whom stated that they had never seen more than a dozen, and others that they had seen thousands of bugs. One had been bitten on the wrist, whilst taking tea. Alfred Walker, bug destroyer to her Majesty, was called and examined.—Had had a great deal of experience in the killing of bugs. Was not a rat-catcher•. Was never employed by her Majesty to kill rats. On being employed to extirpate bugs, he generally warranted the place for twelve months. Her Majesty had not long conferred the honour upon him. He had never seen a house so dreadfully infested by bugs, as the one occupied by Mr. Windsor. He had no doubt about curing the house of them, had he been employed. The Learned JUDGE summed up the evidence, and stated that the first plea was to the effect that the agreement was not a valid one ; secondly, that the existence of bags rendered the house unfit for habitation ; and, thirdly, that the defendant had been induced to take possession of the house, on the ground that it was free from the nuisance which was the cause of his leaving it. The jury found for the plaintiff on the first and third pleas, and for the defendant on the second. The question of costs will be argued in another Court. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Jan. 20. IN RN RRNRY RU/I=LL. This was a petition on behalf of the applicant, to receive an insolvent's certificate. He had been an officer in the navy, and he attributed. his insolvency to the fact of having been engaged in betting transactions, which eventually turned out unfortunately, He had lost as much as 450 L, he stated, in one day, and for which he had given his acceptance. The total amount of his debts, including the sum of 450/. just alluded to, the amount for which no consideration was received, was 8501. He was willing to allocate a certain portion of his half.pay to the liquidation of all his bona fide debts ; and which oiler he made to those creditors to whom he considered himself justly in debted, but they refused the proposition in expectation that his lather, who was a very wealthy man, and had before paid his debts, would again relieve him from his difficulties. He refused to honour those acceptances which he had undertaken on account of betting transactions, and in consequence of so doing, he was now compelled to appeal to the Court. He stated in his schedule that the only assets lie had available, after his excepted articles, was his pension, or half-pay, as Lieutenant in the navy. After a short examination the case was eventually adjourned to this day month. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Jan. 22. IN RE CHARLES DYER. When this case was called on, a creditor appeared to oppose the insolvent's petition. The officer of Horsemonger-lane Gaol stated that the insolvent was so dangerously unwell as to render it wholly impossible, to remove him to this Court, and that he had been in such a state of health since his con►tinemnent in gaol as to appear within a day or two of his dissolution. The opposing creditor being appealed to, said that, under the circumstances, the insolvent should be in Court .during the hearing of the opposition, and he would consent to 'allow it to drop. Mr. Commissioner POLLOCK then told the officer that if he brought the - unfortunate insolvent to the door of the Court, he wuuld go out •there and .give him his discharge. • IN RE JOHN SWASH. The insolvent in this cast waS . a painter and glazier. his petition was opposed by Mr. Sandford, on behalf of a creditor named Rogers, and he was supported by Mr. Woodruffe. It appeared by the evidence that Rogers was a bill diieounter ' and that insolvent borrowed 201 . on his hill payable in three months, for which he was to get 1. 'lle insolvent now owed :la, including interest, and had paid up the interest as long as he was able. Mr. Commissioner PoLLocx inquired who Rogers Wes. Ir, SArinzo4D replied that he was his client. Mr. Commissioner PoLLocK said his occupatiop seemed to be taking 12/. a-year for the loan of 20/. Another creditor, named Ives, opposed under cir cumstances precisely similar, and as unsuccessfully, for the insolvent was ordered to be discharged forth with. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MAR YL E B ONE. Peter Kyley was charged with having been dis orderly on the previous night in Orchard-place, Orchard-street. Mr. Feargus O'Connor, who sat at the clerk's desk, explained to Mr. Rawlinson, that he was present at the time the prisOner was taken into custody, and that seeing the brutality of the police-constables, he had felt it his duty to come forward and give evidence. With the Magistrate's leave he would also examine the witnesses. Mr. Rawlinson, after a brief conversa tion, assented, and Richard Bartlett, 82 D, was sworn. He stated that at half-past nine on the previous night he was on duty in Orchard-street, and at the bottom of Orchard-place (formerly Calmall-buildings), he observed the pri soner with his coat off and a knife in each hand ; the one was a long table knife, and the other such as is used for pruning baskets. He swore that by the Holy Cross be would rip up any policeman that came near him. Mr. Lucas, a portrait-painter, then told him not to go rear, or he would be injured. He (witness) therefore went and got more assistance, and, wken they returned the prisoner had got another person with him, who was also offering to fight. Cross-examined by Mr. O'Connor—He was there when the mats was taken into custody, and remained with him till taken to the station-house. A crowd followed from Orchard-street, and they were throw-. ing stones at the police. Four constables carried the man, one at each arm, and one at each leg. Saw the prisoner get some blows. Could not say whether he got one, two, Or twenty. He was struck by the police. He heard the prisoner cry out, "lam a re pealer." He did not see anything particular occur then. Did not hear any of the constables say " Oh, the rebel, strike him !" neither did he see him get blows on the head. He was laid down on his back on the pavement. After some further evidence Mr. Rawlinson said that he should send the case before a jury, and Mr. O'Connor then stated that he should wish to state what he saw of the conduct of the pace. Having been sworn, he said, I live at 24, Conduit-street, Re gent's-street. I was yesterday evening coming down Orchard-street, and hearing the rattles springing, I went, with the intention of perhaps aiding the police. I saw some constables standing near the door of 22, in Orchard-place, and I also saw, the man at the bar and another man stripped. I said to one of the police, " Why don't you go in on the men, they will hurt each other." The constables re plied, "Oh ! they will not hurt themselves, Sir, they are only in fun." The men were, as. drunken men will, flourishin4 about, and one of the knives, dropped, and I told a person there to pick it up, which was dOtte. The police then rushed in on the prisoner, and with one blow knocked him down, and when so dragged him along. Slime of the women cried out, " Oh, cruel ! he has just recovered from a sick bed." When they carried him out as described into Orchard-street, the man commenced to struggle, and said, " I'm a Repealer."• Then one of the police said, " Oh ! the rebel, strike him ;" and at that time he was thrown on the street, and received a blow over the head with a truncheon, which quite stunned him. He was used in the same way, behig repeatedly struck over the arms and hands, on the road to the station-house ; and, on my oath, I never saw a shadow of resistance from the. crowd. I have often seen faction fights and election fights, but I never saw such brutality as was exhibited by those men. If a body of thetti had been ordered- to do the most cruel thing in the most cruel mariner they could not have done their duty better. Mr. RawmiesoN said that Mr. O'Connor's state ment only induced him the more strongly to send the case for trial, and he would also cause a copy of the depositions to be sent to the Commissioners, that thay might see whether, in their opinion, the police had exceeded their duty. C LE RK EN WELL. A fresh, able-looking young man, named Antes Brown, was charged with begging. It appeared that the prisoner, who, on his exami nation, looked so healthy, appeared in Brunswick square on the previous evening the most afflicted and miserable looking of God's creatures ; his head was swathed in flannel, his right hand was in. 4. sling, and he limped along as if enfeebled by want or : stricken by disease. Police constable 26 E saw him supplicating several ladies and gentlemen, to whom he stated that he had a terrible abscess on his neck, and that his right arm was utterly powerless. He received numberless cop pers, and when the officer took him into custody a good deal of copper coin was found on his person. The first question the mendicity constables asked on hearing his description was, where was his flannel, and being told it was now in his hat, they at once re collected him as a very old customer. The prisoner was remanded. BO W- S TREE T. This morning Mr. Le Ilreton, the Vestry-Clerk of St. Martin's parish, attended upon Mr. Hall, the Chief Magistrate, in order to ascertain what was to be done with the individual William James Kin ern, who was found, on Friday afternoon, in St. James's Palace, and who was taken into custody, as it was supposed he was insane. Since then he has bven examined, and the surgeons have pronounced him in such a state of mind as to make it dangerous for him to go at large. As soon as Mr. Le Breton came to the offiee this morning, Mr. Hall consulted with him in a private room, and our reporter, from inquiries he made, understood that it was de. cided to send the prisoner to Bethlehem Hospital. it was pro. posed to send hiM to Hanwell, but this course was found to be at tended with great expense, and the unfortunate man was, there fore, sent to Bedlam. A FATHER SETTING FIRE TO HIS OWN CHILD. Ana n concluded on Tuesdaynight, which had on the body of Eli za An tivrmhiicnli heghdaimsclosed the following revolting beedinjoquurenstedwtwagice, at t King's Ar ms , i n Willi am - street, Tuesday morn in g , the 9 th inst. , an alarm of fire was given in No. 10 C ourt, Vale-stre et , and it was dissevered, a detailsdßr i e s w h :s four _ga t e yearn-s t ree t (,) d, B little before eight, that a room in the court was on fire, and the d ecease d, who was alone in the house, was so dreadfully burnt as to cause her death in the Queen's Hospital the next morning. on the jury meeting on hursday, circumstances of so much suspicion against Richard Andrews were elicited, that he was ordered by the Coroner to be forthwith placed in custodythe evidence taken en that occasion was that of who said,-1 live in No. 10 Court, Vale-street. prisoner, s i e n r e g r e s a w nt ho il l a i l v l es in the same court. I knew the the Among edaughter; her mother has parted from her father deceased,jl o know se h P the his a r c about three weeks. The mo fa r th oi e a r g, a a nd lit t t h le e b c o h r i o l r d e w ei e g r h e t, th l e h o oa a r l d y sincrmeaatmess'in Andrews T d r e u w e s 6 ' d b aY ed-room. I ran up into my attic, where I could see into his room. I there saw th e c hild i n fl ames am o ngst a Parcel of shavings, on which she slept. She ap , and brought th e c hild o ut, and o o a c r ked. t e ofr clothes peared as if fighting with the flam es. I ran down , and found the door burst u witooli as I could. N o one was i n th e house but the child ; there was no fire in the grate upstairs, but there was a fire down stairs. The c hild was ta k en imme diately to the Queen's Hospital. It was burnt more in the upper part of the body, and the clothes as well were mostly burnt at the top. Elizabeth Chambers, after describing the state of the fire, and the burning of the child, said, that after it was taken to the hospital, the father came up the court with a key on his finger. I said "Do you k no w that your child is burnt to death ?" He said "Isit ?" Ile took no further notice whatever. He did not display any feeling. I never saw him ill use the child ;he seemed very fond of it. Betsy Woodhall, of 53, Vale-street, heard Andrews slap the child about six o'clock on the morning of the accident, and de clare that if it did not go to sleep he would dash its brains out. Sophia Griffiths, of 10 Court, Vale -street, Mr. Bull, the agent of the landlord, Lucy Ridding, who resided with Sarah Griffiths, and Caroline Pearce, of the same court, all swore positively that a cinder was found among the remains of the bag of shavings on which the child lay. Mary Whittaker, a patient in the hospital, raid that about eight o'clock on Tuesday the deceased said she was cold and had gone down stairs to warm herself. She afterwards fell asleep, and on awaking about eleven o'clock, when I was giving her some drink. I said, " My dear, you will not set yourself on the again?" She said, " I did not set myself on fire, it was my father set me on fire, and he gave me a slap and covered me with a rug, and called me a little naked frog. ' I consider the child was in her senses when she said this to me. She re peated the same thing many times, and said , "Oh ! naughty father !" Th e father came to see her in the hospital, and she clasped him round the neck. The CORONER pointed out the various bearings of the evi dence upon the case, and the jury having retired for about ten minutes, gave in a verdict of Wilful Murder against Ri chard Andrews. VIENNA, JAN. 2.—The fete yesterday at Prince Metternich's was one of the most splendid given by the illus trious Prince for many years. The Prince entertained at dinner the Ministers of State and the corps diplmatique, and in the evening received, in the name of the Emperor, the congratulations, on the occasion of New Year's Day, from the nobility and foreigners of distinction at present here. His Imperial Highness the Archduke Stephen has left for Prezio, to assume his high functions in the Bohemian capital. The amiable character and disposition of the noble Prince are cal culated to produce most beneficial effects in that part of the Au3trian dominions. Active correspondence is kept up be tween this Court and those of France and Sardinia rela to Spanish affairs, and at one time it was thought that the Court of Turin would have followed the Court of Naples in the recognition of Queen Isabella, which would have led to the same step by the other Italian States, the negotiations fcr o w c h c i a c si h o w ned ere on the best f o oting when the last news from Spain again a pause in regard to the intention of the King of Sardinia on this subject. His Serene Highness the Grand 'Duke of Mecklenburg Schwerin is expected here, en route for Italy, where his Imperial Highness the Archduke Rayner intends repairing next month. The funeral of Prince Colloredo Mansfeld took place a few days ago. The Prince died in the seventy-second year of his age, and was one of the richest noblemen in the country. His son, who iv a captain in the Emperor Ferdinand's Chasscur Regiment, succeeds to the princely fortune and title. ASPARAGUS. ----A medical correspondent, on whose statement we can most implicitly rely, informs us that the ad vantages of this plant are not sufficiently estimated by those who suffer from rheumatism and gout. Slight cases of rheumatism are cured in a few days by feeding on this delicious esculent; and more chronic cases are much relieved, especially if the patient carefully avoid all acids, whether in food or beverage. The Jerusalem artichoke has also a similar edict in relieving rheum itism. The heads may he eaten in the usual way, but tea made from the leaves of the stalks, and drunk three or four times a day, is a certain remedy, though not equally agree able...Toth Courant. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. • FROM TIT E P.S PER.: O 1 y :STERDAY. GLOBE.—The Irish State Trials conitoue to pr gee-s at the same snail-like pace wh eh marker' their eommencement, and of which the heavy, lumbering opening speech of the At torney-General was an apprcpriate precursor. The whole of Friday was taken up by the cross-examination of Mr. Charle Ross, a well-paid agent of the Ministry. This gentleman, by his own account, undertook the special mission of a Govern ment spy ; while he, most impartially, acted as the corres pondent of the Morning Chronicle, and received _payment for his communications at the regular rate. He alss transmitted similar communications to the Standard ! Whether the matter transmitted to the latter journal was in cluded in the sum Mr. Ross received from the Treasury, or was a separate item in the list of solid advantages he derived from his special commission, does not appear. We hope, for the honour of the press, that few of its members would have consented to act in this treble capacity. The exhibition which Mr. Ross made in the Court of Queen's Bench, Dublin, on Friday, will, we trust, operate as a caution rather than as encouragement to the profession— a beacon to warn, rather than as a precedent to be acted upon, under similar circumstances, in time to come. Saturday was consumed to little purpose. But one witness of any moment was examined. This gentleman was a correspondent of the Morning Herald, rather than a reporter— of the art of reporting, strictly speaking, he seems to have known little or nothing. He was rather a collector of scraps of information; which, to use his own expression, he dressed up with the aid of ficticn, for the amusement of " fools," whose credulity induced them to swallow the creations of his fancy as veritable facts. This industrious, but not very accurate chronicler, was employed by the Herald to inform the public, through its columns, of what was passing in the repeal meetings at the Corn Exchange ; and, in due course, was pounced *upon as an important witness by the law officers of the Crown, whose evidence would assist the 'Government in its crusade against O'Connell and Repeal. Small assistance did Mr. Jackson give the prosecu tion ! The admission he was compelled to make—first, of his own incapacity to report with anything approaching to accu racy—secondly, that the greater part of his communications to the Herald was derived from the short-hand notes of others, or from the printed reports of the Dublin journals—rendered his evidence of no advantage to the prosecution, while, in many particulars, it materially served the defendants. One circum stance deserves to be mentioned to Mr. Jackson's honour—he seemed heartily ashamed of his paiition in the Court. Before he left the table he requested permission to make one remark, as essential to his Own." character before the world." STANDARD.—We have expressed our determination to abstain from all comment on the evidence givers on the Irish trials, and great as is the temptation which the indecent Whig press in regard to it would seem to offer to us to deviate from such a resolution, we have neither the intention nor disposition so to do. We cannot, however, refrain from deprecating the atrocious attempts which are making in and out of Court to retard the ends of justice, and the insolent dicta tion of certain Roman Catholics of Dublin, who have met to denounce the composition of the jury as an insult to " all the Roman Catholics of Ireland." The conduct of these persons has, however, been completely out- Heroded by the Morning Chronicle, which, not content with ridiculing the infirmities and ailments of such members of the jury as attempte I to get excused-or: their account, hinted very significantly to ihecenn sel to the traverser& that if they can manage to proirset Limp( )- ceedings some five or six weeks, they may h oer „ to hr , ek down the energies of some one or othee of that body. A few days ago we were t:'ld by this abatine st observe!• of the pro ceedings, that the Law Officers were about io swear in their packed jury, and on the eneuir , g ,:ay it eitd. aveurs to inti midate that jury as-urine them that they are riqt to rely trying- Air. O'Connell and the othsr traversers, but the whole country !—and there is no alternative but a comoroini•e or civil war ; are; if the jury cl., tlo , ir duty, the result " must discredit jury t .al shosen er, wi'h !t, , onr tok hole system of legal j u m 'The dai.y recurrence of these libels on these ge, , !eaten, inrressir.g they do, would lead to the belief tha. the Repsal eonspiraters save tittle to expect from the merits ot their case, and tusk to every stage of the prosecution as crefirming then, more and more in this impression. The Morning Chronic e, aware of its deviation from all ordinary usa-n in such ca-es, and that after having been the f ,remost to deprecate any couitni•nt on the evidence during the progress, has heen compelled to attempt its justification by chargii g the imptopriel which it has been guilty on the Conservative press, and whilst it abstains, however, from specifying the name of any particu lar journal being justly chargeable with such an indecorum. has the hardihood to declare that it will abandon the course which it had prescribed for itself, and ot which " decency and justice" alike prescribe the observance. EXTENSIVE EXCISE PROSECUTIONS. ACCOViing to the opinions of persona connected with the Excise depart ment, the system of fraud and adulteration of exciseable articles, and, of course, those in a great measure of daily consumption, never existed to so great an extent as at the present time, and the cases of detection by the officers in all parts of the country have multiplied to an unprecedented degree. As the whole of these nefarious practices are reported to the Board of Excise in London, and samples of the adulterated articles transmitted for examination, some idea may be formed of their number when it is known that a practical chemist, who is kept by the Board, and who is furnished with a complete laboratory at the office in Broad-street, has been constantly engaged for the last two months on analysing the various seizures of spurious and adul terated pepper alone, which amounts in the gross to several tons. This, however, is only one of the many articles that the public receive in an unwholesome form. Cocoa, properly a most wholesome and nutritious accompaniment to the breakfast table, has also come in largely for its share of adulteration by the dishonest tradesman. A species of fine brown earth is mixed with it, and to render it invisible to the casual ob server, and effectually prevent its being separated from the genuine ingredien', a portion of mut.on fat is introduced, which binds the earth with the cocoa, and at the same time gives it the characteristic richness of good cocoa, and only to be de tected by the experienced eye. During the past week, prose cutioas under the authority of her Maiesty's Commissioners, took place at the following places, and in every case a convic tion, with the penalties annexed, was obtained :—For spurious pepper, in Worcester, six informations, penalties 2501 ; in Sunderland, twelve informations, penalties 350/. ; in Durham, two informations, penalties iOO/. ; in Bristol, three informa tions, penalties 1001. The adulterations in the above cases were, red and white mustard husks, rice, chilies, raw-dust, earthy matter, sago, linseed, rapeseed, and wheat bran. In Manchester, Thomas Raingell was fined 2001• for adulterating his stock of tobacco with turmeric and yeJlow ochre. A great number of other prosecutions for tobacco will follow, several lots of which are adulterated with tar and sand to the extent of 14 per cent. THE LAW OF DIVORCE.—A deputation waittd on Wednesday on Dr. Nichol on the subject of the present law w divorce in this country, to request him to introduce into any measure he may have in contemplation for the ref. rm of the cc clefiastical law a clause to enable injured individuals who may a_ppeal to that Court to obtain a di vorce a vi n culo matrinzonii. The deputation were most courteously receive," by Dr. Nicit , oi, who prom. iiied to call the attention of Government. to th:s necessary and important alteration in so unjust a state of tlt' Present law, which entirely puts it out of the tower of apt in jured party to obtain any redress exeei't at an utlay of 1,000/. IRON MASTERS' Q(.1.171TE?.L1 —Th Ja nuary quarterly meeting of irenmasters is generelly anticipeted with considerable anxiety, end this year especially it wes considered of unusual importenee, from the uwettled of the trade during the last twelve month, ; the attend.mee of ironmasters and others interested was, eonseqnsrely. very numerous, particularly at the mewing, in ttsie town on Thurs day. There has existed a little fa , ering in p; durine th last quarter, and the circumstence tha' tremsactions were known to have taken place at lee er quotations than tile regulste,i price, induced many persons to ant elpeie a deenward move ment ; but it being generally uoderstund that the sales made at lower prices were forced. for the purpose of meeting ~,:gagem erits arising out of the closing of a banking •house, w bleb took place in the course of last ear. and the consequent culling in of their advances, which were large to some icon firms, and that these sales were made to meet the instalments as they becstue due to the bank, they have ant had ant effect upon the ms rket ; on the contrary, there was a firmness with regard to price, and a tone of confidence among the masters, which was highly satisfactory, proving that. the demand, th , ugh not great, is steadily progressive. The circumstance of Wel , h bars hav ing been lately sold so low as 4/. per ton net cash. being 2'. below the rate of some Staffordshire houses for six months, might have been expecte] to operate for a dovnwart tendency, but the fact is that the Welsh work, being in active operation, and very gush of orders, especially for railroad iron, has Caused a rise in their prices which must shortly be felt in the Staffordshire market. The confidence in this is grounded o the numerous notices of railroads for which Bills will be applied for in the ensuing session of Parliament, relating to lines extending to 600 miles in length ; and so confident are the projectors of obtaining their Bills, that they have been eager to make con tracts even before the passing of the Bills, and many such have been entered into for the formation of lines, at an expense, in cluding stations, of 10,0001. per mile—a rate so favourable to the projectors as to ensure a profit, and induce a further exten sion of these great national works, thereby creating a large demand for the next two or three years. The Shropshire iron • masters firmly maintain the price of the last quarter, with some intimations in regard to a rise.—Bireningliani Gazelle. MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY—The annual general meeting of the members of this S ciety was held on Wednesday at the King's Head Tavern, Poultry. There was a very full attendance, and the chair was occupied by Mr. God son, M.P. The Report stated, that the present condition of the Society fully realis d the expectations of those who founded it ten years ago, when it came into operation wit lout one six pence being raised to meet expenses beyond the first premium of 241. From that moment it never needed the aid of loans, and now it was po,se , sed of a real and accumulated capital of 68,000/., a real divisible surplus exceeding 30,0001., every policy being added to in proportion to its amount and duration. At the end of six years, since the 31st December, 1837, the number of policies was three times as many as there were at that date; the capital sums assured under those policies were nearly doubled in amount, and the correspond ing income derived from annual premiums was also nearly double. The accumulated and funded property of the Society was four times as great as it was at the end of that year, and the divisible surplus six times as much. By rigidly adhering to I the princi z sle and practice of economy with which it had set out, and which was the great secret of its prosperity, the ex. penses of management decreased during the past year, making them 577/Jess than in the preceding year. Every expense was paid out of the mere interest upon the contributions of members, and dropped policies, leaving nearly 5,0001. to be carried.nut of that interest, in addition to the capital itself. The report having been adopted, votes of thanks were presented to the directors, the chairman, and to Mr. Hardy, the actuary, of whose abilities and services Mr. Godson spoke in the highest terms. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN CUMBERLAND-MARKET.-- - Shortly before five o'clock to Wednesday morning, as Sergeant King, 10 S, of the metropoiitan police force, was patrolling his section, he discovered a tire raging in the owe,- part of the spacious premises occupied by Dennis, licensed victualler, 2, Cumberland-market, Regent's-park, He In stantly proceeded to alarm the inmate,, but so soundly asleep was Mr. Dennis that the officer was fearful he would be burned to death. The potlio . , however, h*aid the cry of " The house is on fire ;" and without a moment's delay ho told his master, and then ran down , tairs. Find;ri 'Lai, the whole of the lower part of the premises was in a blaze. and that the flames had caught the liquor-vats containing since hen - dred. gallons of spirit, he ran up to the .ccor,d-floor, ;et himsel down by a rope, and dropped ' from the lamp-iron in front of the pren.i.es. His master followed him ; and thus they were saved from a horrible death, as the floor foil io immediately afterwarck and the ignition of the gin, rum, and brandy, the stock of which wee very considerable, caused the fire to burn with a destructive energy seldom witnes.ed. The fire, by six o'clock, had exhausted all the materials within the house, having in that short time destroyed all the stock, fit tings, furniture, and floors, and left the house nothirg but bare walls, ;nclosing a heap of ruins. The excellent party walls of the adjoining houses saved both of them from destruction, the damage to them is insignificaat. The loss to Mr. Dennis will amount to several hundred pounds—the house having been recently fitted up in an elaborate manner, and the stocx being well supplied, he not having entered upon the premises more than three weeks. James Matheson, .Esq., M.P. for Ashburton, has front the Seaforth family the island of Lewis, one of the largest islands in the Hebrides, with a population of 15,000, and Included in the county of Rote. The purtheee money was 190,0 0 01. Ai L t Y, T U/1:' to each. Tht• return incia;i,, passengers, parcels, carriages, honkies, mails, and iner• chandize : Week Total. ended Name of Railway. R. Jan. 13 Birmingham and Derby Junction.... 1.291 19 0 12 Birmingham and Gloucester 13 Brandling Junction .. a77 6 4 12 ch , - , ster and Birkenhead 337 8 r. 4 14 Dund,.e and Arbroath 13 Edinburgh and Glasgow...—. 14 Eastern Counties .. 3,347 13 9 13 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and dlyr ....... 1.063 16 2 ' 13 Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock.— 627 1 2 13 Grand Junction, and Chester & Crewe 6,322 17 9 13 Great North of England 14 Great Western 12 Liverpool and Manchester 4,108 4 9 12 London and Birmingham .. 13,740 10 9 18 London and Blackwall 609 12 11 13 London and Brighton 16 London and Croydon l9B 1 0i 18 L..ndon and Greenwich ... 684 9 1 11 London and South Western .. . 4,781 12 1 11 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 761 8 0i 13 Manchester and Birmingham 13 Manchester & Leeds & Hull & Selby 5,157 14 3 13 Midland Counties. 2,252 18 5 13 Newcastle and Carlisle ...... 1,097 10 6 14 Newcastle and North Shields ...... 279 11 6 Northern and Eastern 13 North Midland 12 North Union.... ............ ...... 933 19 5 9 Paris and Orleans 3,564 17 4 15 Paris and Rouen ... 2,849 0 0 13 Preston and Wyre 234 6 3 13 Sheffield and Manchester 4BO 17 0 18 South Eastern.. 13 Taff Vale.. 14 Ulster . ••• ..... ••• 13 York and North Midland SUGAR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN: Sta,—The West Indians and the Morning Post say that the producers pay the duty imposed on the sugar consumed in this country ; the former roundly asserts it—the latter, during the month has, in a variety of ingenious articles, a'duced to the satisfaction of its peculiar rta.,s of supvorters, abundant testimony that its view of the question is comet. Had the practical knowledge of the Morning Post kept pace with its theoretical no,ion., it. would .have strengthened its argument by avowing that in the sugar market the contract of sale ii ever made out to the bu,er at the duty-pall price. Indeed, so very ptrticOiar are the West Indians upon this point, that even when the duty is not retpitred to be paid at all—such as when the sugar is add f r re eic oration, or when for removal merely ' froro one bonded , v 11,,,,e to another—.t het invariabl in,ist upon toe eit'Ar. , et note h in t& , ow at the foil or duty paid price, it iwing their o titiltiliess either to pay the duty or be re , ponsible tot is :.mount. After this, wh , , can doubt whether the predneet or the cennmer of the , _‘ll2;:tr s.di ,, fies„ the tn-tom-hotue domand ? It i true that - t ,- >tro• people bav, , la- en enough to sop,:ostt that is -o trati:aett d. in order th,,t th may 11.'1 a a on:on-14n on tin amount of ,nty wett as on i:Cekt .he , ugar —stuff an.l ri,se .-e I The Truth is the We-t are Its mitted to prove to the wood that in their sugar trattsac ions tic y either do. or are prepared at all tames to ply the duty. Now the annual amount of the -ugar dot It , e. foot ter in•> t In? 1 think. ';r. Edittr, how t' nation for many years ',tit has beet' the fleeing its proclocmg colonists ! It surely high tint that th y Mould he c.x..nerat , d from the p: es-ure of this tre mendous burdeA, whieb may he dine in such a manner as not only to secure oar colonists t . rom this aw'ul .haste. but at. the same t'mt' to puni,b those obdurate sl 11 , azilians, who hay- tc.ated our exertions. in tavou, of general emant.ipa tion vr , th much conto,o,ly. Let us buy their -near.. and by so (I , •og i m i ,et t.eot to , -uty-c,-;be. as he v , est Indians havo i!readv done, to 13r , tiO rev.oatt. --for ntrn-mb,r the West Indian. have sai.t, -old the Mori inq Post has p-ovod, tat thi procluc rs pay the sugar du- art, t•;:1-, yours obediently, Liverpool, Jan. 13, 1844. .-1 GROCER. The 11,1rqu'!s of Anzlesey has grtutel ac - *: o land, in a romantic and I , eautiful situation, as a site for the con templa•ed new church at Llanchsilio, towards the funs for meet ing which 3601. have been already bubscribed.. The Alarqu's of hale, he :\l ry.ll-- 0! Queensbery, the Earl of Mansfield, the Earl of Rosebery, the Earl of Strathmore, Sir John Hope, Sir John Campbell, 36th Regiment, Earl Cathcart, &c., attended the anniversary meet ing of the Highland and Agricultural Society o f Edinburgh ,on Tuesday, when the Duke of Richmond was elected President for the ensuing year, and the Earl of Manfield Vice-President. FEVER AND SMALL-PDX IN THE MLTROPOLIS.— These two disorders are still very rife in several districts of the metropolis, particularly at Battlebridge, and many other of .he close and confined districts in the immediateneighbourhood of the New. road. The number of cases admitted to the Fever Hospital at Battlebridge shows a great average increase of this disorder during the present and the whole of last year. falVe insert the followi g nAiee at the request of a correspondent, though it is of old date :—Mr. Joseph Dixon of the Scottish bar, who represented the Glasgow district of burghs in the Parliament which passed the Reform Bill, died suddenly on Monday the 15th inst. at Helensburgh, Dumbar tonshire. Mr. Dixon was a zealous friend to Liberal principles, and contributed much valuable assistance towards the promo tion and extension of the cause in the county of Dumbarton.' A SELF -TAUG HT MUSICIAN.—Jaunts Hogg-, the celebrated " Ettrick Shepherd," had a genius for music as well as for poetry. He composed the melodies to some of his own songs : they are original and full of expression, ansl have taken a place among the national strains of Scotland. In Hogg's reminiscences of his own life, in his letter to Sir W, Scott, he gives an interesting account of the manner in which, in the humble station of a poor shepherd-boy, he contrived, without assistance, to pick up the only education he ever re ceived. His account of his juvenile musical studies is curious and characteristic :—" When fourteen years of age I saved five shillings of my wages, with which I bought an old violin. This occupied all my .leisure hours, and has been my favourite amusement ever since. I had commonly no spare time from labour during the day ; but when I teas not over-fatigued I generally spent an hour or two every n'ght in sawing over the old Se Atish tnnes ; and my bed b , ing al ways in stab:es and cow-houses, I disturbed wihody bur iny self and my associate quadruped , whom I believed to oresty delighted with my strain=; at al oven's-, thy coro plained, which the biped part of my heighbour, d;:! trei v o,o,tly, to my pity and utter , ndigna• w.. This le ings ,Pc - rene•m branee en annecdote, the con equenee of (lie of thee! noetured endeavours at improvement. When se: vi g with Mr. Stoic, of Siiig'ee, there happened to be a dance one evaniog, at wh oh a number of the friends wet nei. i htiotr- were pr-sint. I. being admitted , nto the rosin as a ver,atrr w all at, etition io tr.e music and on the company breaki,tg u,. I retired to my stah:e loft, and fell to ess...yirg some it •Le to ,es to which I had been The mit-i , ian going out to a shut'.. di.tat,ve from , he and no- being aware th4t aiwther of the same or: ft was so Derr him. was not a little surprised when the tones of my old viritm assailed his ear, At first tie to 'k it - for the late wartiles of his own ringing through his ft : hut, on a little attention, h ,- , to his horror and astonishment. re - ceived that the sounds sere real, are! that the tunes whicii he had been playing with so mnett skid were 110`X rourderel by s me hart hy hint. "ueh a eireum. :mei• at the dead leenr of the and wl.eo he was unable to discern from wh, , t quarter the sound e rreded, convinced Hie all at s a delusion of the devil and sminicting his merit ens !mom so much familiarity, he 'fled preeiintatf , ly into the hail, siweehless ceith affright, acid in the uttoos , perturha. tient, to the no Amid mirth of 'Mr. Scott, sshn declared that he had lately been e n srmi.yed be the sante diwordant sounds."—Dramatic and Musical Review INCREtsE Ti'. \ :92;-;:: Crialloa IN CURAENCY.—A Corr. spond,,nt ti,.s faviDure,i us with the following calculation, by which it will he loon(' that the retl , ubted farmers' friend," Sir Robert Peel, has contrived to two the amount of the debt, owing by his ~ a id lo th, owner, 01 the 800,000,0004 of property sunk in th, pubic : There were given, on an average, for thy Three per Ci.ois. 561. of the paper money, which, with corn, if worth 10s. per bushel, were 112 bushels of corn. During the past year the said Three per Cents. have averaged in the public market 971., or with corn dur ing the same period, averaging 6s. per bushel. 323 bushels r.f coin. For this increase in th..ir burden, and orcrvase in the value of their produce, the farmers are principally indebted to Sir Robert Peel's Cunene,/ Bill of 1819, and his grand financial measures of 1842. Well may the poor farmers say, " Save us from our friends." IMPROVEMENTS IN PIMLICO.—ThP dPinolitiol) of the White Horse public-house, belonging to the Crown, has been deferred until next month, in order that the magistrates' license may be obtained for another house in Stafford.row. It is under stood that the Commissioners of Woods and Forests will cause a shrubbery to be planted on the site of the White Horse and ad joining mews; the space thus obtained is not to be thrown into the road. The house at present impedes the view from the Royal Swiss Cottage, in Buckingliam.gardens, of St. James's. park. Vieß-ADMIR AL s' 4 IR ROBERT LEWIS FITZ-GERALD, K.C.H.—Another flag.otheer is removed from the Navy List, by the, death of Vice-Atirniral of the Red Sir Robert Lewis Fits. Gerald, Knight, K.C.H., which took place at Bath, on Wednesday last, in the 69th year of his age. Sir Robert entered the Royal Navy in March, 1786, was made a Lieutenant 21st of February, 1794, and in that rank was on board the London, and took part in Lord Bridport's action ofFL'Orient in 1795. He was made a Com mander on the 13th of February, 1797, and was promoted to his post rank on the 24th of Dec., 1798, for his gallantry when in command of. the. Vesuvius bomb, in which he assisted at the bom bardment of Havre, and in the destruction of the French frigate Conflante, of 36 guns, in that year. He obtained his flag pro. motion as Rear-Admiral on the 2d of June, 1825, and as Vice. Admiral on the 12th of November, .1840. He was nominated a K.C.H. on the 18th of January, 1835. Sir Robert was on the half-pay of a Rear. Admiral.. DESTRUCTION BY FIRE, OF KING WILLIAM'S COLLEGE ' ISLE or MAN.—I have this moment received in formation from ;he Very Rev. the Principal of the College, of this lamentable occurrence, which took place on Sunda, morning, bet Ween two and three o'clock. The whole of this splendid and extensive building has been totally destroyed with the exception of the Vice-Principal's house. There were about sixty boys sleeping within the college at the time. who who were obliged to escape in their night-shirts, but I ate happy to say that not a single accident occurred. The bull ling is insured in the Sun-office, also the Principal', property, the more valuable part of Which is saved, though a large quantity has untottunitely he n deitt axed. For the pre , ent the boys are billetted Sr the maters' houses and with different neigh bours. The Principal, the Pee. R. Dixo», has been kindly afforded she!tcr.r with his tp,niiiy in the house of the Governor. Rooms ne:r at i a d li.iv Leeil oi;g4ft.ei h the Principal. the sch,:o was In agoti On 1 i.or , tißN last. p r i ne p tr. a'!y iis pity, at. the snit.' the time the tire took a: L;onglas. t4ere she hat been fur a ~hors time undyr treatment. for H.-health. The veal;? of the college are standig, arid no much injored. The Banes cf tits fire is attri towd Ir, areiiient. 11-; tar at present known.—Cerreliondent of a Morning Paper. UNPUBLISHEo ANECITE OF Ti 1 I.ITE CHARLES MATHEws.--11athew, erupt effr . t so extraordinary a change is the ap; ear oice a-d extres-ion of his face, by simp:y tying up the tip o his nose wit , a piece ol catgut, that he has frequently taken leave. as if or !h evening, o' a company. amongst whom were some of his most intimate friends_ and returned to them some time afterwards, so transformed,. that not one of them has recogrisod r im. He once indulged in this frolic in a manner as whimsical as it was rmarkah . e. lie wa , dining whit an acquaint ince, Aft-. A. —, a re recta le paws. broker in the ..7%t and. In she c iurse of the d ,nner Mr. A— was summoned to the shop hetow, upon some business of sufficient importance to require his pert.ona! attention. Presentli, Mathews • ea , cheti a couple of Moose from the table, quitted the room, disguised his face in the manner describer!, put or. his hat, lett the ho , '•se hy theprivate door and, entering the shop, offered to his friend himself the two spoons to pl-dge , having received the sum he demanded, and a duplicate. he re entered the house, and quietly resumed his seat amongst the company. Upon the return of Mr. A—, to his utter amaze merit, Mathews placed before him the duplicate and the money which, but a few minutes befote, his entertainer had given to trim fa his ow poverty, removed from his own table . S ~ _ A ~. .l ~, min ', ~J n R yEsT Liu) Y.) , ' , ‘7 , ' z .7.7-7.F.',.. :. .:', - :4 , 1'..f.i ? - 4: r: 4 _ -::2Z •11 NI , . vie re ,, e , ver! rather a livnit.ed sow* of Wheat. a h. is .1 samp , e. ;he de— fl,t. lie dry pareek of b.,th red and white. folly sup.orted ;as? week's quotatons ; but the salute of all other descripttons was barely ma4iiained. Foreign Wheat at late rates. The value of corn under lock almost nominal. Malting qualities of Barley were quite es dear, but grinding and distilling sorts were in soon• instances the turn lower. Last week's roes tor Malt were nith tliffieudy supported. t)ais. P-a,„ aod Fi,oir as last quota-d. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. .WHEAT—E , ,ex & Kent, I MALT—Che:apiet......... alto— red l3, to tiOsiOATS—Yorkshite and Dit - . ~ bite Norfolk and Lin_ P o tatoe coin, red Ditto white 44, to 50s . bl el Irish, rid 47s to 50: Cork ' white Ditto, wh e - Scotch, feet Rvr—Old New *-!.6s to 39s PEAS Grey HARI.Er--Grinding 2ss to 'as Map e 33s to 34s MalMa ing __. 'l. B Is iris' Wh le 10s to 354 Chevalier 32s to 35s Boilers 32. to 38a MALT—Suffolk and Nor. FLOUR—Town made 4(s to 506 folk s6s to 62s Suffo k als to 38s Brawn so* to 51s Sto :kton & Norfolk 34s to 36 Kingston and Ware 56s to 62s FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. WHEAT—DantZie 49s to 65e BEANS 20s to 2eo HamLurgh 36s to 40s P es 23s to 275 BARLEY OATS—New Feed lts to 16s smtrarrElm. _ _ For the primest Scots, Herefords, runts and Devons, we had a steady .demand, at prices fully equal to those obtained on this day se'nnight ; but, in the middling and inferior kinds, only a moderate amount of business was transacted. at barely late rates. The sheep were in good ennclition. Prime downs and half •breds fully supported hat week's rates ; but all other kinds move't off slowly, and their currencies were barely supported. Veal advanced quite 2d. per 81bs. Pigs at fully last quotation,. S. d. to s. s. d. to!. d. Interior 8ea5t5......... 2 8 2 10, Inferior 5heep......... 3 0 3 4 Second quality ditto... 3 u 3 4 t Second quality ditto... 3 6 3 8 Prime large Oxen I 6 3 8, Coarss.woolled ditto.. 310 4 0 Prime Scots, . 3lO 4 0 Seuthdown Wethers 4 2 4 Large coarse Calves ... 4 0 4 8, Large Hogs ....... 3 0 3 8 Prime small ditto 4lO 5 2: Small Yorkers ..... 310 4 t Suckling Calves, each £0 0 30 0i Quarter old Pigs, eachlB 0 24 StItYLT AT MARKET. B2pst3. I Sheep, j Calves. 1 Pigs 2,713 i 27,120 1 72 1 290 T ,I 4 I .v,7*GATE kI..,WD %MADE/VH/1.1,1. Beef. Mutton. anti Pork. London slaughtered, have met a very dull sale. at a redutAion in value of quite 2d per SI lta. Veal bay improved from 2d to 4d per 8 lbs. At per stone, My the Carcase. s. 4 toe rl.l s. d. to s. d ~ , e f, irf_rior 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior 2 8 3 0 mici;iling . ..... „. 2 4 2 8 ---- middling 3 2 3 6 --- r r::ne imp" ..... '2 I 2 10: ---- pi. l'oe ~ 'di 1 4 , ' 4 Pork. `arge—s. 2lO 3 F V-ral ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Calves. Pigs sr ntland 29 800 700 Yorks ire N,. , folk Muffin lO 190 61 Cambridgeshire 17 90 —. 90 Essex Surrey 3O 350 2s'o 330 Devonshire Wilts , ire Other pats Total l9B 2,500 Previoto. week's arrival *:.65 2,979 464 2,811 7C 3,690 Difference since our last... 67 179 304 778 it.00::1.04.TG8 S OP DIAIMET. P, ices are firmly surorted : indeed, many of the holders are refusing to sell at present rates. WOOL IVIARMT..T. The demand for most descriptions is ina. - :live at unaltered quotations. ono rGa .AND SPITALPIEL3:I6. Ihe best qualiti,s of Potatoes are in request at full price , ' but other kinds are heavy in sale, though not cheaper. TALLOW. The weather having been colder in the early part of last week, has caused an advance in Town Tallow, but this, we think is temporary. The price is 425. net cash. COAI. MA>ilti I'S arriyrcl since last tn?ricet.rno, 94. d.t s d. Dayi.on's Was,. Hartley IS Walls End East Herten 111 3 Hastings Hartley ...... 15 0W; Its tart bettor , ...„,... •20 2 wsatls End Cien nell .... 17 Si wan ,, it , l) 19 Walls End Hedley .. 17 aV. 4.:nd ..!0 3 Watt;. End Hoispitr worth Walls End arrin:Jon Te es 16 g Walls ;Tml Peareth l5 9 .Er f Cl.artiee Hetton If 6 tA'alls End Wharotiitle., 1 r Walls End Hopper l7 0 all. 1-nd ..... 19 3 ti,ward', W. Netherton 14 6 W. E. .. 2', 3 Llatigennech Coat 2O 6 pr.l.•E' OF SE. 14S t'er Pet Quote , ..Icm EleAo.h rte. C10ver...35s 56sSt. Fein es s Old Hit Ditto —s —a s Rye Gass ...... i,g s to, New Foreign Onto. —s 'Zs 54. s Pricey Grass 01 , Di to Mite, —s —.l, ,, seetl, for feedi s rlfig New White( 'over 45s 5 , a 1.02C0R0, fo , sowing —s 02s 66' Old Dia Diet Ire 0i1... —s 12s 24s:H •In i.itto —s —a sCanar, —s 60s 6 14 1r lollum Pr glish larraway —s 4 1 :e 4's White Mustard....loa Orl to 10 vd Foreign :dtto 4os 46s Brown Ditt0...... 10s 0d to 140 0 °Haulier ... —s 1-ts 9.11 s Tares ..—.. ........... 4s Cd to CO SALE OF AUTOGRAPHS. On Friday, a sale by auction, of several valuable and rare autographs, State papers, and other interest ing documents, which was commenced the preceding day at the rooms of Mr. Fletcher, was continued, on which occasion there were present Sir F. Madden, of the British Museum, who was a purchaser of some of the most. important State papers and autographs, Mr. R. Lambert Jones (Common Councilman), Mr. Evans, Mr. Bullock, &c. The et llection submitted for compe tition comeriscs letters, autographs to State papers, in the hand-writing of ling Henry VII., Henry VIII., Charles 1., Henry King of Navarre, Henry ITI of France, Henry IV. of France, Francis L. Catherine de Medieis, Louis XIII., Louis XIV., Louis XV., Pope Innocent VI., Pepe Leo X., P o p e I n nocent Xl., Pope Alexander VII., Frederick the Great, Em eeror ' `barbs V , &c. The c,ilowing were among the ;auntie!. sold:—No. 201. A letter from Charles James F. x to the Dike of Poielard relative ti the treaty with Franae, 17e3, 18e No. 262, _another curious letter by the same to the same, requesting his Grace to see the King immediately, and if Lord Ash i mirton is dead tin e' 7 ee the Eriel of Derby the duchy, 178:3, Ne- 7264 ' e.iiiither to the same, on the • King's f o rthc & on2 ; speech, respecting- the . alarming ouirege 1733, 10s. Ni'. 980, A long and ietere.iieP e : , ter by the Eeri of Essex, Lnri Depirty teeant of Ireland, on the, airi.irs of Ireiaed, ►/ • Ni'.e re of ine reerieite. form N 'n = a: ; , : •,;•‘• Lrd Lieuto" woo. of t 11. 6:-. 291, i Earl a Orr, ry, poet 'and iir :I),tist, ;11 lt Souther", Secretary of State, 1678, IBs. No. 293, Nene! Boyle. Earl or Orrery, to • Sir R South : well, receiesting 5 0 i trips tl.•rench it ,most the Irish liapp"fel shier • ,e-e,ehe e V n erie nienliers, &c., 16. ''; No. 30 7. 1 1 . , b.:. re of l'.;nbr to L' Treesecer Beek eurst, the pct. 1599. 19s. 308, Eletr'y Lord erw , :;% 4 , qui... or .Nerceste r, to Sir fliiearni Ileby, Kt. ; a miee in:en-sting letter. from Reg Led etesee, ehice ;(it Writer mainteineo and defended with 800 men, at his own cat, (1 1,1. ' 4 it Wars in the Royal Cruise; 16C6. : by Mr. Thorpe. No. 309, : f.tdy Anne Herbert, the above. to her breOiet Sir E. Hob v, 16 06 • purcleised by the 1 , :).1no, N 33 . 6, King - Chetrle s autograph to beeeti lel an d ie teres , vg . k e tcr instructions to the Lord 'Deputy Lieutenant o f Ite - '" land, 1628, 11. 7s. No. 337, -Kim , ,Henry ant () ; graph to a warrant addressed. to tie Keeper of the Gr inv Wardrebe, dated from Greenwich. 6th of March, 1513, V. 65.; purchased by Mr. Evaus. • Ne. 31S, king Fiend VW* autograph to a similar warrant. dated fro" the' manor of Sliene. 1499, 11. Is. ; purchased by Eli , ' ..::h e. No. 340, Henry 11. of Navarre, autogt:r to au eviler for- raising ire. h seal, 1543, 16s. 0 " 4 3:1, li•• drf King of leavae.-, e•lerwarde Meg o f-Franc''' . and Henry I. 4..llot:rim:l, autographs to it leieer King if France, with p', .._it:, 1599, 3' 332, re'reneis , Kin , of Fi euteee4h , t ; letreie rteee CM vellum, 1543. No. 343. King IX., of Frawee heter on tie vi. tory over the. rebels' Sze.. 1569, lis Ne. 345, Cetherin-- de Nledieiee_ Queen -of France, to ••her sister the, Queen of Naval l 'i 1580, 1/. 6s. No. 376, Pete. 11., King Portugal to 11. illiam 111. King of England, credentin' 6 to his ambassador, with seal. 1693, 18s. No. 378. 1 019 Charlie IX., of Sweden, to King William 111., 1692, 95 ' No. 379, Count Oxenstiern's erode itialse as ambassador from the King of Si eden to William 111., King of Eng" land, with autograph of Qu e en El eanore, as Regen' and her Lords in Council, with seal, 1697, No. 385, the Emperor Charles V., a letter, 1528 , Ils. 6d. No. 388, Leopold, Emperor of ;errnany. to W I " - liam 111., King of England, 1696, 12 s . (Th ese w ith sev e ral others, were bought by Sir F. M a dd en .) O. 38: Frederick the Great, note to an official letter in Gertro l l for the cultivation of siikeworms, 1775, 175., purchs g t; by Mr. Thorpe. There was a variety of Bulls, with the autographs of Pope Leo X., Cardinal Sadeletus, Alexander VII., Pope Innocent XI. ; several autograp hs of Louis XIII., Louis XIV., Louis XV., Charles P u „. of Lorraine, Marie de Medicis, o f Willia m Pitt, Dl' ., W. Pulteney, Lord North, &c. ; with letters written by Stanislaus, King of Bean& the DA. , of WirteolbU r g . the Archbishop of Troves, &e. Lit e ( --- WILL OF THE DUKE OF MANCHESTER,--Peobat of the will and codicil o f th e D u k e of Manchester (late o f KiEnb° ton Castle, the collector of customs for the port of London, has been granted by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury t 0 ., 1 1b Mandeville, the sole e xecu t or an d son o f the deceased. 01„-i will he bequeaths to his daughter, Lady Elizabeth Steele, 5, 00 '1, to his tiatieter, Cart lin e C a l cra ft, 3 , 000/. ; an d hi s library, Pl c . leg:, plate, furniture, and residue of his property, of whatever to scription, he gives to his son, Lord Muriel,. vide. He also gi * : ° hi• doctor 5001., and to Its valet stl/. a year for life, free of lo g; 4 1,, duty. By the codicil he bequeaths to his daughter, CarolinV o i. craft, 2,0001., in addition to th e legacy in his will, making 1 / I . r . a The property is sworn under 60,0001., and the probate b stamp of the value of 750/. E• PEL, IN DSOR.--A priva te re' hearsal of Sae: .1 music, the composition of the Prince Cons ort, .7 0 leare in the Qiiet n's private Chapel, before her Majesty Ar vin . jt u y a : Hi g h n ., ss P r i nce Alb ei t, on F r id a y l as t , un d e r the P e o io tenderiee of Dr. Elvey (who presioed at the organ), private or t s t o to the Toe 'whole of the gentlemen of the choir an d ip chco'istez, of St. George', Chapel were also present to take 1 1 7 00 , the perf Tie Prince Consort having gives his . 17' 00 IS Sion to Dr. Elvey to intro,:uce his R.» al Highness's coMP OOO losi of the service at the chapel of St. George, they formed a P° l4 the musical service at the chapel on Sunday morning._, BIRTH S. On the sth inst., at Naples, the lady of W. Charles Grant' LEI., late of the King's Dragoon Guards. of a daughter. 6, On the Bth inst., at Annett's-crescent , Islington , 4 u 4 Horne, the f o , ' tiff ) O n 17th inst., at Benton Hall, Northun ber lan . .IT.lkh ,, .. r , f a L .n. -.--.' R R D. , ; er. On the 20th inst., at S MA t. Marg lE aret'. Church, Weslin.go fly Mr. Jahn Fv Ch,arside, to Miss g° L.vvifit: a terrace, Knightsbridge .vh"tiog' On tt e 18th inst., at Bath, Alm., wire of James Esq., of 26, Duke -street, Westmi n ster, and Carshalton. Suriiett On the ilth inst., at Bord ea ux, Mary Esther Isabella, e daughter of Nash Barton, Esq.. aged 16. of London : Printed and Published b M U R1)0 YOll , No. :12, strar.d, ti The S,:n ()Mee, No. 112 the County of Middlesex, Isciday, JLfIWY 2, / i 844. J to Le Ra ph aee eff, ' Va THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 23, 1844.