The Sun. — London, England, 1839-11-25 00:00:00

EVENINO- EDITION. ECCLESIASTICAL COUItTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. lilts,—Permit me to direct your attention to the case of Apsley Pellatt, Esq., of this parish, now pending in the Arches Court of Canterbury, which illustrates in a remarkable degree the unconstitutional and oppressive character of those hotbeds of pro-clerical tyranny, the Ecclesiastical Courts. My object in troubling you is, not so much to expose the grievous individual injustice of which Mr. Pellatt has been made the victim, as to awaken the public mind to a due appreciation of the infamy o f a system not more flagrantly opposed to every principle of common justice than it is to the gene ral spirit of British law. What judicial impartiality can be reasonably looked for in Courts which derive their jurisdiction, not from the appointment of the Crown, acting as trustee for the benefit of the sub ject, as is the case with all our other tribu nals, bat created, maintained, furnished with Judges, forms of pleading, and authority, to enforce their decisions, by the very corporation which must always be one party in every case submitted to them. Is it not obvious that the bias, if not of the individual now pre siding at least of the authorities to whose dicta his de terminations are expected to conform, must be strongly in favour of those whose creatures they have been ? Where one litigant nominates the Judge, the other suitor must be sanguine indeed to hope for an independ ent and even-handed judgment. And what must be the state of things when this process has continued for a ges, and each succeeding expounder of laws, origi nally enacted for the benefit of one party, has no other temptation than to emulate the zeal of his predessors in the service of that establishment to which he is indebted for the position he holds ? Hence the monstrous de cisions, the irreconcileable incongruities, the harsh pu nishments, which, however consistent with the dark and cruel bigotry of past ages, exhibit such an appearance of deformity in the light of the nineteenth century ! So long as the right of foreigners to interfere in the concerns of the people of this country was recognised or tolerated by law, such things were naturally to be expected. Whilst the nations of Europe bowed in slavish subjec tion to the authority of an Italian priest, and Kings were not ashamed to own that their thrones were held at his good pleasure, it was perhaps a necessary conse quence that tribunals of his erection, and independent D f municipal authority, should exist in every Popish c ountry, to mock the power and supersede the jurisdic tion of the national laws. But is it to be endured that, haring shaken off the great moral incubus, we are to con tinue to suffer under a thousand minor but more galling tormentors? Has the burial of Popery been indeed but the sowing of the dragon's teeth ? Shall this in:- perium in imperio last for ever? For my own part, I would as soon my property and liberty were at the mercy of a Judge appointed by a Romish, as by an :English Bishop ; and to the public—more particularly the Dissenters—l presume it is indifferent whether the power to scourge them is derived from a believer in T r ansubstantiation, or one who has swallowed the Thirty-nine Articles from Dr. Capwllari or Dr. Phil potts. Cons,der for a moment the recent decision of Sir H. Jenner in the case of Mr. Pellatt. By that it is esta blished that an overcharge of 25 per cent. in a rating is immaterial and insufficient to invalidate proceedings taken for recovery of the whole amount ; in other words, should any man dare to resist an illegal and excessive charge, he may be dragged into an Ecclesiastical Court, and although the miserable remnant of fixed principle, to be found even there, should compel the Judge to decide that the demand is unjust, the defendant is sad died with costs incurred in the attempt to plunder him For even on the view of the case taken by the Church functionary himself, the original demand was illegal and improper; if so, why not resist it? and if resisted with 1 :' success, why should the party, sought to be robbed of his property unlawfully, suffer through the ignorance or dishonesty of his persecutors? When Mr. Pellatt's protest was overruled, he was compelled to pay the cost of that preliminary proceed ing, without any reference to the ultimate issue of the cause ; but when Mr. Peilatt clearly establishes that ihe has been improperly dragged into Court , the Judge allows the Churchwardens to amend their libel, so as to present a state of facts not too glaringly at variance with the truth, and the costs of this blundering, or to speak more correctly, false statement, are to abide the result. Surely nothing can be more unjust, or more at variance with every principle by which proceedings be tween man and man are regulated. Ido no not mean to impeacn the integrity of Sir H. Jenner. No doubt he had sufficient precedents for both decisions ; but, as an Englishman, I feel , indignant that we should still tolerate a system so replete with injustice. Why should not the clergy sue in the same Courts, and with the same forms of proceeding as the rest of her Majesty's stal ljects ? How long are the Queen's Courts to be super seded by the authority of those bitter legacies of Po t pery ? Surely it is time to revert to the practice of our free Saxon ancestors, and repudiate a system repro bated as well by Blackstone and all our great Constitu tional writers, as by every rational and conscien tious man. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN INHABITANT OF CHRISTCHURCH. Nov. 18, 1839. MR. CHARLES GREEN'S PROPO SITION TO CROSS THE ATLANTIC IN A BALLOON. Mr. C. Green has authorised the following statement of the grounds upon which be founds his assertion of the possibility of making a journey in a balloon from New York, across the Atlantic, to Europe. He states that balloons inflated with carburetted hydrogen, or common coal gas, will retain this fluid unimpaired in its buoyancy, and very slightly diminished in quantity, for a great length of time ; whilst on the contrary the pure hydrogen is so subtile a gas, and capable of so great a degree of tenuity, as to escape through the imper ceptible pores of the silk, whether prepared in the ordinary manner or by means of dissolved India rubber. These facts are the result of observations made during 27b ascents ; on many of these occasions, a smaller balloon has been filled at a neighbouring gas-work, and has been brought a distance of 5 or 6 miles to fill that in which he in tended to ascend, retaining, in many instances, its con tents nearly the same in quantity and quality for nearly a week. The aeronaut has travelled 2,900 miles with the same supply of gas, and could have continued its use for three month s, if necessary. As to making the voyage from America to Europe, Mr. Green dates its possibility from the following facts :—On all occasions in which the balloons in which he or other aeronauts bad gained an altitude beyond the lower current of air, or land-breezes, they found one uniform current of air com ing from the Atlantic, and blowing west, north-west, or west by north, whilst the under winds, from different causes, were blowing from points completely at variance with the above : the ascent of the machine into these upper currents is perfectly easy, and the same altitude may be kept for an indefinite time with equal facility. In 1836, Mr. Green made a proposition at Paris to cross the Atlantic in a balloon, when he received a letter from Admiral Sir Sidney Smith confirming his observations as to the direction of the upper currents, and in which that gallant officer states his conviction of the safety of the proposed undertaking, and his rea diness to accompany the aeronaut from New York to Europe in his balloon. It must be kept in mind that a balloon is not borne along as is a ship by the force of the wind, having to overcome the impediment inter posed by passing through a denser element like the water, but is a body lighter than the air itself in which it floats, and is wafted at the same speed as the air itself travels, as if it were a part of the moving body. The wide ex panse of sea offers no impediment to the undertaking, and a machine as large as the Nassau Balloon could easily be fitted up for the reception of three persons, and victualled for three .or four months if necessary. The machine could be lowered to the earth and ascend as often as it pleased the voyagers, by the adoption of the same plans as those used in the voyage to Germany. Mr. Green, having established the facts of a current of air continually passing round the earth in the direction of west-north-west, the capability of his machine to retain the carburetted hydrogen gas for an unlimited time, and of its power of sustaining itself in the air for weeks--under these circumstances, and trusting to the faith he has always endeavoured to keep with the public as a claim to their confidence on this occasion, offers to take upon himself to traverse the Atlantic from New York to England in a balloon to be constructed for that purpose, and that he will make the experiment without any reward for his exertions. PARLIAMENTARY PUNS.—Our facetious con temporary, the Charivari, has for some time been in the daily of habit of publishing telegraphic despatches which it pretends pass between MM. Sauzet and Dupin. On Wednesday last M. Sauzet, the grave President of the Chamber of Deputies, is made to ask M. Dupin (the Lord Brougham of France), " Pourquoi l'Anglais est it l'homme le plus cruel ?" To which M. Dupin re p lied " Parcequ'il se glor i fi e d'etrangler" (d' e t re An , eais). On Tuesday M. Dupin asked M. Sauzet, .. Laquelle est la lettre la plus joye ,, u de l' a l p h a b et ?" M. Sauzet replied, " C'est l'Orient (I 'O riant). s ome time since M. Dupin asked his friend, . Comment peut ou faire des bottes avec des pommes?" The President replied, " En les iesant cuire" (Cuir). An order has been received from her Majesty b y Mr. Burke, of Limerick, for twelve dozen pairs of Li merick gloves, such as sent last ; when complete to ba forwarded to Windsor Castle. INNER TEMPLE, Nov. 22, 1839,—The fol lowing gent l emen, v i z. , Ed war d Pl a tt, William Ather ton, John Edward Panter, Stephen Charles Den ison, John Willi amson Fulton, James William M‘Donald, it William W e b s t er W a t son , Willi am F o rsyth, Geo - go oodin M ou l ton B arrett, G eorge Tickell, Forsyth, \VII' s, Rich ar d F or d , J ames Pla i sted Wild e, Robert ~r - , orp, Geor ge T ay l or, and J ohn Edward Gil es, E sqrs ., 7 . e this day b een ca ll e d to the degree of barristers-at ::l' ' by the Hon. S oc i ety o f the Inner T emp l e. \ 1 -, ---4 EXTRAORDINARY FECUNDITY.—There is a 1 e iie sheep, now living, in perfect health, in the posses ..Li- lion of Mr. Joseph Taverner, of D occom b e , i n t h e pa r - i s Al of Moretonhampstead, of the age of tw en ty y ears , that bas had the extraordinary numb er o f 38 lambs, ...._ :~f .~'" :r: -.~: : / e > a •1/4-•,1 . -=?= THE POST-OFFICE. (From Friday's Gazette 4 TREASURY MINUTE FOR REGULATING THE RATES OF POSTAGE. Whereas by an Act passed in the last session of Par liament, intituled " An Act for the further Regulation of the Duties on Postage, until the sth day of October, 1840." power is given to the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, or any three of them, by war rant under their hands, to alter, fix, reduce , or remit all or of any of the rates of Briti sh or inland or other post age payable by law on the transmission of postletters, and to subject such letters to rates of postage according to the weight thereof, and a scale of w eight to be contained in such warrant (without reference to the distance or number of miles the same may be conveyed), and to fix and limit the weight of letters to be sent by the post ; and, from time to time, by war rant as aforesaid, to alter or repeal any such altered or reduced rates, and make and establish any new or other rates in lieu thereof ; and, from time to time, by warrant as aforesaid, to appoint at what time the rates which may be payable are to be paid, that is to say, whether on posting the letter or on the receipt thereof, or at either of those times, at teh option of the sender ; provided that all such warrants should be inserted in the London Gazette ten days at least before coming into operation, and should, within fourteen days after making the same, be laid before both Houses of Parliament (if then sitting), or other wise within fourteen days after Parliament should meet. And whereas an Act was passed in the first year of the reign of her present Majesty, chap. 34, intituled " An Act for the Regulation of the Duties on Postage ;" and another Act was passed in same Session, chap. 76, intituled " An Act to Impose Rates of Packet Postage on East India Letters, and to amend certain Acts re• lating to the Post Office ;" and another Act was passed in the first and second years of the reign of her present Majesty, chap. 97, intituled " An Act for Imposing Rates of Postage on the Conveyance of Letters by Packet Boats between places in the Mediterranean and other parts." Now we, the undersigned (being three of the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury), do in the exercise of the power or authority in us for such pur pose vested in and by the said first-mentioned Act, and of all other powers enabling us in this behalf, by this warrant, under our hands, order and direct that this present warrant shall come into operation on the sth day of December next, and that all letters (not being by law specially exempted from postage), which, on or after that day shall be posted in any town or place within the United Kingdom, or within any of the islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, and Man, or shall be brought from parts beyond the seas to any port or place within the United Kingdom, or the said islands, by any packet-boat or private vessel, shall be subject to the several regulations and rates hereinafter con tained. And we further order and direct that, on and after the said sth day of December next, the present prac tice of charging the rates of postage on letters trans mitted by the general post, consisting of more than one sheet of paper, or containing any inclosure, shall be . wholly discontinued ; and thenceforth all letters, of whatever description, transmitted through the general post, and legally chargeable with postage, shall be charged by weight, as hereinafter mentioned. And we hereby fix and limit the following scale of weight of letters to be transmitted through the general post, and we subject such letters, on and after the said sth day of December next, to the following rates of postage (that is to say) : On every letter, not exceeding half an ounce in weight, there shall be charged and taken one rate of postage. On every letter, exceeding half an ounce, and not exceeding one ounce in weight, there shall be charged and taken two rates of postage. On every letter, exceeding one ounce, and not ex ceeding two ounces in weight, there shall be charged and taken four rates of postage. On every letter, exceeding two ounces, and not ex ceeding three ounces in weight, there shall be charged and taken six rates of postage. And on every letter exceeding three ounces, and not exceeding four ounces in weight, there shall be charged and taken eight rates of postage ; and for every ounce in weight above the weight of four ounces there shall be charged and taken two additional rates of postage ; and every fraction of an ounce, above the weight of four ounces, shall be charged as one additional ounce. And we order and direct that no letter exceeding sixteen ounces in weight shall, in any case, be forwarded by the general post between places within the United Kingdom and the said islands, or from the said United Kingdom and the said islands to parts beyond the seas. except letters franked, or by law specially exempted from postage, or letters posted as franks, although chargeable with postage, and except letters forwarded by, or addressed to, some public office or department, or letters arriving in the United Kingdom or the said islands from parts beyond the seas, or plantation ac counts, patterns, and samples of goods, deeds, books, pamphlets, and other printed papers, forwarded by post in conformity with the regulations, from time to time, in force respecting the same, between the United King dom or the said islands, and the British colonies or fo reign parts, and except bankers' parcels forwarded pursuant to the regulations of the said Act of the first year of her present Majesty, cap. 34. And we hereby fix and limit the following rates of postage to be paid to her Majesty's Postmaster-Ge neral for the use of her Majesty, on and after the sth day of December next, on the letters next hereinafter mentioned, and we order and direct the same to be charged and paid accordingly ; that is to say— INLAND LETTERS. On all letters not by law specially exempted from postage, and not exceeding half an ounce in weight, transmitted by the general post between places within the United Kingdom, or between the said islands, or between the United Kingdom and the said islands (not being letters sent to or from parts beyond the seas), there shall be charged and taken one uniform rate of postage of fourpence, without reference to the number of sheets or pieces of paper, or inclosures, of which the same may be comprised, or to the distance or number of miles the same shall be conveyed. On all such letters, if exceeding half an ounce in weight, there shall be charged and taken progressive and additional rates of postage (each additional rate being estimated at fourpence) according to the scale of weight, and number of rates hereinbefore fixed and declared. PACKET LETTERS. On all letters, not exceeding half an ounce in weight, transmitted, by packet-boat, between any place within the United Kingdom or the said islands, and any other of the British dominions or colonies (except the Cape of Good Hope, Ceylon, the Mauritius, and the East Indies), there shall be charged and taken one rate of postage of one shilling, and, if exceeding such weight, then progressive and additional rates of postage, ac cording to the scale of weight hereinbefore contained, each additional rate being estimated at 3ne SHIP LETTERS. That all letters transmitted under the authority of the Postmaster-General by private vessels or packet-boats between places in the United Kingdom, or between the United Kingdom and the said islands, or between the said islands, shall be considered as forwarded by the general post between such places, and be charged ac cordingly. That on all letters transmitted by vessels not being packet-boats between the United Kingdom or the said islands, and any place beyond the seas (except Ceylon the Mauritius, the Cape of Good Hope, and the East Indies), there shall be charged and taken the rates of postage following ; that is to say, if posted at the port of departure within the United Kingdom or the said islands, or if addressed to, and delivered at, the port of the ship's arrival within the United Kingdom or the said islands, and not exceeding half an ounce in weight, one rate of eight pence ; and if posted at any other place within the United Kingdom or the said islands than the port of depar ture, or if addressed to and delivered at any other place within the United Kingdom or the said islands than the port of the ship's arrival, and not exceeding half an ounce in weight, a rate of one shilling ; and if exceeding such weight, then progressive additional rates of post age according to the scale of weight hereinbefore con tained, estimating and charging each additional rate at eightpence or one shilling respectively, as the case may be. FOREIGN LETTERV. That on all foreign letters, not exceeding h a lf an ounce in weight transmitted by post between the United Kingdom or the said islands and parts beyond the seas, and on all colonial letters, not exceeding that weight, transmitted by post between the United Kingdom or the said islands, and any of her Majesty's dominions or colonies (through France), there shall be charged and taken the same rates of British postage (both inland and packet rates) as are by law now payable in respect of single letters so transmitted (the inland rates on such letters being charged and calculated according to the distance or number of miles the same shall be conveyed where the same are now so charged and calculated), and on every letter so transmitted, exceeding half an ounce in weight, there shall be charged and taken progressive and additional rates of inland and packet postage ac cording to the scale of weight hereinbefore contained, estimating and c h ar gi n g each rate at the amount now payable for ever y suc h s i ng l e l e tt e r, and charging the inland rates as aforesaid. EAST INDIA LETTERS. That on all letters transmitted between the United Kingdom or the said isl,inds and the Cape of Good Hope, Crvlo n , an d Mauritius', or the East Indies, there shall be charged and taken the like rates of sea postage as are now by law payabl e in respect of such letters, and also the like rates for the inland conveyance of such let ters within the United Kin g d om and the said islands as w ould be payable if such letters had b een transm i t t e d b y , p o st within the United Kingdom or t h e sa id i s l an d s exc lusively, according to the scale of weight and rates herein before fixed and declared. And we order and direct that all additional rates THE SUN, LONAON, MONDAY, gOVEMBER 25, 1839. now payable by law on letters transmitted by post to or from Ireland, by way of Holyhead, in respect of the Menai Bridge, and by way of Conway and Chester, in respect of Conway Bridge, and by way of Milford and Waterford, and also the additional rate of one half penny on letters conveyed by the post in any part of Scotland by a mail-carriage with more than two wheels, shall, on and after the said sth day of December next, be wholly remitted, and shall cease to be payable. That all additional rates for letters originally sent by the general post, to places within the United Kingdom or the said islands, directed beyond the limits of the delivery of the general post, and delivered by any two penny post or penny post, or originally sent by any twopenny or penny post, and afterwards passing through the general post, shall be remitted and cease to be pay able, except on letters franked or exempted by law from the general post rates, but subject to the twopenny or penny post rates, which letters shall still continue liable to, and chargeable with, the twopenny and penny post rates, when transmitted by any such post. That on all letters not exceeding half an ounce in weight, and not being by law specially exempted from the twopenny and penny post rates, transmitted by any twopenny or penny post in London or Dublin (and not having passed through or being intended to pass through the general post), there shall, on and after the said sth day of December next, be charged and taken a rate of one penny only, provided such postage be pre-paid at the time of posting the same. But in case any letter, not being by law specially exempted as aforesaid, transmitted by any such twopenny or penny post, shah not be pre-paid when posted, or shall exceed half an ounce in weight, there shall be taken the same rate of postage as is now payable by law thereon. That on all letters not specially exempted from penny post rates, transmitted by any penny post in the United Kingdom, or the said islands, other than Lon don and Dublin, and not having passed through, or being intended to pass through, the general post, there shall, on and after the . sth day of December next, be taken a rate of one penny as at present. That no letter shall be sent by any such twopenny or penny post exceeding four ounces in weight unless the same shall have originally passed, or shall be intended to pass, through the general post ; and in such last• mentioned case not exceeding the weight of sixteen ounces, unless specially authorised by this warrant as aforesaid. That all printed newspapers, parliamentary proceed in.'s, printed votes and proceedings of the Colonial Le gislatures, printed prices current, commercial lists, p riodical publication) posted at Falmouth, unstamp( .1 publications, banked:' parcels, patterns, samples, plant :- tion accounts, deeds, books, pamphlets, and other printed papers, soldiers' and seamen's letters, and other letters, articles, and things which may now by law ce sent by post, under certain regulations free of posta , .. or at reduced rates of postage, shall continue to hays the benefit of all the exemptions and privileges they now enjoy, and shall, if forwarded in conformity with sue.i regulations, be charged with the same respective amounts of postage as are now by law payable in respect thereof, subject, nevertheless, to all the regulations and liabilities now in force respecting the same. That if any such newspapers, and other printed pa pers, letters, articles, and things, periodical publication-. bankers' parcels, plantation accounts, deeds, books, and pamphlets excepted, shall become chargeable with, and liable to, the full letter rates of postage, such rates, an• the treble duty on newspapers and other printed papers in such cases as the same shall by law become payable shall be charged and taken according to the scale of weight and rates hereinbefore specified. That the rates on the said periodical publications, bankers' parcels, plantation accounts, deeds, books, an.l pamphlets, shall be charged according to the scale and limitation of weight now established and fixed, and with the same amount of postage as would bylaw be charge able and payable if this warrant had not been mad:.. But in case any such rates shall exceed the rates el postage to which the said publications and artie! , s would become liable if charged according to the scale et weight and rates of postage hereinbefore specified, then the same shall be charged with postage under this w :- rant, according to the scale and rates aforesaid, bank, rs' parcels being in such last-mentioned case charged wwith the same amount of postage to which any other letters or packets of the same weight would be subject LA liable, on being transmitted by the general post. That on all letters transmitted by packet-boats be tween any ports in the British possessions in the West Indies, and any port in Columbia or Mexico, purse iet to the said Act of the first year of her present Majesty, cap. 34, and on all letters transmitted by packet-h,,at between any ports or places in the Red Sea or Persian Gulf, and the East Indies, in pursuance of the ;aid Act of the first year of her present Majesty, cap. 76, and on all letters transmitted by packet-boat between places in the Mediterranean and other places, purEu tut to the said Act of the first and second years of b‘ r present Majesty, cap. 97, and not exceeding half ounce in weight respectively, there khan be taken the like rates of postage us are by. law now payable in respect of such letters being single letters, and, in case the same shall exceed half an ounce in weight, there shall be taken progressive and additional rates of p st age on such letters, according to the scale of wei, hereinbefore contained, estimating and charging c.tch additional rate at the amount payable for every such single letter. And we further order and direct that in all cases in which the rate of fourpence hereby authorised to be charged on letters transmitted by the post, not ex ceeding half an ounce in weight, shall exceed the duty of postage which would be payable by law, according to the existing rates on single letters so transmitted in ease this warrant had not been made, there shall be taken on such letters the like rates of postage only, and more, as would by law be payable according to the existing rates, by distance or otherwise, in respect of such single letters, and on any such letters exceeding half an ounce in weight there shall be charged and odd the progressive additional rates, accordior , to the s hereinbefore contained, estimating and ;barging c ..h additional rate at the amount payable according to • existing rates, by distance or otherwise, for ever: • single letter, provided always, and we hereby de. that nothing herein contained shall extend to or anywise construed to affect the rates of postage p • under an Act passed in the year 1764 (being Geo. 3, cap. 23) on letters transmitted by th,. • within or between any of the British dominions in . - rice or the West Indies, and not passing to or fro: United Kingdom or the islands hereinbefore ment , or to alter the mode of charging such letters so 1 . such rates are now payable by law. That on all general post letters posted within: United Kingdom, or the said islands, but r including letters addressed to France (which, -. It reference to existing treaties between his late :: I jesty King William the Fourth, or her present "la jesty, and his Majesty the King of the French, are t:) he excepted), if exceeding one ounce in weight, the puit age shall be payable by the sender at the time of po...ag the same ; and if any such letter shall be posted wit ~ut the postage being so pre-paid, there shall be takci; ~n every such letter, double the postage to which such ~ :t- ter ter would otherwise have been liable according to the several and respective progressive and additional t Jes and scale of weight hereinbefore mentioned ; and i:1 all other cases the rates of postage from time to time :,:;y -able under this warrant shall be paid and payable in I.le manner prescribed and directed by the said Act of :lie first year of her present Majesty, cap. 34, sec. 2. ' That the terms and expressions used in this warrant shall be construed according to the respective inter! , sta tions of the terms and expressions contained in an Aot passed in the first year of her present Majesty, cal.:;,;, intituled " An Act for consolidating the laws relati+ :. to offences against The Post-office of the United King im, and for regulating the judicial administration o: ;Le Post-office lays, and for explaining certain t '!ins and expressioqs employed in those laws," so far as those interprettitions are not repugnant to the subject, or inconsistent with the context of such terms and ex pressions ; and the lonian Islands shall be entitled to all the benefit and advantage s h ere b y grante d in E. uur of her Majest postage colonies, and th e rates o f postage :,e -tween such is nds and the Unit e d Ki ng d om, an i t h e f islands firstly. hereinbefore mentioned, shall be ch:ir4e able and pays le as on letters f orwar d e d to and f; em her Majesty' colonies. Provided fatly, and we hereby declare, that it shall be lawful for the Lords Commissioners for the lime being of her Majesty's Treasury, or any three of them, by warrant under their hands, at any time herea;ter, to alter or repeal any of the rates hereby altered, or the regulations hereby made, and to make and establish any new or other rates or regulations in lieu thereof, and, from time to time, to appoint at what time the rates that may be payable are to be paid. As witness our hands this 22d day o INovember, 1 8:39. MELBOURNE, F. BARING, H. TUFNELL. PILCHARD FISHERY.--PENZANCE.—Fxty five hogsheads of pilchards were landed from Mullion on Wednesday se'nnight, caught by the " Friends" semi at that place. Tho seaners in this bay were all last week on the 100k -out, expecting the fish would corn:! in, but we are sorry to add they did not. The only :ight the huers had of them was from Mullion Hills, when large shoals were seen passing eastward. The semis Pay, but th e weat h er i s un f a v o urable. aressrti.ll in IVES.—..We have now secured all the pil chards taken, about 7,000 hogsheads. The drift 1; , ) its have been rather unsuccessful during the past wcek ; several Mount's Bay boats are here on the lit, log fishery, but if they are not more fortunate than hitii, r:o, they w ill y Q next uAy . w — ee Il k 1 1 ) e t a . v et this date dtia'itse season. pilchards ason !! 5.- been taken by ou r se an e rs — a few thou san d s on l y 1)g brought in by the drift nets. The scans are t i,e kept afloat this mo nth, and then housed.„ N ARRIVALS AT BATH.—,EarI ,on:. • ss of Mount Edgecumbe, the Lord Bishop of D. • cr, Lady Ellenborough, Dowager Lady Brotvnlow, O'Neill, Lord and Lady Maclaine, Earl and Cou,:tess of Cork, Honourable and Rev. R. Boyle, Colonel. Ito• binson, Shubrick, &c. COUNTY COURT OF REQUESTS. BOTH DEAF.—Upon the names of Harpur and Jacobs being called on, the parties made their way to the table, each accompanied by a friend. " Well, sir," said Harpur, " I'm a pig-dealer, and :.,lister Jacobs comes to me, when it was werry fine dry :tilling weather, and incordingly the cattle was wally able, and a-fetching a good price, and he agrees to take nine head on me ; but, as he said he hadn't got enough money to pay for all, he'd take away only five, as he did incordingly, and took away five of the best of the cattle. Says he, I'll come to-morrow morning and fetch 'tother four ;' but he didn't, and I keeps 'em a matter of a week for him, and as they was a heating a precious sight of meal and taters, I sells 'em at a loss of one pun ten. Commissioner—But how was it that you so Id the pigs so much below the price the defendant was: ) have paid for them ? Harpur—Why you see, Sir, directly arter takes away the cattle, the weather, quite unawares, Bits right down muggy, and warn't fit to kill at all, and so the cattle didn't sell for so much as he'd agreed to give, not by one pun ten for thejour as be left. Commissioner—Well, Mr. Jacobs, tell us your story about " the cattle ?" Jacobs—lt's all gammon about killing weather, 'cause the pigs as I bayed was all on 'em alive, and he might have kept 'em till the weather warn't muggy : and as for the mash as the cattle was a heating of, I should like to know why I should pay for fattening his pigs ? that 'ad be a pretty go, I do think. Harpur, upon having this passage conveyed to him, in a shout, exclaimed, " Why, what does the waggerbun mean ?—warn't I fattening the cattle again sich times as he was for to fetch 'em ?" Jacobs evidently heard the disagreeable ord " wag gerbun," for he burst out into a deaf man's tale, viz.— one told in a loud voice and of a day's length—that is, it would doubtlessly have been, had he been allowed to " hold on." " You gives your pigs salt wittles, you does ; you know it," said Jacobs, " and then you makes 'em drink till they 'most bustes." The two deaf pig-dealers would have gone till Dooms day, had the Commissioner not interfered, and recom mended them to " moderate the rancour of their tongues." This recommendation was backed by the deaf gentlemen's friends, and ultimately the parties agreed to settle the matter of Court. MUCH SWEARING IN A LITTLE COURT.—" It is a shameful thing," says a certain writer, " to be weary when what we search for is excellent," and the anxiety evinced by the worthy Commissioners of this Court to elicit truth and administer justice to the numerous small litigants who resort to it, is certainly praiseworthy ; but this anxiety induces a practice perhaps peculiar to these minor courts of equity, which grates sadly upon the consciences of those who abominate perjury. The Judge here frequently swears both plaintiff and defendant, as well as the witnesses of both sides. Take the following as an illustration of what sometimes occurs : The plaintiff and defendant having presented them selves at the table, The Commissioner says to the defendant, " Do you admit the debt ?" Defendant—No. Commissioner (to the officer of the Court) —Swear the plaintiff. The officer swears the plaintiff. Commissioner (to plaintiff)—On your oath, does the defendant owe you this money ? Plaintiff—l swear he does. Vv Defendant—l can be upon my oath Ido not owe the money. Commissioner—Swear the defendant. The defendant is sworn. Commissioner (to defendant) —What have you to say to this claim? Defendant—l swear that I have paid him long ago. Plaintiff—l have a witness here who will swear that the defendant has admitted to him that he owes me the money. Commissioner—Swear the plaintiff's witness. Plaintiff's witness sworn. Commissioner (to plaintiff's witness) —What do you know about the matter? Plaintiff's witness—l swear that the defendant admitted to me be owed the money, a day or two ago. Defendant—l have a witness here who can swear that the plaintiff admitted to him that I have paid the money now sued for. Commissioner—Swear the defendant's witness. Defendant's witness sworn. Commissioner—What do you know of the case ? Defendant's witnesss—l swear that the plaintiff told we that the defendant had paid him the debt. The worthy Commissioner then addresses the jury, observes that the question is one of testimony, and that it is entirely within their province to say which of the parties they believe. All this may be necessary in the search after truth, but it must be confessed that it is a very painful exhi bition. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOIV-ST.REET. DARING ROBBERY.—JOAAL Bird was brought up by Payne, one of the constables of the F division, charged with the following daring robbery. Mr. David Myers, a ws itchmaker, residing in the Strand, stated that on Fr iday evening, about eight o'clock, he saw the prisoner and another man lurking , about opposite to his shop- window ; that after watch ing the window for some time, he distinctly saw the prisoner remove part of ODE! of the panes of glass that was previously loose, and. abstract a silver hunting watch from the window. The prisoner and his compa nion immediately ran off, followed by witness, who im mediately raised a cry of " Stop thief !" When turn ing the corner into Southampton -street the prisoner was stopped, and taken into cu stody by a policeman, but his companion succeeded in effecting his escape. On sub sequently examining his stock, witness missed two va luable gold watches frow his shop-window, which lie had no doubt had also be en stolen from thence by the prisoner and his confeder ;ate. Witness had not yet suc ceeded in tracing any or the property, no part of it having been found on th E: prisoner at the time of his ap prehension. A policeman stated th .at before the alarm was given he saw the prisoner and another man walking together near the shop of the prosNeutor. The prisoner said he sh ould reserve his defence for another occasion. Mr. JARDINE said, that the case was so clear that he should at once commit th e pr;soner for trial. SELLING INDECENT I? VBLICATIONS.—Duncombe, a book-seller in Long-acre,. was brought up on a warrant, charged at the instance , o.ff the Society for the Suppres sion of Vice, with selling • several books and prints of an indecent and improper kind. Mr. Clarkson atten Cled for the prosecution, and Mr. Charles Phillips fo r the prisoner. Thomas Sanders pro ved that on the 24th of October he purchased of the de Eendant the books produced, at his shop in Long-acre. —(They were of the most dis gusting kind.) A warrant was irnm. )diately obtained against him, but he kept out of the w 1 ty until Thursday evening, when he was taken into env. ady. Mr. Clarkson said the defendant was quite incor rigible. He had been already convicted by a jury three times of a similar offen The defendant atten Ypted to prove that he was not the person who sold th e books, and stated that he was at Boulogne at the time stated by the witness. Mr. JARDINE, howe .ver, convicted him, and sentenced him to six weeks' imps sonment in the House of Cor rection. The defendant gave t totice of appeal, and entered into sureties to prosecute the appeal, himself in 601., and two sureties in 30/. each. MARLBOR OUGH-STREET. On Saturday Willis at Gellert, of No. 21, Cecil court, St. Martin's lane came before Mr. DYER, to ask for a summons again! it persons connected with Queen Adelaide's Lying-in H ospital, Queen-street, Golden square, under the fo Hewing extraordinary circum• stances :---The hospital is a c haritable institution, sup ported principally by voluntary c ontributions. The ap plicant said his wife, al tout two months ago, paid the usual fee, and went intc the hospital until her accouche ment was over. She h, ad been delivered about three weeks, when, upon sot ne part of her fa mil y cal ling to see her on Monday,i the' were told that the woman and child had died the prey ious Saturday. Applicant sent an undertaker to the ha spital, to make the necessary ar rangements for the fune, -al. It was then discovered that the infant was mi ss i ng , and when inquiry was made the applicant was told that it had been buried. The appli cant having occasion to t !all upon the registrar to make the necessary declarations respecting the death of his wife, • took the oppo r t un i ty o f i nqu i r i ng co ncerning the registra tion of the child. Th e ri cgistrar, in answer , declared that the infant had no t b een t e istered. Suspecting something wrong, as the c hild at t l se g time of its death was three weeks old, he returned to the hospital, and then re ceived the information t hat his dead child had been sent to the School of Anatol ny in Windmill-street. H e re ceived an order from tb e Secretary, Robert Barnes, for the delivery of his chili 1 ; and on presenting it at Wind mill-street school be o otained the body, which had evi dently been subjected t o some surgical operation. When he received back the b ody of his wife, to his great dis. gust and astonishment, he ascertained that the body had been opened without consulting him, or even acquaint ing him that such an in tention existed on the part of the managers of the hospit al. Applicant went to the hos pital to get back his v ife's clothes. He was told that nothing was known of them. Applicant wrote to the Committee, stating all the circumstances of the case, and demanding the restorat .ion of his dead wife's wearing ap parel. To his letter he received a written reply, signed by Robert Barnes, Hon. Secretary, acquainting him that the Committee had fi Illy investigated the case ; and being of opinion his a ssertions were unfounded, they would take no further notice of his complaints. Ap• plicant wrote a second ti me, expressing surprise that the Committee could have i nvestigated without hearing evi dence, and offering to p rove all he had before advanced. To this letter he had as yet received no answer. Com plainant then wrote to Dr. Andrews, the medical ma nager, a full statement of the circumstances. As he could not obtain the restitution of his wife's clothes, he wished to know if the Magistrate would grant him a summons ? _ _ . Mr. DYER said his experience, as a Magistrate, obliged him to say that in cases where complaints were made against boards of charitable institutions, where the accused had an opportunity of explanation, they invariably made it quite clear that the complaint was unfounded, and that they had fair grounds for their proceedings. But even if he were inclined to take no tice of the ex parte application, he did not see how he could act, or against whom he could issue a summons. His advice was, for the complainant to make another application to the Committee, and then if he could get no satisfactory reply, it would be open to consideration what step a Magistrate could take to assist him in clear ing up the matters of which he now complained. The applicant promised to follow this advice, and then left the Court. HATTON-GARDEN. An old Irishwoman, named Connord, was charged with cutting and wounding Elizabeth Crosby, under singularly aggravated circumstances. The complainant, who appeared in great agony, stated that on Friday afternoon she came with her sister from Brentford, and entered the Pheasant public house, in Gray's-inn-lane, to procure some refreshment. The prisoner, who was inebriated, was there, and with out the least cause threatened to stab them, and they were obliged to rush out of the room to save their lives. The accused having been appeased they again went into the tap-room to finish their repast, and all was quiet for some time. At length the prisoner rose up to leave the house, when she stumbled, and her cap coming in contact with a lighted candle it ignited, and had not witness and her sister rushed upon her and extinguished the fire, which had spread to her gown, her life, in all human probability, would have been sacrificed. In re turn for this act of kindness, the defendant seized a quart pot, and struck her with it many times on the head, and disfigured her face in a shocking manner. A policeman said that he was called into the house, and he found the prosecutrix in a most deplorable con dition. Every attention had since been paid to her. Mr. GREENWOOD remarked that this was the worst case that had been before him since he had presided at that office. He asked the prisoner what she had to say for herself?—Prisoner (howling)—Och, the Lord be praised, nothing at all, yer honour. Mr. GREENWOOD—You are a dangerous and wicked woman, and ought not to be at large. The extent of the punishment I can inflict is to sentence you to two months' imprisonment in the House of Correction. It I were to commit you for trial you might escape alto gether, therefore I commit you for that term. She was then locked up, and an order was given for the prosecutrix's admission into the hospital. THAMES OFFICE. CAUTION TO PUBLICANS.—WiIIiam Mathews Bun yon, the landlord of the King's Arms public-house, Shadwell-market, was summoned before Mr. Ballantine, by Inspector Valentine, of the K division, under the 42d section of the New Police Act, for keeping his house open between the hours of 12 on Saturday night and one on Sunday afternoon, whereby he had incurred a penalty of not more than 51. Mr. Pelham, the solici tor, attended on behalf of the defendant. Sergeant Clapton, No. 7 K, stated that from infor mation he received he proceeded to Shadwell-market, about half past ten on Sunday morning lest. There were two or three cottages adjoining the defendant's house. From an aperture in one lie saw a girl come out with three pints of beer. Witness had since endea voured to find this girl, but had not been able. A woman named Griffiths was then called in support of the information. She stated that she had sent the girl referred to by the sergeant to get a pot of beer at the defendant's house, that being the only place where liquor could be procured on a Sunday morning since the passing of the New Police Act. She afterwards sent the same girl for three pints of beer and a quart ern of gin. When liquor was required on a Sunday morning persons were obliged to go to one of the cottages, from which there was a communication to the King's Arms public-house. An old woman was always in attendance to wait upon the persons who applied. Witness saw the girl on Tuesday night, when she told her that Mr. Bunyon had persuaded her to keep out of the way u❑til this case was decided, and he would present her with a new gown and some money. He had also attempted to corrupt witness by telling her to say, if she came forward, that the beer was some that was left from Saturday night by some north countrymen. She told him she would not take a false oath for anybody. Cross-examined by Mr. Pelham—Gets her living as well as she can. She don't recollect ever being i❑ bed with four men at one time.—(Laughter.) Mr. Pelham said the defendant had nothing what ever to do with keeping the girl alluded to out of the way. As for the woman Griffiths, he submitted that she WAS not worthy of belief. Mr. BALLANTINE said he did believe the woman's story. Persons who led an immoral life had often a pious horror of taking a false oath. They cared very little what they did, except committing perjury, which they would not do. He was quite aware that since the new law had been in force, a great number of publicans had been in the habit of serving liquors during the pro hibited hours, through the medium of an adjoining house. This was a breach of the law, and a fraud on the fair trader, and he thought the police were very right in trying to put a stop to the practice. There were no mitigating circumstances in this case, he should therefore fine the defendant in the highest penalty the law allowed, which was .51., at the same time giving him an opportunity to appeal against the decision. The fine was immediately paid. ATTEMPT TO DROWN A CUSTOM-HOUSE OF.. FICER,-Simon Ingannia, a foreigner, was charged with smuggling six pounds and a half of tobacco, by which he had incurred a penalty of 100/. Mr. Conk, the solicitor of her Majesty's Board of Customs, attended to prosecute. Charles Casefowler, a Custom-house officer, stated that on Friday afternoon he saw the prisoner leaving the Commercial Dock. He appeared somewhat bulky, and witness knowing him to be an old smuggler, suspected that he had contraband property concealed about his person, he therefore took him into custody. Upon searching him he found six pounds and a half of tobacco concealed between his trowsers and body. There was also some in his stockings—so ingeniously contrived as to appear like the calf of the leg. On the road to the office he tried to make his escape ; and while proceed ing alongside a ditch leading from the Commercial dock to Rotherhithe, he jumped in and dragged witness after ; and while struggling in the water the prisoner made a desperate attempt to drown him. He at length got out of the dit ch, and pulled the prisoner out also. The water and mud in the ditch reached up to his chin. While engaged in this struggle witness got his clothes town to ribands, lost eight sovereigns and a half out of his pocket, a n+d his watch was entirely spoiled. The prisoner was known as a notorious smuggler. In his defe me, the prisoner admitted having the to bacco in his possession. He jumped into the water, and the officer jumped in after him. He did not force him in at all. Mr. BALLANTINE convicted him in the penalty of 1001., or to go, to prison until it was paid. Any ap plication for a remission of any portion of the penalty must be made to her Majesty's Commissioners of Cus toms ; but he did not think they would act with any degeee of leni( mcy towards him when they considered the narrow ese ape their officer had of being drowned in apprehending him. MEMOIRS OF THE LATE DUCHESS OF ST. ALBANS.—It: has been justly observed that it was a duty incumb( Int upon whoever had the means, to pre sent to societ .y an accurate biography of this celebrated individual. Her vicissitudes of life, her extravagantly good fortune , her close connexion with the highest aristocracy o f both rank and wealth, and the innume rable anecdotes, reports, and statements in circulation about her, re nder it essential that truth should be esta blished and fa asehood rejected upon all points connected with her cart ter. Not the smallest or worst point of this lady's go od fortune, is her finding in a biographer a lady of grea .t talent, of nice discernment, of sound judgment, co albined with a love of truth, and the prac tical good s erase which is derived from experience in society, and the results of her labours are to rescue the characte r of the Duchess from much obloquy, and to hold her i 'ate up as a proof of how fortune may be created, and secured by conduct which engenders es teem and ( !xcites attachment throughout all circum stances of lif C. DEATH FROM THE KICK OF A HORSE.— On Friday evening an inquest was held before Mr. Higgs, at St George's Hospital, on the body of Wil liam Thomp. ton, aged thirty-five, a horsekeeper, in the service of M r. Miller, omnibus proprietor, Pimlico. it appeared the ft on the morning of the 19th ult. the de ceased was in: the act of putting a collar on a mare, the property of his master, when she became restive and knocked hin a down. She then kicked him in the body, and whilst t he deceased was rising, she again struck him on the head He was conveyed in a state of insensibi lity to a sur l ;eon's, and ultimately to the hospital. It further apps aired that the deceased was in the habit of ill-using the mare in question, which, in consequence, was obliged to have its eyes covered and one of its legs tied whilst lit cleaned her, as she knew him. He had been drunk and in the station-house on the previous night, and was partially so at the time of the occur rence. TI le house surgeon to the hospital spoke to the deceased's injuries, and stated his death, which took place on IA Tednesday, to have been occasioned by ab scesses on the liver resulting from them. Verdict— " Accithnt al death," with the nominal deoland of one A Do . r yIESTICATED HARE. —During last har vest, a levc iret was found in a field belonging to Bartliffe, El ,of Pocklington, a nd after much care and attention its life was preserved. The timid animal has since become very much attached to its owner, and from its t a'meness and domestic manners, which are truly surpri sing, it has become a great favourite.—Hull Advertiser. NAV:iL ILN LE.. (From the Hampshire Independent.) PORTSMOUTH, SATURDAY.—The Pique frigate, Capt. Boxer, arrived here from Quebec on Monday, having landed Lieutenant-General Sir John Colborne, late Governor of Canada, at Plymouth. She sailed again for Sheerness on Wednesday evening. The steam mail-boat Monkey, Capt. Roberts, ar rived on Tuesday from Pembroke, and brought back Mr. Armstrong and the men who navigated the Strom boll to Glasgow. The Imogene frigate, Capt. Brace, sailed for Plymouth on Wednesday, to be paid off, but was driven back again by stress of weather. The Fanny tender took the Earl of Dundonald to Havre on Sunday, and returned again on Wednesday. The Belvidera was unlocked on Thursday. It is rumoured that the powerful war-steamer Cy clops is commissioned at Sheerness. It is whispered that the naval force on the East Indian station will be considerably increased, and Admiral Sir F. L. Maitland left to settle the China question. APPOINTMENTS —Lieutenant G. H. Coulson, to Bloode. Purser—Benjamin Jennings, to Revenge, vice Stones, sick at Hospital. Surgeon—G. H. Brown, to Blonde. Assistant-Surgeons—S. S. Stanley, to Blonde ; John Dunbar and Dr. Alexander Mitchell, additional, to Brittania ; Thomas Denvir and Thomas Hart, late additional of Britannia, to Haslar Hospital. Mates—W. R. Rolland, J. B. Christopher, George Walker, and Alex. Anderson, to Bionde ; Arthur Wilmshurst, to Excellent. Midshipmen—G. A. Seale and C. P. Wood, to Revenge ; Charles Wake, to Benbow. Volunteer Ist Class—Rd. Purvis, to Blonde. At Spithead—Revenge, Imogene, Queen and Cleo patra steamers, Mangles convict-ship, and Catherine East Indiaman. . In Harbour—Britannia, Victory, Excellent, Royal George, Blonde, Messenger and Monkey steamers, Plymouth yacht, and Emerald tender. The Mediator, American packet, for New York, ar rived from London on Thursday, and sailed on Friday, full of passengers. We are pleased to find that these excellent liners still maintain their preference in public favour. The Hon. Mr. Webster, the celebrated Ame rican senator, who came home in the Liv erpuol steamer, returned in the above ship, which he prefers ►nfinitely before the steam navigation. Admiral Sir Edward Codrington is expected to ar rive on the 27th, to assume his command here, and dine with the Royal Navy Club at Portsmouth on the fol- lowing day. A considerable difficulty has arisen, owing to the en croaching spirit displayed by the managers of the Float ing Bridge. They have commenced building a wall on the lower part of the beach, on a spot not included within their lawful bounds, but from which their own Act of Parliament actually excludes them ; and de priving the public of a roadway which has been enjoyed by them from time immemorial. The Town Council have very properly interfered for the protection of the public rights, and a correspondence is going on con nected with it under the hands of the Improvement Committee. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 23.—0 n Thursday last, Alexan der Blackal Simonds, and Edward Balaton, Esqrs., Scholars of King's College, were elected Fellows of that society. On Tuesday last, William Robert Sharpe, Esq., B A., of Catharine Hall, in this University, was elected a Fellow of that society on the Skirne foundation. The office of Christian Advocate in this University will become vacant at Christmas next. The Trustees have given notice that the election will take place at the latter end of December next. Candidates mus be the degree of Master of Arts, or of Bachelor or Doctor of Divinity, of the age of thirty years or upwards, and resident in the University. We understand the Fellow Commoners of Catharine hall have presented a handsome silver tea-pot to the Rev. G. Maddison, late Fellow of that society, to mark the interest they have felt, in common with his many other friends, in the recent happy event of his marriage. It bears the following inscription :—To the Rev. G. Maddison, a small token of their regard and esteem, from the Fellow Commoners of Catharine-hall, Oct. 12, 1839. On the opposite side is the Rev. Gen tleman's crest. _ _ The Rev. Francis Gregory Le Mann, M A., of King's College, in this University, to the Rectory of Merton, Norfolk, vacant by the death of the late Lord Walsingham. The Rev. W. M. Brook Kempson, M.A., of Sidney Sussex College, in this University, to the Rectory of Stoke Lacey, Herefordshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. Wm. Beethatr.. Patron, John Kempson, On Friday week, the Rev. Henry Hardinge, 8.A., was licensed to the Perpetual Curacy of Woodbridge, Suffolk; on , ihe nomination of the Rev. Thomas Sal mon, of Woodbridge. The Rev. John Thomas Maine, M.A., has been presented to the Rectory of Harrington, Lincolnshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. Henry Trollope. On Wednesday week, the Rev. Lewis Francis Bagot, M.A., was instituted to the rectory of Castle-rising, with Roydon, Norfolk, on the presentation of the Hon. Folk Greville Howard and the Hon. Mary Howard, his wife. ---- -- ---- On Thursday se'nnight, an elegant silver snuff-box was presented to the Rev. R. Garvey, M.A., Vice- Principal of the West Riding Proprietary School, by the pupils of the seventh form, over which he pre sides. It was presented by Master Frederick Green, who performed the task assigned to him admirably well, in a short but appropriate speech. It was followed by one from the Rev. Gentleman, who in a very im pressive manner returred them his sincere thanks.— Wakefield Journal. Mr.Egestorff delivered two very interesting lectures on Wednesday and yesterday evenings, upon German lit e ratures. This evening they w ill be continued, and three days next week will finish the course. The following is a correct summary of the present resident 'Members of the University : In College. In Lodgings. Total Resident. Trinity St. John's Queen's Caius Corpus Christ St. Peter's ... 74 Catherine Hall 34 Emmanuel .... 72 Jesus Magdalen Pembroke Clare Ha 11...... 52 Trinity Ha 11... 36 Sidney King's Downing 1,217 1,825 THE TAILOR AND GRISI'S UNCLE.—Colonel Ragani, uncle of the celebrated Grisi, appeared before a police tribunal in Paris on Monday last, charged with having assaulted his tailor. The dispute arose out of a disputed account, and the tailor having contradicted, in terms not fit for " ears polite," an assertion of the Colonel, the latter inflicted two boxes on the ear ; and the Court in its turn recompensed the tailor by 100 francs damages, and ten days' imprisonment for the Co lonel ; such is the severity of the laws of assault in France, however great the provocation. The King's Advocate even urged one year's confinement as the punishment, as he said that duelling was now so se verely visited by the Courts that the tailor had but legal redress for his blows, as he could not challenge the Colonel. THE STARVATION LAWS.—We may well apply this term to the protecting duty on British corn. Protecting what ? Protecting the British farmer in the forced cultivation of bad soils ; which so far from really enriching him, diminishes the aggregate fund of pro duce whence his own income must in the long run be derived, increasing the price he receives for one article he sells, but making the price dearer of every single article, he buys. By raising the price of corn, more over, there is necessarily less demand than there other wise would be for other produce, such as meat, wool, hides, &c.— Wilts Independent. It is said, and we trust on good authority, that Lord Auckland, the Governor-General of India, is to be advanced to the dignity of an Earldom ; that , Sir John Keane, the victorious leader of the army of the Indus, and Sir John Colborne, the late Governor of the Canadas, are to be raised to the Peerage.—Observer. m ; and he is to be succee ded b y It will be seen from the Ga zette that ' the H on . ofive years Spencer Cowper is appointed Secretar y of Le g ati on at theF lorceonte)fiede n Private Florence. the Hon. James H owar d, Cowper Secretary o has been ffo Lord arbdo pt a lerston who has been for the same period Pre c i s Writer a t t h e Foreign Office — a situation very much analagous to that of Private Secretary.—Observer. THE GOLD-DUST ROBBERY.—It iS now un derstood that on Wednesday next, when the Judges take their seats at the Justice H a ll , Old B a il ey, M r. Justice Littledale will cause Lewin Caspar, Ellis Cas par, Money Moses, and Alice Abrahams, to be called to the Bar, when he will deliver the opinion of the J u d ges upon this long-pending case. A great deal of s p e culation prevails as to what will be the result, but t h e prevailing opinion appears to be, that the indict ment upon which the prisoners have been convicted will be declared to be invalid and untenable ; should this be so, the pros ecu t or may , if be pleases. indict them in another form. —Sunday Times. MIDDLE TEMPLE, Nov. 22, 1839.—The f° ll "ing gentlemen, viz., Matthew Forteseue, James Vaughan, Vincent Dowling. Thomas Hanmer, Edward Windsor, Edmund Humphrey Woolrych, Simon Bris tuwe, George Henry Woodward, John Monk, .John Burmester, and James .Tell Chalk , Es q rs., h a ve this day been called to the Bar by the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple. ETENING EDITION. MAILS• FI-AiNDiAtS BRUSSELS, Nov. 21.—A letter from Wiesbaden, of \ the 11th, says that the health of King Leopold seems to have been benefited by the use of the waters of that place. NOVEMBER 22.—1 n the sitting of the Second Chamber yesterday the order of the day was the debate on the project of law relative to the exportation of corn, which was unanimously agreed to ; consequently the exportation of wheat, rye, potatoes, and flour made of them is prohibited till the 30th of November, 1840, inclusive. The Government, however, may take off this prohibition wholly, or in part, before that time. Art. 2—This law shall be in force five days after the promulgation. The reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg arrived at Wies baden on the 17th, on a visit to his brother, King Leo pold. The King of Russia has given an admirable example of poiitical toleration. The monument of the French General Hoche was on the point of falling to ruin. He has granted a sum of 700 dollars from his privy purse that it may be thoroughly repaired. TRIESTE, Nov. 12.—The latest mail from Constan tinople brought the intelligence, that the Prince de Joinville intended to visit the coasts and principal har bours of the Bl&ck Sea, particularly Trebisond, Sebas topol, Odessa, and the Delta of the Danube, as far as Galacz. Letters from Alexandria to merchants here say that the Porte and Mehemet Ali have concluded an agree ment without the intervention of any other Power, by which their differences are adjusted, and greater ad vantage given to the Pacha than he would have ob tained by the intervention of the Great Powers. Though this news cannot be considered as official it has had a favourable effect on the Exchange. Ardnin's seemed at the beginning not to maintain yesterday's prices. However, purchasers coming for ward at the lower quotations, they rose again. In consequence of the firmness of Dutch Stock all Fore i g n Stock, especially South American, was in more demand. Dutch Stock has continuer' firm to-day, and higher prices were obtained for all descriptions. It seems to be generally believed that this is owing to numerous small purchases made to cover several sales previously made in blank. At the end of the Exchange Integrals were rather duller. .El, CT t AN k UN DS—BRUCSELM, N0v.22. rketual Deist, 2) 2 peF Cent Bothschild's Loan, 5 per (7eni lOl Loan of Thirty Mdl , oils, 4 per Cent 92 t ii ---- 3 per Cent. 7014 Lean of City, 18g9, 4 per Ceot 95 Society ot Commerce, .1-,,per Cent ll4 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Ceni ............. Na r ional Society . — Lxchange on London (short) - - Br,sssels Papers, Nov. 22. DUTCH FUNDS.—AsTERDAMM Nov 22. Money. Bills. Aci.oal Deht, 23 per Cent DU°. ditto 5 per cent. A , iiin t 0,,o1;c, 43,, per eeni Ditto, ditto, 3;4 per cent — Commercial Company, 4', per cent 16 2 ,4 16 3 3 D'Ltil (1,32 and 1833) 5 per cent. ..... ULM 1 , 37. 5 per cent. — Loan 1037, 5 per cent. Exchange on London, One month ll 97% Two months —Dutch Papers, Nov. 23. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Nov 14. Five per Cents. Metalliqoes Foci per Cents. Three per Cents. Rank Shares —Atigemeine Zestung, Nov, .19. ~ ___. PRUSSI A N FUNDS.— BERLIN, Nov. 19. Bills. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4! , 6 per cent. lO4 10356 Prussian Engiish Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 11,2% 6 1 2 2% k.xtliange on London, three months 6 21 2 —.Prussian State Gazette. Nov. 20. THE MARKETS. 4IPw ,OUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WE ' . :neat. Barlev. Oats. Beans. Pease. Per Qtlart,t s, to S. a. to s a. s. s. $ s . to S 4 CJrlisle--. 7 07 - 25 41 fleicham---- Z. 6 68 52 3/4 22 34 M.irneth 48 64 3 0 3 5 21 25 48 40 40 Penrith 63 35 28 33 Sti,4lield----- 04 25 51 42 Winchester 68 80 34 45 23 27 42 45 35 an Per Miishel s.d s.d. s. d. s. s.d. s. d. s.d. s. d. Bd. Cardiff. 0 0 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 e Carmarthen-- 00 87 00 30 00 23 56 00 00 0 Cowbridge-- 10 0 11 0 0 0 56, 0 0 4 0 5 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 Swansea ---- 8 8 9 4 4 • 50' 2 2 3 4 5 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 Per 8011. 13arnardcastle 160 22 080 93, 70 88 90 120 7 6 0 C Durham,---- 130 17 67 0 0; 6 0 8010 0 130 96 90 Richmond --- 16 0210 70 90 50 80 9 G 11 09 0 0 0 14 0 18 0 9 0 9 9 6 0 8 0 7 6 8 C 0 0 0 0 -.._..___ Per 8011. 13arnardcastle Durham -» Richmond ---- Stockton....- NEV 160 22 41 8 0 931 7 0 8 8 9 0 120' 130 17 6 7 0 90, 6 0 8010 0 130 16 0 21 0 7 0 90 1 5 0 8 0 9 8 110 140 18 0 9 0 9 9 6 0 8 0 7 6 8C ;CASTLE CORN EXCHANGE.-Nov. 23. Red. White. Wheat, Northumberland 49..73s 7ls 76,1 --- Norfolk and Suffolk .. 375. 715.......73. 76,. .-- Berwick and Scotch fits. 643 -3 681. - Foreign 654. Its. ... 695. 763. Rye, Norfolk end Suffolk - Fore i gn 325.333. -s. s. Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk 33s. 455....... --8, --.s. - Grinding and Feeding. 32s. 361...... -s. -s. Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk 64s 70$ -8. -s. Beans, Small 36s. 40s -s. -s. - - Tick 42s 44s -s. --.5. Pease, White 42s 435. . ... --s. -s. ---- Gray fiats, Northumberland, Potatoe 3os. 313 -5....-s. --- ----- Feed --Foreign Flour (per sack) sls. 536. -s. -s. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET -Nov. 22 Wneat, Red, Norfolk and Suffolk ...... ... -s. Os. to 67.. Mien ' : Lin. and Cain. - Yorkshire -s. 50s. to 625. fine 6Z - s 1 + bite - Foreign, tied -s. 60s. to 653. fine 748." White Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk - Lincolnshire - i ------- Yorkshire Wold - s E li. : t o wo 730.445ga... finfi n ne 98, 0 s. to- 34 - Foreign - Beans, New - Ol d 42s. to 465. fine 4 8, Oats, Potato -s. to 325. fine g , - -- Poland -4. -s. to :325. fine f6s, - vriezland and Small -s. -s. to .3e. er fine 306. - 13.:! al i ng Shelling Malt R apesee d SCOTCH MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Oatmeal. .......!.. ~..M,,.......1•••• ......... ---- kberdeen... 70 to 80 27 to 3 0 24 to 27 —to 9'l to S 6 Berwick 39 50 20 27 17 25 33 35 40 43 Coldstream Cupar (Fife) 48 65 126 31 18 22 21 .26 -- Dunbar 4B 68 26 49 23 27 40 42 40 42 Elgin 6O 62 30 34 23 32 48 59 Inverness Kelso .. , 32 47 23 26 19 23 32 34 _. Kirkaldy Perth 6O ^4 30 40 25 33 1 41 44 .-- ..m. Tha size of the measure varies throughout the country. HADDINGFON CORN MARKET.—Nov. 22. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. Beans t irst FOs Od 42s Od 29s 04 40s 04 Ns Od lecond 62a Od 37s Od 24s 6d —s Od 4Si 0 d Third s6s Od 313 Od 21s Od —s Od ..ii Od Average ......31. is. 16d, 7.12 th. DALKEITH CORN MARKET.—Nov. 21. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. I B e ans. t.) it 7Bh Od 41s 6d 28s 84 46s Od 40 , Od second 1 65s 04 36s Od 25s 00 44, Od. 443 04 Third The Marquis Be'lune left Mivart's Hotel on Fri day for Paris. The Noble Marquis, during his sojourn in this country has made extensive purchases of our our nufactures. In the course of next month the Marqu.s intends to return to this country to make further pur chases, and to visit the manufacturing districts. INTENDED REMOVAL OF HATTON-GARD EN POLICE-OFFICE.—It is said to be in contemplation to remove the Hatton-Garden Police-Office to a m ore; convenient site, and to erect a much more eommodirJes building, &c. The subject, it appears, has beer, some time under the consideration of the Magistrac.;, an d the plan of the building has already been selected. the site chosen is on the Calthorpe estate, adjacent to .e House of Correction, which is mo r e free from the noise of carriages and general t ra ffi c than the present office. FURTHER PROOFS OF THE AILDNESS °F THE SEASON.—Anmngst other indications of the ex - THE mildness of the p resen t s eason May be nT ticed the fact, that Mr. Ch ar l es Wright, of Tins" Lodge, near Stamford, has at this time a nest of Dung in the rookery near his house. In Stickney is an apple-tree bearing large fruit, w hilst o parts of it are in full blossom. Mr. Allenson, of Sibrl. , has now in his garden raspberries, both ripe and ill full growth.—Lincoln Mercury. ve The Mayor and Magistrates of Hereford ha made arrangements to arm and call out a nunler° tl , 9 force of the pensioners, militia-men, &c., of t'ne rle'g"; bourhood, under the command of the naval and military officers residing in the city and its vicinity, in the even a garde tber of any danger threatening the peace of the place" Hereford .Journal. pOosßiteYthaen...........••••••• -- SECOND-HAND PLATE PURCHASED. L A o . n ß do . n S ( A oi V i ' ' L ators atia others, a wishing to dispose of Second-hand Plate, that, ice , informßdanSkOoNfSEnGgloalndistm),ithsNo....Tec, Core:011011: than n ing a ready sale, they can offer more advantageon3 R t her can usually be given by the Trade ; payment m ay el ica . be received • in cash, or the amount allo ed in exchange 1 other silver. SECOND-HAND SILVER WA 'L . CH B Two variety of s om e dozens may be selected fro -a', prior ga g Guinea.; each ; some rather more modern , 'fwo and Three Guineas each ; and an assortment quite er 4 ual to nevr, s o . Guineas each. The whole have been ca:efully exam iseil aro warranted. T. COX SAN - by Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, LonelY, ' (Se R en doors from Grace church-' s t ree t). N.B Second-hand We x h es p u rchased in excha nge ug — hte .7 • E232i,nostfNaatuaLeer:r-tießrrTacHe,Bl3.l a ckheath, the l ad y B. 2.2 of S OSn the On the 4 inst., at South Lambeth, the lady of John lioe.g son, Esq., of a son. MARRED. On the 21st inst., at Durham, l the Rev. Henry Rawlinsoni of Symondsbury, Dorset, son of John Rawlinscin, Wimpole-street, to Sarah A nne, eldest dau g hter of the late Dr, Armstrong, of Russell-square. At Allhallows, Lombard-street, Frederick son of Rob ef 2, Broughton, Es q. of Che r Wan to Eliza All"/ Moore, daughter of Colonel William Moore and granddaughter of the late General Hardwieke, of tie Lod g . e, South Lambeth- D I 7 .2 n . On the 2.4 th of July last , at Waltaine ' in the Eas t In or dies, Sarah, the wife of Ala j w:-Gener al Welsh Commanding N thern Division, Madra. s Presidency. Edward Thomas j ‘toberts, son of Colonel Roberts, R.A•t sign of her Majesty's 44th Regiment of Foot, on board the shlP Maitland, on Lis - passage home, aged 19. On the 22 d ',nst., at Hollen - street, Uoho, Mr. William Henri Burgin. the Lond', n . Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG elo. 112, `trand, at The Sun Office, No 112, Strand , county of ;iliddleqex.—Monday. November 25,1839. .~~< --- ,