The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-03 00:00:00

FXrti Utittton SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. PttiCES OF SHARES L L.AN ALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSITRANCE AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. LONDONi TUESDAY, DEC. S. Amount Names of Com.. 01 Shre. Canals. Ashton and Oldham... Ashby-de-la-Zouch.,av Basingstoke „ v . v v.. Br eckneck & Abergay. Birmingham,l.lfithsh. Do. and Liverp. June. Chelmer & Blackwator Coventry Cromford Dudley Derby Danube aneruaysie.... Ellesmere and Chester Erewash Forth snd Grand Junction ~. Grand Union 0040 Grand surrey Grand We5tern.......... 01.noorgansh., ay. cost Gloucester & Berkeley Grantham Huddersfield ..... av Kennet nod Avon av Laneaster av Leeds and Liverpool... Leicester Leicester & Northamp. Loughborough ........av Monmouthshire Montgomeryshire....... Melton M0wbray........ Mersey and Heath. Oxford .... v .... v .v..... Peak Forist JV Regent's (or London).. Shropshire Somerset C0a1...„........ De. Lock. Fund Stock Stafford and Worcester Shrewsburt Stourbridge 0000 Stt atford .on.Aven av Swansea...." .„........... Severn & Wye & Trent & 'Mersey, 1 4 sh. Thames & Medway av Warwick and Binning. Warwick and Napton... Worcester & firming. Wilts and Berks......av Wisbeach Wey and Arun....... X s. S. VT IS 0 113 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 8 15 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 - 41 13 4 193 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1'72 13 4 100 11 0 150 9 0 57 6 6 89 18 10 47 6 100 0 0 140 0 83 10 0 142 17 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 100 0 0 1 100 0 0 1 100 0 0 , 100 0 0 ; 78 0 0 33 18 8 Ws - 0 0 125 0 0 150 0 0 19 10 • 140 0 125 0 • Docks. Commercial ... East and West India London Ditto Bonds Bristol... ....... Do.Bnds,var.amounts St. Katharine Ditto Bonds Ditto B.nds Southampton Bridges Hampneramith Southwark, new Subs Ditto New of 7}4 pr c Waterloo Ditto Old Ann. of Si, Ditto New ditto et 71 DI tto i10nd5....... ....... Vau1.ha1L...........—.av /I.ssnrances. Albion Alfred Life Alliance Brit. and For Ditto Marine Atlas Birmingham lire British Corn me r nisi Cler. Mcd. & Gen. Life County ...., Economic Life P.uropean Life.. Ditto New Freemasons Globe live Lite. Ditto Imperial Fi Ditto Life.... Indemnity Marine..„.. Law Life Legal and General Life London Fire.........., 1 Ditto Ship ...... National Loan Funl Neptune Marine ad iurn Life Pritectoi Life Provident Lite Rock Life...........„ yal Sun Fire ..... Ditto Life. ..... University Life Universal Uhion Fire and Lite Soint Stk Banks Ditto New 6 per cent. 1 Brit. North American h per cent. Commercial of Lorvion 5 per cent ' Colonial Cper cent 1 London & Westminstr Ditto New„_. per cent. , Len.ion Joint Stock. Met ropolit an_______ per cent Provincial ot a per cent. Ditto ..... 6 per cent I National of Ireland 31s per share Nat. Provincial Englnd tis per share i Ditto New JO per cent. i Union of Australia per cent. • Union of London Gaslight i Coke 16s. I Bath IL hs. British 11. 7s. Ditto Provincial and ha. Birmingham.„ 434,j., and be. i Binning. & Statlbrdsh per cent. Bristol VW. ; Brighton I Ditto General 1 City. of London 10L Ditto New As pe per sh Continental Consolid r hilltto New on j Eq,:itable 6 per cent. 1 ImperNez•••••••••••• 5 per cent. - Isle of 1 i. - anet •••••••••••• 6 per cent j Independent Phenix ..... „....».„» Itatcliff: South Metropolitan:: United General ..... ..» Westmins. Chartered Ditto 3, 1 M. 4 per cent. 6 per cent. f pct cent. tai pr eh crchbc• rker °fella per cent.l t ;30s. ~e. 134 per cont. 5 lwr cent. 5 per cart. t per cent. :.per erut. es. M. perceut. 111 & tn. U. Ss. IQ.. 10s. 5 per cebit. ,per cent. 5 per cent. per cent. IL ss. 5 per cent 13,4 perotnt. IL 4s. spe cunt. mnt P per oeirlL 5 per cent per cent 45 per cent. 3/. 12s. Water Works. Birmingham East Grand Junction •av Kent .• •• N w Riv I,on. Bride An. Manchester andSalford Vauxhall, late S. Lend. West Middlesex AV Yrk ituldg Co. Les Prop Iron Railways Birmingham & Derby & Gloucester Bristol and Exeter Caledonian ..»» Chester and Holyhead Eastern Connties & Glasgow Grand Great North of Englnd Great Western Ditto Half Shares Ditto Fifths. Harwich (Braithwaite) Hull and Selby Lancaster and Carlisle Lee& and 5e1by...... .... Liverpool & Manchastr Ditto Halt.Sharea..... London and Brighten.. Ditto Loan Notes London and Blrckwall London and Greenwich London and Birmingh. Ditto Guarter.Shares Ditto Thirds... Loudon and S. 'West ern London and Croydon Manchester and Leeds Ditto New Shares Manchatr and firming id!and North British Norwi h & Brandon Nor here and Eastern Ditto Scrip, iss. 5/. dis. Paris and Orleans. Paris and Rouen Rouen aud Stockt n & Darlington tooth East. and Dover Yarmouth and Norwich lurk and N. Midland Ditto New Sham 41..10. 21. 10s. a 10s. tver cent. U. 14s. 21. 31 1 . P. lb' 11. Is. per coat 1 5 . pc; sh. 58. perah imicr coot. 144 per oent. N. ss. per gli per sh. it:s. per A. per cent. 10 per cent. 10r neat. 1 -per eh ICL per sh. IL 14s. 3Lpgr share ...ls 4d per sh SK.l7s. pr a /138 der a U. sv. 15s. IL 111. 10d. lb per cent. per cent. XI per cent. 10 per cent. Copper Alien Anglo Mex., iss.sl. p.m Ditto Subscription Bolarios Ditt Scrip Brazil. Imp. iss.s/. p.m Do. Mocaub. & Coc. U Do. St. John Del Rey British Iron Candonga. ...... ..... Ditto Registered Cobre Copper Copiapo ..... Columbian, hs. 5/. p.m General Mining Hibernian Imperial Slate Compy Mexican Mining Co. sit Real del Monte, Unreg._ Ditto Loan Notes hymney Iron Santiago de Cuba...." United Mex., iss.W. pm Ditto Scrip Ditto NOW Scrip Literary. Londn, with Sin. Ticket London University Russell King's College ;Miscellaneous Anglo Mexican Mink Australian. Agrieultur Br it. American Land, Canada Upper Canada Bonds Gen. Steam Navigation ' Iberian Mercantile Co. Ditto Property Me. Wood Pay., isa. 1/. Mex. and S. American New Brunswick ;Land) New Zealand Penins. & Orien. Steam Itsyal Mad Steam ReYerSiQrlarY Int. Sot South Australian Thames Tunnel Van Diernen's Land ! 11. St. is. ed. 145 0 8 79 9 8 100 6 0 26 9 9 50 0 0 19 5 8 100 i o 100 0 0 78 8 0 67 10 11 105 0 0 110 0 0 100 0 0 Stock Stock _ LP 9 0 Stock 50 - i 0 70 10 9 500001 25 0 0 100 0 0 1 100 o • 50 0 0 250 0 0 50 9 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 1000 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 9 Stock 1100 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 , 500 0 0 1100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 4 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 t Stock 100 0 r 100 0 0 20. 0 0 40 0 P 50 0 i 10 , 9 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 20 0 0 77 10 0 50 6 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 A 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 • 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 30 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 59 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 • e 41 13 4 190 11 30 4 0 100 0 0 63 11 9 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 i 9 100 9 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 9 20 0 0 50 9 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 9 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 16 13 4 12 15 4 100 0 0 32 8 • 41 6 10 13 15 9 100 0 tr 50 0 0 70 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 50 0 20 0 0 2+) 0 0 20 9 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 15 0 100 0 15s 0 35 0 25 0 20 0 100 0 20 0 tO 0 55 0 20 • 50 0 10 e 600 25 0 b 0 • 25 0 40 0 75 0 100 0 25 0 10 0 100 0 60 0 ISO 6 15 0 5 0 5 0 10 0 10 El 50e 100 0 26 0 50 0 20 0 Z 1. 1. ! 100 o 41 13 4 • 100 0 0 Dividend per Annum. 14 per cent. 41. 44 10s. 4 pa cent. 41. 4W. .153. 11. 51. 3! I2s. 841. 1.106. 941. 104 171. 30/. 17s. Gd. 101. 6 1: ersent. 28 Sol. IL 10s. 15L Mi. 10s. 104 10s. cent. per cent. 41 per cent. 41 per cent. 31. las. 3 per colt. E per tent. IS pew cent. 4 per cent. 6 per cent. 1% per cent. I/. Os. Bd. Iris. Id. per cent, 71. '. i ei. lOper cent. 101. per eh. 1/. IX push. IL 4a. IL 15s. tper cent. b per sent PC and hs.f3el. bs. j bper craft. Iper cast. peg cent Gper cant • a LIST op SCOTTISH COM NOV. 23, 1 6 for cent. \ Bank of Scotland...—. 1 6 per cent. Royal Bank ........ ..... ... a per cent. B r ai l a Linen Cornpny. i 6 pea cent , Commercial Bank ..... ; 7 per pent. ; Glasgow Union Bank.. Ai pet cent. ; Western Bank ..... ... riper cent. Central PIC. of heottand et per cent., Caledorian Insurance.. ;per cent. Hercules Insurance—. 4 c ent North Brit. Insuran ce geat. Intinrance Co. of Scott. (forgets— . t (forgets—Edinburgh Lite liniur. ip e r ‘,.Alt. j Sew tish :lion) iisur... 5 ver c• -dg. , i Sto,ndard Life Incur.... 5 per cciit. 1 Dalkeithß o l a ilza n y 3 r hy «.: 6 g1 14 i't.r C.° ! I.ll'n. and I Creen Rait cen e : Giasg. sty , • 8 - per .' Dutiaire•and Aria Rail. 91.31. THE SUN, LONDON, TITE'SDAY EVENING; DECEMBER 3, 1844.; SPIRIT of the JOURNALS. I 160 12% ITIB 3134 83 446 110 181% 2.5 10% 4.!J 640 130 '114,0 160 400 ILl3i. 49h I It'a 274. q 454 t 16 1514 lb) i3s4 26% ISN 411 1 4 IO les4 FROM THE EVEKNO PAPERS OF THIS DAI. GLOBE.—There yet remain two months before the meeting of Parliament. The interval may be well employed in the discussion of those practical ques tions of national finance, and the nature and opera tion of those fiscal imposts, which not merely affect the public interests, but involve the comfort and health of the great mass of the community. The flourishing state of the public revenue—presenting, as it does, a large surplus of income over the expenditure—will enable the Government to remove or diminish some of the items of taxation. The specific mode of relief has, probably, not yet been decided on. The Premier, with his characteristic caution, is waiting for an indication of popular feeling. To this he has been wont to yield. By consulting it at the present moment he may win back a portion of his lost popularity. When ex pediency promised to serve his purpose, the claims of principle, and the regard which consistency de mands from public men, gave little trouble to Sir Robert Peel. With a dexterity which alter nately amuses and disgusts, the Right Hon. Baronet breaks such bonds asunder, and divests himself of the incumbrance. With him, pledges and promises are but the current coin of the passing hour. The tax which presses most severely on the community—at once a heavy impost; an irritating insult ; an unequal, and therefore unjust, distribution of the burden, by which those least able are made to bear the greatest proportion is, we need scarcely say, the pro perty and income-tax. To obtain the immediate removal of the latter portion of this tax, should be the object of every man who is capable of discerning the distinction which obviously exists between them. The former should be equitably graduated; the latter should be wholly removed. This is the main object., To attain this desirable relief to the wages of labour and the profits of trade, every legitimate means should be employed. A tax upon property regulated by an equitable scale, is just and beneficial in principle. The revenue it would supply would enable the Minister to reduce the taxation which presses most heavily on the labouring classes.: The tax on income is at once oppressive and inquisitorial--oppressive, for it adds to the burdens which already press severely on those least able to bear the load; and inquisitorial, for it subjects the affairs of the merchhnt and trader to an investigation by, and exposure to, the eyes of those from whom it is essential they should be concealed. It is also, as has been well observed, "a premium on dishonesty." Its demoralizing influence is manifest. " The full weight of the burden is only felt by the honest man; the less scrupulous may with facility save half the amount by fraudulent returns, and defy every attempt t 6 prove their inaccuracy." The objections which apply to the tax on income are not applicable to a tax on real or funded property. The facilities for collecting the latter are great—involving neither trouble nor expense. "In the case of houses or land, it is collected from the occupying tenant, who pays it cheerfully, because he is authorised to deduct it from his landlord's rent. The landlord, in turn, when his estate is mortgaged, deducts 'it from the interest due to the mortgagee. There is no in quisition into his resources, or incumbrances ; and yet no opportunity is given him of evading a fraction of the legal demand." When ever the promised general revision of the fiscal policy of the country be entered upon—and we think the coming session the best for the purpose which has been presented in the history of the country for_many Years —it is obvious that the principle of direct taxa tion must be seriously entertained. No sound and advantageous change can be effected in the general tax ation of the country which is not based on this prin ciple. The idea, therefore, of giving up that part of the property-tax which 'is derived from tangible pro perty, whether it he in lands, houses, or in the funds, is founded on the inequitable policy of throwing an unequal portion of taxation on the shoulders of industry—an error, or rather a vice, which has per vaded the fiscal legislation of the country. To apply the same rule to fluctuating sources of income as to those which are fixed, is not merely absurd, it is ine quitable and injurious. Even if the tax on income, as contradistinguished from the tax on property, were to be retained at a diminished rate, the odious feature - would remain. The private affairs of indivi duals would be subjected to inquisitorial inquiry and injurious exposure and publicity; and this in a free country is intolerable, and will not be endured longer than imperious necessity compels. STANDARD.—The meeting for the protection and relief of needlewomen, held yesterday at Willis's Rooms, and presided over by Lord Ashley, is one of the signs of the times, and in all respects an auspicious sign. The association, still in its infancy, we may say but just born, has provided work, at 9s. a-week, fsr nearly one thousand industrious women, and what is perhaps still more gratifying, has conciliated many extensive dealers to the principle of fair wages. There is not the least reason to doubt that if the public do its dity fairly, the blessing may be extended ten-fold or one hundred-fold even in a few months. Let purchasers resolve to deal only with those who give fair wages, and not grudge to pay in proportion, low wages, now the rule, will become the exception ; they will not long be an exception until they disappear, and thus the good work will be completed without injury to any one. Following the Noble Chairman (need we name him who is ever most forward in every good work,, Lord Ashley), We must, however, refer to two classes of employers, over whom the public has a more direct control than over any others, but who are the agents of more mischief to the poor needlewomen than any others—the managers of workhouses, and of female schools and asylums. The low prices at which persons supported by 'other resources, can afford to work, is the main cause why the prices of female la bour generally are so miserably depressed. As regards workhouses, there is no excuse for their inmates being at all sent into the market. The law makes for them a provision, such as it is, irrespective of the value of their labour ; and, let them labour never so industriously, the lay/ does not allow them to parti cipate in the fruit of their toil. Upon what conceiv able just principle, then, can they be thrown into competition with those for whom the law does nothing. Lee managers of workhouses, if they please, give employment to the persons under their charge; but let them sell the produce of the labour thus cheaply obtained at a minimum price, somewhat above what is sufficient to maintain decently, independent and unassisted, labourers in the same line—common jus tice demands this at the very least. The case of female schools and' asylums differs from the case of workhouses in this, that these are voluntary establishments. The mischief to the independent, unassisted labourer is, however, precisely the same, whether under-bidding is effected by funds voluntarily or compulsorily collected. If the poor sempstress is compelled to make for I id. a shirt, for making which she ought to receive a shil ling to enable her to live, it matters nothing to her whether the price is beaten down by a rival workhouse or a rival school. It may be useful to warn many benevolent persons who are not aware of the effect of their kind exertions in s patronising schools, of the evil that necessarily follows cheap school work—an evil immeasurably overbalancing the good. This warning may be; serhaps, best supplied • by a short calculation. Let us suppose, then, a school containing a hundred girls, the daughters, say, of half that number of mothers who are sempstresses. The mothers receive, say nine shillings a week each for their labonr ; the labour of the girls affords no pecuniary return. Nine shillings a-week is a poor pittance for the maintenance of three per sons, but unhappily experience proves it to be comparative affluence to the class of which we are speaking. Matters proceed as we have described them, until some perhaps truly generous, but short sighted persons think that the labour of the children ought to be employed to some profitable use—ques tionless with a purpose to extend the charity—work is taken in for the children accordingly, and it is not extravagant to suppose that the work of one hundred girls may be equal to the work of twenty-five women, that is half. the work of the fifty mo thers. But, suppose it . equal to the work of only ten women ; now, according to Adam Smith, who drew his infereece from a large and care ful induction, this would reduce the receipts of the mothers one-half, viz., from 9s. to 4s. 6d. and even this is too favourable a view; for Smith's hypothesis as sumes that the intruders must be self-supported, which is not the case of the school-girls. How ever, let us take the most favourable view ; let us assume that the labour of the daughters robs the mothers of only one-half their earnings. Is this real charity ? You deprive the mother of two orphan girls of half her means of supporting herself and them—for what ?In order to prose• cute the same system on a more extensive scale. But then it will be said, girls must be taught to work with the needle. No doubt it is very proper to teach them; but do not teach them to the loss of themselves and of their mothers. Let them work ; but, as in the case of workhouses, let a minimum price, _above the average of a de cent maintenance be charged for the labour. All that is necessary is • some' uniform regulation upon the subject. Let the poor-law guardians come to an agreement upon the point ; let the patronesses of the multitude of the different female schools and asylums of the metropolis have a meeting upon the subject. English women never meet without some generous resolution and a happy result. Let it, in short, be determined universally -* i that no charitable or quasi charita ble establishment shall - perform any work at a less rate than will afford 23 104 9s. a week to an industrious sempstress—let this be 2 4 dune, and we dare almost predict that be for e the it! end of 1845 every sempstress in London will have her 9s. a-week or more. The matter is hap sOtz ; pity such as i s comp l ete l y within the power of the p re u m bl: A c e; it labour that enters elastic, for the value of the enters into the expenditure - of each of us is really so trifling that almost the ! INDIGO.—We have no improvement to notice in th 3 ts wl3 s',ata I tleat the duty on the tobacco was poorest amongst us can double, treble, or quadruple demand for East India. Madras is still fetching previous ' 131. 2s. 3d., and that upon the s pi r it s w a s 21.5 5 . the price without inconvenience. Our readersk will rates, and is in lair request. The purchases made in Mr. nobler said he was instructed that the prin see that the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Queen ;.Spanish have been extremely limited. —There has been more activity in the market for cipal witness for the prosecution, who was a deeply Dowager have warmly encouraged, and most libe °lLs.descri tions of Fish Oilssince tb's day week. interested one, inasmuch as he would, in case of con rally aided, Lord Ashley in this, perhaps the most i selling diction, be entitled to a large share of the penalty, common Southern has fetched p stiffer rates ; Cod has been interesting, as in all the other branches of his glo-, by private treaty at 321 to 321 lOs ; pale Seal 341 5s to could be proved to have been on terms of intimacy in rious enterprise. We will not praise them for it. The 35/, straw and yell ow 301 to 33 / , brown 29/ to 291 Los, the family of the Greoof s. aad used frequently to Royal persons in question cannot help being kind and an d, a t auc tion, 60 tuns of Southern, o f f ore i gn fi s hing, smoke and drink in the hotke. good any more than Lord Ashley can. We may in bond, were disposed of at 311 los to 33/ 15s per tun. Mr. Potbury said the officer's character was too love and honour them for being what they are, but Sperm i s not so much In request, and prices are not so firm well known to the Custom-house authorities to be in we will not affront them by praise. What a position —the stock Is on the increase. Of 70 tans of American the slightest degree affected by accusations of such a is that occupied by Lord Ashley at this moment ? at auction, a part only found buyers at 781 10s to 861 15s description. How must Queen Victoria exult in the possession of f o r common to fine quality. Linseed Oil at 22 s 6 d Mr. Hobler. —Mr. Davis, do you know one Mrs. such a subject and servant to represent to her people to 22s 9d per Nv_ i • v t. For Pale Rape 355, and Rose? Witness—Perfectly well. She threatened to 34s for hr h o w a n.. _ alUti 381 e t 4 O l/ 3 to 42/ Gallipoli, 39/ to 401 the graces of her personal kind-heartedness, with a knife me. She is one of the party. for Span's , grid is Bl lOs per tun for Barbary fitness and dignity beyond the reach of any other man ?Sarah Rose (for the defence) stated, in answer to and Levant. Coeoa Nut not much wanted at p re- questions from Mr. Hobler, that she knew Davis, and sent, but no further decline has occurred in prices— a part only of -99 casks of Ceylon at auction found had seen him several times at Mrs. Gregson's before buyers at 2. 49 to 28s 6d per cwt for low to that defendant was fined. Witness had been servant fine quality. Palm has been taken sparingly, and pricea to the Gregson's, and had known Davis to be as one are looking down, 26s is the value of fine quality of the family, drinking brandy and smoking cigars as TALLOW.—Seieral parcels have been offered at public often as he thought proper to call. She knew sea sale, and nearly the whole found purchasers. For pulic faring people very frequently to call and ask whether sale on Friday 200 casks South American, 323 casks they bought tobacco, and when she said " No," they of yellow candle stranded, 21 casks of African, 92 casks said Davis had sent them. She knew Davis to bring of New South Wales, 191 pligs of Cape, 26 pkgs of parcels of tobacco. She did not examine the parcels, North American, 100 casks of damaged Odessa are de- . for she had no right to interfere with what belonged dared. to Mr. Davis, but they smelt of tobacco. The LORD Mavoa asked the witness several questions, the answers to which gave the lie to her previous declarations, and convinced every person not interested for the smugglers, that every word she uttered against the principal witness for the prose cution was a fabrication. Another female witness, not satisfied with denying the truth of Davis's evidence, swore that he used Mrs. Gregson in a most indecent manner. The LORD MAYOR—Why, what did he do to her? Witness—He knocked her head against the door, and she was black about the place for a fortnight after • wards, so help me God. The LORD MAYOR asked whether the witness's husband was not one of the persons who had been convicted in penallies elsewhere ?—She replied that he had been fined for an assault, but not for smuggling. Mr. Potbury said that her husband had been fined for assaulting a smuggler. Witness—Mr. Davis searched the house without showing his warrant, and he had no right to do so. The Lord Mayor and Sir John Pirie dis charged James Oregson, being of opinion that the evidence was not sufficient to justify a conviction in his caae • but they agreed that there was not the shadow of a doubt of the guilt of Sarah Greg son, whom they therefore adjudged to pay the penalty of 1001. Davis requested that, as such imputations had been thrown out against his character by the solicitor to the defendants, his Lordship would say whether he believed any part of the statements made by the females. The LORD MA,YOR—No, not one word. Sir JOHN Ptak—We are quite sure they have not spoken a word of truth, and we are as sure that you hav4 done your duty most faithfully. The Loan MAYOR—Certainly. MARYLEBONE. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Before.the LORD CHIEF BARON and a Special Jury.) REVENUE FRAUDS.-THE ATTORNEY GENERAL V. BRYANT. In this case the information was filed at the instance of the Attorney-General, to recover from the defendant, a paper•manufacturer at Weston Mills, near Bristol, certain penalties alleged to have been incurred by the evasion of the Excise duty. The SOLICITOR - GENERAL said that the facts on which this information W 9.3 founded were nearly identical with those which were submitted to the consideration of the j ury yesterday in the case of the Attorney-General v.Westcott, and notwithstanding the result of that inquiry, he felt bouad to proceed against the defendant for the full amount of the penalties incurred. In this case they bad to deal with the fraudulent paper maker himself and not with the party who received it when it had not paid the duty. It would be proved that the defendant had been frequently seen at Westcott's with a spring cart, although he was not now in possession of such a vehicle ; that he had been in a darkened back kitchen in Westcott's house while parties were cutting up paper ; and, further, that a considerable quantity of paper which was received from the defendant's mills was sent by railway to London, without having paid the duty. There was also this additional and striking circumstance, Mr. Bryant had employed about seven or eight hands at his mill ; the duty which he paid annually was about 3411. ; and the amount of duty showed a quantity of work which was quite in - sufficient to support so large an establishment. This was proved by the fact that the duty paid by the defendant , increased immediately after the seizure. In the first six weeks (or" round," as it was termed) after the seizure, the duty amounted, with out any apparent increase of business, to 113/, more than double the previous average ; in the second round it was 1131., and in the third, 130/. Under all the circumstances he anticipated a verdict for the full amount of the pe nalties. Several witnesses were then called for the prosecution. Mr. CIIAMBERS addressed the jury for the defendant The substance of the defence was, that defendant making his paper by machinery, and drying it between steam rollers, that alluded to by the witness, Maria Allen, could not have come from him, for it was dump ; nor could that described by Mr. Mullett, for it was hand made. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL having repliel, THE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHALL, DEC. 3; 1844. On the 29th day of November last, her Royal High ness Princess Sophia Matilda departed this life, at her residence, Blackheath, to the grief of her Mafesty, and of the Royal Family. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, Dm. 2, 1844. Orders for the Court's going into mourning, on Thurs day next, the sth instant, for her late Royal Highness the Princess Sophia Matilda, slaugnter of his late Royal Righness William Henry Duke of Gloucester, viz. : Tha Ladies to . wear, black silk, fringed or plain linen, white gloves, necklaCes and ear-rings, black or white shoes, fans and tippets. The Gentlen3en to wear black, full trimmed, fringed or plain linen, black swords and buCkles. The Court to change the Mourning ou Thursday the 12th instant, vit.:-- • The Ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured ribbons, fans and tippets, or plain white, or white and gold, or white told silver stuffs, with black ribbons. 'rho gentlem e n to wear black coats, and black or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff waist coats, full trimmed, coloured swords and buckles. And, on Sunday; the 15th instant, the Court to go out of mourning. COLLEGE OF ARMS, DEC. 2. The Earl Marshal's Order for a General Mourning for her late Royal Highness the Princess ophia Matilda, daughter of hiS late Royal Highness William Henry Duke of Gloticester. His LORDSHIP summed up, and - The jury retired for forty minutes, after which they returned, at a quarter to six o'clock, with a verdict for the Crown on the Ist, 3d, and 7th counts, in 35 reams ; for the defendant on the 2d and 4th ; and for the Crown on the 3th, in one day and one ream. In pursuance ofher Majesty's ccmmands, these are to give public notice that, upon the.melancholy occasion of the death of her late Royal Highness the Princess Sophia Matilda, it is . expected that all persons do put themselves into mourning, for one week, to commence froin Thursday nest, the sth inst. NORFOLK, Earl Marshal. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingahire. 90th, or Stirlingahire, &c.,-Regiment of Brahh Militia —R. S. M'Gregor, Esq., to be Captain, vice Stark, de ceased, Oct. 26c. Commissions hy.the.Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. . Roy al Gloucestershire Regiment of Yeomanry Ca valry—M. H. Q‘Boevey, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Barton, resigned ; J.. L. B.rldwin, . Gent., to be Cornet, vice Boevey, peornoted, Nov. 27. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. • Joseph Speker, jun., builder, Liverpool. ' * BANKRUPTS: • John Finllaysoi, tea-dealer, Pimlico. William Keevll, grocer, Holloway. William Burchett, chemist, Whitt chapel-road. John Walker and Charles White, builders, Jewry - - street, Aldgate. Michael Walter, wholesale hardwareman, Funingdon street, City. William Notman, pianoforte maker, Tottenham-court road. Charles Dotesio, hotel keeper, Slough. George Edward White, tailor, Reading. William Henry Barton, shoemaker, Bedford-place, Commercial-road East. _. • James Lalsc,n, carver add gilder, Ramagate. • William Kent Roberts, grocer, Ahingdon, Burkshire. Joseph Willer, licensed victualler, Windsor. Henry Robinson,- brewer, Devorport. William Perkins upholsterer, Portsaa, Southampton. Thomas Williams, sen., iron founder, Cardiff, Gla naorganshire. Jacob Wallington, - painter, Bristol. Loam Ketchum, Liverpool, merchant: A young man, who described.himself as the Baron Mansell Mo7tymer, and said that he derived his title from the Emperor of Austria, - was placed at the bar before Mr. Rawlinson, upon the charge of forging a certain paper containing a promise of payment of a debt. Mr.' Rattenberry, a hatter, residing at 21, South Melton street, deposed, that on the 16th ult. the pii soner took ready-furnished apartments at his house, having with him a female whom he represented to be his wife, and on taking the rooms he said he was an artist. On the 20th he decamped with the lady, having previously sent away his trunk for the alleged purpose of having the lock repaired, and as he ne glected to return, prosecutor exerted himself day after day with the view of finding him out. He at length traced him to 44, Charlotte-street, Portland-place, and on Tuesday last he repaired thither, when he demanded 1 1. 25., the amount of a week's rent. He said he was unable to pay it then, but promised that the money should be forthcoming in the next week. He (prosecutor) remarked that he should not quit without the cash or satisfactory security for pay ment of his claim, when the maid-servant, who was present during the conversation, went up stairs with the prisoner, and presently brought down a written paper purporting to be signed by Mrs. Spencer, the landlady. It ran thus : " Mrs. Spencer will see that the Baron Mortymer's account shall be paid next week. " EMILY SPENCER." Prosecutor added,. that he went to the house again for the purpose of ascertaining the particular day on which he should. receive his , money, . and he then learned from Mrs. Spencer that she knew nothing whatever with regard to the document above referred to. The servant admitted to him (prosecutor) that the prisoner had written the note himself. Mr. RAWLINBON—Wheri did you give the prisoner into custody? Prosecutor—This morning, Sir; and on my stating to him that he had committed a for gery, his wife offered me twenty or thirty duplicates in payment of what was owing to me. I have under stood that the prisoner has had three or four lodgings in as many weeks, and if he is remanded for a day or two, other cases of a similar kind may very likely be brought against him. Harriett Young, the servant, said that she saw the • Baron write the note produced by the prosecutor. The prisoner's answer to the charge was, that he left the lodging in South Molton-street, in conse quence of the landlord having insulted him. His in tention WES to pay the rent as soon as he could, and he certainly did take the liberty of writing the note in Mrs. Spencer's name. He was remanded till Wednesday. WORSHIP,STREET. COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Ditto, at sight l2 4 I:atm-darn 2U. 12 611 Antwerp 25 95 Haniburgh M.B. 13 134 Alton Paris, 3 days' sight 25 65 Ditto, 3 laonthe 25 90 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 95 Frankfort on Maine l2l .NGE.—(THIS DAY.) Gibraltsu. Leghorn 3O 50 Genoa 25 85 Milan Venice Naples Pafarm, per oz llB Lisbon 55 Oporto 55 Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres New Y ork,2ldys sight Philadelphia PRICES OP /SUWON, PER OZ. Foreign Gold, bars. f-3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 D.; Silver in ears 0 4 Ili POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. A great deal of interest was excited by the details of a case of "possession of smuggled goods," upon an information charging James and Sarah Gregstm, the latter of whom is.,a most notorious contraband-dealer, in Barking Chprotyard, with the offence. Mr. Potbury, 'from the office of the Solicitor to the Customs, attended for the prosecution, and Mr. nobler for the-defenoe. It was quite obvious, from the manner VI 'which part of , the evidence was re ceived, that a good nutty interested in the trade were present. The Lord Mayor and Alderman Pirie presided. The defendant; pleaded not guilty. Potbury stated that the two defendants were included in the one information with having had in their possession, on the 25th of October, a quantity of tobacco and ,cigars, and a gallon and seven pints of brandy, and six bottles of Eau de Cologne. The pro ceedings were instituted for the recovery of the pe nalty of 1001. from each of the defendants. Colehy Atkinson Davis, a Custom-house officer, 'stated that between two and three o'clock on Friday, the 25th of October, as he was walking up Tower *street, towards. tlie Custom-house, he observed a child leave Mrs. Gregson's shop with a bundle under his arm. He follpwed 'the boy to Sweeting-lane, and then stopped and asked him from whence he came. The boy said he came from Mrs. Gregson's, and wit ness accompanied him back to her shop, a tobacco nist's, which had been long known to him. The boy then said in her presence that she had given the bundle to him, and that he waslo deliver it to a man Seething-lane,•and she did not deny the statement. The bundle contained two paper parcels of tobacco, containing eight pounds weight, and two bottles of French brandy: The tobacco was full of lumps, and compressed. Part of it was quite warm. Witness then gent a brother officer, who was with him, to the Custom-house for other assistance. While he was waiting in the shop a fo reigner entered; and passed into the back room, and witness seeing that he had something bulky about him followed, and tried to search him, but as he was a powerful man he put witness aside and ran out. Witness then pyrsued and brought him back, and took from him two pounds of foreign cigars. Mrs. Gregson's brother endeavoured to prevent him from searching the foreigner, and was fined Si. for the ob struction, while the latter was fined 21. 10s. for the possession. Witness afterwards went to search the house, and found they had locked the door of one of the rooms, which he accordingly forced. Mrs. Gregson ran with a bungle which she had in her apron to the water-closet, and Witness followed, but could not pre vent her from Putting something down. In the scuffle they tore up the seat between them. She then took a bucket of water and emptied it into the water closet, saying, ,"Do your worst and your best now. Witness took a candle and looked down, and per ceived that wlitif had been thrown down had gone into the sewer, which was running, but he saw some piece& of tobacCoabout the seat. He returned to the back room, and; assistance having arrived, he pro ceeded in the search. Upon the fire he found a saucepan with boiling water and a steamer, and some tobacco ready for steaming—a process used to pre vent the article from breaking. Up stairs he found a jar containing a gallon of French brandy , and his assistant found six bottles of Eau de Cologne. In his long cross-examination by Mr. Hobler, the witness considerably strengthened the case. He stated that he had been nine years an officer, and had known Mrs. Gregson the•whole time. He had never visited the house but when he was watching it. Mr. Hobler—L-Have you not been in the habit of smoking and drinking in Mrs. Gregson's house ? Witness—l never smoked in the house but once in my life.—(Here witness took a book from his pocket and 'read it.) It was on Monday, the 19th of Septem ber, 184 t, about ten-o'clock in the evening. I had been watching it from seven till ten, and I went in and paid for a .cigar, and lighted it. "lir. Gregson was there, and, there was a bottle and glass on the counter. He said, " Will you take a glass of wine, Mr. Davis?" I was surprised at the invitation, and . I took up the glass. At that moment in walked two men, and I followed them into the back room, end said to them, " Wbat have you there ? " They, sup posing that I belonged to the house, replied, "Only a little leaf." I then told them I was Davis, and I called on GregsOn, in the Queen's name, to go fur the police, which he at.length reluctantly d;d. The men had about them Ms. of leaf-tobacco, and I had them convicted in the penalty of twenty shillings each. I went into the house to smoke the cigar fur my own purposes. Mr. Ilobler—Did you never send persons "to her house to purchase brandy and tobacco? Witness— Never in my life. C. H. Sabine, a Custom-house officer, corroborated the statements made by the last witness. Mr. Broughton requests us to acknowledge his receipt of several letters enclosing the following sub scriptions for the of a poor man, named Fay, or May, who being ill himself, and having a wife lying upon a sick bed, applied to the relieving-officer of Shoreditch for relief of his family out of the house until he could get work in a fortnight, and was refused any other assistance (beyond Is. 6d.) but as order to admit himself, wife, and two children to the work house. The poor fellow had, such a horror of the house that he refused it, and applied to the magistrate for advice, which application being published in this paper on Wednesday last, has induced the following donations ;—From "J. - IT.,"' .20s. ; " W.," 103.; "A. Z.," 63.; and " Beta, Newcastle .upon-Tyne," 10s. One of the donors wished the magistrate to in quire into the truth of the man's story and the Worth iness of his &mil); ; in consequence of which Holland, one of the warrant-officers, was directed to investigate the case, and the report he made yesterday to Mr. Broughton was in every respect very favourable. The subscriptions have, therefore, been handed over to him. Another donation of a sovereign, from " D has also been forwarded . for the poor-box of this Court. retersburgh, 3 Us... 37 Berlin r.... ....... 7 Vienna, effee. 11. 3 M 954 Trieste, ditto Madrid...: 36* Cadiz Rilbao 36 Barcelona Seville MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Dec. 3.) Sucaii.-To-day there was I ttle activity in the West India market, but importers manifested firmness, and obtained previous rates; but the demand from the 're finers and grocers was limited, even for the better qualities; injall, only 20 hhds and tierces were disposed of, including a public sale of 100 hhds 6 tierces of Barbadoes.Sugar went off cpsietly'upon former terms, fine yellow fetched 66s 6d, good 62s 6d, good middling 60s to 61s, middling 57s 0 to 595, low middling 56s 6d to 575, and one lot of low soft grey 53s per cwt. REFINED.-To-day the home- trade purchased refined Sugar with caution, 71s 6d to 72s is the value of brosOn, and 78s per cwt for standard lumps ; there is a better supply. Bonded crushed Sugar is with difficulty to be purchased under 29s 9d per cwt. MAURITIUS.-This afternoon at public sale 4,158 bags 140 casks were offered, the chief part consisted of bright yellow descriptions, the whole sold at and after the sale at former rates ; fine yellow fetched 63s to 66s 64, good 59s to 625, good mid 58s to 58s 6d, mid 55s 6d to 575, low 54s to 54s 6d, tine brown 525, good 50s 6d to 51s, mid 47s 6d to 48s 6d, low 40s to 435. and one lot of very low 33s 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.-This afternoon at public sale 1,103 bags of damaged brown Bengal Sugar were offered, and a part only sold: fine at 495, good 45s 6d to 475, low 43s to 445, end very low 38s. Of Madras, 47 casks were disposed of at 46s 6d for damp, being about the former value. Fortmoss.-The market has presented a briskor-ap pearance for all descriptions of Foreign Sugar since this day week. In Brazil the transactions are upon a large scale ; Bahia sold at 17s 9d, 150 cheats of white at 21s to 235-a floating cargo of white Pernambuco, of soft quality, at 22s for Trieste ; a cargo of %Ida of good quality consisting of 220 chests of brown at 18s, and 190 cheats of white at 22s per cwt. Yellow Havannah at auction were readily disposed of ; middling and good quality at lOs 6d to 21s 6d, low 18s to 18s 6d, damaged low to middling 18s 6d to 20s, and very low wet 14s per cwt. By private contract 400 chests hare bsen sold at 20s to 23s for sound quality. White at public sale_we,nt ut 275, 6d to 25s for good middling washed, 26s to 278 for middling ditto, and at 25s to 25s 6d for low quality. The demand has been brisk for other sorts. By privste contract Cuba Muscovado sold at 19s to 19s 6d, and 500 hhds Porto Rico of old quality for refining in bond at 19s to 19s 6d per cwt. FRUIT.-This afternoon at public sale 122 butts of nitres Currants, partly damaged, were sold at 44s to' 49s ; 77 caroteels ditto 47s to 50s, 117 barrels ditto 47s to 51s ; 116 boxes 53 drums of Malaga Figs 35s to 36s ; 3.621 drums 40 boxes Turkey F•gs partly damaged 39s to 60s, 11 casks of old Greek Figs 30s ; 62 cartons of new Imperial French Plums 51 10s, 618 hf-ditto 5158 to 6/10s; 1,008 qr-ditto, 5/ 15s to 61 58 ; 720 sixteenth ditto, 61; 500 eight-boxes, 80s to 95s ; 90 chests 200 hf-ditto . of new Prunes, 32s to 395. A parcel of Muscatel Raisins, partly damaged, were mostly taken in at 56s to . 98s per cwt.' CoYsig-There has been less demand for the lower descriptions of West India, and the market having been better supplied, previous rates have been with diffi culty supported. This afternoon Ceyloa of good ordinary quality met with little attention by pri vate contract, and 500 bags at public sale were all taken in' at 535, the highest price bid being 503 per cwt. Of West India two parcels amounting to 227 casks and barrels were offered at auction, for Ja maica the demand was good, and the whole sold at full rates, viz -mid at 82s 6d to 85s, low mid 74s to 75s 6d, fine ord 53s 6d to 60s, good ordinary 46s 6d, ordinary unclean 37s 6d, Triage 34s to 39s 6d, and inter:or 31s 6d, but of other sorts a small part only found buyers at 52s for fine ord Trinidad, and 46s to 49s per cwt for good ordinary. TEA.-The market has still an improving appearance for nearly every description; merchants show firmness, and still refrain from offering any at public sale. To day several purchases were made in Tea; Congou,- com mon at 104 d to 11d; Twankay Is 3d to ls.3id; Hyson,- ordinary 2s 6d to 2s 8d; of Young Hyson a large parcel of low quality was sold at Is 10d, being rather higher. Of Common Congou the supply at market is scanty. MOLASSES.-In West India a good business has been transacted at the former currency; the purchases amount to 300 puns-Antigua at 245, St. Kitts 21s 6d, and St. Vincent's 21s to 21s 6d per cwt. ‘. SPICES.L--This afternoon Pimento was sought after, and 11 bags at public sale were sold at 38d per lb for low quality, being the full worth. Cloves were taken sparingly, and 382 bags from Zanzibar at public sale were all taken in at 9d for sound mid quality, a fewlots of sea damaged were sold at Sid to 9d. 21 bags of fine pod Pepper fetched 81 17s 6d to 1115 s, and 3 casks of Cayenne 2s 2d to 2s 3d per lb. Rlch.-There has been an increased demand for Bengal, and the rates paid are rather above those pre-' viorbly quoted. This afternoon several inquiries ex isted for Bengal lice, and for mid white buyers were compelled to pay its Gd per cwt by private contract. Bins, BRANDY, AND BOLLANDS.-Leewards have been in much better request, and several parcels have been disposed of at firm rates, proof fetching 2s 44d to 2s 5d per gallon ; Calcutta, 2s 3d for proof Kith certificate ; Demerara, 3s 2d to 3s 7d for strong descriptions ; Jamaica, 30 to 32 per cent. overproof 3s 8d to 3s 10d, and stronger, 4s to 6s. For the common and middling qualities of Brandy rather lOwer rates have been accepted ; the best bands, however, have been in brisk request, prices are firm :-Cognac, best brand of the vintage of 183 E, hhds 5s 2d, puns, 5s ; ditto 1839, hhds, - 4s I Id, puus, 4s 9d : ditto 1840 hhds 4s 11d, puns 4s 9d ; ditto 1841, hhds 4s 10d; pens, 4s 8d ; ditto, 1842, hhds, 4s 7d, puns, 4s 5d ; ditto 1843, hhds, 4s 5d puns 4s 3d, common 2s 9d to 3s, and middling to good mid 3s 2d to 5s 10d per gallon. In Geneva the transactions are upon a more extended scale for exportation, at is 9d to'ls C l O o d r , n fi sh ne' for r a d t u i t o y s i 2 s d f e p t e c r h ing gall 0 2 n s . 4d to 3s 6d . demand, Engl To-day Leeward Island Rum was in good at 2s 4d to 2s 4fd proof, and for Calcutta there were seve ral enquiries at 2s 2fd to 2s 3d proof, with certificate. In Jamaica there was rather more business transacted upOn former terms. Ilolders of Ruin manifest firm ness. The stock of all sorts is 4,700 cask less than lust year at this time. COCHINEAL.-This afternoon a good demand existed for Cochineal, and 37 bags of Honduras at public sale were iold at full rates, low to mid silvers at 45 3d to 4s 6d, good mid 4s 7d to 4s Bd, and 3 bags of common black 5s ld to 5s 3d per lb. CLERKEIV WELL. A case strongly demonstrative of the evil effects of drunken habits came before Mr. Greenwood. Joseph Abel, a haggard, miserable-looking old man was charged with having been drunk and creating a mob in the public street. The prisoner some years ago was one of the most opulent jewellers in Clerkenwell parish, having an extensive jewellery establishment in Rosamond-street, and had a large number of men employed. He used to render himself conspicuous by wearing a gold watch and a huge chain of the same metal, valued at 100 guineas. He was the father of a large family ; four of his sons have been transported, and it is said that their ruin is in a great degree attributable to his pernicious example. He was drunk almost daily, and his violent conduct when so brought him under the cognizance of the police. He persisted in these habits until himself and his family became so utterly destitute that they were obliged to resort to Clerken well Workhouse for relief. On Sunday night the pri soner was expelled fromthe London Spa public-house, in Exmouth-street, and to revenge the insult he struck an unoffending man in the street. Inspector Perring begged of him to go away, but he, in the grossest manner, abused the inspector, who, in consequence of the crowd attracted there by his disorderly conduct, removed him to the station-house. The prisoner was sentenced to five days' imprison ment without the power of releasing himself by the payment of fine. UNION-HALL. William Latham and James Simrnonds, two re spectable-looking men, were charged with refusing to pay the difference between the first and second class fare from Kingston to Nine Elms, and the former defendant was also charged with using inde cent language in the carriage, whereby he had in curred a further penalty of 40s. Mr. Davies, the superintendent of the carriage de partment, stated, that on the preceding night, the defendants came up from Kingston in a first-class carriage, and on alighting at the terminus at Nine Elms, they produced second-class tickets only, and when called upon to pay the difference they refused. The other passengers in the carriage, amongst whom were two ladies, complained that one of the defend ants (Latham) had, during the journey, made use of the most disgusting language, and, that when remon strated "with, he became still worse, and continued so up to their arrival at the terminus. Mr. Liam'. inquired if any of the parties who were in the carriage at the time were in attendance ? Mr. Davies said, that the gentlemen would have come forward, but they were compelled to leave town this morning. Mr. TRAIL'. said he much regretted the circum stance of the absence of some persons who were in the carriages at the time, to prove the offence, as he considered it was of a much more serious description dip the other charge; that the situation of ladies in a carriage with such a person, who wan described as having uted abominable language, must have been irksome and unpleasant in the extreme, and that, had a witness of the fact been present, he should have in flicted the full penalty on the offender. Inspector Dalby stated, that when the defendants were taken to the station-house, Latham's conduct there V 4 ZIA very bad, liingungv unfit to he reputed. Mr. TitAinn although he cou:d not punish Latham for his disgusting conduct in the can 'age, he would fine him for using indecent language in the station-house. The defendants were then asked what they had to say hi answer to the charger Both de fendants said that, with respect to the charge of de frauding the company, they had no such intention. That, as they were not in the habit of travelling by railway, they went into the first-class carriages, thinking they were the right ones. Mr. TRAILL said that it was most improbable they could have mistaken first for second-class carriages, and that they were bound to have known, or to have paid the difference in the fares when it was demanded of them. The Magistrate then inflicted a fine of 20s on each defendant for that offence, and an additional 20s. on Latham for his indecent conduct in the station house. IRELAND. LORD LONDONDERRY AND HIS TENANTRY. DUBLIN, DEC. I.—The tenantry of Lard Londonderry in the county of Down, were so gratified by the recent speech of his Lordship on free trade, and the duties of landlords, that they determined, as a niark of their re spect and gratitude, to invite the Noble Marquis and his son, Lord Castlereagh, to a public dinner. Lord Lon donderry has fixed Wednesday next for the dinner, which is to take place in Newtownards. The following is the latter of his Lordship accepting the invitation : It is with no ordinary sentiments of delight and pride that I receive your warm-hearted, eloquent, and affectionate address. " In times like the present, when so many are disposed to disregard the bonds of mutual interest that should exist between landlord and tenant, I contemplate your present proceeding as a noble example to the tenantry of Ireland. You point cut forcibly that where kindness is conferred gratitude will follow. " Where interests are looked after and protected, in dustry and exertion will increase. You happily recipro cate the warm feelings of attachment which have ever guided me in all my relations with my Irish tenantry. " Your sentiments of loyalty to the Queen, obedience to the laws, and determination in your several stations of life to maintain the peace and well-being of the British empire, cannot but be observed by the Government of the country as the strongest proof that the mischievous doctrines of anarchy and confusion find no place in your well-regulated winds. " You cannot derive more satisfaction from seeing my son again amongst you. atter his foreign travels, than he must himself receive from a renewed social intercourse with the best, tenantry in the kingdom; and I hail, with paternal delight, your approbation of him as a represen tative of this great and enlightened county. " I most cordially accept your gratifying tribute of at tachment, in offering me a public dinner, assuring you that, under all the changes and chances of an active and anxi,us life, I never find myself more happy than when I am enabled to reside upon my paternal estates, and communicate, as a father, with my Irish tenantry. " VANE LONDONDERRY." " Mountstewart, Nov. 27, 1844." AGRARIAN OUTRAGES. The Limerick Chronicle, of Saturday, contains tha fol lowing detail of outrages in the counties of Limerick and Clare:— " Wednesday evening, about the hour of veven o'clock, an armed party of men attack( d the dwelling of Mr. Robert Procter, near Derry, and cunvenient to Killalue, who is a steward in the employment of' the Imperial Slate Company; they smashed open the doors, and on entering the house knocked Mrs. Procter down, broke open a box, and took therefrom a single barrel fowling piece, powder horn, and shot bag. The party consisted of eight persons, each armed with a gun, six of whom entered the house and the other two remained outside, guarding the watchman of the concern, who thought to alarm the police, but he was kept fast with a gun at his breast, until the inside party came out, when heat once proceeded to the barracks, and the police, under constable Raymond, pursued the marauders for. several miles through the mountains, but without success. At the time of the attack Mr. Procter was not at home. " The same evening, a house, the property of John Gleeson, of Carrickmaunsell, was maliciously set on fire and consumed to ashes, near Toomavara. The cause as signed is a tenant who occupied the house previously having been turned out for non-payment of rent. " seven armed men attacked the house of James Floyd on Sunday evening, near Kildorrery, within a gun shot of Thomas Travers Adams, Esq.'s residence, and car ried of a booty of 251. The police were sent for to the Kildorrery station, in the immediate neighbourhood, to pursue the robbers ; but unfortunately they were de fenceless, having sent in their fire-arms to be exchanged for percussion locks, which latter had not then arrived at the station. " On Thursday the magistrates of Castleconnell una nimously resolved -to apply to Colonel M'Gregor, dire...- tor-general of police, for an increase of eight men to the constabulary force in that district, whieh is now so dis turbed by armed parties. The magistrates present were W. liovvlev, D.L. ; John Br,Avne, J. Wellphae, and W. S. Tracy, I:sq. " The armed party that attacked Dr. Twiss's re sidence, Parteen Cottage, gave notice there that if he did not discharge his steward within five days, Dr. Twiss might order his coffin. After having taken Allen Browne's fire-arms, they fired two shots the same even ing at the house of Robert Thorn, Bird-hill, and another at Mr. Going's, Cragg. In proceeding from Browne's to Parteen, this audacious gang halted in O'Brien's-bridge, where they got refreshment from a public-house, to stimulate their courage at Dr. Twiss's. The sexton of a church near Killidoe was served with notice to prepare his coffin, if he did not give up some Lend he lately got possession of. " The house of a man named Brennan, at Ballyvara, near Castleconnell, was 'attacked by an armed band of men on Thursday night, who dashed in the windows, and swore they would burn the house upon his family if .he did not Lnmedialely hand out his fire-arms. Two re. , gistered guns were then delivered up, and the ruffians went off in triumph. " Wednesday night a party of ruffians fired shots into the house of Charles Going, I.sq., of Cranuah, near Newport Ti;. Ohe of the ban.; lodged in the parlour, where Mrs. Stoney was sitting, and who niost fortunately escu ped. " Mr. and Mrs. Cooke were nearly murdered on Tiles • day night, by a party of ruffians who attacked their house at Shinrone. NATIONAL EDUCATION—CLERICAL BAT LE. Some idea of the Conflict now agitating the Established Church, on the question of National Education, may be formed from the following remonstrance to the com batants, made by the Dublin Evening Mail : " This morning's post brought us a letter from the Rev. Dr. Martin, upon the subject of National Educa tion. Its extreme length preclu,es the possibility ot• our giving it in the publication of this evening. " The letter of in Irish Country Gentb man,' in re ference to the same subject, must also stand over, but not from the same cause. It is terse, pithy, and to the purpose ; but We must adhere to the resolution which we adopted, and announced some days since—namely, that of confining our colUmns, for the present, to the letters of the two Rev. Gentleman, Martin and M'Ghee, engaged in the controversy. " Under no circumstances could we give insertion to the letter bearing the Cashel post-mark, and signed Consistency.' The subject uuder discussion is too grave and serious for ribaldry ; and much as we deplore the view taken by Dr. Martin, on the present occasion, we entertain too strong a regard personally for himself, and too high a respect for his sacred .profession, to ren der him the object of an annoying and offensive satire. The letter commencing, Ah ! mihi, Beute Martin,' is, therefore, inadmissible.' HAMBURG: 4 I MAIL. STockrtonm, N ov. 22.-1 he King and Queen wen t yesterday to Upsal, and are expected back to-mor rovv. Prince is wa i Grin , un, n The merchants of Gefle have addreksed a petition t ° the Government, praying for the eouclusion•ola ne-rciid Lreey With BrNzii. n tusTi AN A, ov. 2 . 2.—Tie King expected here in Janoary, and 111 rotiAbly open the Storthing pt r,on. lie-ides the 2CO,MU lately received by rb e Bank frum Konipburg, 60,C00 dollars more, i n del; tars and half-dollars, are just arrived. From one ° I the mines a mass of silver ,:re, weighing I,6Bo l b s q which will probably yield 8401hs. of pure silver , tbe largest lump, perhaps, that has ever been extracted froin a mine: - FROM THE RIIINE, Nov. 22.—Accounts from Berli n say that the Emperor of Russia has refused to a lloy/ Russian officers to take part in the war in the CAW CRS:IIS', We likewise learn that Russia will not el: tend the advantages granted by Prussia to the Zoll. verien, which it does not recognise us a Power. f BERLIN, Nov. 25.—T0 the four or five plans ‘). colonisation hitherto proposed (Texas, the MississipPil St. Thomas, Braz:l, and the Mosquito shore), another is now added, situated by the west coast of Afril which causes much attention, because the g rea Elector of Brandeberg had acquired possession of spot on that coast. This is Cape Mount, half wa n between Sierra Leone and the North Ameriel negro colony, Libeira, bounded to the south an d by Little Cape Mount, and the north west by A O river Sugari. This spot was formally ceded, on 23d of February, 1841, to the present proprietors, George Clavering Redman and Theodore CAOI under the protection and assistance of the B ritio naval force, in order to abolish the slave trade, by means of a lawful commerce. The owners hire already erected dwelling-houses and other bui ldin e and built two ships. Mr. Redman is now in Ber il l and endeavouring to gain friends for the establishtner. of a colony. He particularly invites attention to to', ample revenue of the rioh soil and of commerce, ail likewise to the gold mines, which might be w orlie n to advantage, no mining operations ever having be . carried on in that country. • Alt paid 60 0 0 4000 50 0 0 5 0 0 II 0 0 - 5 0 0 5 • 0 65 0 0 5 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 e 5 A 0 260 I 0 All paid 0 0 3 0 0 33 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 ( 50 0 0 10 0 0 5 13 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 6 5 0 0 0 0 4000 40 0 o ts 20 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 17 10 0 35 6 0 10 0 0 10 0 6 25 0 0 10 0 0 16 0 0 IS 0 0 19 o 0 5000 20 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 31 5 0 18 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 39 0 0 00 0 0 25 0 0 48 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 2 0 0 32 0 0 70 0 t/11 - 0 0 40 e o too o I 2 10 0 6 0 0 45 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 1(') 0 0 50 0 0 18 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 3 1 0 14 10 0 100 0 U 25- 0( 150 a o 21 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 75 0 0 7 10 0 7 10 0 40 0 0 13 0 0 55 0 9 20 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 0 59 0 0 7 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 46 0 0 2 10 • if 100 0 0 100 o o 0 10 • 0 ) 31) 0 0 • 35 10 0 0 32 10 • 14 0 0 0 . 1 10 0 •5 0 0 9 0 0 C'7 0 0 7b I 25 0 50 0 o 100 0 0 e 20 0 0 O 5000 Oi 20 0 0 54 4 1(4); , 31 I 4 PAN lES' PRICES. 844. 10 0 0 10 o 0 10 0 0 \ 10 0 o 12 to I 0 0 2 10 0 50 0 0 30 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 loi 5154 20 6 10 4% 118 Ms r e 4 { 20 LLOYD'S SHIPPING. NOTICE TO MARINERS. The following has been received at Lloyd's, front th e Hydrot. , raphic-office, Nov. 27, 1844 LIGHTS ON THE COAST OF CORSICA. The French Government has announced that the f°: lowing lights have been established on the western si u. of the Island of Corsica :- 1. A fixed light, ;'on Revellata Point, at the westerllo, entrance of the Gulf of Calvi, in let. 43 deg. 35 T i t ) , 10 see. N., and 8 deg. 43 min. 50 sec. E. of Greenwl,c The lighthouse is 28 feet high ; the light stands 200 wi leo above the level of the sea, and in clear weather it ll seen at the distance of 18 miles. ari° 2. Anintermitting light, on the summit of Sanguin 41 Island, at the entrance of the Gulf of Ajaceio, in ta t ' 5, deg. 52 min. 50 sec. N., and lon. 8 deg. 35 min. 50 see' r• of Greenwich. This light is varied every four tote° -• by a strong flash, which is preceded and followe d t ?,its short interval of darkness, but the light will no t c 1,1,1. disappear within the distance of ten miles. 'The Ito house is 52 feet high, and the light stands 321 ft et eu:' the level of the sea. It may be seen about 20 miles ro 3. A revolving light, on Cape Pertusato, at the 0 1 3te i0 entrance of Bomfacio Strait, in let. 41 deg. 22 rub i! sec. N., lon. 9 deg. 11 min. 20 sec. E. of Greenwich. As light will revolve once every minute, but will not quip disappear within the distance of ten miles. Th e li gos house is 52 feet high, and the light is 324 feet above .of level of the sea. In very clear weather it may poo l be seen 27 miles. 11 SINGULAR CAM—During the last week, s 0$ named Mary Hewett, made application to the 11 '7/ trates under the following peculiar circumstances •ri. She was the widow of the late Thomas Hewett, F or vate in the 48th Regiment, to whom she had hee ll .,,lial ried 40 years, and had shared active service *" . " 140 4 for twenty-seven years. Whilst in the regiment sh e eta seven sons, five of whom are dead ; of the two surn v i so one is in the Coldstream Guards and the other in ca 12th regiment, now lying in the Isle of 11 1 0 This female veteran accompanied her husband to his peninsular campaigns, sharing all his harda....if, and being present at ten general engagements, °n o, Talavera, Albuera, Rodrigo, Badajos, Salanto. Vittoria, Pyrenees, Neville, Orthes, and Th oo 7o o She had lived as servant to General Hamilton, and sa 0 battle of Albuera, when the Duke of Wellington h5 .. ,•01 interview with that General, she had the honor re handing his Grace a glass of water, being the 01 1, ca freshment he would take. At that battle the o°,l o o which she rode was frightened by, a shot striking;cal, to her, and she was thrown off. She took care 0 ' 5 0 Minto when wounded at the battle of Vittoria• sly was taken prisoner by the French in the retreat 011 .ite, manes, and made her escape disguised in W1 0 ;10 By the death of her husband she was deprived °,,itr means of support, and having three daughters to 0,101 tain, she applied for relief, and wished to be fo ral' o t to London, to see the Duke of 'Wellington, WhQ , tbo was confident would assist her. On Monday la",, Deputy Mayor wrote a letter recommending her 011 '1 1 /1 the Noble Duke, and the guardians agreed to alht sr expenses to and from London, provided they we,,,' - faft sured of the Duke of Wellington's being in WO " - s ee ° she is so.. there. We understand that, in conseg ti f , to of Mr. F.eeman's letter, the Noble Duke has wri t l e ,;.o the Rev. J. D. Burton to make inquiries on the snipe' and in the meantime has, with his characterist ic 'o+ ness, sent the poor woman a present of nsoney% gt , Hewett is a tall respectable-looking person; 01) "„ tr Wilde, the City Coroner, in whose parish she no ye" sides, has taken a great deal of interest in her 0 ' Norfolk Chronicle. heid HousE DRAINS.—The attention of the public now very much drawn to the subject of house drsieciW it would appear to be extremely desirable tlA t ho ole views oF the elementary principles of the subject ° b etel receive the utmost publicity, to the intent that a is; mode should speedily succeed the present bad 4° oo efficient system of building house-drains. TheY consist of thick strong clay p;pes, of from four in c ,ide; eight inches in diameter, well buret and glazed I n s so made of an entire piece, nearly of a circular fore gil t of a length convenient for use, so that the end of ' ,could fit into the next without forming a rdire:, within it. Drains thus formed, and carried 10 o f lines with regular inclinations to sewers, with P. c i o vi curved junctions, all properly laid, and with an A lv a i° and well-regulated supply of water, would be effec t per carry leg off the sulliage and keeping themsell es villg feetly free from accumulations, for the calibre o lio smaller, the stream would be more contracted , s o ot'' consequence would have greater velocity. vas Ofolie ness of surface produced by glazing would di obel i tate passage through them. With proper appars tti e ly could be cleansed, if required, at any time, preci . co pie the same manner as chimneys are now swept ' x ep i t i quently breaking-alp floors and paving, with companiments of foul stench, and matter dis tri e lb ab aft, would be rendered unnecessary. The above 0 0 1' would ensure the perfect cleanliness of drains' re' properly-constructed trap to every inlet would 10 2: eit o ,j ventive to any noxious and offensive exhalati °P ; f set, letting from them. In laying the - tubes, th e pol should be cut as near as possible to their form' 1 ' to 6, lower half should be thinly bedded with mortarrouet up any little irregularities in the cutting of the the tubes would then have a solid foundation Builder. 1 Vir Robert and Lady Peel left their re9icl i a e° o l'o l ' Whitehall-gardens yesterday for Drayton I'l °o • Staffordshire. id? Lord Stanley left town yesterday morn= tour. BIRTHS. , ?JO" On the 2d inst., in Hercules-buildings, Lambet h ' 0 1 Finch, of a son. • On the 2d inst., at Ackworth-park, Wak efiel d, t he 14 ii•l' John Gully, Esq., of a daughter. bf" . On the 6th alt., at St. John's, New Brunsw ick, of (ID Sturdee, of a son. On the 27th ult., in Lower Seymour-street, th e Wife t y K Rickards, Esq., of a daughter. is et On the 28th ult., at Hackthorne, Lincoln, the gr Rev. Edwin Jarvis, of a son. bill,- On the 29th ult., at Milan Cottage, Haverstock - , stead-road, Mrs. Henry Bird, of a . datiohter . bfrSi e° - On the 30th ult., at Argyle-street, New-roa d , _.,,i t l i r• Harvie Linklater, of a daughter. Che ri° On the 30th ult., at Clapham Brewery, Mrs- if• of a daughter. ay ' si . On the 26th nit., at Polmenna, Penzance, the 1 _Af Saunders Cave, Esq., of a son, still-born. Wa d 1 ofa Ckt 1,• D On the 29th son ult., at Grove-park, near eS. , ormer, . , J On the 30th ult., in Savage-gardens, Mrs. A. °113;of ° i, On the 30th ult., at the Cottage, Romford, th e s a t' 11. Clifton, Esq., of a daughter. ti de-P 0 0 On the 30th ult., in Westbourne-street, .--Y of 1 011 dens, the lady of Thomas Arbuthnott Whitter, Ea' the On the 30th ult., at Castle- hill, High WYeew k of John Neale, Esq., of a daughter. ,%, DO . On the 30th ult., at the Grove, Stratford , E sti— •e' Fell, of a daughter. keti o' go On the let inst., the wife of the Rev. Charles . a 0 OnSt the 2lave's, d i Sonst .,uthwark at Brighton, Mrs. W. B. of a daughter. r- Edd ie°ll' o r daughter. r 000 On the 2d inst., Mrs. G. E. Parish, of 11PP. street, of a son. 0 ri c r MARRIED. Johl l itqf' On the 30th ult., at Tattingstone, Sago]. h i sh o , Price, Esq., of Duffryn, Glamorganshire, H o f the late to that county, to Alicia Grant, second daughter ui IBURIaIy, Esq., of Great Cumberland-place. f Janie ; A I At Lambeth Church, J. T. Cadien, E s q - 'l l ollsa 9te° ' Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Joht:i___________„--/ of London. HASWELL COLLIERY EXPLOSION. --- Sermons OR behalf of the fund for the relief of the destitute widows, orphans, and relations of the sufferers . at the late ex plosion at Haswell Colliery, were preached on Sunday morning in Sunderland Church, by the Rector, when upwards of 12/. was collected ; and in St. Thomas's Church, Bishopswearmouth, by the Rev. Richard Skip sey, 8.A.. the Incumbent, When 8/. 15s. was collected. A general meeting of the subscribers to this fend was held a few days since at Castle Eden, the Rev. H. G. Liddell, M.A., Rector of Essington, in the chair ; when it was announced that the total contributions up to that time amounted to the munificent sum of 3,952/. 7a. 6d.: a sum much larger than was ever before collected for a benevolent purpose in this district, and showing the great and extended sympathy felt by the public with the surviving relations of the sufferers in this very sudden and terrible visitation. The following gentlemen were invited to form a committee for the application of the suhscriptions:—The Revell. G. Liddell, Rector of Easing ton ; the Archdeacon of Durham, the Rev. J. A. Pa rk Elwick, the Rev. W. C. King, Durham ; the Rev. J. Graham, Castle Eden ; the Rev. J. Edmunds, Castle Eden ; the Rev. R. Douglas, Easington ; the Rev. W. Mackenzie, Easington ; the Rev. T. A. Slater, Hutton Henry ; Rowland Burdon, Esq., Castle Eden ; John Gregson, Esq., Shotton Hall ; Thomas Richardson, Esq., Eden Vale ; John Fawcett, Esq., Durham ; Lieut.-Col. Tower, Elemore Had ; Henry Morton, Esq., Lambton ; Ralph P. Phillipson; Esq., Newcastle ; George Hunter, Esq., Belmont; Edward Potter, Esq., South Hutton ; Nicholas Wood, Esq.,aillingworth ; and John Taylor, Esq., Castle Eden. There were upwards of 30 widows and 6) children, besides numbers of aged parents, rendered destitute - by this awful calamity, to whose succour and relief this well-timed and truly Christian t h esubscription will be 'devoted. kit 0 ,0 DIED. Alof A THE DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH AND THE BATH COM- Gloucester , rel ic t so At Staverton Court, county of Glonce. 40 ,, . 0 , 0 , MITTS:E.—A deputation of work i ng men . weat h ers o f the son, on the 29th of November, aged 91, AMP . F osbi rder e above Committee, were received by his Grace at Dal- late William St. Clair, Esq. of Skedawali o yal l3 %, 0 44 keith Palace, on W e dnesday; The Duke conversed Colonel of her Majesty's 25 t h Regiment , or eve ek t ino° with the intelligent men for an hour and a half, and took On the 22d ult., at Dunkirk, Joshua 0 . 0", ter full notes from the .information they gave him upon the A.M., T.C.D., aged 26. e Geese .0e- ter of the sanitary, or rather unsanitary state of Old On the 26th ult., at the Glebe, F thlr . Z tore , P. ea f 5, Edinburgh. They dwelt particularly on that hotbed of Woodward, Esq., of Milton-street, Dor°c , ere et, Sod at-law' fever, the West Port ; and expressed a hope to see it Rege nt-- t r e, On the 27th ult.. R. T. Gill, Esq., of .„ ( 00 buddy remeved, and repleeed by wholesome dwellings for the working -classes, with gardens where there arecount"' P" r e daog Witham, n the , 28th Lartington Hall, ho t ° Esq., Hi&,h Sheriff of the thl ore' now tanneries, slaughter-houses, end piggeries, infecting On the 29th ult., at Scarborough, Jan e, the air all around, and endangering even the troops tvf Samuel Caldwell Brandram, Esq. 41elt lit tcl'' °f the Castle. The deputation tre invited to a lunch, and On the 29th ult., Mr. J. 1.1. Hutcbinsen,ol_ll;oo,!.....„..„„e; left the Palace much gratified with their ree(ltii 41. On the 29th ult.. in l'icce(illy, Surrey ( 1 1 01 e. vi iinA 0 , Scotsman. Been-common, late Captain of the 2( The Rev. Dr. Cramer, Prineipei of New Inn ---- Hall, and Professor of Modern History the Univer- Lowion : Printed and 'Pub lished by sue 01 6 ;00 v 7 sity of Oxford, is appointed by her Majesty t o b e D ean No. 112, Strand, Printer, at T bl of Carlisle. Strand , in the Product of the me: . Middlesex, Tuesilay, December 6,1"." SMI tits atOor s, and 14th PORtm The al: tad save Vanienc e that lad', °n fro' w Capita Ril abEN DE .Nphe li, It. tru Igtix eir JO / Yi C. E . s Su r. Hp/1 1110/1 atom CRAR rw om ABM ALFR; Dku Ba: -- • tlioN I nt*. Slats It wl netei 1 141111, Ala, 414 , if Ikon it . 41 . )4. O 0 2 0 O 0 O 0 Paid. t heist* The Vessels 'The the Zr 1 .1191. 1 has we able, to Au 45 ,28 tot 1, 44 14ta N o s m et, meta 11%4 Th, Attir ke t , nl 4114 tie 7 ' o ti G I 611 4 rt 4 .Pci to r i 4 matt " -ttit Na ~a