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Hans Morita, Mr. Charles Mathews; Minnie, Madame Vestris. To ue followed by a New and Original Farce, called YOUNG n.NOLAND_ Major Martinet, Mr. Strickland; Mr. John James P *ley, Mr. Buckstone; Mrs. Feeley, Mrs. Humby. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half each. llokets and Plaees t o be had of his. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box-office, from Ton till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENINS, DECEMBER 21, Will lye repeated (by special permission of Charles Dickens, Esq.) a New Drams, entitled THE CH. M ES. A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. Toby Veck, Mr. O. Smi , l3 ; Alderman Cute, Mr. Wright; Tugby, Mr. Wallin. son ; Sir Joseph Bowley, Bart Mr. Paul Bedford ; Will Fern, Mr. Hudson Richard, Mr. Selby ; Meggy Veck, Miss Fortescue ; Mrs. •":hickenstalk:r, Mrs. Frank 'Matthews. After which . a New Drexel, entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. 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Private Boxes on the Second Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private loxes on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guiveri, T^e Box—iffice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc tion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Great attraction every Evening—Squire Batty's Hounds men This Evening, at ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 21, Will be repeated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, The Race-Hone and Life's Course of Man and Steed; introducing unequalled National Fetes. Real Fox chase on the Stage and in the Circle by living Fos and real Pack of Hounds, purcbaeed ri4Mr. Batty of Mr Tattersall, to realise this novel production. ona Races and other Sporting Features. ew Scenes of the Circle, and entire change in the Feats of Horse manship. 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NOTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. Water freezes at 32 ; 55 cn Thermometers is marked "Temperate," and on Barometers "Fair" is generally placed opposite to 30, and " Rain" at 29; but there is no certainty of dry weather when the mercury falls below 30. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRUNIE THIS DAY. Morning 41 minute s after 0 j Evening... 0 minutes after •. bECOND EDITION. .. ..( cop).,, ....,.... i 4 4 , ..‘,......._5c,,,,,,•,,,.44..).,.; . . ,„0. -: )-- ..--''' ,--- -- . 4... li i : ---, 47 Airrk, '' ' ' ' ''.;; T.' ' ...,:•-,•••`.4 • "w- , .N.;-; ,A!, ~,, -§l. „ .. •,; • , . .;, • ..,:t •,—•• - , s• :, •.. •,‘" rt.,. ~./. 41,6r.:- . ...... -. - .. , ...' o' 2 . .., ' ,4 o 7.l.s '' ' '' ''" -.. 1 ' ii: 1 (.cr Alien* LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1844. The Bishop of EXHTER, like another J umus, seems resolved t o create a popular ferm en t b y his Letters. Scarcely i s the ink dry with which he penned his two former ones , w h en he issues a third addressed to the churchwarder., of two parishes in Exeter. This last epistolary communication breathes precisely the same spirit as its predecessors. The language is studiously courteous—the tone firm and unbending to a degree. "The voice is the voice of We regret to perceive, by the; advertised resolu ons of a meeting of bankers, landed gentry, and others, of the county of Lanark, held at the County hall in Hamilton on the 15th instant, the Right Hon. Lord BELHAVIN in the chair, that there is still an influential portion of the Scottish people whose op position to the monetary legislation of Sir R. nine is based upon a very limited, and, therefore, very dangerous view of the question. Keenly alive to the impolicy and mischief of endeavouring to substitute for a national symbolic currency (of small bank notes) a gold circulation of positive intrinsic valuer (and for that very reason of fearfully fluctuating quantity), the Lanarkshire requisitionists appear to have no sympathy with the sufferings of this enormous portion of the empire. Sir R. PEEL'S fatal con trivance of 1819, with its " complement " of 1843 is all very good, it seems, for England; yet the same Minister's infatuated propensity for tampering in Scotland with the same species of monetary system which those measures have overthrown and extin guished south of the Tweed, is justly denounced by the same requisitionists as an uncalled-for and mis chievous experiment, having for its object to over throw a condition of things under which, for one hundred and fifty years, Scotland has steadily ad vanced in her marvellous career of agricultural, com mercial, and social improvement. We own, with pain, that unless we could imagine the Lanarkshire meeting disposed, at the sacrifice of their own better convictions and practical experience on the subject, to bespatter Sir ROBERT PEEL with eulogies for the desolation and decay which he has brought upon the debtor interest and the enormous masses of the in dustrial producing classes of this country, by a scheme of currency imposing inevitable limitations and restraints on commercial enterprise, a permanent tendency of increasing depression in prices and wages—unless we can imagine the Lanarkshire meet ing willing to make so unworthy a compromise with the sound principles they advocate, in order to en sure, if possible, the concession of them to the case of Scotland, exclusively, at the expense of England and of Ireland, we cannot reconcile the antagonistic assertions of one resolution with the avowed doc trines of another. Thus, the ninth resolution affirms " That this great success of the banking system of Scot land" (i.e., with especial reference to its issue of small bank -notes under 51., long since abolished in England in favour of a currency of gold sovereigns) " has been mainly owing to the perfect freedom of its action, and to the absence of all legislative interference; and, therefore, this meeting earnestly deprecate any intermeddling now with a system which has hitherto worked so well, and has proved so undeniably b ene fi c i a l to all classes of the country." Now, this was also the condition of things in England when it pleased the present Premier to saddle her with his cruel burden of a currency founded on his own Act of Parliament unaltering price, as to that currency, of a commodity fluctuating from day to day and hour to hour, in both price and quantity, in the open markets of all the world outside of the four walls within which he persuaded Parliament to sanc tion his nauseous nostrum. The embarrassments of 1822 ; the hideous panics of 1825 ; the wholesale de solation of every house connected with our vast trade to the United States, in 1836, extending through 1837 and 1838 ; the downfal of eminent metropolitan bankers ; the paralysing shocks sustained by com mercial confidence ever since the accelerating down ward pressure on prices ; the grinding reduction of the wages of labour and industry ; the spread of pau perism ; the thus engendered between the crippled possessors of property and the starving ap plicants for work, which cannot be given to them; the yearly perishing away of some branch or other of our foreign trade ; the successful competition of the foreign manufacturer with our best and oldest customers ; the despondency of our shipowners who can no longer earn remunerative freights ; these are some few among the more remarkable fruits which the gold standard of Sir ROBERT PEEL has be las q t u e fi a v t hed e .an to b _ tw e e n gatheredty years b y his T countryhes e are th e duri ngfr fruits the which, so long as his "convertible paper" is to be payable on demand in gold, at the Mint price instead JACOB, but the hands are the hands of Eseu. - Like old GEORGE the THIRD, the Bishop sticks firm 'o his Prerogative. He will not tolerate even the slightest murmur of remonstrance against his decrees. He is a more rigid martinet than even Colonel MARTINET himself, the notorious disciplinarian in the days of the Grande Monarque. He has ordained that there shall be changes in the Church service throughout his diocese, and changes there shall be, no matter how distasteful they may be to the great body of the Devonshire laity. He acknowledges that the changes are of no great moment—that some of them are even of a trifling character—but his fiat respecting them has gone forth, and—like the laws of the Medes and Persians—that sovereign fiat must be held immutable. In justification of the arbitrary course he is pursuing, the Right Rev. Prelate pleads the necessity of restoring peace and harmony to the Church. We acknowledge the necessity, but we deny the wisdom of the means taken fur bringing about the restoration of good order among the clergy. "It is among my first duties," says the Bishop, "to seek to place on the firmest footing—peace in the Church, which cannot be secured without uniformity in the worship of ALMIGHTY GOD." What flimsy sophistry is this ! How does the substitution of the white surplice for the black gown contribute to secure uniformity of worship ? The question i s not one of doctrine, but simply one of form, and therefore is in no way connected with worship. But then, says the Right Reverend Prelate, I enforce the wearing of the surplice as a means of restoring peace in the Church. The answer to this argument shall be given in the words of the Exeter Post :—"ln the churches of St. David, St. Sidwell, and many others that we could mention, several of the congregation took their, departure the moment they saw the clergyman enter the pulpit in his surplice. The feeling of all Church-goers appears unanimously to be that this alleged rubrical observance is an innova tion that calls for an immediate manifestation of public opinion I " A change, whose very first effect is to produce such results as this, is certainly one most happily calculated to restore peace and harmony! It is as if a man should fling a big stone into a lake, by way of keeping its waters in a state of undisturbed calmness. The Bishop professes to be quite astonished at the uproar excited against his changes in the Church service. They are so trifling—so innocent—that it is an act of positive absurdity to protest against them. " They will be found so trifling," he tells his correspondents, " that I venture to think you will be almost ashamed to re collect that you have suffered the arrogant dictation of London newspapers, or the baseless suggestions of persons nearer home, to terrify you with so mere a bugbear." If the changes in question be really so trifling and unimportant, why does Dr PIIILLPOTTS insist, on them with such pertinacity ? Why does he disturb the minds of his laity by enforc ing innovations which he himself directly acknow ledges to be of no earthly importance ? Is it worth while to throw a whole diocese into an uproar for a mere trifle ? But the Right Rev. Prelate knows well—whatever he may choose to maintain to the contrary—that the surplice question is no such frivolous one. True, on the first blush of the thing, it seems to be of no great moment whether a clergy man preaches in a black gown or a white one—for it is his doctrine, and not his dress that is to be regarded; but then it should be borne in mind that the surplice i 3 a virtual encroachment on old principles and asso ciations--is, in fact, a revival of one of the principal symbols of Catholicism, and was abandoned as such at the period of the Reformation. It is in this light that the laity of Exeter seem to regard it ; and whether, they be right or wrong in their view of the question, we do think that the Bishop is bound in justice to make a concession to their conscientious prejudices —more especially as he himself admits that the surplice is a change of so purely a trifling cha racter as to be hardly worth a moment's serious consideration. We say nothing of his charge of ar rogance launched so unceremoniously against the " London journals." He should be a good judge of what is, and what is not, arrogant, for no man has dealt more largely in this commodity than himself ; and we suppose he is jealous at seeing—or fancying that he sees—his favourite monopoly invaded by the Metropolitan Press. We have not yet done with the Bishop of EXETER, for we clearly foresee that for some time to come he will be constantly before the public, in consequence of the popular turmoil which he is exciting so officiously throughout the length and breadth of his diocese. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY KVENING, DECEMBER 21 , 1844. of the market price, she will continue to be doomed to gather. And it is of such bitter, such poisonous fruits as these, that the resolutions talk in this com mending strain—always on the assumption that the indulgence in such luxuries is not to be extended to Scotland : " That, in return for these certain evils, it has been stated that there is a claim upon Scotland to adopt a gold currency, not for any practical benefit to herself, but that thereby she may contribute her aid to the re served fund of the precious metals which the Legisla ture has wisely provided should be held by the Bank of England for the ratification of exchanges, and of com mercial and other dealings with foreign countries ; but it appears to this meeting that the burden alleged to be imposed upon the Bank of England is for the general benefit of the empire, and in return for important immu nities conferred, of which Scotland, in the shape of taxa tion and otherwise, contributes her fair proportion, and that London, ,w the great centre of commercial and monetary dealings, is obviously the place where alone the derangements referred to can be rectified, the re mittances in specie to our merchants being all directed thither. " That while this meeting, therefore, fully appreciates the value of the reserve of the precious metals referred to, and the periodical publication of its amount as an important beacon, alike to the statesman, the banker, and the merchant, they must, at the same time, wholly dis claim the belief that whether the three millions of cir culation in Scotland consisted of gold, or of bank-notes convertible into gold on demand,' any perceptible ab straction could be made from it in aid of that reserved fund, while the amount of circulation is restricted, as at present, to the mere necessities of the country, as a me dium of exchange for its daily transactions." The "reserved fund" of the precious metals "wisely insisted upon by the Legislature," quoad England, forsooth ! If so, why were it not wise to make Scot land a party to the scheme ? The requisitionists know better. Their first resolution declares that the intention of the Government to withdraw from the circulation of Scotland all small bank-notes under 51., has occasioned in that country 'a degree of alarm which the meeting (notwithstanding their respect for the high authority of those who deem such alarm to be without foundation) do not fully concur in. But the second resolution, as comprehending the chief points of political and social importance in that mone tary system which Sir ROBERT PEEL seems either not to have sufficiently appreciated, or to have strangely overlooked, we give at length : " That the banking system of Scotland, since its com mencement, a century and a half ago, has through suc cessive generations become more and more deeply in terwoven with the whole social system of our country. Its monetary power, now based upon twelve millions of capital, and, at least, thirty millions of deposits, has grown up with the increasing wealth and prosperity of Scot land, in agriculture, commerce, and the useful arts, all of which it has powerfully promoted; and it never possessed the confidence and attachment of all classes of the com munity more fully than at present. That it has also exercised a most salutary influence upon the moral and orderly habits of the people ; by the perfect security offered, and by the allowance for the shortest period, and upon sums so small as 51. or 101., of a reasonable and equal rate of interest, industry, frugality, and sober habits, have been encouraged through all classes, and Scotland has thus enjoyed, for many generations, the benefits which have been only conferred at the present day upon England, by the establishment of savings' banks." The third, fourth, fifth, and sixth resolutions, like wise point to these invaluable, and assuredly indis putable results, after describing the economy and security of the Scottish banking system, the perfect efficiency and competency of its scheme, and its ope ration for all the purposes proposed to be accom plished by it. But will Scotland be at once so unjust and so unwise, so unreasonable and so short-sighted, as to desire that England should continue to groan under a burden of which she herself so well under stands the oppressiveness, in order that she may enjoy a fancied exemption from it ? Can she forget that England is the great mart for that produce which her hitherto undisturbed system of a paper currency has enabled her to raise with so much benefit to herself? Can she be blind to the fact that when England sinks under that burden, as she will assuredly do in a very brief space of time, if she do not succeed in indignantly throwing it off her shoul ders, Scotland must sink with her ? But we will not believe that the proceedings of the Lanarkshire meeting represent the sense of a majority of the Scottish people, on a subject in which they have such ample reason to take a deep and honest interest. We have received Madrid journals of the 13th, but they contain no news. The Chambers had not met for several days, and for once we are spared the pain of announcing more executions. MADRID BOURSE, DECEMBER 13.—Three per Cents. 32k at sixty days. Five per Cents. (same period) 22 ; and Floating Debt, 784 at forty-five days. The leading articles in the Paris journals are not of much interest to the English reader, if we except a short and a very well-drawn character of the Jesuits, which appears in the Journal des Debats. The writer seizes the opportunity of the late melan choly disturbance at I Lucerne for the purpose of pointing out to the French people the dangerous tenets if the sect, and warning them against the en croachments which the Jesuits in the Gallic Church are meditating both against liberty and the present system ofeducation in France. The article is the more important as it applies with equal force to: other churches, and to none more than the Puseyite Church of England. Were the tenets of PINEY, NEWMAN, WARD, and Co., and we may add, the tenets of a majority of our Bishops, to become dominant in this country, the glo rious system of liberty which England enjoys, and which she owes to the Reformers—especially the ca lumniated Puritans—would in a few short years be scattered to the wind. It is a melancholy truth, which cannot be controverted, that with a very few exceptions, those churches, to whom the education of the people have been entrusted, have been more anxious to increase by that means their despotic power than the moral and pure religious education of the people. It appears from the article to which we refer, that the Government of Lucerne, in a fit of blindness, had invited the Jesuits into the country, and for this the unhappy - people now suffer. " There is a fatality," says the .Journal des Debats, " attached to this Order since its origin, that wherever it appears, discord arises in the State and in the Church. Were the Jesuits even as inoffensive as they pretend to be, their aid would be too dearly purchased at the price of the blood of the citizens ! Priests, influenced by a verit able spirit of charity, would have stopped short before this blood which was ready to flow; they would have said, We will not enter amongst you over the 'dead bodies of your brothers We parti cularly dlisapprove of the Grand Council of Lucerne's having ita vited the Jesuits to assume the direction of the _Episcopal School. This was intimating a wish to have all the clergy Jesuits, and to favour the pretensions of this Order, which aspires to absorbing the Church itself. Deep politicians as they are, the 'Jesuits willingly yield to others the external eiclat and apparent rights attached to eccle siastical dignities. They care little about not being cures or bishops, provided there be no cure or bishop who has not passed through their hands. What they want is the direction of the ecclesiastical schools, great or s mall. They know well that the world is governed by education, and that the master of the child rem gains in general the master of the man. When oat as placed in possession of the ecclesiastical schools, they would form a clergy which would only I r ko e i r c n( o gi g di t n o i mo s r their theltl,mx whole , o a u d ms . By s.. nofo the hoen h longer e t r Catholici s be e clergy they permitted world, an t od would any one who iis not a Jesuit to call himself a Christian. And God only knows what would then become of this Ebert, y, to which they make an arm of at present to arrive sat domination ! Simple indeed are they who imag 'tine that liberty is the last word the Jesuits will prono &ince ! When we demand liberty of con science we- , demand it as the right of man ; for the Jesuits it is a means. Their empire once re-esta blished, yt ra shall see how they will respect liberty." The lira tional has a long article on the decay of French co m merce, wnich, it says, is menaced with speedy des t; ruction, unless men engaged in trade will struggle ct irageously with their competitors in Lon don, Berli a , and Boston. The Fre r(ch Funds continued firm on Thursday. The Three per Cents. closed at 85f. ; the New Loan at 86f. 70c. ; the Five per Cents. at 120 f. 55c. Or leans Shar et , 1,140 f. ; Rouen, 1,060 f.; Havre, 815 f. ; Avignon, !9:30f. ; Strasbourg, 313 f. 75c. ; Versailles (right bai tl -), 517 f. 50c. ; and Ditto (left bank), 392 f. 50c. Spanish Actives, 33i ; Three per Cents., 37t ; Pass ivt is, 6 ; and Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 62 f .Boc. The sul )seription for public baths in Birmingham already ar aounti I to 4'600/., a fair earnest , of the accom plishment of thq philanthropic purpose in view. SUMMARY OF NEW 12.1 -, Vubltr Optutou. " Who runs may read." POZMIGN. On Wednesday the Diplomatic Corps waited upon the King of the French to congratulate his Majesty, and the Royal family, on the marriage of the Duke d'Aumale. On the same day the Arab chiefs were presented to the King by Marshal Soult. Night robberies still continue frequent in Paris and the suburbs. A number of suspicious characters were ar rested on Sunday night and Monday, in the neighbour ing of Montmartre, the Barriere des Martyrs, and the Ualles. Nearly 40 persons, who had formed part of the bands of robbers that have been lately broken up, or who were sought for by the police for various offences, were taken into custody. Five of them belonged to Fourrier's band, and a number of others were con demned, by default, in the trial of Courtaut and Leudet (the Faubourg St. Antoine band). The different military corps are rivalling each other in charity, The Municipal Guard has now followed the good example of the Line, and ordered that 210 rations of soup and meat be given out daily to the poor at each of its barracks, on the production of a ticket from the Mayor of the arrondissement. Last week the officers of justice proceeded from Caen to Sallenelles, to effect the exhumation of the body of a female, named Alexandre, the wife of an ex-mayor of that commune. ller death had taken place fifteen months before, and suspicions have arisen that her husband had poisoned her. Ile was arrested, and, after being inter rogated, was lodged in the gaol of Caen. The Royal and Central Society of Agriculture on Wednesday held its final sitting for the year. The chief subject brought before the members ;was :the epidemic amongst horned cattle, now raging inithe north of Ger many. The epizootic distemper, several of the gentle men present declared, differed altogether from the malady which has fur a length of time been perceived in some departments of the east of France ,• the former being a sort of contagious typhus, whilst the latter is a contagious peripneumonia. The Society appointed a commission to inquire into the precise character of the French malady just alluded to, and to report thereon. The late severe weather had the effect of forcing the wolves in several parts of France to leave their lurking places, and come nearer than usual to human haibitations in search of food. Close to Marseilles, two persons who lived at La Plaine found their passage barred by an enormous wolf. They at once fled towards the Bou evard Chave, and escaped. The animal remained all night in the neighbourhood, prowling about a stable of cows and goats, but without being able to commit any depreda tion. In the wood of Montpincon (Calvados) Marshal de Grouchy's gamekeeper killed not less than three wolves in two days. The Memorial of Pau mentions a shock of an earth quake which was felt there on the morning of Wednesday last, which extended to the Val!6e d'Ossau and Oleran. It was about a quarter before six, and lasted about three seconds, being preceded by a low rumbling noise. A letter from St. Petersburgh, of Dec. 4, states that the Emperor having ordered the Minister of the Interior to urge on the works of the railroad between that city and Moscow, already commenced ou the St. Petersburgh side, a considerable number of additional workmen have been put on, and measures taken tor the commencement of the works at the Moscow end. It is even said that the works are to be pursued by torchlight. In all pro bability the part of this line, between St. Petersburgh and Novogorod (180 verstes) will be completed about the beginning of next autumn. 2.111.11 LT AMU POLIC3II. The AssizesForthe county of Lincoln have com menced before Mr. Justice Patteson. In the calendar there are the names of 17 prisoners, of whom two are charged with murder, one for arson, one for highway robbery, two for concealment of birth, two for rape, one for bigamy, two for being found armed with intent to destroy game, the remainder being the usual run of petty larcenies. At the Central Criminal Court, Benjamin Ewen, butler, convicted of feloniously stealing a silver tea-pot, value 61., the property of the Duke of Richmond, was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour. In the New Court three men named Sanders, Sanford, and Priestly, convicted of stealing 140 lbs. of quicksilver, were each sentenced to seven years' transportation. A man named Robinson, who was indicted with them, was acquitted. Ebenezer Paren Kingston, the prosecutor of Dr. Todd, the Professor of Physiology at King's College, was yes terday remanded from Bow-street, on a charge of steal ing a coat and other articles, the property of one of the students at the College. Mr. Stapleton, the music publisher, was fined 5/. at Marlborough -street, for having neglected to send a copy of a piece of music to the British Museum within one month of its publication, as required by the Copyright Act. At Greenwich, Absolom Davis, the master of the Be nevolent School Institution, of Deptford, appeared before the sitting Magistrate, charged by Mr. James Smith, builder, of New King-street, Deptford, with having as saulted in a most - violent manner his son Charles Smith, aged seven years. The poor lad is a scholar in the in stitution, and the defendant had chastised him in the most brutal manner with a thick rope. His body was covered with bruises. Mr. Grove said he had never heard of a more disgraceful proceeding daring the time he had a seat upon the bench. It was highly discreditable to the defendant, and he considered him totally unfit for the situation he held. As the School Committee met that evening, he should for the present defer judgment. The Magistrate then ordered the ca se t o stan d over until Friday next, the 27th inst., on whi c h d ay h e s h ou l d b e prepared to deal with the case. 40011 111 T — PAS8XONAL211111. It is now positively stated that the accouchement of her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz will take place at Cambridge House. Viscount and Viscountess Villiers have arrived at Drayton Manor, on a visit to Sir Robert and L a dy P ee l, f rom U p t on House, Warwickshir e . Lady Fuller has also arrived at Drayton Manor, from Marchmont House, Berwickshire, where her Ladyship had been staying the last month vivid' Sir H. 11, and Lady Campbell. The Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh° have arrived at Flours Castle, Roxbnrghshire, from Greenhill. The Dowager Duchess of Cleveland is not expected to return to Seamore-place, Curzon -street, until February or March next.. The Earl and C ountess o f M ulgrave have been on a visit to her Grace, The Earl and Countess of Errol and the Ladies Agnes and Alice Hay aze expected to leave Clarges-street, on Tuesday next, on a visit to Lord and Lady Campden, at Barbs.in Court, Rent, for the recess. The Noble Earl and Countess are expected to return to town the first week in January., to be present at the marriage of the Rev. Lord Augustus Fitzclarence with Miss Gordon. The recent reports of the Duke of Portland's illness have been greatly exaggerated. His Grace has for some weeks entirely recovered. The Duke is surrounded at the present time by a numerous family circle at Wel beck Abbey, Notts , . The Duke of Richmond and family are at Goodwood, where a select party will assemble during the holidays, The Hon. W. George Grey, Earl Grey's youngest son, left England last week for Vienna, where he is ap pointed Attach 6 do the embassy of Sir Robert Gordon, British Minister al that Court. The Countess Cndogan, and the Ladies Augusta and Honoria Cadogan, are staying on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness csf Anglesea, at Beaudesert. The lion. Fred. Cadogan has joined the circle assembled at Earl Clarendon's, at the Grove, Watford, Herts. The lion. Capt. Geo. Cadogan has obtained leave of absence from his regiment, the G renadier Guards, and proceeds on a continental tour. Lady Rolle, who has been on a tour of visits, is ex pected at the family' mansion, Bicton House, Devon, for the Christmas holitl ay s. Sir Henry Pottinger's visit to the city of Glasgow is not expected to take place before next spring. 245 3 SCSSLANZIOUO. The colossal stsitue of his late Majesty, William the Fourth, in the City, is now completed, the upper part of it having been fixcd on Friday morning. it is con siderod a gpod likeness. tis said that Vice-Admiral Sir Wm. Parker, Bart.. will succeed Vice-Admiral Sir C. Owen, K.C.8., as Commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean. Last evening the performances at Drury-lane Theatre were appropriatod /o the benefit of Charing-cross Hos pital, in consequonoc of the unusual degree of suffering and sickness caused by the inclemency of the weather. The new opera, The Daughter of St. Mark, was the first piece, and the house was well and fashionably attended. In reference to the Act for the registry of seamen it is important that it should be generally known by seamen in the merchant service that, by this Act, every seaman must be provided with a register ticket, in pursuance of the directions contained in the Act of Parliament above quoted, by the first of January next, and every master of a vessel who, after that date, takes a man into his ser vice, without first calling on him to produce his ticket, will be liable to a penalty of 10L for each offence. The tickets are now being issued, and may be had on appli cation to the Registrar of Merchant Seamen's office in London, and at the custom-houses of the different out- ports, free of all charge. The examination of candidates for the King's scho larship, by a board of professors, took place on Friday at the Royal Academy of Music, but the result has not been made public -, the successful candidates (one female and two males) will receive gratuitous musical instruc tions for two years, at the institution, which is princi pally indebted for its present flourishing position to the unwearied exertions of the Earl of Westmoreland. A meeting of the general practitioners resident in the borough of Finsbury was held a few days since, when it was resolved that a public meeting should be called early in the ensuing year, for the purpose of memo rialising the Legislature on the Bill recently introduced by the Home Secretary, for the regulation of medical practice. DEATH OF A GLUTTON. ..Yesterday afternoon Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Black Dog, Church-street, Bethnal-green, on the body of William Blocus, aged fifty years. It appeared by the evidence that deceased would frequently totally abstain from food for a great number of hours at a time, in order, as he expressed himself, that he might have the thorough enjoyment of a hearty meal. On Wednesday last ho had, in pursuance of his plan, fasted the whole of the day, until between eleven and twelve o'clock at night, when he partook of his supper, which consisted of half a loaf of bread, fish, po tatoes, and a large quantity of plum pudding—after eating which he retired to his room. On the following morning he was found on the floor quite dead, having the whole of his day clothes on, with the exception of his boots. Verdict—Found dead. THIS DAY'S NEWS QUEEN'S. BENCH.—(TIIIS DAY.) Lo, ti 1 - .)elmz-in was occupied the whole morning in trying, at the Guildhall, with a London special jury, an indictment against Rowland and others fora conspiracy, illegally to procure an award in a case of arbitration against the prosecutor, Lyon Samuels. The case, which will probably last to a late hour, is devoid entirely of public interest. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY). (Sittings at Nisi I'rius, at Guildhall, bef.re the LORD CHIEF BARON and Special Juries.) lIUTT AND OTHERS V. GILES. _ . This was an action of covenant brought by the trustees of the Western Australian Company to recover from the defendant the sum of 1,250/., being the amount of a call of 1251. per share on ten shares held by him in that Company. The action was undefended. _ _ M. Martin and Mr. Peacock appeared for the plaintiffs. The Western Australian Company was established in the year 1841, with a view of promoting emigration to the western ports of Australia, and of encouraging its cultivation. 5001. was the ♦alue set upon each share, one fourth of the amount to be paid at the time of pur chase. Calls of 1251. on each share taken was subsequently made, and the object of the pre sent action was to recover the third call against the only solvent shareholder out of six who had not met the call. The defendant had put several pleas on the record, one of which was, that lie had not had notice of the call by circular in the manner required by the Company's deed of settlement. Evidence having been gone into on the part of the plaintiffs, and his Lordship having summed up, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs—Damages, with in terest, 1,343 L 15s. CONSISTORY COURT. (THIS DAY.) (Before the Right Hon. Dr. LUSHINCTON.) PHILIPS V. PHILIPS. Dr. LUSHINGTON pronouneed judgment in this case. This was a suit instituted by Mr. Philips, who is a bar rister and conveyancer, for a separation, a mensa et thoro, from his wife, on the ground of an adulterous connexion between her and Mr. Charles Ranny. The defence was, that there was connivance on the part of Mr. Philips ; and the state of the facts was as follows :—The parties were married in 1825. They became acquainted in Dieppe with Mr. and Mrs. Ranny, and in consequence of circumstances which came to the knowledge of Mr. Philips with regard to the degree of intimacy subsisting between his wife and Mr. Ranny, he referred the matter to two gentlemen to hare the circumstances investigated. They seem to have diligently inquired into the facts, and reported that they believed Mrs. Philips was inno cent of any real criminality, though they left it to be inferred that she was guilty of consider able indiscretion. The parties were separated at this time, and they recommended Mr. Philips if he so thought fit, to take back his wife. It appeared from the evi dence that Mr. Philips resided at this time in Sloane street, and that his professional avocations used to call him from home at nine o'clock, and that he used not to return till six in the afternoon to dinner. Mrs. Ranny was frequently on a visit at Mr. Philips's, and Mr. Ranny used sometimes to sleep in Mr. Philips's house. Mr. Philips took back his wife, and in the year 1840 it appeared that the intercourse between Mr. Ranny and Mrs. Philips was renewed. Mrs. Philips used to sleep from home frequently, and very often she used not to return to her home till ten o'clock at night. She used , at these times to sleep at Mr. Ranny's, and to remain at his house, and though this was the case, it did not ap pear that Mr. Philips, who used to come home regu larly at six o'clock, made any inquiry as to the absence of his wife. One occasion when she slept from home two nights in succession, he asked her where she had been, and upon her saying she had been at her sister's, he appeared to be satisfied. Now it appeared that she had not slept at her sister's house more than once during the summer of 1841, and that they were not, in fact, on good terms. Mr. Philips was also aware that Mr. Ranny was in the neighbourhood, for he knew that he gave his (Mr. Philips) boy a model of a ship. Subsequently Mrs. Philips went to Dieppe, where she met Mr. Ranny; and there was no doubt of the fact of the adultery being committed there. When she returned the same kind of intercourse between her and Mr. Ranny, which had previously existed, was renewed, and then is was that Mr. Philips moved in the matter. The parties finally separated on the Bth of October, 1842, and the present suit for separation was brought. The question therefore was, whether Mr. Philips under those circum . stances was entitled to a separation, and whether his conduct did not exhibit such a degree of connivance as to disentitle him to it ? The Learned Judge, after going through the whole case in detail, said with th e know . ledge which Mr. Phillips had that his wife was absent from his house by night and by day—that with the knowledge that Mr. Ranny had been in the neighbour hood—that his boys had been at Mr. Ranny's, and after having instituted previously an investigation into the conduct of his wife, which he knew to be at least indis creet, he ought at once to have interposed in some way or other. There was, therefore, a degree of culpable negligence on his part, but the question which he had to decide was, whether this culpable indifference, with a previous knowledge of the great indiscretion of his wife, and ao active steps taken by him to interpose but where cohabitation continued, whether that was in the eye of the law such a connivance as to bar a suit for separation a mensa et thoro. The Learned Judge, after referring to the authorities, none of which were applicable to the pre cise circumstances of the present case, but showed that there must be consent and intentional negligence on the part of the husband,went on to say, that though he could not acquit Mr. Philips of the most supine inertness, when his own honour, the happiness of his children, and the peace and sacredness of his domestic hearth were con cerned—though he could not acquit him of the most culpable and supine indifference—though the circum stances called, and most loudly called for, immediate and active interposition, yet ho thought the facts, and the law as he found it l a id d own , )us till e d him in saying that this case must be brought within the case of "Moreson and Moreson," and he gladly availed himself of the shelter of that high autho rity' to give to Mr. Philips the relief he prayed for. In pronouncing judgment in that case that high autho rity, Lord Stowell, says, " I feel I shall tolerate neglect and inattention on the part of husbands, and that I shall pronounce a decree which will not lead to the peace and honour of families, nor the purity of wives." And never would Lord Stowell, feeling and uttering those sentiments, have followed them up with a decree for separation, unless he felt himself bound by the stringency of the law to adopt such a course. If such were the consequences of the law, it was not even for Lord Stowell, and much less for him, to deviate from the decisions to which it led, on account of ally conse quences. He therefore pronounced in favour o f thi s se - paratiou, but he Risked it to be most clearly understood that the grounds of his judgment were, that there must be a corrupt connivance, which he did not find in this case • there must be a knowledge, or n ecessar il y pre sumed knowledge, of adulterous intercourse or indecent familiarity, and not finding those circumstances, he thought he was entitled to give Air. Philips the remedy for which he prayed.—Judgment accordingly. UNION-HALL.--(THIS DAY.) Edward Edwards was charged with being found on the premises of a gentleman named Bright, at Brixton, for an unlawful purpose, and Margaret Sheen, a young woman servant in the family, was charged with admitting the former prisoner into the house. It appeared that the female prisoner was nurse for Mr. Bright's family, and that she slept with an infant in a room at the upper part of the house. Between three and four o'clock this morning the complainant was awakened by the crying of his infant, and, oa his wife proceeding up stairs, it was found the child was in bed alone, no appearance of the nurse having been there. Mr. Bright immediately descended to the kitchen, and on opening the door, his amazement may easily be imagined on beholding the two prisoners lying hugged in each others arms on a hearth-rug, before a blazing kitchen fire, fast asleep. He did not awaken them, but went for a policeman, and gave them both into custody. On the way to the station-house the female prisoner threw away a waistcoat belonging to her master, which she said adhered to her shawl without her knowledge. The other prisoner said that he was paying his addresses to the nurse, and that having called to see her, sleep overcame him, but he declared that he had no intention of doing anything wrong or taking any property. Mr. TRAILL said that he should remand the prisoners until Monday, in order that further inquiry might be made. LLOYD'S SHIPPING_(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 21.—Wind easterly, fresh breezes and cloudy. RAMSGATE, DEC. 19.—Arrd. Cuba, Degn, Matanzas for Hamburgh. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 20.—Wind E., fresh breezes.— Arrd. Neckin packet, Hofken, Surinam for Amsterdam ; Maria, Ruyter, Trinidad for Bremen ; Janes, Dunn, Halifax ; Symmetry, Brown, Quebec for Sunderland. COWES, DEC. 2 0,—Arrd. Adolph, Schroder, Porto Rico for Bremen ; Cybele, Edmonds, Havannah ; Bril liant, Russell, Honduras. FOWET, DEC. 19.—S1d. Good Intent, New Orleans. OFF THE WIGHT, • DEC. 17.—Der Bom, Dwayer, Batavia. STUDWALL ROADS, DEC. 18.—Arrd. Lady Gordon, Schwer, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 20.—Wind E.S.E., moderate.—Arrd Hottinguer, Bursley, New York. Sld. Lady Raffles Sierra Leone ; Peruvian, Ichaboe ; Jupiter, Maracaibo; Mersey, Apalachiola ; Chieftain, Charleston ; Rambler, New York. The Rhoda, Matthews, from Messina, is aground off the King's Pier. HOLYHEAD, DEc. I9.—The Nicolas Sevin, from St. Petersburgh to Liverpool, is ashore on the east side of this bay, but expected off next tide. The Evelina, of Boston, U.S., dismantled and abandoned, was fallen in with, 22d ult., lat. 39, lon. 63, by the Nathaniel Hooper, arrived here ; she appeared to be without damage or leaky. WExionD, DEC. 19.—Part of a vessel's side, about 15 feet long, oak, and apparently of recent wreck, with iron fastenings, no trenails, was picked up a few days since, in Ballyteague Bay. HULL, DEC. 20.--The Yorkshireman, steamer, hence to Yarmouth, got on the Holme Sand, yesterday, and remains. OFF TOREAY, DEC. 20.—Hendrick Hudson, Moore, New York. PLYMOUTH, Dxc. 20.—Wind E.N.E., strong.— Arrd. Arab, Dulgarno, Port Phillip; Justina, Loader, Caleutta, left St. Helena, on the 16th ult.; Jessie, Mal colm, Ceylon; Queen of the Ocean, Tilley, Quebec. FALMOUTH, DEC. 20.--Wind E., strong gales, and squally.—Arrd. Euphrosyne, Doyle, Saguenay, zailed on the 15th ult. HARWICH, DEC. 16.—The barque Recovery, of and from London, for Newcastle, got ashore on the Half Ebb rock this morning, but is expected (,if en the flood. CoPKT'FC 17 —A h•lr-1 , 0 is r , r,, Roci- Bay, eigil les to t MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEW S CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool continued firm yes terday, but the sales were only 3,500 bales American, all to speculators.—Shares were rather dull. Bristol and Gloucester, 361 ; Grand Junction, 223 ; GI eat Western, Fifths, 271 ; London and Birmingham, 227 ; Ditto and South-Western, 84 ; Ditto and York, 4i ; Great South ern and Western of Ireland, 9/ ; Manchester and Bir ininham, 524 ; Midland Counties, 1121 ; North Union, 47 ; Trent Valley, 9 ; Paris and Rouen, 40 ; Stras burg and Bale, 126 ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 71 ; Boulogne and Amiens, 5. We have accounts this morning from the colony of Port Philip some days later than those more pre viously received. We do net find that any political news of interest is in the letters or papers by the. Arab, the vessel that has just entered port. The receipts of the revenue were on the increase, and trade remained in much the same state as it had been for some time pre viously. Tne show of Meat at Leadenhall Market, this being the grand day before Christmas, is really a most splendid sight. The supply of Game and Poultry is, we are told, unprecedently large, but still not by any means cheap, cold weather having most opportunely for the venders set in with extreme severity. The markets all this morning have been excessively crowded with buyers, and an increased amount of business is now doing in al most all descriptions of provisions. There have not been any continental arrivals of im portance this morning. The accounts relative to the amount of promissory notes issued in Scotland and Ireland, in the month closing on the 7th of December, gives the following general results, viz.—an increase of 318,697/. or from 10,013,442/. to 10,332,1391. The weekly return of the affairs of the Bank of England gives the following results as compared with the previous statement:—The circulation is more by 186,2004 the Bank deposits have decreased 4,1831., the public deposits have been increased by 590,0821., and other deposits by 41,821/. In the seven days' bill there has been a small increase, and also in the stock of bullion of 199,321/. A good deal of business has been done in the money market this morning, and the prices have been extremely firm. The premium upon Exchequer bills has, in fact, risen rapidly, from 585., the opening value of yesterday, to 645., which is the price just now. India Bonds have advanced from 745. to 78s. premium. Consols for the Account have fluctuated only from loof to 1001 ; the Three per Cents. Reduced have been sold as high as 1001, and the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. at 103 k, but each are scarcely now so firm. In the Foreign Funds there has been also an improve ment. We may quote Spanish Three per Cents. at 38k 1; the Consols at 251 i for Account ; the Portu guese Converted at 59 for the Account ; the Dutch Four per Cents. at 971 ; Danish at 894 ; Mexican at 364 i ; Peruvian at 291 ; and Buenos Ayres at 374. An immense amount of business has been effected in the Railway Shares, and chiefly at rising prices, as our official list below given shows. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List) 3 per Cent.. Reduced Annuities .......... ....... 10 0%X34 New 3 34 per Cent. Annuities 103%3434 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1869.... ..... India 80nd5,1,000........" 7B Ditto under 1,000........................" 7B Consol , for Opening ............................. lOO l4 36 1 i India Stock for Account 286 Exchequer Bills litel. 1 1 4 d 1 0601. ................... ~...... ..... n 2 64 pm. Ditto 5ma11.........-........ —........—• 64 65 pm. Ditto Advertised FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent ..... ...--- .. 37 34 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3:per Cent 89% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account. Se 1 4% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 2934 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. ........ ...... Ditto Converted.... ....................... ......- 583( Ditto for the Account ... ..... ..... ............ W Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 95301 A Ditto for tne ccownt 2534 is X Ditto Passive Bonds .... ....... ..... ........ Ditto Deferred-. .. l5 Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto for the Account... 3S % Dutch 234 per Cent 5.................. ....... -... Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates PIRCES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER &DARR. Birmingham and Gloucester.... 100 ......... 93........ to -. Cambridge and Lincoln Churnet Va11ey:.......... ..... .. Direct Northern Dublin and Belfast Junction Dublin and Galway Eastern Counties ..................... 25 ......... 14% V to Edinburgh and Glasgow .. - ..... ... 50 ~«..,,, 62 Great(lreland Southein and Westerni ) 5 .... .... 10 34 to 11% Great North of England Great Western ....................... 75 .... 7151 to Ditto 34 Shares Ditto Fifths ..... ...................... 19 ......... 29% Hull and Selby London and Birmingham. lee .... ..... 229 to London and Blackwell..., ....... .... 16% ...... 6% London and Brighton ............... 50 ......... 52%% Ditto Loan Notes London and Greenwich .......... 12% ..... 9% -.... to London and South Weste rn ..».. . 41% London and Croydon ......... ... 13% London and York. ...... ....—....... 2 34 4363434 to Midland .....--... ........ . ..... ...... 100......... 113 . .... .. to Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 24 North British 7 7%% ... ts Northern and Eastern 4 5. ......... 5 1 ,4 Ditto Scrip Norwich and Brandon ............ 8 ........ 12% Ditto New 1 .......• 35 Richmond and West End Junct, 1 Rugby South Eastern and Dover ........ 33% ..... 39% Ditto New Trent Valleys ...» ................. 2 West Cornwall 2 % 134 •••••• to -- York and North Midland ......... 50 ........ — Ditto Scarbore' Branch Ditto Selby Scrip ...........—.... 20 ......... 66% Boulogne and Amiens 2 ........ 5%34 ... to Orleans and Bourdeaux • 29 ......... 8 7% .. to 8 Paris and Lyons. 2 ~»..... 33( 36 %... to Paris and Orleans Parisand Rouen ..... ................... 20 ......... 41% Strasburg end Bale ..... ...... ... 14 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, Dec. 19. 3 per Cent. Consols ... .......... .. .......... ............. Ditto Money • 100 3 per Cent. R. duced Three and a Quarter Stock.... ......... Ditto Money .. 334 per Cent. Debentures — Long Annuities ••• Bank Stock — Royal Canal Stock — Grand Canal Stock Grand Canal Debentures, 6 per Cent. Ditto 4 per Cent 4 per Cent. City Debentures 4 per Cent. City Debentures, New 4 per Ccnt. Ballast Office Debentures — 4 per Cent. Pipe Water Kingstown Railway Debentures IG2% LAST PRICES OF IRISH SHARES RAILWAYS. PAID. PRE SMARR. Dublin and K. Railway Drogheda Ditto.., Great Southern and Western„„,,,,,.,. 5 Ditto Scrip... Ditto Extension 2% ..... 9% Dublin and Belfast Junction....... 454 Dublin and Cashel ditto Mullingar and Athlone Railway Belfast and Ballymena Waterford and Limerick ...... ~.... 2i Dundalk and Enniskillen Wexford and Carlow Hibernian Batik 2534 Royal Bank National Bank National Insurance 25 ..... ... 38 Patriotic ditto Mining Company of Ireland... Wicklow Copper Mites City of Dublin Steam Company 100 Ditto Difto, 1836 . 5O Steam Ship Building Company Ditto Ditto 5O British and Irish Steam Company .., 50 Limerick Extension Railway Peninsular and Oriental ditto . . 50 6 6 —% Irish Great Western, Dublirr to ] 2% Galway Dublin and Glasgow Steam Company.. 50 44 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 20.—Our mar ket is without any material change ; there is a good demand at full prices :—Eastern Counties, 144 ; London and Birmingham, 321. Shares, 393- ; Midland Railway Consols, 112 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 97i- ; Barnsley Junction, 4i ; Ditto, Half Shares, 2 ; Belfast, Bally mena, and Carricfergus, 3 7-16 ; Birkenhead, Manches ter, and Cheshire Junction, 6 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 4j2 2/. 75.; Churnet Valley, 3 7-16 3- ; L on d on an d Y or k , ; Trent Valley, 8 15-16 9 ; W es t Y or k s hi re, 6 4 ; nion Bank of Manchester, 9 9-16. FLANDERS MAIL. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BRUSSELS, DEC. 19.—The average price of wheat last week wes 16f. 92c., and that of rye 10f. 48c. per hectolitre. There has been a numerous meeting of workmen at Antwerp, the object of which was to sign a petition for a revisal of the law relative to sugars. In consequence of the stagnation of the trade and the closing of the sugar houses, numbers of workmen are out of employ ment. The Chamber of Representatives was engaged yester day and to-day in Secret Committees in discussing the pro ject of law for sanctioning the treaty with the Zollvereiu. It seems by what we have learnt of what passed in the Secret Committee, that some members of the Opposition attacked rather warmly the Minister of the Interior. M. Devaux dwelt on the little dependence that will be placed on the words of the organs of the Government. The Minister of the Interior declared that he made the point in dispute a case of Ministerial responsibility. The point in dispute was whether the treaty gave to Belgium the right of importing its corn into Germany by means of the Rhine, at the same duty as by land, which the Minister affirmed it did. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BitusseLe, Deo. IS. Actua Debt, 25( per Cent., Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ............».«.» — Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent. Three per Cent. ....» -- Thirty-seven Anthems, ditto ....... (1841) IC3% 1844 ........».».».».».».».».». 103% Loan of City, 1143, Four per Cent 153-2 Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent — Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent B9 Issue of .......... Se —Brussels Papers. e. 19. AUSTRIAN FU !Wit—VIENNA, Dee. 11 Five per Cents. Metalliques- 110;i Four psr Cents. lOO% Three per Cents. Rank Shares .. Loan, 1134 Ditto 1839 Ltersazy's Loan „. —Allgenzeine Zeitung, Dec. 15. SIR HENRY POTTINGER.—A grand dinner waii given to this eminent diplomatist at Manchester, in the Town-hall, last evening, which was attended by the leading men of the place, including the Mayor, Alexander Jay, Esq., Lietit.-General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, Major Brooke, Richard Briley, E sq., Stewart, Esq., Alderman Neild, Alderman Ban croft, Charles 'Hadley, Esq., M.P., &c. &c. Various addresses had been presented to him, and among others olie from the working classes, signed oy 2,G40 porsons. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY•) COVENT—G.II.333EIg. lt Although we had much l arger su p p li es o f both Fr i % and Vegetables sale than were exhii-,ited Sattl" s i last, the dem an d was qu i te act i ve, an d pr i ces wGr , t : generally supported. P o t a t oes f rom 3 s to 4s ad per cis r Turnips, 2s 6d to 3s 8d; Carrots, 5s 6d t o 7 s; C o leworts ,° Greens, 3s to 3s 8d ; and Leeks, is to 28 per dcl e t bunches ; Appl es an d P ears, 2 s to 4s ; Spinach, 21; 2s Gd ; and Onions, is 9d to 2s 9d per half sieve ;pin Apples, 8s to 106 ; Foreign Grapes, 8d to is ; Filbe rt :j Is to is 2d ; an d C o bb N u t s, 1 0 d to Is 2d per lb ; u Cabbages, 3s to 75 ; and Saroys, is 3d to 2s per dote° j Horse Radish, 2s 3d to 6s ; Broeoli, 2s to 3s 3d; 613 d Celery, 10d to 2s Gd per bundle ; Oranges Lemons, 8s to lOs per 100. icuamstronao. There were o n ly moderate supplies of most artiole9 if produce on sale, yet the demand was by no means se tive, at late rates. NEWPORT. We had a very steady inquiry for each kind of Pri Meat, at full prices. Otherwise the demand ruled du Beef from 2 s 10d t o 3 s 10d ; M utton, 2s Sd to 3s , I , ° " A ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4 s 4d ; an d P or k, 3; 2 d to 4s per Sius' EI.V GAINS &ND LEADMICH.A.X.L. „„a In consequenc e o f th e su ppli es o f b oth G am e 7,, Poultry con,id e r a bly excee di ng t h e d eman d , the Prii; submitted to wer e e xt reme ly l ow , an d a clearance:„. d not effected. We had an immense supply of each of Meat off er i ng ; st ill, h owever, t h e trade was bris and prices were readily supported. Beef from 2s 10 4 d ; 3s 10d ; Mutton, 2 s 10d t o 3 s 8d ; V ea l , 3s 4 d t o 49 4 and Pork, 2s 8d to 4s per Blba. by the carcase. BIM le. IN GSGATZ. The supply of Fish was comparatively mall, ovi li g to which the general quotations were on the advance' WHITECHAPEL. tha There was a l arger quant i ty o f Bl eat offering, yet nal trade was rather active, at our quotations. Beet, 2s 10d to 3s 10d ; M u tt on , 2 s 10d to 3s 1 0d ye 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 2s 10d to 3s lod per 8110' BREAD. The prices of wheaten Bread in the Metropolis or 4 from 7d to ;id ; o f h o u se h o ld di tto, s id to 8}d par 410 loaf. RIDE MA.II.3CiT. Raw hides at p e r s t one o f 141b s. —B est steers and beir,ell 5s 6d to 6s 2d ; m iddli ng hid es, 5s to 5s 4d ; ":t tenor hides, 4s 6d t o 4 s 10d . Sh eep an d ca lf skinsl,4 per skin—M ar k e t ca lf , 6s 6 d to 8s ; long vi°°''' sheep, 2s 9d to 3s 6d ; short ditto, 2s to 3s. NAY P11AN.103343. SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay , 31 12s to 4 115 : 0 ; Useful ditto, 4/ 16s t o 5/ ; fine U pland ditto, 5 1 5 % 0 Si lOs ; Clover Hay, 4! 108 to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 1/ 128 1/ 14s ; Wheat Straw, 1! 14s to 1/ 16s per load. A 41 , average supply, and a s t ea d y demand, at our quotation , CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 15s to 4115 : 1 0 Useful ditto, 4/ 17s t• Si 6s; fine Upland ditto, 51 si 51 12s ; Cl over H a y, 418 s to £ 1 18s ; O at Straw, 1 ; i s a. to 11 15s ; Wheat Straw, 11 15s to I/ 18s per I° Supply iut moderate, and trade firm. WITITEcIIAPEL.—Course Meadow Hay, 3l 12s to 41 1 1 0 1 Useful ditto, 41 168 to 5146 ; fine Upland ditto, 5155 to 51 10s ; Clover Hay, 41 10* to 61 ; Oat Straw, 1/ IV th 1114 s ; Wheat St raw , 11 14 s t o 1 1 166 per load. o r . Hay and Straw were in fair request, at previous c " uncles. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—FIiwat• e 4 There is a good A upply o f gra i n to t hi s day's wa rk „. 0 0 and all descriptions remain without material alters', i , in value. Whe a t h as me t a f a i r sa l e at last wee k' s ri" - la ° Fine samples of B ar l e y are rat h er scarce, hat 5 to quantity of For sign has been offering. No deviations note in Oats, Beans, and Shelling. ,_,,, 1. Per qr. of 601 b. to the B ifrl , „, EXTRA. ;Sts 4 ,„' Wneat SufThlk, Essex, and Kent Red. —to 46 Pv Ditto ditto Norfolk White... 32 0 1 Red ... 46 f, 0,, Ditto ditto White..... 52 '",", */, Lincolnshire and Cambridge Red.... 46 1 - 7 r i Ditto ditto .... ..... Yorkshire R0d....... 45 ' 4 ' 4 9 Ditto ditto White...... 5 1 1 sil 45 Foreign 1ied ....... 48 4 0 Ditto ditto Per quarter in r ,h Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk ... — 37 s ' i d I 4 Yorkshire and Lincolnshire ...... ....... ... 3 5 -- ' 22 5; Grinding --, 2 ~,l. F0reig1i.......... ........ ............e.... ...... 3. d ot Per. qr. o IMIlb. to tle, v_, Beans, Small fine .... .......... ............. ....... ... Ticks ..... .. ............. «....».»................» 41 •"„, Foreign. ....... . ....... ........... 42 '''...l. Oats, Potato aid Poland . . "...s -."4 •••.A ....e. Moaling lO4l. to 12d., Fercign —d, to —4 pei 3 , W ;;L. fih.lling ........... —........................... •:5:. to 275. Od. per , ~.'"yd Malt —40 s. fine 445. Pa `r,,it. Rapec0ed............... ....... .... 231.0 e. 251.11. —I. Os. Per "" ELECTION of COMMON COUNCIII MEN.-(THIS DAY.) ST. THOMAS'S DAY. This, the day annually devoted to the electionfte Common Coun c il men f or t h e diff erent war d s of o r, City of Londo n , p asse d i n an unusua ll y qu i et Dasn rie In the parish of WALBROOK, The LORD MA YOR , a tt en d e d b y hi s Ci v i c „ ma d the proceedings, in the Charity-school room. The Pr h i f was crowded with an anx i ous l y cur i ous au di ence , but to t o ward, contrary to ex p ec t a ti on , f orme d no except 7, the general qu i e t ness , t h e gent l emen w h o h a d r P' r ;, sented the board during th e p as t year h av i ng been elected without opposition. FARRINGDON WITHIN. A similar result emanated from the wardmote district, although Mr. Steil!, of Paternoster-r ow voured to get up an o pp os i t i on b y proposing hirase" ie 0 a candidate. The proceedings in the other wards, sented no feat ure o f i nterest. In the f o ll o wing wa sci , there was no cont es t : —Ald ersgate, Basishaw,, 013rrabill, street, Broad-str ee t, Ch eap, C ordwainers ', and Cripplegate. we believe, prrcei; PORTSOKEN WARD. Yard, before A wardmote was h e ld at twe.ye o'clock to•- gl, ' tit w Francis Graham Moon, Esq., Alderman of the the Three Nuns Inn, Aldgate High-street, for the elec tion of Common Councilmen. , ;fle sh After the transacti on o f some preliminary °118„nd the former members were proposed for re-electio ri, i;ile in addition to them, William Scoones and George were proposed. The non-freem en h av i ng b een ordered to ret i re , a ahojo of hands was called for, and s ° Alderman MOON de c l are d th e following gen tiehat elected t o t h e o ffi ce of Common Councilmen a t ke r, ward:—Messrs. Wright, Christie, Mlienzie, D ir Judsum, Hayward, Danford, and Killby. ue' A poll was then demanded on the part of the uf° cessful candidates. The election will not terminate for three days• MARYLEBONE VESTRY• (THIS DAY.) noir This morning two gentlemen, residing in New - re . treet, Oxford-street, presented to the above vestry ti ol e quisitio n f rom t h e i nha b itants of Newman-street, e cerning the macadamisation of that street. cleJ Mr. E DWARDS , one of the deputation, re° noti the vestry th a t on a prev i ous occasion, the Ye to having been requested to cause this street o t be m aca d am i se d , agreed to do so the nor time the r oa d requ i re d repa i r i ng. In cons ec i ti f e e etv of so me repa i rs w hi ch were going on in Oxford-stfge Newman-street had b ecome t h e pr i ncipal thoro ugh th e for omnibuses, and it being now in a very bad state , er e inhabit an t s , a great num b er of whom were artisis,,eeie. much annoy e d by t h e no i se of the rolling of the "thet and, indeed, some of these artists had said, they were were unable to study, in consequence of It• ht ai great number o f h ac k ney ca b s and other vehicle° go also made this street their thoroughfare, in ordef or avoid as much as possible the wood pavement in ford -street. A VESTRYMAN thought th a t no t only the CS-5 ael coaches, b u t a l so a great number of the inhabits.et'eet, Oxford -street, wou ld b e g l ad to fly to Newman - s °' to escape from the wood paving. —(A laugh.) the The vestry, after a long discussion, resoteed that requisition should be complied with. „or The VESTillt- CLERK read to the ves t ry a conlo- ie tion from the Committee appointed some time ag°, t 0 , 4, quire into a nuisance complained of by Mrs. Jenru°°' resident of Nottingham-terrace, New -road. f; t4l Some week s ago a communication was receive- .fogo that lady, compl ain i ng o f t h e erection of some bailuloci in front of several houses, of which hers was op e ',,lth which were contrary to the " New -road A c t," the 'ire of Georg e 111. Th e committee appointed to irt-,trie into the correctness of this lady's statement this o g i ta re ported to th e ves t ry t h at they had examined into tneOtoes, of the erec ti on complained of, that they were nuiwwere and contrary to the Act, but that the committ ee sod , of opinion that they were no public ineonvenience;„ 00 therefor e , if t h ey were any annoyance to this lady wye her place t o p rosecute as a private individual, and it unnecessary for the vestry to interfere. AWFUL FIRE,-(THIS DAY•) TWO POLICEMEN BURNT TO DEA TII. the A fire, a tt en d e d w i th loss of life, occurred a t house No. 67, Guildford -street, Russel-square, th e re t ho dence of T. Fairey, Esq. Like most other fires , origin of it cannot be distinctly ascertained, but it is si posed to have been quite accidental. Be this as it 413 :0 it brok e out w i th such violence between three Cad 4. o'clock this morning, that before the engines conil l s ot , rive, even f rom the nearest station, the house W 3 * n . e , mass of fl ame , end no effort could save it s The hou' i l e with all i ts va l uable contents, we: destroyed. When trod fire had in 801110 degree subsided, it was disco/e that some of the inmates were missing, and 1 1491 , n ;a1 constables Wri g ht an d B i rkmyne entered t he and were about proceeding to en interior aPertiZlO when the first and second floors fell with a tretna" crash, and the unfortunate men were crushed to de isl beneath the burning ruins. The body of Birkwr ie i ' ng lf E, wa s got Out at eight o'clock - this morning, Eh e n", - mutilated and di s fi gured. It was immediately rei n ': it to the d ea d- room of St. Giles's workhouse, wher' awaits an inquest. The body of Wright, 67 Et hag °e yet b een f ound. The house is a mass of ruins, and th houses on either side of it have suffered considerahiP The above particulars were communicated to Us by inspector Rawley,E, at Clerkenwell Police-cour t this (v F IRE AT TILE .ft er CITY SAW MILLS. —Yesterday o f noon another fire broke out in the extensive saw mil' s d, Messrs. Esdaile and Co., Wenlock-terrace, City -ro t r Islingt on . It or i g i nate d i n t h e room ap p r opriated t ° o preparing wood for lucifer n: tches. Having two engi n ic, of their own on the premises, they were soon set to WO i supplied with watu from the canaL Several of t he b e , r or COP engiiies were also quickly on the spot, and. 11‘ strenuous exertions, the damage was confined to the rot? in which th e fi re or i g i nate d. The loss is considerable' Hun the fire originated was not ascertained.