The Sun. — London, England, 1839-12-16 00:00:00

V ri s ' ;' N NTRAL, CRIMINAL COURT. (THIS DAY.) ~- OLD -. COURT. co : second Session of the Central C r i m i na l C ourt i ; I ,ur .eneed this morning- at the Old Failey, before the n ' PI .t Hon. th e L or d M a y or , t h e R ecor d er, t h e Sheriff's, " n a other city autfioritirs. d ,f be Grand Jury having been sworn, were briefly ad re seed by the Le a r ne d R ecor d er , an d -h en rutired to t i he r room to execute the duties which devolved upon th e al. i ..i 3lizabeth Green, who last sessions had pleaded guilty I to a charge of larceny, but on sshom judgment had been resp ited, was then placed at the bar. 1 'he RECORDER, addressing the prisoner, said that It Ita. t 'peer' in contemplation of the Judge before whom s he v •as tried, to sentence her to one month's imprison °lent ; but representations having been made that it was 1 ikely she would be received into the Retuge for the "est ;tale, sentence had not been passed. In the inter val it .quiries had been made, and it had been discovered that : sue had already been discharged from the Refuge. He v •as not willing that this discovery should operate t ° it crease the punishment originally intended, and there lore he should sentence her to be imprisoned for Olin c alendar month, and kept t o h ar d l a b our , b ut s h e s n°l4 I remember that this lenity was not likely to ba °ran (led to her a second time. tv, !thaw Edwards, a respectable-looking man, who h ad s arren d ere d t hi s morn i ng f or t h e purpose of taking ii 's t: rial, wa s pl ace d a t th e b ar , as soon as a j ury h a d b een empannelled, charged with embezzling and stealing 60/. I 4t.q., the property of Morris Myers, his master. 11 e prisoner pleaded Not Gdlty. ! I \l r. BODKIN (with whom were Mr. Chambers and gr., tones) said that the Counsel for the prosecution, atter 1 , 4 " i) tg given this case their most anxious consideration, ac:: - come to a determination to offer no evidence against the • pris oner , as t h ey f e l t conv i nce d that the diffi cu l t i es i n "le : Way of proving that the prosecutor and. the prisoner 810 '0 , (1 in the relative situation of master and servant b:e C ' 'insurmountable, and under these circumstances h 4 - ould not t a k e u p th e ti me o f th e J ury b y go i ng i n t o e 1 :ase, more especially as it was likely to become a 8 2 bif ct of inquiry in the civil courts. The prisoner, by d uet :lion of the Recorder, was then pronounced—Not Gail IY. Ji tines Grijillis, aged 15, who pleaded guilty to a char Pt rd stealing 141bs. of lead, the property of his t 13.1 f . A er:,Francis Bramah, was sentenced to three month l m: ”: : , ,onment and hard labour. ' G . corg,e Douglas, eged 14, pleaded guilty to stealing a lAa stile, value 145., the property of James Weaton. a nd was sentenced to three months' imprisonment and bard labour. C HARGE OP ROBBERY AGAINST A SERVANT.—Eliza beth Laburn was charged with stealing one handker elite] *, value e.s., the property of James Stewart Robert 504% her master. _ At tr. CLARKSON conducted the prosecution. The prose cut° ris an hotel-keeper in Lower Brook-street, Hanover klua re, and the prisoner was in his service, which she tuitt ed on the 2d of D ece mbe r . A n old l a dy n a m e d Wl l . Tams was staying in the house a nd miss e d so m e ar ticle s, and nne of the servants was taken into custody ; 111 et )nscquence of s(atements made by that servant the P r 's( 'ncr was apprehended, and her box searched, in h the handkerchief in question, the property of Mrs. 41 -, 0 1) ertson, was fou n d. Th e p rosecu t or rece i ve d good at acter with the prisoner. 1 'he prisoner said in her defence that she did not die. e °l+ zr she had the handkerchief until after she had left, a titi as she had to wash for Mrs. Robertson's children 11 (1 'nerself, she supposed it must have got into her box 1p ti his manner. „le 'he RECOR DER summe d u p, an d t h e J ury acqu i tte d prisoner. Villiam Jackson seas found Guilty of stealing a Ma ckintosh, the property of James W. Nickelson. SXECUTION THIS MORNING , At the Old Bailey thiTmorning, at the usual ho ur , ‘ e il k' . .t o'clock), the awful sentence of the law was car r _ied . into ex ec ution on th e p e r son o f Willi am L ees , f or 14 murder of his wife. At seven o'clock the Sheriffs 4 rri ved at Newgate, and proceeded into the prison, 1 1 °11 4 :n th e un f ortunate ma l e f actor was b roug h t f rom 'a cell, and conducted into the press yard, where he 1 1,4 received by th e O r di nary o f N ewgate , an d imme r4t ely joi ne d i n d evot i on . Af ter rema i n i ng engage d ' prayer some time, the usual preparations being 114 a aged, the awful and solemn procession moved slowly t o the place of execution, fronting the debtors' door ° f ;etvgate. On arriving at the scaffold, the unfortu 111'1 proceded up the steps with a firm mein, and the Q/1 " tattion e r h av i ng a dj us t e d th e rope, he remained in I h " 1.1 &' tier about two minutes, when the fatal signal was ! L lvt n, and he died almost without a struggle. After body had been suspended the usual period, it was down, and conveyed into the prison for the purpose °' b eing buried within the precincts of it. There was 44 immense assemblage of spectators, amongst whom *et e numbers of well dressed females. An accident urred to a lad, who was knocked clown and trodden by the crowd ; he was conveyed to Bartholomew 'to spital, apparently lifeless. IAtOS, OF THE BRILLIANT STEAM SHIP. We regret to announce the loss of this very fine sel o n Thursday morning, on her voyage from Leith • Aberdeen. She was one of the steam vessels which " 1 7 between these two ports, and had sailed from Leith Wednesday. The night was very boisterous, with a et l'Ong gale from the south-east, and a heavy sea. Not . Wit thstandiug the head-wind and stormy sea she bad to eq =punter, she proved the power and efficacy of steam vigation and her excellent qualities as a sea-boat, 4 ' vine . ' reached Aberdeen about seven o'clock on iurselay morning ; but here, when almost in P . parent safety, the disaster occurred. In making the rbour, the ebb-tide and heavy sea drove her upon - jotter point of the pier, and striking heavily against i _ 4 l 3 bulwark, the blow-off pipes of the engine burst, and short time the boilers became red hot, which set by to th e vesse l , and notwithstanding every effort made ti Y the Manager of the Company, aided by boats from Ylarbour, she was burnt to the water's edge. It is h i, citifying to learn that the crew and passengers were +ed, and that the cargo, although in a damaged state, : 1 •1als o save d. W e d eep ly reg r e t, however, to mention 4at Captai n Wade, the master, was washed overboard 41, out six mil es fro ' Aberdeen, and unfortunately ° wned. The following is an extract from a letter re 4ived from Aberdeen : fo : ABERDEEN, DEC. 12.—1 am sorry to have to . in- Ca you of the total loss of the Brilliant this morning the seven and eight o'clock in taking this harbour ; ( „,e passengers and crew were saved except the master `,.,"ade.), who was washed overboard and drowned, when i ' is tt th e Cove about five o'clock in the morning, We " Q ( 1 a dreadful night, with the wind from the south -tit, and the sea running very high. Everything was F orki ng we ll on b oar d th e steamer, but being nearly t t' k 0 hou rs a f ter hi g h wa t e r, and a strong ebb tide and ; le avy breach she would not steer, and struck on the the point o f th e pi er , w h ere s he now lies burnt to 111 ‘ water's edge. Fr o m beating against the stones the t o w -off pip es h a d b urs t, an d th e b o il e rs immediately o : 4 Ptied, and the heat of the empty boilers set the vessel fire ' which gained such an ascendency that nothing Grind save her. All the cargo was got out in a da -aged state, at least the most of it." ,_ RtPREsENTATION OF SHEFFIELD.-The ClCC urs of Sheffield appear, if we may jmdge by a letter the Shlield Iris, to expect a visit from Mr. Ward, and to be not very well pleased that he has not before stewardship now rendered them an account of ha duriduringthe last Session. nem are Many of them, W e are su re , who will not see in the paragraph which Appeared in the Weekly Chro nicle, concernin g Th e sun on Saturday, any re commendation of the Edito r of that Journal. The Protest which we entered against the Cardiff Ma gistrates and Home Secretary of State assuming a Power to seize some publicatio ns b ecause they c'on- I Rlned sGmething displeasing to these aut h or i t i es, and th ere f ore ca ll e d seditious, is sneeringly d e - Scribed i n th e Weekly Chronicle as ‘, d o in g = a bit of Charti sm by way of trade." The person who cann o t discriminate between acts of violence like th ose attributed to Mr. Frost, now called Chartism, "(1 a protest against an enormous assumptio n of c "ver, like that we condemned, but confounds them b oth und er one t erm , appears not very fit to be en- , : t r usted in these times of excitement and peril , with " high office of representative of the people, and defender of their liberties. --- - - JE°UR PE NN Y POSTAGE.—The following are th eresults of the change in the postage duty as ex perienced in the Carlisle Post-office, the most im portant in the kingdom next to t h at o f L on d on . Th e nu m b er o f l etters f rom t h e no rth is doubled ; from the s ou th no t qu it e s o great an increase. The reve nuC has fallen off about one half.—Carlisle p at riot. F ALMOUTH ELECTION —Dr, Bowring ap peared at F a l mout h on F r id ay lag, and addressed - arge asse m bl y o f t h e e l ec tors, who expressed th l e msclves perf ec tly sat i s fi e d with the Doctor's I," tt ments on a v ar i e ty of topics , On Saturday , I : °w ever, a M r . Hutchings made his appearance as theandidate, who was said to have theEsupport of m e Gover nment . I t was t h oug h t, consequen tly, ot Dr. Bowring would give way, and that there . be no sp lit amongst t h e Lib era l s . Mr. utclungs is, we believe, a nephew of Sir John and is that evaidat..l whom announc , ..d t ''fltr(lay dcalibiiw z him by rni, , ° "ke as Sir John Guest's son. SETTLEMENT OF THE EASTERN QUESTION. ! The following confirmation of the intelligence published in Me Sun of Friday night and Satur day morning, relative to the mission of the Russian Envoy Extraordinary, N. De Brunow, to the Court of London, is copied from the Allgemeine Zeitung received this morning : BERLIN, DEC. 6.—We learn from St. Petersburg, that M. Do Brunow, is ordered again to proceed to Lon don on an extraordinary mission to resume the sego- ' eiations which he so successfully began, and conducted to the especial satisfaction of his Court. It is be lieved that a complete understanding will be effected between Russia and England respecting the oriental question, as the Cabinets of London and St. Petersburg has very much approximated, and M. De Brunow has received such instructions as afforded a fresh proof of the disinterestedness of Russia, and its leading wish to preserve the general peace ; so that if the English Cabinet were ,-‘ en ilbdisposed, which is far from being the case, it would probably be obliged to accept the pro posals now made to it on the part of Russia, in order to prove to the world that it values the peace of Europe as highly as the Cabinet of St. Petersburg itself does. 'We are therefore almost authorised to assume that the Oriental question will be brought nearer to a solution. When MehemetAli shall be convinced of the actual concord of Russia and England, which may lead to a better understanding with the other courts, he will not persist, as he has hitherto done, in his demands, which may secure the future fate of the Porte, anti put him in a better situation with respect to the great European powers. The time of war and re volution is passed, and peace which has hitherto been happily persevered, claims its rights. LATEST FROM. CHINA. By the arrival of the Crown at Liverpool in 97 days from Calcutta, we have news from China to the 21st of July. The intelligence thus brought was communicated to the Crown by the Morrison of London, which arrived at St. Helena from Macao and the Canton River, previous to the sailing of the former from that Island on the 28th of October. The trade with the Chinese was still suspended, and no further communications had passed between Superintendent ELLIOT and the authorities of the Celestial Empire. theless, the smugglers were as active as ever, and the price of opium was said to have increased to an extent commensurate with the risk of dealing in it. Blood had already been shed in affrays be tween the Chinese coast guard and the smugglers. In a letter dated Macao, .the 19th of July, an ac count is given of one of these contests, in which it was supposed that fifty Chinese lost their lives, The substance is as follows ;—" A clipper brig, with opium in, was lying outside at anchor be calmed, when a junk and several heavily armed boats bore down upon her. She weighed and made sail to catch what airs were stirring. The junk and boats fired, and the brig then commenced a heavy cannonade with grape and canister. One of her guns burst and killed two of her crew ; she sustained no other damage. Fifty Chinese were said to have been killed." Never Superintendent ELLIOT was at Macao. The following correspondence had taken place between him and the British mercantile residents : " Captain Charles Elliot, Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British subjects in China. " SIR,-With reference to the interview of the Com mittee appointed at the public meeting held at Messrs. Dent and Co.'s office, on the 12th and 17th June, with you, on the Bth inst., I am now directed to hand you the enclosed crpy of the notes of a meeting of that Com mittee, with a proposed scale of demurrage for ships now lying in the outer anchorages. " I am particularly to call your attention that the Committee do not profess, in the absepce of legal deci sions on any entirely analogous:cases, to determine on what parties any claim for demurrage may eventually fall, the point being one which it may be necessary to determine in the English Courts of Law, unless the Bri tish Government should, by admitting in the first in stance the validity of the claim on them, render any such reference unnecessary. " In regard to such ships as may be partially loaded, and be desirous of transshipping their goods to other vessels, it appears to the Committee that such transship ment could only be made on the Government, or you, as their representative, taking the responsibility of in surance, inasmuch as the owners and consignees of goods hold the underwriters liable under the original policies of insurance, and cannot be expected to perform any act which would release them from that liability, without some other equally effectual security. " The Committee are clearly of opinion, that as the ultimate coincidence of the payment for demurrage must be left for adjustment by the British Government or Courts of Law, the consignees of goods here cannot be expected to make any payment on that account, and, as goods cannot be detained except for freight, the Cap tain or consignees of the ship should sue for their de murrage in England, under protests to be made and recorded here. " In cases of transshipment, the consignees of goods., the Committee apprehend, will hold the ships linble for eventual due delivery of the cargo under the original bills of lading ; and transshipment would, therefore, be most properly made the subject of arrangement between the captain or consignees of the ship bringing the goods and those of the vessel to which they may be transferred. " And with this view the Committee consider that should, under special circumstances, such transship ment become necessary, the hiring of the requisite storeships would rest with her Majesty's Superinten dent, who could best decide o❑ the necessity of that measure, with reference to the particular merits of each individual case. " Should you have any suggestions or observations to make with reference to the enclosed paper, or the re ma7ks connected with it, I shall be happy to receive and communicate them to the Committee. " I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your most obedient Lurnble servant, " GEORGE T. BRAINE, Chairman." " MACAO, JULY 10, 1539. " Notes of an adjourned meeting of the Committee appointed at the public meeting held at Dent and Co.'s office on the 17th of June. Present :—W. Dent, A. C. Maclean, D. Rustomjee, C. Kerr, A. Jardine, G. Smith, and G. T. Braine, Chairman. " I. In accordance with a suggestion made by Cap tain Elliot, in a personal interview, the Committee con sider it desirable to frame a scale of demurrage for goods on board ships now lying at the outer anchorages. "a. At the same time the Committee deem it proper to record their opinion, that in the ab,ence of any de cided cases of strictly analogous character to the pre sent position of matters in China, they are not compe tent to form any conclusion as to whether the ships have a valid claim for demurrage ; and if demurrage be ac tually due, on whom such claim may equitably fall ; the object in forming the proposed scale being merely to . establish uniformity of practi ce i n respect to one rate o f charge. _ " 1. The Committee consider it desirable to divide the vessels for Whampoa into three classes : " Ist class, above 600 tons register. " 2d class, from 350 to 600 tons register, " 3d class, under 350 tons register. "2. The Committee are of opinion that demurrage, if due, might fairly, under the circumstances,ecommence one month after arrival in Macao roads, or hongkong, but in no case . to begin u nt il one mont h a f ter the date of Captain Elhot's public notice of the 23d of March, 1839. The Committee thought it desirable to propose the following scale, as a reasonable claim f or d emurrage on the part of the owners of the ships :- 1. SHIPS PRODS INDIA. Per mensem. " On cotton, Ist class ships, 50 cents, per bale of 3001 b. 2d ditto 60 ditto. 3d ditto 75 ditto. " Sandalwood and fishmaws, 20 per picul on all ships. Measurement " Salt petre , r i ce , betel-nut, pepper , tin , 'and any other prod uce not enumerate d, 10 per picul on all ships. " en 2 t . sgtototrdss, T2ard ols. per ton of 50 cubic ENGLAND. feet, metal s and other dead weight at 1 dol. per ton of 20 cwt. " GE ORGE T. BRAINE, Chairman." " MACAO, JULY 15, 1839. " Sir,—l.have the hon our to ac knowledge your letter of the 10th inst., and I b eg you to convey t o the Com mittee my thanks for the assistance they have afforded me on this occasion. " N.ly own opinion i s concurrent with theirs, that t h e determination of the partie s u demurrage should eventually fall whom any charge for dee , i , si ß ot e i sp o e f e t t h i e ng C s o h u i r p t s s p in ar E tia ni i y ulanddn.l o m ad u e s d t , b a e nd lef w t htiochthiet may be desired to discharge, I am ready, f or conve nience sake, to undertake the publi c tothatthe British nortes contraband of ( insurance of any goods or produce !itrabaril in the country) transshipped for safe deposit bottoms. Upon an understanding, howeveinr, charge should devolve upon the shippers, if : it should be legally determined that the master, all the circumstances of the case, would have been underus fled in making such deposit at the risk of the merchant. -ti " I agree with the Committee, that as the ultim a t e i.-,„id ence o f ih i ;:rit,:cr)t, f ,r 1 . 1 ::111K1 - , 4 ge ill i.lBt be dc. i t er , mined in England, it is not reasonable that any payment should be made here on that account. It is likewise my impression that the terms of transshipment should most properly be left for arrangement between the mas ters and consignees of the carrying ships, and those of the vessel to which they may be transferred. " The opinion of the Committee, concerning trans shipment at all, expressed in the last paragraph of your letter, is coincident with my own. " I have the honour to remain your most obedient humble servant, " CHARLES ELLIOT, Chief Superintendent. " To G. T. Braine, Esq., Macao." COURT CIRCULAR. --- WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING,—Her Majesty and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended Divine Service this morning, in St. Geor , re's Chapel Royal. The Rev. C. Kynvett daunted the first part of the service ; the Rev. Mr. Musgrave, Canon in resi• dente, and the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Moore, officiated at the o?tar, The Sermon was preached by the Canon in residence, who took his text from St. Paul, First Epistle to the Corinthians, chap. xv., and part of the 56th and 57th verses. The Te Deum and Jubilate were Tra vers' in F ; the Sanctus and Kyric Elieson by Mr. Mus grave ; the Creed, King's in F ; and the Anthem, " By the Waters of Babylon" (Boyce). The Verse sung by Messrs. Turner, Harris, and French. Among the Royal Visitors and Suite, were the Earl of Albemarle, the Marchioness of Normanby, Lady Fanny Howard, Hon. Miss Paget, Hon. Miss Anson, Viscountess Forbes, Sir Robert Otway, and the Hon. Colonel Grey. Her Majesty promenaded on the slopes of the Castle yesterday. _ _ This evening the Marchioness of Norminby, and the Hon. Miss Anson, attended Divine Service in St. George's Chapel. The Service was King's in B, and the Anthem—" I was in the Spirit." (Blow.) The Earl of Albemarle arrived yesterday on a visit to the Queen. 'Viscount Melbourne took his depar ture this morning, and the Hon. William Cowper left yesterday. On Friday night the band of the Rifles attended at the Castle, and played the following pieces :—March (Wald:), Overture (Pier), Duetto (Donizetti), Les Danses Quadrilles (Musard), Alexander Walzer (Strauss), Carnival Galop (Strauss), Mazurka (Wald!), Quick step (Wichels). Viscount Melbourne arrived in town yesterday morn ing from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office, from Sir John Harvey, Governor of New Bruns wick ; and from Sir Colin Campbell, Governor of Nova Scotia. Despatches were also received from Governor Light at British Guiana. Lord John Russell has left his residence at Buck hurst on a visit to the Marquis of Lansdowne at his scat, Bowood Park, Wilts. Despatches from Governor Hutt, at South Australia, were received at the Colonial Office on Saturday. HER MAJESTY'S MARRIAGE.—We see that it is stated in a Government paper that the marriage ceremony of the Queen and Prince Albert will take piece at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, and that the heads of the various departments in the Royal esta blishment have been to the chapel to make the prelimi nary arrangements. This we believe to be substantially correct, and we are enabled to add, upon good autho rity, that all things are ordered to belin readiness as early as the Ist of February. We have heard also that the King of Hanover has been written to on the subject, and that his Majesty has expressed, in reply, his earnest wish and full intention to be present at this interesting and august ceremony.—lfindsor and Eton Journal. Her Majesty has not appeared beyond the pre cincts of the Castle during the week. The Queen Dowager arrived at Windsor Castle on a visit on Tuesday, and left on Thursday. It is gratifying to observe the friendship that exists between these Illus trious Ladies, especially after the malignant a tacks on Queen Adelaide by the Ministerial press.—Berkshire Chronicle. It is said that Prince Albert will not return to England until the eve of hid marriage with the Queen ; most probably not until the very day before that fixed for the event.— Observer. The Queen Dowager, during her stay at the Duke of Rutland's, lost a bracelet which she much valtied, and which could not be found during her resi dence at the castle. Three or four days after Queen Adelaide's departure, a poor woman picked up the bracelet in one of the gravel walks, and took it to the Duke, who on forwarding it to the Queen Dowager, received in answer a M. note as a reward foc i , the fin der's honesty.—Lincoln chronicle. The Duke of Cleveland is much improved in health, although his Grace is not sufficiently recovered to join in his usual out.door amusements.—Salopian Journal. The Earl and Countess of Morley have been eat aining a large party of noble and fashionable guests at flair !- , ..at at Salterton during the present week.— Exeter Post. Lord Stanley is about to pay a visit to Hawke-' stone House curing the present week.--Salopian - .:7etwirti3 It is understood to be the intention-of Govern ment to recommend that'a pension of 2,0001. - a year Should be awarded by Parliameht to Sir John Colberne, now Lord Seaton, d ur i ng hi s lif e, as a national testis mony of his great services to the country during his government and command in Canada.—Ereter Post, The Marquis of Westminster, who so munifi cently rebuilt Eccleston church, at the expense of 12,0001., has lately shown his liberality by placing a splendid and valuable painting of the " Dead Christ" as an altar-piece.—Chester Courant. TORQUA Y.—The following are among the dis tinguished families who have taken houses f©r the season :—The Duke and Duchess of Buccleugh, Earl and Countess Brownlow, Lord and Lady Bateman, Lord and Lady Charles Thynne, the Hon. Mrs. Dud ley North, Hon. Mrs. Vanneck and family, Lady Har riet Chichester, Lady Blackiston, Lady Harriet Os borne. The first ball went off with great eclat on the 11 th, followed the next day by a brilliant Concert given by Thalberg. The second ball will take place early in January, under the patronage of the Duchess of So merset. The Earl of Devon and Lord Poltimore and others, arc to act as Stewards. The town is filled beyond all precedent. DEATH OF ADMIRAL SIR WM. HA RGOOD, G.C.B. AND G.C.H.—W e have to announce the death of the above gallant member of the British navy, which took place at his residence at Bath on Thursday last. Sir William had been residing at the above city for some time previous to his demise, for the advantage of its waters. The deceased entered the navy at an early age, where he served under the late King, then Duke of Clarence, in the West Indies. He partici pated in the glories of Trafalgar under the immortal Nelson, having the command of the Belleisle during that splendid engagement. A few years since this dis tinguished officer was Port Admiral of Plymouth, which we believe was the last appointment he held under the Government. Thus has descended to the grave one of the brightest ornaments of our navy, full of years and honours. Earl Cowper arrived in Great Stanhope -street, on Saturday last, in order to be present at the marriage of his mother, the Dowager Countess Cowper, with Viscount Palmerston. The day appointed for the cere mony is kept secret. The Earl of Eglintoun will leave Eglintoun Castle in the early part of the week, for the Duke of Hamilton's, Hamilton Palace, North Britain, where the Marquis of Douglas, and a numerous circle of friends, are at present staying. The Earl and Countess of Tankerville, who are now at their villa on the banks of the Thames, have taken tho mansion of the Dowager Countess Cowper, in Great George-street, Hanover-square, for the approach ing fashionable season. The elegant mansion of the Earl of Caledon, on Carlton House-terrace, has been taken by Viscount Pal mer6ton as his future residence, the noble Viscount hav ing given up his house in Great Stanhope-street. Ilia stattd that Lord Dinorben is to settle 5,0001. a year on Miss Smith, the sister of the Princess of Capua, whom he is about to marry. Miss Smith is a Roman Catholic, and is reported to have a fortune of between 20,000/. and 30,0001.—Exeter Post. ORPHAN FOUNDATION ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL.—Sir Joseph Copley, Bart., has forwarded 1004, through Admiral Sir E. Codrington, to be appro priated to the fund for bestowing board and education gratuitously, or at a very reduced charge, to the sons of naval and marine officers in necessitous circumstances. In the selection of the pupils thus admitted, a prefer ence is given to the orphans of those who have fallen in the country's service. BADMINGTON, .SATURDAY.--.Th e Duke and Prince George of Cambridge, and the Duke of Beaufort, with his guests the Earl of Chesterfield, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Lord A. Fitzelarence, Hon. Captain Mac donald, Viscount Villiers, Hon. A. Villiers, Earl Bath urst, Mr. Codrington, M.P., &c., either hunt or shoot every day. The Duchess of Cambridge and the Prin cesses, when the weather permits, enjoy a drive in this neighbourhood. There is a carpet dance every evening after dinner. The interior of this fine mansion has been much improved in appearance by the artists Messrs. Mills and Edwards, who were here some time previous to the arrival of the Royal visitors. A complimentary address has been presented by the Portreeve, Aldermen, Recorder, and Inhabitants of U s k, to Sir Thomas Phillips, Knight, ex-Mayor of Newport, on the subject of his conduct during the attack on Newport ; to which Sir Thomas has returned a suitable answer.— Merlin. The Leeds Intelligencer says that almanacks, excellent speeches deli vere d at Ashton uwnitdboriLri it° Ashton under-Line and ' Bolton, at tacked to them, have met with a most unprecedented sßie during the last, two marlt.q a! , N, r ft,,,1!. , : - 10:1: SO t):en the Tories' tliiist for treasonable outpourings is still unslaked. T 1li4". SUN, LONDON, MON DA Y, DECEMBER 16 i:-4:-i9. MONEY MARE ET and CITY NEWS (SATUP.DAY EVENING.) TIMES.—By the private accounts from Paris it appears that very few of the bills drawn on be half of the Bank of England have actually passed to the Bank of France to be discounted, ror which in the first instance arrangements bad been made and security offered. Owing to the great abundance of money in Paris, private capitalists were usually to be found who were willing to discount them at a lower rate than 4 per cent., which is the rate fixed by the Bank of France, so that out of the whole drawn, which has been about .2.,000,000/., only aboutl6ooool. has been taken by the latter. This both lessens the obligation which would have been incurred had the intended accommodation been carried out to the full extent, and saves a part of the cost of the experiment, which must, however, under any circumstances, prove a very expensive one. POST.—The contract concluded between Mr. Jaudon and Messrs. Rothschild for the 900,0001. loan has lately produced an improvement in the value of most descriptions of American State Stocks in this market, and, with it, a correspondirg increase of busi ness. Sales to the amount of 20,000 dollars were made to-day of Ohio Stock, at 89, which shows an advance of 91. on the minimum price quoted for it a short time back. New York Stock in considerable sums was done at 85, while Indiana was selling at 691 to 70. Illinois was in demand at 80, without the dividend, but the holders re fused that price. Maryland sterling is quoted 75i without the dividend, which is equal to 78 ; and Mis 7 sissippi 80. In Baring and Co.'s Louisiana Stockthere was a good deal doing at 89, A small amount of United States Bank Stock was sold at 19/. per share, but 250 certificates were placed, we understand, at 18/. 10s. The debentures of the United States Bank, issued a few weeks since by Mr. Jaudon for 800,000/, cora mand a premium of 11. Accounts of a very agreeable character have been received from the Brazilian mining establishment. A considerable improvement has taken piacc in the gold returns, and the chief Commissione r writes in cheering terms as to the probability of the duty being reduced from 20 to 10 per cent., the effect of which has been to raise the value of the shares from 15/. to 201. or 21/. per share. By the Report ;for the 21 days ending Oc• tober Bth, the concluding week was, it seems, very pro lific, the produce for six days only being nearly 1001bs, of gold. The particulars are as 'follow : September 14 ...lbs4 11 4 September 27 ...lbs6 11 10 ... 211 9, 1 - 28 ... 7 9 5 17 ... 22 2 41 30 ... 3 0 1 18 ... 9 4 81 October I ... 2 0 9 19 ... 1 1 18 2 ... 22 7 20 ... 3 0 7 3 ... 11 10 2 21 ... 6 11 19 4 ... 21 0 7 23 2 9 12 5 ... 27 2 13 24 ... 0 9 4 7 ... 1 2 9 25 ... 6 11 8 8 ... 9 9 5 26 ... 1 1 13 Making in the 21 days lbs. 176 3 13 The information from the United Mexican Mine is in some respects not so favourable as the preceding. Still a further remittance of 20,000 dollars has arrived by the packet, and fallings off in some of the pits were compensated for by more encouraging appearances in others. From the Candonga (gold) Mine the advices are quite disheartening. For nine days together the re turns showed an amount of no more than about one ounce per day, and the prospects for the future were deemed an but flattering. HERALD.—The publication of the quarterly ave rage of the weekly liabilities and assets of the Bank of England, from the 20th of October to the 10th of De cember, both inclusive, has created a little more interest than usual to-day, because by the subjoined comparison with the return for November, and a reference to the items of which the present return is made up, it will. be seen that the Bank is really, as we stated a day or two past, in rather a better poi;ition than it has been for some months. It appears that the Bank direction have reduced their circulation to 16,732,000/., which shows a decrease on the monthly return of 503,000/. ; the deposits also amount only to 5,952,0001., being less by the sum of 180,0001. Tile securities have been run off during the month to the extent of 1,109,000/., but the average amount of bullion, as shown on the 12th of Novem ber, has been increased in the sum of 342,000/. Tho amount of the " rest," or the surplus over the liabilities of the Bank, appears to be 2,967,000/., which is less than in November by 84,0001., though on the year there is an increase of 400,0001. The amount of bullion on the quarter gives an increase of 32,0001., but on tha year, of course, it exhibits a falling-off of 6,475,000/. The circulation of the Bank on the year has been reduced in the sum only of 1,737,000/. Alto gether there is much worthy of consideration arising out of the present returns. First, it appears that the Bank direction, not only during the past month, but for several months previous, have been able to reduce their secu rities as well as their circulation, thus showing how rigidly they must have curtailed their general busi ness, This, however, could not have been accom plished without gradually bringing the home trade of the country to feel the pressure of that system which always _jeopardises the Bank of England, but . whi4h 3 is, fir* feft,„by the commercial community. The Baak at Enzland; therefore, is at present cradled in safety,'beetitis6 - speculation has been checked and the manufacturing commerce of the country is at a very low ebb., • By the official returns for the period between the sth and 11th December, l p h inclusive, it appears that the actual amount of silver exported in coin was 831,054 oz. and in bars 12,274 oz. This bas been settling-day in the Railway Share Mar ket, and the arrangeme n t of the account has caused rather more business. Great Western arc 91 dis. ; the New ditto Shares arc .51 a 4i- dis. Blackwall are 2 dis, ; Brighton are 1.51 dis. ; Birmingham are 50} prem., and the Quarter Shares 16i prem. ; and South-western are 7s. 9d. dis. Provincial Bank of Ireland Shares are, 9 prem. DUTCH AND GERMAN PAPERS. BRUSSELS, DEC. 13.—The official part of the Mo nittur publishes to-day a Royal Ordinance,wilich in con formity with Article 16 of the treaty of London, of April 19, 1839, orders that the sequestration of all pa trimonial property imposed in Belgium for political causes shall cease, and consequently the possession of the said property shall be immediately restored to the owners. The Chamber of Representatives in its sitting yes terday, having adopted the amount of the budget, proceeded to the discussion of the law. M. Wardenboselle said, " We shall be obliged, Gentlemen, to vote the budget of Ways and Means, and this, though the Ministry have lost our canfidence. We have, however, two means of remedying this de plorable state of things at the vote ; to present an ad dress to the King, requesting him to dissolve the Cabi net, and appoint other Ministers ; or to vote their im peachment." The several articles of the budget were agreed to, and the amount of 101,954,549 francs was voted by a majority of 71 to 5. COPENHAGEN,DEc. 6.—The Gazette of this day contains a Royal Proclamation announcing the death of the late King Frederick VI., and the accession of,his Majesty Christian VIII. A general mourning for six months is,ordered.. - HANOVER, DEC. 6.—Positive information lass been received from many corporations,- that in . case, the, As sembly of the Estates is not dissolved they will not elect any deputies. This city is one that will not elect. HAMBURG, DEC. 10.—So long as the navigation to the city is interrupted, the steam-boats, with the mails for England will put to sea for London Sunday and Thursday mornings from Cuxhaven, after the ar rivals of the mails at that place. AMSTERDAM, DEC. 13.—The last three numbers of the Handelsblad contain three very long articles on the intrigues of th e O rang i sts i n Belgium, deply regretting their absurd attempts to reunite the two countries. The firmness of our funds in the London market has in some degree encouraged purchasers here, which, together with some commissions for purchases on German account raised the prices above the closing prices of yesterday. .. ................... 1: ( 1 , Spanish Stock was firm, and several purchases were made at rather higher prices. Andoin's, 27i 15-16, Dutch Papers, Dec. 14. BELGIAN li UNDS-.-BRUSSELS, DEC. 1 4. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. .. . .. ..... 63si 3 per Cent.......... 70% Society of Commerce, 4%per Cent. ........ .... 114 LoanLof t o a t h n s oo c h ff icl Thirtyd,i ' t s y L 1 0 83 3: 1.,211: 5 4i op: perf, C C4 e ep n : t tr .. i . c. ... e. ......... ......... ri2u Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent ..... .. ..... .....,... 74 National Society . Exchange on London (short) ................ 12 --. Dec. 14. FUNDS.AMSTERDAM, D EC. 11, Money. Bills. 524, 52 , x Ditto, ditto 5 per cent Amon Syndic, 44 per cent '.Ysi 94,v Commercial Company, ActuaD;DUeßihrutC,l‘2BllspePr C ap en er Cent Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent — 4! , 0, per cent lO7 67% Ditto (1 832 an d 1833) 5 per cent. ...... _1 Ditto 1837, 5 per cent. 9 3% ti . 4 Loan 1837, 5 per cunt. Exchange on London One month 1 21132 .. .i ' Two months ll 87%' —Mach Papers, Dec. 13. HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, DEc. to. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank shares Ando-Russian Loan ~ 106% 106 S 4 Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Series 102% io Russian 5 per Cent. Hop and Co. 3d and 4th Se, ies BS 97% Ditto in Certifi cates Dutch Actual Debt, 24 PC- Cent. slli 51 q Litto a per Cent9i Polish B on d : . .......................................... 1:' , 9 C B Ncw 1 icket .. ) 5 5!,i Anglo-Da n i s h L oan, 3 per Cent 17 (7 6 : 7( % Noi wegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Cent... ICO% 100 Spanish, New 3 per Cents. 22 EXCHANGES ON LONDON. DAMBUEG, D EC. 10 . _13. 6 i—Tsvo months 13. 4. S•rocKnoLst, Ditc, a—Seventy-five days, U. 39. kERLIN, DEC. 7.—Three months, 6. 2. 3 4. AUSTRIAN rulcus.-I'worA, DSC. 6 rive per Cents, I , ,fetalliques ...... ......., ................ 107 N Fear per ..... ......... ....... 1!,f4 Throe par Cc•nts. ........... ......... ... . Bank Shares ... — ............................ ......... 1622 ZePsigg, Dee, D., SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. (From . the Globe.) We are told that " the present Conservative party, comprising all the friends of temperate improvement among the modern Tories, with all the enemies of organic change among the old reforming Whigs, • . . has never yet been tried i n th adminis tration of public affairs." That the motley array, now professing to combat under Conservative b anners, has never yetbeen so tried, is certain. It may be added, that its nominal leaders have appeared in no great hurry to try it : they have very plainly betrayed suspicions, cre ditable to their political tact, that the strange amalgam which forms their opposition artillery is not off: CC in ocf. Ireland was the great obstacle in the way of his Ministry —Sir Robert Peel admitted, in those same explana tions in which he also admitted the lack of her Ma jesty's particular confidence. What was thereupon the course of" the present Conservative party ?" Did they set about speaking the Irish fair, and courting the Rival confidence? Did they lay out their efforts to con vince all those whom it might concern, that "the present Conservative party" were very different from the stubborn old Tories ? No ! they incontinently flew into a passion with the Queen and the Irish ; and forgetting that, maugre their spite, a Queen and some Irish would remain in existence, they betook themselves, like chil dren. to kick and scream at what they supposed the obetaeles to their instant restoration to the sweets of office. They began to deal in terms the most gross towards her Majesty and the Irish millions. If the Tories had only turned inward their eyes, inflamed with wrath and desire,, they might have discovered that .it was really, neither the Queen nor the Irish, so much as the heterogeneous ingredients of their own party composition, that disabled them from the grasp of office, .when it was placed fairly within their reach. It is most true that " the present Conservative party" have never yet been tried in the Govern ment ; , and we may add our belief that whenever they are tried, they will fail. We can very well be lieve that there are . many objectors to organic change who will always prefer a Ministry to whom they look for most resistance to such changes: But what security can they find for resistance in the ranks of a party, whose active zealotry urges its councils to the m os t t remen d ous organ i c changes !What no organic change to repeal " Popish" ernanci-• pation ? Is it no organic change to throw back Dissent out of political recognition ? Is it no organic change in our colonies to undo (to please Henry of Exeter) all that has been doing for nearly the last ten years towards religious concord ? Yet all this must be aimed at, were the present Opposition in power—or all the most active and energetic of their present- supporters have worked for nothing—or-all the pretexts of their present war fare are sheer, arrant, shameless hypocrisy ! • (From the Courier.) Depressed as may be the condition of the cotton ma nufacture in this country, it will not be pretended that it equals that in Belgium, or has been experienced for such a length of time. Bread is higher in price in Bel gium than in ordinary years, and wages are lower regu larly than here by some 30 per cent. perhaps, yet no one, not even the suffering workmen themselves, are so senseless and reckless as to cry dut against " landowners and farmers," as revelling in abundance," in seeming mockery of the misery around. With cheaper bread after all, and lower wages, the cotton manufacturers of Bel gium, it would seem, ought to be flourishing, in com parison with those of England, where Ccirn-laws arc assigned as the sole exclusive cause of adverse markets unsaleable stocks, and factories working short time, when at all ! The situation of Belgium 'without prohi bitively protecting Corn-laws, being so much more dis astrnue and of longer endurance than that of England with Corn-laws, it would follow that Corn-laws can either have no relation as cause to effect with the posi tion of either country, or that, as is the fact, their action •upon manufacturing industry is beneficial, and not otherwise. Our Corn-laws can have no prejudicial bearin g , but rather th e reverse , upon t h e i n d ustr i a l state of Belgium ; and just as much influence have they exercised in the derangement of commercial affairs in France, in the United States, in the East Indies, or in China. W herever we cast our eyes stagnation of trade or the embarrassments of manufacturing industry meet us at every point, both in the New World and the Old—in Germany, where labour is at the lowest, as in America, where wages are at the highest. It would be just as farcical to lay the industrial disorganization so palpable thus every Where to the door of our Corn-laws, as to charge them with the burden of the common but miti gated share of pressure and trading difficulties borne by this more favoured realm. THE MAIMETS.-(THIS DAY ) CORN EXCHANGE. Last week's arrivals were plod of Barley and Irish Oats, but only moderate of all other Grain. The fresh supply' consisted of a fair quantity of Wheat, and good of Barley and Beans. There was a good attendance, but. the buyers appeared very cautious, and good Wheat supported last quotations, while other sorts sold heavily. Barley dull, and Is. per quarter lower than last Monday. New Beans Is. per quarter cheaper, and Pease of both kinds met a slow sale-at former rates. Good old Oats rather dearer, while all sorts pf new were a trifle lower. Flour as last repotted: ' 'is Ricks oir . itoann or CHIT. Wheat, Red (0h1)...: ... : . 1 , 51, - 735. Beans, Small (new) 411 46,: - White (01d)......65.... 80s. --Red Z 1839) s4i. Ces - Tick (new) ;As 41., --- Fine (2s. 65e. -- Superfine Ills. 70s. --•-•-• Harrow (new) 405.44111 ---- White (11 ) .39) ....Ms. 645. -- (old) 4ls. 435. --..-..- Fine .. ....... -Os. '7ls. Wank --- Superfine ;3s. 7es Oats, Feed 9 .._.ti Foreign free Os. 626. New 23,, •27 a Rye 4fii. 40s. - Poland Barley .3 0 ,. IS6. New '4 l, tlis. Grinding 30s ::6s - Potatoe 211,.32a. ---- Malting :38s. 445. Malt 565. 635, Scotch f , a -.1121, , ---- Fine New CO3. 745. Irish .225.... /SA.U7e. Pease, Grey, New 365. 40s. Flour Town (per saek)....sq , 62,. --.. Maple New 40s. 425. - Seconds 546.566. - White 40.. 425. -.......- North Country.... 50. 52'. -- Boilers 425. 445. Bran 8e.:9,. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DUBIN* LAST WI6K I . Wheat. 1 Barley. UAL, Flour 4,561 qrs. (,683 qrs. 1415 qrs. 6,' 32 sacks.. - 13,718 I - 886 755 t 71,. English Irish Fot eign ...... ... 4,011 5;329 SMITHFIELD MARKET. Tux GREAT PRIZE-CATTLE SHOW.—The past week hay.. ing been unfavourable for the dead market, tbgether with the large market of Beef on Friday, exhibited very unfavourable prospects for the graziers ; and we have to-day the largest number of beasts exposed for sale in the market within the memory of the oldest salesman, even exceeding the year 1628, when we had 5,060 beasts. The finest fat oxen cannot be quoted above ss. per stone, the primest Scotch at 4s. 2d. to 4s. Gd., and a large proportion will remain unsold. Mut ton, although moderate in quantity, sold slowly at last week's prices. Veal a heavy trade, at 41. to ss. 6d. Prirae small Pigs are worth 4s. 10d. Price per stone of Blb., sinking the offal—Beef, 3s. 4d. 4s. Gd. to ss. ; Mutton, 4s. to 55., Prime Downs, ss. 4d. ; Veal, 4s. 6d. to ss. 6d. ; Pork, 4s. 4d. to ss. 2d. Head of Cattle at Market--Beasts 5,074, Sheep 23,490, Pigs 437, Calves 124. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. The supplies were moderate, and so was the demand ; prices stationary. Turbot ; ss. to 20s. ; Cod, 2s. 6d. t• 10s. ; Soles, 6d. to 3s. per pair ; Lobster:, 10(1. to 3s. 6d. ; Oysters, 12s. to 40s. bee bushel ; Whiting, id. to 10d. ; Haddocks, &I. to 2s. BERMONDSEY POTATO MARKET. There was not much done in this market. The supplies were large, and prices :ather on the decline. York Reds, 755. ; Scotch Reds, 60s. to 6'23. ; Guernsey, Ms. to 565. ; Wisbeach, 50s. to 565. HOP MARKET. A tolerably good demand for fine Hops, and prices very high, but scarcely any sale for low and middling qualities. Kent pockets 605. to 1255. ; And Kent pockets 70s. to 98s. ; and Sussex pockets 50s. to 675. per cwt. SEED MARKET. The arrivals of all kinds of Seed, both English and Foreign, 'were moderate. Very little business transacted—prices firm. Linseed 38s. to 403. per quarter ; and Rapeseed 311. per last. TALLOW MARKET. There - were few purchasers of Tallow either for delivery or ,on the;spot. The price was 495. WORKING MEN AND THE CORN-LAWS.— We put it to the working men themselves :—Are you content to starve yourselves and see your wives and families starving around you, when you hare the power of relieving your wants within your reach ? Are you content to see your customers drop off one by one, and going into other markets for those goods with which you have been in the habit of supplying them, when you can, by a united effort, secure their custom in spite of all competition ? or do you prefer pursuing a measure which you cannot obtain for years, and the beneficial effects of which, even when obtained, would be years in being experienced? Are you willingto distinguish bet ween facts and fancies ? On the one hand, you have dear bread, little work, and low wages, with the certainty of obtain ing cheap bread and plenty of work, with fair wages, if you will bestir yourselves ; on the other, you have a bugbear of political power held out to you, which you will not obtain until the possession of it is not worth having. Your enemies rejoice to see this division among you, hut we have hopes their triumph will be of short duration. The working men of Sheffield have set an example,—if not of perfect union in seeking a repeal,—of being perfectly awake to the miseries which the Corn-laws have inflicted upon them, (the dissen tients only holding out because they have no hope of relief from the present House of Commons,) which example we hope will be followed by other towns. If the middle and working classes go boldly hand in hand to the door of the House of Commons and demand a total repeal of the Corn-laws, the monopolists dare not refuse to hear and relieve thau.—Shclfield Iris. One day last week, a vessel appeared off Cromer in a state of distress, when the beachmen, 14 in number, manned a large boat and went off to her assistance. The sea was very rough at the time, but after some difficulty they succeeded in boarding her, when to their su.prisc they found not a single hand on board. Sipe was a foreign ship deeply laden with barley, and was taken into Blakeney harbour. It is conjectured that she had struck upon a sand-bank and been abandoned by her crew, but afterwards floated.--Norfolk Chronicle. FALMOUTH ELECTION. --.W Captain Sir Themes Usher, e understand that , R.N., has declined the invitation of the liberal electors of Falmouth and Pen ryn, to offer himself as candidate in the place of Sir R. M. Rolfe, who has been elevated to the Bench, and that Dr. P,Y,Vri;7 h:l5, io consequence, becu il.rite 1 to ' visit rho constiLuenoy, for the purpose of ascertaining their sentiments. —Corn wall Advertiser. CURIOUS FORGERY. • ORIGIN or NEWSPAPERS.—Since the year 1794, when Mr. Chalmers published his " Life of Ruddiman," it has been very generally believed that, a Newspaper, called the English Mercurie, written and published by the orders of Lord Bur leigh in 1558, the period of the invasion of Eng land by the Armada, was the first newspaper which ever existed. In late times this opinion has received extensive circulation from having been adopted in a great number of popular works. Nor has it been I confined to . E ng l an d. S evera l Encyclopmdias and Conversation Lexicons, published abroad, have repeated it. By a little publication, entitled, " A Letter to A. Panizzi, Esq." by Thomas Watts, of the British Museum, this opinion, after being current for 40 years, is proved to be wholly without foun dation. The authority on which it was believed was that of IVIr. Chalmers, and he stated it after inspecting some copies of the Mercuric, which arc preserved in the British Museum. On the 4th in stant, however, Mr. Watts *was induced to refer to the .‘ English Mercuric," and before he had ex amized it two minutes, he was forced to conclude that. it was altogether a forgery. Further inspec tion satisfied him, and satisfied all the officers of the Altmeum, and every person who has since seen it, that. the whole of the English Mercuric, of which there are five numbers in the Museum, printed and in m , rnuscriPt, are . forgeries. The letter, of which the o l 3ject is to lay the proofs of the forgery, and the conjeTtures by whom it was committed before the pub ric, establishes beyond a doubt, the spurious neFis of this pretended newspaper ; and that it was forged in the eighteenth century. One proof will s.uffice. One of the manuscripts from which a copy is printed, bears the water mark of the Royal arms, with the initials G. R. By whom this ex traordinary document was forged, and for what pur pose, is as yet wholly unexplained. Chatterton, George Stevcus,.and W. Rufus Chetwood, are men tioned as the possible authors, but no motive, except the love of fun or mischief, is assigned as the cause of the forgery. More singular still is it that this palpable forgery should have remained sa long ura - Lteeted. Hundreds:of authors, many of them ;living in London, have repeated Mr. Chalmers tatement, and not one appears to have ascertained if It were justified. One would suppose even that this extraordinary document could never have been opened by any librarian or officer of the Museum. Examples are by no means wanting of many similar literary frauds; but repetitions of such forgeries con tinuing undetected so long, and finally detected, are enough to throw disciedit on the greater part of what is called history. When such things occur under our eves, with all the help of modern publicity, who will venture to answer for the authenticity of any documents more than a thousand years old ? NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, DEC. letter from Monte Video, dated Sept. 23, states that her Majesty's schooner Spider, six guns, Li3ut. J. O'Reilly (a), while working up the river Plate in the night time, was fired into by a . French row-boat, and the leadsmen wounded. Information was immediately forwarded to Captain Herbert, of the Calliope frigate, the senior British officer on the station, of the circumstance, and he instantly demanded of the French Admiral an ex planation. It appeared that the boat was without an officer, and Captain Herbert therefore requested that an inquiry might he immediately ineituted into the conduct of the Captain of the French ship to which, the boat belonged, for allowing his boat to be without an officer, while on such duty. To this request the F. cti io Admiral demurred, but said he would write lion le for instructions, at the same time - offering to indemi lily or reward the wounded man. This was promptly r efat,ed by Captain Herbert, with true English spirit, who tersely' answered, the British Government could and would reward all who suffered in its service—thus the matter rests.—The Calliope, Actaeon ; and Orestes, were iin the river Plate. The Andromache, 28, Captain Baynes, C. 8., :arrived this morning from Bermuda, which she left on tl .0 0th ult., at, which time the Winchester, 52, was t'ae only ship there ; the Andromache has been ashore, :and it is necessary she should be docked to repair damages. The Boadicea, transport, Lieut. Ward, agent, R.N.. arrived this morning, 27 days from Bermuda, with in valids of the 30th regiment, and convicts, the w'aole in the medical charge of Dr. Prouse. The Boadi cm ex pqrienced a severe hurricane on the sth inst., and lost two men who unfortunately fell overboard. She :left at Bermuda her Majesty's ships, Winchester, Cleopatra, Pilot, Serpent, and Buzzard. The Blenheim, 72, Captain Sir H. Fleming- Sen house, K.C.H. arrived, on Wednesday evening from Lisbon, which place she left on the Ist instant ; mnd as orders were received this morning to send out by her four eight-inch (Tuns for Sir Edward Maitland's. flag ship, there can be no doubt that she is about to form part of a force for service in the China dispute. The Blenheim came into harbour this afternoon, ;is she, wants some little repairs in caulking and other• smr.lll matters, which are to be effected with all possible dis patch. The Trinculo was expected hourly at Lis'bon, from Cadiz, when the Blenheim left the Tagus. Wh en the Blenheim sailed from Lisbon, it was understood by those connected with that Court, that the King (con sort) of Portugal had received a letter from his illus trious cousin, her Majesty the Queen of Englea d, inti mating to him her Majesty's intended marriage with Prince Albert, and that the nuptials would be so lemnized on the 4th of February. On the 28th November the east coast of Spain was visited by a perfect hurricane ; all the vasels at Tar ragona were driven on shore, including the Tribune frigate, and fourteen others—several totally lost. No lives were lost on board the Tribune, and only three among all the wrecks. A letter from Reus, dated , November 29, says the Tribune is totally lost, but her guns and stores will bo saved. The Talavera, 72, Captain Mends, arrived at Ply mouth, on Wednesday, from Lisbon (whence she sailed on the 3d instant), to he paid off. The Meteor steam-vessel, Lieut. Pritchard, sailed on Monday to Woolwich to refit. The - Vesuvius steam-frigate, having taken on board her machinery, has left the Clyde, for Chatham, to be fitted for sea. The Pique frigate is fitting with a shell-room to enable her to carry heavy guns for throwing hollow shot ; her men, who are paying off, arc wilingly pr o _ miring to re-enter at the expiration of a short leave of absence. The Imogene, 28, Captain Bruce, was paid off . at Plymouth, on .the 6th inst. The Nimrod was com missioned at that port on the same day for the East Indies. • There is little doubt that the Blonde, 42, Captain Bourchier, tsill proceed to India. The Alecto, steam-vessel, is expected here to-mor row, from the river, on her way to Lisbon and the Me• diterranean. It is confidently asserted that the Flag Promotion, on the Queen's marriage, will include all the Captains of 1806-7, making about twenty-four additional Rage to the active list. In Harbour—Britannia, Victory, Excellent, Royal George, Blonde, Pique, Raven cutter, Mcssengrr steamer, and Cracker tender. At Spithead—Aadr9mache. NAVAL PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. Pa OMOTIONs.—Mates.--Woodman (son of T. Woodman, Esq., Secretary to Vice-Admiral Sir Thos. Harvey) to the rank of Lieutenant, and appointed to the Satellite, vice Lieut. Battersby, deceased ; Kel lett, to the rank of 'Lieutenant; vice Lieut. Sbamb!er, deceased: APPOI N TM ENTS. — Lieutenants.—B. Fox,to the Nim rod ; John Palmer Wells, to the San Josef ; Thomai Chaloner, to the Wanderer_; John Evans ( o f th e Win chester), t o comman d the Spitfire steam-vessel, vice Shambler, deceased. Surgeons.—W. Hamilton to the Nimrod ; J. W. Elliott, to the Wanderer ; F. I/2 Grande, to the Pro metheus. Assistant Surgeons—J. Davidson, to 'the Nimrod ; R.A. Bankier, to the Pelorus, vice Nation, invalided ; Andrew Lillie, to the Melville. Mates appointed Chief Officers of Coast Guard.— E. Barnard, to Coast Guard, Cornbill, near Dover; John Allen,to the Camelion, R.C. ; J. A. Hire, to the Lapwing, R.C. ; J. B. Madden, to the Do'phin, R.C. Robert Synge, to the Ranger, R.C. Second Master.—W. Pope. to the Prometheus. Midshipman. —John 0. 'Johnson, to the Blonde. Vol. Ist Class.—George Yates, to the Pique ; Arthur Sugden, to the Blonde. Clerk.—H. L. Sutherland,in charge, to Prometheus. Carpenter.—J. Kelly, to the Nimrod. Acting Gunner 3d Class.—Thomas Howells, to the San Josef. N... aval Hospital, &c., Appointments.—The arduous duties that have hitherto devolved on J. Mortimer, Esq., the eminent surgeon of Haslar Hospital, are to be di vided between that gentleman and Dr. Liddell (from Malta Hospit a l), w h o i s a ppointed Second Surgeon at Haslar ; Mr. Willi am M a rtin, junior Surgeon and Me dical Stor e k ee p er a t H a sl a r, is ppointed Surge on o f Malta Hospital, vice Liddell ; Mr. James Allan, Sur geon of the Benbow, succeeds Mr. Martin, at Haslar ; Mr. Sather, Assistant-Surgeon of the Dock-yard, Ports mouth, is appointed to the William and Mary yacht ; and Mr. Mason, Assistant , Surgeon of the Ordinary, succeeds Mr. Sather, at the Dock-yard. The following Midshipmen passed for Lieutenants at the Naval College, on Tuesday :—Messrs. Alfred Phil lipps Ryder, Willlarn A. J. Heath, and Edward A. Ingerfield. Mr. Arthur A. Bridgman and Mr. Richard - Oram; as Naval Instructors. IR V 1 N G r)ITI THE NEWPORT RIOTS. MONMOUTH, SCINDAT. We hav e thi s moi obtained a copy ssent of tbs . ' indict ment, and have not time to say more than that vedt send. it. It has been kept back from us till the latest ins: ant. We were enabled, however, as our readers will hsaYa seen, to give a brief but correct description of it in ouat paper of Saturday. " MONMOUTHSHIRE TO MT.—Be it remembered that at a session of oycr and terminer, and gaol deli very, of our Lady the Queen. holden at Monmouth, in and for the county of Monmouth, on Tuesday, the 10th Day of December, in the 3d year of the reign of our So vereign Lady Victoria, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faitb,before the Right Hon. Sir Nicholas Cooyng ham Tindal, Knight, Chief Justice of our said Lady. the Queen of her Court of Common Pleas ; the Right Hon. Sir James Parke, Knight, one of the Barns of ouit said Lady the Queen of her Court of EacheqUer ; and Sir John Williams, Knight, one of the Justices of our said Lady the Queen, assigned by letters patent of our'' said Lady the Queen, under her Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to them the said Justices before named, and others their:fellow-justices of our said Lady the Queen, and to any two of them di rected ; of whom one of them, the said. Nicholas Co- nyngham Tindal, Sir James Parke, Sir John Williams, and Ebenezer Ludlow, Sergeant -at-Law, among_ ,others in the said letters p a t ent name d , our sa id Lady the Queen willed to be one, to inquire more fully the truth by the oath of good and lawful men of the county 'afore said, and by other ways, means and methods by which they should .or might bette r know (as well within li berties as without) by whom the truth .of the matter might be better known and inquired into of all trea sons, misprisions of treasons, insurrections, reheilionti, counterfeitings, clippings, washings, false coinings, and other falsities of the money of Great Britain and other , kingdoms or dominions whatsoever, and of all murders, felonies, manslaugliters, killings, burglaries, rapes of women, unlawful meetings and conventicles, unlawful uttering of words, assemblies, misprisions, confederacies, false ailee,ationsetresspasses, riots, routs, retentione, es capes, contempt!, falsities, negligencies, concealments, maintenances, oppressions, champerties, deceits, and all other evil doings, offences, and injuries whatsoever, anal , al o tne accessories of them within the county afore said (as well within liberties as nithout), by whomso ever and in what mariner soarer. done, committed, or perpetrated, and by. whom or to whom, when, how, and after what manner ; and of all other articles and cir cumstances concerning the premises, and every of them, in any manner whatsoever, and the said treasons and other the premises, according to the laws and customs of England fur this time to hear and determine by the oath of the Right Hon. Granville Charles Henry Somerset,, commonly called Lord Granville Charles Henry Somer set, the Hon. William Rodney, Sir Benjamin Hail, Bart., Willioan Addams Williams, Esq., Reginald James Blevsitt, Esq., Richard Amphlett, Esq., Joseph Bailey, Esq., Richard Blakemore, Esq., Francis Chambry, Esq., William Curre, Esq., Philip John Ducarel, Esq., Joseph Davis, Esq., John Gishorne, Esq., Samuel Ham :ray, Esq., John Francis Vaughan, Esq., John Jenkins, Esq., Thomas Lewis, Esq., Charles Uctavius Sivinner ton Morgan, ESq., Charles Marriott, Esq., Francis MeDonn a l, E sq ., Willi am N ee dh am , E sq ., Charles Har rison Powell, Esq., and John Etherington 'Webh Rolls , Esq., good and lawful men of the said count' of Mon mouth, now here sworn and charged to inquire for our said Lady the Q ueen , f or t h e b o d y o f t h e sa id cadinta's touching the premises in the said letters patent nden" tioned. It is presented in manner and form as follows‘- (that is to say)— " Monmouth to wit.—The jurors of our Sovereign Lady the Queen, upon their oath, present that John Frost, late of Newport, in the, county of Monmouth, draper ; Charles Walters, late of the same place, la bourer ; John Lovell, late of the same place, labourer ; Richard Benfield, late of the same place, labourer ; John Rees, late of the same place, labourer ; George Turner, late of the same place, labourer, otherwise called George Cole ; Zephaniah 'Williams, late of the same place, labourer ; Edmund Elmunds, late of - the Lime place, -labourer; Jenkin Morgan, late of the sense place, labourer ; Solomon Brater , , late of the sante place, labourer; William Jones, late of the same place, labourer; James Aust, 'late of the same place, la bourer; one other, john Rees, late- of the same place, labourer; and David Jones, late of the same place, labourer ; being subjects of our said Lady the Queen, as false traitors against our said Lady the Queen, heretofore, to wit, on the 4th day of November, in the year of our Lord 1839, with force and arms, to wit at Newport, in the county of Monmouth, together with a great multitude of false traitors, whose names are to the said jurors unknown,-to the number of 2,000 and more, arrayed and armed in a warlike manner, that is to say with guns, pistols, pikes, swords a daggers, clubs, bludgeons, and ether weapons of offence, being; then and there unlawfully, maliciously, and traitorously assembled, and gathered together against our said the Lady the Qsseen, wickedly, maliciously, and traitorously did levy and make war against our said Lady the Queen as aforesaid, did then and there, with great force and violence, parade and march in an hostile and warlike mangier, in and through divers town,' villag,es, places, and public highways in the county aforesaid, to wit., at Newport aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, and did then and there maliciously and trcitorously on the said 4th day of November, in the year aforesaid ; with force and - arms, at Newport afdrcsaid, in the county aforesaid, together with a very great number, to wit 2,000 and more, of the subjects of our • said Lady th e Q ueen , whose' names to th e said jurors are unknown, and then and there assembled with divers offensive weapons, to wit, guns, pistols, pikes, swords, bludgeons, sticks, and staves, parade and march with great noise and violence, and in an hostile and warlike manner, in, through, and along divers public highways, towns, villages, and places in the county aforesaid, to wit, at Newport afore said, in the county aforesaid, and dist then and there attack and beset the houses and habitations of divers liege subjects of our said Lady the Queen, and did then and there force oblige divers liege s.uisiects of our said Lady the 'Queen, inhabiting and dwelling in such houses and habitations, and others of her Msjesta's liege subjects, then and there being, to march along with and join them, the said John Frost, Charles Walters, John Lovell, Richard Ben field, John Rees, George Turner, otherwis e ca ll e d George Cole ; Zephaniah Williams, Edmund Edmunds, Jerdsin Morgan, Solomon Britan, William. Jones, James Aust, John Rees, and David Jones, and the said other persons so assembled, as aforesaid, and did then and there by force and violence seize and take divers large quantities of arms, to wit 100 guns and 100 pistols, and other offensive weapons, of and from divers liege subjects of our said Lady the Queen, and against their will, with intent by and with the said last-inena tioncd arms, further to arm themselves and other false traitors, in order to attack, fight with, kill, and destroy, the soldiers, tr oo ps, an d f orces o f our sa i d Lady the Queen, and other h er li ege ' an d f a i t hful subjects, and to raise, make, and levy insurrection, rebellion,' and war against our said Lac - 1y the Queen within this realm, and thereby to subvert and destroy the Constitu tion and government Of this realm as -by law established, and to alter and change the laws of this realm by force, to wit, at - Newport aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, and did then and there maliciously and traitoriously as suet false traitors as last aforesaid, on the said -Ph day' of November, in the vear aforesaid, with force and arms at Newport aforesaid, in the county of Monmouth. aforesaid, together wall a great multitude of false traitors whose names arc to the said jurors unknown, to the number of 2,000 and more, armed and arrayed in warlike manner, that is to say, with guns, pistols, pikes, swords, clubs, bludgeons, and other offensive weapons, in an hostile manner and warlike array, march into and enter the town of New port., in the county aforesaid, and did then and there make a forcible, violent, and warlike attack upon a certain dwelling-house there ' situate in a' cer tain part of said town, in which - said dwelling house divers of the Magistrates and Justices of the Peace of our said Lady the Queen, and divers of the the soldiers and constables of our said Lady the Queen were then and there assembled, and then and there with great force and violence, and in a warlike manner, at tempted and endeavoured to break and enter, and did then and there break and enter the said dwelling-h ouse, whilst the said Magistrates and Justices of 'the Peace, and the said soldiers and constables were therein as aforeiaid, and then and there with great force and vio lence, and in a warlike manner, attacked, and with the said guns and pistols then and there loaded with gun powder and bullets, fired upon the said Magistrates and Justices of the Peace, anti the said soldiers and con stables so being in the said dwelling-house as aforesaid, and then and there wounded'and beat divers of the said Magistrates and Justices of the Peace, and the said soldiers and constables, to wit, at Newport aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, and did then and there ma liciously and traitorously attempt and endeavour by force and arms, and in a warlike manner, to sub vert and destroy the goverainent and Constitution of this realm as by law established, in contempt of our said Lady the of all oth ers , contrary to the, duty of t h e a ll eg i ance o f Queen, and her laws, to the evil example them, the said John Frost, Charles Walters, John Lo veil, Richard 13enfield, John Roes, George Turner, otherwi se c. ll e d G eorge Cole, Zephaniah Williams, Edmund Edmunds, Jenkin Morgan, Solomon Britati, William Jones, Janes just, John Rees, and David Jones, against the form of the statute in such case made ' and provided, and a gainst the peace of our said Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity. " SECOND COUNT. " And t h e jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths aforesaid, ( 1 0 f at h e r present, that the said John Frost, Charles Walters, John Lovell, Richard Benfield, John . Rees, George Turner, otherwise called George Cole, Ze phaniah Williams, Edmund Edmunds , Jenkin Morgan, Soloman Britan , William Jones , James Aust, John Rees, and David Jones, being subjects of our said Lady the Queen, as false traitors agatost our said Lady the Queen, heretofore, to wit, on the 4th day of November, in the year aforesaid, with force and arms, to wit, at Newport aforesaid, in the county aforesaid; inge 1 4 4