The Sun. — London, England, 1844-02-08 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 7. The SPEAKER took the Chair at:ten minutes before Four o'Clock. Several petitions for private Bills were presented. The Earl of LINCOLN brought up the First Report of the Commissioners for the Improvement of the Metropolis. Mr. S. O'BRIEN presented a petition from Donnington I i Northamptonshire, praying for protection to the agricultural interest. Mr. VERNON SMITH presented a petition from the licensed victualler.; of Northampton and Stoney Stratford. praying that the duties now paid by them for the shops and warehouses in which their stock in trade was stored, might be repealed. NOTICES OF MOTION—SLAVE-TRADE. Lord PALMERSTON said, that in consequence of the unsatisfactory statement recently made in another place on the part of the Government, with regard to the negotiations be tween this country and France on the subject of the Slsve-trade Treaty, it was his intention to move on Monday, the 19th inst., that an humble address be presented to her Majesty representing to her the deep abhorrence with which the people of this coun try regard slavery, and beseeching her Majesty not to cot.sent to any alteration or modification of any of the treaties now in force with foreign countries, which would tend to render more easy the commission of so detestable a crime. EDUCATION. On the motion for the Order of the Day being read, for the House going into a Committee of Supply, Mr. WYSE said he wished to ask a question of the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Secretary of State for the Home Department. The Right Hon. Gentleman had already de elared that the great ignorance which privailed through out England could only be eradicated by education • and, having yesterday declared that it was not his in tention to add any clauses to the Factories Bill respecting education, or to propose any measure to Parlia ment on the subject, he begged leave to ask whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to ask, during the pre sent session, for any enlarged grant of money, or whether they would adopt any other means to extend the benefits of educa tion ? Sir J. GRAHAM said that he was not prepared to answer the question of the Right Honourable Gentleman. It was not the intention of her Majesty's Govern ment to ask for any increased grant of money. With regard to the Orders in Council passed on the subject of educa tion, there were some orders on the subject which would be produced if the Right Hon. Gentleman chose to move for them. SUPPLY. The Report of the Committee of Supply was brought up and agreed to, and leave was given for the Committee to si' again on Friday next. ESTIMATES. On the motion of Sir 0. CLERK copies of the estimates were directed to be laid before the House. REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES. Mr. HUME presented a petition from Cu;ar Angus, pray ing the House to redress the grievances of the people, before voting the supplies, and to grant a full representation to the peopie. IMPORT DUTIES-SMUGGLING. The Hox. GENTLEMAN then gave notice that on Tuesday week he should move for the appointment of a Select Com mittee to inquire into the subject of smnggling, as far as regarded tobacco, silk, spirits, and other articles paying a high import duty ; into the extent and nature of the frauds thus practised; and also into the effects they pro• duced on the revenue, the trade, and commerce of the country, and the morals of thispeople, and also into the expenses of the Coast-guard system, and report the evidence, and their opi nion thereon to the House. HAWKERS' LICENSES. _ _ The How. MEMBER. then moved for a return of the number of hawkers licensed in the years 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, and 1840. —Agreed to. The House then adjourned at a Quarter before Five o'Clock. GREAT CATHOLIC MEETING. EXCLUSION OF CATHOLICS FROM JURIES. '(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The Hon. CHARLES LANGDALE moved the second resolution. He should confine himself strictly to the business of the meeting, and carefully abstain from the least word that could be for a mo ment deemed a reflection on the members of the jury then sitting in Dublin. Were he to do so, he should be guilty of the very in justice of which they had to complain. The resolution he had to propose was the following :—" That the off►cers of the Crown, in striking off every Catholic from the panel in the trial pending in the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland, have raised in the Court of Justice Itself a well-grounded su.picion of the violation of the Emancipation Act, and have thereby insulted our religion, and en. dangered our rights by an implied imputation upon our fidelity to our oaths." He then gave a detailed account of the manner in which the panel was drawn up, including the suspicious loss of sixty three names, and the striking off of the Catholics who hap pened to be left on the list. The circumstances are already well known to the public. The subsequent allegation that they were struck off because they were Repeaters was untrue, as, though some of them were Repeaters, none of them had ever taken any active part in the agitation. Three were not on the books of the Association at all, two never attended any repeal meeting, or ex pressed any opinion upon it, and one was adverse to it. These, therefore, were struck off for no reason but that they were Catholics, and the whole body must feel it as an insult. He bad been told, happily, not by a Catholic but a Protestant, that they ought not to interfere at all. They were Irish Catholics, and therefore they, as Englishmen, had nothing to do with them.— (" No, no," and cries of" We've done that long enough.") What would have been their state in England now but for the Catholics of Ireland ?—(lmmense cheering, and three cheers for O'Connell.) He wished he could think they were indebted to the justice of England for their rights; but he had the words of the Minister of the Crown, that it was not a sense of justice but a sense of neces. city; it was granted to the united voice of millions.—(Cheers.) What was the legal disqualification for sitting on a jury ? Being a con victed felon ; that was the legal disqualification. What then was the inference? That they were no more to be believed than con vie ed felons. And were they tamely to sit down under this imputation.—(" No, no," and cheers.) As far as the press could bear the accounts of the trial, this imputation had been circulated. And one ,portion of the press had stated that which the Government perhaps did not dare do; the Morning Herald—(Groans)—justified the conduct of the Government; it said it was right, because, had one Catholic been left on the jury, he would have immediately received notice fram his spiritual superior that it was his duty to acquit the traversers.—(" Oh, oh, and shame.") It was not the Crown solicitor who was to be charged with this insult—it was not even the Attorney. General—he charged it directly on the Govern ment by whom he was appointed, as from his previously expressed opinions it was known that he could hardly have acted otherwise. The Rev. Mr. S►sa seconded the resolution. He said that this was not the first time the Irish Attorney. General had struck out the names of Roman Catholics as such from the jury , panel. But in fact it was not an uncommon thing in Ireland. It was only a short time ago that a prisoner in the county of Monaghan was actually tried by three successive juries, before a verdict was obtained suitable to the wishes of the pro. ecutors. Was this state of -things to last ? —(Cries of " No, no.") He hoped not. The Romin Catholics of Ireland were looked upon In England as •t7eings of an inferior race. Why it was become commenrin this country to stigmatise the Roman Catholic priests of Ireland as surpliced ruffians.—(Hear, hear.) He was there to proclaim that a more hard-working, moral, or enlightened set of men, did not exist in the world than the Roman Catholic priests of Ireland. It was said, in this country, that the people of Ireland would never think of their wrongs if O'Connell did not tell them of them.— (Cheers.) Thank God they had an O'Connell —(Cheers.) He had toiled for forty years in their behalf, and he was not now to be put down.---(Loud cheers.) Could any Irishman sit calmly and con template the bare possibility of O'Connell being immured in a dungeon.—(Load cheers.) No doubt that every effbrt would yet be made to bri .g about such a result. He could not' • sit down without congratulating the English Catho. Tics upon their having come so manfully and spiritedly for. ward to resent the insult which had been cast upon their brethren in Ireland. With these observations he begged to second the resolution. The resolution was then put and carried amidst loud cheers. Mr. P. HOWARD, M.P., rose to propose the next resolution. He said they had seen the great paladium of British liberty assailed —they had seen the sacred right of trial by jury, hallowed as it was by the name of Alfred, violated by the late course taken by her Majesty's Government on the State trials in Ireland. If such a course had been pursued in the metropolis of Ireland, what an awful example would it be to thedakendencies of the British Crown, where of course public opinion RS not so powerful as at home. The resolution he had to propose was as follows :—" That the fol. lowing address, founded on these resolutions, be circulated for sig nature, and presented to her most Gracious Majesty, at an early period, by the Noble Chairman, and such other s Catholic Noblemen and Gentlemen as may please to attend."—(Cheers.) The address was to the following effect :—" We, your Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, professing the Roman Catholic religion, strongly impressed with the importance of the principle sanctioned and established on the passing of the Emancipation Act, that our religion should no longer be a bar to our full and free enjoyment of those civil rights and privileges of which we had so long been deprived under unjust and erroneous imputations on its tenets, cannot but view with extreme jealousy the late act •of the legal advisers of your Majesty's Government in Ireland, whereby all Roman Catholics were excluded from the jury list. We, therefore, humbly presume, in presenting this, our loyal address, to your Majesty, to protest against this their act, being construed into a precedent for infringing on those rights and privileges which we consider ourselves equally. entitled to, and justified to enjoy with any other class of your Majesty's subjects." Mr. El's-m/4 seconded the resolution, which, with the address, was carried unanimously.' MS- HOWARD moved that the Noble Lord do now leave the chair, and tbettt be taken by Lord Stourton. Sir' E. Vavasoua moved, and Mr. MAXWELL seconded, a reso. lution of thanks to the Chairman; when the meeting separated, with three cheers for Daniel O'Connell. REFUGE for PAUPER LUNATICS On Saturday the following colloquy took place between Mr. Rushton and Mr. Gray, one of the assistant-overseers, with re ference to the provision of food, care, and shelter for pauper luna tics :—.Mr. Rushton—There is a female in custody, named Hannah 'Haggerty, who is supposed to be insane, and she is insane. She was sent to you, and it appears there is no room in the asylum. She was Sent to the workhouse; they refuse to take her in there, a call on they were quite r i g ht i n re f us i ng . Under these circumstances I on you to pr ov id e f oo d , s h e l ter, ra i men t, a nd security for he , Mr. Gray--I believe they are bound to take her into the workhouse for fourteen days. Mr. Rushton—No; the Act says that they cannot keep her longer than fourteen days, and that, if they keep her longer , they arc liable to a fine. Mr. Gray—What, the n, are we to do, sir? Mr. Rushton— You - must take a place, unless you can get proper accom• modation in a prop er asylum . You must make some ar. er d rangernent with asylu ms - at a great er dis tance than in the imme. diate vicinity if you can no t d o so here, and , in meantime, I shall call upon you to Provide f ood, raiment,' shelt er, e and security for Haggerty , she being a pauper an d destit ute. Mr. Gray— What are we to do with such pe rsons as we ' sometimes o come across who have their throats cut ? Mr. Rushto n _Yo u send them to the" hospital ; it has come t o w h at I told you it must would. Mr. Gray—The last returns respecting lu na ti cs show that there were from seven to ten thousand kept in workhouses. Mr. Rushton—All I can tell you is, that I shall not all ow the clan-. gerous lunatics to be in the house longer than fourteen days. There is no accommodation for them, and they should not be there.. The governor of the workhouse says, "my workhouse has no proper accommodatton for lunatics," and he is quite right.. Mr. Gray—They won't take them in at Squires' or at Tuebrook. Mr. Rushton—Well, the parish authorities mast take some place, for the Bridewell is no place for them. Mr. Gray—The Board gave me instrnctions to go to Haydock-lodge, and see if there was any accommodation for them there Mr. Parkinson—Haggerty is not a danger ous lunatic. Mr. Rushton—l think the governor of the workhouse has exercised a proper discretion. lam very glad of it, because it brings matters to a proper issue. lam sure whatever you, Mr. Gray, have to do will be done in a humane, considerate, and proper manner: I can ar my testimony to that, and I shall be g lad if you can make ail arrangement. You should bring before the Board the responsibility under which you will be placed unless some place is obtained. The parish authorities should immediately communicate with the county justices. The lunatic asylum at Lancaster is full. Why should they not have one at Newton, be tween the Salford and West Derby Hundreds, where the distance is shorter—only fifteen miles ? Mr. Gray—They are going to have i the Lancaster one enlarged. Mr. Rushton—Even so; you should communicate. You should write a letter to the co un ty j us ti ces on the subject. The conversation here ended, and Mr. Gray with dirow•o,r4verPool4l/61eai SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. STANDARD.—The proceedings of the houses of Parliament, last night, were various and interest ing ; but they run to too great a length, and branch into too great a number of different subjects, to allow that in the crowded state of our columns we can even enumerate the several topics referred to. In the House of Commons Sir James Graham introduced a Bill for the Regulation of Factories. It seems to be a copy of the Bill of last session, omitting the education clauses; the subject of education being, as the Right Hon. the Home Secretary observed, assigned to the generous rivalry of Churchmen and Dis senters, while the Bill will secure time for the children to be educated. We are not afraid of the result of the competition proposed, and we certainly prefer leaving the matter open, to the recognition of any special right to educate on the part of Dissenters. " Laissez faire" and the Church will do her duty, as has been already proved in this particular case. As to the still remaining provisions of the Bill, it is well to imitate Lord Ashley in withholding our opinions upon them, until the exact terms of them shall be in the hands of the public. Mr. Sharman Crawford made the motion, in a long and not very brilliant, but temperate speech. Sir Robert Peel re plied at some length, and with much pleasantry, re citing a page or two of the huge dictionary of grievances compiled by the patriots of the last ten or twenty years, the whole of which dictionary must, as he showed, be gone through, according to the terms of Mr. Sharman Crawford's motion, before a shilling could be provided for the public service. It is re markable that Mr. Sharman Crawford, as well as his supporters, Messrs. Hume, Williams, &c., all agreed in very heartily abusing the reformed Parliament, and in placing far above it in the scale of merit the unreformed House of Commons —so faithfully has been verified Sir Robert Peel's prediction, that the time would come when he should have to de fend the Reform Bill of 1832 against the Reformers themselves. The reproach of persons like Mr. Shar man Crawford, Mr. Hume, Mr. Williams, &c., however, proves nothing against the Reform Bill ; it merely shows that there are men so perverse that no thing will content them. The fate of Mr Crawford's motion has been seen—it had 22 supporters. GLOBE.—The pressure upon our columns compels us to allude with great brevity to Mr. O'Connell's address to the jury, which we have, of course, re ported at considerable length. Mr. O'Connell's cha racteristic, as a public speaker, consists in his marked adaptation of the topics and style of his speeches to the position and taste of the persons whom he addresses. This admitted excellence in an orator was especially prominent throughout the ad dress to which we allude. Without losing sight, for one moment, of the position in which he stood, but preserving throughout the entire speech the most marked respect both for the Court and jury, Mr. O'Connell maintained his legal right to do what he had done in pursuit of the object he sought to secure ; and justified that object (the repeal of the legislative union of the two coun tries), by a historical survey of the imperfect fulfil ment of the engagements entered into with Ireland as the bases of the union. The great merit of O'Con - nell's speech in the Dublin Court of Queen's Bench, on Monday, in our view, is the complete abandon ment of personal considerations by which it is marked, and the strong case it makes out in vin dication of the Repeal Association, on the grounds we have stated. This case it becomes the Govern ment to answer—not by seeking to " put down repeal," by the incarceration of O'Connell and the leaders of the movement; but by applying them selves to the improvement of the country, and by re lieving the great mass of its population from the misery which presses upon them. This, and this alone, will " put down" agitation. This would re • concile the people of Ireland to a union which, if properly carried out, would be a source of prosperity, and a bond of civil and social strength to both countries. kay, ordinary is 2id to is 3d, and llyStin commbn is 10d to 2s. Pouchotig at 5d to lid for low to good quality. Fine green Tea would find purchasers, but the supply is still scanty. RI :31, BRANDY AND HoLLANDs.—Jamaica Rum, fine qua lity of high flavour and strength at 4s to ss, good 36 per cent over 3s 6(1, 33 over good middling 3s 4d, and middling 3s to 3s 2d per gallon. Demerara 28 per cent over fetched 2s Bd, good and fine strong 2s 1011 to 3s. Leeward Island is 10d to is lid proof. Calcutta Rum at Is 7d proof with certificate. Brandy at advanced rates; Cognac, best brands of the vin tage of 1838 has been selling—hhds at 5s 10d, puns 5s 8d ; ditto 1839, hhds 5s 7d, puns 5s 5d ; ditto 1840, hhds 5s sd, puns 5s 3d; ditto 1841, hhds 5s 3d, puns 58 Id; ditto 1842, hhds 5s 2d, puns ss, and inf to mid marks 3s to 4s 6d per gal lon. Geneva shipping sort at is 10d, and fine pale for home consumption 2s 4d to 3s per gallon. Corn Spirits are 10s to lOs 2d for English, lOs to lOs 2d for Scotch and Irish, and 12s 6d to 13s per gallon for Malt Spirit. To-day Calcutta Rum, at is 7d per gallon, proof. RlCE.—Patna Rice at 13s to 17s, and Carolina at 21s to 268 per cwt. This afternoon Madras sold at 8s 6d to 9s for low white dusty. Bengal fetched lOs 9d for middling, and Ils for good middling white. INDIGO.—A good desire has been manifested on the part of the home trade to purchase East India Indigo at last quar terly sales' rates for middling to good descriptions, but all the low qualities have brought an advance of 2d per lb. Spanish has been in fair request, and prices arc looking up. Oms.—Olive, 461 to 461 lOs for Gallipoli, 421 to 431 for Spa nish, and 41l to 411 lOs per tun for Barbary. Linseed Oil 27s to 27s 3d per cwt on the spot. Rape Oil, pale at 36s to 36s 6d, and brown 35s to 35s 6d per cwt. Cocoa Nut Oil, fine at 32s to 335 per cwt. Patin, prime at 28s to 29s per cwt. Cod Oil 321 lOs to 331 per tun. Seal, 351 for pale, 321 lOs for Straw, 291 to 301 lOs for Brown ; Southern at 341 to 36115 s for good to fine, and Newfoundland Whale 301 to 341 per tun. Sperm Oil firmer, 721 per tun for British, and American 701 per tun ; American Lard Oil 421 to 421 lOs per tun. TALLOW.—On the spot P.Y. Candle at 41s per cwt for first quality ; for delivery in the last three months of the year at 41s 9d to 42s per cwt. Town Tallow at 42s to 42s 6d per cwt, nett cash. North American Tallow 35s 3d to 406 6d, Italian 39s to 40s 9d, South American 34s 6d to 41s, East India 41s 3d to 42s 6d, New South Wales 38s 6d to 41s 6d, tine St. Petersburgh Town Melted taken in at 41s 3d, second sort Yellow Candle 39s 6(1 to 398 9d, and North American Lard at 34s 9d to 36s per cwt. To-day the market was firm for Russian Tallow at 41s on the spot. PRICES OF SHAIMS N CANALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. ELONDON, TUESDAY, FEB. 6. THE CIRCUITS. lIOME CIRCUIT. (Before Lord DE;Cm&N and Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) Hertfordshire—llertford, Wednesday, Feb. 28. Essex—Chelmsford, Monday, March 4. Kent—Maidstone, Monday, March 11. Sussex—Lewes, Monday, March 18. Surrey—Kingston, Monday, March 25. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. (Before the Right Hon. Sir N. C. TINDAL, KW., Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and Sir JOHN GURNEY, Knt., one of the Barons of the Exchequer.) Northampton —Monday, March 4. Oakham—Friday, March 8. Lincoln and City—Saturday, March 9. Nottingham and Town—Friday, March 15. Derby—Tuesday, March 19. Leicester and Borough—Friday, March 22. Warwickshire, Coventry Division—Thursday, March 28. Warwick Division—'Saturday, March 30. SOUTH WALES. (Before Mr. Justice WILLIAms and Mr. Baron MAULE.) Glamorganshire—SWansea, Thursday, Feb. 29. Pembrokeshire, Town and County—Haverfordwest, Sa- turday, March 9. Cardiganshire—Cardigan, Thursday, March 14. Carmarthenshire, and County of the Borough—Carmar. then, Saturday, March 11. Brecknockshire—Brecon, Saturday, March 23. Radnorshire—Presteign, Thursday, March 28. Cheshire—Chester, Saturday, March 30. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE, DIVIDENDS. H. Molyneux, watch maker, Lombard-street, Feb. 27, at half-past twelve, at the Court f Bankruptcy, Rasinghall-street. W. C. Thornton, machine maker, Birstall, Yorkshire, March 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. M. Knight, grocer, Rugby, Warwickshire, Feb. 29, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—W. Atherton, flint glass manufacturer, Manchetter, Feb. 29, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court—J. Raleigh, T. Goode, and W. Hol.• land, merchants, Manchester, Feb. 28, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court—W. Rabey, leather seller, Redruth, Cornwall, Feb. 29, at one, at the Exeter District Court—J. Gage, carpenter, Delverton, Somersetshire, Feb. 29, at half past twelve, at the Exeter District Court—H. Lane, inn keeper, Derby, Feb. 28, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. B. Reynolds, silk printer, Mitcham, Surrey, Feb. 27—R. Parker, linen draper, Deptford-row, Rotherhithe, Feb. 27—J. Smith, carpenter, Darenth, Kent, Feb. 27—S. Wesley, baker, Long Buckby, Northamptonshire, Feb. 27—J. Atkins, tobac conist, Shoreditch, Feb. 29—T. Gore, baker, Broadstairs, Kent, Feb. 28—M. Allen, apothecary, Waltham Holz Cross, Kent, Feb. 27—T. Kimber, farmer, North Cerney, Glouces tershire, Feb. 29—J. Whitley, surgeon, Liverpool, Feb. 29 J. Cornish, painter, Bridport, Dorsetshire, Feb. 28—M. Had ley, chemist, Walsall, Staffordshire, Feb. Lawrence, spirit merchant, Birmingham, March 2—J. Smalley, corn miller, Chorley,: Lanca , hire, Feb. 29—R. Hale, bookseller, Margate, Feb. 27—J. Tregaskes, victualler, Bristol, Feb. 27 C. Dawson, fruiterer, North-row, Covent-garden, Feb. 27—F. Jenkyns and J. H. Hardyman, merchants, Love-lane, East cheap, Feb. 27—T. and W. Withell, ship builders, Padstow, Cornwall, Feb. 27—G. J. Pouchee, stationer, Oxford-street, Feb. 27—C. F. Dewson, victualler, Birmingham, Feb. 27. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. U. Crocker and H. James, linen drapers, Bath—W. T. Yale and P. Hannuic, preserved provision manufacturers, Wilson-street, Finsbury. square—J. Cordy and F. Wright, wine merchants, Brighton—T. R. Wilson, W, Wilson, G. Dixon, and J. Wooler, mercers, Stockton, Durham—J. Spencer and E. Wood, contractors, Goswell- street—F. T. Gell and J. Hayes,attorneys, Carlton-ohambers, Regent-street —B. Blott and G. Perry, butchers, High-street, Shoreditch— R. Russell and J. Lamb, lace dealers, Oxford-street—W. C. and F. Plant ,hatters, East Rettord, Nottinghamshire—J. and H. Smith, silk manufacturers, Steward-street, Spitalfields—T. and J. Crook, linen drapers, Cannon-street-road, St. George's —Chattaway, Ashwin, Russell, and Ce., wine merchants, Stratford-upon-Avon (so far as regards J. Russell, jun.—J. and T. Kidney, drapers, Portsea, Hampshire—H. Rice and C. Cowdery, attorneys-pa-law, Newport, Isle of Wight—G. Thornton, H. Peck, and J. Young, slaters, Hull—E. Blacker and A. Chamberlain, brewers, Midsomer Norton, Somerset shire—J. A. and H. J. Lee, brick makers, Northfleet, Kent —R. Overton and• R. Marshall, hosiery manufacturers, Lei cester—H. Graves and J. Warmsley, printsellers, Pall-mall— G. W. Umpleby and W. Palmer, woollen drapers, Holborn hill—T. Bogue and T. Purves, drapers, Berwick-upon-Tweed —J. Chap and C. Josset, professors of dancing, Liverpool—J. Owen and J. Titterton, attorneys-at-law, Liverpool—C. Be dells and A. Turner, fancy hosiery manufacturers, Leicester— J. S. Ellis and D. Gideon, slopsellers, Union-row, Tower-hill —J. E. H. Kampf and J. H. Hornfeck, tailors, South Al bany-street, Grosvenor-square—W. and J. Sutcliffe, worsted spinners, North Brierley, Yorkshire—J. S. Holmes and J. G. Hutchinson, ship brokers, Liverpool—J. Strong and T. Hall, Upper Thamzs-street—T. and W. Boyne, tobacco manufac turers, Leeds—G. H. Heron and E. Benham, merchants, Ux bridge—C. L. Mendez and H. Season, merchants, Liverpool and Maranham. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. ROBERT PRATT M'BRAIR and DAVID JOHN STONE, ship owners, Glasgow, Feb. 9 and March 1, at two, at Mein and Johnstone's, Glasgow. ALEXANDER OPPENHEIM, looking-glass manufac turer, Edinburgh, Feb. 9 and March 1, at two, at the Old Signet-hall, Edinburgh. ROBERT KERR, tanner, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, Feb. 13 and March 2, at one, at K. M'Kinnel's, innkeeper, Thornhill. GEORGE FREDERICK ROBERTSON, merchant, Glasgow, Feb. 13 and March 12, at twelve, at Melvin's Coffee house, Greenock. -- JAMES WILSON, baker, Glasgow, Feb. 12 and March 4, at twelve, at Kerrs and Anderson's, Glasgow. COLIN M'ALPINE, ship smith, Glasgow, Feb. 12 and March 4, at two, at the chambers of Monci is and Paterson, Glasgow. JAMES HOWIE, horse dealer, Craigie, Feb. 12 and March 4, at twelve, at the George Hotel, Kilmarnock. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Feb. 6.) SUGAR.—To-day West India. Sugar of good and tine yellow and strong grey descriptions met with free purchasers, and the rates paid, were, in all cases, 6d above those of Friday ; all other kinds met with a good demand at full, and in some instances at better prices ; Barbadoes, fine yellow fetched 68s 6d to 70s, good 65s to 665, and mid 63s 6d to 64s 6d per cwt. REFINED.—To-day the home trade were large purchasers of refined goods, and nearly cleared the market at higher prices, standard lumps fetching 76s 6d, and brown lumps 75s per cwt. In Bastards large sales have been made at 48s to 60s. Pieces made from brown Bengal Sugar sold at 71s for fine white, 69s for fine yellow, and 63s per cwt for fair. Bonded crushed Sugar was taken sparingly, and 25s 6d is the general value of the best. MACRITIUS.—The demand has been brisk for bright yellow and strong refining qualities, which in some cases have brought rather higher prices ; inferior and brown kinds have met with attention, and previous rates paid. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar was in excel lent demand, and 775 bags at auction were -sold at still' prices, fine white fetched 69s to 70s 6d, good 68s to 695, damp 67s to 68s 6d, washed 64s to 67s 6d, low greyish soft yellow 56s 6d to 575, damp 55s to 565. 497 bags of Madras, duty paid, fetched the full value, good yellow 60s to 61s, mid 57s to 58s, low 55s 5d to 565, brown 545, and washed 56s 6d per cwt. _ _ TFIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1844. LAW INTELLIGEt*Ct: COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Feb. 6. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Westminster, before Mr. Jus tice WILLIAms and a Special Jury.) EXTRAORDINARY CASE. THE QUEEN U. KING AND OTHERS. Mr. Humfrey, Mr. M. Chambers, and Mr. E. Janes conducted the case for the prosecution ; and Mr. Melly and Mr. V. Lee appeared for the defendant King, and Mr. Godson and Mr. Pashley for the defendants Mrs. and Miss Birch ; the other defendant, Mr.' Phillips did not appear. From the statement of the Learned Counsel it ap peared that this was an indictment against four persons, William Henry King, Emily Ann Birch, Augusta Ann Birch, and Dorcas Phillips, for having combined and conspired together to defraud certain tradesmen of large quantities of goods which had been sent into the house of Emily Ann Birch. This charge was brought against the defendants for having endeavoured to procure from different tradesmen goods to a very enormous amount, but which were not to he paid for. Mrs. Emily Birch was the widow of a person who had been a coach-maker in Great Queen-street. He died in 1836, and after his death his widow kept a lodg ing-house in Bedford-place. From 1836, down to 1841, she had been supporting herself by this lodging-house. In 1841 she found she was unable longer to maintain herself by those means. The defendant William Henry King was an attorney, who, in 1830, had resided in Bedford-place, but had been sold up, and, in 1831, he. went to live ,at Clapham, where he remained till 1838, keeping a small establishment, but during the whole of that time he was in the most abject difficulties ; execu tion upon execution was put into his house, and he had been in the habit of pawning his goods and clothes, for the purpose of buying bread for his family. In 1838 he left Clapham, and came with his family to reside at his chambers in Verulam-buildings, .being then in a very distressed state. King had been acquainted with Mr. and Mrs. Birch during the lifetime of the former, and, in 1838, Mrs. Birch had lent King about 2001. A person had for some time lodged with Mrs. Birch, but he died in 1836, and then the intimacy between Mrs. Birch and King was renewed, and from letters which had passed between them, it was evident that that inti macy was of a very affectionate nature. In 1839 both these parties appeared to have been in the most abject state of poverty. The defendant Augusta Ann Birch was the sister of the late Mr. Birch, and resided with his widow. In July or August, 1840, a scheme was formed between these parties which, but for very for tunate circumstances, would have succeeded to an enor mous extent. Mrs. Birch and King were endeavouring to see by what means they could raise money. Mrs. Birch had carried on her business in a respectable man ner, and the intention was to get together as large a quantity of every description of goods as they could, to order them in the name of Mrs. Birch, to be sent to her house, and to name a distant day for payment, which day was in the early part of April ; but a few days before this day of payment arrived King was to put an execution into her house for an alleged debt due to him, and take away all the goods. This plan was matured ; Mrs. Birch went to different tradesmen in the months of November and December, 1840, and January and February, 1841, and ordered goods of the most expensive description, consisting of plate, jewellery, wine, upholstery, two pianofortes (at 150 guineas each), amounting altogether to 3,600/. King was present during the time the greater portion of the goods was delivered, but at that time King went by the name of Wolfe, at Mrs. Birch's house. He was there day after day and night after night. At the latter end of February two executions were put into Mrs. Birch's house, one at the suit of King, for 2,1851., and the other at the suit of the other de fendant, Dorcas Phillips, for upwards of 5001. They found these executions were not sufficient to cover so by Mrs. Birch, and e A r K f i rfinougt, m and othfeb theaco bankruptcy o r t v large a quantity of goods, and therefore very many ar ticles of plate and jewellery were handed over to King s s a n a o k s f fi r c then u e r t s e 1, suedvN ve were a r on apretended loan, and the premises were then deserted o le u f t t , i a n u p d o a s s s e s s i o s e n u . sent to the premises. The property was sold for 2,4991., but the amount had been retained. It would appear that a few days before all this the parties were employed in burning and destroying all letters and papers belonging to Mrs. Birch, and very many were torn and given to the servant to be burnt in the oven. It turned out, however, that they were not absolutely , distroyed, but different parts had since been put toge ther and proved to be letters which had been written by King to Mrs. Birch. Inquiries were then made, and it was discovered that, on the 19th of February, King and Mrs. Birch had gone to Reading, where she took lodg ings, desiring them to be ready on the Ist of March, and large quantities of goods were racked up and sent down to Reading. After the fiat King was summoned before the Commissioners, to be examined touching his debt, and he stated that it arose from various sums he had lent Mrs. Birch; that he had commenced these loans as early as 1836; and he gave dates and terms, and among others he fixed upon the 25th of April, 1838, when he said he had lent her 185/. Now, the pieces of letters in King's writing, which had been found in the oven, showed that, at that time King was writing to Mrs. Birch expressing his regret that he could not repay her the sum her husband had lent him, and adding, that there was then an execution in his chambers for 33/. ; but it would be shown, that from 1836 to 1841, King had been constantly sued by various persons, that there had been many executions out against him, and that he was, in truth, in very great difficulties, and it was, there fore, impossible that amen so situated could have been ad vancing money to Mrs. Birch. The parties interested had, therefore, thought it right to adopt the present pro ceedings, in order that the offenders should not go un punished. The examination of the defendant King as given be fore the Commissioners of Bankruptcy, under the fiat against Mrs. Birch, was put in, and in that he stated, that in August, 1836, he lent Mrs. Birch SJOI. ; that he afterwards lent her different sums of money, and that in September, 1839, they balanced accounts, and there was then due to him 1,5721., for which, on the 14th of September, 1839, she gave him her promissory note. On the 29th of September, 1841, she had a further sum of 501. On the 12th of October, 1841, she had a sum of 1001., and on the 21st of October, 1841, he lent her 230/., and he swore that his claim altogether amounted to upwards of 2,1001. An immense pile of writs and executions against King between 1836 and 1841 was put in and read. One of them was upon a bill for 3501., accepted by Mr. Peter Borthwick, for whom King had been solicitor at his election, and the attorney stated that he had sued Mr. Borthwick, but not being able to get anything from him, he had sued King as the drawer of the bill. In cross examination the attorney stated that King had lent money on the reversionary interest of a person. The servants of King were called, who stated that he could not pay them their wages. Servants who had lived with Mrs. Birch before the summer of 1841 stated, that the house was very mode rately, furnished. Mrs. Birch, in August, 1841, said she couldnot remain there much longer, but she did not wish it known in the neighbourhood. Miss Birch acted as housekeeper or upper servant. She assisted in making the beds. One of these servants went there in October, 1841, and remained till March, 1142. If wine was wanted by any of the lodgers a bottle was fetched from an hotel in the neighbourhood. King was there, but he said his name was Mr. Wolfe. In the beginning of February, 1842, Mrs. Birch told the servants they were not to call him Mr. Wolfe any longer, but Mr. King, her attorney. King frequently took his meals there. Some time before Mrs. Birch left the house Mr. King, Mrs. Birch, Miss Birch, and Mrs. Phillips were frequently engaged destroying papers. They burnt some, and others they gave to the servants to light the fires with ; some of these were put into the oven. At the latter end of October a great quantity of furniture, plate, wine, and other things, was brought to Mrs. Birch's house, and this continued till the middle of February. On the evening before King's and Phillips's executions were put in those parties came and dined and drank tea with Mrs. Birch ; they drank wine together, and seemod on rery good terms. Mrs. Birch told the servants, if any one asked them anything, they were not to know. Early in February Mrs. and Miss Birch 'packed up a good many things in boxes, and sent them away in a van. Mrs. Stevens proved that Mrs. Birch came to her house at Reading in February, 1842, and took lodgings in her house, which she said she would require on the 3d of March. A gentleman accompanied her. She said she should send some boxes before she came; and after this eleven boxes came. Mrs. Birch came to the apart ments on the 3d of March. It was proved that Mrs. Birch had ordered goods and received them of the following tradesmen :-Messrs. Wilkinson, upholsterers, Ludgate-hill, for very expensive articles, 1641. 7s. 10d.; Simmonds, silversmith, for silver articles, 291.-she had ordered 701 worth ; she paid a trifling bill when she ordered these things ; Messrs. Seddon, upholsterers, 252/. 135.-amongst these items were five pairs of window curtains, 1201. • Holding, up holsterer, in Fleet-street, 1331. ss. d.; Bailey and Jack son, upholsterers, Bond-street, 991. 1 ls.-very handsome and expensive articles; Messrs. Gillon, upholsterers, 771. 7s. 6d. for carpets-she had given orders for card tables, which were suitable only for a mansion of great import ance ; the order would have amounted to between 3001. and 400/. ; Messrs. Latworth, for carpets, 811. ; Messrs. Bailey, ironmongers, 60/. 17s. 9d. ; Geeks, ironmonger, 221. lls. ld. ; Spencer, wine-merchant, 137/. Bs. ; Field, Wardell, and Co., wine-merchants, 71/. 4s. 6d.--cham pagne, old port, gold sherry, East India Madeira-she said she should pay the first week in April, as she had money to receive at that;time ; Plaskett, wine-merchant, 61/. 18s. ; John White, wine merchant, 281.-she paid a small bill, and ordered the other wine, for which she said she would pay in April; she had extended the order very consider - ably, but it was not executed ; Alsop, glass and china man, 176/. ls.-very expensive glass and china articles she said she should be receiving her dividends, and would then pay-one table set was 381., a cut lustre, 401. ; Phillips, chinaman, 42/. Bs. ; Cooper, looking-glass maker, 38/. 10s. ; Brooker, looking-glass-maker, 48/. 19s. 6d.; Churton, bookseller, 481. 13s. for books ; they were to be paid for in February; Dickenson, linen draper, 901.-she paid a bill of 281. when she gave this order; Messrs. Broadwood, for a piano, 162/. 155.-she said she was in a hurry for it ; Messrs. Stoddart, for a pianoforte, 781. 15s. • Mr. Newman, optician, a teles cope, &c., 24/. ; Messrs. Payne, dockmakers, black marble clock, 26. 55.; gilt clock, 16/., and an eight-day clock, 16/. ; Davey, watchmaker, a gold watch, &c., 20/. 1 ls. 6d.-this watch, and other articles of the value of 124/., were received from King's clerk; Messrs. Town and Emmanuel, fancy articles, 180/. All these articles were furnished between October, 1841, and March, 1842. The case was adjourned till to-morrow morning, the Learned Judge stating that nine hours were quite suffi cient for the labour of Judge, jury, or counsel. 61 witnesses were examined during the day. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 7. _ The examination of witnesses was resumed this morn ing, and some other tradesmen who had furnished goods were called. Messrs. Dollond, opticians, fit. Paul's Chtirchyard, for a pair of the best globes, a first-rate opera glass, a microscope, &c., the bill amounting to between 301. and 401. ; Smaller; Strand, silversmith, 1051. 9s. ; Perry, Oxford street, silversnlithi 961. 165.; Braithwaite, silversmith, 2201. 2s. 6d.-53L paid on the 24th of February, 1842, by a 501. note, traced to King ; Lambert and Rawlings, silversmiths, 1671. 7s. Several of the tradesmen stated that Mrs. Birch came in a carriage and ordered the goods, and in many in stances she was a perfect stranger to them, but in others she had small accounts of a few shillings or pounds for trifling articles. Many of the papers found in the oven, when put together, formed letters in the handwriting of King, addressed to Mrs. Birch as " Dearest Emily," and speaking of his extreme poverty. Some of them were draughts of letters to tradesmen in his writing, the copies of which were sent to the tradesmen in the handwriting of Mrs. Birch, and some of them were lists of articles to be had from different tradesmen, in King's writing. Not a shilling had been paid for any of these goods. In one instithee _Mrs. Birch called upon a silversmith and ordered a quantity of plate, but she wanted credit ; the tradesman said he would give credit upon having a rArence ; she then re ferred him to a person, stating he was her attorney ; but the tradesman refused to give credit upon this refe rence, as he said her attorney would be sure to give her a good character, and, in fact, he did not like at torneys. Proof was then given of the seizure of the goods on the Ist of March, under two executions, one at the suit of H. W. H. King, for 2,1531., and the other at the suit. of Dorcas Phillips, for 520/. Mrs. Birch was present when the levy was made ; she was laid up with the gout at the time. The goods were very splendid • they were sold under the seizure, on the 9th, 10th, and 11th of March, for 2,499/. 16s. 1 fd. The plate alone sold for 7001. or 800 L The whole amount was afterwards paid into the Court of Queen's Bench and Common Plea , , upon inter pleader rules, the assignees having prevented Mr. King from receiving any part of the money. This was the case for the prosecution. The Learned JUDGE asked the Counsel for the prose cution if they thought there was evidence to go to the jury against Miss Birch ? Mr. HUMFREY thought there was ; and the case pro ceeded against all the partirs. Mr. KELLY then addressed the jury on behalf of the defendant King. He would freely admit that there was much to blame, much to condemn, perhaps more to sus pect, as regarded the conduct of more than one of the parties. Some parts of their conduct, he would admit, it was utterly impossible to justify. If by law one or more of the defendants had committed any offence, he hoped he should satisfy them that it was not the offence chargedin this indictment. He implored them, by all that was sacred, not to allow any sentiments of disappro bation, however justly called forth in their minds, to lead them away for a moment from the discharge of the simple and plain duty they had to perform, which was, to determine, not whether these parties had done right or done wrong, but, looking at the nature of the charge, were any two of them guilty upon that charge? He admitted that King, at the time when he first bore a part in these transactions, did undoubtedly press forward with undue eagerness to obtain a preference in his own favour before the other just creditors of Mrs. Birch; but if the fiat against her was valid, he would not obtain a shilling under that execution. Mr. GODSON addressed the jury on behalf of the two female defendants, and submitted to them that there was no evidence of a conspiracy having been entered into between these parties. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS then summed . up the case to the jury, leaving it to the jury to say which, if any, of the defendants they considered to be guilty. The jury retired for a short time, and then returned a verdict of Guilty on the first count against King and Emily Ann Birch (Mrs. Birch), and Not Guilty as re garded Miss Birch. The jury also wished to express their astonishment at the want of caution in the parties who had trusted Mrs. Birch, and they also hoped the length of time Mrs. Birch had already been in prison (nine months) would be taken into consideration. Mrs. Birch was then brought forward and placed on the floor of the Court to receive judgment. King was called, but did not appear. Mr. G ODSON did not object to sentence being passed, so that it did not prejudice his motion next term in arrest of judgment, as he should submit that the first count was bad in law. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS said he certainly should pass judgment at once; he did not mean to discourage Mr. Godson in his application, but he had no doubt. The Learned. JUDGE then proceeded—Emily Ann Birch, the length of time you have been in prison, to which the jury have adverted, is not overlooked by me, nor am I insensible to the time of life at which you have arrived, and of the punishment imprisonment must of necessity be to a person of your years; but when I bear in mind the nature of the evidence adduced on the pre sent occasion, unexampled by anything in the history of this country in the shape, on the one hand, of deception, anti, on the other, of persevering imposition,—when bear in mind the extent to which different honest men have been plundered of their goods, and that this scheme of which the jury have convicted you—a scheme which for a time had existed, and which was nearly successful to the extent to which it was carried, —notwithstanding the circumstances to which I have alluded—your age and infirmities—it is impossible to pass it without a sentence of considerable severity ; indeed, it would be trifling with the public interest if, when a case is brought home to the delinquents charged with an offence of this kind, the arm of justice did not interpose to the utmost for the protection of the property of the subjects of the realm. It seems that King does not appear to receive sentence, and I firmly believe that although you appear universally to have given the orders, yet I can not but suppose, from the intimacy which it is evident existed between you and that defendant, that he was probably the principal conspirer and contriver. It is necessary therefore in his case, though absent, that sentence should be passed to mark the opinion enter tained of his conduct and of the transaction that affects him. With respect to him, the sentence of the Court is that he be imprisoned in the Queen's Prison for eighteen calendar months ; and deeming you to be second in the transaction, though chiefly appearing, the sentence is that you be imprisoned in the Queen's Prison for nine calendar months. ARCHES' COU.111; Feb. 7. THE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE PROMOTED BY TITCHMARSH AGAINST CHAPMAN. This was a cause, which in its preliminary stages has been several times noticed, in which proceedings have been instituted, under the Church Discipline Act, against a clergyman (the Rev. William Herbert Chap man, Rector of Basingbourn, in the province of Ely) for refusing to bury the corpse of a parishioner (the infant daughter of a member of a congregation of Independents), without sufficient cause for such refusal. The defen dant at first appeared under protest to the Court's juris diction, on the ground that the time limited by the Act had run out ; but this protest was overruled, and an application to a Court of law for a prohibition failed. The articles were subsequently brought in and admitted, and an allegation was now offered defensive to the articles, which pleaded the law and a justification upon the facts. As this, in point of form, was only a question as to the admissibility of a plea ex parte,—though the decision of this question may possibly decide the case, — and as the argument on the part of the defendant in support of the allegation was only part heard, we shall at present restrict our report to a statement of the nature of the defence set up by the defendant's counsel. After the QUEEN'S ADVOCATE and Dr. ADDAMS, 011 behalf of the promoter, had argued against the admissi bility of the allegation, principally on the ground that the question had been already decided in the case of " Kemp v. Wickes," and " Mastin v. Escott"—the latter decision having been affirmed by the Judicial Com. mittee on appeal— Dr. PHILLIMORE, for the Rev. Mr. Chapman, observed that this was a proceeding pro salute animm, under the 68th canon, by a person whom he maintained to be, according to the law and language of the Church, and in the sense of the Church, a schismatic or heretic. He did not deny, after the decision in " Mastin v. Escott," the validity of lay-baptism ; but he set up that this was a heretical baptism, the effi , et of which was a question which this Court and the Judicial Committee had specially reserved. The first point, therefore, was, whether this baptism was heretical or schismatic ? secondly, if so, what was the effect of such a baptism ? And there was a third question, namely, whether a member of an Independent congregation could proceed, under the canon, against a clergyman of the Church of England, to punish him pro salute animae ? The Learned Advocate then proceeded to show what was heresy, defining a heretic " one whose opinions were opposite to those of the Established Church," and a schismatic, " one who separated himself from the true Church ;" and he cited the Statutes 1 Elizabeth, c. 1, 29 Car. 11., the Councils of Constantinople and of Chal cedon. The effect of heretical baptism he showed from St. Augustin, and that it required something to be done before a person so baptised could be admitted into the bosom of the Church. Sir H. J. FUST—Do you mean to contend that hereti cal baptism is no baptism at all ? Dr. l'imumoaE—No ,• it is good after certain cere monies are performed. The ceremony of baptism is not required to be performed over again. There are defi ciencies in the performance of the rite which must be supplied. Here is a heretic putting forward a canon of the Church against a clergyman pro salute animm. We do not, interfere with the civil rights of the party ; this is no question as to a civil right, but as to a spiritual right. Ido not say that the party is not a Christian. TheCounT—Then she is entitled to Christian burial. Dr. PHILLIMORE—CertainIy, in their own cemetery. The COURT—Then it is compulsory on such persons to provide cemeteries for themselves? Dr. PHILLIMORE-My argument is, that you cannot permit a heretic or schismatic to put in motion a canon of the Church for punishing a clergyman for the good of his soul. The CounT—ls this child a heretic ? Dr. PinurszottE—Yes, in one sense. The COURT—I can understand why a child who has not been baptised at all should not have burial ; but I cannot understand how a child should be refused burial because it is a heretic. Dr. PHILLIMORE—The child was baptised in heresy and schism. The COURT—The canon excepts such as have been denounced excommunicate majore excommunications for some grievous and notorious crime." Has this child been so denounced ? You do not distinguish betwe n e the effect of heresy and schism on the party adminis tering the rite and on the party to whom the rite is ad ministered. Dr. Pnimastonu—The part deceased is excluded y from a spiritual m right bys o the fault of her parents. The arguent standver till next Court day. The Hon. Manners Sutton had an interview with L , W . h a rncliffe yeatertley at the Cotincil-office. • - KISSING EXTRAORDINARY. Mr. Horson, of Dorchester, brings an action against Miss Lydia Withington, to recover 600 dollars, the amount of a promissory-note signed by her and payable to his order ; and, singular as it may seem, the validity of the note depended in part on the fact, whether Major Samuel Withington had kissed Mrs. Horson or not. The defendant asked exemption from payment of the note on three grounds, to wit—l. That there was no con sideration given for the mite. 2. That, if there was a consideration it was illegal. 3. That it was obtained by fraudulent and false representations. It appeared in evidence that there was a consideration, which was nothing more nor less than a kiss bestowed upon plain tiff's wife by defendant's brother. Major Withington described this kiss as being one of pure friend ship, docile in its nature, and perfectly harm less. It seems that the Major, who is about 65, was in a state of peculiar anxiety in regard to the health of a friend, and as the most feasible way of re lieving this anxiety he called on Mrs. Horson, an entire stranger, of about 25, whom he I,und so interesting and sociable as to induce him to go in and take a seat, and pass the compliments of the season. On a further acquaintance with her his first impressions were so much strengthened, that on parting he ven tured to kiss her bewitching lips, which he said she received with great apparent satisfaction. Coun sellor Clark of Roxbury', who appeared for the defence, and who is a married man, contended that such a kiss might be given and received in a natural way, and without damage to either party—that it neither hurt the person nor reputation of Mrs. Horson, nor rendered the Major liable to be sent to the state prison. But Mrs. Horson described the kiss as being rough and uncivil, uncalled for by the circum stances of the case, unwarranted by the usages of society. and a wanton and aggravated insult and indignity ; and Cour. senor Wilkinson, who is a bachelor, pronounced it an abominable outrage. Mr. Horson, on finding how matters stood, went to Withington for satisfaction, which he obtained in the shape of a 600 dollar note, signed by the Major's sister, and payable in six months, which she rehised to pay, as stated above. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant.—Dcdham (Massachusetts) American. A SINGULAR CHARACTER. On Wednesday last an inquest was held at the Salu• tation, Bridge-street, Cambridge, before Mr. Cooper, Coroner for that borough, on view of the body of Magnus Klein, who came to the Salutation public house on Tuesday evening from Cottenham, and was found dead in his bed, but warm, next morning. Upon a post mortem examination, made by Mr. Les tourgeon, it appeared that the cause of death was hemtemesis, and from the state of the liver it seemed that the deceased had been formerly a hard drinker. The deceased was a Swede, and was well known to Mr. Lestourgeon, having been a patient .in the hospital for several weeks. He was a man of very singular cha racter, and from the papers found on his person ap peared to be travelling about the country for the pur pose of obtaining signatures to a petition to the House of Commons, respecting the vice of drunkenness and the allurements of gin palaces and beer houses. On him were also found a narrative of his life (which appears to have been passed principally at sea), published by him in 1837, and a list of persons on whom he intended to call in Cambridge. A list of subscriptions to enable him to get to London was also found in his pocket, and several copies of the following extraordinary card : " MAGNUS KLEIN has the honour to wait, soliciting the favour of an interview when convenient, in order to ob tain signatures for submitting to Parliament a petition signed by nearly 20,000 of the clergy, magistrates, and most respectable inhabitants of different counties through which he has travelled, in support of his application (printed by order of the House of Commons), praying the Legislature to take into serious consideration the propriety of suppressing, as far as possible, those houses termed gin palaces, and dram shops, which are destitute of the requisite accommodation of tap-room and parlour, as well as the common beer-shops throughout the coun try, which give such encouragement to drunkenness and crime, and thereby materially protecting the responsible trader. " Mr. Klein begs leave to mention that, although he is well known for his personal resemblance to the late Napoleon, he is not actuated to this undertaking by any sect or political party. He is a man of peace, and a free agent, having journeyed through the land under the greatest hardships, to make himself useful as a phi lanthropist and therefore solicits the favour of being en couraged and supported by the generous and benevolent friends who delight in the performance of good works." The jury returned a verdict of—Died by the visitation of God. THE BANK OF FRANCE. The Journal des Debats observes, that it appears from the account published by the Governor of the Bank of France that the increasing business which appeared to be progressive for some years past, has, during the year 1843, been sud denly arrested without the existence of any of those causes which too frequently paralyze commerce. The reduction during the year 1843 may be termed considerable, as it amounts to 185,000,000 out of 1,268,000,000. The only rea son which can be adduced for this reduction is, that more commercial bargains have been concluded for cash in conse quence of the abundance of capital. The following is the comparison between the amount of bills discounted during the year 1843 and the two preceding years :—The commer cial bills discounted during the year 1843 amounted to 771,500,000 f., in 1842 to 944,000,0001., and in 1841 to to 886,000,000 f. The amount of cash advanced by the Bank on canal shares amounted in the year 1843 to 13,000,000 f., and in 1842 to 17,000,000 f. Cash advanced on Government stock amounted in the year 1843 to 26,000,000 f, in 1942 to 35,000,000 f. Cash advanced on bullion amounted in the year 1843 to 25,000,000 f., in 1841 to 93,000,000 f. In fine, the sum total advanced to the Paris merchants during the year 1843 amounted to 1,083,000,000 E, instead of 1,268,000,000 f. as in 1842, and 1,212,000,000 f. in 1841. The amount of commercial bills dis counted in the ten branch banks established at Angouleme, Besancon, Caen, Chateauroux, Clermont Ferrand, Grenoble, Montpellier, Rheims, Saint Etienne, and St. Quentin, in creased in the year 1843 to 240,000,000, from 230,000,000 in 1842, and 186,000,000 in the year 1841. "It must be ad mitted," adds the Debats, " that the circulation of Bank notes is the weak point of the Bank of France. The average circulation in Pans during the year 1843 - was 230,000,000f_ The bullion in reserve, however, composed principally of cash belonging to the Treasury and to pnvate individuals, amounted to 226,000,000 f. Thus the Bank issues just as muo'h paper as it has cash in its cellars—that is to say, that the 3 d vantage which accrues to society as far as regards circulati on Paris is precisely null. If the Bank of issued notes as low as 100 f. in place of 500 f, and if the Treasury, as in England, would receive those notes in payment of taxes, this recludtion in the amount of the notes issued would not expose the.liank to any danger, as those notes would always have a free. circu lation. FoREIGN.—The private transactions in yellow llavannah have been on a more extended scale, but holders have been compelled to submit to a decline on previous prices of 6d per cwt. In white there has been nothing done. To-day there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar; some disposition was shown to purchase yellow Havannah, and former rates were paid privately. 111oLAMES.—A better demand has prevailed for West India, and the rates previously established have been fully sustained. Bengal Syrup is wanted. To-day very tine Demerara Molasses at 27s per cwt. COCOA.—More demand has prevailed for good qualities of brought prices, h however, e per r, have cwt. Nsre a t sltnadnida. good Sa e Foreign at full ra t es , b ut little inclination has been shown to buy inferior kinds ; damaged African and tine red at good prices. I COFFEE.—West India of c l ean qua li ty has met with read buyers by private contract for home consumpt i on, and stiffer —_____ BUSFEILD FERRAND, ESQ.—An action has, been rates paid. This afternoon the home trade were less desirous commenced against this gentleman, we believe at 'the in tostance of the Anti-Corn-law League, on account of te speech purchase Ceylon Coffee; 65s to 66s for good or di nary, being 6d per cwt under former rates; Company's Java tak en he recently ma d e . Th e act i on w i ll b e tr i ed at the tnsuirig in at 48s for good, and 50s to 52 s for fine ordinary yellow ; assizes.—deed s Ti mes . African bought in at 545, and 300 bags of Costa Rico at 57s , A greater number of wild geese have passed over for middling dark coloury. the fens within the last few weeks than in any former year TEA. — A good demand has been experienced for all de- for some time past, an indication 'either that the frost la a set scriptions of Tea, and the rates paid have been id per lb in severely in the north, or th a t th ese bi r d s h ave t h e above those of the lazt public sale : common Congou for cash w ondrous faculty of prognosti , ming it s approach.—lpg, '-ich Eipress. has realised lied to llid,•good common 13 to is Id; Twan Names of Com panies. 11. 4e. 14 158. f per cent. I; per cent. 5 per cent. A 88. and/ 1r.5.6(1. tper cent. ?per cent. 454 per cent b per cent. Canals. Ashton and Oldham Ashby-de-la•Zouch-ay I Basingstoke Brecknock & Abergay 1 Birmingham,l-16thsh Do. and Liverp. Julia 1 Chelmer & Blackwator Coventry Cromford Dudley 1 Derby 1 Danube and Mayne Ellesmere and Chester 1 Erewash.. . ..... 1 Forth end Clyde Grand Junction Grand Union 1 Grand Surrey Grand Western Glarnorgansh., ay. cost 1 Gloucester & Berkeley 1 Grantham Huddersfield .... Kennet r..id Avon 4 •ay Lancaster av Leeds and Liverpool., Leicester Leicester & Noramp Loughborough ....,„.av Monmouthshire ...... Montgomeryshire Melton M0wbray......,, Mersey and Invell Macclesfield Neath Oxford Peak Ferest..... ..... Regent's (or London). Rochdale av Shropshire Somerset Coal Do. Lock Fund Stock Stafford and Worcester Shrewsbury Stourbridge Stratford .on.Avon...av Swansea Severn & Wye & Rail Trent & Mersey, 1 4 sh Thames & Medway-ay War wick and Birming. Warwick and Napton Worcester & Binning Wilts and Berks av Wisbeach Wcy and Arun Docks. Commercial East and West India London Ditto Bonds Bristol ay Do.Bnds, yar.amounts St. Katharine. Ditto 80nd5.... Ditto Bonds Southampton Bridges Hammersmith .... Southwark, new Subs. Ditto New of 7)4 pr c Waterloo Ditto Old Ann. °E SL Ditto New ditto of 71 Ditto 80nd5.... Vauxhall av Assurances Albion . . ............. •••• Alfred Life ...... ... ... Alliance Brit. and : FOr Ditto Marine ............. Atlas Birmingham Fire British British Commercial ••••• Clcr. Med. & Gen. Life County .................. Eagle Economic Life ...... European Life Ditto New Freemasons ............ Globe Guardian Hope Life. Ditto Fire. ..... Imperial Ditto Life... Indemnity Marine Law Life ........... . Legal and General Life London Fire Ditto Ship ..... . National Loan Fund Palladium Life • Protector Life Provident Rock Life ............... R yal Exchange Sun Fire Ditto Life ..... .... University Life. .......••• Universal Life" ~.. . Union Fire and Life Joint Stk Banks Australasia Ditto New Brit. North American Commercial of London Colonial London & Westminstr Ditto London Joint Stock Metropolitan Provincial of Ireland Ditto New National of Ireland..— Nat. Provincial Englnd Ditto New Gloucestershire......., Union of Australia Union of London Gaslight & Coke Bath British Ditto Provincial Birmingham Birming. & Staffordsh Bristol Brighton Ditto General City of London Ditto New Continental Consolid , Ditto New .......... Equitable Imperial Isle of Thanet Independent Plicenix Ratcliff ...... South Metropolitan.... United Genera 1..... .,,.. Westmins. Chartered.. Ditto New ........ Water Works. Birmingham ......... East London ••••„ Grand Junction.„,...ay Kent ......... Nw Riy Lon. Bridg An. Manchester and Salford Vauxhall late S. Lond. West Mid Yrk Buldg CoCe• Les:Prop Iron Railways, Birmingham & Derby firming. & Gloucester Bristol and Exeter.... Cheltenbin & Gt. West Clarence Eastern Counties Edinburgh & Glasgow Ditto New. .......... . Grand J u nction.. G r eat North of Engl . nd Great VVestern Ditto Half Shares .„• Ditto Fifths Hull and Selby ....... Leeds and 5e1by.....,,,,. Li v erpool & Manchestr Ditto Half-Shares Ditto Quarter-Shares London and Brighton Ditto Loan Notes. London and Bl.ckwali London and Greenwich London and Birmingh. Ditto Quarter-Shares Ditto Thirds London and S. Western I London and Croydon M a nchester and Leeds Ditto New Shares, Manchstr and Birming Ditto Extension. ..... Midland Counties North Midland Do. 34-Sh., isa. 10 dis. Northern and Eastern Ditto ScrlF, l ss• dis. P a ris and ouen Stockton & Darlington South East. and Dover Ditto New, lag. 25dis. York and N. Midland„, Ditto New Shares Mines. Albion Copper Alten Anglo Mex., iss.sl. p.m Ditto Subscription Bolanos Dina Scrip Brazil. Imp. isa. 51. p.m Do. Mocaub. & Coc. U, Do. St. John Del Rey British Iron Candonga. Ditto Registered ' Cobre Copper Copiapo Columbian, iss. 5L General Mining Hibernian Imperial Slate CompY Mexican Mining Co. of Real del Monte, Unreg. Ditto Loan Notes ..... . Rhymney Iron Santiago de Cuba..." United Mex., iss.2l. pm Ditto Scrip ........... Ditto New Scrip Literary. Londn,with Sin. Ticket London University ••••• Russell King's College Miscellaneous Anglo Mexican Mint Australian Agricultur Brit. American Land, Canada ............ Upper Canada Bonds Copper Miners' Comp Gen. Steam Navigation Iberian Mercantile Co. Ditto Property Met. Wood Pay., big. IL Mex. and S. American New Brunswick (Land) New Zealand .... . . Penins. & Orien. Steam Royal Mail Steam ... . Reversionary Int. Soc South Australian Thames Tunnel. .. . Van Diemen's Land LIST OF SCOTTISH COM JAN. 21, Bark of Scotland...... Royal Bank ............... British Linen ComPbY• Commercial Bank ...... Glasgow Union Bank.. Western Bank . ..... Central Bk. of Scotland Caledonian Insurance. Hercules Insurance..... North Brit. Insurance Insurance Co. of Scotl. Edinburgh Life Insur. Scottish Union Insur... Standard Life Insur.... Dalkeith Railway ...... Rim. and Glas. Railwq Glasg. and Green. Raii. Dundeeend Arhr RaiL (per cent. (per cent. Eper cent. (per cent. ,per cent. I pet cent. I per cent. eper cent. 7per cent. 9 per cent. tper cent. (per cent. 100 0 25 0 50 0 20 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 70 0 0 80 0 0 100 0 0 23 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 100 0 0 100 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 12 0 0 50-0 0 1100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 2 0 0 32 0 0 flier cent. tper cent. •4 per cent. 2►)4 percent 10 0 0 30 0 0 40 0 0 7 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 40 • 0 45 0 0 15 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 59 0 0 20 0 0 31 0 13 10 0 100 0 V 25 0 1 150 0 0 21 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 75 0 0 7 10 0 7 10 0 40 0 0 13 0 0 55 0 0 2000 10 10 0 3 0 0 59 0 0 7 0 0 150 e 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 2 10 0 ' lOO - 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 30 0 0 95 10 0 92 10 0 3 0 0 14 0 0 1 10 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 7 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 PANIES' PRICES. 1844.1 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 10 0 1 0 0 2 10 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 [anley, h the A deputation, consisting of Mr. Woodham, Mr. Mr. Ilawant, arid Mr. Allix, had an interview wit Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his officia dence in Downing-street. The Belgian Minister transacted busipess yesterday at the Foreign-office. Amount Share. Paid. i Price. X s. d. -r 100 0 0 41 13 4 too o 0 ,100 0 0 All paid Dividend per Annum D# per cent. 41. 4 per cent. 4/. 401. 8/. 153. 71. 11. ss. 131 12s. Bd. 15s. 11 10s. 34!. JO!. 171. 301. 3% 17s. 6,1 41. 81. 10/. 6 percent. 28 151. 20:. IL 10s. 151. 321.705. 101. 81. 108. 41. 11. 48. 3 per cent. 4 per cent. 4 per cent. 4 per cent. Sl. 10s. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 134 per cent. 4 per cent. 4 per cent. % per cent. I/. Os. BJ. 18s. Id. per cent. 11. Is. 3s IN. 4 percent. 6 per cent. 6 per cent. 138. Gd. pr sh 5/. 6s. 4 per cent. 7s. per share 5 per cent. 3/. 6s. 5 per cent./ & 30s. 1x15.5 51! per cent. 5 per cent. per cent. 6 per cent. 5 per cent. 4s. 2s. 6d. 12 per cent. 'l2s. I/. sh. & bds. It 50. 10s. 'IN. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. IL ss. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. 1/. 4g. 5 per cent. lON per cent 5/. R per cent. 6 per cent. 5 percent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. e per cent. 8 per cent. 8 per cent. 6 per cent. 218 per share 6s. per share 10 per cent, 5 per cent, 16s. I/. ss. 11. 7s. 51. and bs. 446/. zind bs. 10 per cent. 4 per cent. 81 per sh 315 s per sit 21. 6 per cent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. 5 per cent 6 per cent. 434 per cent. 31. 12s. 21. 10s. 21. 10s. 21. 10s. bper cent. 41. 168. 1/. 14s. 10 per sh 11. .14. 4 per cent. 21. 10e. Bs. per sh. 2L ss. per sh ls 10d per eh 10 per cent 3% per cent. it. 58. per 8h 2%1. per sh. Ns. per sh. 4 per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. 1)0. per sh 10/. per sh, 11. 14L Bi.per share 384 d per sh 31.17 e. pr eh 113 e per eh 14 1/. 10s. IL ss. 15s. 1/. Ils. 10d. 15percent. per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. IL il. N. 17e. 6d. 1. 10e. tOper cent. 10s. per sh. 11. /OL rer 100 0 0 Stock Stock 141 9 0 Stock 600 0 50 0 0 63 2 8 50 0 0 100 0 0 79 10 9 60 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 55 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 210 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 250 0 0 An paid 2 0 0 3 0 0 36 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 ( 50 0 0 10 0 0 5 13 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 6 5 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 54) 0 0 200 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 25 0 0 10 0 • 17 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 6 25 0 0 10 0 0 16 0 0 18 0 0 19 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 31 5 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 39 0 • 80 0 0 25 0 0 48 0 0 10 0 0 26 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20u 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 20 0 0 77 10 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 30 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 A 0 50 0 0 50 0 25 0 0 190 0 0 41 13 4 100 0 0 SO 0 0 100 0 0 63 12 9 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 100 0 100 0 0 100 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 16 13 4 12 15 4 100 0 0 32 0 9 41 6 10 13 15 9 100 0 0 50 0 0 70 0 0 70 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 A 50 0 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 15 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 35 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 55 0 20 0 50 0 10 0 60 0 25 0 50 0 25 0 40 0 75 0 100 0 25 0 10 0 100 0 50 0 100 0 100 0 15 0 5 9 5 11 10 0 10 0 500 105 91}( 65 620 280 3'o so 240 28 495 70 :37% 107, 101% 21 3 171 3% 24 20% 72% 17 5 1514 6% 5% 400 u. io.. I^4 46 63 184 164 16% 2 40s. 20s. 41 170 205 12% 45% 43* 40 130.. 3554 71)4 29 28% 653( 13 2 20S 81 58 60 72 5 69 25 101( 112% '72% lON CO 110 11% C r g 2t4 77% 16% 113 48 3 4 39 91 IA 96 47% 55% 23 32% 265 25Y 36 125 i 57 2 1 3 6 4% 118 13 13 9 39 101 i 2-1! ‘ 1 30 s i n 4 4 52% 18 104 1604 161 217 12 CENTRAL CRI VIINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE and Mr. Justice Causstvro..) Charles Edwards, a young man of respectable ar pearance, was charged with having feloniously attempted to discharge a loaded pistol at Matilda Potter, with intent to murder her. In another count, the prisoner's intent was laid to be to maim and disable the prosecutrix, or to do her some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Payne conducted the prosecu tion ; Mr. Wilkins defended the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence, that the prosecutrix is a widow, and lives with her mother, who keeps a coffee house in Bridge-house-place, Southwark. The prisoner had lodged in the house, and paid attentions to the pro secutrix, which it appeared were discouraged by be? and her mother, and in October he quitted the house. He continued to come there, however, and continued his attention to the prosecutrix, although he was repea tedly requested to desist from so doing, and also not th to e con? to the house. On Sunday, the 14th January, and soner went to the prosecutrix in the coffee-room, ouri told her that he was come to wish her good-bye, "7 tiiut she would not see him any more, and he t hen we°7 away. About five o'clock the next evening, the prison en again went to the house and, after some conver satio ., with the prosecutrix, he ' drew a pistol from his pocketlb , pointed it close to her neck, and pulled the trigger, b; fortunately without effect, as the pistol did n ot exploae r, The prosecutrix's mother laid hold of the prisone e. upon which he said that he would serve her the sanit; The prisoner was then secured by a policeman, an9_!a the pistol being examined, it was found to be chttrF's with gunpowder and a ball. The prosecutrix on being cross-examined said than the prisoner had paid her attentions for three or fo r ii.. months, and always expressed the greatest affection for her. Upon one occasion he took a ring from her fil l g e . o and wore it until the next day, when he returned 1„t her. She denied that she had ever expressed any un e t c ; tion for him, but said that he had often t o ld her tha t ' n would die for her. Some letters were produced by P. Wilkins which she admitted were in her handwriting -, The evidence of the prosecutrix was corroborated Pit her m)ther and other witnesses, one of whom said, ti after the prisoner had made the first attemp t to 0;e 5 ' charge the pistol, he pulled back the hammer of the pis tol, apparently for the purpose of making a second t' , tempt, and when he was secured he said that he i d t tended to shoot the prosecutrix, and afterwards 511° ° himself. Mr. The constable, upon being cross-examined by — O , Mums, said that the nipple of the exploded was 5 clogged up that it was not likely to have . Mr. Wu.KINs, on behalf of the prisoner, c ontende; that the evidence only showed the prisoner to have beeof guilty of a silly, foolish act, merely with the in tention frightening the prosecutrix, and that he had no Wel' tion either to kill or to injure her in any manner. Mr. Justice CRESWELL having summed up the rAT, the jury, after a very short deliberation, returned it diet of Guilty. The prisoner was sentenced to be transported f°f fifteen years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) C 1.. ERK EN WELL. Joseph Tuohy, a managing Chancery clerk, was fin s t - be , examined on two separate and distinct chargee — : d a e /.0 6 ' one for embezzling a banker's cheque for 83 a large quantity of lawyers' briefs, account-books, le other valuable documents ; the other for embezzling (01 sum of 9/. 9s. 2d., being the amount of a cheqtle_. 6 , Messrs. Cocks and Biddulph, bankers, Cha rin g -o rry both being the property of his employer, Mr. 13 ,Lg Bedford, a solicitor, 4, Gray's Inn-square, and rest at 20, Calthorpe-street, St. Pancras. -a tr, The preceding part of the case appeared in Ti'e , - , 1 4 0$ of the 25th ult. It will be recollected tha t on ifs.o occasion the evidence adduced went to prove no on the 9th December, 1839, the prisoned receiver f ro m on his employer a cheque on the bank of Messrs. and Co., which he was directed to hand over to . _co g • W. Harcourt Torriano, a Chancery barrister, relairo. in Stone-buildings, Lincoln's Inn, as payment of por fessional fees. It was further proved that thererlsosr. had received a cheque for 9/. 9s. 2d. n vi e et- Bachey, a solicitor, residing in Salisbury-square, .g". street, as payment Of a debt due to Mr. Bedford. 0 , The prisoner acknowledged having received of cheque for 831., and stated that this was the amount, the debt due by the prosecutor to Mr. Torriano for po r fessional service, including a deduction of 5 or 1 0 4, cent., which the prisoner alleged Mr. Torriano's had informed him his master would make for inune s ' ll* payment. He had accounted for the cheque. Mr. Bedford said the prisoner ment ioned _ to him this alleged communication of Mr. Torriano's clerk, e il i e he believed that a deduction of 5 per cent. was lee ;, from Mr. Torriano's bill, in conse que nce o 1 the P h r i, soner's pressing it so earnestly upon him. On t t matter, however, he could not sp e ak with certain )* The prisoner had not accounted to him for the cheque% Mr. COMM expressed his very great surprise that respectable and eminent a lawyer , as Mr. To rrisev .. would consent to so unprofessional a deduction as thav mentioned ; he could not believe it. James Barry, Mr. Torriano's clerk, deposed that h e made no such communication to the prisoner. Mr. Torriano deposed that he never consented to and such arrangement with Mr. Bedford, the prisoner, or any other person. He considered that such an arrange' ment would be unworthy of a barrister. He had. never received the cheque from the prisoner. Mr. Bedford swore he had not authorised the prisone r , to receive the cheque from Mr. Bachey, and that he ha not, in any way, accounted to witness for it. The P soner, on the night of his apprehension, the 24th tilt'' besought witness's forgiveness, and, when refuse Cat began to weep, and, running into a dark par t of thorpe-fields, said he would cut his throat with his P knife. Ile subsequently attemp te d to esca p e by runtini& away, but was finally secured by .a police-officer. ury Mr. Scarlett, clerk to Messrs. Roberts, and Mr - clerk to Messrs. Cocks and Biddulph, deposed that t ts, prisoner had the cheques cashed at these establishol. 0, Inspector Barton deposed to having foun d a quolij', of account-books, briefs and papers, in the house offied Deacon, 6, Borough-road, which Mr. Bedford idellti as his property. tl OBO Mr. Deacon deposed that the prisoner p laced things in his custody in July, - 1843. i ttia The prisoner said he would• reoerve his defenc e s. • was fully committed for trial. • , „„. e of Williaw Beckley was finally examine-0 on a eo lky ltir. embezzling SO/., the property of his erk22 3l ?)l3 . 'road' Hutley, a wholesale cheesemonger, residing e , street, Bloombury. The s . The facts of the case have already appe ar prisoner was fully committed for trial. WORSHIP-STREET. • hi, ?i lia ' Yesterday an elderly man, named Robert li r rig of for nearly twenty years, carried on the businels wo bookbinder and stationer in Brick-lane, St. Luk e : t re charged before Mr. Broughton with receiving $ quantity of printing materials, the property 9f Ford, a master printer, in Beech-street, Barbican•tweite The prosecutor, a Quaker, had, for the las t . ais months, missed a vast quantity of property, for tnetiotii appearance of which ere was at a loss to account)nori, his suspicion at length sted upon four of hi s app last tices, upon whom he set a watch, and who wer e , ° Lit s ix detected. The boys were given into custeclY au t ° he weeks ago, and examined at this Court, whe n ' h eo dence being clearly against them, they were each boa. mitted to the House of Correction for o ne mont"..,, any labour. The boys had, all through, refus ed to g . V .ein to information as to the person who had induced on rob their limiter; but, on coming o ut of Pril'seper. Thursday last, they went to the house of thou r otr oel who gave them a lodging for that night , the them out in the morning; and refused to renoei,t, t hey any further assistance; in consequence of wh i t i c fee ling were obliged to go back to their master, an the pri very indignant at what they conceived to be w hole soner's ingratitude, related to the prosecutor the been rob' facts of the case. They stated that they had be lt rao st bing their master for the last eleven months to v ote' shameful extent, of type, boards, iron chases , s. l : l , e r car rials of every description, all of which they ei,`!:,„ tied to the prisoner's house, or delivered to_ f o r ! '" e t heir sonally in the early part of the morning, l ev e r y ° master was up, the prisoner coming almostfid eam ing to receive it and take it away in an a pron, B . ng the ° time urging them to get him more, proinisi awe. they should never be without a shilling whil e t ! !e lea 0 ; 4 1 1 The prosecutor, on learning the fact, coinnuo" - salin e ; the police, who went to the prisoner's house ot t _i_ es se" night and searched it, where they found two eg s h iade s creted in a cellar under the stairs, eleven hne l. par C m in a a d c e lo u s p e t in , aton books , a,and qu b a r n e t v i i t e y r o t f y p t heeipar os prisoner was then taken into cust,ody. Denia rtl i , l : Mansfield, and two of the apprentices narne u n s he t".s Franklin and John Summer, clearly estak t a g charge, and the prisoner, who merely wassai°allot C deal of what had been stated against him ~ ecutoe ti" tact, was fully committed to Newgate foardtrir a a : er 4b1117? Jani e BIRTHS. Airs' On the 31st ult., at the Grove, Southwark, Dale, of a son. Lieutena nt On the Ist inst., at Paris, the lady o f ~, s s tis Richards, Adjutant of the 3 d Regiment of 13011-)'-' Wif e Infantry, of a son. the grs of O w n . ttec2odpien,sEt.s,q.a,tofGarosvone-.terrace, Kentish -town, .Willl 6lll On the 2d inst., in Oxford- terrace, Hyde - Pa r '" ; f 0 m r James Grane, of a daughter. uc kinghains On the 4th inst., at Greenlands, Bu-- a, the vi * osr , of George Jackson, Es q., of a son. o f CaPt airj On the sth inst., at Kensington, the lady low, of the 61st Regiment, of a daughter. th e MARRIED. Rev. J. R. Pitman, John S. Bailey, Esq., On the Bth inst., at St. Mary's Church, ofhter of O" Edinburgh, to Emma Margaret, third daug De Vear, Esq., of 8, Kensington-crescen t. Earl of DIED. sod 29 ' Bessborough, aged 87. • ter EA" On the 3d inst., at Canford, Dorset, Frederick, . 1 " - On the 26th ult., in London, George Lis , . On the 27th ult., at Somerley, near r!g,,_ l a, Lig Edward Weston, Esq., formerly Captain in Lac Ken r singt otog ilo,blner... ° cl Dragoons, aged 71. On the 4th inst., at Thistle-grove, Atli formerly a Captain in the Militia, aged q. f John On the sth inst., Sarah Ann, the wife o • k-o uAlli o' Esq., of Russell-square. Thomas F On the sth inst., in Hunter-street, Bruns wic 1 (1 8 : Mary, the widow of the late William Beckett, Es<l. , _,. 'pert On the 4th inst., Mr. Richard Stafford Bawling, u` • la -o °4 ' terrace, New Kingson, Surr. On the 6th inst., t at Commeyercial-place, Corny:Lac' Trea" Thoas Hall aged 85. On the 6th , inst., a t IVarnham Cour t, Sussex, Henri croft, Es q., aged 56. Mr. Henry Rimell, of New Bond - s treet, aged 58• y London ; Printed and Publis hed by MIJRD be No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, N 0.112, Stran d , County of Middlesex, Thursday, February 8, 1843' 4 1 , 11 d ( ; ) ,ERS l N inittett rie d othe m `*,t4qtieste„ NoTii t fr _A LI) Loiini)% ~_ t* LEXja, F Ea t (ga.n4 ea I nt l it I ,x 11,41 I,„lnpt, t h e l u tired !,',. the M Frb. 2 p at I ' °f the 1,4t1,1,11aza tiro vnt, h kkat, "ea CL . FI 111 R %Mt ',Yid 14.1,:71; -cial fre e 'fg ke. ti t ,r't tap ...pnental good tr Pr " 'UR t Zl 3 ' ttal a|aSsi L`q - but ett t - ",_ Jo RAc N i '416 41Pi NT tatin 411112.9' r , 1 4, ° Purr k th ita If thi dint; Ton lu L~ dy M