The Sun. — London, England, 1839-12-23 00:00:00

Yesterday the Lord Bishop of London, assisted by several clergymen, held an Ordination at the Church of St. James's, Piccadilly, in the presence of a numerous congregation. The candidates for admission into Dea cons' and Priests' orders amounted to thirty, and occu pied the whole extent of the line around the altar. Af ter the usual service had been gone through, The Lord Bishop ascended the pulpit, and preached to the candidates. His text was the 4th chapter of the Second Epistle of St. Paul to Timothy, sth verse —" But watch thou in all things ; endure uffliction ; do the work of an evangelist ; and give full proof of thy ministry." These directions of the Apostle to his youthful pupil and associate contained, said the Preacher, a summary of the duties of a minister. Having com mented on the necessity of a predilection for the Church on the part of a candidate as being indispensable for a proper discharge of his duties, and an observance of those rules which were laid down by the wise and pious men of past ages for the direction of the clergy, the Right Reverend Preacher proceeded to say, that it should be a solemn consideration with parents who desired that their sons should enter the mi nistry to shape the education of the children accord ingly in studies, habits, and tastes, for on their future care and diligence the salvation of many would depend. In exhorting the candidates to watch both their flock and their own frailties, he reminded them that, whether they should watch or not, many would watch them, for priests stood upon an eminence whence it was their duty to shed the light of truth and the influence of good example over the world. Many eyes would be turned upon the conduct of the priest with anxious but un friendly scrutiny ; and many who were either avowed Atheists, or the enemies of their Church, under other names, would be sure to exult over and proclaim any fault the priest might fall into, while the error of a pri vate Christian would perhaps escape u nnoticed. The Lord Bishop then dwelt upon the importance of cou rage, meekness, fortitude—a system that should, if pos sible, offend no one, and yet not lose an opportunity of making or retaining a single convert. He then pointed out the many hardships and vexations the can didates would have to undergo, whether in the ministry at home or in the colonies, how to surmount them, and, finally, the rewards that await here and hereafter the minister who shall faithfully, by precept and example, have done his duty in the Church of Christ. The following is a list of the gentlemen who were then ordained, together with their appointments : DEACONS.—WiIIiam Twiss Turner, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge, nominated to be Assistant Curate at Henham, Essex ; Henry Halden, M.A., Baliol Col lege, Oxon, to be Assistant Curate at Upminster, Es sex ; Robert Lawson, 8.A., Jesus College, Cambridge, to be Assistant Curate at Great Halland, to reside at Walton ; C. J. Scratchley, 8.A., Brazen Nose Col lege, Oxon, to be Assistant Curate at St. George-the- Martyr, Middlesex ; Chas. Brian Leigh, 8.A., Christ's College, Cambridge, to be Assistant Curate at Wick ham Bishops, Essex ; George Herbert Rupton, 8.A., University College, Oxon, to be Assistant Curate at St. Philip's Chapel, St. James's, Westminster ; Samuel Pryer Field, 8.A., Pemberton College, Cambridge, to be Assistant Curate at Finchingfield, Essex ; Charles Maunders, B. A., Queen's College, Cambridge, to be As sistant Curate at Shepperton, Middlesex ; E. T. Champ neys, S.C.L., All Souls' College, Oxon, to be Assistant Curate at St. Mary's, Whitechapel ; Frederick Charles Cooke, 8.A., St. John's College, Cambridge, to be Assistant Curate at Trinity Church, Gray's Inn-lane ; Charles Coleby Roberts, to be Fourth Master at St . Paul's School ; Arthur Roberts, 8.A.. Magdalen Col lege, Oxon, to be Chaplain of Halstead Union, and to assist his brother at Halstead ; Frederick Style, 8.A., St. John's College, Oxon, to be Assistant Curate at St. John's, Westminster ; George France, 8.A., Exe ter College, Oxon, to be ditto : Charles Greenwood, Church Missionary College, Islington, for the Colonial Mission ; Thomas Spurr, Trinity College, Cambridge, and Arthur Wellington Wallis, 8.A., Magdalen Hall, Oxon, both to be under the direction of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. PansTs.—Robert Abercrombie Johnstone, M.A., New College, Cambridge, to be Assistant Curate at St. Giles's-in-the-Fields ; Edward Henry Lan don, M.A., Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, to the Curacy of East Hornden, Essex ; Charles Burney, M.A., Magdalen College, Oxon, Licensed Curate of Sible Hedingliam, Essex ; Arthur Welling ton Roper, 3.A., Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Licensed Curate of Bradivell-b y -the-Sea ; Barrett Ed ward Lampet, 8.A., Corpus Christi College, Cam bridge, Licensed Curate of Great Bardfield ; Tho mas Richardson Birch,. 8.A., Pembroke College, Oxon, -- ; Henry Augustus Loveday, B.A , St. Peter's College, Cambridge ; Licensed Curate of Hor kesley Parva ; John Tahourdn White, M.A., Corpus Christi College, Oxon, Christ's Hospital, and Licensed Curate of St. Andrew-hy,tbe- Wardrobe ; Thomas Wm. Henry Gromey, 8.A., St. John's College, Cam bridge, Christ's Hospital ; J. Aubone Cook, 8.A., Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Licensed Curate of St. Margaret's Westminster ; Abraham Borrackaile, M.A., Christ Church, Oxon, Licensed Curate of St. John's, Westminster ; John Hawksworth, Church Mis sionary College, Islington, a;:d John Philip Menge, of the same College, both for the Colonial Mission. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INTELLI- GENCE. OXFORD, DEC. 21.—T. Leah, Esq., of Lyme Hail, Cheshire, has presented the Rev. Roger Kent, of Bra zernose College, to the Perpetual Curacy of Disley, Cheshire. The Rev. Josh, Birch, late of Pembroke College, has been presented to the Perpetual Curacy of Crosens, Lancashire. The Rev. J. M. Cholmeley, late Fellow of Magdalen College, has been instituted, by the Lord Bishop of Chichester, to the Chapelry of Lower Beeding, Sussex. The Dean and Chapter of Christ Church have pre sented the Rev. F. F. Fawkes, one of the Chaplains of Christ Church, to the Perpetual Curacy of Great and Little Hampton, Worcestershire. The Lord Bishop of Ripon has licensed the Rev. John Charnock, of Lincoln College, to the Perpetual Curacy of Aldfield, Yorkshire, on the presentation of Mrs. Elizabeth Sophia Lawrence. The Lord Bishop of London has appointed the Rev. H. Taylor, of St. Mary Hall, Incumbent of All S tints, Stepney. CAMBAIDGE, DEC. 20.—There will be congrega tions on the following days of the ensuing Lent term : Saturday, Jan. 18 (B.A. commencement), at 10 ; Wed nesday, Jan. 29, at 1 t ; Wednesday, Feb. 12, at 11 ; Wednes.lay, Feb. 2(, at 11 ; Wednesday, March 4, at 11 ; Wednesday, March 18, at 11 ; Friday, April 3 (M A. Inceptors), at 10 ; Friday, April 10 (end of term), at 10. The following is a list of those gentlemen in the first class who have completed their third and second years respectively, at St. John's College, being those who were classed at the examination just ended, as follows : Third Year—Boultbec, Scott, H. J. Bull, Lovell. Riggott, Ellicott, Shears, Wrieley, Sangster, and Parish. Second Yeer—Simpson, Wilson, Ainger, A. Frost, Bird, Light. R. Mayor, 0. E. Vidal, J. H. Vidal, Johnstone, Parnell, Wolfe, Davies, Dcwe, Greenwell, Sheringhnrn, S!larples, Cook, Middlemist, Wilkinson, and Penny. The subject for the Seatonian prize poem for the en suing year is—" The Ministry of Angels." PRlZES—Annexed are the subjects for the following prizes, as issued by the Vice-Chancellor :- 1. English Ode (Chancellor's gold medal)—Richard I. in Palestine. 2. Latin Prose Pleml)crs)—For Bachelors, "In ilia Philosophia, in qua de vita hominum et moribus dis putatur, tractanda quibus principiis quasi fundamento inniti, quibusque potissirnum ex fontibus recte vivendi prwcepta haurire oporteat ?" For the Undergraduates, " Quid censes plausus et amici dona Quiritis ?" 3. Sir W. Browne's gold medals.—For Greek Ode, " Eleusis." Latin Ode, " 1110 Virgilium me tempore dulcis alebat Parthenope,studis florentern ignobilis oti." Greek Epigram, " Duke periculum." Latin Epigram, " Se sequiturque fugitque." 4. Porson translation from Shakspeare.—Troilus and Cressida, Act. 1., Scene 111., beginning, " Th© ample proposition that hope makes ;" and ending, " make a toast for Neptune." DURHAM, DEC. 19.—At a Convocation holden on Thursday, 11. J. Spearman, Esq., was nominated by the Warden, and approved by Convocation, as one of the Curators of the Observatory. The Rev. Georg e Fyler Townsend, 8.A., of Trinity , Cambrid ge College, was presented and admitted, ad cundem. The University seal was affixed to a security to the Bishop of Durham. The prize for the best English Essay, to be written by any Student under the standing of M.A., who has passed the examination for the degree of 8.A., or by any Student in Theology, " On the influence of Com merce on National Character," has been assigned to Thomas Charles Thompson, Student in Arts. Among other reductions in duties to be recom mended, it is said, is a diminution of the duty upon brandy imported to 12s. 6d. per gallon. A few weeks ago, Anthony Douthwait e and his wife, removed from Northallerton, with their f urni _ tore, to reside at Sunderland, and took with them a fa vourite cat, which appears on its arrival to have had no relish for Sunderland, for, to the great surprise of the next door neighbour to where Douthwaite resided at Northallerton, the poor cat returned to that place a few days ago, having travelled a distance of forty-seven miles.—Carlisle Journal. ENORMOUS TURNIP.—In our last, we noticed a turnip grown by Mr. Hughes, Bee Inn, Abergele, weighing 161bs. and this week we have to notice one of the Globe kind, grown on Mr. Horne's Farm, near Denbigh, and now to be seen at the shop of Mr. Edward Bland, nursery and see d sman o f th a t t own . I t i s 48 inches in circumference, 12 inches deep, and weighs the enormous weight of 371bs. after taking off the root and 1 eaves.—Carnarvon Herald. 1 SOJTHWAITIC. — Meetings of the respective friends of the candidates for the representation of this borough continue to be held. There are in the field Mr. Wood, a gentleman of decided Liberal politics, Mr. Walter, an anti-ministerialist, opposed to the New Poor-law, and Mr. Curling, who declares himself op posed to the ballot and to the total repeal of the Corn laws ; but favourable to triennial Parliaments, and a supporter of the principle of the new Poor-law. It P.as stated on Saturday th a t a demi-official intimation had been given to the trading private bank ing firms of the City, that the Directors of the Bank of England are anxious to make _preparatio ns f or a reduc tion in the rate of interest to a per cent., provided the establishments alluded to will first take this highly use ful and important step. The advantages which a boon of this description would confer upon the commercial interests it is almost impossible to estimate. This rumour produced but a slight influence upon the quo tat ions of stock. The Countess of Devon, whose melancholy death occurred lately, was the daughter of the Countess of Rothes, and Sir Lucas Pepys, Bart., and aunt to the present Earl of Rothes. Her Ladyship has left three sons : Lord Courtenay, and the Hon. Hugh and Charles L. Courtenay. The poor have lost a sincere friend in this lady, whose charity was most unostentatiously eon ferred.—Ereter Post. GREAT NORTII OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.-- The Directors of the Great North of England Railway have suspended any further proceedings with regard to th e line of road throur.rh the county of Durham, until the Government engineers, now employed on a survey, have completed their work, and made their report to the Home ; and it is anticipated that their report will, in a great measure, influence the decision of the Board as to the line to be adopted. The line for which the Company obtained an Act of Parliament a consi derable time ago, is a t ten d ed w i th most formidable diffi culties, and considered a l most i mpract i ca bl e. A Committee is forming for the purpose of erect ing a public monument to th e memory of Dr. Butler, the late Bishop of Lichfield, in the Shrewsbury Abbey Church.—Salopian Journal. Some interesting papers have been laid on the table of the India House, forming extracts from the secret correspondence from the Governor-General connected with the late brilliant siege of Ghuznee. The following co rrespondence, including a letter from the restored King of Affghanistan to Queen Victoria, which took place after the victory, will be read with interest :- 1 Abstract translation of a letter from his Majesty Shah Shooja-001-Moolk to the Right Honourable the Governor-General. After compliments— " I beg to enclose a letter in duplicate to her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, a copy of which is sent for your perusal, and I have to request that you will transmit the same to its destination at your earliest convenience, and that you will use your utmost endea vours to induce her Most Gracious Majesty to comply with my wishes as therein set forth. " The receipt of an early and satisfactory reply to this communication will be the source of more pleasure and gratification to me than I can possibly express. " I have one more favour to ask of your Lordship, which is, that you will oblige me by accepting yourself, and wearing for my sake, the decoration of the order of my kingdom, the recovery of which I mainly attribute to your Lordship's assistance." Translation of a letter from his Majesty Shah Shooja ool-Aloolk, King of Affghanistan, to her Most Gra cious Majesty Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. Atter compliments— " Be it known to your Majesty that I having set out from Skikapore, in company with the victorious British troops, have now, by the favour of God, and the ex ceeding kindness of the British Government, ascended the throne of my ancestors. Candahar, Ghuznee, and Cahool, having successively fallen into my possession. I am unable to express my gratification for this bless ing. I pray that the Almighty may preserve and in crease your Majesty's prosperity and glory. I have been for some time considering by what means I could reward the gentlemen and troops who accom panied me for all the troubles and dangers they have undergone for my sake. " I have now fully resolved upon instituting an Order, to be designated the Order of the Dooraunee Empire (Nishawi Dooni Dooaw,) to be divided into three classes. _ _ " It is my wish to confer the First Class of my Order upon the Right Hon. George Lord Auckland, Gover nor-General of India ; upon the Commander-in• Chief of the Army, Sir John Keane ; upon the Envoy and Minister at any Court, W. H. Macnaghten, Esq., upon Major-General Sir Willoughby Cotton ; upon Lieute nant-Colonel Sir Alexander Baines ; and upon Lieute nant-Colonel C. M. Wade. Tne -2.,(1 and 3d Classes of the Order upon those officers who are named in the accompanying lists. " As I wish also to confer upon the whole of the army, as well as upon the officers, some mark of distinction commemorative of the battle of Ghuznee, it is my desire to have a medal struck, to be conferred upon every offi cer and soldier who was present on that glorious oc casion. _ _ " I have the fullest confidence in the kind considera tion for my wishes which is felt by my Royal Sister ; and feel assured that she will be graciously pleased to permit the gentlemen and soldiers above-mentioned to wear the decoration which I shall confer upon them, so that a memorial of me may be preserved, and the fame of the glorious exploits achieved in this quarter may resound throughout the whole world." CHRISTMAS SOUVENIR.—At a period when the social sympathies are most predominant, and the genial influence of " Home" is felt in the highest degree —more especially by " My young misses," just arrived to spend her vacation, at the " Old Hall," the most appropriate present becomes the first subject of consi deration ; a merely useful one can afford no evidence of taste, while a present possessing no claims to utility, shows a want of judgment. To combine these requi sites, we can hardly suggest a more fitting souvenir than Roe land's Toilet Articles, the " Macassar," " Kaly dor," and " Odonto," which, from their beautifying effects on the hair, complexion, and teeth, are calculated to preserve a grateful recollection of the donor. INCREASED CONSUMPTION OF OPIUM.— On Saturday a very animated discussion took place at the Westminster Medial Society, on this matter. Mr. Downing, who is, we believe, the author of a book on China, elucidated the action of opium in all those countries in which it is habitually consumed, and fully proved that all the arguments produced against the use of spirits applied with tenfold force against the use of opium.—Dr. J. Johnson, in the course of the even ing, said, from his own personal knowledge, he was able to state that opium eating had increased in this country to such an extent as to have become nearly equal in its proportion with tee-totalism. Indeed, the subject had called forth the particular attention of the different insurance offices, who were about to hold a meeting in consequence of their having discovered that they had sustained considerable loss from, as well as that a new risk had been created by, the enormous increase in the consumption of opium. In future policies, of course the risk could be provided for by the charge of an ad ditional premium ; but as such a course of chance had not been anticipated on policies already effected, the matter had assumed a somewhat serious aspect.—Seve ral gentlemen bore testimony to the deadly results to which the practice invariably led. BLACKwALL RAILWAY.—We understand that the Directors of the Blackwall Railway Company have determined upon fitting up an electro-magnetic telegraph along their line, similar to that which we recently no ticed as having been for some time in successful opera tion on the Great Western Railway. In addition to the facilities which such an arrangement will afford in the working of the railway (an arrangement peculiarly adapted to this lire, as we shall take a future opportu nity of showing), the public will be benefited in ❑o small degree by its application to other purposes. For instance, a vessel coming up the river can before reaching Woolwich easily communicate by signals with the railway termi nus at Blackwall, and the information being instan taneously conveyed to the Fenchurch-street station in the immediate vicinity of the great seat of bu siness, parties who arc expecting the arrival of friends will at once be prepared to meet them in town, without the necessity of waiting for hours about the docks and wharfs ; or if so inclined can joi❑ them at Blackwall, almost as soon as the vessel has reached that point. In the case of steam-boats especially this will be of great advantage, as there can he no doubt that the whole of the passengers by these vessels will at once avail them selves of the Railway to avoid the always tedious, and sometimes dangerous, navigation of the Pool. We are glad to find that the works of this short but most im portant line are proceeding with much vigour, and that the prospects of the Company are in the highest degree satisfactory. —Railway Times. A question of very great importance, as respects the trade of Great Britain is at present under the anxious consideration of Government, and which will exeitc some interest when the facts connected with it are fully known. Many of our merchants have complaints to make of the little regard shown to the commercial treaties entered into by the Governments of some of the most distant parts of the world. For some time past this subject has occupied the attention of Lord Palmerston, with the view of taking such prompt mea- sures, in a case capable of full proof, to put a stop en tirely to the exactions made upon British property im ported into foreign ports over and above those duties established by reciprocal treaties of commerce. A case of some importance is now under the consideration of Sir John Dodson, her Majesty's Advocate, by which we are informed reclamations upon the Government of Brazil are likely to be enforced for the restoration of duties, overcharged in the way we have stated. We are assured, that should the opinion of the Queen's Advocate concur with those of Lord Palmerston, that very decisive measures will be taken to obtain for British merchants interested prompt and full compensAion. Should this be effected, a lesson will be taught to other authorities who may be disposed to act in the same manner.— Observer. SHORT WHIST BY MAJOR. A—.—A second edition of this little treatise has been published contain ing several laws of the game, differing in some respect from those laid down by Hoyle, together with some pe culiarities of short whist, as played at the West-end Clubs. We confess we cannot see any material differ ence, and therefore arc not at all disposed to forsake the precepts of the venerable lawgiver. But it may be pre judice, and prejudice certainly we have against this bas tard game, this offshoot from legitimate long whist, for centuries the object of idolatry to all old maidens and Cheltenham Nabobs, because it encourages gambling and consequently late hours, so prejudicial to health, and to which the Major attributes " his shattered nerves and general debility:" It is part of his advice in " Maxims to Beginners," to avoid late hours and long play, and for this, as well as the insight it gives into the game, it may be consulted with interest. PRESBYTERY OF STRATFIBOGIE.—The seven Ministers of the Presbytery of Strathbogie, who have been deprived of their place in the Church, by a judgment of the Commission of the General Assembly on the 4th current, for a time, and for ever, unless on certain specified conditions, met at Keith, on the 16th at an early hour, to take into consideration the distress ing and perilous situation in which they are thus placed ; and after hours of grave and solemn delibe ration—looking at their position on all sides, and searching wistfully for some way by which they might e scape from it, without sacrificing their principles and compromising their truth,as thesehad been put forth in the whole of their proceeding s , and in their solemn declaration to the Church on the 4th current—and finding no such way , they were again constrained to come to the still more painful resolution to resist the authority of the Commission as now exercised against them, and—view judgment of th e C omm i ss i on, as against ing without passi on, and, a s they believe, without pre judice, the late law, and, therefore, as without right, and subversive of justice—to throw themselves on the protection of the civil power. They have accordingly applied for a Bill of Suspension and Interdict from the Court of Session, —Aberdeen Journal. (From a Letter on the Commercial Relations of Great Britain with the United States, By a Citizen of New York.) A wise statesman, and emphatically a British states man, will seek by every honourable means to sustain and benefit the industrious classes in the community he governs ; and in no way can he so readily effect this as by opening and preserving to them good markets for the surplus products of their labours. I need only refer to the official returns of the trade and commerce of the empire for the evidence of what has been the value of the American market to the British manufacturer ; and ' in this respect, as in others, the past is assurance for the future. Why does Britain at a vast expense plant and maintain colonies in every quarter of the globe, if not to extend and enlarge her commercial markets ? America, in this, is to her a colony exempted from the burthen of maintenance ; her vast resources only now beginning to be known to herself, developed by an in dustry that never tires, and an enterprise that never sleeps, must make her ever a valuable friend, and may make her a dangerous rival. Fifty years ago, when her present form of government was organized, she numbered barely three millions of people, exhausted by eight years of war, and nearly as many of inefficient government ; without commerce, money, or credit, and burthened with a debt of more than a hundred mil lions. In the comparatively short period that has inter vened, the three millions have increased to eighteen ; they have passed through every trial of peace and war, have doubled their debt, and paid it all to the last dollar. Her territory by honest purchase has been greatly enlarged—her commerce whitens every sea, and her manufactures have attained such extent and perfection, that, nourished by a little more opposition from this side, they may be so strengthened as to need no protection from any quarter. Our tariff domestic war must be fresh in your recollection. Six years ago, after a contest of more than ten years' duration, it was settled by compromise, and the protective principle was formally abandoned. Two years hence our duties reach the minimum. Already are the measures adopted on this side to dis parage our credit and restrict our mutual intercourse working their effects, and our public journals have begun to discuss the subject, and to call for a revision of the tariff laws, with a view to return to the system of protection. A little more pressure from this quarter will settle the question at once, and probably for ever. Nine years ago our own manufactures consumed one eighth of a cotton crop of less than a million of bales. They now take more than one-fifth of a crop of a mil lion and a half, and that in the face of a diminishing protective duty. Originally we were an agricultural and commercial community. Manufactures did not enter into our policy ; British orders in council and French decrees drove us from the ocean, and finally to war ; and from necessity we became manufacturers. The return of peace again opened the ocean to us, but with it came restrictive laws upon important portions of the produce of our agriculture, and manufactures were again re sorted to, to fill up the void in our national industry. The spirit of our people is opposed to idleness and inaction. If you will not permit them to trade with you, they will speedily strike out for themselves some new path to wealth. But it is said, that they are not only industrious and enterprising, but speculative and vi!ionary also ; and that they borrow money for works of doubtful expediency and profit. And the multitude of railroads and canals projected in almost every section of our country are adduced as examples of this thriftless profusion. I will not say that every undertaking of the kind has been wisely projected, and will result in profit ; but I will venture the suggestion that the same rule which may be a sound one in judging of such works in this country will not apply there. In a country like this, where the land is all occupied, and where trade has reached or approached its maximum, it may be impru dent to set on foot any such undertakings, unless there is already a sufficient commerce and travel to afford them profitable support. But in one like the United States, where what is a wilderness to-day, a few short years will see the abode of civilization, covered with flourishing cities, and filled with a busy and thriving people ; the case is widely different. A rail-road or a canal may there be undertaken in almost any section where the elements of commerce exist, although they may yet be inert and undeveloped. Indeed, they are the great labour-saving machines, which, more rapidly than all others, unfold and bring into action the dormant resources of our new regions. Nine states and terri tories of the republic, containing a population of more than six millions, have, in the short space of little more than a quarter of a century, passed from the one condi tion above described to the other, and more than half of that great change has been effected within the last fifteen years, and mainly, through the instrumentality of roads and canals constructed with borrowed money. MRS. S. C. HALL, in her forthcoming novel, of " Marian," or A. Young Maid's Fortunes," a deeply touching story of the trials of a female foundling —has, we understand, occupied new ground ; placing her scene and characters in our own time, and mixing up persons of every day aspect with the wilder events that belong to romance, and more especially tracing those strong and fervent feelings of devotion and attach ment which so peculiarly mark the nature of her Irish countrymen. EDUCATION OF THE CLERGY.--ID a parish in the north (he would not mention names, but would vouch for the truth of what lie asserted) a school-house had been erected ; a salary was provided for the school master by the will of some charitable individual. On visiting the parish some short time since a friend of his had found that the schoolmaster's salary wss paid to wards the poor-rate, and the school-room was a depot for bacon and cyder ; not a single scholar. There was the Clergyman in the parish ; there was the Bishop in the diocese ; there was all the necessary apparatus, as we are told, for sound education, and there was the school-house full of bacon and cyder.—(Great laughter.) In the case of the Pocklington school the endowment amounted to 9001. per annum, and the country would be surprised to hear that the guardians of the endowment —those who were bound to see its provisions duly exe cuted—were the Masters and Fellows of St. John's College, in this University.—(Hear.) On inquiry, some time since, it was found there was only one scholar: and the master was gone out of the way of his creditors. Gisbornc's Sneceli at Cambridge. A poor woman with two children, living for the last ten years in a wretched garret, in an obscure part of the city, and earning a scanty subsistence by her own labour, was, a few evenings ago, surprised by the entrance of a gentleman, who, in a civil manner, but without waiting for any express permission, went to an old cupboard which the woman had found in the room when she hired it, opened it, and, after some rummaging of its contents, removed a board at the back, and drew forth a quantity of papers. Having carefully examined them with evident satisfaction, he turned to the present occu pant and apologised for his abrupt proceedings. He informed her that ten years ago he was her predecessor in that very room, but being, from untoward circum stances, compelled to leave Paris at a moment's notice, he had not time to return and take with him the papershe then had found where he had concealed them, to prevent his being brought into trouble. He then presented her with a bank-note for 500 f. as a compensation for the damage he had done to the cupboard, and took his de parture.—Paris.Paper. REMARKABLE CELESTIAL PHENOMENON.— Between the hours of twelve and one o'clock, a very remarkable arch was observed in the heavens at East Retford, extending from N.E. to S.W., and crossing the meridian about 30 deg. from the zenith. The outer position of this phenomenon was extremely dark and well defined, but the inner part gradually became paler and paler, until it was of the same colour as the other part of the heavens, which to the south was dense and thick, and this density and thickness extended to the earth so as to have the agpearance of smoke up to the apparent verge of the shadow of the arch above. To the north of this line the air was uncommonly clear, and the sky without a cloud, which remarkable contrast ex cited the surprise of all who witnessed it in the northern parts of the county of Nottingham. Within an hour afterwards, the thermometer suddenly fell upwards of five degrees, but up to the present time, with one single exception, we have had no rain ; and the weather dur ing the week has been more favourable than we have experienced for some months past.—Doncaster Gazette, Dec. 20. RICE HARVEST IN GERMANY. --A harvest of a very uncommon description in northeri! Europe has been reaped at Blansko, near Brunn, in Moravia. After many trials, a Baron Von Reichen bach has, it appears, succeeded in bringing to perfection a field of rice, which in Germany, even more than with us, is an article of constant and extensive consumption. As the land where the crop has been grown is situated in a cold, mountainous region, more than a thousand feet above the sea, and surrounded by forests, where the climate is to o severe f or th e growth of grapes , his suc cess is the more extraordinary. The seed was sown and raised entirely in water ; in the first instance in a sort of hot-bed, or hot water, for the water was a little warmed whenever, during the spring, the weather was cold enough to render it necessary ; and it was th en t ra nsplanted accor di ng t o a method practised in Hin dostan.--ifthenceum. EXTRAORDINARYWAGER.--011 Friday even ing last, in the presence of several betting characters, a wager of 100/. w a s l a id in the parlour of a sporting tavern in Piccadilly, between two extensive butchers, both celebrated at this time of the year for prize cattle. One is a residentiin the city, famed for barons of beef and roasting bullocks whole, and the other of equal noto riety, near Bond-street, The wager is as to which will sell, by retail, the greater quantity of meat from the 21st of December to the 31st of December. The 2001. was on Saturday morning deposited in the hands of the proprietor of the tavern, and at twelve o'clock a disinte rested person was stationed at each establishment to take an account of all sales. The wager is to be decided on New Years' Day. On the balance sheet, showing the demands upon the Vestry for the ensuing week to be 12,0001., being read by the Vestry Clerk, The CHAIRMAN said they had heard the balance sheet read, and he regretted to inform them that the Vestry had not one shilling at their disposal to meet the pressing demands upon them. Thus far the opponents of the Vestry, through the medium of a portion of the Press, had effected a temporary triumph. In the pub lic Press of Friday and that day the opinion of Sir William Follet, had been put forward, declaring the act of the Vestry borrowing money on the parish bonds to be illegal.—(Hear.) Whether that was the case or not, it was not at the present moment the duty of the Vestry to inquire. The question was, how they were to free themselves from the great and difficult position in which they were placed.—(Hear.) He be lieved, although the Vestry were at the present moment in this dilemma, that through the great and undeviating kindness of their Treasurers, Sir Claude Scott and Co., they would be enabled to obtain practical and efficient relief from their present embarrassment.—(Hear, hear.) He felt assured that this would be the case ; and al though it might be deviating from the general rule far the Chairman of a meeting to propose a motion, yet, from the great interest he took in the subject, he begged leave to submit the following resolution :—" It appear ing to this Board, from a statement in several daily pa pers of yesterday, that Sir William Follett has given an opinion against the legality of borrowing money on parish bonds—Resolved that the borrowing money on bonds be suspended, and that a case be prepared by the Vestry Clerk, assisted by a Committee, setting forth an exact statement of the facts for the opinion of the Attorney-General as to the powers of the Vestry under existing circumstances to raise on parish bonds the sum of 25,0001., as already re solved on by the Board. And that a deputation be appointed to wait upon Sir Claude Scott and Company, the treasurers to the Board, to represent to them the great inconvenience to which the Vestry would be put, unless they will advance as a temporary loan a sufficient sum for defraying the police and county rates due at Christmas, and amounting to 12,0001. And that such deputation be appointed to confer with the treasurers forthwith." Mr. KENSETT rose to second the resolution. The result of that day was no more than he had anticipated, and was no doubt produced by that portion of the public Press which had laboured in its vocation to cause that effect. The case which had been presented to Sir W. Follett for consideration was a most unfair and garbled one, and not such a one as ought to have been prepared for a legal opinion.—(Hear, hear.) In the month of December, 1826,he found from the Vestry minute of that date that they borrowed the sum of 10,0001. on the new paving rate bonds, and the remaining sums to complete the sum of 20,000/. due to the bankers from the Poor, Church, and Highway-rates : and yet they now said that a similar act was illegal. Who did the Vestry sup pose this very minute upon its confirmation was signed by as Chairman ? Why, no less a person than John Hume Spry, the rector, who was the instigator of placing the Vestry in the present embarrassed condition. —(Hear, hear.) It was true that the Doctor and some of his friends were the originators of what would pro bably end in a serious manner to the Vestry and parish ; but it was mainly through the medium of that apostate Journal, the Times, and its twaddling old paramour, the Herald, that they were now reduced to the present state of embarrassment, and probably expence. Mr. Young and Mr. Joseph followed on the same side. After some observations from Mr. Byers and the Chairman, the resolution was put from the Chair and carried unanimously ; and the Chairman, together with Messrs. Joseph, Skynner, Byers, Kensett, Dexter, Clapp, and Young, having been appointed as a deputa . tionio Sir Claude Scott and Co., the treasurers of the parish, left the Vestry to wait upon them. After the lapse of about an hour and a half the depu tation returned, when Mr. JOSEPH said, he was gratified to inform the Vestry that, notwithstanding letters had also been sent by their opponents to the treasurers, having a tendency to shake their confidence, as well as the public, in the Board, those gentlemen, feeling convinced of the honour and integrity of that body, had, on being informed of the position they were in with respect to the country and police rate, in the most generous manner acquiesced in the resolution proposed by Mr. Daniell ; and had consented to let them have immediately, as a temporary loan, the sum of 12,000/.—(Cheers.) Thus far the machinations of their enemies had been defeated.— ( Hear, bear.) Mr. Joseph concluded by moving the adoption of a report embodying the result of the confer ence of the deputation, which was seconded by Mr. Kensett, and carried unanimously. A vote of thanks to the Treasurers was then pro posed by Mr. Gibson, and seconded by Mr. Young, and carried nem, con. with acclamation. POWERS OF THE MAGISTRACY AND INFORMERS UNDER THE NEW POLICE ACT. Mr. YOUNG said he had been deputed, by a meeting composed of not less than from 800 to 1,000 tradesmen, resident within the three parishes composing that bo rough, to lay before the Vestry a most serious and vexa tious abuse to which they had latterly become subjected at the hands of the Magistracy and of a common informer, named Stowell, under the 7th section of the 60th clause of the New Police Act.—( Hear.) By this Act even sun-blinds, or the slightest projection in front of a tradesman's premises, rendered him liable to a penalty of 40s.—(Shame.) Within the last few days Stowell had been realizing within the borough, from convictions, a sum amounting to 13/. per day ; and at the present time he believed he had no less than from 600 to 700 informations against tradesmen of the district. That Vestry, under their local Act, bad all the powers vested in them contained in this clause of the New Police Act, which, until recently, the Magistrates had acted under. Now they had put a construction on the 60th clause which had a most vexatious and injurious tendency to the honest tradesman, and which did no further good than putting money into the pockets, and holding out a premium to common informers.—(Hear.) At the meeting to which he alluded a series of resolu tions were passed, one of which was to form a deputa tion to Lord Normanby, to impress upon him the vexa tious and injurious tendency of the clause upon them, and to obtain through his influence a mitigation by the magistracy, or a total repeal of that clause. As these tradesmen ‘v ere in a great measure the constituents of the Vestry, he thought they ought to aid them in coun teracting such a diabolical proceeding, and he would move that a deputation of the Vestry be appointed also to wait upon Lord Normanby, as well as the magistrates of the district, and impress upon them the gross injustice entailed upon the tradesmen. Mr. HICKMAN seconded the motion. Mr. JOSEPH said the way in which this Act was car ried out by the Magistrates was most extraordinary. He had occasion to attend Marylebone Office one day during the present week, and whilst he was there no less than 16 persons were brought up under informa tions of the informer in question, and severally convicted in the sum of 7s. each. No inquiry was gone into as to the merits of the cases, but the parties were convicted upon the question of guilty or not guilty. The Rev. Dr. DIBDIN said that this was the most tyrannical system, carried out in the way that it had been, that ever existed.—(Hear, hear.) Ho cordially concurred in the motion. Mr. GIBSON thought that the Magistrates had stretched the points of the clause of the Police Act to the very extreme. Mr. KENSETT followed on the same side, and gave it as his opinion, that Lord Normanby was the man to set both the Magistrates and informers to rights.— (Laughter.) The question was here put, and the resolution having been carried unanimously, a deputation to the Secretary of State was appointed, and the Vestry separated. 96, CHEAPSIDE, AL D 39,_ALBEMARLE-STREET PICCADILLY. DEAFNESS AND DEFECTIVE VISION.—At length those dreadful maladies are completely obviated, without torture and serious risk by medical treatment. The Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians and Aurists to their Majesties the King and Queen of Hanover, and their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Augusta and Sophia, &c. &c., have constructed a Voice Conductor, and newly invented Spectacle Lenses, which will be found in most extreme cases to effect instant relief. It is seldom or ever that an invention of striking merit is laid before the pub lic that ignorant pretenders do not start forth. In no case is this more observable than in Ireland, as well as England, byfpersons who not only assume the name of Solomons, but actually as having a connexion with their house. Numerous ladies and gentlemen are daily calling who have been misled by these pretenders, and who have made purchases of their spurious imitations, which they term Voice-Conductors and Spectacles, supposing them to be the Messrs. Solomons' invention, which not only proved to be useless, but pro ductive of very ill effects. The Messrs. Solomons do not employ any agents or travellers. Their improvements in the materials are secret to themselves, and are solely con fined to their establishments, 39, Albemarle -street, and 96, Cheapside. SAINTS AND SINNERS T.—A small shopkeeper named Jannaway, living in Chelsea, who was brought up last Friday to Queen-street, charged, with a multi tude of other miserable sinners, with exercising his worldly calling on the Sabbath-day, said his serving was an act of necessity and charity. People knocked at his door, and said they had not had time nor money to pro cure necessaries before The splendid furniture, glasses, cut-glass, books, plated goods, with 300 dozen of the choicest and most expensive wines, of Stephen Price, P , _ sq ., proprietor of the Park Theatre, New York, were consigned to the hammer of Mr. Winstanley last week, at 15, Russell. square. Mr. Price is at present in America, and in tends, it is said, to prolong his stay in New York until April next. EVENING EDITION. LONDON ORDINATION. BRUSSELS and GERMAN PAPERS• BRUSSET S, DEC. 19.—At the sitting yesterday, the I Chamber proceeded to the discussion of the report of the budget of the foreign department. Several r rti cles were adopted without a debate, but a long d,:cus sion arose on the 3d chapter allowing 100,000 fl arcs for the salaries of the Consular Agents, which, how ever was at length agreed to. A very long and animated debate ensued on the sth chapter, with respect to abuses pointed out by M. Brouckere in the employment of the funds allowed for the travelling expenses of the agents of the Foreign Department. The debate on this article was adjourned. BRUSSELS, DEC. °O.—The Minister of War has presented a project of law to the Chamber, by which the amount of the levy for 1840 is fixed at 10,000 men. Prince and Princess Albert of Prussia left the Hague on the 17th to return to Berlin. • VIENNA, DEC. 11.—A Vienna correspondent of the Lcipsic Allgemeine Zcitutv, regrets to see that the Grand Prince Metternich has not recovered his activity and energy of mind since his late illness ; in reply to which I can assure you that persons who see him almost every day and at all hours declare that he is perfectly well, and his mental faculties as vigorous as ever. If he does not prolong his Sunday evening practices till mid night or even later, as formerly, but closes them at half-past ten, he probably follo;is the advice of his phy sician. Universal regret is excited by the death of Baron Von ' Jacquin, who has been carried off by an apopleptic fit at the age of 74. His celebrated father attained the age of 90. The loss to the learned world will be the more severely felt, as his house was for a long series of years the rendezvous of all the most eminent characters in literature and science. He was in every respect a highly accomplished and most honourable man. COPENHAGEN, DEC. I:3.—Couriers have been des patched to the Ambassadors of Denmark at foreign Courts, with letters announcing the death of King Fre derick VI. Our journals continue to be filled with numerous addresses to the King on his Majesty's accession. It is a great pity that we have no Government paper. The want of one is much felt at this moment, for we may ascribe to it the great number of reports of all kinds, and at variance with each other, which are neither contradicted nor confirmed. Bay NSWICK, DEC. 11.—The Assembly of the Estates of the Duchy was opened to-day with the usual forma lities by the Privy Councillor, Count Von Wiliheim.— Hamburg Papers, Dec. 17. ST. PETERSBURGII, DEC. 7.—Lieutenant-General Rajewesky, commanding the troops on the coast of the Black Sea, one of the bravest of the generals who have latterly operated against the rebellious mountaineers, has again highly distinguished himself in the campaign of the last summer, for which he has received a most gracious reception from the Emperor, with the Grand Cross of the second class of the order of St. Vladimar. ST. PETERSBURGII, DEC. 10.—The navigation at Cronstadt was finally closed on the 3d. 1,378 ships have arrived during the season. At Riga the river Dwina was free from ice ; up to 21st November, 1,724 ships have arrived, and 1,790 sailed. ALLEGED ATTACK ON A FEMALE.-At the Wellington Barracks on Friday afternoon, a woman was found in the dust-hole, covered with straw, and apparently in a dying state. She was speedily carried to Westminster Hospital, and on recovering a little she stated that she had been attacked in a most brutal manner and severely injured by two soldiers, who struck her, and jumped upon her, when she became insensible. On Saturday mornio , Inspector Martin of the A. divi sion, with Mr. Archer, the house surgeon at Westmin ster Hospital, waited upon Mr. Gregorie, at Queen square police-office, to make him acquainted with the circumstances above detailed. After a full recapitula tion of the affair, Mr. Gregorie asked Mr. Archer if the woman was in imminent danger? Mr. Archer said she certainly was so ; she was in a sinking state, and lie could not say she would surrive many hours. Mr. Gre gorie inquiried of the inspector if the woman was able to identify the soldier that had first ill-used her ? The In spector said that she had declared her ability to do so, and had to him described every article of dress accu rately, but there was one circumstance that would tend o make the affair one of such a nature as to causet much difficulty in elucidating it. The woman had four or five times asserted that the soldier wore a white hat band. Now, the soldiers who were quartered at the Wellington Barracks belonged to the First Regiment of Grenadier Guards, and the band worn by them was red. The white belonged to the Coldstream Guards, who were new quartered at the Tower. Mr. Gregorie iequired of a sergeaw, who had come from the Bar racks to hear the case, if any other soldiers but those be longing to the regiment were allowed to enter barracks ? The sergeant said that men from all regiments were al lowed to come to the Canteen. The woman who was now in the hospital had on Monday last decoyed away his child, but being stopped in Hyde-park by a constable and brought back to the barracks, she was detained in the Canteen until witness could be found, but she then contrived to escape, and, though search was made throughout the premises, she could not be found. Some further conversation then took place be tween Mr. Gregorie and Mr. Archer, the surgeon, which resulted in the former gentleman repairing to the hospital to take the woman's dying deposition. The re sult of the Magistrate's visit was that the woman, al though in a (lying state, yet not being in immediate dread of death, the Magistrate could not in law examine her as any deciaraion she might make would not be considered evidence. The Magistrate afterwards gave some directions to the police respecting the case, and made some inquiries into the woman's character, which was ascertained to be abandoned. EXPLOSION OF A POWDER MILL ON HOUNSLOW-HFATIL—On Wednesday last, an explo sion, which has, unfortunately, been attended with fatal consequences, occurred on the extensive premises for the manufacture of gunpowder, on Hounslow heath, belonging to Messrs. Harvey, Curtis, and Co. Two of the men, named East and Jacobs, had been most severely scorched and burned, so as to afford scarcely any hope of their surviving. The surgeons, on examining their injuries, directed the unfortunate men to be taken to their respective residences, whither they were conveyed in one.of the covered powder-vans, the medical gentlemen accompanying it. We regret to state that East expired on Friday evening, and there is very little probability of Jacobs recovering. The acci dent is stated to have occurred under the following cir cumstances :—The two men in question were the only ones in the building that has been blown up, which was used as a corning -house, and were, at the time of the explosion, engaged in clearing it out. East, contrary to his instructions, did it in a manner never before at tempted, at the same time using a wrong instrument. By the force of the explosion the unfortunate man was blown clean through the door-way, and was found, i❑ a dreadfully mutilated state, in the yard, his com panion being afterwards found at the contrary end of the building,. CURIOUS DiscovErtY.—A strange lesson has just been read to antiquaries and virtuosi, by a remark able discovery in the British Museum. The famous Portland Vase, the pride of ancient, and wonder of mo dern art—the theme of many an essay, and many a panegyric, has let in a new light upon the fictile repre sentations of antiquity. A few weeks ago it was deemed necessary to wash this noble relic, in order to remove the accumulated dust of ages ; when, lo! almost every figure was found to be designated by an inscrip tion, and the purport and procession of the whole vase (we believe) to be thereby explained ! We have not yet had an opportunity of examininc , this memorable revelation, but can state that the theories of the late Mr. Payne Knight and Mr. Christie are utterly over turned by the facts now ascertained. When we con sider how admirably these theories were made out, and how satisfactory they appeared to be, need we repeat that this a strange lesson to antiquaries and virtuosi ? Literary Garcitc. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23,41839. INDIA. PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY OF THE UNITED STATES. MARYL ESTRY. SUSPENSION OF THE PROPOSED LOAN ON PARISH BONDS. On Saturday there was an unusually full attendance of the Marylebone Vestrymen at the Court-house, the subject being in the first place to receive tenders for lending the sum of 25,000/. upon the Parish Bonds. Mr. A. DANIELL in the Chair. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, DEC. 21. GOODLAKE V. SIR M. WOOD, BART., AND OTHERS. This case came before the Court upon motion for a receiver of the personal estate and effects of the late Mr. James Wood, the rich banker of Gloucester, whose vast property has made so much noise in this country, and given such profitable employment to the gentlemen of the long robe. The plaintiff, Elizabeth Goodlake, claimed to be the next of kin, or one of the next of kin of Mr. James Wood who died in 1836, possessed of personal property to the extent of upwards of a million of money, and in that character she filed her bill, for the purpose of obtaining an account of the property of which Mr. Wood died possessed ; and also for a receiver during the pendency of the litigation with regard to the validity of the will. Upon the death of Mr. Wood, Sir M. Wood, Mr. Chadbourn Mr. Osborne, and a gentleman named Surman, produced in the Prerogative Court two papers of the 2d and 3d De cember 1834, which they asserted constituted the will of Mr. James Wood, and under the provisions of which all of them were considerably benefited ; a caveat was put in to the probate ; sabsequently another paper was put in by Mrs. Goodlake, and also one by Mr. Helps. On the case coming on before Sir Herbert Jenner, he decided against the validity of all the papers, and from that decision the parties appealed to the Judicial Com mittee of the Privy Council, and that appeal was at present pending. In this state of circumstances, Sir M. Wood, on the 27th of July, 1839, filed his bill marked before the Lord Chancellor, that bill he subse quently obtained, and an order from the Court to dismiss, and he then filed another bill, marking it for the Rolls. There the matter rested till November last, when Mrs. Goodlake filed her bill. In the interval between these transactious Mr. Chadbourn, one of the parties to Sir M. Wood's bill, died, and the suit therefore became abated. No thing, however, was done to provide against that abate ment until after Mrs. Goodlake's bill was filed ; and under these circumstances the question was in which suit the receiver ought to be appointed, as being ad mitted on all hands that such an officer was essentially necessary for the due administration of the property, which consisted in a great measure of money in the Funds, the interest of which was wholly unproductive. Some short time since a motion for a receiver was made before the Master of the Rolls, in which his Lordship had not yet given judgment, ob serving at the conclusion of the arguments that he doubted very much, on its being intimated to him that a similar motion was apt to be made before the Vice-Chancellor whether he ought not to postpone his judgment till that motion was heard and decided. Mr. WAKEFIELD who appeared in support of the mo- tion, was proceeding to argue that the present was the suit in which the receiver ought to be granted, when he was interrupted by The VICE-CHANCELLOR, who stated that as he un derstood the late orders, he was not at liberty to make any order in the suit filed by Sir M. Wood, and if such was the case, how was it possible for him to deter mine in which of the suits the receiver ought to be appointed. His Honour thought that the best course would be to let the motion stand over for a short time, as he was determined, under existing circumstances, not to make any order in the present cause until he had had a consultation with the Master of the Rolls as to his construction of the late orders. If, upon the construction of those orders, the Master of the Rolls should think there was no impropriety in his hearing the present motion he would do so. His Honour thought that he was bound to adopt. this course, or he should be violating that respect which one Court owed to another, and more especially so when the two Courts formed part of the same species of jurisdiction. The motion must therefore stand over, and in the mean time he would have a communication with the Master of the Rolls, after which he would let the parties know the result. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, DEC. 21. THE MERCERS' COMPANY V. HUDSON. This was an action to recover compensation for the damage done to the plaintiffs' property, by reason of the defendant having raised a building so high as to obstruct the light and air which came to the plaintiffs' windows. The defendant pleaded not guilty. Sir Frederick Pollock and Sir W. Follett supported the plaintiffs' case ; and Mr. Thesiger, and another Learned Gentleman, that of the defendant. The present action arose under the following circum stances :—The plaintiffs were the owners of a certain warehouse, No. 13, King's Arms-yard, which was let on lease to a Mr. Nicholson, who had been in posses sion since 1815. In the year 1834, an Act of Parlia ment was obtained for the building of a new street, to run from Lothbury to Finsbury. This street, Moor gate-street, passed close by the western side of the plaintiffs' property. There was a slip of land between the warehouse and the street, which the Corporation of the City let to the defendant, upon condition of his erecting a handsome frontage on it. The defendant in the execution of his contract had erected one of the most imposing, but at the same time the most ab surd, buildings to be found in London. Ithad a frontage of 40 feet, was four stories high, but was only seven feet in depth at one end, and tapered away to two feet at the other. There was not even room to turn round in it. Of this building the plaintiffs complained, as it ob structed the free access of light and air to their pro perty, as it was several feet higher than the former building. Several witnesses were called, when the Counsel for the defence contended that the Legislature in giving a remedy for such a nuisance as that now complained of, never contemplated that persons were to come to a jury to gain damages for every slight change in the quantity of light and air which they might enjoy by reason of any new building built in their vicinity, for on that ground people living on the one side of a street might complain of houses being erected on the other side of the street, inasmuch as they would deprive them of a por tion of the light they enjoyed prior to their erection. The Legislature intended that the injury sustained should be such a serious diminution of light as to inter fere with the carrying on of any trade or profession. Lord DENMAN having shortly summed up, the Jury returned a verdict for the defendant on the first issue, and for the plaintiffs on the second, thus confirming the plaintiff's right to all the air and light, but denying that the defendant's building had obstructed the light or air POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Mr. Maltho, proprietor of the King's Head, public house, James -street, Covent-garden, was charged with a violation of the Mutiny Act, in refusing to receive two soldiers who were billetted upon him. The landlady of the house, in the absence of her hus band, appeared to answer the charge. She admitted that she had refused to receive the soldiers, her husband being absent at the time , but said she had done so in ig norance of the law on the subject ; in consideration of which the defendant was fined in the mitigated penalty of 20s. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. AN INCORRIGIBLE.--A young man, who gave the name of Thomas Watkins, but whose 'name is known to be Thomas Lindsay, the son of a gentleman of fortune Edinburgh, was brought before Mr. DYER, charged with i❑ having stolen a gun from Batt's Hotel. The prisoner is presumed to be the same person who has for some months past been in the habit of plundering hotels at the west end of the town. James Mansfield was at first charged with the robbery, but he was allowed to come forward in the character of witness. It appeared that the prisoner, Lindsay, called at Batt's Hotel under pre tence of seeing a gentleman there, and he then took an opportunity of carrying off the gun, which stood in the hall. Information of the loss was communicated to the police, and accordingly Sergeant Smith, C 10, was in structed to make the necessary investigation. After considerable trouble Sergeant Smith succeeded i❑ discovering that the gun had been pledged in Greek street by Mansfield, and on Mansfield being taken into custody information was obtained which led the cap ture of the real offender. Mansfield, when called upon for his story, said, that Lindsay, who represented himself as a gentleman from Hull, gave him the gun to pledge. As this evidence was material to the prosecution, Mansfield was for the pre: , se n t enlarged to give at evidence . hill.eriiseunnt A do,s r t respectable prisoner e ri t s all e e r f p .o e r rs h ° is named Smith, of York Chambers, came forward and told Mr. Dyer that the prisoner for somaebot i been a depraved character. The p th ri ch s r o t; n n.d e n r s . - I, 1 keeper, years ago had committed a robbery on an hotel Old Bailey, in Jermyn - street , and had been tried at the After re and sentenced to seven years' transportaears, maining in confinement nearly three : 0, thhiastthe ffi and succeeded made an application at the Home in procuring his liberation. Australia gentleman, placed 2001. in for the prisoner's use, upon and de r r e s - t e a s n ta d b i li g sh prisonercha racter. would em igra l te w t h h s e g r7 ven i n place of proceeding to Aus tralia, but the prisoner , in the money here, and associa ting characters. came to be apprehended on the tralia, preferred In a short time he was offence,ap and sentenced six months' to tinghewnidthedbfaodr some pre After his release he continued his evil imprisonment. courses, and at ei i onahtdei es uptefrnti eh hadnrdees present c harge. A second ch ar g e a gainst Lindsay for stealing a pair in Hay's Th e i s Mews was brought forward of bootsafhrodnsinspopmoertestb supported by ye id said nothing, was fully committed on both charges. prisoner, wh o Mansfield is hld in custody until he can procure some o ne to b e answera bl e f or hi s appear . c ante at the Sessions. JEW FURNITUaE BROKERS.—A Jew broker, named Harris, li v i ng in Windsor-street, Bishopsgate-street, charged Mr. Cafe, auctioneer, of Great Marlborough street with an assault. The complainant said he bought some goods at a sale at Mr. Cafe's rooms, and as some mistake occurred about them and another lot, he wished the auctioneer to put both up again. Mr. Cafe refused, and, words having occurred, Mr.Cafe came from his desk, seized him, Mr. Cafe mentioned that a " gang' of small Jew brokers were in the habit of attending at public sales and making efforts to get the business into their own hands, by driving respectable bidders away. This sys tem he has determined to put an end to, as far as lay in his power. KV EN IN G EDITION- shook him violently, and ultimately ordered his men to drag him forcibly out of the place. Complainant said he had no witness, although the room was full of Jew brokers ; but the reason was that he did not belong to their society, and they, in consequence, opposed him in every possible shape. Mr. Cate, in defence, denied the charge of assault. The complainant had fiequently misconducted himself in the auction room, and, on more than one occasion, had caused disputes and disturbances. In the present instance he had pursued his old course, and having in come very abusive, he (defendant) requested his ser vants to put the offender out of the room. A complete negative of the charge of assault on the part of Mr. Cafe was given by a witness that was called. Mr. DYER dismissed the warrant. MARYLEBONE. Stowell, the common informer, has succeeded in causing upwards of 100 tradesmen to be fined at thw office, for hanging ar.icles outside their houses. This man has now 200 untried informations against tradesmen, and the shopkeepers are exceedingly indignant at the interpretation of the clause of the New Police Act under which these fines are inflicted. HATTON-GARDEN. James Harley and Ann Clayton, two notorious thieves, were charged with being concerned in various burgla ries. The police, having information that the house of the prisoners in Somers Town contained a vast quan tity of stolen property, searched the premises, where they found concealed under the floor a large quantity of silver plate, watches, jewellery, &c. Mr. Thomas Cancilor, of .53, Gower -street, identified some silver spoons and forks as having been stolen, when his house was burg!ariously entered a few weeks since.—The prisoners were remanded. STOCKDALE'S SHIRT. Mr. Stockdale, whose recent proceedings against the Parliamentary printer for libel, have made so much noise in the world, was summoned to appear before the Commissioners of the Middlesex Court of Requests by a laundress, named Cross, for Gs. 10d., being the amount of sundry ablutions of the family linen. The defence of Mr. Stockdale was, that a " shirt" had been lost, which was of more value than the de fendant's charge. The shirt wa one he had received from Strasburg, and on that account it was more valu able than an ordinary shirt. The washerwoman said she knew nothing about the shirt ; but when Mr. Stockdale told her of the loss the value that was placed upon it was 3s. 6d. It was only an old calico night shirt, and not worth 18d. I'll swear it had been through the wash tub for at least six months. Mr. Stockdale (rising)—The shirt was of a sort which I could not replace here, and one that I parti cularly valued. This shirt I had reserved for an irnper tent occasion, and, in consequence of the shirt not being sent home at the proper time, I was obliged to do with out it. The shirt was to have come home at a parti cular day—a day when I was called upon to appear be fore the House of Commons, and there to defend my own case in person, and I had previously resolved to wear that particular shirt on that important occasion.-- (Laughter.) The washerwoman again asserted that the shirt was not fairly worth more than a shilling. The Jury, however, were of opinion that its value was something more, and they accordingly made a de duction of ss. from the bill. THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST sl " at • 133 rieY• f Oats. Beans. Pease. ---- --,---. ----- Per Quarter. to s. s. to i 8. to s. s. 8. 8. to 5. Carlisle-- 62 26 26 41 43 :Ai 63 32 38 22 34 1 3, 1orpeth..-- 44 60 28 :35 20 26 48 40 40 42 Penrith 08 41 25 53 38 26 53 45 Winchester —66 80 34 45 23 27 42 45 35 38 Per Bushel. s.d. s.d. s. d. s.d. 4. (1. s.d. s.d, s.d. s.d. s.d. Cardiff--- 00 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 44 00 0 0 0 0 00 Carmarthen— 00 87 00 20 0 0 29 56 00 00 I Cowbridge 10 0 110 00 5 6 0 0 4 0 5 0 5 3 0 0 0 • 5wan5ea.......... 84 10 84 0 50 2 2 3 4 56 60 00 0 • Per 8011. Barnardcastle IS 6 21 0 8 0 9 3 7 0 8 8 9 0 12 111 7 6 • C Durham..— 12 6176 7 0 80 60 8010 0 130 8 6 90 Richmond..... 16 0 21 0 7 0 90' 5 0 8 0 9 0 11 0 9 9 0 Rtnekton 11 0 168 r() 99 1 GO 80 76 SG OS Carmarthen- 0 0 8 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 9 Cowbridge- 10 0 II 0 0 0 5 6 0 0 4 0 5wan5ea.......... 34 10 8 40 50 22 34 Per 8011. I Barnardeastle IS 6 21 0 8 0 93 , 7 0 8 8 9 0 12 & Durham...._ 1'26 17 6 7 0 8 0 6 0 8010 0 130 Richmond...,. 16 0 2l 0 7 0 90' 5 0 8 0 9 0 11 0 5t0ckt0n,.,.....,. 13 0 16 8 r 0 99! 6 0 8 0 7 6 8 G NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE.-Dec. 21. Red. White Wheat, Northumberland 49, 72s 715.76.1 - Norfolk and Suffolk..... ....... ... (.7s. 7h. 73.. 76'. - Berwick and Scotch file. C4s --. 685. - Foreign 6ss. 71s. -... 69i. 765. Rye, Nerfalk And Suffolk 'o3 4 ., s --- - - L - Foreign 32s. 331 --G -- s• Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk... 335. 458 --a. - 4 . - Grinding and Feeding : l2s. 3fi5...... ..-5. - -4 * Malt, Norfolk and SuffOlk 6 .33 73s -S. --s- Beans, Small 366. 408....... -s. -s. - - Tick 42s 445. .-s. -11. Pease, White 420. 435..... ....e. --4. - Gray Cats, Northumberland, I'otatoe 3os. 313 -5..-s. - ----- Feed 28s 29s -s. --s. - Foreign Flour (per sack) sls. 535. -s. --s. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.-Dec. 20. Wneat, Red, Norfolk and Suffhlk ..... .... -s. COB. to his. tine 745. Lin. and Cam. -s. 301. to 60s. fine 70+. -- Yorkshire -e. SOs. to 6:25. fine 66. - White , -s. 665. to 70s. 6ne Ms. ------ Foreign, Red -s. 60s. to 655. fine 76G White -s. -s. to 745. sine Cs. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk - Lincolnshire - Yorkshire Wold - Foreign Beans, New ----- Old Oats, Potato -s. to 325. fine SO --,--- Poland -s. -s. to 525. fine f6s, - Friezland and Small -s. --s. to 235. fine 304 - li.;aling Shelling Malt . -a. 465. fine 5•25. per Load. Rapeseed SCOTCH MARKETS. Wheat. I Barley. Oats. Beans Oatmeal. kbcrdeen ... 70 to SO Berwick Coldstream Cupar (Fife) Dunbar Elgin Inverness - 27 to 30 20 27 24 26 26 31 26 49 35 Si 30 30 23 26 46 50 24 to 27 48 65 48 6S an 61 63 72 33 54 17 18 IS 22 23 27 23 32 24 25 19 23 - 33 25 35 to 7- - 30 22 26 40 42 48 5'4 32 33 at 34 45 48 41 44 62 67 60 '4 130 40 measure v IN CORN Barley. 43161 37s (id 33s 6d cries throughout the a MARKET.—IIec. 2.U. CORN M Barley. 423 6d 37s Od '5, 6,1 36 to 40 40 43 40 42 - bats. Pease. 30s OEI 42s Otl 21is Cd —s Od 1 23s Od , —s Od !/. 19 -.. 61. 11 12th. :ARKET.—Dec. 1✓ Oats. l'ease. 30s Od 42s 01 ?53 0,1 401 Od 14s Sd 2Ss Od 43 -. Beans 4t Od 40. Od 3i Od Beans. 433 Od 413 Ad I ad Kelso „„ , Kirkaldy Perth Tha s'iz, of the : HADDINGrO Wheat. First 74s Od Second GUs Od Third s2s Od DALKEITE Wheat. First." 79s Od Second '72s Od Third 463 Od }until , . On Tuesday morning Thomas Levert, Esq., who has been for many years Recorder of Lichfield, was found dead in his bed, at his seat, Wichnor, in this county.—Cheltenham Paper. SECOND-HAND PLATE PUR No. I CHASE 4 D.— A. B. SAVORY a nd SONS, Goldsmiths, , Corohill, London (opposite the Bank of Engtand ),inform Execrators and others, wishing to dispose of Second-chand Plate, that, from having a ready sale, they can me advantageous prices than can usually be given by the Trade ; payment may either be received in cash. or the amount allo ed in exchange for other silver PLATED TABLE LAMPS ; thick and durable plating and substantial silver edges, price, usual size, Four Guineas ; larger, Four Guineas and a Half ; largest size' Six Guineas, shade, &C•, included. Drawings will be forwarded, f application is made, post paid. T. COX SAVORY, Sil v ersmith, &c., Ni. 47, Cornhill (Seven doors from Gracechurch-street ), London. N.B. The Show Rooms ar e fitted up expressly for the dis play of silver and plated goods. B THS. On the 3d of September, at Palaveram, near Madras, the lady of Captain James Smith Du Vernet, of the Madras Army, of a daughter. On the 17th inst., a t Brighton, the lady of the Rev. E. H. Dewar,of 20i as° t n i . On the inst., at Kent-terrace, Regent's-park, Mrs. s h e fi ll o o s t p h ita i l n , s o t. f aa at daughter. Leii..k no HeonnrytWhe a 2 it O h t rn h a i n n ' st o . f , a t s h o e n. wife of th e R ev . Robert South, of Garnien , of a daughter. r Vicarage, the Lady Car oline Chorinst; On the 17th inst., at A t i h r e l Rpaßri/shE churchD. shire, George Strong, Esq., M.D., of Hereford, to Charlotte, only surviving child of John Cooke, Esq., ofthe Chase, in the same county. On the 17th • inst., at Greenwich, Dawson Campbell, Esq., of Ross, Hereford to Jane, second daughter of John Sutton, Esq., of the former place. On the 19th inst., at St. John's Chapel, Edmonton , the Rev. W. M. Cox, late of Cheslsunt College, to Miss Harriet Hughes, of Enfield. On the 19th inst., at Isleworth, Sarah Selina Jorden, secoo daughter of the late Captain Jorden to Alfred Ford , se con d son of Richard Ford, Esq., of the Pavilion, Hammersm ith. . On the 21st inst., at St. George's, Bloomsbury, Cbarle! Augustus Biderton, Esq., eldest son of Lieutenant-Colotrf Biderton, of the Hon. East India Company's service, t o Maria . a Theresa, eldest daughter of the late Bury Hutchinson, Esq., of Russell-square. On the 21st inst., at Marylebone Church , Thomas George Symons, Esq., of the 4th Dragoon Guards, a nd the Mypde Park, Herefordshire, to Mary Louisa , only hild of R. har; court Symons, Esq., of Baker-street, Portman-square, and Fairfield, Dorsetshire. —--" DIED. On the 18th inst., at Aberdeen, Mrs. Cruden, wife of the Rev. George Cruden, Minister of the parish of Logic, Buchan , Aberdeenshire. On the 18th inst., Catherine Elizabeth, second daughter of the late Mr. Bettier, of Gould-square, aged 69. On the 20th inst., Mr. Samuel Roberts, of the Imperial Fir e St. James's-street, aged 72. On the 9th inst., at Camberwell, Mr. Thomas Constable, aged 65. On the 13th inst., Mr. Job Stone, of Terrick Muse , Bucks, aged 65. On the 17th inst., at Kew-green, Isabella Page.ln ondialy daughter of the late Li e u tenant J. Caldwell, 2d West Regiment, f Lnrdon Pr;ntr.il qnd Published by 11 E:RDO YOT •G No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No 112, Strand, it: the county of Middlesex.—Monday, December 23, 1839