The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-28 00:00:00

,PIRIT of t}•pi PUBLIC JOURNALS. IRON THE EVENING PAPERS OE YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—To offer violence to a dead body, even though it be that of an enemy, is regarded, by the general consent of civilised society, as an act of savageism at once degrading and disgraceful to the perpetrators. If any considerable number unite in the offence, it shows that the general state of society in the place where it occurs is brutalised. What, then, shall be said of the scene which the Earl of Limerick's funeral exhibited ? The body of the deceased nobleman was on its way to the tomb of his ancestors, followed by his nearest relatives, and attended by about 1,000 of his tenantry, attired in hatbands and scarves; the respectable inhabitants of Limerick testified their regard for the deceased by wearing hatbands and weepers ; and most of the shops were closed. A large number of idle persons, who came ' in from the neighbourhood and the adjacent country, were collected in the streets and prin cipal thoroughfares. "As the procession passed"— the description of the scene is furnished by one who witnessed it, and whose account we give in another column—" As the procession moved along there was a good deal of shouting and groaning." Such demonstrations of dislike to a deceased nobleman, even had his life been marked by acts of in famy, would have been indecent demonstrations. .Nt ne but the lowest vagabonds would have indulged their personal feelings at such a time, and while beholding such a scene. The spirit of the individual had passed to its final audit; and his body was on its way to be consigned to the tomb. While such a scene is passing slowly and solemnly before the eye, the spectator—if he be not devoid of intellect or destitute of moral sensibility— instinctively reflects upon his own mortality, and in dulges the self-abasing considerations which the scene suggests. The Earl of Limerick had committed no offence against society. He had perpetrated no po sitive injustice—he had inflicted no injuries upon in dividuals. The infirmities of advanced age had com pelled him to withdraw himself from public life, and in the bosom of his family seek the repose which his decayed physical strength required. In private society the deceased nobleman had acquired respect. He had the character of being considerate and hu mane toward his numerous tenantry. He was chargeable with no vice, and, confessedly, exempli -sed many private and social virtues. And yet, at the funeral of such a man —as though the crowds of peasantry whom the procession had attracted to the spot had been divested of the feelings, while they retained the form, of men —as though demons had seized upon them, and employed men to gratify their malice against the human kind by impelling them to bring this reproach upon humanity—the outrages, thus commenced, con tinued to increase in enormity until they reached their climax. It will be asked, what had provoked this disgraceful attack upon a funeral procession ? this outrage upon the dead—this brutal break ing in upon the sanctity of domestic grief—this assault upon the persons, extending to endan gering the lives, of those who were performing the last rites of humanity to the remains of one who heel ceased to be numbered among the living? W hat had provoked the savages of Limerick—or rather of its neighbourhood—to enact the scene we have de scribed ? The scene was " got up" as a demonstration against the union. The Earl of Limerick was among those who, at the time that Mr. Pitt had resolved to unite the two countries under one Parliament, assisted the Government in its negotiations with the leading men who opposed the measure. The repeal agitators have succeeded in enlisting the passions of the Irish pea sentry in their " cause." They have taught them to believe that the union of the two countries is the source of their physical an.l social evils. Many of these calamities—the existence of which we ad mit and deplore—are created by themselves. Others arise out of causes which the repeal of the union, could it be effected, would enhance and multi ply. To the lamentable state of the relations which exist between landlord and tenant—a state of things that existed before the union, and which the union has modified and diminished—may a still larger share of the grievances which afflict Ireland be traced. These are not topics to which the repeal agitators allude in their addresses to the dupes who crowd around them. The union of the two countries is, according to them, the sole cause of the woes and wants of Ireland. " Hurra for repeal !" is shouted by them at the top of their voices, The names of those who took any prominent part in bringing about the union, are banded with infamy in the speeches of the agitators; and, living or dead, are exhibited to popular indignation as enemies and traitors to their country. It was, therefore, as a party to the union—as one who appeoved and aided its accomplishment, nearly fifty years eso—that the Earl of Limerick's funeral procession was assailed by a mob, and his remains treated with imljgnity. It was a demonstration of patriotism—a practical declaration of the Irish people in favour of repeal. We designate the proceeding as an act of savageism, which every Irishman, who has any respect for his country's name will condemn and denounce. Such acts necessarily tend to weaken the sympathies of Englishmen for the inhabitants of a country in which they are perpetrated, and thus to discourage the efforts of those who pity, and woulJ aid them ; and to retard the progress of the practical .measures by which their real calamities would be reh-2oved. STA..NDARD.—GeneraI Napier has incurred the displeasure of the Times by defending its designed victim, Lord Ellenborough, in one of the most in- telesting and eloquent books of our day—the " History of the War in Sinde ;" and the Times indulges its resentment against the gallant officer this morning in an attack upon, disguised under the form of a defence of, the obsolete and grotesque and most mischievous privilege claimed by the Channel Islands, the privilege namely of retaining the laws and practices of the twelfth century, and of not having the benefit of English laws. The attack upon Gene ral Napier, charges him with having exercised his lawful autiority,: in an " offensive, impolitic, and dis courteous nunner:' To support this charge not one word of proof L offered, or can be offered—the Gene ral pardoned a prisoner, and when the lawful autho rities refused to respect; the act of grace, sent a mili tary party to release him. In this he did precisely what it was his duty to do. The pardon is a separate question. Properly or improperly pardoned, the man, once he received his pardon, was de jure a free man. His imprisonment for a single minute was illegal, and it was the Lieutenant-Governor's duty to protect a fellow-subject from an imprisonment, of the illegality of which he had judicial knowledge by all the means at his command. The offensiveness, the impolicy, the uncourteousness was all on the side of those who began the use of forcible measures to re sist the Queen's prerogative of mercy. The Times is obliged to give up the judicial proceedings of the Channel Islands as incurably corrupt, while it affects to maintain the integrity and fitness of the constitu tion under which the judicial system has been cor rupted ; this, we submit, is nonsense. Were not the Legislature personally identical with the courts of law as to a great extent it is, the Legislature that allows the growth of a corrupted administration of justice is not worthy of trust. It is, says the Times, like an old corporation. It is a greal deal worse tha❑ an old corporation, for they never oppressed any one, or resisted the royal authority when exercised for the protection of the people. But grant it only as bad as the old corporations. Their charters did not protect them, though many of them older and more explicit, and derived from a clearer authority than the Channel Islands' charters can plead. The strangest of the Times' arguments, however, is that the victims of oppression in the Channel Islands are " aliens,' fugitive Englishmen, or persons ac cidentally connected with the island." The facts are not so ; but what if they weiei they would not much redound to the honour of these hospitable islands. We trust that the matter will not rest where it is—we hope that the case will come under the cognisance of Parliament, and then it Nvill be seen whether Englishmen ere the only vic tims of oppression—whether " the poor sufferer," as Sir Robert Peel once called her—the Exchequer— has not reason to complain. THE STATE APARTMENTS AT WINDSOR CASTLE.— A portion of these apartments, which had been closed since the death of her late Royal Highness the Princess Sophia of Gloucester, is now open to the public by com mand of her Majesty. This portion includes the Vau dyck Room, the Audience Chamber, the Presence Cham ber, the Guard Chamber, St. George's Hall, the Bell Room, and the Waterloo Gallery. The following state rooms still remain closed :—The Throne Room, the small Vestibule, the Rubens' Room, the Council Cham ber, the Kings's Closet, the Queen's Closet, and the Zuccharelli Room. While the Court is at Windsor the apartments will be closed en Tuesdays and Fridays. COMMITTAL OF GREEN, TUB RECEIVER OF STOLEN PILOPERTY.—On Monday last, at the Police-office, John Green, the notorious receiver of stolen property, whose apprehension we described in our last publication, was committed for trial at the March assizes, on two separate counts. The first count, on the oaths of Mrs. Wilson, landlady of the Ram Hotel, and Ann Spencer, her ser vant, charged the prisoner with stealing a large number of spoons, a punch-ladle, and a fork, all silver, the pro perty of Mr. Lewis Wilson. Inspector Raynor proved the finding of the property in the prisoner's horse, when ;the latter said they were his own. The second count ci.arged Green with stealing five silver tea-spoons and other articles, belonging to Mr. Wadswortk, attorney. Elizabeth Dawner, servant to the prosecutor, identified and swore to the propel- n and Superintend en t Fisk`.' p ro ved its discovery in the prison e r's house. Mr. Coope, attorney, appeared on behalf of the prisoner, and asked the magistrates to order 30t of the money found in his house to be given up, to p rov id e f or h i s defence. The Mayor said he would hold s consu lt at i on as to the pro priety of granting this request.—Nottingham Rcvi w, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. A man, named Benjamin Lambourn, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged by the Directors of the Commercial and General Life Insurance Office with having forged a bill of exchange for the pay ment of 1501., with intent to defraud the Company. Mr. Humphreys, for the prosecution, stated that in March, 1843, the prisoner applied at the Commercial and General Life Insurance Company for cash for a bill of 3001., and obtained it, upon the understanding that the bill should be reduced by quarterly payments, and that upon each reduction a new bill should be given. Reductions had taken place, the quarterly payments having been made until the amount of the debt was 1501., when, upon failure of payment of the regular instalment, it was discovered that the last bill was a forgery as to the acceptor and some of the indorsers. Mr. Frederick Lawrence, Secretary to the Com mercial and General Life Insurance Company, stated that in the month of March, 1843, the Company re ceived from the prisoner a bill of exchange of 3001., drawn by Richard Lambourn, and accepted by Thos. Ratley, of No. 7, Ivy-terrace, Hoxton, and indorsed "Benjamin Balls, Richard Lambourn, Samuel Long, Joseph Donovan, and Benjamin Lambourn" (the prisoner). That bill was renewed for the smaller amounts as the instalments were paid, upon several occasions, each bill bearing the same names as drawer, acceptor, and indorsers. On or about the 7th of September inst. the prisoner brought the present bill for 150/., as a renewal of the preceding bill. It purported to be drawn by Richard Lambourn, and accepted by Thomas Ratley, payable to the drawer's order three months' after date, and purporting to be accepted and indorsed as the former bills had been. That bill came to maturity on the 10th of Deeember inst., and was dishonoured and noted. The full amount of the bill was due to the Company, Henry George Ward, the Member for Sheffield, and others. The LORD MAYOR—Have all the bills the Com pany received from the prisoner bore the same in dorsements ? Witness—Yes, the same names. Here the prisoner, upon being asked whether he wished to ask the witness any questions, replied in the negative, but he wished for a remand. The LORD MAYOR said he should be ruled by the nature of the evidence whether or not to grant an other remand. Thomas Ratley, of No. 7, Ivy-terrace, Hoxton, head waiter to Messrs. King and Brymer, of Corn hill, stated that he had accepted bills for the prisoner, but it was a long time ago. He had not, to the best of his belief, accepted a bill so lately for the prisoner as two years ago. The acceptance to the bill pro duced was not in his handwriting, nor had his name been written by his authority. The prisoner—About the middle of the year 1843 were you not confined by illness to your bed ? Wit ness—l was. The prisoner—That's all the questions I wish to ask you. Samuel Long, of No, 93, High-street, Marylebone, licensed victualler, stated that about March, 1843, he indorsed a bill for 300/., at the request of the pri soner, at his own house. The prisoner subsequently requested him to renew the bill, but he refused to do so until he should see the old bill. He accordingly went to the Company's offices, where he saw the old bill, erased his name, and accepted a bill for, he had no doubt, 275/, for the prisoner. Witness never in dorsed any other bill for the prisoner. The indorse ment, " Samuel Long," upon the bill produced, was not his handwriting, neither had he authorised any one to write it. Joseph Donovan, fishmonger, of 292, Oxford street, stated that at the prisoner's request he in dorsed in the beginning of the year, 1843, a bill for 300/. He afterwards went in company with Mr. Long to the Company's offices, and saw the old bill, from which he erased his name, and he indorsed a bill for 2751. Subsequently he cut his name out of the bill for 275/., and he had never indorsed a bill since that period for the prisoner. The signature, " Joseph Donovan," to the bill produced, was not his, nor had it been sanctioned by him. Mr. Humphreys said that no doubt the signature of the drawer was genuine. The LORD MAYOR—The case is complete. I can see no ground for granting a remand of the prisoner. The prisoner—Mr. Balls, whose name is on the back of the bill, my Lord, is not in the Court. The LORD MAYOR—It is not necessary ; here are two of the indorsers, who swear that their names have been forged. Besides, I am not trying the case. I commit upon the evidence I have just heard. The prisoner—l was told that if I would make up a certain amount of money, the Company would exonerate me from a prosecution. • The Secretary to the Company most positively denied that any proposition of the kind had been made upon the part of the Company, or that he had made any such intimation to the prisoner. The LORD MAYOR (to the prisoner)—You mean that you were given to understand by somebody, that if you did as you say, you would not be prose cuted? The prisoner —Yes, my Lord. Mr. Goodman (the Chief Clerk)—Do you wish to sign the statement you have just made ? The prisoner —No; I don't see any occasion for that. The prisoner was then committed for trial. The Lord Mayor received from A. 8., V.; and from T. Moore, Esq., 11. ls., for the poor-box. GUILDHALL. On Monday Edward Downes Boucher, a clerk at the Castle and Falcon Inn, Aldersgate-street, was charged before Mr. Alderman Hooper with obtaining money by false pretences from Mrs. Lee, a saleswoman in New gate-market. Mr. Alexander, one of the proprietors of the inn, stated that a grazier having complained to the agent at Derby of the charges made for conveying some goods to Newgate-market, the waybill was referred to, and the charge therein was found to be correct, but less in amount than was said to have been received in London. Upon referring to the books in London, it was found that the sum paid by salesmen was no greater than that charged in the invoice, but upon application to the salesmen it appeared the prisoner, whose duty it was to collect the money, had made a practice of increasing the charge for his own benefit, while he returned the proper amount as all he had received. A delivery-book was made up from the way-bills with the addresses and amounts to be charged. It was then given to the pri soner, that he might make out a bill for each salesman, collect the money, and take his receipt for the safe ar• rival of the goods. When so signed it was the duty of the prisoner to return the book, with the money col lected, to the cashier. Mr. Alexander then produced four bills made out to Mrs. Lee, of Newgate-market, in which he had varied the charges to the extent of 1/. 6s. 4d. in the course of a month. The prisoner had manu factured a spurious delivery-book, that the proper price to be charged might not be seen when the signature was affixed ; and in the genuine delivery-book the prisoner used to forge the signatures of the salesmen. George Les, in the service of Mrs. Lee, proved the payment to the prisoner of 21. 18s. on the 16th of No vember, 3/. 6s. 10d. on the 23d, 61. 17s. 6d. on the 7th of December, and 51. 19s. on the 14th of December. The signatures in the delivery book produced were forged. They were signed in black ink, whereas he had used blue ink for six years past. Charles Ford, elerk to Mr. Alexander, deposed, that on the 16th of November the prisoner accounted for 21. 14e. 6d.; on the 2Sd, for 31. Is. 4d.; on the 7th of December, for 6/. 9s. 6d.; an on the 14th of December, for 5/. 9s. These were the correct charges and all the pri soner was authorised to demand. The four bills pro duced for higher amounts were in the prisoner's hand writing. The prisoner wept, but offered no defence. Mr. Alderman HOOPER said, that the prisoner having pursued such a fraudulent course must be committed for trial ; but he remanded him, that the depositions might be prepared. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Monday Lord Ranelagh waited on Mr. Hardwick, to lay before the magistrate a statement of the case of se veral foreigners, by whom his Lordship was accom panied, who had been sent by the French Government to England under remarkable circumstances. His Lordship said, the foreigners were Spanish Car lists—several holding high military rank—who had been obliged, for their own personal safety, to leave Spain, and take refuge in France. These foreigners had been suddenly compelled to quit France, and they had been shipped off to England by the French authorities, and left on the shores ofsthis country quite destitute, and ig norant of the English language. A paper which his Lordship handed to the Bench explained the case of the foreigners as follows : " There are Spaniards who, for some years past, have been refugees in France. For the slightest infringe ment of the French police regulations relative to foreigners, they are seized, put in irons, thrown into prison, and marched from town to town, in company with the vilest felons, until they reach Calais, where they are placed on board ship, and landed on the shores of this country, not only ignorant of the language, and without the means of even temporary subsistence, but, in most instances, exhausted by fatigue and want of food. Here they wander about in utter destitution, besides suffering from a climate so much more severe than that to which they hare been accus tomed. Their earnest entreaty to the French Govern ment for permission to proceed to Italy or Germany disregarded, and England is consequently made the penal settlement fur every offence against the orders of the French police. The Spanish Consul refuses to grant them passports under any consideration but that of swearing to observe a form of government which they despise, and under which their lives would not be worth an hour's purchase. Tho other foreign Consuls in London, by virtue of their instructions, are unable to assist them ; therefore the refugeee or martyrs to their political opinions remain without the means of existing in this country, as well as destitute of the power to leave even when a passage to a more eligible place of abode is provided for them by private charity." iii 3 Lordship said, that deeming it right that our Government shouic; ... 1 -: made acquainted with the pro ceedings of the French GovernrneL, more espFiftllyr he had reason to b e li eve that other victims wouiu b....... fv find their way to this country in a similar manner, he had 'addressed a letter to the Foreign Secretary, Lord Aberdeen, and he would now read that letter and the reply to it : " 3, Bolton-row, Dec. 19. "My Lord,—l take the liberty of representing to your Lordship that there are, and have been for some tune past, in London, various Spaniards, who had previously been resident in France, as refugees from the recent po litical troubles in their own country. " That of these the greater number have been sent from France by the French Government, on account of some slight infringement of the laws relating to strangers (such, for example, as an attempt to cross the frontier, or as being found in a state of destitution), and landed upon the shores of Britain, as though they had been transported to a penal settlement, only without the slightest pro►ision for their maintenance. " That the Spaniards referred to have not been al lowed the choice of their destination, even where they have earnestly prayed to be sent to Germany, Italy, &c. " That such exiles are unjustly cast as a burden upon the resources of English benevolence, or left to the fright ful alternative of starvation ; and, finally, that I have reason to believe that the number of such cases is likely to increase. " I have felt it my duty to bring this subject under your Lordship's consideration, in the hope that, either by a remonstance to the French Government, or by some public means of relief, your Lordship will see right to put an end to se great an evil.—l have the honour to be, your Lordship's obedient servant, " The Earl of Aberdeen." " RANELAGH." Ile had received the following reply:— " Foreign-office, Dec. 21, 1844. "My Lord,—l am directed by the Earl of Aberdeen to acknowledge the receipt of the letter which you ad dressed to his Lordship on the 19th inst., relatite to the arrival in this country from France of various Spanish refugees.—l have 'the honour to be, your Lordship's humble servant, " H. F. ADDINGTON. " To Lord Ranelagh." His Lordship said, as nothing was to be hoped from Lord Aberdeen's interference, he had advised the foreigners to come to this court to seek advice, and to ascertain if anything could be done for their relief. Some of the foreigners had received trifling assistance from the parish in the way of food, but this was such a precarious and insufficient prospect that he trusted something more advantageous could be suggested. Mr. HARDWICK said the case was one in which he possessed no means of interference. Even if he was disposed to assist the parties, his power would only ex tend to some temporary relief from the poor-box fund ; but even then it was a very doubtful point with him whether such a disposal of the money sent for the uses of the poor would be exactly in accordance with the wishes and intentions of the benevolent donors. The only course which he could suggest to the foreigners was to apply to the parishes in which they were respectively located for relief. Lord Ranelagh promised to communicate this sugges tion to the parties in whose behalf he had interested himself. William Wicks was charged with having uttered a forged cheque of 10/., purporting to have been drawn by his master, Joseph Shaw, on the Regent-street branch of the Union Bank of London. Robert Seton, one of the clerks, said the prisoner pre sented a cheque for 101. about four o'clock on Saturday afternoon at the banking-house, in Argyll- place. From information which witness had previously received he handed the cheque to another cashier, who took it into the manager's private room. Henry Clack, manager, said as soon as he was shown the cheque he sent for the prisoner into his private room, and questioned him about the possession of it. The prisoner said he got it from a Mr. Howard, and then, iu reply to other questions, said that his master, Mr. Shaw, was waiting for the money. When the inconsistency of the two stories was pointed out to the prisoner he at tempted to screen himself by alleging that witness had misunderstood him. He then said he had seine errands to execute for Mr. Shaw, and if witness would allow him to go, he would be back as soon as he had done what he had to do. Witness told him he had sent for Mr. Shaw, and he must wait till Mr. Shaw came. A polica•con stable was subsequently sent for, and the prisoner was given into custody. Joseph Shaw, upholsterer, No. 47, Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square, said the prisoner had been in his em ploy as light porter since March last. About the begin ning of December he ascertained that several forged cheques had been presented and paid at the Union Bank, and feeling assured that the offender was some one in his employ who bad obtained access to his cheque-book, from which several blank cheques had been taken, he kept watch, and the result was, that he missed two of the paid forged cheques from the drawer in which he had placed them. On Thursday morning last, about half-past seven o'clock, after the prisoner came as usual to his work, and was let in by the cook, witness was so placed as to see the prsoner enter the house, and to ascertain that he proceeded im mediately to the counting-house. Witness, by means of a trap-door in a room above, which commanded a view of the counting-house, was enabled to see the prisoner take out the drawer in which the cheque- book was placed and tear out a bank cheque. Witness did not immediately act on the information he had oh= tained, but he went to the banking-house, and stated what he had discovered, and then it was arranged that time should be given to see if the prisoner would present the cheque after it had been filled up, On Saturday, just before the bank closed, the prisoner presented a cheque for 10/, and WaS taken into custody. Police-constable Lister, 143 C, said he searched the prisoner's lodgings, 27, Castle-street, Oxford-market, and found part of a genuine cheque. This fragment, Mr. Shaw said, must have been taken out of the drawer where he kept his cheque-book and cancelled cheques. Mr. Woolf (for the prisoner) cross-examined the wit nesses, but elicited nothing material. The prisoner was fully committed. The following seasonable donations for the poor-box have been received :—" J. H. H.," 21. ; " G.," 2/. ; and " E. C.," 51. MARYLEBONE. Thursday this Court was much crowded from an early hour, in consequence of a report that a number of Spa niards had murdered a man, and that they would be brought up for examination before the sitting magistrate, Mr. Long, upon the charge. The rumour with regard to the murder turned out to be untrue, but, as will be seen from the subjoined evi dence, the sufferer, who has been severely wounded on the head by cuts from one or more razors, cannot, although he attended to make his statement, be con sidered free from-danger. His name is William Ther mion, and he is a shoemaker, residing at No, 11, Ilarup ton-court, OssulBton-street, Somers- town. His head was covered with bandages. The names of the prisoners were Manuel Santa, Vin cent Peston, Philip Ascencion, and Dias Garcia. Mr. John Vials, landlord of the Victoria public-house, Chalton•street, Somers-town, deposed, that on the pre vious night, between eleven and twelve o'clock, the pri soners entered his premises and called for drink. They were accompanied by ten or twelve others ; and as all of them were much intoxicated he refused to serve them. They then abused him ; and Santa struck at him with a stick, in addition to which he threw at him a number of quart and pint pots, some of which hit him. Another of the party also attempted to injure him with a bludgeon, William Therman, the poor man who was wounded, deposed that, as he was passing through Chalton-street he heard a great disturbance, and saw nearly a dozen Spaniards, amongst whom were the prisoners, armed with large sticks and bludgeons. Ile seized hold of one of the sticks, which was in the possession of a man not in custody, when he was immediately knocked down by two tremendous blows, and while lying upon the ground, Ascencion and Garcia being on the top of him, he re ceived several severe wounds from a sharp instrument upon the head and ear, and the collar of his coat was cut completely through. He also received many very se vere kicks upon his body. Mr. Parker, surgeon, Phcenix-street, Somers-town, stated, that he had examined the man Thermion, and found on the left side of the head a wound upwards of five inches long. The skull was laid bare about three inches, and the ear completely divided. On the right side of the head was a wound six inches and a half in length. Other evidence was gone into, from which it appeared that some of the prisoners assaulted r ith considerable violence two or three constable, ono of whom was bitten severely in the hand by Peston. Two razors were produced by the officers, both of which were picked up close to the spot where the man Therman was attacked ; one of them was covered with blood. Thomsen said, he was quite positive that he must have been wounded either by Ascencion or Garcia. The surgeon, in reply to a question from Mr. LON6I paid, that from the nature of the wounds, sloughing might take place, and fatal consequences might probably ensue ; in tact, it was scarcely safe fur the sufferer to have quitted his home to give evidence in the ease, The apron which Therruan wore when the murderous attack was made upon him was exhibited to the magis trate ; it was completely saturated with blood. There was also a quantity of blood upon the prisoner Aseen cion's shirt when he was taken in charge. The prisoners, through an interpreter, who bad ex plained to them the whole of the evidence, denied the truth of all that had been alleged against them. Santa and Peston were each committed to the House of Correction for a month, for assaulting the constables ; and Ascencion an d G arc i a were remanded till Thursday next. UNION--HALL. John Elston was charged before Mr. Traill with caus ing a disturbance in the Queen's Bench prison, and as saulting Caldwell, the turnkey. On the preceding night, when the clock struck nine, the time for the departure of all strangers, the defendant, who was there, refused to quit, saying that his wife was there, and that he would be d—d if ha would stir out of the place. Remonstrances were of no avail i and whew the turnkey took the defendant by the arm to eject him from the prison, he turned upon him, and gave him a severe blow in the eye, and knocked him down. In the course of the examination, it was stated that no man could have acted with greater violence, and four Ellfttl were employed in taking him to the station-house. The prisoner pleaded " Christmas time" in his de defence, but Mr. Traill fined him 3/.; and in default he was committed. Thomas Warnall and Mary Assn Tyler, two young persons, were charged with being concerned in the lowing alleged outrage: — A Mr. Hubbard said that as he and his friend were walking along Kent-street the preceding night he re ceived a severe blow from some person behind. He turned round and was struck again, ignoc4ed down, 4114 surrounded by six or seven persons, who )sicked him while he was lying on the ground, and he lost hi 4 hat • ' of his shirt. He added that the female and - a gam watt a the ground. prisoner scratched his face wiwe His friend was also assaulted, but they both admitted they were not sober at the time. The prisoners denied the charge, and said they were assaulted in the first instance, and as some doubts were entertained by the magistrate that the complainants were mistaken in the identity of the parties, he ordered them to be detained until inveiries were made. QUEEN-4'QUARE. Thursday Michael Hughes, - W. Davis, G. Gilson, H. lane, 11. Harding, T. Doling, tV. Mer e dith, J. B ranc h, M. Cassidy, J. 'Wilson, and W. Addinay, 11 sturdy young paupers, two or three of whom were under 16 years of ago, were charged with creating a serious riot, and doing considerable damage, in the 'workhouse of St. Luke, Chelsea, and violently assaulting Mr. Sutton, the master. Mr. Ry er, the chairman, and several others of the Board of Guardians of the pariah were present, attended by their clerk and solicitor, Mr. Lowland, who stated that the conduct of the defendants had been of such a character that he had received directions from the board to pr.,seeute with the utmost rigour of the law. Mr. Sutton, whose eyes were blackened and face much discoloured and swollen, stated, that defendants after being regaled on Christmas-day with roast beef and plum-pudding became, with many others, so disorcerly in the course of the afternoon that he found it necessary to visit and request them to preserve more order, which he did in the kindest way. At 8 o'clock in the evening, the usual time at which the inmates of the house retire to rest, he received a message, stating that defendants requested leave to remain up another hour, which he refused to give them ; and, in about a quarter of an hour afterwards, he was informed that they refused in the most positive terms to go to bed. He then went into the day-room, where he found defendants and others, and recommended them to go to bed quietly ; observing, that if they did not obey in the course of five minutes, he should feel it his duty to send for the police and give them into cus • tody, upon which they left the room and he followed them. On arriving in the yard, Watson, a pau per, who had since absconded, made a dead stop, and the others following his example, refused to move, when finding it necessary to take some decided step, he or dered the watchman to lock Watson up. Defendant Davis immediately rushed at witness and struck him a violent blow in the face, observing, " I'll kill the Witness laid hold of him by the collar and dragged him into his dwelling-house, but Davis called for assistance, and the other defendants surrounded the master, knocked him down, and beat him in the most savage manner. The blows fell so thick thati he was unable to say how many struck him, but he recognised Hughes as being most active in the attack upon him. Defendants at tempted to force him down some cellar steps, but he succeeded, with assistance, in getting away from them, and went for the police. On his return, he found that the defendants had broken 97 squares of glass and three sashes in 'the tailors' shop and their sleeping-room, and had knocked out the panels of a door in their endeavours to get into the old man's room Mr. Sutton in conclu sion said, that the whole of the defendants were actively engaged in the riot, and that he had been considerably injured by the attack made upon him. Joseph Lamb, a watchman in the house, confirmed a portion of the master's statement, and added that he was preceding defendants with a lantern, to show them into their bedroom, when Davis came np, and observing " Here goes for the - lantern," kicked it oat of his hand, and broke it into pieces. Defendants made a desperate attempt to force their way into the women's room, and behaved altogether in the most outrageous and violent manner. Another watchman, in giving a corresponding account of the riot, expressed his opinion that, but for timely aid, Mr. Sutton would have been torn to pieces. Defendants denied having created a riot, struck the master, or done anything amiss. Davis and Hughes were loudest in their protestations of innocence, and one of the other (Intendants said he had been drinking a drop too much, and did not remember what occurred. A lad, about 17 years of age, was called by one of the party, to prove that he was in the sleeping-room at the time of the riot, but he admitted, in answer to a question from the master, that his father, who was upwards of 90 years of age, and who was maintained in the work house, had given him his pint of beer allowed on Christ mas-day by the guardians, which, with his (the boy's) own pint, made him so drunk that he went to bed at four o'clock in the afternoon. Mr. Ryder observed, that ho wished to offer an obser vationlon the statement made by one of the defendants, " that he was drunk, and did not know what had oc curred." It was the desire of the board of guardians, in common, he believed, with the ratepayers of the parish, that the inmates of the house should be treated with kindness and liberality, but at the same time it was their earnest desire that they should not indulge in any ex cess. He had learned from the boy that he obtained the drink by buying that belonging to other paupers. He (Mr, Ryder) much regretted that the endeavours of tie authorities to make them comfortable should be met with so bad a return. Mr. BURRELL observed that he should send the case to the sessions, when other evidence which Mr. Lowland had been desirous of calling, but which was unnecessary in the present stage of the proceedings, could be pro duced. Defendants, who of course were not provided with bail to answer for their appearance, were sent to prison - WORSHIP-STREET. Thursday Henry Willis, the driver of one of Wilson's Holloway omnibuses, named the Favourite, was charged before Mr. Dinghain with having, by furious driving, caused serious injuries to I little girl ten years of age, the daughter of a tradesman narna•l Powell, residing in Gee-street, Goswell-road. It appeared from the evidence of two witnesses, mimed M'Allum and Thomas, that between eleven and twelve o'clock on the preceding day their attention was at• tracted by the rapid gamer of two omnibuses, which were proceeding down the City-rogd at a most dan gerous rate, in the direction of Finsbury-square. At the entrance of the square, the driver of one of the omni buses, No, 4, - 241, belonging to the Paddington Convey. ance Company, and which was on the wrong side of the road, for the w perpose of ain I gentleman's chaise immediately in front of if, urged hie horses on to the footway, where the injured child and her brother were crossing, and before there was a possibility of their saving thensselree, both the children were hurled to the ground and trodden under foot by the Conveyance Company's, horses. As the wheels of the orembes were on the point of passing over them, however, arm of the wit nessjis rushed forward zed fortunately succeeded in sna t c hing them from their perilous position, and carried them to the residers ee of Dr, Jeaffreson, a surgeon in the square. At the moment of the oggereenee the vehicles (lame into such violent collision that two of the spokes, they said, were smashed out of the wheel of the pri soner's omnibus ; but, notwithstanding the serious mis chief they had produced, both drivers continued their career in the same recklese PlNnner, and were soon out of sight. Sergeant Cuthbert, 17 G, stated that at 12 o'clock fie was summoned to the house of Dr. Jeaffreson, where he found the two children under the care of that gentleman and Dr. Leeson, the divisional surgeon ; from the latter of whom he received directions to convey there in a cab to the residence of their parents. One of the children was fortunately injured to only a trifling extent, but the other—the little girl—leas ascertained to have received several very serious contusions on the lower part of her person, and both the surgeons were at first apprehensive lest concussion of the brain should supervene, and fatal results ensue, The sergeant added, that on leaving Dr. Jeaffreson's one of the witnesses pointed out the prisoner, whom was on his return journey to Holloway, as one of the parties implicated in the transaction, and he imme diately took him into custody. He had previously dis patched a constable named Bailey to the Bank to appre hend the other ran, but MI the officer's arrival there he ascertained that the driver had absconded to avoid the consequences of his misconduct ; and their subsequent efforts to capture him had been ineffectual. A medical certificate Was put in, describing the nature of the injuries the child had sustained ; and The prisoner on being called upon for his defence, im puted the whole blame of the transaction to the other driver, who he said bad lashed his horses into a gallop, and driven with nigh violence against his vehicle as to render his (the prisoner's) horses when) , uncontrollable. Mr. I.llxonAve said it was manifest from the evidence of the witnesses that the prisoner was much less culpable than the other man who had escaped, and he should, therefore, allow him to put in bail for his appearance on that day week, by which time it was probable the other driver would . be in custody. STATE OF TRADE. Very few vessels have yet been able to work their way to port, and the imports of the week are come, inently very unimportant. The amount of shipping now due, and, indeed, known to be in tha immediate vicinity, is probably greater than at any former period, and the new year will consequently be entered upon with larger sup plios of produce of all sorts ; meanwhile the sufferings from seven welder of the crews on board ships, many of which will also have run Short of provisions, must be very intense. There has been a large business in cottoa this week, and prices of all sorts, but more especially the lower kinds, have improved a shade, whilst the market has been benefited to a greater extent by the different feelings prevalent in busy times to such as are mani fested when selling, not buying, is the cry. Prices are low—lower than they were ever known ; but what is to rise them ? There is a large crop in prospect, and a large import (probably 150,000 bales) to arrive in the next ten days of westerly winds. Take the duty off, and the importer and spe culat.)r win, no doubt, be benefited ; but let not the Manchester anti-corn.law advocates neglect the duty on food for the support of a yepaal of the 41.0 on cotton. The manufacturing trade is a good one, th 9 unOsqmptiOn asMat as the buildings in existence will allow, a 0 the progte of the year very, very large; but just now there is scarcely 'an 4 FtiPiPPYing duty, or a trade u n d er t h e i nf l uence o f the Eicise, which the parties most interested are not attempting to relieve by Seeking a repeal of duty. In produce generally there is not much doing, and it is to be regretted that the Liverpool buyers and sellers do not act after the example of their London friends, and reduce their transactions at this (always a dull) season to the smallest possible extent. There has been a continuance or animation In the share market, and large profits have no doubt been reaped this year ; thi s has had the effect of nearly doubling the number of brokers to do the work, and his eit!s the l'uoat lucrative and improving 4 1 ,P .119 ::o r f t t 44.Y7 There is l4 of inoo l py, anq all fear of u fegrpity iflng OUP dissiPat4 — Liverpool hieron, PRICES OF SHARES LONDON, FRIDAY, DEC. 27. Dividend per Amount 4iinum. Names of Com panies. Piid. Fri Share. per mot. 41. Canals. As.. I a and Oldham.. Ashby-de.la..Zouch..ay Basingstoke Breckneck Sr Abergay. Birmingham,l-16thsh. Do. and Liverp. Juuc. Cheliner & Blackwater Coventry ..... Crom ford ..... Dudley Derby ...... ..... Danube and Mayne.... Ellesmere and Chester Erewash Forth and Grand Juncti0n.......... Grand Union Grand Surrey Grand Western......-- Glarnotgansh. ay. cost Gloucester & Berkeley Grantham .—.....—........ Huddersfield .........av Kennet :lad Avon ...ay Lancaster Leeds and Liverpool... Leicester ........ Leicester & Northamp. Loughborough ......av Monmouthshire ......... Montgomeryshire Melton M0wbray........ Mersey and Irwell. Macclesfield Oxford Peak F0re5t.....—.....ay Regent's (or London) Shropshire ......... Somerset Coal. Do. Lock Fund Stock Stafford and Worcester Shrewsbury, , Stourbridge—...— Stratford.on.Aven..AY Swansea ..... •••••••••••••••• Severn Sr Wye & Rail. Trent & Mersey, 1 4 its. Thames & Medway—ay Warwick and sinning. Warwick and Napt on.— Worcester & Birming. Wilts and Berks......ay Wisbeach Way and Arun....... X a. d. 97 18 0 113 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 X a 1. 100 0 0 224 164 41. 101. Si: cert. 41 19 4 Docks. Commercial ........ East and West India London ........... Ditt• Bonds 8ri5t01....—...... ..... Do. Ends, var. amounts Bt. Katharine. ....... ....« Ditto Ditto Bends Southampton Bridges Hammersmith............ Southwark, new Subs. Ditto New of 7% pr c. Waterloo..... ........ ...... Ditto Old Ann. of SI,. Ditto New ditto of 71. Ditto Bonds ..... ......... Vauxhall....., av Assurances. Albion Alfred Life ...... Alliance Brit. and For Ditto Marine Atlas Birmingham Fire British Commercial Cler. Med. & Gen. Life County ...........»,., ........ Economic Life European Life Ditto New Freemasons Globe Guardian Hope Life Ditto Fire ~,,,,, ,,,,,,,,•, Imperial Fire Ditto Life ,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,, 1ndemnity Marine Law Life Legal and General Life London Fire Ditto Ship .... National Loan Fliro.„. Neptune Marine ..... Palladium Protector Life Provident Rock Life ..............» It yal Exchange Sun Fire Ditto Life......„,......., University Life Universal Life.... .. . Union Fire and Life Joint Stk Banks Ditto New Brit. North American Commercial of London Colonial .... London & Westrninstr Ditto New........ London Joint Stock Provincial 01 Ireland,, Ditto New . ... National of Ireland Nat. Provincial Englnd Ditto New ........ 014pmtProhire, ... Unia” PI 4nfirelll..„. Pnien of Widen Gaslight 4 Coke' ' 8ath......... .1.10 British Ditto Provincial Birmingham Steftbrdsh Patel rtrr , ”Tr”lt,trtt:t • Brighten tttpro.”l,,,ft••• Ditto General City of London Ditto New Continental Consoltd ecp ;quitabie. • .. ft? . t Isle of Thailit Independent ..... Phcenix lth MetrOpPiitan.,„. Pnited Genera 1,.,, ,,,,,, Westrnina. Chalieresi. Ditto Water W'arks. Birmingham East L0nd0n....,.,.. Grand Junction av §ingf ., 9n. .sanchester and Salford Vauxhall, late $, 'And, West Middiesest... w av Yrk Buldg Co. Les.fr op Iron N.allways !‘ Derby & Gioneester Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Eastern Counties gclipburgh & Glasgow Grand Junction (heat North of Englnd OreAt Western Ditto Halt Shares Ditto Fifths ....... Harwich (Braithwaite) ;ball and Selby jiIPRO , and Carlisle val and Sa 'Yv—n•n• .—iverpool & Islanchestr Ditto Halt. Shares London and Brighton Ditto Loan Notes London and itl.ckwall London and Greenwich London and Birmingh. Ditto Quarter. Shares Ditto London and S. Western 1,•01 1 cIPP Cillgol , pt Marichetter and Leeds Ditto New Manchatr and Binning Midland Cou North British Norwi h & Brandon Dr hern and Lectern ino dis. Paris and urleans ....... Paris and R0uen..... ..,. Rouen and Havre....... Stockton & Darlington roain ):lust . and po Ti er 4ThruihAnd Naredeb rk and B. Ditto New Shares ... ; . Mines. Albion Copper „„„, 4!tpn wttr o m L Anglo ISS. U. p.m. Ditto Subscription..,.. Bolan°, Scrip . Brasil. Imp. iss.sl. p.m. PP, *Mb, , e 4 Coc, U Poi 4eY uritmo .0)111 Candonga Ditto Registered Cobre Copper Copiapo GP114F41440, le 41. tiener4l aiming v , Hibernian Imperial Slate Compy Mexican Mining Co. of Ireland #1,411 dpixlPuLPLUnug• fiittp an .7 , Rhymney 1r0 g .,9„ gl in t in g dr 1 , 444i:e1fr United Moc,isa. . pm. Ditto Scrip ..... Ditto New 5crip........ ~ilterary. Loudn,with Sinaleket , London University ..... Russell King' , C011ege , ,,,,,,,,,, M1N1MM41400144. Anglo Mexican Mint., Australian Agricaltur. Brit. American Land, Canada ........ Upper Canada Bonds„, Oen. Steam Navigation Iberian Mercantile Co. Ditto Property Met. Wood Pay., isa. Mex. and S. American New Brunswick (Land) New Zealand ..... & Orien. Steam ttoyftl Mail Stearn t „, Re‘eriioilary Int. Soz I South Australian Thames Tunnel . Van Diemen's Land I 20 -0 Q u so 0 • 10 0 o 60 0 0 25 0 • IA 4a. 11. 15s. (per cont. 15 per cent. Area, andi ta.64. ba. ..) tper cent. 7per cent. , I% per cent riper cent '!.,IST OP SCOTTISH COM DEC 7, 1 Bank of Scotlaw..." Royal sank 00000000 "•“•• sri ish 1-Appn Cmpny commercial Bank Gilasgow Uniun Bank National Pank Western Bank Caledonian Insurance Hercules Insurance North Brit. Insurance ' Insurance Co. of Scotl. Edinburgh Lile Insur. Scottish Union Insur Standard Life Incur DalkfSth Railway .t., }Ain. anti 'Was. Raliw"y Glasg. and Green. Rail Dundeesind A rbr Rail, 6 per cent. 6 per cept. 8 Her Cern, 6 per cent 7i per cent. 6 per cent. Spw: cent 16 per cent. 7 per cent. per cent. Dper cent. beer cent. tier cent. per cent. per cent. per a.e t, CANALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. 100 0 of jlO 100 0 0 404 .151. 14 54. SI 12s. Eid. .sa. I.los. 3 17s. 6d. 101. 6percent. 2S .54 20/. 14 10s. 151. 3117101. 101. 10s. I:iii. cent. 4 per cent. lii per cent. 4 per cent. 31. 10s. 5 per cent. L per cent. 6% per cent. 4 per cent. i per cent. IN per cent. I/. Os. Bd. 18s. Id. per cent. 11. 7s. St. 10s. i per cent. 6 per cent. 6 per cent. Ss. 6d. pr sh 51. ss. er share per cent. 3/. per cent./ it 30s. bs.j per cent, 5 • per cent, per cent. 6per cent. !per cent. 4s. 2i. 6d. per cent. 'l9s. 12 . 01. & bs. 1/. 5 per cent. !per cent. 5 per cent. per cent. 11. si. 5 per cent. I}i per cent. 11. 4s. 5 per cent. t;r cent P per cent. 6 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 6per cent. per colt. per cent. A per cent. 6 per cent. .11 per share 41, per share 10 per cent. per cent. 16.. 11. 5L 11. 7e. od be. per Gent. 'cent. JAIL 101. Si/ per sh 153'per sh 6 pe . ieent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. 5 per cent, fpor cow. iK per cent. fib IN. 2 1 . 105. 1 Oa. tper cent. 41. 16s. U. 14a. 2/.135. p. qb. 31. lia. II per cent Ss. per 01. Si. ISs. perch to per cent s per cent. W. Os. per Ms t 341. per sh. 12s. per oh. 10 per cent. 10 per cent, 1141. per •h 101. per sh. Ili.per share 4 8 40 pier I pr 1181 ear s t . IL a 10d. LS per cent. PP' PP/S. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. ..., ...., L 1/. 31. 11. 6d. ..... i. 101. R 0 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 71 5 0 0 IS 11 0 0 10 50 0 0 5 0 0 1( 55 0 0 501 210 0 10 0 5 0 0 250 0 0 1 400 Al! paid 2( 2 0 0 1 .'1 3 0 0 I I 4' 36 10 0 I 41 2 10 0 2 10 50 0 0 161 10 0 0 11 5 13 0 sr 10 0 0 4: 9 0 0 1' 12 10 0 11 12 10 0 11 2 10 0 5 2 0 0 5 0 0 40s 1 0 0 21s 10 0 0 24 10 0 0 5 0 0 6 5 0 0 1 0 40 0 0 4 40 0 Ii 20 0 25 0 1 20 0 0 2 20 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 25 0 • 4, 10 ‘1 0 11 17 10 0 11 3.5 0 0 3 10 0 0 , 10 0 0 2. 2.5 0 0 2' 10 0 0 1. I 6 0 0 IS 0 0 19 0 0 131 50 e 9 10; 2o o mOOO 75 0 0 15 31 5 0 7 38 5018 500 0 8 20 0 0 2 300 0 0 99 0 0 41 0I 0 0 71 25 0 0 4: a a 0 [0 - 0 0 (11. 25 0 0 MO 0 • 9, 100 0 0 9 70 0 01 5 0 111 0 1 23 0 0 1; 50 0 0 0 100 0 • 21. 100 0 0 75 0 • It( SO 0 0 9( 12 0 0 2t 20 0 1 50 0 0 7( 10 0 0 11 ICO o 0 100 Q 0 2N. 50 6 0 1,6 50 0 0 51 10 0 0 Le WO 0 0 2. 2 0 0 32 0 70 0 Q 01 3.9 9 0 51 49 0 0 ' 1 100 0 0 11 , 7 10 0 6 0 0 1 , 45 0 Q tl 20 So 20 0 • t 12 0 0 2% 100 0 0 - 11 N 91 0 KO 10 06 U 115 0 ( 150 0 0 21 • • 9 fi 10 0 . 7 10 0 Q 10 10 o 3 0 0 50 0 0 7 0 aer cent. pFr 11. 104 per oh. j5O e 40 I 0 50 0 0 pw 0 0 4 01 0 0 0 0 ••• 9 10 • 10 0 0 toe I • Igo 0 95 o o 10. 0 10 0 1 0 SO 0 100 0 10 0 90 • 3$ 10 32 IP N. o' o 1$ d I 14 o I 5 9 0 a I 1 5 10 0 SW 5 0 10 00 j l 0 0 9 0 0 .0 0 0 7 0 0 1175 0 0 0 0 50 0 0 50 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 25 0 0 20 50 0 0 50 20 0 011 SO . 0 0 to O 0 9: O 0 00 ; 'ARIES' PRICES. 100 17( - 17 10 0 A 2 10 0 0 1 10 0 0 2 10 0 0 12 10 0 1 1 0 023 9 1g g 50 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 1' 15 !I 0 TIPI SURREY QUARTER SES4IObiIL—T4 4 xear thple 41 lac) anOmf t ly Gf five 46tarter for Surrey. " l our hate already berq belch 1, 'April 13 1 Jul' i, 04. 1;, cud chi Afth jo fippoimt4 for PiQt Bli 100 0 0 Stock Stock L&7 9 0 Stock 50 • 0 50 0 0 03 2 8 50 0 0 100 0 o 70 10 9 500 0 0 2500 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 250 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 1000 0 0 20 0 0 20 00 20 0 0 _ Stock 100 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 U 5 0 n Stock 100 0 0 100 0 0 20u 0 0 40 0 et be 0 6 100 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 • 20 0 0 50 0 0 0 • AO 00 25 0 100 e 41 13 120 • SO 100 0 63 19 LOS 0 VUV) 1 • 4 o 5 0 15 0 100 0 150 U 35 0 25 0 A S iii 0 LLOYD'S SHIPPING. All pals X. Notes issued ... 28,151,730 £28,151,730 M. MA Dated the 26th day of De( BANKING D : X. :PARTMENT. ' Proprietors' tapi r tal 14,553,1,. Rest 3,110,513 Public deposits (including Ex % chequer,Savings N banks, Commis ig sioners of Na tional Debt, and dividend le- I counts) '" Other deposits 8,348,73 81 Seven day and other bills coin 967.934: £34,055,44 . . M. MA ' Dated the 26th day of De, ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oaty. Flout Eng1i5h.......... 2,470 Ira. IA2O qrs. 1.311. gra. 2,3 d. 1ri5h.............. -- ........ F0reign.......... COLONIAL The produce markets being closed for the holidays, we have but little to report. COTTON.—There has been a fair business doing, at full rates, about 5.000 bales having been sold. TNA.--The market is shady. TALLOW.—P. Y. C. is 40s. 3d. to 40s. 6d. per cwt. on the spot. COAL MARZET. !me Prices per ton at the close of the market :—Buddle's 15 West Hartley, 29s ; C arr ' s H art l ey, 27 s ; Holywell Main, 31s 6d ; Morrison's Hartley, 24s 6d ; Old Pontop, .1 :1 25s ; Ord's Redheugh, 25s ; South Pontop, 25s ; West 04 , WyJam.2s, ; Wylam, 25s ; W. E., Stewart's, 31a 6d ; IN W. E., Tees, 30s.—Ships arrived, 2. 1% (From the London New Price Current of Dec. 18.) The Produce markets having been closed since Friday, we have few transactions to report, and our remarks are l iX necessarily brief. O n W e d nes d ay , h owever, b us i ness 2% will be resumed ; at pr esen t f ew auct i ons are d ec l are d . 7s The arrivals have in c r ease d f rom a ll parts s i nce th i s day 16 9 % week. In the early p a rt o f th e new year, a mater i e l a increase in the demand for Produce for home congurnp tion it is exp.- cted will lakcr place, *nits in second hands ' 4l k , being small, and less thao at this period in 1843. i" 1 eu g .i.4.--,T ho West India Su g ar mar k et h as b een 4 A closed all the week ; but business will b e resume d on Wednesday, when 100 hhds of Barbadoes sub -7% witted to public competition, 11 REF!t4En Sttsr 4 Wanted by the home t ra d e , an d the iupply at market being small, p r i ces h ave an upwar d tendency ; several purchases made by the town and ig L . % country trade upon the following terms :—grown Lumps at 7'45 to 724 Qd i standard lumps 73s to 73s 6d. /11 Tit4rs low to mid 72s to 73s 6d, good 74s to 7s, fine 76s to 83s, Hamburgh loaves 73s to 81s, double ditto 828 to 90s, and wet lumps 7O to 71s per cwt. Refined is cheap in proportion hrAw Sugar; there is a difference itt the value of 'fine yell ow W es t Iwdi4 4Pd standard lumps of only 5s per cwt, MAURITIUS.—By private contract saw parcels have r been disposed of at firm rates 1 tote quantity at market qi at present is small, lot ern long it will L e increased, five vessels having arrival with 2 1.74$ nags and 420 casks. I The stock exceeds that of !kat year by 9,371 bags. We quote good and fin yellow 59s to 665, mid and good mid 55; to Ass, low Aas to 545, good and fine brown 49s to lind inferior 44s to 48s per cwt. , 1141iIT INDlA.—Bengal is wanted, and the rates paid 3 by private contract are rather above those of the last auctions for white and yellow brown has sustained the I former currency, We quote the white 68s to 695, good middling and good 63s 6d to 65s 6d, middling 61s to Sk 68s, common stis to 60s ; brown, low t o m iddli ng 4 1 s to 8 7 455, good and fine 46s to 495, low yellow 50s to 535, i middling 54s to 575, good m iddli ng an d good 58s to gu 635, and fine 643 to 70s p er cwt . S evera l parce l s ig have arrived since this day week, and the stock shows an increase over that of last year of 59,621 a bags. Holders of Foreign free-labour Sugar enter -716 tain a favourable opinion towards it, and supply the 5 4 Market sparingly. There are se vera l purc h asers of Ma -1 nilla rather under former rates, but holders refusing to 6 sell thereat, check bu s in ess ; goo d ye ll ow i s worth 19s 14 3}l. to 19s 6d per 0141, Java cannot b e p urc h ase d b ut at f u ll i rates. There are, however, not many buyers at present. t The stock is a small one. FOREIGN.—Holders of all descriptions still manifest ri % firmness, and supply the market sparingly. In Haven nah there has been little business transacted, but mer -53" chants will not sell excepting at very full rates ; if they 4 34 would take rather lower prices, it would be the cause of several parcels of yellow finding purchasers. There are s 1 not many orders for Brazil at present, but previous rates 17 are fully supported; there are buyers of white and brown it rather under former quotations. COFFEE.—For the mid descriptions of West India several inquiries hue existed, and the supply being AnPill, fOr.tner rates are fully supported. Holders of East India show firmness, and the market has been sparingly supplied with all descriptions. Previous rates are fully sup ported for Ceylon, and a fair business has been transacted by private contract in good ordinary at 52s to 52s 6d per cwt. To Plantation kinds the operations are upon a more extended scale at former terms. There are pur chasers of Mocha rather under former rates. The stock is 1,017 bales more than it was last season. Qttier kinds of East India are not offered upon lowcf lei•g4, and there is nothing pressing for sale. Rum, BRANDY, AND. 1.104441pg.-.-_---All increased desir' has ec4 shown to purchase Leeward 'slaw! — g um ; holders are firm, and at 2.4 3d to 2s 3- 1, 1 per gallon proof a good business has een transacted. In Calcutta the operations are upon a more extocied scale at 2s 2d to 2s 21d, proof with Certifitiate. In Demerara sales to a fair extent have been made at 3s to 3s ad for strong derciptiqns. The market for Jamaica is, however, in a very dull state. For Leeward Island Rum prices are 4d to 6d, and for ilittnaica 9d to is per gall above those of that time, The Brandy market bus a firm appearance, and there bas been a good deal dying l all descriptions. 9% 18% ;is. 4 50 LONDON, DEC. 27.—Wind Northerly, moderate breeze, and cloudy. DEAL. DEC. 26.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Pandora, Manilla ; Thomas Lee, and Asiatic, Woof, Calcutta ; Brooke, Camphine, Ichaboe, for Grangemouth. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 26.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Hen drik, Hudson, New York. OFF SiLcostnE, DEC. 25.—Thunder, Rio Janeiro. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 26.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Dor. ) drecht, Dutch transport, Suriusm, for Amsterdam. i FALMOUTH, Dec. 26.—Wind E., moderate--Arrd. 1 Esmeralda, Lancelot, Gambi a , f or R ouen , w ith ru dd er 1 % damaged, sailed Oct. 30 ; Ilebe, Billingsley, Quebec, 24th ult. ; Queen of the Isles, London, for Buenos fAyres, leaky, havin g s t ruc k th e groun d on l eav i ng t h e 1 Downs. OFF PENZANCE, DEC. 23.—Salem, Gilbert, New 9 4 Orleans. 24. Windhound, Rio Janeiro, for Antwerp. Coax, DEC. 24.—The Heywood, for Africa, which got on the bank near the Spit Buoy 12th inst., and the 5 Vanguard schooner, which got ashore near Roche's ) Point 14th inst., came off this morning. LIVERPOOL, Die. 26.—Wind S.S.E., moderate.— ; Atrd. Culdee, Campbell, Sueir, Hoskell, and Princess Royal, noodles', Calcutta; Boston, Stanner, ditto, and q 4 Cape of Good Hope; Isabella, Thorpe, and Parker, Reid, Demerara ; Bombay, Reid, New Orleans ; Alabama, Augustus, Head, Iligginson, and Harriet, Rockwell, Charleston ; Swordfish, Green, Miramichi ; William Fisher, Montreal. Sld. Alexander and Prince Albert, Bombay ; Liffey, Barbadoes ; Ellen, German, Berbice ; Severn, Havannah. Off, Constellation, Angra Pequina. ' ICHABOE.—Arrd. Her Majesty's steamer Thunderbolt, Cape of Good Hope, to relieve her Majesty's ship Isis. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From Friday Night'. Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to th• Act 7th and Eth of Vic toria, cap. 33, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 21st day of December, 1844. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. !Gerernmentdebt 11,015,100 Other securities 2,984,900 Gold coin aid bullion Silver bullion £28,151,730 ;SHALL, Chief Cashier. rnber, 1844. Government secu- rities (includ ing Dead Weight Annuity) 13,540,619 Other securities 10,763,777 Notes . 8,959,630 Gold and silver £34,055,443 ISHALL, Chief Cashier. :ember, 1844. )h, MARKET NEWS.-(YESTERDAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. o Owing to the thick weather and contrary winds, we 13 '. continue to be very scantily supplied with all descrip tions of Grain, consequently very little business is doing 0 11 in any article. Scarcely any English Wheat was on 63., show, and the few sales effected in it were at prices fully equal to those obtained on Monday. In fine Foreign Wheat a f a i r b us i ness was d o i ng, at late rates. yr i There was a few runs of Barley on sale, by land-car s% riage samples, and which were held at full prices. The 6 6 trade, howev e r, was b y no means brisk. Scarcely any 234 Oats at market; these, as well as Beans and Peas, were unaltered in value. 9 - Milt, 3,520 qrs. - 311MITIMIZI.D. V This being a holiday market, the supply of beasts offering was ver y li m i te d, b ut f u ll y equal to meet the .., wants of the butchers. I n p r i ces we h ave no var i at i on to ;4 4 notice from those obt a i ne d on M on d ay. Th e num b ers 1% of Sheep were small, yet the sale for them was in a 4c/ sluggish st a t e , a t una l tere d f i gures. Pr i me sma ll C a l ves 5 % sold freely, at very low prices ; but, in other kinds of Veal, next to nothin g was d o i ng . Th e P or k tra d e was I firm, and the currencies were supported without diffl ;4 culty, igliCil Cows sold slowly at from 161 t o 191 each. per Sibs, te sink t h e siffaL 14 s. 9. to s. d. s . 1. to s . 4, T. Inferior Beasts ... .... 9 11 210 Sword qualityditto ; 0 4 S r% Second quality ditto"... 3 - 0 2 6 Coarse.,woolloil dioo al O 4 a 1 , Prime large Oxen...... aII:4 10 Seutkdcivis ether i 4 SI 4 4 4 pp e boils. 4f. ...... 4 0 4 4 Ditto out o f t h e wool ... r g e coarse Calves... 3 4 310 Large Hogs 3 0 3 0 Prime small ditto 4 0 4ft Small Porkers. 3 6 4 0 , 9pckling Calves, each 19 030 0 quarter eld pigs,eachlft 000 0 ' Inferior Sheep SPITLY AT MARKgf. 8e 433 2 asts. I Sh 100 eep. I Valves 44 . 1 I Ings. 281 w*W . 01,7 1 4NP XIXIAIZN 11111. ISL. ,h e supplies o meat on sale were by no means large, % yet the trade was in a very sluggish state, and prices • were barely supported. i - - - At ver PitnnP, t/T cue ctiTiACF• 11. 411 :4V1 1- 4.. . " a. d. to I. di. ! allet. 441440/..... ..... II n 210 Mutton, inferior 9 8 210 middling ..... .... 3 0 3 3 —.— middling 9 0 3 4 I 3 - prime large ...... 3 4 3 I prime 3 i 3 i 7 -- prime small ...... 3 6 3tB Pork, large... ..... " 5 i 3 4 IVeal . ....... .............. 3 4 4 4 --4 mall .. ....... - 3 6 4• 40 3 K07911 ;143? MARKET. I Notwithsundieg the supply of Hops on offer is but Ilimited, the demand continnes extremely inactive, at Ili almost nominal figures,—Sussex pockets, 71 to 81 53; Wpgids, 0/ ios tilol l Mid gent, al to 101 15s ; East 1 Dent, 7/ 7s to 81; Choice, 101 to 121; Farnharas, 10/ : to 101 10s. • Price's rule as follows, viz., Cocrnac, best brands 01 the vint'4,ge of 1838, hhds 5s 2cr, puns ss; ditto hhr'is 4s 11(1, puns 4s 9d+ p ditto 1840, bo f 4s I Id, puns 4s 9d; ditto 1841, hhds as 1 5th rues 4s 8d ; ditto 1842, hhds 4s 7d, puns 43 d ditto, 1843, hhds 4s sd, puns 4s 3d, common 2 3 8 13 s, 2s Ild, and middling to good middling 3s to 33 I ° d ;,. io deaux common 2s 6d to 2s 8d per gallon. Gen es wanted for shipping at Is 9d to Is 10d, and fine `,,,),11 duty is worth 2s 4d to 3s 6d per gallon. The trh„,r is still very firm for English Corn Spirits at lOs 2d r gallon, cash ; the supply is mill small. TEA.—The trade are still turning their attenti nli e lt r ; wards black and gr een T ea. There has been_,Altss good de man d f or C ongou of all descriptions,l lo ",„3 advanced ra t es prev i ously established are fully sucr o d —common has been fetching 101 d to I Id, and common 'lid to is per lb. In the sorts worth from le n g to Is 2d a favourable business ha's been done. P° ll , ch Sto has met with ready purchasers, and priers are firm " -- ni I Od, and superior at lld to Is 2d per lb. Twasikay iS "L tr k• price, and in excellent request ; common has been ing Is 3d to is 3id. In llyson several purchases " - :t been made at firm rates—common has been selling ne 2s 6d to 2s 7d, m iddli ng to good 2s 8d to 3s and eti f i ; rior 3s 2d t o 4 s 6 d per l b . Other kinds of Tea fullY s- tain the former value, and are wanted. ] e ta RICE. —The market is still scantily supplied ta Bengal: it is much wanted and buyers are corare" e l".d. pay stiff rates, low white fetching lls to lls 3d, " 6 ,1, (fling lls 6d to lls 9d, and good to fine 12s to 1 25 _ the sorts most in request are those from lls to 11v, orl, per cwt ; none has again been offered at anc! fra i and the stock is still diminishing ; yellow Mr ve r has been taken readily at 8s 3(1 to 8s 6 " '4 cwt, at which holders are firm, and the surf o has become small. The better kinds of white Je ll b - ti t not much want e d, an d 103 6d to 12s is the vela° ; to yellow and inf er i or w hi te ki nds are in demand at 65 lOs per cwt. Of cleaned Rice several parcels hare W disposed of at firm rates, Patna at 14s to 188, and C* l.°. line 23s to 27s per cwt. SPlCES.—Holders of black Pepper show firma s tie there is a less quantity offering for sale, but a fair 4 13 wand has exist e d ; S umatra i s l i d to 24d, Pena ng to 2d, and Malabar 2.id to 3kd per lb. Cassia LiP o ' o a at 56s to 60s for low mid and mid, 61s to 62s for gj of f mid, 63s to 66s fo r goo d an d fi ne, and 52s to 55s for to fine ord. For Pimesto prices are going up, the suPP J being very small. N utmegs are i n fair deman d, a t firm rates. Mace is still dull of sale. FRUIT.—The market i s i n a qu i et state f or Cur° vts, but there is no desire on the part of merchants to kr t : a sales, the stock not being a large one. Raisins have taken sparingly at the former currency. # di* ltraco.—The low rates th a t preva il f or Elm' Indio are still attractin g a tt ent i on; t hi s is not to be woa d at they being from 6d to is per lb under those of I I l i season, and this in the face of an increased consumP ti° o ,l and an abundant supply of money. In Bengal se e, , 0 purchases have been made, but holders are comp Sa l e `, O submit to a reduction on the rates of last quarterly 35 : . . of 3d to 4d per lb. Other descriptions of East India lu small parcels are selling rather under the rates of the October sale. SALTPETRE.—Rough is wanted, and prices all supported, but the mark e t i s scant il y supplied lak, , e5 O private con t rac t h ave b een made at 24s to 265 6 0 , " tine at 27s to 27s 6d per cwt. OlLs.—This has been a quiet week for common cie r : scriptions of Fi s h Oil s , b ut in prices little variaitl 2 ° o has taken pl ace ; pa l e S ea l i s 331 10s to 344 and Cou to 311 lOs per tun. Sperm, fine British 871 to 891par t1/ . 0 fir for at 23 s 6d t o 24 s per cwt. The market is "..0 for Rap e , an d t h e d eman d i s on the increase ; 31drd the spot mad e at 34 s to 34s 6 d for pale, and at 3 3 3 6 34s per cwt for brown. Palm has been taken a;il.n dap tion, fine is worth only 25s per cwt. Cocoa Nut i 5 of sale at 24s to 27s for low to fine. Olive Oil is 11° offered at any f u rth er d ec li ne i n prices, but t h er e i' L " .... not many purchasers. TALLOW.—Purchases to a fair exeent have 144 1 : made in R uss i an T a ll ow on the spot, and prices ! n o firm ; merchants are no t i nc li ned to press sales, an u ti t i , obtaining 40 5 3d to 40s 6d per cwt for fine P. Y. Cl/3,:t but for f orwar d d e li very few purchasers are to be with. Town Tallow has declined in value ~ in—="K ise ; queuce o f th e l arge supply ; but at .4(2, 6d to 4 15 r - j, cwt nett ca.h th ere h as b een a very good detnilte Other kind s o f T a ll ow are unaltered in value, but supply good. EXTRAORDINARY ETENT.—A !DOA extraordil circumstance has just occurred at the Hawick toll bar, which is kept by two old women. It appears that 1 o l t . had a sum of motley In the house, and from some er ase °r other Were extremely alarmed lest they should be r obb ed 1 of it. Their fears prevailed to such an extent, i t eey when a carrier whom they knew was passing by ht , urgently requested him to remain with them sill° which, however, his duties would not permit hinl, t° , 0 - but .n consideration of the alarm of the women, he seated to leave with them a large mastiff del., ... 00 13 the carrier started the dog became 'violent, an d Theo not step, upon which one of the women ran afte r t he man, who returned and left his coat for the dog t after which the animal remained quietly at the 101..,„easi- In the night the women were disturbed by the ic e ° I.7OUSe• as ness of the dog, and heard a noise apparent l y ~,I e poie attempt to force an entrance into] the 10 013 ' 1-9 I ' o which they escaped by the back-door, an d ran k ., neighbouri ng house, which happ ene d to be s blac k' smith's ehop. They knocked a t th e d oor , an d were a n. her husband from within by t h e sm i t h' s w if e . Sh e said "_ husband was absent, but that she was willing to company the terrified women to their home. This agreed to, and on their reaching the house they heard I/ savage but half-stifled growling from the dog. On en' tering the house they saw the body of a man hangint half in and bailout of' their little window, whom the dot had seized by the throat, and was still worrying. examination, the man proved to be their neighbour th; blacksmith, dreadfully torn about the throat, and quit deed.—Carlisle Patriot. o e 4 WIDTH OF S TREETS AND ALLEYS.— Under th new Metropolitan B u ildi ng A ct all streets awl, formed after the Ist p rox i mo must be of a cerWn„wi,ed, It is enacted by th e 52d sect i on, and a seeedel* an ; Ater that with regard t o streets and other win b 'it-width formed, so far as re l ates to securing a autbelen " tionh thereof, from th e pass i ng of the Act, all the 00 1 d o e regulations, a n d di rect i ons contained in the sel,l shall be d u ly o b serve d and performed; and that if „„, person offend in respect thereof, he shall be liable to the penalties end forfeitures imposed by the Art i n spect of any buildings either built contrary there , o r without du e not i ce to t h e surveyor appointe d in Viir; suance of the Apt t o i nspect such buildings-, By schedule it is declared, that every street ikexcepting tie mews) must be of the width of fort..-y -ir the buildings fronting ae-• 1 , street be more than forty fee t high from the level of' the street, then such street M ug , be of a width equal et lestt to the height of the build l l abe Ye the level, 'very alley or mews must be 0 , 1. , e 3 feet a t the least; ! 7tl width of 20 feet at least, with the same proviso me1et 1°. ..,.. with regard to streets. Every - alley must have o° , l e trances, each being at the least the full width of the el; and one of the entrances at the least open fr° l22 ; 's ground upwards. The width of streets and alleys to be ascertained 11 measuring from front to front 0 , the buildings 011 teal side of the streets or alleys. it QUARRELLING.—Mr. Hi ggs h e ld an in - 1 --e an Monday at the Prince's Head, Prinees-street, minster, on the body of George Dawson, age. butcher, in the service of Mr. Munday, of Y,o, 21, 111-,.; gerford-market, From the evidence (\ two butch e rs employed at the same place, it apr e? mischievous boys were in thta ! . uit of assembling 10 t of the shops, and t"llir.7, : f and provoking soy w h o isiterfered %jib their amusements. On Friday we% the deceased's shon Wee° that a nunn °"/ of . the boys , Weled John Wilkins, stood oppo% e .. sired by the beadle and refused to go away wheV i The deceased finding words 0' n o avail ' g ay h' box d him o vs f but , .e him a on the ear, an drove lie shortly returned, armed with a piece of tile, repay the blow he had received. Deceased rushed 0;1_0 him, a n d i n tak i ng the tile away cut himself with tu id g sharp s id e of i t on the thumb. The next day in ses-d a pig the hot water caused the whole arm to s well, $ ll become exceed i ngly painful, and the day after the fil ll , . ~0 geon called t o a t ten d him, and found th a t mortifiegin y had al rea d y commenced. From that time he eelidu"." grew worse, and on Mond a y l as t h e di e d . " Accidental death." , f og PENALTIES UNDRE THE NEW MATROPO*-- n BUIL DINGS ACT.—AII pe na lti es un d er the new Mettrio polit a n B u ildi ngs Act must be sued for within six Inctd, after the penalty or forfeiture shall have been inc They y They m a y b e recovered by any party, and if the pern4 be not oth erw i se spec i f i cally appropriated, then (by,;,. 107th section) th e person so su i ng or proceeding shay; entitled to receive one half thereof for his own ben e and the other half shall be paid to her Majesty's us*. BTHS. On the 22d i ns t ., at Salis IR bury, .is. James Hussey, 0 - , 101 . On the 24th i nst., Mrs. Grahani,of Gloucester-road, ' cester-gate, Regent's -park, of a son. - ills On the 18th i nst., at Ballachin House, Strath-TaY, lady of Captain Robert Scott, of a son. 101 On th e 19 t h i nst., Mrs. Butler, wife of H. Butler, of a and heir. user( On the 23d inst., in Basingliall-street, Mrs.Thomse user Wadd, of a son. On the 24th inet., at the Priory, El m - grove , Peckb°' Mrs. Edw ar d Cook, of a daughter. On the 24th inst., the wife of Dr. Willie, Dover-str ee4 of a son. On the 25 t h i nst., at Brighton, Lady Knighton, o f soe, s still-born. On the 26th i nst., the wife of William Greet, Esq., of daughter. MARRIED. On the 23d inst., at St. Benet Fink, Mr. William TiP-scif, of Priest- hill, Wetherby, Yorkshire, to Ellen, younger ds u g, ter of the l a t e Mr. William Hamper, of Threadneedle-stree t- DIED. At Kingston, Jamaica, on the 9th of July, S. LolliE St l: On the 29th of September last, on board her Nttle..tti'ssi ll P Pilot, No rman Sh a i rp, Esq., R.N. On the 24th i nst., Margaret, second ', 3 Aaug Cathie, Esq., W est Brixton, Snug.; — hter of Winia ll On the 24th inst., at Lylne Regis,is, Dorset, Joseph 110" ward, Esq., aged 7C,. On the 2an inst, Alfred Baker, t er, E Sq., l a e ofliayn e H 004 Silverton, Devon, . On the 25th i net., Mary /17.113, EN,' of tipper Clapto n . the 23th inst , at Buckhill, near Caine, Robert H ug hes ' F t I CI " . 1‘ ! "1- ,aged 72. ~'-'" :a e 25th in s t., Willi am, t h e e ld est son o f Mr. W. E. wife of Frederick Toult nin I urowland, of Harleyford-road, aged 18. On the 26th inst., at Norfolk-crescent, Hydg Park, MAP dalen, daughter of Major-General Paslev. On the 26th inst., at Blackheath, Edv . ;in Howard, You n g" t son of R. Ritherdon, Esq. On the 26th inst., in Gloucester-road, Hyde Park-garden 9, Ralph Henry, the sixth son of the late Major Ralph Heal/ Sneyd, aged 12 years and 10 months. London: Printed hind Publi•datid by MURDO YOUNG, 0 No. 112, Strand, Printer, et Tia Sue Office, No. 112 9 _l Strand, in the P rec i Mc t o f th e S avoy , i n th e County . Middlesex, Saturday, December 28, 1844. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY IvionsiwG, DECEMBER 28, 1844.