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cf the PUBLIC JOURNALS. vtott THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. GLOBE.—When speaking on Irish questions, Lord Lyndhurst is singularly unfortunate. Whether he ad dresses the House of Lords as a politician, or deliver an opinion when presiding therein, in his judicial capacity, the Nobleand Learned Lord is led to employ phraseology which fails to convey the meaning he intends to express. For instance, the Noble and Learned Lord's memorable sh2scliption of the Irish people—" eliens in blood, reli gion, and language," which was concise and pointed as an epigram, meant anything but what, to ordinary ears, the words seemed to convey. Whereas, the words them selves affirmed—and their connexion appeared to justify the construction—that the Irish people had neither claim to. nor fitness for English institutions and privileges, which, by virtue of the Act of Union, they claimed from the Legislature. Lord Lyndhurst subsequently explained that the construction given to the words, so far from being justified, was forced, unnatural, and fareign from his purpose. The Noble and Learned Lord was not, it is true, extensively successful in his at tempts to persuade people that the phrase had been misunderstood. But this obstinacy . in adhering to what they asserted was the plain and obvious meaning of his words, might arise from the proverbial power of preju dice—unless, indeed, the aphorism be accepted, that "language was given to man to enable him to conceal his thoughts ;" and Lord Lyndhurst, acting upon this principle, employed the offensive phrase to conceal his deep affection for the Irish people, and his earnest wish that they should enjoy privileges and immunities in all respects equally extensive with the other subjects of the United Kingdom. Then, an observation of the Lord Chancellor, during the recent argument before the House of Lords on the Writ of Error has also been the subject of a most un fortunate misconstruction, which it became necessary for his Lordship to set right by an elaborate exposition of his real meaning. This the Noble and Learned Lord did last night—with what amount of success, we leave those wko read the text and the comment upon the words, as last night supplied by his Lordship, to deter mine. While Mr. Hill was pursuing his argument on the mission of names from the special jury panel, and explaining the manner in which th e j ur y had . been composed, and which had been made the ground of challenging the array by the defendants, the Lord Chancellor interposed :--" There is no dispute about the facts. It is clear from the record that there was a fraudulent list; that the book was made up from that list ; and that the panel was made out from the book." At a subsequent period of the argument, the Lord Chancellor observed—" The only question was, whe ther this was the right course of proceeding—whether the fraud formed a ground of challenge of the array." The Lord Chancellor has explained. But in so doing has, to nor view, rather mystified than rendered clear, that which lie conceived required elucidation. The obvious meaning of the words his Lordship has " ex plained," was previously clear to every one who is in the habit of taking words in their plain and obvious sense. His Lordship states, that when he said, "It is clear from the record that there was a fraudulent list," he only meant, " It was so admitted for the purpose of legal, argument. It could not be denied. His statement went to the fact that the admission was made for the purpose of argument, and of argument only. But he never said, or intended to say, nor could their Lord ships or any other person suppose he could intend to say, that these facts, admitted for the purpose of argu ment, were in reality true.' STANDARD.—We shall not be suspected of a wish to limit the functions or to disparage the importance of t' nubile press, but we are bound to say that the tenor debate upon Mr. Milner Gibson's motion last ; _ confirms us in the opinion we have long enter tained, that if ever the people of this conntry shall come to think the press an intolerable nuisance it will be when the public journals send roving commissions in pursuit of grit vances into remote places, where a temporary excite • meiit may, from any cause, exist. There is no part of Eng land which has not an ably conducted local press of its own, amply supplying all the uses of a press to the district. The conductors of this local press are men who mast have much better means of information, and of forming a correct judgment, than any itinerant who visits the neighbourhood as our own reporter," and they must be responsible in character, which " our own re porter cannot he. To what extent does it affect the interests of a London journal, if all the statements of its " owl' reporter" should be, at the six months end, proved absolutely false or gross!y exaggerated, as generally happens ? Mean while misrepresentation mist encouragement of disorder do their work. The local journals, on the other hand, c moot 'lire this policy; they depend for existence upon their local character for veracity and circumspectaess. The temptation to send down " our own reporter" to any exc;ted quarter, is no doubt strong to vanity and not in carsiderable on the side of profit—but the practice is unqiieationably a great public evil. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (Fry . tra the London New Price Current . ; " July 19.) SlttGAits--The market has still an improving appearance for al descriptions of Raw Sugar admissible for home consump tion, To-day there was less activity in the West India Sugar market, still merchants displayed firmness, and a fair busi ness was transacted at fully former rates. The market closed with a firm appearance, especially for all bright grocery and strong relining sorts. ELFtstisis.-An extensive demand has prevailed for the hoinehrade this week, and an advance on former rates of is to Is 6d per cwt has been paid. To-day Refined Goods were math wanted by the home trade, and stiffer rates paid; the market has becolae bare of goods; brown lumps are fetching 75i to 75s 6d, asd standard 76s to 77s per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar finds ready purchasers at full former rates. The market is firm for Loaves, and a good deal is doing. MAIMITItS.-A. good business has been transacted by pri vate treaty, and all the parcels on offer have been disposed of rather above former rates. This afternoon the trade pur chased freely ; at public sale 11,326 bags of various sorts were offered, and the whole disposed of at an advance on the rates of the last auctions of 6cl per cwt ; . price i ruled as I Mows i-line yellow at 61s to 625, good 59s to 6,',_, 6,i, mid 5Gs Gil to 53s 6(.1, low 54s 6(1 to 565, good to fine - sea 52s to 51s, mid 47s fid to 495, low 4.3 s 6d to 475, ord t. •-: grey 54. i to 575, good to fine 58s to 60s 6d per cwt. i, s : sblic sale esi iSiesday 1,600 bags are declared. EAST INotA.-13engal Sugar has Met with ready pi: rs:;asers at an advance on former rates of 6d to is per cwt. This afternoon Bengal Sugar was wanted, but rather higher rates being asked checked business, and 1848 bags at ail:lion were Only partly sold-mid soft date yellow at 56s to 58s 6d, washed 51s to 57s 6d, very fine sound white 70s, fine Gss, good 63', low 59s 6d to 61s, washed 60s to 67s ; 64 bags, in bond, went at 25s to 27s for low damp yellow; 1,215 bags Madras, in bond, sold at lower rates, viz.:-fine damp bright brown at 27s to 295, good 25s to 26s 6d, and low dark 19s to 22s 6d per cwt. FonsoGN.-Brown Brazil Sugar has been in increased de mand privately this week, and a good business has been transacted at rather higher rates. Yellow Havannah is each wanted, and in some cases the rates paid are rather ah,ive those previously quoted. White Havannah is firm in price and in fair demand : fine yellow Havannali at 22s to 22s Gil, good 20s 6(1 to 21s, washed 19s, good sound white 28s se 2836 d, and slightiy damaged 25s per cwt. MousssEs.-I's est India cannot generally be purchased usen lower terms; but few purchases have been made pri vately ; 26s accepted for good Antigua. For parcels offered at auction, Antigua 245, Barbadoes 265, St. Kitt's 245, and :Montserrat `xis per cwt. Tamarinds are cheaper ; 17i barrels West India at auction were sold at 50s per cwt. For Honey prices have made a stand ; 5 jugs Jamaica at auction went at s,►= to ciSs per cwt. Fnitir.-importers of Currants are not inclined to further give way in prices, hut buyers still operate with reluctance. i ', 'von.-'Filers* has been less demand for West India Csike this week, but holders remain firm, and will not sell, cs eepting at former rates. This afternoon, the public sales of Ceylon Coffee were large, at an advance on former rates of 6,1 to is per cwt ; good ordinary fetched 50s to 525, very good ordinary 52s Gd to 545, good ordinary brown 53s to 545, fine esilinary 58s, tine fine ordinary coloury 68s to 70s, low middling coloury 78s to 795, Pea berry 81s to 87s, triage 16s to 17s, and sea damaged 14s to 16a. Jamaica middling fetched 86a 6d to 88s, low middling 79s to 80s, fine fine ordivary 724 Gd to 755, fine ordinary 56s to 625, triage &is Gd to 525; 179 b ag s J ava , sound, taken in at „is 6(1 to 37s fir fine ordinary yellow Singapore, a few lots in single casks 41A to 495; 78 barrels of Rio were bought in at Ms for middling coloury. ToA.-To-day the market presented a fiat appearance for nearly every description of Tea. Congou but mid ra str and freiii sold at is ild to Is 2d, but mid Is 2id, super strong 2s `'..l to 28 21(.1 ; Twankay but mid is sd, and Hyson flavour 2s lid to 25 lid ;- Gunpowder 3s 6d to 4s sid, and Imperial 2s 10{d per lb'. • . . . Sioreess.-There have been no public sales of black Pepper, and although prices rule low, still buyers have purchased very sparingly by private contract. This afternoon 87 bags White Pti)per at auction sold at full rates, and fetched 5d to sid per lb fer mid quality. 75 bags Bourbon Cloves went at easier rates, good rather bright at 9d to 9id per lb. 41 bar rels Jamaica Ginger were sold at 41 15s to 61 I9s for ordinary to good mid. 150 bags bold wormy Bengal were taken in at 22a, buyers at 18s per cwt. CIDCOA.-Importers of West India submitting to a reduc tien on previous rates of is to 2s per cwt, has occasioned the demand to be good. This afternoon Foreign met with little attention, and 200 bags Para at auction were all withdrawn. IticE.-The market has presented a firm aspect for all de scrlptions of East • lndia Rice this week, notwithstanding the favourable appearance for the grain crops, and the dull state of the Wheat- trade, This afternoon Bengal Rice was in exoellent request, and 2,364:bags 400 packets at public ;sale were readily disposed of at rather higher prices-good mid white fetched lls 6(1 to 19s, mid Ils 6d, and mid white broken 1 is to I ls.6d per cwt. SAGO.-Holders show firmness, and supply the market spar ingly. This afternoon at auction, 106 boxes Sago went Is to 2s cheaper-fine small white Purl selling at 19s; 54 brIS Tapioca sold at 2id to aid, and 560 tins Jamaica Arrowroot partly sold at 6d to 8d per lb. Itwr, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-For the finest descrip tions of Jamaica Rum prices are supported, but for all other sorts they are going down, and rule Id to 2d per gallon under those of this day week. For Leewards prices keep firm, and a good business has been transacted; the purchases amount t o 150 puns at 2s 2id to 2s 3d per gallon proof. The market is in a dull state for Demerara, and easier rates taken -2s lld to 33 2d is the value of strong qualities, but Calcutta has been in lively demand, and very full prices paid; 400 casks sold privately at is 11d to Is llid per gallon, proof, with certificate ; at public sale 174 puns 2 hhds Calcutta were taken in at 2s 4d to 2s 5.0 for 24 to 22 per cent. over, but since sold at a fraction above Is lld per gallon, proof strength. For Brandy, lower rates have again been accepted. Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838 hhds 5s 3d, puns 5s Id ; ditto 1839 hhds 5s Id, puns 4s lid; ditto 1840 hhds ss, puns 4s 10d; ditto 1841 hhds 4s lid, puns 4s 9d ; ditto 1842 hhds 43 Bd,' puns 4 s 6d , mid and good mid sorts 3s to 4s 6d, and low 2s 8d to 2s 10d per gallon. The stock of Brandy is a large one. Geneva at is 10d to is 11d, for fine for home consumption 2s 8d to 3s 6d per gallon paid for small parcels. English Corn Spirits at lOs 4d per gallon, cash, and there has been a good business transacted. INDIGO.-Since last Friday the market has presented a firm aspect for all descriptions of East India Indigo. To-day during-the progress of the sale 125 chests were withdrawn, and 823 - have passed. Ouss.-Southern OH, prices have declined lOs per tun ; Seal 36/ paid for pale, at which holders are firm. Cod 331 15s to 34/ per tun, and the stock is a small one. Sperm is much wasted, fine British fetching 84/ to 85/ and American 81/ to 831 per tun. Rape at 37s 6d to 38s and btditiVl NI ' .64 ,to 37s per cwt : the supply is In Oil at 25s 9d to 26s per cwt. Cocoa r ,ttiVtlit ?pap-3031er cwt. Palm at 285 to 29s per cwt 41 / I Pi:risz`; =,- -, 1 \ '4 : , -..pi :::c?:- 2 -.- -' ~..0.;- %- • - i C\ ~ - ----- • - ( <''r•-: ,- .-: - -) - x . ' •._-,i''' ~./ s r for the best. Olive Oil at lower rates; Gallipoli at 451 to 461, Spanish 431 to 441, and Barbary 41/ to 421 per tun. Ame rican Lard Oil is wanted. This afternoon of 130 tuna Ele phant Oil which were offered at public sale, a sm:11 part only sold at 291 lOs to 321 lOs per tan. TALLOW.—Holders of Russian Tallow are not inclined to take lower rates this week, but the dulness in the market has increased. This afternoon at public sale 291 bi s New South Wales Tallow were sold at 37s 3d to 41s 6d, nd 383 pipes 16 hhds South American at 37s to 40s per cwt. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, July 20. PICKVORD AND OTHERS V. THE GRAND JUNCTION RAIL. WAY COMPANY. This was an appeal from the decision of the Vice- Chancellor, who had decided against the plaintiffs. The question at issue was a matter of tolls, in which the ap plicants felt themselves aggrieved by the de-ision of the issues which had been tried in the case, and they now came before his Lordship to obtain that redress in equity to which they conceive themselves entitled. Mr. Stewart and other gentlemen were heard for the applicants, and their case occupied the attention of the Court the entire day. The Court rose at three o'clock. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, July 20. (Before Sir J. K. BRUCE.) 31.k.UNS V. PRICE. The arguments in this case, which had occupied the greater part of Thursday and Friday, were concluded to-day, when his Honour gave judgment to the effect that, the defendant undertaking not to cause damage wrongfully to the plaintiff, the injunction prayed for would not be granted, and then his Honour directed cer tain issues to be tried. They were to the effect, whether since 1843 the defendants had worked their mines in an unminerlike manner, or so as to damage the plaintiff, or in a way that was necessary for rendering the mines profitable. The injunction which the motion sought was to restrain the defendant from working by patch work to obtain ironstone on an estate in Glamorganshire belonging to Lord Dunraven. (Before Sir J. WIGRAM.) His HoNoun;after disposing of a cam; which had been set down for judgment on further directions, proceeded to hear short unopposed causes, which formed the list for the day. SHERIFFS' COURT, July 20. PEGLER V. SOMERS. This was an action brought by Mr. Samuel Peg ler, the landlord of the Ship, Phcenix-alley, Long-acre, to recover of the defendant (William Somers), the son of a tailor, living in Harleyford-road, Vauxhall, the sum of 5/. 18s. 11d., for meat, drink, and lodging, supplied by the defendant. To this the defendant pleaded, first, never indebted ; secondly, that he was an infant ; and, thirdly, the Statute of Limitations. Mr. CHARNOCX appeared for the plaintiff, who ad mitted that the defendant was an " infant" when the debt was contracted, but rejoined that the articles supplied were necessaries ;and Mr. Thomas for the defendant. The LEARNED COUNSEL having briefly stated the case, called the following witnesses : Mr. Wm. Perkins said he was brother-in-law to the plaintiff, who, in the year 1838, kept the Durham Arms, Vauxhall. About the latter end of July in that year, the defendant became a frequenter of that house, stating that he was a clerk in the London docks. On the 3d of August, he took up his abode there, and had his meals every day till the 29th, when he left suddenly. On one occasion he said that, on the night - previous, he had been in the company of some military officers in the coffee room, and had treated them to three bottles of wine. Whilst at the Durham Arms he smoked cigars, and talked very largely. He appeared about 22 years of age, and was a handsome fellow. The defendant, on one oc casion, invited him to the Docks to taste, but when he got there no such person was known.—(A laugh.) Cross-examined--Did not know that he was an appren tice to an ivory turner, nor that the whole amount con tained in the bill was lost at skittles. He saw him play once, but that was for a " leg of mutton and trimmings," The plaintiff was his partner, and they lost. Miss Lucy Pegler, daughter of the plaintiff, remem bered the defendant coming to her father's house, as to his sleeping there, and having his meals. He never drank any spirits, but only negus and ale, with cigars. A month or two ago he called upon her father, and invited him to dine with him in the neighbourhood of Tottenham-court-road, but when he got there the de fendant could not be found.—(Laughter.) Cross-examined—The defendant's father lived near the Durham Arms, and she knew him by sight, but did not know that the defendant was an apprentice. Ile said he was a clerk in the docks, and he dressed as dock clerks usually do.—(Laughter.) Mr. C. Yeircy, clerk to plaintiff's attorney, said that he called upon the defendant, accompanied by the plain tiff, in April last to ask him for the amount. The plaintiff said, "you know it has been owing near five years," to which the defendant rejoined—" you know it is above six years, and above 5/., so you may get the money the best way you can." Witness then served him with a copy of the writ. _ The Learned COMMISSIONER, in summing up, said the principal question fur the consideration of the jury was, what was necessary for an apprentice to an ivory tur ner. He did not think three bottles of wine necessary, anti with regard to cigars, never having smoked any, he could not say whether they were necessary or not for a person's existence. If they believed any part of the bill were necessary they wouldsay to what amount, and he thought there could be no doubt about the things having been supplied within the six years. The jury, after consulting for a short time, returned a verdict for 4L 11s. I hi. fur the plaintiff, striking out of the bill the cigars, three bottles of wine, and the " leg of mutton and trimmings," as unnecessary. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. A very bulky, rosy-cheeked, fd!ow, of the name of Clarke, was charged by Mr. Dixon, eating house-keeper, of No. 156, Lipper Thames-street, under the following circumstances : Mr. Dixon stated that the prisoner, who had been a few times a customer, called one day, and after dinner said he wished to speak with him. When they went into a private room, the prisoner said he did not fancy his present lodging, and he would, if they could agree, remove with his son to witness's house to board and lodge there comfortably. They soon came to an un derstanding, and the prisoner informed him that he had a consignment of goods to the amount of 921. in a vessel which lay at one of the wharfs. The prisoner then pro duced an invoice, and having stated that he wanted money to pay the freight, prevailed upon witness to ad vance him upon that representation the sum of U. lOs. It was soon palpable that the whole business was gross humbug and imposition. Sir JOHN KEY—Have you made inquiry about the goods at the wharf ? ►=fitness—l have, and they say they know nothing at all of the man or the goods. Sir JOHN KEY—Well, prisoner, what have you to say in answer to this? Prisoner—Well, I have to say I was roight. I did not make no misrepresentation. Witness—You said you were a respectable man ? Prisoner-oy, oy, so I be, very respectable. Sir JOHN KEY—Perhaps if you try at the wharf you will find these good ? Prisoner—No, I don't s'pose they be there yet; but they're on the way, they're on the way. --(Laughter.) 'Pend upon it lam the man I said. Witness—There are three of them concerned in this plan of swindling; one of them this fellow passed upon me as his servant. After I gave the prisoner the 2/. 10s. he came to me drunk to try me again, and then I knew I was done. Prisoner—No, no ; lam respectable. I'll prove I am the right thing. A man here stepped forward and said, please your Lordship, I am a publican, and keep the Fox and Goose, and this man came to me along with his son, and they lived upon me three weeks without paying a farthing. for lodging or the boy's board. Prisoner—Well, well But I paid for what I had my self, and that's something these bad times. Sir J. KEY (to the complainant)—Do you believe you can produce evidence confirmatory of your statement ? Complainant—l do. Sir J. KEY—Then I shall remand the prisoner to give you an opportunity. Complainant—l have no doubt that a great many more persons will appear against him. Prisoner—Your Lordship will let me go and change my dress ? Sir J. KEY—You must go to the Compter directly. Prisoner—Let us go ; do, my Lord, I shan't stay long? Sir J. KEY—No, you may send for your clothes, the officer can't wait upon you to your lodgings. Remanded. GUILDHALL. Mr. Richard Howe, the landlord of the Star and Garter public-house, Old Bailey, appeared at this Court. in answer to a charge preferred by a man named Pritchard, who follows no other occupation than that of a common informer, under the Tippling Act, for illegally detaining a hat and handkerchief as a pledge. On the case being called on, Pritchard addressed the Magistrates, and stated that he thought it would be better for him to state the whole of the case to their Worships before he proceeded to call evidence. Alderman CHALLIS observed that, perhaps, would be the better course, when Pritchard again spoke out, and begged that Mr. Teague, the Chief Clerk, would pre. viously refer to the Act of Parliament, at the same time handing in a dilapidated piece of paper, which, after a deal of unfolding, and placing together, proved to be the Tippling Act. He then went on to state the case after a fashion, and had not far proceeded before he made a sudden stop, and after a short pause said that, no doubt, now, if he called his witnesses, it would be more agreeable to the Alderman. He had fifty of them in the neighbourhood of the Court, and he could say fearlessly to the Magistrates that not one of them had been " ear-wigged." He should, however, only call his principal witness, a man named Jones, as the facts were so clear, and he had no wish to occupy a greater space of time than was requisite. Alderman CHALLIS—Do so as speedily as you like. Jones, a dissipated looking fellow, here got into the witness box, and declared that on Thursday evening he, with a friend, went into the defendant's house, and called for a quartern of rum, which was supplied, he throwing down 2d. on the counter, and his friend 3d., as payment, which was taken up by the barmaid. His companion, after taking a glass of the spirit, went out into the street, and on him dri n ki ng th e rema i n d er , th e defendant campinto the bar and demanded the payment of the rum. He informed him that it h a d a l rea d y b een pa id, b ut h e insisted that it had not, and on witness attempting to leave, the defendant suddenly seized his hat and hand kerchief therein, and stated that he should retain those articles until redeemed by the price of the quartern of rum. He then went out to speak to his friend about the dilemma in which he was in, when he accidentally met Pritchard, who knowing him as a friend also, made him acquainted with the occurrence. Pritchard then went into the house and asked the defendant whether he in- , tended to keep the hat and handkerchief as a pledge, and the answer was " most certainly." He was confi dent that sd. for the rum was paid, as he had only 2id. when he entered, and he told them after the occurrence, if more than one halfpenny was found in his pockets, he would make the defendant a present of ss. Mr. Alderman CHALLIS—WeII, Mr. Howe, what an swer have you to make to this man's charge ?—Defend ant—Why, sir, that a very gross fraud is attempted to be imposed upon me. Finding that the man was about to leave without paying the rum, I admit seizing his hat in order to defray my charge. As for them talking about paying my barmaid the sd. it is false, and she is in at tendance to disprove the statement. The barmaid was accordingly called, and swore that she had not received the price of the rum. Alderman CHALLIS, after consulting with his brother Alderman, said that there was no proof of illegal pawn ing, and he should dismiss the case ; and he did not know but what he should have acted in the same manner as the defendant had done, if he had been placed in a similar situation. Pritchard—Very well, sir ; but I trust the clerk has taken a full note of the evidence, as the case certainly cannot end here. Alderman CHALLIS—No doubt, sir; Mr. Teague does not require any of your interference. Pritchard—Well, gentlemen, I should like to know for what reason you dismiss the case ? Alderman CHALLIS—We do not sit here to have our judgments questioned in an open court by such persons as you, and I must request you to leave. The officers did their duty, and ejected them into the Guildhall yard, to the no small gratification of those assembled. CITY POLICE COMMITTEE. Mrs. Langridge, of the Sun and Punch-bowl public house, in Long-lane, Smithfield, attended with Mr. Wolfe, the solicitor, before Mr. Alderman Hughes Hughes, and Sir John Pine, to answer a charge laid by the police for harbouring and permitting prostitutes to assemble in the said house between the hours of two and three in the morning of Monday last. The evidence given by the police confirmed the facts laid in the infor mation. In answer to Mr. Wolfe, they stated that Mrs. Lang ridge, when told who the characters were, directed them to leave the house, and she said she did not know who they were from any other females. Mr. Wolfe addressed the bench, and endeavoured to substantiate his statement by calling witnesses, when Mr. Alderman Hnghes stopped the case. He said the case had been clearly proved, and they should inflict on the defendant a penalty of 2/. for the offence, and or dered the clerk to return the conviction to the Quarter Sessions against the renewal of the license. Mr. Wolfe protested against the conviction as unjust, and begged permission that the defendant's witnesses might be heard, for they would clearly prove Mrs Langridge's innocence of having offended against the law. Mark Samuel, a costermringer, was brought up for selling fruit in the street, with a false 11b. weight, defi cient 4oz. of the proper standard. The weight was pro duced; it had the bottom cut completely out. The COURT inflicted a penalty of 2/ and in default of payment the defendant was committed to seven days' imprisonment. Several small shopkeepers stated the greatest injury was inflicted on them by such characters as the defen dant, who swarmed the streets of London during the fruit season, and professed to sell a pound of fruit at a sum it was impossible to purchase it for at the markets. It was well known that the weights which they hawk about with them were false ; in fact, in most instances, they were upwards of a third short, yet they were al lowed to remain selling their barro*'s-load of cherries opposite a shopkeeper's door, who, try all he could, was unable to sell even a basket in a day, because he gave just weight. Mr. Alderman Ihroins said it was certainly a great hardship, but with the vigilance of the officers he had no doubt but that their system of fraud would speedily be checked. Here Mr. Knott introduced " one of the class," who had just been liberated from Bridewell after seven days' imprisonment. He had been convicted last Saturday for selling cherries in the street with a false weighing machine, an ounce draft in favour of himself, caused by four farthings stuck into the beam of the machine with copper wax. He now applied for the machine, which, after a promise that he would not offend again, was ru stored to him. The effect, of the imprisonment was too apparent on his features. Refusing to conform with the regulations of the prison, out of the seven days' im prisonment, he had passed three in solitary confinement. THAMES POLICE. A good-looking young woman, named Mary Anne Adelaide Newman, was finally examined on the charge of creating a riot in the Old Church, Stepney, on Tuesday. The circumstances of the case are rather curious. It appeared that the prisoner had been acquainted with a young man, named Gregory Mathams, journeyman to a baker named Durand, in High-street, Shadwell. After twelve months courtship they went to church to get married, but were five minutes toe late. He, however, put the ring on her finger, made her a solemn vow, and, after much persuasion, induced her to go home with him. The evening was passed amongst their mutual friends in the same manner as if the ceremony had been performed, and on his promise to wed her the first opportunity, she consented to cohabit with him. He postponed the performance of his promise from time to time, on the plea that he had no money to pay the clergyman, and to obviate this objection, she began to lay a little by, until she made out the amount. He promised to marry her on Monday last, but when everything was in preparation he made some frivolous excuse to delay the ceremony for a few days, to which she very reluctantly assented. On Tues day, to her utter sorrow and surprise, she heard he had gone to Stepney Church to get married to another young . woman, with whom he kept company, and cohehited previously to his becoming acquainted with the prisoner. She hastened to the church to stay the proceedings, but only arrived in time to meet the wedding party coming down the aisle, and being very wroth gave the bride groom a slap across the face. Mr. BRODERIP remanded the case until Saturday, to see Ns hether it would be taken up by the churchwardens, and having ascertained that it was not their intention to pursue it, said that they had shown a wise and humane discretion under the circumstances ; but it should be distinctly understood that such indecent practices would not be tolerated, and if the laws were again violated, the penalties must be put in force. The prisoner was then discharged. William Clarke, a dock cabman, was charged on sus picion of having set fire to the brig Anne, lying in the West India Docks, on Friday, the 12th inst. Though after circumstances made it clear that the prisoner was guiltless of the crime, the circumstances were curious, and well calculated to excite suspicion. It appeared he had been taking guano for the Anne into a vessel which lay alongside, and asked the cabin boy of the former whether there was any grog aboard. The boy answered in the negative. He said "I'll set fire to the sh sp." About 12 o'clock that night, a fire broke out in the forecastle, which was entirely consumed. It could not have been accidental, owing to the great precautions used. On the other hand, the prisoner said the words he used were " may your ship be set on fire," and he brought witnesses to show that he was in the neigh bourhood of the London Hospital from 6 till past 11 o'clock on the Friday. Mr. BRODERIP, in dismissing the case, said it was one of those in which care should be taken to avoid the post hoc, ergo propter hoc fallacy. There was no evidence to connect the prisoner with the fire, and he must be dis charged. UNION-HALL. James Carroll, against whom a bill of indictment for the wilful murder of Elizabeth Hobbs was found at the February sessions of the Central Criminal Court, was brought up this day before Mr. Traill on the charge, having been at large since the offence was committed From the evidence of Sergeant Sturgeon, M division, it appeared that in the month of February last, a man named Hobbs and his wife lodged with the prisoner in the Mint, Southwark. A quarrel having occurred be tween the prisoner and Hobbs's wife, a scuffle took place, during which some blows were struck, and the woman Hobbs received such serious injuries on the head that she died, and on the inquest subsequently held on the body, a verdict of wilful murder was returned against the prisoner, who immediately absconded. It appeared that the prisoner left England and went over to France, where he got employment on •a railroad, but that, having lost his situation, he hastened back again, and on Tues day was met in Tooley-street, and being recognised, he was taken into custody. He had disguised himself as much as possible by shaving off his whiskers and wearing different clothes, but still his person was identified, although he declared the sergeant was mistaken, and that he was a stranger in London. The certificate of a true bill having been found against the prisoner was produced, Mr. Trail asked him if he wished to say anything with respect to a denial of his being the individual named in the bill of indictment ? The prisoner, who looked very much depressed, merely shook his head, but said nothing. Mr. TRAILL said that, the identity of the prisoner being proved to his satisfaction, he had only one duty to perform, and that was to commit him for trial. The prisoner was committed accordingly. Mrs. Margaret Curtis, described as the widow of the late Dick Curtis, the well-known " Pet of the Fancy," was brought up, having been found wandering abroad in an insane state of mind. A policeman stated that at an early hour that morn ing he saw the defendant near Kennington-common, and perceiving she was very much fatigued and sitting down on the steps of a door, he went up and asked her some questions, but her replies convinced him that her mind was affected, and he took her to the station-house. When the unfortunate woman was brought into Court it was apparent that she was not in her proper senses ; she first burst out into a loud fit of laughter, and then changing suddenly, she began to cry, and exhibited other unequivocal symptoms of deranged intellect. A respectable female present said that she was ac quainted with Mrs. Curtis, whose mind was latterly af fected, and that she was in the habit of straying away from her lodgings, and remaining until she was nearly starved. In reply to Mr. Trail!, the witness said that she was not aware what means of support Mrs. Curtis had, but that she seemed to be very badly off, and she (witness) believed had not property of any description, Mr. TRAILL said that if that was the case, she had better be sent for the present to the workhouse, where she would be taken care of, if she had no friends to go to, until a certificate of her insanity was procured for her admission into a lunatic asylum. That it was dangerous to allow a person in her unfortunate condition to be wandering about the town, and that proper care would be taken of her. The poor woman, who seemed unconscious of what was passing around her, was then conveyed to the workhouse. CROYDON. A man named William Bates, who has for a great many years been confidentially employed by Mr. T. L. Robinson, wine and spirit merchant, and also a banker at Croydon, was taken before Messrs. Reed, Adams, and Sutherland, at the Town Hall, charged with plundering his employers to a very large amount in wines and spirits. Mr. R. Russell, of Croydon, attended in support of the prosecution, and a solicitor from London appeared for the prisoner. From the statement of Mr. Russell, and the evidence that was adduCed, it appears that for a considerable time Mr. Robinson had missed large quantities of wine and spirits, but no suspicion was at first entertained of the prisoner, on account of the long period he had been in Mr. Robinson's service, and the good opinion that was entertained of him. On the 2d of this month, a bottle, containing a gallon of gin, was found in the bottling-house, where it had no business to be, and Mr. Robinson's principal clerk, who was informed of the circumstance, directed that a mark should be placed upon the bottle, and that it should be watched. The bottle was subsequently re moved by the prisoner, and he was shortly afterwards taken into custody. Mr. Robinson, believing that many other persons were concerned in the plunder, and that his property had been feloniously removed by parties in the neighbourhood, then told the prisoner that if he would tell him the whole truth, and who were the re ceivers, he would not prosecute him. The prisoner at first denied that ho had robbed his master, but after wards he admitted that he had stolen the bottle from the bottling-room, and he showed the officer where it was concealed under a bundle and some pea sticks in Mr. Robinson's garden. Upon the prisoner's house being searched by Inspector Collier, there were found no less than twelve empty bottles, some of which had contained wine, and others spirits of different kinds, A quantity of pale brandy was also found concealed in a clock case, and in other parts of the house several bottles full of gin were discovered, but the spirits, of course, could not be identified. The prisoner's solicitor did not attempt any ,defence upon the merits, but he urged that Mr. Robinson's observation to the prisoner amounted to such an inducement as would exclude the prisoner's con fession from being received in evidence, and, as the case was by no means complete without it, he was enti tled to his discharge. Mr. Russell, on the other side, contended that, even should the magistrates consider that Mr. Robinson's promise to the prisoner ought to exclude the confession, yet the act of the prisoner in taking the policeman to the place where the bottle was concealed was clearly evidence and coupled with the other circumstances made out a sufficient prima facie case _to justify the bench in committing the prisoner for trial.. The magistrates then consulted together for some time, when Mr, Russell said that if the bench really entertained a serious doubt upon the matter, he was sanctioned by Mr. Robinson to state that he did not desire to press the charge. The magis • trate then told the prisoner he would be discharged, but he must not therefore imagine that the bench considered him innocent. They had no doubt of his guilt, and but for the inducement that has been held out to him by Mr. Robinson to make a confession, he would certainly have been committed for trial. The prisoner was then discharged. THE BOY JONES AND THE BOY JOINVILLE. (From Punch.) The eyes of Europe are once more upon the Boy Jones. Well, the eyes of Europe have very often been turned upon more insignificant persons. We confess it—we have a regard for the Boy Jones. Whether he be really nephew or not of George Jones, of Ancient America, Esq., we have nevertheless a regard for the youth, who at so early an age associated his name with the annals of his country; for what future History of England, we ask, will be complete, omitting all notice of Jones? Poor boy! If fortune were not as perverse as a prima donna, the Boy Jones would have been born in some western square; would have learned his humanities at college, and so been regularly trained for public place. Only think of the Boy Jones, as Home Secretary, at the Post-office! As it is, we have only the heavy Graham. At least, we should have had sprightliness casting its charm over illegalities; Jones would have broken a seal with a whim apologetic of the felony, whilst Graham— but we will not pursue the contrast. Jones is a genius. That of the millions who gaze upon the awful walls of Buckingham Palace, shut out from them as from Paradise, Jones should have been the only daring spirit that conceived a design to pass them—to dip his plebeian fingers in the custards of the royal lar der—to creep up the royal chimneys—to crouch beneath the royal sofa, thereby (as his uncle, George Jones, has written t• Punch) " causing her Majesty so much alarm ;"—that he alone should have done this makes Jones—whatever his real time of life may be—far in advance of his age. And her Majesty—bless her!—saw the daring in its proper light; and therefore, as it now appears, sent the Boy Jones on board the Warspite (whence the world has just heard of him), with a recom mendation to the captain to watch " his dawning me rits," that Jones may, in good time, sport epaulets. A recent letter tells us that Jones fell overboard off Tunis in the first watch ; when the life-buoy, " which blazed away with a steady and beautiful light," was let go, and Jones clinging to it, called out to the boat's crew, " Here I am—look lively !" However, the writer insinuates that Jones jumped overboard, "and that for no other purpose than to see the life-buoy light burning." This is a slander. The truth is, the poor boy had been reading in the forechains his uncle Jones's " Ancient America;" whereupon he naturally fell into a sleep, which lasted many hours, and in his sleep fell overboard! Ilis life was saved for greater things. However, we are happy to have heard thus incidentally of the Boy Jones; as his whereabout is a sufficient evi dence of the watchfulness of Ministers as regards the designs of France on Morocco. Sure we are that neither Sir Charles Napier nor Lord Minto would have twitted the Admiralty with neglect had they only known that the Boy Jones was on the Gibraltar station. We at once acknowledge the profound policy of Ministers: it is their intention to meet Joinville with the Boy Jones! There is. if we mistake not, a minor theatre drama called The Prince and the Chimney Sweep ; and we have no doubt that this piece will, sooner or later, be revived on the high seas, with—as Mr. o.baldiston has it—" new and startling effects; the whole to conclude with the destruction of the enemy's tleet!" Yes : let Joinville hover on the coast of Morocco, Britannia may be as mild as a Quakeress, for has she not at Gibraltar her babe of glory —the Jervis of the ehimney—the Nelson of the larder —her Boy Jones ? It may, possibly, wound the self-love of the French to learn that we pit our Jones against their Royal Admiral; nevertheless, up to the present moment, is not the achievement of greatest daring on the side of our hero ? We taste the fulness of content to know it is so. To quote the sweet song of a sweet sing e r_ "As the pause upon the ceasing of a thousand-voiced psalm Is our mighty satisfaction and full eternal calm," to know that wheresoever Joinville is, there henceforth will be Jones; that whensoever it may please the French Admiral to attempt a descant on Brighton, Margate, or Herne Bay, Jones, "Like a sweet little cherub will sit up aloft, And keep watch for the life of John Bull !" And when some twenty years have passed away, pleas ing it will be to see the Boy Jones —then Post-Captain Jones—kneeling to receive the honour of knighthood from our darling Queen, surrounded by her seventeen sons and daughters; most pleasant will it be to mark the sly yet benignant smile with which her Majesty dubs the hero who " once caused her so much alarm;" the in truding boy, who, according to his own report, once heard the Princess Royal " squeak." We put it to Mr. George Jones, as a man and an an cient historian—should so likely an event come to pass, would he then deny his nephew, the Boy Jones ? Punch thinks not. BANKRUPTCY EXTRAORDINARY Before Sin C. F. WimaAms. At the sitting of the Court, a figure entered, looking as pale as death, and begged to be allowed to surrender himself as a bankrupt. The figure represented himself as the statue of Nelson, now and for some time past of Trafalgar-square. He stated that a few friends had been desirous of setting him up in the neighbourhood of Charing cross, where he had hoped to have cut a good figure, but want of money had for a long time kept him down, and he had been com pletely laid-upon hie, back for a very considerable period. Sir C. WILLIAMS—What do you want here ? I sit here to do justice, and if justice is not most thoroughly done in every sense of the word, it is no fault of mine. The figure observed that he came to surrender, and to ask for protection against the numerous jokes that were being made at his (the statue's) expense, and which were really enough to break a heart of stone. Sir C. V. WILLIAMS—I can give you no protection against jokes. I can't protect myself. I have been nearly joked off this chair on several occasions. What is the extent of your liabilities ? The figure said he really could not tell. A man and a boy had been employed, who had left no stone unturned, but he (the figure) was not aware whether they had been paid for their labour. Sir C. F. WILLIAMS asked if there was any truth in the report that the statue contemplated throwing himself off the pedestal, in consequence of his awkward position ? The figure, with large drops of stucco standing in his eyes, observed that he had never thought of throwing himself on the public by jumping down; but he admitted that, if he had had sufficient rope, he might as well have hanged himself. Sir C. F. WILLIAMS—FIow much rope have you, then? The figure said he had got a coil of about a yard, till some of it was cut away, for what reason he did not know—for he was just as much tied by the leg HOW as he had been always. Sir C. F. WILLIAMS asked if the statue had no friends who would set him up respectably ? The figure replied that his best friends were for withdrawing him altogether from public observation. He would sooner pave the public street than be knocked about and taken to pieces as he had been lately. Sir C. F. Wuziams—l sit here as a Commissioner, and I really can do nothing. The figure said he had heard so before ; and having thanked the Commissioner, he was carried out by the man and the boy who were appointed assignees under the bankruptcy.—Punch. HONESTY,—A pleasing instance of honesty in a farming labourer occurred last week. A gentleman not far from us dispatched per post a letter, inclosing a 10/. note, addressed " ISr. , Hepworth." By a mistake in the post-office, the letter was sent to Epworth, in Lincolnshire, where it was delivered to a poor man, a farming labourer, of a similar name. The next post brought back the 10/. note to the sender, with a remark from . the poor man t h a t h e was sure it cou ld not have been i ntended for him,—Bury Post, SAMBO SUTTON'S CRIM. CON. CASE. At the Cambridge Assizes on Friday, an action was brought by the well-known " Sarnbo Sutton," a el-decant prize-fighter, against Mr. Samuel Preston, a brickmaker in that town, for criminal conversation with his wife. There was a second count, charging the defendant with having unlawfully and wrongfully harboured and de tained plaintiff's wife, and kept her away from her hus band. Mr. GUNNING stated the facts of the case as he pro posed to prove them in evidence. His client, he said, was Mr. Thomas Sutton, who complained of one of the most serious injuries which one man could inflict upon another. Mr. Sutton was a wine. merchant, residing in London ; in former years he was connected with the prize-ring, and was well known in the sporting world. His age was about 27, and that of his wife about 23. The defendant was a man between forty and fifty years of age, residing in Barnwell, and having a wife and family ; he was a brickmaker and builder. His Learned Friend, Mr. Sergeant Byles did not intend in the defence to contend that the plain. tiff was not entitled to a verdict ; but be intended to rely upon his powers of sarcasm and ridicule. His Learned Friend, he was sure, would fail., for whatever the station in life of the plaintiff, he was entitled to equal justice. It was not for a man who had com mitted this grievous act against his neighbour to in struct counsel to answer an action by throwing ridi cule on the person whom he had injured. In 1840, the plaintiff, being then about 23 years old, married Isabella Pearce, some few years younger than himself, who was a shopwowan in Burlington Arcade, London, and a person of unblemished character. After his marriage the plaintiff intended to quit his calling of prize fighter, but he found a difficulty in meeting with any other occupation. At length, in an unhappy mo ment for his wife, he came to Cambridge in 1842, where he gave lessons in the art of self-defence, taking up his abode with his wife, at the Black Bear.— (Laughter.) There the plaintiff and his wife lived happily together. The plaintiff had occasionally to go to London ; during his absence his wife boarded with the landlady, and he seldom returned without bring ing her a present of some sort. This was the state of things when the defendant I ()same acquainted with the parties, professing great friendship for the plain tiff, and offering to assist him in getting into some business. Towards the end of May, 1843, plaintiff went.to London, and during his absence his wife was missed from the Black Bear, early one morning. She was not seen for some time, but there could be no doubt whatever that she had been off somewhere in the company of the defendant. After a month or so de fendant returned to Cambridge and took a house at Ches terton, where he should be- able to prove the act of adultery complained of. T. B. Turner, teacher of dancing, 26, Sutton-street, p L r a e m se b n e t th a — t h l is ha m v a e rr k i n a o g w e n at pl s ai r. nt iA iff ar e t i i g n h s t 3 C 'e h a u r r s ch ; , in an d lB w 4 a o s . Since that I have often visited them ; they lived to gether on the most happy terms ; nothing could be more affectionate and fond. Crass-examined by Mr. Sergeant BYLES—Plaintiff is called " Sambo;" he is rather black and woolly. He fights great battles, and is the most respectable amongst them. When I first knew him he was a pugilist ; I never heard of his exercising his profession on his wife ; he may have beaten men, but not ladies. They kept a cigar shop in Drury-lane when first married ; and afterwards lived in a " first floor private," near Soho-square. After that they went to Clerkenwell, and lived private in a parlour ; plaintiff used to sing at concert rooms; his wife did nothing be yond making him little things ; she was a very handy wornan.—(Laughter.) I know nothing about Cam bridge except what he has told me. He came to Cain bridge in October, 1841 : sometimes he was at Oxford and other places : he left his wife in London, and some times brought her with him to Cambridge. He left her at the Black Boar, in Cambridge, but he was never away long together from her. I never heard that she had complained of his beating her, or that she com plained of him for another reason. She lived at a stock and glove shop in Burlington Arcade Mr. BYLES—Do you profess the Polka?—(Laughter.) Witness—Certainly I do. She came to tea with him at a lodging near Leicester-square. Mr. BYLES —DO you remember his buying some flesh coloured gloves for her ? Witness—What colour ? Mr. BYLES —Flesh-coloured—l know the term is rather doubtful in this case.—(Laughter.) Witness— He bought gloves. I don't know what colour. Mr. BYLES—WaS the courtship short ? Witness— Eight or nine months. By the JUDGE —Her mother was dead some time be fore her marriage. Re-examined—She was an assistant in the shop. I knew her there for some time before her marriage. Plaintiff is now what you term a vocalist and wine-mer chant.—(Laughter.) He has been in the wine trade about a fortnight. Mary Laxton, landlady of the Black Bear, Cambridge —I remember plaintiff and wife coming about October,. 1841. They had a bed-room, and sat with me and my family in the bar. I have a niece living with me. They used to leave at the end of every term at first, but in May, 1842, they came to live here altogether. I never saw anything but happiness between them. She quitted my house on the 29th of May, 1843. I missed her early in the morning Her husband was absent. Defendant used to come and sit in my bar for hours. He saw plain tiff and his wife there. After Mrs. Sutton left defendant did not come as usual. Hannah White, niece of the last witness—l lived at at the Black Bear, and knew the plaintiff and his wife. They lived happily together, and were kind and affec tionate to each other. About a month after Mrs. Sutton left the house, Mr. Preston said he had been to Scotland with her. He came into the bar and spoke of. it of his own accord. He said he had been to Scotland with her, and had called to see a young friend there, Miss Gray, who was a beautiful creature.--(Laughter.) Cross-examined—l never saw the black beating tiis wife. I have seen him going to strike her, but he stopped. I have got vinegar and brandy for her. She drank the brandy—(Lnughter)—but not the vinegar— she bathed her forehead with it—she was faint. We put, no brown paper on with the vinegar. She was faint be cause she had had a dispute with her husband. I also applied some vinegar to her arm. I never said I had seen her so knocked about that she could not feed her self. She is a good-looking person, and used-to dance most weeks. John Chapman—l own some houses at Chesterton, Preston hired one between 'Midsummer and Michaelmas, 1843, at 71. a-year ; he said it was for a person of a rather delicate constitution, out of the low part of Huntingdon shire, who had some little property of her own to sup port her. He brought a female to live in it, a goodish looking person, about twenty-four or twenty-five. I never heard him say who it was. W. H. Meedle, jeweller, Hyde Park-street, Bayswater —I knew plaintiff and his wife, and saw them married. I came to Cambridge last January, and called on Mr. Preston, by direction of the plaintiff, at his house at Barnwell. I said " I believe you are living with, or keeping, Sutton's wife ?" He said he didn't know any thing about it. I asked him if he chose to give her up, and he said no. I afterwards went to a house at Ches terton, en the same day. I watched the house, and saw Mrs. Sutton at the window. She appeared to be living there. I saw two persons through the blind in the bed room, and afterwards there was no light. Mr. Sergeant BYLEs submitted that there was no case for the jury. His LoaDsruP thought there was not much evidence, but it was a question for the jury. Mr. Sergeant BYLES then addressed the jury for the defendant. Who were the parties in this action ? The plaintiff's wife was a shopwoman in Burlington Arcade, a great thoroughfare, where a great many shops were kept by a great many pretty women. Black Sambo entered Burlington Arcade one fine afternoon, like other distinguished people at the West-end, Mr, Dyce Sombre, for instance ; walked backwards and forwards, and was struck by the charms of Isa bella.—(Laughter,) An invitation to tea followed, and then there was a wedding. Who gave the lady away ? The Professor of the " Polka."—(Laughter.) There was no accounting for tastes. Now, the plaintiff was black and woolly, yet if he treated his wife well she might no doubt feel affection for him. But what was to be thought of a husband, black and woolly as he was—(Renewed laughter)—and who therefore ought to have been peculiarly careful about his wif e , l eav i ng h er in a place like Cambridge, totally unprotected ? What was to be thought of a man who took his wife to the Black Bear—a most appropriate name truly—(Laugh ter)—and left her there fur months together, allowing her to dance every week with young men frequenting the house ? He contended at some length that there was no evidence to prove the charge of a criminal inter course, and called on the jury in conclusion to give a verdict for the defendant. The Learned JUDGE summed up, and after a short consultation, the jury returned a verdict for the de fendant. THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE QUEEN'S PARK.— Although the formation of a carriage drive from the Watering -stone by Holyrood, the foot of Arthur-street, the Echoing Rock, Samson's Ribs, Duddingston, and across the eastern edge of Arthur's Seat to Parson's green, was commenced about a year and a half ago, the progress, in consequence, we believe, of the want of funds, has been less rapid than was desirable. A good deal, however, has recently been accomplished. An excellent roadway and footpath have been formed between the Watering -stone and the stile at the north-end of the walk round Salisbury Crags ; and that portion between the foot of Arthur-street and the road leading to the Powder Magazine is now nearly completed. One intermediate marsh between these two portions not having been yet drained, the junction of the two parts, now almost finished, cannot be effected till the operations connected with the drainage are completed. We under stand the drains will be commenced in the course of the ensuing month, and that this important link in the com munication will be completed with as little delay as pos sible. The portion finished under Salisbury Crags is now exquisitely beautiful,and daily attracts crowds of persons who take an interest in the work. The wall running andu p t h o e t h v e a r l u h m a b s been ra ne a removed,and n nis a t n h c e e s debrisc leared from away, th and hill the surface smoothed and sown with grass, already form ing a rich and verdant carpet.—Edinburgh Paper. CAUTION TO PARENTS, - Two children were brought to the Dispensary, Barnstaple, on Tuesday last, each of whom had got a cherrystone in his ear. The first was a boy from Tawstock, to whom the accident had happened on the preceding Sunday, and several abortive attempts had been made to get out the stone, by which the ear was very much irritated, and it was not without much difficulty that the surgeons at the Dispensary succeeded in extracting it. Scarcely had he been relieved when the second cam, into tl.o housc, aid in his case also, which had only just occurred, extraction I was perfumed.—Somerfet Gazette. THE CURRENCY. Mr. Loyd, in illustrating his principle that the issues of paper should be regulated by the stock of bullion, goes over some historical ground, which well deserves to be placed be fore the men of business of this City, all of whom are cog nisant, some of them painfully so, of his facts. Adverting to what are termed the " panics" of 1825, 1832, 1837, and 1839, he offers proof with respect to the first, third, and fourth period, that the intensity of them at least was owing entirely to the disregard of that principle ; and that in the second pe riod, that of 1832, the threatened consequences were averted by an adherence, even though partial and in some measure accidental, to that principle. This may be shown in much less space than Mr. Loyd has devoted to it, leaving those to consult his pamphlet who wish a complete acquaintance with the details and the figures, the utility of which there is no intention of dis paraging in this attempt at the brevity which we know to be always acceptable to City readers where it can be attained. His figures then show, with respect to the first period, when no returns were made of the country circulation, that the stock of bullion fluctuated as under : February, 1824 ... ... ..... August, 1825 .. Millions. • 134 Difference and that the Bank issues were in February, 1824 M'l9 ons. August, 1825 Difference That the Bank directors, in fact, paid no attention whatever to the abstraction of their bullion, or (relying, perhaps, on the "prosperity" doctrine of that time) thought it of no im portance to do so. The crisis which followed was the most dreadful which has ever occurred. Mr. Loyd's figures further show, with respect to the third period, that of 1837 (and we purposely leave to the last that of 1832, as forming the exception), that the stock of bullion fluctuated as under : Millions. September, 1833 ll March, 1837 4 Difference 7 Yet, taking the aggregate of the paper circulation, the country issues, as well as those of the Bank of England, the following results are exhibited : Millions. September, 1833.. March, 1837 . 291 Difference And the consequence, as deduced by Mr. Loyd, was the failure of some of the largest London houses, and the prostra tion for a long time afterwards of our foreign trade. Mr. Loyd's figures further show with respect to the fourth period, that of 1839, that the stock of bullion fluctuated as under : Millions. March, 1838 September, 1839 . , Difference And with respect to the paper circ u l a ti on , these were the results— Millions. March, 1838 September, 1839 Difference This state of things led to the advance of the rate of inte rest to 6 or 7 per cent., to the loans from the banks of France and Hamburgh, and to the prostration of the ra tional character, as well as that of mercantile credit. The Bank had no control over the country issues, and did not like to disturb their own, for fear of reducing the dividend among the proprietors. In the second period, that of 1832, something like an ad herence to Mr. Loyd's principle was manifested, not im probably because the Bank were then engaged in a negotiation for a new charter ; and these were the results :—The stock of bullion stood in— Millions. August, 1830 February, 1832 Difference And the paper circulation, taking that of the Bank (for the country returns had not then been established), was— Millions. 21i August,lB3o February, 1832 Difference 3i • " On this occasion," says Mr. Loyd, " the drain upon the bullion does not, as in all the other cases, terminate in a crisis ;" and he cites the following remarks upon it from a pamphlet of Mr. Horsley Palmer : "Although during this period the bullion in the Bank was diminished from 12,000,0001. to 5,000,0001., yet in the pro gress of this reduction, as there was no excitement, and no undue credit given by the banks in the interior of the coun try, the interest of money gradually rose from 2i t to 4 per cent.; and, then, without discredit or distrust of any kind, the bullion returned into the coffers of the Bank, and money nearly resumed its former value." _ _ We cannot help thinking the deduction made by Mr. Loyd fcom these figures, which, in order to facilitate comparison, we have simplified as much as possible, to be a sound one ; and that had a contraction taken place when the bullion began to go out, the panics of 1825, 1837, and 1839 might have been much mitigated in character, if not wholly averted. This is the course to which the new Bill will compel the banks. It is impossible under any state of the currency to avert panics altogether, for merchants will ever trade when they perceive a prospect of advantage in whatever medium the g , )ods are to be paid for; but it is probably the transi tion from peace to war, or the contrary, or extensive popular commotions, which alone need be regarded with any serious apprehension under the new system.—Times. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. TOTAL LOSS OF THE DOMINICA, BY AN ALTERATION IN THE SETTING OF THE CURRENT. KINGSTON, JAMAICA, Tune 23, 1844. Sir,—We take leave to report for the information of the Committee of Lloyd's the loss of the - barque Domi nica, Salter, master, from London. bound to this port, en the Island de la Vache, off Aux Cayes, St. Domingo, on the 6th instant. No part of the cargo was saved by the crew, who, with the master and passengers, found their way to this island in the boats ; they appeared to think the ship would go to pieces shortly after they left her. The passengers speak highly of the attention evinced by Captain Salter to the navigation of his ves sel, the loss of which appears to have been occasioned by a strong current setting to the. N.E. We inclose certi ficates descriptive of this current from the master of her Majesty's ship Illustrious (the flag ship ot . the Admiral), and from the master of an American packet ship, who has made forty voyages to this island, by which it ap pears to have been running from the 6th to the 12th instant.—We are, &c., &c. (Signed) LLOYD'S AGENTS. William Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's. COPY OF CERTIFICATES REFERRED To. "On 12th June, 1844, on the passage from Halifax to Jamaica, having made Great Inagua, a course wasshaped to pass about midway between Navassa and Point Moran t, the wind N.N.E. at the time, blowing fresh, the ship going about nine knots. At daylight, land was reported me on the port b Av. This I thought must have been the Mistake of the young gentleman who called me, as I expected to have made the Blue mountains ; but, on going on deck, I found it was the island of Navassa, bearing S.S.E. about 10 miles. We altered our course to S.W., and, although there was no decrease of wind, we found we altered the bearing of X avassa but very little until 9 A.M. This induced me to believe that we had been under the influence of a strong north-easterly current, which I found corroborated by observation. The current, during the twenty-four hours, had sent us N. 44 degrees, E. 34 miles. " CHARLES POPE, "Master H.M.S. Illustrious." I beg to add, that after much experience in the navi gation among the West India Islands, I had always pre viously found the current setting about a knot an hour to the S.W., when between St. Domingo and Jamaica." " On my last passage from Baltimore, in command of the barque Home, when off Navassa, we experienced a strong current setting to the E.N.E., at three miles per hour. On the 6th June, at 6 P.m., made Navassa, bear ing south about 16 miles. uring the night we steered S.W., going from 4.1 to s — knots ; at 4 A.M. the island bore S.S.E• about 5 miles, when we altered our course to S.W. by W. - W. At 8 Ain. the wind freshened to a 7 knot breeze, which continued during the day. At 630 P.m. we saw the light house on Morant Point, about 5 miles distant, the atmosphere at the time quite hazy. I have performed 40 voyages to this port from Baltimore, and never experienced such a current. (Signed) " WM. J. WATTS. " Kingston, Jamaica, June 18, 1844." " Aux CAYES, June 19, 1844. " We beg to inform you that the barque Dominica re ferred to in our advices of the 10th inst. has fallen over On her broadside and gone to pieces ; but a compara tively small part of her cargo has been saved through the dilatory proceedings of the authorities, and, since the late revolution, the disorder in all the branches of the public service are so great, that robbery has been very extensive, and even in the Custom-house,under the very eyes of the authorities, civil and military, it is ut terly impossible to prevent robbery, no public func tionary having command over the people and soldiers, to cause himself or the property to be respected." (Signed) MELANCHOLY' AND DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.-011 Tuesday evening last the family of Mr. Peake, one of the foremen of the Dock Yard, and some friends em barked in two boats in Hamoaze ; in one of the boats were Mr. Peake, and two sons of the Rev. J. Lampen, and in the other Mr. B. .M. Ramsey, solicitor, Mrs. Peake, Miss Eden, Miss Lampen, two of Mr. Lam pen's sons, and two sons of Mr. Peake. When about midway of the harbour, the tide at the time running strong, having ebbed about two hours —one of the boats in which were Mr. Ramsey and others, drifted in the course of the Torpoint Steam Ferry Bridge, which was . coming towards them.— Finding it impossible to get out of the way of the Steam Bridge, Mr. Ramsey several times hailed it, as did Captain Burgoyne, who observed the approaching danger from the poop of the San Josef; but no attention being paid to these repeated warnings, the boat was run down. Mr. Ramsey fortu nately Jumped upon the brow of the steamer, and suc ceeded in getting Mrs. Peake and Miss Lampen out of the boat ; the young gentlemen also succeeded in getting out, but the unfortunate lady, Miss Eden, on rising hastily- in the boat, received a blow in the forehead from the brow of the steamer, and was thereby thrown off her balance, and immediately fell overboard ; and from the heavy instrument she wore about her person for the purpose of supporting her back, being deformed, sunk instantly. Up to the time of our going to press the body had not been recovered.—Devonport Telegraph. WELLINGTON.—A dreadful accident occurred to a man driving a heavy unloaded timber carriage, on Fri day last. A bundle of hay was placed on the front of the carriage for the horses to eat whilst loading, and the driver very incautiously seated himself on it. The wheels passing over a large stone. in .the road threw the carriage so much on one side as to cause the fiay,to roll from under him, by which he was thrown off, the wheel passing over part of his head, and taking off the ear with the side of his face, close to the nose, and part of the scalp. The poor fellow lies in a dreadful state of suffering at the Wellington Union, where he has every attention shown him, with some hopes of his ultimate resoyery.—,Somerset Gazette. . CHINESE DOMESTIC ARCHI TECTURE. Extract of a letter from Shanghae, dated the 13th of February : " As soon as I could get a place I removed on shore ! My house is neither very large nor very handsome ; it consists of six small rooms, natne.y, dining-room, sitting' room, and office (all in one), bed-room, muster-room+ store-room, and two rooms occupied by my linguist and Shroff, so that all are in use. The upper part of the house is built entirely of wood ; the rooms about &lle. feet high at the sid es , an d 15 f eet i n t h e cen tre (top of the roof), and the tiles visible, there being no ceiling te cover the rafters. By dint of papering the walls, and so stopping up, or rather covering, the chinks between the planks, putting curta i ns to the windows and doorS,. making a ceiling of mats, by nailing them to the refers, and carpeting the rooms. I have nude the place mode rately comfortable, at least habitible, and by the help of •a small stove, and a pan of charcoal, or rather a coinr, sition of charcoal and o th er su b stances , w hi c h is used here, I keep myself from fret-zing ; but it is utterly WI; possible to keep drau g ht s ou t of a Chinese house, and t occasionally get a twinge of rheumatism. However, by next winter, I 1 - tope I shall have things more et)l3l - arranged. " The weather is very cold, and snow lying on the ground. The thermometer, when I got up this mornil was 28 deg. in my room . l am somet i mes gi ld a t nigh, with four bla n k ets an d a qui l t over me, and frequen tly . t find the water in the basin, nail-brushe , , &c.. frozen in the morning. Although not very plea-ant to me, aft er a nd being accustom e d to a trop i ca l cl i mate, it is bracing , ' will, I trust, strengthen me to stand t h e hot weather' I have been t o ld that the thermometer sometimes stands at 127 deg. here in the shade.' I sitsp, et it must be e-%" egg, rated. Fort unat,ly it does not list 1 not more than three months, or it would be impossible to exist." FAIR SUFFERERS. (From Punch.) By fair sufferers we mean about ninety-nine out Of every hundred of those poor dear young ladies, coo demned, through the accident of their birth, to languish' in silk and satin, beneath the load of a fashionable ex istence. Ah ! little think the g,..y licentious paupers' who have no plays, operas, and evening parties to be forced to go to, a nd no carr i ages to be obliged to ride about in, of the miseries which are endured by t he daughters of affluence ! It is a well-known fact, chat scarcely one of these tender creatures can be in 5 theatre or a concert-room ten minutes wiihout being seized with a violent headache, which, mare frequent l y than not, obliges her to leave before the perfermance is over, and drag a brother, husband, loser. or attenti ve young man, away with her. If spared th.- headache, often is she threatened with a tainting fit (n,y, now an d then seized with :t), to the alarm mini disturbance of h er company I Not happening to feel f a i n t exac tly, still there is a sensation. "a something," as she describes "she doesn't know what," which she is almost sure to be troubled with. Unvisited by these afflictions, neverthe 'less, either the cold, or the heat, or the glare of the gas' or some other source of pain, oppresses or excruciates her susceptible serves. A n d w h en we ta k e on e suc h young lady, and put together all the public amusetneut 3 which she must either go to—or die—in the course of tl London season ; and when we add up all the. headaches, and swoons, and the somethings she doesn't know wha t ; the shiveriags, burnings, and other agonizing sensations which she has undergone by the end of it ; the result is an aggregate of torture truly frightful to contemplat e. Suppose she is obliged to walk—this is sometimes actually the case—happy is she if she can go Weal yards witho u t some pa i n or ot h er; in the side, the back' the shoulder, the great toe. Thus the pleasure of slur ping, promenading, or a pic-nic is embittered : thus Is colocynth infused Into the eau sucree of bliss! If ,s b : reads a chapter in a no ve l, th e c h ances are that ue` temples throb for it. She tries to embroider a corsair ; doing more than an arm of him at a time strains her eyes. Employ herself in w h a t way s h e w ill , she feelS fatigued afterwards, and may think herself well off abb e is no worse. Nine days out of ten she has no appetit e ,; on the tenth she enj o y s h er din ner, and i s taken jib Then comes that horrid physic I She cannot take pill s ; she objects to powders • draughts are insufferable to her . Poor unfortunate ! . What is she to do ? Without a care to vex her, save, perhaps, some slight misgiving s respecting the Captain, she is unable to rest, though on a couch of down. Ex erc i se wou ld procure her slumber; but oh ! she cannot take it. Whether a little less con - • finemeat of the waist, earlier hours, plainer luncheons: more frequeni airings in the green fields, and mental and bodily exertion generally, than what, in these re spects, is the fashionable usage, would in any way ,alle viate the miseries of our fai r su ff erers , may b e questi oneu It may also be inquired how far such miseries ar e imaginary, and to what extent a trifling exercise of reso lution would tend to mitigate them ? Otherwise, stir . posing them to be ills that woman is necessarily heiress to—unavoidable, irremediable gracious powers I what torments, what anguish, mui.t fishwotnen, washerwome n, charwomen, and haymakers, to say nothing of servants. of all-work, and even ladies' maids, endure every day of their lives DEAFNESS. TESTIMONIAL. from John Sawyer, Esq., of liar wood Lodge, Maidenhead, Berks, to Messrs. S. and B. Sole mons, 39, Albemarle -street, Piccadilly. Gentlemen, having been deaf for some time, I was induced, in the month of No vember, 1839, to make trial of your Invisible Voice Conduct arid, although at my a d vanc ed age, at that tim e past m y 77t1 year, I had no hope of obtaining any relief, yet immediately applied them I could hear the general conversation, and al hearing has become so much improved by their use, that I can now hear acutely without their aid. I am, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant, J. Sawyer. 22d June, 1842.—From the late Henry Cowper, Esq., of Tewen Waters, Herts, to Messrs, S. and B. Solomons :—Gentlemen, having been deaf for many years,,l was induced to try your Invisible Voic e Conductors. They enable me to hear persons in comPa n3 :i and at a place of wors hip most di st i nct l y. T he Spectac l es 0, Handglass which y ou h ave sent me are very exce ll en t, a?' l . : suit my sight perf ec tly, th e t ransparency o f w hi c h i s so brit, liant, that although I h ave p asse d my 86 t h year t h e 22 , 1 May last, yet they enable me to read, and by candle- light, w it the greatest ease and comfort t o m y se lf. I return you m y be s thanks, and remain your obedient servant, Henry Cowper.' 2:1 June, 1839.—Telescopes, Opera Glases. Microscopes' &c. of the same kind of Lenses.—Caution.—Messrs. S. and a s.°: lomons, Opticians and Aurists, arc not in any way connected wt . : a person of the s ame n ame i n their immediate neighbourhou Nor n any part of the coun t r y. T o prevent mistakes, be Co" tious, and Observe,—Only to be had at 39, Albemarle-stre et, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. • PLEASING RESULTS.-With the gaiety assumed 11 nature in the brightness of the summer season there ar e few disinclined to participate; and in pursuit of tht rational enjoyments personal agremens, in all • variety, are necessarily objects of desire—those, which the perfection and durability are at once obviou. s and import an t, meet t h e i r most available preservative in Gowland's L ot i on ; fi rst, as a d ec i ded remedy fir a ll cutaneous impurities • and, secondly, a s an e l egan t, an' and effective appendage to the toilet, removing eve r " species of local discolouration, deqnding the skin frol all the well-known effects of heat upon its surface, an es contributing largely to continued delicacy and fresh ness of the complexion: A WONDERFUL C URE BY H OLLOWAY ' S Pi a ' AND OINTMENT.—Edward White, residing at No. • 4 1!: • Clement's-lane, Strand, was an in-door patient at liing y College Hospital, for an abscess in the thigh, an_ . , d wound, nine inches long, on th e same li m b . He COwtt. neither bend his knee nor p u t hi s f oot to t h e ' gr oan He remained at the hospital five months in bed, when h 7, was informed "that nothing more could be done for nigh • • He was then carried to his home, and commenced using the above invaluable medi c i n e s . H e can now wa lk s bout all the day long ; b u t, t o comp l ete t h e cure, he st ill use' the remedies. Sold at Professor Holloway's establish went, 224, Strand, where advice may be had gratis ; by all respectable venders of medicine throughout i" 'civilised world, " THIRD EDITION OF " CONINGSBY."—We are re' quested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlb w ; rough-street, has this day p u bli s h e d a Third Edition °' Co&ngsby ; or, The New Generation," by B. 1)1s ; raeli,'Esq., M.P., in 3 vo l s . p os t B vo ., w hi c h can no w Ji had of all book se ll ers an d a t a ll th e lib rar i es. M r . Co burn has also just published -2. The Hon G. Sydr Smythe's " Historic Fancies," 1 vo l. B vo., 12s, b ou nal 3. The second volume of M r . Townsend's 'Memoirs ° f the House of. Comthons, B vo .-4 . Th e March i one ss Londonderry's Narrative of her Visit to the Courts °` Vienna, Constantinople, Athens, Naples, &c., 1 vol. 8 7; —and, 5. The seventh vo l ume o f M i ss Str i c klan" " Lives of the Queens of England," comprising the c en t ; elusion of the Lif e o f Q ueen Elizabeth, and the comp le Lire of Anne of Denmark.A SINGULAR THEFT.—On W e d nes d ay last, ng boy was in a spin ne y a dj o i n i ng th e turnpike-road)tryi this town to Loughborough, he discovered a *eel, 1 5, taming twenty-three shrouds, fifteen breast-el°, twenty-four face-cloths, and four caps, evidently t i s . property of some tradesman who furnished ftw erti ,ll Inquiries have been made in Leicester, but as n) su article; have been misied by the drapers here, it is sup' posed that they hav e b een stolen friar) some draper Nottingham or Derby.—Leicester Mercury. On the 15th inst., the BIRTHS lady of . the Rev. R. Wickham,fo Twyfbrd, Hants, of a daughter. On the 16th inst., at Ely-grange, Frant, the lady of W bert James Hebdon, Esq., of a son. On the 17th i ns t., a t P o l ygon - terrace, S out h am pton, 111 / 1 4 Josep he h Lobb, of a son. On t 18th inst., at Streatham-hill, Mrs. J. u. shears. of a son. On the 18th inst., at B runsw i c k- square , th e lady of georY E. Kendall, jun., Esq., of a son. On the 19th inst., at Beaufoy-terrace, Maida-vale , Rowe, of a daughter. MARRIED. ,a Ore', On the 10th inst., at St. George'Church, H ov'e r-- ' , an , ; id o Horatio Kemble, Esq., to Margaret Amelia, only el l ' Lieutenant. Colonel Carpenter, of Potter's-bar, 31iddleselev. On the Bth inst., at St. Alkmond's, Shrewsbury , J. Poole, 8.A., incumbent of Llandysillo, Montgomerystsal 1,.. to Emily. eldest slaughter of the late B. Blythe, Escl'' geon, of Cound, Shropshire. A na nia On the 10th inst., at the British Embassy, Berlin, T• ,-- to Bentley, Esq., of the Free Grammar School, ShrewsburY: of Pauline Fanny, youngest daughter of Professor. Fills , 1 1 Berlin. . n atom' On the 18th inst., Alfred Corpe, Esq., of Am"' „f gr. common, to Caroline Augusta Field, sixth daughter " the !I. re , Field, of Brixton-place, Surrey. DLFID. On the 10th inst.,Franees,daughter ofJ. W. Liddiard, Leigham House, Streatham. On the 11th inst., M r . Cuthbert s p 1, Rel I o f Turner Cheslumt, aged 69. - On the 15th inst., at Brand-street, Greenwl.ch, On the 18th inst., Poll-mull- east, John dwaril Scotst.i. o f On the 18th inst., Hyman Hurwitz. Professo r Hebrew at University College, London. ... ,• On the 19th inst., Mr. F. G. Berry, of High Holborn%,,, London: y(47-s Printed and Published by MUBDO ' 112, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office , , Q ...„w of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Bliddloses, tioday, July 22, 1844. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 22 1 1644. Pa I