The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-25 00:00:00

SP/14T of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. PROM THE EVENING PAPERS OP YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—Mr. O'Connell's recent conduct has been such as to disappoint and grieve his best friends, and to gratify his worst enemies. We allude not here to his speeches at the repeal meetings; although these have of late savoured more strongly of sedition, and been more freely impregnated with the elements of mischief, than any of his former harangues. These imprudent addresses to the prejudices and passions of an easily-excited populace have not been allowed to pass without censure by us. We should have been justly regarded as "approvers" of his offences had we refrained from rebuke and condemnation. Admit ting, as we do, the strong provocation which the pro ceedings of the Government have supplied, and the gratification which Mr. O'Connell's personal feelings may receive from the indulgence of vituperation against those whom he designates his "persecutors" --we cannot admit that this motive can excuse, much less justify, those unmistakeable appeals to the ignorant passions of the rabble with which his recent speeches at Limerick and Waterford were interlarded. There is neither dignity nor patriotism in such harangues . They would ruin a good cause, and brand with infamy in delible a bad one. The repeal project is dying by inches under the blighting influence of Mr. O'Con nell's inflammatory orations. This would be mat ter for congratulation—affected by whatever means which did not include an infraction of constitu tional rights. But, unhappily, the substantial wrongs—those prolific sources of suffering and dis content among the Irish people, are permitted to continue. Successive chimerical schemes for effecting organic changes in the government are broached. Thus the attention of the people is distracted from their real interests, by endeavours to persuade them that nothing but those changes in the constitution of government can improve their physical and social con dition. The effect of these agitations upon the pub lic mind in this country is necessarily injurious to the best interests of Ireland. Those who are now espe cially disposed, as they have ever been, to employ their power, and to exert their influence, to improve the condition of the Irish people, are discouraged. They Bee their endeavours scorned—ridiculed--coun teracted—by an influence which has held that people as by a spell ; and they suspend their endeavours until the spell shall be broken, and the delusion destroyed. Every indication of an approach to this better state of things will be hailed with pleasure by all who desire to see Irel Ind in possession of tranquillity. Whether the desirable change be brought about by an improved course of conduct in Mr. O'Connell—whose power over the Irish people, if wisely directed, might now be, as it has formerly been, the instrument of achiev ing for them vast benefits ; or, persisting in a course of factious violence, he unveil his real character ; stand forth the confessed demagogue in a patriots guise ; and thus disgust, and detach from his project, those well meaning men who were induced for a time to connect themselves with his schemes, in the hope that they would result in practical advantage to their country. By whichsover of these means the end be attained, is erimparatively of little moment. 'We should feel re gret if the latter be the means. We would rather that the great leader, who conducted the Irish people from the ignoble and unrighteous bondage in which they were held by penal statutes enacted against their creed, should continue as their recognised benefactor, employing his acknowledged talents and indomitable mat in their cause. But if Mr. O'Connell abandon that position—if, through mistake, or design, he set himself against, and employ his influence to prevent, the attainment of substantial improvements--real and extensive recognitions and concessions which the Government has made to the Roman Catholic religion, the clergy and members of which Church were re cently proscribed by law—if this be Mr. O'Connell's conduct, and he persist in pursuing such a course, then do we say, let the alternative be joyfully accepted ; let Mr. O'Connell's obviously diminished influence over his countrymen be the precursor of his total abandonment by them. He will then he the author of his own fall from power. Better that they should desert him, than thst they should remain with him, to be the sharers of his deserved ruin, the victims of his recklessness of head or heart. The resistance which Mr. O'Connell has made to the Catholic Bequests Act, and to the formation of a Board constituted under its provisions for carrying out the objects of its enactment, have led us to these remarks. The agitation which Mr. O'Connell at terented to get up against it, has signally failed. His deein'ciations of the heads of the Roman Catholic hierarchy who have accepted seats at the Board, and whose office in that Church are recognised by the Cream, for the first time, in the Com mission by w hich the Board is constituted—the reproaches heaped by Mr. O'Connell on two Ro man Catholic gentlemen of high rank and unble mished probity, for accepting seats at the Board— these ill-judged and injurious attacks have estranged hundreds, perhaps thousands, of the more respectable of Mr. O'Connell's adherente* from him and his cause. The attempts to intimidate the Roman Catholic Archbishops Murray and Crolly, and the Roman Catholic Bishop Denvir, have failed. They re fused to be influenced by his threats, or to be cajoled by his persuasions. Mr. Blake and Sir P. Bellew were equally firm in their disregard of the agitator. They have accepted the trust created by the Act and offered to them by the Government. Mr. O'Connell has opened the eyes of the most worthy among his countrymen to the real character of his opposition, and the worth of his present political schemes. He , has caused a schism in his own camp. He has placed a gulph between himself and those whose countenance and aid are essential to sustain him under any future 'struggle with the Government. STANDARD.—It is to-day our task—a very un usual task with us—to defend Mr. Daniel O'Connell, and to defend him against the accusations of journals with which he has been intimately and long con nected ; though, like other friends, and even like parties more closely united than by the ties of friend ship, the parties have had their quarrels—we speak of the Times, which for about twenty years served " the monster mendicant," and of the Morning Chro nicle, eehich was his obsequious follower for a still longer period. The two journals named this morn ing agree in charging their late employer and patron with the commission of a capital mistake in 'taking the line which he has taken with regard to the Charitable Bequests Act. Now, we contend that there has been been no mistake in the matter ; that in his late proceeding Mr. O'Connell has acted as cunningly as he ever acted in his life. It was not in his power to evade the difficulty in which he was placed by the wisdom and justice of the Govern ment; but a moment's thought will show, that he has adroitly made the best of the perplexing position, from which it was impossible for him to escape. The aaritable Bequests Act, as our readers are aware, is a law enabling Roman Catholics to make endowment by donation or devise to secure a provision for their secular clergy, but guarding the death bed from improper solicitation, by requiring that the endowment shall be executed and enrolled three months before the death of the donor or devisor, as the case might be ; and in order that there may be no suspicion that the law is unfairly executed, a commission for the management of charitable bequests generally—Protestant and Roman Catholic in common—is provided, and it is enacted that five of ten members of the board shall be Roman Catholics. Nothing surely can be imagined inore wise, just, and liberal than this law ; but because it is wise, just, and liberal, Mr. O'Connell and his friends are embarrassed by it. The truth is, that they did not desire any Charitable Bequests Bill at all, though the want of a distinct law upon the sub ject of endowments seemed an excellent grievance— :l handsome addition to the hacknied falsehood that the poorest people in the empire have to support two churches. The Roman Catholic clergy—the only efficient Roman Catholic party—do not desire endowments, any more than they desire a State provision, because they are much better oft with the help of that elaborate system of taxation which they have wrought up to an exquisite perfec tion. While a priest can represent himself to be absolutely dependent upon the gratitude, generosity, and Christian charity of the pert ignorant creatures at his mercy, he may excis hem at the rate of 3001. or 4001. a-year, the present average in come of Irish priests ; but these gentlemen are sufficiently well aware of the native shrewdness of the most ignorant of their countrymen to know that if the proprietor of a comfortable cottage, with a settled income sufficient for his wants, say 801. . or 1001. a year for a single man, were to call upon them for a penny, he would call upon them in vain. The secular Roman Catholic clergy are therefore exceedingly averse to any endowment of them . selves ; and if any endowment is forced upon their Church, they would willingly push it away to the regulars, who sometimes are, by sheer poverty, compelled to trespass on the market for masses. The Charitable Bequests Act, however, makes no provision for the endowment of the " regular orders," for this good reason, that the law has already provided for the extinction of these orders. Here, then, begins Mr. O'Connell's diffi culty. The priests universally hate and dread the operation of the law, but they cannot avow the true reasons of their hatred and fear of a law so manifestly wise, just, and liberal. The lower class know n othing of the law, and hear nothing of it, except from tree i r priests, and the priests and the lower orders are Mr. O'Connelra paymasters, and consequently his mas ters in all other respects. The intelligent and well disp)sed Roman Catholi cs h e.ve reason le r tT k d n the intolerable w ith a measure which must ultimately go far e tyranny of the aives of Mn h :ay t o v o th s , • ' and which even at present protects them from . „frequent robberies, by death-bed solicitations, t o which they are exposed. The intelligent and well disposed - Kalman Catholics, we repeat it, have reason to be satisfied with the law, and are, in fact, 4;4 7 /, THE SUN, LONDON, ;WEDNESDAY EVENING, DEC highly pleased with it, as they have given proof. This fact, that the law is well received by the , well-disposed and intelligent and, indeed, by all the proprietary class of Roman Catholics is important, because it ensures that an adequate number of Roman Catholics commanding public confidence to work the commission will never be wanting; so as fully to justify Dr. Murray's expla nation, if not apology, that if he did not take a place on the commission, another, perhaps less zealous for the Roman Catholic faith, could easily be found, who would not have any scruple upon the point. It would be ungenerous, probably unjust, to say that all or any of the Roman Catholic gentlemen who have agreed to act upon the commission have been determined by this kind of pis-aller conside ration ; but it is a consideration which, used by any of them as a defensive argument, would be unan swerable. How, then, was Mr. O'Connell to pilot his way through the labyrinth of difficulty in which he found himself? If he were to approve of the Bill, and boast, as the Morning:. Chronicle advises —that it was " his thunder," the fruit of his victory and sufferings—the priests, whose bread he eats, and who in their secret souls abhor the mea sure, would owe him little thanks for such "inoptata tonitrua hand facientia camas'—they would reject with scorn such fruits of victory and martyrdom. And this is not all. Had he avowed approbation of the measure, he must have stultified his own Bill upon the same matter, and of a precisely opposite character. Finally, he must have sacrificed one topic of agitation, and condemned himself to show respect to one law of the Imperial Parlia ment—offerings to loyalty and common sense quite foreign to his metier of " monster men dicant." But it is said he has embroiled himself with his Church by condemning a measure acted upon by three of its bishops. He has, however, done no such thing ; he has a majority of the Roman Catholic bishops, and nearly all the Roman Catholic priests upon his side. It' any one can be said to be embroiled with the Roman Catholic Church in the affair, the parties so embroiled are the five Roman Catholic Commissioners. A few weeks will tell which party will lead the priests and the ignorant populace. Meanwhile it is most unjust to assume that Mr. O'Connell, who never in his life made a mistake where the main chance (money) was con cerned, blunders at that period of life when, as it has been said, all other faculties take leave, to set the party free to give his undivided energies to money getting. No, no, Mr. O'Connell has made no mis take—" an sic notes Ulysses ?" There is no one living who feels more sensibly the force of the old rule : "Be it for better, or be it for worse, Stick fast to th• party who carries the purse." PROM VIII MORNIIS• naquits O' THIS DAT. TIMES.—The Irish Roman Catholic Bequests Act has formed an important epoch in the modern political annals of Ireland, by the signal defeat which it has brought upon Mr. O'Connell. We have al ready directed attention to this very significant and encouraging fact. But there is another point of view in which the same law is of no less—perhaps even of greater—interest and importance. It is in itself the establishment of a great revolution. It introduces a more startling element of change than almost any other of the numerous organic dislocations which our day has seen. Yet there are few similar enactments which can, in cur opinion, plead so much both of ne cessity and justice in their support. It is the legalisa tion of principles long contended against, but now, it may be almost said, already established and conceded ; but it is yet a legalisation which has been conducted, as it seems to us, upon sufficiently safe and moderate grounds. The Roman Catholic Bequests Act: has ef fected two separate objects, the proposal of either one of which would, a few years ago, have most effectually swamped any measure that was encumbered with it. This Act has, in the first place, granted to the Irish Roman Catholic Church that kind and degree of esta blishment which is by many writers on this subject considered to constitute the best and most essential substance of State recognition ; and, in the second place, it has pretty nearly repealed, in favour of the Irish Roman Catholics, the main enactments of the laws of mortmain. Now, no one can say these are small things. There mny be differences of opinion about their right or expediency, but, most un doubtedly, they are great concessions. The first provision to which we have alluded is thus stated by Dr. Murray in the pastoral address we published yesterday, and on which we have already commented. One object of the Act, he says, is " to enable us to invest property in perpetual security, for the purpose of procuring glebes fur our clergy, and building and maintaining churches for the due celebration of Catholic VI orship;" and the words of the 15th section of the Act expressly recognise a Roman Catholic bishop and his successors as a body capable as such of taking and enjoying a perpetual trust in lands and goods. Now, this is not indeed a recognition of the Roman Catholic Church as the national Church of Ireland, but it is a grant to her of precisely the same privileges as those upon which the " nationality" of the pre sent established churches, both in England and Ire land, was originally founded. It is said, that the ori ginal consecration of tithes and other ecclesiastical endowments throughout Christendom was, for the most part, the work of individual acts of donation ; and, whether this view be strictly accurate or not, there seems at least to be little doubt that it was in such acts of individual piety and munificence that the general, the universal, the compulsory, the national endowment of churches first took its rise. This ele ment of endowment first put the present Church of Ireland,—the church which at the Reformation be came " Protestant " against the corruptions of Rome, in the seat and position which she now occupies;— this same element has now been conceded to the Romish Church, which, on account of such her protestation, then separated from her. The concession of such a privilege we conceive to be a matter of mere justice. The existence of the Romish Church in Ireland is a fact which must be met and dealt with. Division must of course be always an evil, and a lamentable one,—and it is the duty of a Christian statesman to take every possible means to put an end to, and avoid it ; nor would we in the least countenance the logic or morality of that careless and mischievous indifferentism, which, while professing to hold that two antagonist and in consistent claims are both equally true, really rejoices in suggesting the inference that both are equally and comfortably false. But the claims of the Anglican and Romish Churches in Ireland are not by any means (at least the former is not) essentially and entirely exclusive of the other of them. All that is inconsistent in the co-existence of the two bodies is their division and distinctness. The position and external facts of the case render it unnecessary, in the matter of so plain a concession as this, to in quire into the theological merits of the con troversy. The power of self-endowment is a right which has been conceded, in some shape or other, to every Diesenting sect in England. With what reason then could it be denied to a branch, how .tver perverted, of the Catholic Church ? The recog nition of the Romish bishops is, indeed, another question. Here, it must be admitted, that further inquiry becomes necessary. But we confess, for ourselves, that the result of that inquiry leads us, on the whole, to approve the recognition. The second great feature of the Act of Parliament on which we are commenting is its repeal of the mortmain laws. Registry of the gift three months before the death of the donor is all that is necessary under this Act to constitute a good charitable bequest or devise. In England it is necessary that twelve months should intervene between the gift and the death, and the gift must, moreover, be made, not by will, but by deed ; and by deed executed and enrolled with certain prescribed formalities. Now, we confess ourselves that we are very glad to see the experiment made as to how far these formalities and precautions are necessary. We are no advocates for their hasty and precipitate abolition in England with out inquiry or examination. It is only because the evils which attend on their existence have in many cases forced themselves upon us, while it has seemed impossible to test satisfactorily the danger or advan tages of their abolition without a trial, that we have ever urged any modification or experimental altera tion in them. But now, it seems, the experiment will, at all events, be tried; and that, too, under cir cumstances which can hardly fail to be convincing. If the Roman Catholic testator, holding the doc trines of the Roman Catholic Church with respect to death-bed donations and bequests, can, without the protection of the mortmain laws, be safe from fraud or undue influence, much more, one would think, ought a Protestant to be so. We cannot con clude our article better than by quoting the very strong, and unqualified expression of opinion on this point which is contained in Dr. Murray's address, with respect to the three months' limitation still re tained in the Act. The distinction made in favour of the poor is worthy of all praise. " Having had occasion to mention the limitation of time within which bequests of land for charitable purposes would be valid, I cannot avoid expressing my deep concern that such a general limitation should have been established. Had it been confined, as it was in the original form of the Bill, to bequests for the service of our Church, I would never utter asword of objec tion against it, because I do not desire that our Church should be enriched by the possession:of exten sive lands. But when I find it also extended to be quests for the poor, I cannot but consider it an undue interference with the dominion of God over his (own gifts, an attempt to limit the operation of his com mand to "give alms," and an unholy instrument for disturbing the peace of a penitent soul when about to render an account of its abused stewardship before the throne of justice. * * * I hold it to be unwise to leave on the statute.book a law which has the appearance of contravening the Jaw of God ; and which, therefore, a virtuous Christian might consider it a conscientious duty to endeavour to evade." PRICES OF SHARES IN CANALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCB AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC. 24. LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Dec. 24. IN RE LEWIS JACESON RANDALL. This insolvent was opposed by Mr. Cooke, on be half of Sr. Riches. He was supported by Mr. Wood ruffe. _ _ . The ease was before the Court on the 19th instant, when the opposition was raised on the ground that Mr. Riches had supplied the insolvent with money to purchase furniture, which he was to sell, and retain two-thirds of the profit, repaying to Mr. Riches the capital snd the remaining one• third of the profit. The insolvent in July, 1843, claimed the furniture as his own, and the creditor in consequence brought an action to recover 1101., but he only obtained a ver dict for 50/., at a cost of 931. 19s. law expenses. The insolvent, in reply, alleged that the furniture was really his own, and that the only occasion on which he represented it to be Mr. Riches's, was in consequence of an arrangement to defeat an execution from the Court of Requests. Ilis books would show that the property was his own. Mr. COOKE then offered to rest his case on the in solvent's books, which were in the possession of an attorney, who had a lien on them. To-day some books were produced, and certain items in one of them were alleged by the opposing creditor to have been altered from the original entries. In one case a sum of 3s. had been altered to 131. 135.; another sum, originally 35., had become 6/. 3s. ; and one of 6s. now appeared to Le 3/. 65. A clerk to insolvent's former attorney deposed to having seen another book, not now produced. The insolvent denied ever having had any such book, and declared that Mr. Riches was a debtor to him to the extent of 200/. The items denied by the opposing creditor were sums paid to him by insolvent, on account of distresses made for him on account of Dr. Moseley. Some of the money was paid into Mr. Riches's bank, to support a floating sum ofso/., which he was required to keep there. The banker's book of the creditor was produced, but no entries were there to be found, corresponding with the insolvent's statement. Mr. Coors urged that this case was one of the greatest fraud. The insolvent had alleged that the verdict against him had been obtained by means of perjury, and had dealt out insinuations on all sides. The books produced to-day evinced a greater amount of crime than had been originally charged to him. Altogether it was one of the grossest cases of fraud and falsification of books that had lately come before the Court. The suppression of another book was sworn to by two parties, and, therefore, on both grounds he (Mr. Cooke) prayed a severe remand. Mr. WooDRVFPE having addressed the Court for the insolvent, The CurEr COMMISSIONER said he did not feel him self justified in remanding the insolvent for a breach of trust, but during his long experience in this Court he had never known a more premeditated concealment of books. There was also clear proof of falsification, one of the greatest offences mentioned in the Act of Parliament. The insolvent has endeavoured to sup port his false allegations to the very last. The judg ment of the Court was, that he be remanded for 14 calendar months from the date of his vesting order. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) BOW-STREET. A stout, well-dressed man, who stated that his name was Bentley, was placed at the bar, charged before Mr. Jardine with having behaved in a riotous manner in a public-house in Holywell-street, Strand, and also with having used the most insulting language to the police at the station-house in Bow-street. It appeared that the prisoner had at an early hour this morning driven up in a cab, accompanied by a woman, whom he represented to be his wife, and celled for a glass of brandy and water. The brand and water was taken out by the barman, upon which the driver tendered sixpence in payment. The barman said the price was a shilling, but if they would not have it he would take it back. The prisoner said, " Oh yes, I'll have it," and immediately knocked the glass out of his hand and broke it. He then behaved in so riotous a manner as to cause a considerable crowd of persons to assemble, and preferred a charge against one of having struck him. The parties imme diately proceeded to the station-house, and the charge was made out, but when called upon to sign it the prisoner refused to do so, saying " he would see the inspector d—d first." The consequence was that the charge was not taken, and the prisoner was ultimately locked up. Mr. JARDINE told the prisoner that his conduct had been very gross, and asked him his station in society, with a view to ascertaining what amount of fine he should inflict. The prisoner, in a haughty and rather insolent manner, replied, " I am a gentleman." Mr. JARDINE-Then I shall sentence you to seven days' imprisonment in the House of Correction.—(A laugh.) The mode of dealing with the case was evidently one which the " gentleman " had never anticipated; and, in homely phrase, he appeared " struck all of a heaj." Yesterday Robert Hobson, the post-office keeper of Walthamstow, who was brought up on Wednesdt.y for embezzling ls. 10d., the postage of a letter ad dressed to Calcutta, was again placed at the bar to answer further charges of detaining newspapers. Mr. Peacock attended for the prosecution, and Mr. J. C. Evans, a barrister, conducted the defence. Peake, the constable, having produced several num bers of the Times, of recent dates, which he had found with other newspapers in the prisoner's house when searching it, under the direction of Mr. W. R. Scul thorpe, on Tuesday week, Mr. R. Lloyd Pinching, a surgeon, residing in Walthamsrow, identified five copies of the Times, dated October 29, November 4, November 5, De cember 3, and December 12, the direction on each of which was in his own handwriting. 'They were ad dressed to his sister, to Dr. Ross, and other parties resident in Ireland, to whom he was in the habit of sending his papers. Some of them had been posted by himself, but a lad in his service generally took them to the post-office, at the prisoner's shop. To the best of his (witness's) belief; the papers produced were directed and sent at different periods. William East, a servant to Mr. Pinching, deposed to having posted the Times newspaper, by his master's direction:, at the prisoner's shop. He had generally put them in the letter-box, but had, on some occa sions, a few months back, taken them into the shop when they had been too bulky t o go th roug h the aper ture outside. They were always, at those times, de livered to the prisoner, or one of his sons or daughters. Mr. Pinching stated that the address on each paper was written upon the margin instead of an envelope, for which a piece of string was substituted. The constable said, that when the prisoner was re quested to account for the possession of the papers, he replied, that he had lately purchased a quantity of waste paper, and supposed they must have come with it. Another case of a similar nature was proved by the evidence of a young woman named Eliza Antony, a servant at IValthatristow, who identified a paper which she had directed to a sister in Monmouthshire, and the envelope of which was found in the prisoner's bed-room. Mr. JARDINE, after hearing the prisoner's counsel, determined on committing him for trial, both for the embezzlement and the misdemeanour. Mr. J. C. Evans hoped that bail would be taken, in consideration of the respectability of the prisoner, whose wife and large family were dependent on his exertions in business. The Rev. J. Freeman, of Wal thamstow, with other parties of equal respectability, would, he said, be his sureties to any reasonable extent. Mr. JARDINE said he could not make any distinc tion in the case, and must therefore refuse the appli cation, so far as it related to the embezzlement. The prisoner was then removed from the bar. The second half of " E. C.'s" donation of a 51. note has duly reached the office. WORSHIP-STREE T. Yesterday James Green, a well-dressed middle aged man, of most determined aspect, and Ann Green, his daughter, a little girl eleven rears of age, were charged before Mr. Bingham with having been found engaged in the manufacture of a large quantity of spurious money; and also with having committed a murderous assault upon two of the officers of the G division of police. It appeared from the evidence of Sergeant Bran nan, who was in such a state of suffering as to be scarely capable of giving his evidence, that having re ceived information the prisoner was closely connected with an extensive gang of coiners who had recently put into circulation a large amount of spurious money, he proceeded, between nine and ten o'clock on the previous evening, accompanied by Cole, a constable of the same division, to the house of the prisoner in Bath-court, City-road. On knocking, the door was opened by the younger prisoner, who, the instant she saw the officers, called loudly to her father ; on which the male prisoner suddenly made his appearance at the top of a flight of stairs commu nicating with a room into which the street-door opened. Witness rushed up the stairs in the hope of seizing the man, and had reached within three steps of the landing, when the prisoner exclaimed, " You've not got me yet, Brannan, you b - thief," ar.d, springing at him, struck him such a violent blow in the chest with his feet, that he was instantly hurled from the top of the stairs to the room telow, where his spine came in contact with the edge of a chair, and the prisoner, who was unable to check his own impetus, fell with his whole weight upon the lower part of the officer's body. Cole then seized the pri soner, and a severe struggle ensued between them, recoveredin rtaua N ch v ceae h tt i es c fohe h rfocoe t p b ctk i aohnoe w fcre i h-aa t ci n ncrid e nof s fa i inlu,ssn w ods h mij o wtneti h tsoth : hilib d nei p .? :r foik. t : i iv a h t e l : y .f containingb o s prisonerom ; - . 9 - culation. The zirl, a determined little vixen, then broke from his grasp and hastened up stairs, followed by the witness, who found her engaged in picking up a great number of base coins which were strewn about the table. While the witness was securing this spurious money the male prisoner, followed by Cole, burst into the room, and seizing a large glass bottle fink d with vitriol, dashed it at the officers, and a large quantity of the burning liquid was in consequence flung over their hands, faces, and the upper parts of their persons. While the officers were in this con dition, the male prisoner pulled from under his apron a bag filled with counterfeit coin and handed it to the girl, desiring her to get rid of it; but the witness Brannan succeeded in getting it from her and secur ing the other false coin on the table, the whole toge ther amounting to more than a hundred shilling and bait crown pieces. The witness and Cole then searched the room, which was fitted up like a regular workshop, with work-bench and every description of tools, among which were two very curiously manu factured implements, consisting each of a bright double metal plate, 6 inches by 3, Rad furnished with screws and nuts, for the purpose of securing the coin tightly during the application to it of plating-liqaids and acids, several bottles of which were found in the apartment. The prisoner, it appeared never cast the coins himself, but received them in a roughly manu factured state from other members of the gang, by whom he was employed in finishing them and render ing them complete for circulation. Brannan said, that during his struggle with the prisoner, the inju ries he had received were of such a serious nature, that he was apprehensive he should feel the effects of them as long as he lived. Cole, the other officer, whose hands and wrists ap peared severely scorched and swollen, corroborated the sergeant's evidence, and stated, that while he was en gaged in the struggle with the prisoner, the latter set a bull-dog upon him, which bit and clung to him with such pertinacity, that he had the greatest diffi culty in beating it off. Both the officers described the resistance offered by the male prisoner as being the most desperate they ever encountered, and said that he was most actively aided in it by his daughter, who exhibited a degree of violence scarcely credible for a child of such tender years. The male prisoner, in defence, declared that the whole of the articles found by the police had been left at his house only an hour previously by a man who had promised to call for them a short time afterwards, and that he was wholly innocent of any guilty use of them. Sergeant Brannan intimated to the magistrate that he was satisfied, from the information he had re ceived, the prisoner had been carrying on this system of fraud for a long time past, and that about a year ago the prisoner's youngest child, a little girl about two years old, had lost its life in consequence of drinking some of the burning liquids used by the pri soner in the process of manufacturing the base coin, the prisoner at the coroner's inquest accounting for the little creature's death by a statement precisely si• miler to that he now made. Mr. BINGHAM expressed great regret at the inju juries the officers had sustained, and ordered both prisoners to be remanded for a week, that the solicitor to the Mint might attend and prosecute the case against then. Div Weed per Annum. per cent. 41. 221 - . 161. U. 106. Vs. per cent. 41. Wt. .15s. 71. 11. se. 111 lis. W. .ss. .I.lof. 544 101. 51. 701. 171. 301. 3_ 17..041. 104 6pereent. SIS sir. ti. los. 151. 341. 10s. 101. 104. 41. 1.4 a. cent A per cent. 41 per cent. 1 per cent. U. 10e. 5 per cent. I. per cent. 111 per cent. I per cent. 4 per cent. % per cent. 11. Os. Ed. Id. per cent. 14 7i. S. iii. 4 per cent. 6 per cent. 6 per cent. 3s. 6d. pr sh ss. er share per cent. Sl. 6s. per cent. oc 31s. bs. per cent. 5 per cent. per cent. 6 per cent. !per cent. 4s. 'is. 6d. per cent. 'l9s. 12 . sh. be. U. sa. 5 per cent. Spec cent. 5 per cent. per cent. 11. 55. 5 per cent. 4.i per cent. 4.. 5 per cent. KA percent S per cent. 6 per cent. b per cent. per cent. 6per cent. per cent. per cent. 3 per cent. 8 per cent. as per share 3s. per share 10 per cent, per cent. 166. 11. Se. U. 7. Si. and ►a. 1 41. and ba. per cent. t cent. 1)l. 101. 61 per ch 6s per th 41. 6 per cent. 5 per cent.: 6 per cent. 5 per cent 'per cont. 114 per cent. 31. 12c. 21. 1116. 21. 106. :per cent. 41. 166. 11. 146. 21.135. p. eh. 11. 4s. per cent. gs. per sh. V. 53. per Alt oo per cent 3 per cent. V. Os. per AM .2%1. per sh. 12A. per &b. per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cert. 1%/. per eb [Ol. per sh. 11. 14a. 31. per share 384.1 par sh 11.175. pr 113 s per st. 11. 11. se. 15e. IL lOtt. 0 per cent. per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. ... 4 11. SI. 'a. 6d. I. 10s. percent. Oa. per &h. 11. 104 perch. .10111 Price. Names of Com panies. Canals. As.. I s and Oldham... Ashby-de-la-Zouch- AY Basingstoke Breckneck & Abergay. Birrningham,l-16th ch. Do. and Liverp. June. Chelmer & Blackwater Coventry ................... Cremford Dudley Derby Danube and Ilayne.... Ellesmere and C hester Erewash ••• • ••••...... Forth and Clyde..-..... Grand Juncti0n.......... Grand Grand Surrey .....«.«.. Grand Westent.......« GLtmosgansti. a;. cost Gloucester k Berkeley Grantham Huddersfield Kennet tad Avon ...av Lancaster Leeds and Liverpool.. Leicester ....... ..... Leicester k Northam,. Loughborough ....ay Monmouthshire ..... Montgomeryshire.... Melton M0wbray........ Mersey and 1rwe11...... Macclesfield ..... Oxford ........... Peak F0re5t..........av Regent's (or Lendun).. R0chda1e......_.„....w Somerset Coal. De. Lock Fund Stock Stafflord and Worcester 5hrew5bury,............... Stourbridge.—......... Stratford .on-Aven av 5wan5ea................... Severn k Wye & Trent k Mersey, 14 Thames & Medway av Warwick and Sirming. Warwick and Napten... Worcester & Binning. Wilts and Berk, .av Wisbeech .......... Wey and A run....... Docks. Commercial East and West India London Ditt• Bonds . ..... Bristol .............. ...... ao Do.Bndo,var.arnounts St. Katharine.. ....... Ditto Bonds Ditto Bonds Southampton ...«....« Sridre• Southwark, new Subi, Ditto New •f 7 pr c. Waterloo Ditto 011 Ana. of 81,. Ditto New ditto of 71. Ditto 801tdA............. VauxhzlL...—.......av Assurances. Albion...—. .......... Alfred Life . Alliance Brit. and For Ditto Atlas Birmingham Fire British Commercial Cler. Med. Sc Gen. Life County Economic Life ..... European Life....... ..... Ditto New ...... Freemasons Globe ....... Guardian - 1-lope Life Ditto Fire.. Imperial .. Fire Ditto Life Indemnity Marine...... Law Life Legal and General Life London Fire.............. Ditto Ship National Loan Fund Neptune Marine Palladium Llfe Protectot Provident Life sock Life It yet Exchange Sun Fire Ditto Life University Life Universal Life Union Fire and Life Joint Stk Minks Australasi..... ....... Ditto New ..... Brit. North American Commercial of London Colonial London & Westminstr Ditto London Joint Stock Metropolitan Provincial of Ireland Ditto New National of Ireland Nat. Provincial Englnd Ditto New Gloucestershire. Union of Australia Union of London Gaslight 4. Coke Bath ....... ....... British Ditto Binning. sf Staffordsh, Bristol ................ ...«. Brighton... ..... Ditto General City of London ..... Ditto New Continental Consolid Ditto New Equitable Imperial Isle of Thanet ....... Independent Phcenix ........ RatclitT South Metropolitan.... United Genera 1,......., Westmins. Chartered.. Ditto New ..... •••••••••••• Water Works. Birsningharn East Grand Junction .av Rent ..... ...... Nw Riv Lon. Bridg An. Manchester and Salford Vauxhall late S. Lond. West Middlesex ay Yrk BuldgCo.Les Prop Iron Railways. Birmingham & Derby Birming. & Gloucester Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Eastern Counties Edinburgh & Glasgow Grand Junction.. Great North of Engind West Western Ditto Half Share. Ditto Fifths Harwich (Braithwaite) Hull and Selbv ...... Lancaster and Carlisle Leedi and Selby Liverpool & Manchestr Ditto Halt-Shares London and Brighton Ditto Loan Notes London and 2119ckwall Londe') and Greenwich London and Birmingh. Ditto Quarter-Shares Ditto London and S. Western London and Croydon Manchester and Leeds Ditto New Shares Manchatr and Firming Midland Counties North British Norwi h & Brandon Northern and Easters Ditto Scrip, iss. Si. die Paris and Orleans Paris and R0uen.„....„ Rouen and Havre Stockton & Darlington South East. and Dover Yarmouth and Norwich lark and N. Midland Ditto New Shares Mines. Albion Copper —.. Alten Anglo Mex., iss.sl. p.m. Ditto Subscription..." Bolanos Ditty , Scrip Brazil. Imp. isa. 51. p.m Do. Mocaub. & Coc. U Do. St. John Del Rev British Iron Ditto Registered Cobre Copper Copiapo Columbian WS. SL p.m. General Mining ..... Hibernian... Imperial Slate Compy. Mexican ..... Mining Co. 01 Ireland.. Real del Monte, Unreg. Ditto Loan N0te5...... Rhymney Santiago de Cuba...". United Mex., 45.24 pm. Ditto Scrip ...... . Ditto New 5crip....... • Literary. Londn,with Sin.Tleket London University Russell King's College Miscellaneous Anglo Mexican Mint Australian Agriceltur Brit. American Land, Canada ........ Upper Canada Bonds—. Gen. Steam Navigation Iberian Mercantile Co. .D Ate Property Met. Wood Pay., iss. 11. Mex. and L American New Brunswick (Land) New Zealand Penins. & Orion. Steam Royal Mail Steams ...... Reversionary Int. Soc. South Australian . ...... Thames Tunnel.... ..... Van thenten's Land ... 1011 • 11 It. 4a, 14 15s. II 0 • 100 0 ) 50 0 0 10.3 • • II • • SIP • • 35 I• • 32 10 • eper cent per mot. APS. and', ta.6d. be. 11 . 0$ S 99 .500 1000 10$11 14 • 0 1 10 0 5 • 0 9 7 • 0 trs • 0 25 0 0 50 • 0 tper cent. 7per cent. IN per cent Oper cent 100 ' l4O • 0 25 • 0 20 • 0 54 14 50 0 0 21 • 01 404 0 LIST OF SCOTTISH COM DEC. 7, 1 Bank of Scotland Royal Bank British Linen Compny Commercial Bank Glasgow Union Bank National Bank Western Bank .... Caledonian Insurance Hercules Insurance North Brit. Insurance Insurance Co. of Scot!. Edinburgh Life Insur. Scottish Union Input Standard Life Insur Dalkeith Railway Edin. and Glas. Railwy Glasg. and Green. Rail. Dundee and A rkzr Rail 'ANIES' PRICES. 6 per cent. 6 per cent. 8 per cent. 6 per cent 7j per cent. 6 per cent. Bper cent. 16 per cent. 7 per cent. 9 per cent. bper cent. Cper cent. sper cent. 5 per cent. 5 percent. per cent. 10 10 0 0 10 0 10 0 12 10 1 0 I 2 10 50 0 0 5000 25 0 0 96 0 0 Monday evening, at about half-past eleven, a fire broke out in the steward's room of the Millbank prison; by the prompt and judicious measures of the Governor it was, 119wever, got under and extinguished before one o'clock tpo .3FP4NV V.A. I. • . AMOUIIt Share. Paid. A a. i. 100 0 0 41 13 4 100 - 0 0 100 - 0 0 210 3 135 21 10M 40' 640 139 Alrpaid 123 123 11 480 230 30 125 • 0 145 • 0 79 9 8 100 0 • 26 9 5 50 • 0 19 b $ 100 • 0 100 • • 78 8 • 67 10 8 105 0 0 119 0 • 100 • 0 Stock Steck MI I 0 Stiek - 60 • • 50 0 83 2 8 54 0 0 100 0 4 .... 70 li 3 500 8 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 • 50 0 0 250 0 0 50 • • 100 0 • 100 • e 50 0 0 1009 0 • 20 0 • 20 0 0 20 • • Stock 100 • • 25 • • 25 • • 500 • • 105 • • 100 • • 100 • • 50 • 0 25 0 • 25 • • 20 • 0 50 • 0 50 0 e 20 • 0 100 • 8 5 0 A Stock 100 0 0 109 0 0 204 0 0 N 0 0 SS a • 100 • 0 100 • • 100 • • 50 • 0 25 • 0 100 • 0 10 • • SO • 0 100 • • 21 • • 50 • • 25 • • 54 0 0 2. • • 40 • 0 2• • • 77 10 • so • • s• • • 20 • • 20 • • 100 0 0 100 • • 75 • • 51 0 0 50 • • 50 • 9 25 • • 30 0 0 50 • 0 100 • 0 50 • 0 50 • 0 50 0 0 50 • 0 25 0 • 100 8 • 41 13 4 114 I 4 34 100 • • 83 11 IN 0 • 100 0 • 100 0 0 1011 0 0 i• 0 • AO 0 0 40 0 • 59 • 0 5 • • 11 • 0 - 5 • 0 5 9 • 55 0 • li 0 0 S 111 0 10 0 0 I - 5 I 43 2543 I • All raid V • 3 0 • so 10 o 2 10 0 2 10 ( 54 11 0 0 5 13 • 10 0 0 2 12 10 • 12 10 0 2 10 • 2 8 0 5 0 0 1 0 • II • • 10 0 0 II 0 • 6 5 0 0 • 6 40 0 0 40 0 20 0 25 • 20 • • 20 • • 10 0 • 7 10 • 25 0 • 10 • • 17 10 • 35 0 0 II • 0 • 25 • 0 10 • 0 16 I I 11 0 0 19 0 0 ... 50 i 0 20 0 0 100 • • 75 0 0 3 5 0 2il • 0 50 • 0 50 0 • 20 0 • 31 • 0 39 0 0 II 0 • 25 0 0 {• • • ii 0 I) 25 0 2 _ 101 o e 109 • • 10 • • 5 • 5 0 • 2:3 0 • 541 6 • 100 • • 100 • • 'l5 0 • 50 • 0 12 • 0 2 0 1 50 0 • 10 • 0 1(4 0 • 100 0 0 50 0 • 56 0 • 10 • • 100 • 0 2 • o as o • - • 70 • 0 30 • 0 40 0 • 100 0 • 7 10 0 • • 43 0 0 0 0 90 0 0 20 0 0 12 0 [ lOO 0 • 50 0 0 18 0 0 50 0 • 95 0 0 3 1 • 0 14 10 • ,100 0 V 25 0 ( 150 • • 21 I • 25 • 0 15 I • 75 0 • 7 10 • 7 10 • 40 il • 19 11 0 55 0 0 20 0 0 10 10 0 1 0 0 59 0 0 7 • 0 150 e • 50•• 10 e • 40 • • - 2 10 • NO 0 6% 53.. 40A 141 40% 1 6 5/ 180 27.4 45% 16 IJ~ 1~ 215 SAN 51 12% 61i 9% 26 76},i 17% 141 5 • 0 15 0 0 100 0 0 151 0 0 35 0 • 25 0 • 20 • 0 100 0 2* 0 • 28 • 0 55 0 • 29 • 0 50 • 0 10 • • 60 • • 25 • • SO • • 25 • • 40 0 0 75 • 0 100 I 0 2500 41••• IC 74 5% IS 101% 2S 11 27 it 3ft pin 1 ,s 5 1 20 6 41 i 3ig 103% 31 5% 4 45% 10 1,3% 37 17 25 271. k 20 96 ti 4% 19 X 4 ' 4% 1111 176 25, THAMES POLICE. James Bridgeman was finally examined yesterday on the charge of stealing several tools, the property of John Cross, of No. 6, Tichborne-court, Holborn. The facts of the case have already appeared in the The Sun. The prisoner, it will be remembered, was dug out of the flue of the vestry-room of the Union Chapel, Bow-lane, Poplar, on the morning of Saturday week, where his groans throughout the night alarmed the whole neighbourhood. He was taken by Plowright, the constable, who rescued him from the perilous position in which he was fixed in a state of uncon sciousness, to the station-house, and thence to the London Hospital, whence he was brought to this Court on the ensuing Monday, charged with being found in the flue for the purpose of committing a felony. As, however, the Act of Parliament 7th and Bth George IV., cap. 29, to constitute a burglary in a house of worship requires that something should be stolen, and as no property had been taken by the prisoner, the charge could not be supported. He was, however, remanded on the charge of burglary at Mr. Cross's, whose house he broke open in the night, carrying off tools and other articles of property, as far back as 1842. The prisoner was fully committed yesterday, to take his trial at the next session of the Central Criminal Court. UNION-HALL. James Carr, a green-grocer, residing in Ber mondsey, was placed at the bar before Mr. Trail!, charged with forging the name of James William Carr, his brother, to varions documents, whereby he had defrauded him of considerable property. A solicitor appeared for the prosecutor, and stated that his client was possessed of freehold property in the neighbourhood of Cow-cross, and had on no occa sion sold or assigned it. He went abroad about 16 years ago, and on his return a few months since, he found that all his property had been mortgaged and sold to the prisoner. Some portion of it he regained by actions in the Queen's Bench ; but other property had been sold by the prosecutor, who signed his name to the conveyance. Mr. TRAU.L inquired where the deeds were now ? The solicitor replied, that they were in the hands of a solicitor in Red Lion•square, where they were signed. Mr. TRAILL said that the deeds must be produced. He asked the prisoner whether he wished to say any thing in answer to the charge ? The prisoner acknowledged signing his brother's name, but he did not receive any consideration for it. lie then informed the magistrate that a few years ago he was in reduced circumstances, when a man, named Price, came to him, and said that he could get him some money to start in business if he could give some security by placing deeds in the parties hands. Several documents were shown him, which he signed, but never received any consideration for it. Mr. TRASLL said that his not receiving considera tion did not alter the charge, but, as the offence was committed in another district, the charge must be investigated there. The prisoner was then taken to Clerkenwell Police court, by Winch, 40 M, to undergo an examinatio at that place. KINGSTON Three sturdy vagrants, named Thompson, Jones, and Tacker, were brought before Captain Roberts and Messrs. Williams and Sharpe, charged by Hogg, the porter of the Kingston Union ‘Vorkhouse, with refusing to comply with the regulation of the board of guardians, by which casual paupers are required to break a certain quantity of bones in return fur the food and night's lodging at - Yarded to them. It would appear, from the number of similar cases that have recently been brought before this bench, that the paupers have resolved to set the regulation in question completely at defiance. The rule or the union is, that, upon the application of a casual pauper at night, he is admitted to the union, arid, the next morning, before leaving, he is required to break twenty pounds weight of bones, which is done by a pestle amid mortar. They almost invariably, however, refused, and at length the guardians reduced the quantity to be broken from twenty to fifteen pounds ; but this seemed to be equally unpalatable to the paupers, and a great many have been committed for refusing to break this quantity ; and at length the guardians, finding there was an evident determination among this class of persons to set these regulations at defi ance, have resolved to proceed against all persons so offending. In the present case it appeared that the defendants were admitted at night as casual paupers into the workhouse, arid they were then told they would be required to break fifteen pounds' weight of bones before they left in the morning. When they had had their breakfast, however, and were required to do the work allotted to them, they positively refused, and the police were accordingly called in, and they were given into custody. Captain ROBERTS asked the defendants what they had to say in answer to the complaint? Jones, who acted as spokesman, said that all that was given to them at the workhouse was a piece of bread, some dry straw, and an old rug, and he did not think that they ought to be made to break fifteen pound 3 of bones for the little relief they had received. The BENCH said that these proceedings had become quite intolerable, and must be put a stop to. The magistrates had taken the pains to inquire the nature of the labour required, and had ascertained that it was by no means difficult, and could easily be per formed, and the paupers were bound to do what was required of them in return for the relief they re ceived. As they had refused to do so they would be committed to the House of Correction to hard labour for one month. AIR AND EIRRCISE.—PeopIe who are travelling, especially in clear frosty weather, when the atmosphere is of the greatest specific gravity, and more oxygen is taken into the lungs at a single inspiration than in hot cr hazy weather will drink as much spirit with impunity as would intoxicate them five or six times over, were they sitting in a confined room. It is not an uncommon thing for a man, whose maximum of whiskey toddy is a couple of glasses, to find, after having ascended Tien Lomond, that he has unknowingly swallowed a whole bottle of undiluted Glenlivat. The Highlanders are proverbial fur the quantity of whiskey they drink, and for the little injury it does them. Many of them habitually drink 4 wine-glass of raw spirit directly upon rising ill 4 41 0 4'n! ing. To th em it i s a " cu p that etteera qt net ine briates," They are not into*icated by it for the moment, nor do they suffer in any marked de4reo from the usual remote consequences of dram drinking, Thuy.ar--- like the tavern keeper and tin) spier. .- not crowded city—je,u4diewi , tippler of the - - _• • consumptive, impotent, imbe or paralysed, dying before his time. They are hale, cheerful, and vigorous, despite their practices. And wherefore this marvellous difference? Fresh air anti fTee eateroise are the foundation of it el.—Medical rit44efi -11,1 ....Jai ._~ ... .... BE 1844. MUNICIPAL FARRINGDON WITIM ELECTIONS. 'T.-DECLARATION OF POLL. Rieman of the Ward, an yesterday as follows : Mr. Isherwood-- ..., 330 Mr. Harding 328 Mr. Stokes Mr. Hodgson . 396 Mr. Anderton TITE Sir JAMES DUKE, the nounerd the state of the poll Mr. Bedford 455 Mr. Williams Mr. Ohbard Mr. 'Taylor Mr. Born Mr. Buckwaster Mr. Barnard 360 Mr. Gresham Mr. Edkins Mr. Prendergast Mr. Rarnshaw The sixteen first gentlemen were accordingly elected. The Chairman then appointed Mr. Bedford and .11r. Obbard his deputies.—(Cheers.) On asking for a vote for the expenses, Dr. LYNCH expressed his gratitude to the ward (or the position in which he had been placed, for •Liough he was not placed in a majority, he considered his po sition on the poll a triumph, as he had not crossed a threshold to ask for a single vote.—(Loud cheers.) lie complained of the means used by his opponents to. prevent his election, for, if he was elected, they know he would endeavour to break up the myst, ry which hung over the Court of Common Council. —(Cheers. Mr. BEDFORD, and the other gentlemen elected. turned thaeks. Mr. WILLIAMS, in returning thanks, said that there was a great deal of mystery about the Common Council and the Corporation, which he for one would wish to see removed.—(Cheers.) Mr. OBBARD in returning thanks, said that there was no information which could not be obtained by going to the Town Clerk's-office, and the Recorder had declared that any one of them had a right to demand any in formation he might require. Mr. TAYLOR said that if there was any mystery in the Common Council, it was because they were not each of them omniscient. Mr. Taylor then alluded to the bigotry of the Court of Aldermen in rejecting Mr. Salo mons, whose family had resided in the City for a century. and who had been himself a magistrate of two counties. It was owing to the most brutal and bigoted intolerance that Mr. Salomons was rejected by the majority of the Court of Aldermen.—(Cheers.) After other gentlemen had spoken, the wardmote broke up. COLEMAN-STREET WARD. --- The poll finally closed yesterday at one o'clock, when the numbers were : - Mr. Hall 92 Mr. Allan 9O Mr. Hale Mr. Phillips. B9 Mr. Davies BB Mr. Bracher B7 Mr. Perkins 8 Mr. Johnson 72 *Mr. Single 3B This ward return Those marked thus * BILLINGSGATE WARD. Mr. Bower 135 is eight members. * are new candidates. .—t ;LOSE OF THE POLL. *Mr. Francis lO5 Mr. Curling Mr. Old Mr. Johnson ll6 Mr. Williams Mr. Proberts llO *Mr. R. Roberts Mr. Knill PORTSOKEN WARD.—CLOSE OF THE POLL. The :polling recommenced yestiaerdayeat the Three Nuns, Aldgate, before F. G. Moon, Esq., Alderman ol" the Ward. At the close at four o'clock the numbers were— Aft. Wright, Deputy.. 177 Mr. M'Kenzie l3B Mr. Parker Mr. Hayward Mr. Kilby Mr. Christie The first eight gentlomen were elected and sworn in members of the Court •f Common ww►ei,. THE LATE CALAMITOUQ FIRE IN GUILFORD-STREET. FINDING OF THE OTHER BODIES. Between two and three yesterday the bodies of the police-constable, Wright, and Jenkins, the groom, were found in the ruins. They were not far from each other. Wright's body presented a dreadful appearance; it was frightfully contused and flattened, and almost every bone in his body appeared to be broken. When the burning mass fell upon him he must have been in a stooping posture, as his limbs were bent. Jenkins was found lying on his face, and his body also presented a horrid spectacle. The bodies were placed in shells, and conveyed to St. Giles's Workhouse, to await the Coroner's inquest. INQUEST ON THE BODIES. Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest, at half-past three yesterday afternoon, at the Angel Inn, High street, St. Giles's, on the bodies of Robert Birkmire and John Wright, police-constables ; Charles Jenkins, a groom ; and William Robinson, a clerk ; all of whom lost their lives in the late calamitous fire at No. 67, Guilford-street, on the morning of Saturday last. The jury, having been sworn, proceeded, with the Coroner, to view the remains of the unfortunate persons, which lie in the dead-house of St. Giles's workhouse. The bodies presented a frightful appearance—that of the youth Robinson being burned almost to a cinder—so much so, that his remains could scarcely be distinguished as those of a human being; the others were frightfully mutilated, and presented all the appearances of persons who had been suffocated, and pressed with considerable violence by some heavy mass. On the return of the Coroner and jury, Mr. Farey, the pntleinan who occupied the house situated at No. 67, Guilford-street, was then called, and was asked by the Coronet if he could give any particulars respecting the origin of the fire ? He said he could not account :or it, and that it was quite unexpected by him; when he was aroused from his sleep, he thought that the fir reame from the back of the premises. But this he cou3d not positively state, as ho was dreadfully excited at the time, and had great difficulty in saving hi life, and the lives of his family and servants. This gentleman was no sworn ; his evidence was consequently not gone into at I.ny length. There were several witnesses, including the police and fire men, in attendance, but The Coaorma:suggested to the fury the adjourn ment of the inquiry until Monday next. He re gretted that he could not adjourn it to any day before Monday, as he had considerable busina..s to transact, which would occupy the greater portion of his tune until the end of the week. He was, however, then prepared to go into the inquiry if convenient to them ; but he thought the best course would be to adjourn until that day. It appeared that the premises had not yet been examined lby Mr. Braidwood, with a view to discover, if possible, by such means the cause of the calamity. In all cases of this nature the fullest investigation was necessary, and by that day the pre mises would no doubt be thoroughly examined. He therefore suggested to them the adjournment of the inquiry until the day he had named. The jury having consulted, informed the Coroner that they had no objection to adopt his proposition. The inquiry was then adjourned until ten o clock on Monday morning next. MARKET IN TELLIGEN C E.. (From the London New Price Current of pee. 24.) SCCAR. —The stock of British Plantation is now 15.636 hhds and trcs, which is 359 more than lust year at this time. The stock of Mauritius is 93,444 hags, which is 9,371 more than last year; the stock of Bengal is now 115,145 bags, which is 59,621 more than last year. The stock of other East India 125,909 bags, which is 56,328 more than last year. The delivery of British Plantation was 1,281 hhds and tierces, which is 52 more than last year at this time ; the delivery of Mauritius was 1,399, which is 873 leis than last year ; the deliv. ry of Bengal was 8,107 bags, which is 2,517 more than last year at this time ; the deliveries of other East India was 3,217 bags, which is 954 more than at the eorres ponding period of last year REFINED.—The home trade have purchased Refined Goods with increased freedom, and there being only a moderate supply, they are compelled to pay advanced rates, Brown Lumps fetching 71s 6d to 725, Standard Lumps 73s to 73s 6d, Tittlers, low to middling 71s 6d to 735, good 74s to 755, fine and very fine 76s to R3s—llatubro' Loaves 73s to 81s, double ditto 82s to 925, and wet lumps 70s to 716 per cwt. Of the low and middling descriptions the sugar houses have been nearly cleared. The con sumption is much greater than it was last year ; the dif ference between yellow West India Sugar and Standard Lumps is only 5s to 5s 6d per cwt, Pieces have been in excellent request, and prices are sustained—sales of fine made at 67s to 695, good 63s to 665, and inferior 56s to 626 per cwt. For Bastards lower rates have been accepted. MAURITIUB.—The business transacted by private eon tract has been upon a more extended scale At previous rates ; at auction 1,143 bags were disposed of at and after the sale, good yellow at 59s to 61s 6d, mid and good mid 55s to 58s, and low 52s to 53s Cvd, The stock here is nearly all in the dealers' hands ; the difference in prices of middling kinds of yellow and grey compared with those of Bengal is not so largo as it was, and which may be ascribed to the falling off of the supply of the latter. EAST INDlA.—There has been a much better demand for all descriptions of Bengal Sugar, and by private contract the large quantity of 16,000 bags found pur chasers since this day week at full but not at higher rates brown has fetched 41s to 495, low yellow 506 to 535, middling 54s to 575, good middling and good 58s to 635, fine and very fine 64s to 70s; white, low 58s to 60, middling 61s to 635, good 64s to 665, and fine 66s 6d to 69s per cwt; the principal part consisted of I)obah. None has been offered at auntion, Foreign East India Sugar is still held with firmness. In Manilla there has been little passing by private treaty. FoueioN.—Holders of all descriptions remain firm, and still refrain from offering any at public sale. The brown descrtptions of Brazil have mat with ett.: ntion and full rates are obtained. There not sellers o yellow Havannah, exceptinir at 41,"'ily former ouote.t cos, but there are few' • orders just now ; fo see rage esee- ,- 21s to 21s 6d per cwt 8 featdt-d in white the transactions have been trifling, on 1 t : value there is little variation to notice, low to middling is 25s 6d to 275, good 28s to 295, and fine 30s to 32, per cwt. Other kinds of Foreign Sugar are unaltered in value. MoLASSES. The low rates that prevail for West India hare at length attracted attention, and an exten sive business has been transacted upon preriQue terms ; the purchases amount to 800 puns at 20e to 23s 6d for ordinary and middling St. Vincents, Montserrats, Nevi s ' Deinerura, Antigua, Dominica, and St. Kitts. RlM—There are many purchasers of Bengal, and full rates have been offered, but the market is still sparingli supplied : none has been offered at auction, but by private contract 5,000 bags have been sold, low at I is to 11s middling 114 6d to lls 9,1, and superior 193 t 0 12s 6d per cwt, the chief part consisted of the lots er sorts, and the demand principally to she' ply West India orders. Madras is wanted, and the rates paid are rather above those previously quoted. There are several purchasers of yellow and common white Java at 9s to lOs per cwt ; but the better sorts more off slowly at 10s 6d to 12s per cwt. Cleaned Bic ° at 23s to 276 for Carolina, and at 148 to 18s per cwt fo r Patna. . COFFEE.—Holders of West India are for the most pet not disposed to submit to any further decline in pric es ' and have refrained from offering any at auction. In" porters of East India have manifested more firma" The demand has increased for Ceylon, and en advance in prices of is per cwt has occurred f t . ° ordinary to fine ordinary. In Plantation kinds 1 "' transactions are upon a more extended scale by priv ete contract at former terms. Mocha is held for late rates' but buyers are cautious in their proceedings : low Yel t°ll is Gla to 665, mid 67s to 70s, good mid 71s to 755, g o° 2 76s to 80s, and supt rior 82s to 86s per cwt. 4 '; previous rates purchases to a fair extent he r ,'" been made privately in Singapore Java st t s t to 375, and superior at 58s to 42s per cwt, in Company's there has been scarcely 1131 business transacted, and the nearest valise is 49s to 5 1 ° per cwt, being the same prices that have prevailed fo r some weeks: the consumption is interfered with by othe r sorts of Coffee which are selling at comparatively i n " rates. Holders of Foreign Coffee are reluctant to gieel in prices, and still supply the market sparingly witn,„„. sorts. To-day the market was firm for Ceylon Cer7,,' and a fair business was transacted privately, good a' . nary at 52s to 53s per cwt. SPICES. —Holders of Ginger show firmness, and suPP I I; the market sparingly with all sorts. The parcels of and West India sold privately were at full rates—at s* A c . tion 200 bags of Malabar fetched 19s per ewt for fri t fair bold rather wormy; The good and fine ,b n '„ kinds of East India and Jamaica are wanted. In . 53 0, 1 c; little business has been transacted, and prises 1. ; - , very low in comparison with those of last season. CIO: are not offered upon lower terms, but there are few d orders. Prices are firm for Nutmegs, and a good desit t has existed at 3s to 3s lld for brown, and 4s to 45 vi o per lb for fine. The importation this year has been 51 packages, and in 1843 it was 488 packages. Russ, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—lmporters of Lt r wards Island Kum submitting to a further reductioe IS prices has occasioned the demand to be good, end 2s 24d to 2s 3iel per gallon, proof, several parcels hil l been disposed ot'. Demerara has met with little 1 111° .. , 9 ; tion, 140 puns having been sold at 3s Id to 3s s d. r„, gallon for 29 to 35 per cent overproof. Jan is°l ,s,l, common is 3s 6d to 3s Bd, middling 3a 9d to 5 0 ' 60° good 3s lld to 45 3d, fine and very Pe 4s 4d to 6s. Calcutta at 2s 2d to 2s 20 r t e gallon, proof with certificate. For Jamaica prices h e r 9d to Is, and for Leewards 4d to 6d per gallon hig than they were on the 24th of December last Ye t The low and middling description of Brandy We ° r e f with more attention, and for the best sorts good demand has existed. Cognac, best brsal l 39 , the vintage of 1838, hhds 5s 2d, puns Sc ; ditto, ) °,d. hhds 4s I Id, puns 4s 9d ; ditto, 1840, hhds 43 I , to, puns 4s 9d; ditto, 1841, hhds 4s 10d, puns 4s 8d; 4 : 11 . 1842, hhds 4s 7d, puns 4s sd; ditto, 1843, hhds 43 s vo puns 4s 3d, common 2s 8d to 2s lid, and middliegj to good middling 3s to 3s led. Bordeaux common 2 ° , 6 far 2s 8d per gallon. Geneva at is 10d to is 11d, 0 1 , 00 arrival at is 9d to is 10d; fine fit for duty hair 2d selling at 2s 4d to 3s 6d. English Corn Spirits 1 " per gallon, nett cash. eel ( ' TEA.—There has been no arrival since this day w i In Uungou large purchases have been made, all u b lio rates paid are kd per lb above those of the hot r e j t o sales, for ordinary and good ord descriptions; the ID all kinds fully sustain the previous currency; advance has been obtained; common sound I ld to :, 11 : s a rather coarse to rather strong 11 iat to is Id, blksh leaf rather strong Is 2d to is 4d, good strong blackin o gt le 4id to is 6d, fine is 7d to is 9d, and Pekoe P °. s o Is 9.i to 2s 6d per lb; of common and mid kinds, whi ch ro r the moat is request, the supply is small. For obit chong prices are fully as high as they were ca day week, • and many purchases have been Int o at 6d to 10d, and in some cases lld to is O b i t ,' a lb has been paid. Of Souchong some parcels have m il sold upon firmer terms. In common Twankay s ev- 5 0 purchases have been made at firm rates, Is 3d to is having been currently paid, and the market has wi e d nearly cleared. Other sorts are wonted, brightis j h oi to has been selling at is 4d to Is 9d, and Hyson . 1 5.1. '2s 6d. Scented Orange Pekoe of fine quality 3s 4d 1 03 0 0 To-day purchasers in sound common Congou, ce shs s a to made at lld to 110, and Twankay ordinary le • r Is 4d per lb. The Tea market closes with * fir° pearance. ted SAGO.—There has been a good businetii tr in t g oi of Pearl Sago by private contract, and the te l l," ;fif 15s prices is still upwards, low quality has been fot e " — ,:a 20* to 16s, middling 17s to 19s, good middling tO g ° ,,„ de. to 225, and fine 23s to 265. The stock is still on crease. Sago Flour is wanted, at 18s to 18s 6,1 for g°_ ip% and 17s to 17s 6d per cwt for middling quality , b: t p the former value. Farina or Potato Flour is mat' request. FaurT.—The demand for Curia - n - 6s has been but the importers appear firm in their prices. v s iet4 are steady, with a small stock. Red Smyrnasf g Chesme Raisins are in request at 45 s t o 47 d . PIO Turkey Pulled Figs, the tine kinds, of which there but a small supply, obtain very high prices. „don INnico.—Holders of Bengal submitting to r*,"”." - r lb on the rates of the last quarterly sal e o f 3d t° 4- ü boors has occasioned the demand to be good, but c re queet are the chief operators, and the sorts In" et h i n small low and middling. M a d ras , O u d e an d liorP A s d e under parcels have been disposed of at prices f" -11 those of the October sale. P eer. TALLOW.—The market has presented 6r , 91 t ia Fthere mice for Russian since our report of Tuesdai nd ' es 4 " o " 9of 3 fi d i t° ol has been a very good demand on the spot, 40s 6d are the current rates paid for P Y Candle D oti quality. Town Tallow at 40s 6d to 415 per e- ri a cash. For other sorts of Tallow prices have suffere further decline. 1, 14 u.s.—There are f e w pu rc h asers o f Seal 01 ,beri prices are still dr o ppin g : f or p a l e 33110 5 to 341 10 1 . '1 0 30 1 accepted, 311 to 331 for yellow and straw, and 281 ith flr brown. Southern at 281 lOs to 331 10s. Cod ale' 70 0 attention, and several arcels have been disposed 0 10 the spot, and to arrive at 31/ to 311 105 pet tu n ' o for consequence of loner rates having been submittea ; re it_ Sperm Oil, buyers are i n d uce d to operate mor e g r itUe and at 871 to 89/ p e r t un . Several pircels "ies / have been disposed of. Th e crushers are not so 10 0 v to sell Linseed Oil ; the l ow rates t h at preoil sr ;t' tracting attention, and at 23s 6d to 23s 9d pf r bro viS Rape pale has been fetching 34s to 348 6d, 1 1 ",, f p 1 33s to 33s 6d per cw t. C ocoa N ut Oil 24s to 27 9 - ,,•soc s to fine. Pal m i s littl e wante d, an d holders OP"; ibe difficulty in obtaining more than 26s per cwt best qu a lity. L ar d Oil 40/ to 41 4 and Africiir t '" Nut Oil 331 to 33110 i p e r t on . Of C as t or Oil t" kt, 0 - 11 ply exceeds the demand, and 4d t o per Ibo i" 4. -6 0 1) ; value. Seal Oil i s 40 s t o 60 3 , Souttern 4 9os to luv„h"l' eill )e i heed SOs to 90s, and Olir e 4 was at that time by 131 to than at this time last ye - r, but Sperm dearer ' 151 1 :) p s er to tun 8 per fun .0s COURSE OF EXCHA] Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Ditto, at sight l2 4 ItAterdarn 2U.12 6i Antwerp fianiburgh M.B. 13 134 Alton& . Paris, 3 days' sight_ 25 70 Ditte, 3 months 25 96 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 y 5 Frankfort on Maine l2l l'eteraburgh, 3Us 37 Berlin 7 Vienna, effee. 2.3 M 954 Trieste, ditto Madrid 364 Cadiz Ildbao 36 Barcelona 36 Seville ytDA I.4 GE.—(YE ST— , Gibraltar.. ...... .... 4 ,1 5 0 5 Leghorn ......... 'l 5 Genoa ... . . ....... Milan .... ......... 41 Vance. ......... Nap . . ... .......... Palermo, os ...... 5 31 • Lisboa .. 01 Oporto .• ............ 54 Rio Janeiro ......... g 4 Bahia • ........ ....... _ - Buenos ........ New Tot k ' dys sigh t Philadt.rbis .....•••' ext(34... W131.110% 9 ? I P. 7 j - Foreige ;;;;d, bay& ••••- 17 0 Portata' 5 Coil 0 0 New D.H.;.,eout•••• 0 , llt New ')G'_•ars ......... 0 4 Silva: •,, I3Ars ...... t jar l. f STATE or TRADE.—DUringe last th ov- r, ° 3 days, there h as b een an i mprove d d eman d f o r „,0 0 scriptions of manufactured goods ; and prices,. /f for o i, become a lit t l e unstea d y, h ave resumed thelsso.,t, firtnness.---RocnnaLX FLANNEL hi•REET, cbt,i o DEC. 23.—The market, as m i g ht b e expec ted st u d !I, pts, has been dull ; and the business trans t"'' been upon a li m it e d sca l e, w i th no change br°Pf Wool continue& to b e more i nqu i re d a f t er, 1113 r di,1 0° Wool and n u ll s are looking up.—Manchester yesterday. irtamime, - , BIRTHS. dl , or 0 71 the 19th inst., at Ods a ll H ouse , near Brail° . s, shire, th e l a dy o f Ch ar l es H ar d y, E sq., o f a daugbteLclo. On the 19th inst., at Bayswater, Mrs. Withal , ' ci of a son. On the 21st inst., at Manor House, Paddingtor4 the Ads t ett F. C. Follett, Esq., of a daughter. jai On the 21st inst., a t St oc k we ll, S urrey , !ATL I" ' of a son. On the 2d inst., in Moorgate-street, f Fret WY' ° F ft Jesse Hills, Esq., let W es t I n di a Regiment, of a !0 n' u 001 On the 23d in s t., a t B roo k- green, Hamnsersto"'" .40 of the Hey. Edward Wickham, of a daughter. flteo l On the 19th in s t., a t V a l enc i a, I re l an d, the lady ° C, Blackburn, Esq., of a son. °loot On the 20th i ns t ., at H o l y h ead, the la d y o f Cool Fraser, R.N., of a daughter. of 1 ‘ll° On the 22d i ns t., at U x b r id ge, M rs. G . H. Utr°- n On the 22d inst., at Westbourne-place, Estoo'ilie lady of Commander H. J. Matson, R.N., of be ship Daring,d inst., at of a daughter. th° On the 23 North Villa, Regent's-par k ' pa of Colonel W, Miles, of a daughter. Alfre d f sts t On the 23d in s t., a t F arn h am, t h e w if e of Alfr Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. Cs Ter*- jr, t hEe'mq of Prospect, Cork, to Emma Couoo,...eki _l . 4 , th inst., at Monkstown Church, Do lly, only sister of Sir John Conroy, Baronet, of Alb Berkshire. _ tit DIED. i r r Dr" F n O c n h t - h l a e n 2 e 3: l l a i t n e s o t .f, theat h i i t s o e a s l i d:n Exchange,ce, N ort h i nfleheitsw;u:2ld"; y'-oor On the 10th inst., at Florence, Ann, wido Peter Auber, Esq. jolicit.nn Brovri let forOmneAhyeotl j her ust., Sarah, dow of YOul' l "" ttrit 7 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, p! .. u. 113 N n t l i : 12 P , rin St ted rancL and P Pu rin b te li r s , h a eci t 3 1€ 1181-I !. D°° :.;Co l4°. Middleaex, Wednesday, December 25, 1544 4~ wt Ito •b „ ~1~ M . tai Nth lit tak *xi (1 , 1 to 1 VI, liii ll* llltq Iltei !raj lit Set •10: but , he I t . II ►r. 11lii, g tw oie vie D o b o c o , lo ..Co, aai ofiti ko tit 4 let, 11 ' 4,