The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-04 00:00:00

POLITICAL STATE BRAZILS. .1 CORRESPONDENT.) ; deux Mon des, published at Paris inserted an article with the above (amber appeared another, under the • sting to contain an account of the ::5 of a Monsieur de Chavagnes, with 1. - on the state of society in that empire. ..y be formed of his fitness for such a task, time he had to collect his materials. Jnce of a fortnight or three weeks at Rio e proceeded to Cure Paeto, the capital province of Minas Geraes--and came Vent, vidi, rid. He acknowledges that n the kindest treatment and the most hos eption everywhere, particularly at the houses users and gentlemen in the country : every :avellet that has made that journey speaks cif the universal hospitality he experienced .(eia a is inhabitants, amply compensating them for the wa at of inns and taverns. But not so Mr. Cha vagnes c; for, out of gratitude, he says, " that the accommodation in the meanest pot-house in France is super's or to that affcirded in the dwellings of the most , : r,espec table and 'sickest gentleman or farmer in 13razi !I , Wi th more than an average share of the vanity of e avrimen, he appears to consider France a sl and dof perfection as to manners and morals, reli ga on aad politics ; therefore, comparing everything sas or heard in Brazils with what he was 0-21 1 etc .used to see and hear in his own country, r tui ns all in 'the New World into ridicule, irl (eau icatnres all the inhabitants, from the Emperor 0 2 his 'throne to, the slave in the street; nay, not even f air sex has escaped his calumnies and jeers. alasstalea, seasatore, deputies, merchants, and shop tie st peis s, are all treated with equal contempt and ridi et de ley this young and hasty traveller, who, dis ni ipoin ted, perhaps, in not finding at Rio a Palais flys', e, or the 'l.3oalevards of Paris, and the class of leaf to be found there, condemns the reserve and se( dual on of the ladies of Brazil ; and, making no all owaoce ribs th e h ea t o f t h e c li mate, ridicules the tre ) 111 shille , they appear in in their own homes, as if he 1 4 7. 1 never scow a Frenchwoman in a negligi dr sea T. ati.l . A foreigners who have hitherto explored the in ter tt (r of the vast empire of Brazils, or visited its ea! have described the former as presenting the sin et magnificent scenery in the world, and the latter as ri vallkig the first cities in Europe, the productions of I tie arts and sciences being as perfect in the one, 'ose of nature were grand and sublime in the r. The inhabitants, likewise, have been pour kay ed as conspicuous for their hospitality and atten tion to strangers and foreigners respectably connected, end furnished with the requisite introduction; whilst the Emperor, though young in years, displays all that tirt. anity and complaisance consistent with the high eta' -ion he occupies, and fulfils all his moral, political, an( t religious obligations with a zeal and ability that 'wc tild do credit to more mature heads and hearts. M. de Chavagnes, by his extravagant and outré as iertions, gross exaggerations, and perverse mis sti itements, has astonished all France, and offended all razils. If his object were to gain notoriety, he has st .cceeded to the utmost of his wishes; and though Ic th to add to his unenviable reputation as a writer, y at it is perhaps necessary to expose his absurdities ai id glaring errors, to prevent the public from being it ipyised upon, and that an antidote should accompany t 1 le poison. Having given a proof of his ingratitude, the Bra xi Han pro-is give the following specimens of his accu rt cv., veracity, and humanity : v.ms in November, 1842, that M. de C. visited R i a Janeiro. He says the Emperor was then 20 rE ers of age, when, in fact, he was on l y 16 , h av i ng declared competent at that age to assume sirs , reigns of government, although the age of ei! ,hteen had been prescribed by the constitution. H r further asserts that the Ministry were dismissed o r having saluted Mr. Ellis (our late negotiator) ith a roll of the drums; that there was not any one di 'serving the name of a statesman in all the empire; ti tat at Rio they were entirely ignorant of what was p issing in the provinces ; that the Government c~ Auld raise no more loans, because the holders of b rods ibund great difilculty in establishing their cl iiins to the dividends ; finally, that the consump ti, ns of 'wine had fallen off to that degree, that tv b: areas, the importation in 1841 consisted of 8,570,000 1542 it amounted to only 4,650,000 pipes; an 1; attributes the deficiency- to the Brazilians no ion er drinking French or Portuguese wines. These Pat a Acts are from his first number ; his second wi be 'a oticed hereafter. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Y esterday a, Court was held for the dispatch o bus! new-. THE CITY FREEDOM. 1 he Ghamberlain's list of applications to he made Ices , from wholesale as well as retail dealers, con tiita ed the names of several merchants and bankers err ,I rience in the City. The freedoms were granted. 1:1)a inquests of many of the wards made present nir nit s of numbers of persons carrying on wholesale d retail trades who had not tale') no their freedoms. In presenting the non-freem e n o f t h e war d of ippleg-ate kVithin, the fireman said that he and In 5 brot4ross had been at great pains t o obt a i n t h e Yi 11 -a those of wh om they had to complain, and he • +sassed a hope that the Court would not prosecute u a:: retail dealers until the question with respect to t le wholesale dealers should he settled. n inaßtig the presentment of the inquest of the -Fy rd of Farsingdon Without, the foreman stated that two persons who had been presented as wholesale dal filers, not having taken up their freedom, one had sn eleete.d an inquest-man and refused, but after- Ist4 crds consented to serve. That inquest-man, how ev ,sr, declined putting his signature to the present ra tnt of th* non-freemen, upon the ground that by sn'lng- the document he would be consenting to his ol 7 conviction. The jury were, in such difficulty, a' 6 ged to borrow an inquest-man from another dis t-ix s to make, by his signature, the presentment ia4. The inquest trusted that the wholesale dealers •te ,uld be. dealt. with by the Court ;is wall as the IN •tail dealers; that the most humble individuals /..'ouid not be bested wits less indulgence than the .T.luost elevat«l ; and that neither wealth nor poverty .would iniitience tile decisions in any of the cases s,s . .thject to adjudication.--,(Hear.) The several presentments were, so far as related to isthe non-freemen, referred to the Chamberlain. THE BOROUGH COMPTER. Alderman Witsox brought up the report of the Gaol Committee appointed to take into consideration the propriety of dispensing with and discontinuing • the Borong,h Compter altogether as a prison. The report stated that the average expenditure for the last seven :years was 791 d. 18s. 2d. per annum, grid that the number of persons confined previously to I thr? passing of the Act amounted to 133, and since e passing of the Act to one only ; and that it ap s-,tarikag that notwithstanding the operation of the said , Act there were some purposes for which a gaol must be maintained in the borough of Southwark, the Com : mittee were of opinion that the Compter could not he el.scentinued without the sanction of Parliament. Alderman COPELAND said that surely the Govern ment would not put the City to the expense of bring ing in a Bill to enable the city to get rid of an ex pense which every one must see was rendered wholly unueeessary by the Act of the Legislature itself, but would introduce a clause giving power to get rid of si useless. an appendage.—(Hear, hear.) Alderman WILSON agreed in the justness of the •observations just made, but said that the gaol was still liable to receive prisoners, and, until Parliament in terposed, it would be dangerous to remove or dis oonkinue it. The report was then agreed to. PRESENTATION OF ADDRESSES. Alderman WILSON brought up the report of the Committee on the subject of presenting addresses. It stated the opinion of the Committee, that whenever the Court should determine to present an address to her Majesty, or any other royal personage, the whole dc' the members of the Court should be summoned to attend the presentation thereof in the usual manner, notwithstanding the Court of Common Council might tare adopted the address of the Court, or agreed to in address in similar terms. The report was agreed to without comment. GIANDERED HORSES. Aldermen COPELAND called the attention of the Cluirt to the necessity of interposing its power to pre vent, as much as possible, the sale of glandered horses in Smithfield Market, which had, particularly of late years, acquired a remarkable notoriety on account of the numerous instances in which diseased horses were disposed of there.—(Hear, hear.) He could speak, upon the testimony of a very respectable police-ser geant who officiated in the district of the market, that vast numbers of glandered horses were daily brought thither, and be was convinced that the appointment of a veterinary surgeon to attend Smith &id Market on market days was the only means by which so dangerous an evil could be prevented. He concluded by moving that it be referred to the Com nkittoe of General Purposes to report on the expe diency of appointing a veterinary surgeon, for the arainination of horses alleged to be glandered, in Smithfield Market. Sir GRoahe CARROLL seconded the reference, and said that the necessity for such an appointment was every day more obvious, and that in one day three complaints were made to him at Gi'ldhall relative t o glander e d h orses in Smithfield Market. 7H5 CONTESTED ELECTION OE EORTSOR The Town CLERK infor me d the Cfmrtrhawt I h RD e i . had ceived a letter f rom th e so li c i tors of Alderman Moon, which, with the permissi on o f th e Court, he would read'. The following are the essential points of the corn munication "As solicitors for Mr. Alderman Moon, we beg kite to send you i copy of a rule which has been rilE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4 , M 1344. granted by the Court of Queen's Bench, at the in stance of Mr. David Salomons, calling upon Mr. Moon to show cause why a quo warranto information should not be filed against him to show by wh t authority he claims to be on Alderman of the Cis. of London, and which we have to request you to lay before the Court of Aldermen. "We have to request that they wil' permit you to furnish us with copies of the precepts for the two recent wardmote elections for Portsoken, with the re turns thereto, and also of the minutes of the Court of Aldermen relatin;.; thereto. "We have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient humble servants, "GEORGE and CHARLES CORNER." Alderman COPELAND said he should feel satisfac tion in rendering all the assistance the Court could legally render to Mr. Moon, but he objected to allow the production of any document without having the opinion of the" Recorder whether the intelligence con tained in it might not be used as a means of entangling the Court in the question which lay merely between Alderman Moon and Mr. Salomons.—(Hear, hear.) He did not wish that the Court should take up the cudgel in the case of Alderman Moon, as they had taken it up, most decidedly against his judgment, in that of Mr. Thomas Johnson. As Mr. Moon chose to battle it with Mr. Salomons, the two competitors ought to be allowed to settle it between themselves. He was willing to render both gentlemen all the aid the Court could, consistently with its own neutrality, afford ; but he had no idea of incurring 2,400/., or 2,5001. expense, the charge defrayed by them in the case he quoted, on any future occasion. Alderman Moon must take the distinction with all its coats and other imperfections.—(Hear, hear.) Under all the serious and delicate circumstances of the case, he could not consent to grant the inspection of any of the papers connected with the matter without having the opinion of the law officers, at the same time that he felt most desirous to render every facility which such authority should consider advisable. Sir P. LauftrE said it would appear to be an im pression of Alderman Copeland that Alderman Moon applied for assistance in this case. Now, he should be happy that the Court would render every possible aid to that gentleman, and he should most willingly sup port any proposition to render him service in the pro ceedings in which he was engaged.—(Hear.) Alder man Hughes had been in a condition similar to that in which Mr. Moon was placed, but had been ousted. Mr. Moon had resolutely engaged in the contest. If he (Sir Peter Laurie) supposed that the consent of this Court to grant the inspection of the required do cuments would mix them up in the contest, he would not support the application ; but no such consequence was involved in it.—(Hear, hear.) Alderman Lucas said that he apprehended that the object of the solicitors of Alderman Moon was to ob tain copies of the precepts and the proceedings of the Court with respect to the election at the ward of Portsoken. He did not see what reasonable objection could be made to the application. As to the statement that the Court had nothing to do with the question, that was certainly an error. The Court had to do with it, for they refused to swear in Mr. Salomons, and issued a precept for another election, of which the re turn of Mr. Moon was the consequence.—(Hear.) Alderman WILSON said the application was a most reasonable one. He admitted that there was a differ ence between the case in which Mr. Thomas Johnson was a candidate and the present case. In the former case the Court was bound to pay all the expenses in curred by the contest, and they paid the expenses ac cordingly. The time was not yet arrived for deciding upon the merits of the present question as to the claims of Alderman Moon upon the more important sympathies of the Court; but when that time should come, he would most readily stand forward to support the application.—(hear, hear.) Alderman T. Wool) stated that the application was merely for documents, the granting of which would no more commit the Court, than the inspection of the records of the Corporation by a member of the Livery would place the privileges of that body in jeopardy.—(Hear.) Alderman HUMPHERY said he differed toto ccelo from all who had spoken on the subject. He ob jected to the principle of allowing Alderman Moon to defend the right which the Court had claimed to itself in refusing to swear in Mr. Salomens. The Court were committing Alderman Moon as he cer tainly ought not to be committed. They had thought proper to reject Mr. Salomons, and to issue another precept, calling on the inhabitants of the ward to make another election. The inhabitants thought proper to elect Mr. Moon unanimously, and the Court bad approved of their choice. The Court then had a right, and was bound in justice and in honour to defend the precept which they had issued, and which led to the proceedings in which the person whose election they had recognised was involved.—(Hear.) Mr. Hughes had been in a different position. He had been sworn in upon the votes of a minority of the ward. Mr. Moon was sworn in upon the votes of a majority. The cases were thus essentially different. After adverting to his own case in the contest for .Aldgate Ward, Alderman Humphery asked whether, if Alderman Moon de fended his seat in that Court, and were ousted, they could lay their hands upon their consciences, and call upon him to pay the expenses of Mr. Salonions ? It was quite impossible that they could. How, then, could they lay their hands upon their consciences, and call upon him, if he fought for their rights, and ob tained the victors', to defray the expenses incurred by the efforts made in their cause ?—(llear, hear.) Ttie Court were then bound to defend themselves, and by their own law officers—not by men who felt no inte rest in the result. These were his sentiments, and he thought the Court ought immediately to act upon them, instead of allowing any individual to act in their vindication. Di♦ idend . per Anaum. Alderman LUCAS said Alderman Humphery ought to remember that the quo warrant° was directed to Mr. Moon, who appeared to have taken the strictly proper course in giving his answer. That answer would necessarily state that he was approved by the Court of Aldermen by whom the precept had been issued. The Court might be called upon to show cause why they had issued a precept after Mr. Salo mons had been returned to them as elected.—(Hear.) The case was travelling on, and in his opinion Mr. Moon had no occasion to be uneasy at having it all to himself.—(A laugh.) He was an Alderman of London. The question was, whether th e C ourt h ad done right or wrong in refusing to swear in Mr. Salomons?—(l-fear, hear.) The RECORDER said the rule was a rule served upon Mr. Moon to show cause upon what authority ze assumed to serve the office of Alderman for the ward of Portsoken. The parties were Mr. Salomons and Mr. Moon. The Court were not parties to the rule. If a mandamus were issued against them upon their refusal to swear in Mr. Salomons, it would be then for them to show that Mr. Salomons was not competent to serve. It was not necessary that they should put themselves into such a condition. To both parties he considered it would be advisable to give proper access to the accounts of the proceedings and the precepts, subject to the limitations which might be suggested by the law authorities of the Corporation. The COURT ultimately agreed to allow the soli• citors of Alderman Moon to have access to the docu ments required, subject to the canditions mentioned by the Recorder. Mr. Salomons will, upon applica tion, receive similar facilities.—The Court adjourned. MR. WILSON'S MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENTS.--We are gratified to see this delightful vocalist once more among us. He has been received with the same enthu siasm as ever, the Music Hall being filled on Friday evening, both in the body and in the gallery ; and those who know the spacious dimensions of that hall svill re quire no other test of the popularity of this singer. The selection on the above night consisted, with one or two exceptions, of Scottish songs, agreeably varied by the humorous and pathetic. In this field Mr. Wilson stands alone in excellence ; his rich melodious voice, so flexible and so sustained, and his fine taste and cultivation, have enabled him to give that truth and simplicity to the Scottish airs, which are their charm. Saturday forenoon Mr. Wilson gave another entertainment in the Ilepetoun Rooms, which were, crowded by a highly fashionable au dience. We observe he appears ag a i n on t h e evening of Saturday next, in the Music Rall.—Caledonian Mercury. AFFAIRS OF OTAIIEITE.--We direct the attention of our readers to an interesting letter from Otaheite, from a gentleman resident in one of the. Society Islands, which appears in another column, siddreased to one of the respected ministers of this city, by whosekindness we have been enabled to give it publicity. It contains many details of the recent occurrences in those islands which have not hitherto reached Europe, and will be read with attention both in France and in this country.—Glasgow Argun.—[We have referred to the letter, and find that it contains no fresh intelligence, and is evidently written by one who cannot take an impartial view of the ques. tion. The 'statements of the missionaries in the Otis. heite Islands ought to be received with great caution.— En. Sun.] CAUTION TO DlSSENTERS.—Dissenters are cau tioned how they insure their property in offices with the articles of which they have not made themselves ac quainted. A Dissenter lately insured in a London fire office,and had the misfortune to be burnt out. In the policy of insurance was a clause, that the minister and church wardens of the parish shall certify or declare that the fire has happened by a single accident. Being a Dissen ter, and opposed to church -rtes, and because the minister really does not know whether the fire took place by ac cident or design, the minister and church-wardens re fuse to make their declaration. Counsel have been con sulted on this clanse, and it is said to be fatal to the goodness of the claim.—L ancas t er G uar di an. COMMERCIAL CURIOSITY. A gentleman near Aylesbury has in his possession a Bank of England note for sixpence, issued in the year 1700, of which the fol lowing is an exact copy : No. 165. the l promise to pay to T. Caddel or bearer, on demand, summe of sixpence.—London, Bth day of May, 1700. For the Governor and Company of the Bank of Fiezland, The sum 50 guineas has ew be:n offered filo(l).ll.hisWcaAiriGoEsity and refused.—Aylesbur . News. 4 per cent. 41. 44 10s, 4 per cea t. 44 404 .158. 11.51. 81 128.8 d. .I.los. 341. 101. 1 i & 7 101. 6 percent, 98 20L 11. 10s. 151. 321.78 L 101. 10s, 1:4. cent. * per cent. 44 per cent. 4 per cent. 31. 10s. 5 per cent. per cent. 04 per cent. 4 per cent. per cent. A per coat. 11. 07. Bd. las. Id. 71. r 7s, t. 14 4e. 11. 15a. rper cent b per conk AtBo. and'? Q+.&l. ba. j tpercent. 7per calk 64 per cent 6per cent LIST OF 8 per cent. per cent. 8 per cent. per cent. 7 per cent. per cent. Spar cent. 8 per cent. 7per cont. fl per cent. 6per cent. apex cen t. t per cent. 5 per cent. 9Zer cent. per cent percent PRICES OF SHARES LEI LA.NALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC. 3. Names of Com panies. Amount Share. Canals. 4 8. d. Ashton and Oldham... in 18 0 A shby.de.la.Zeuch..ae 113 0 0 Basingstoke 100 0 0 Bteckneek & Abergay. 150 0 0 Birmingham,l-16thsh. 815 0 Do. and Liverp. June. 100 0 0 100 Chelmer & Blackwator 100 0 0 Coventry 100 0 0 Cromford 100 0 0 —..—.—.—.....—. Dudley 100 0 0 Derhy........" 190 0 0 Danube andMay7 . e.... 41 13 4 Ellesmere and Chester 133 0 0 Erewash lOO 0 0 Forth and 100 0 0 100 Grand Juncti0n.......... 100 0 0 Grand Uni0n.............. 100 0 0 Grand Surrey 100 0 0 Grand We5tern......... 100 0 0 100 GLusorgansh. ay. cost 178 IS 4 Gloucester & Berkeley 100 0 0 150 0 0 Huddersfield --......av 57 6 6 Kennet and Avon ...ay 30 18 10 Lancaster,.»,,,,«.«.av 47 6 8 Leeds and Liverpool... 100 0 0 Leicester ... 140 0 Leicester & Northamp. 83 10 0 Loughborough ........ay 142 17 9 Monmouthshire .. 100 0 0 Montgomeryshire 100 0 0 Milton M0wbray........ 100 0 0 Mersey and Irwell lOO 0 0 Macclesfield..... 190 0 0 All Neath....... ..... 10 0 I Oxford ........ 100 I 0 Peak Forest ,av 78 0 0 Regent's (er London).. 33 16 8 85 0 0 Shropshire ...... 125 0 Somerset C0a1........... 150 0 Do. Lock Fund Stock 12 10 0 Staffordand Worcester 140 0 5hrew5bury,............... 125 8 I Stourbridge.. ...... 146 0 0 Stratford-on-Ayon av 79 9 8 Swansea.,„. «. ,,.,„„ lOO 0 • Severn & W ye 26 9 3 Trent & Mersey, sh. 50 8 0 Thames & Medway_ay 10 5 Warwick and Firming. 100 0 0 • Warwick and Napten lOO 0 I • Worcester & Binning 7B 8 9 • Wilts and Berks......av 87 10 8 • Wisbeach 105 0 0 Wey and 110 0 0 • Docks. Commercial.... 100 S 0 East and West Stock London ...... Stock ....... Ditto Bonds ............. Bristol... ....... ........av , U 7 9 0 Do.Bnds,var.amounts Eh. Katharine.,, Ditto Bones.., Ditto Bonds .. Southampton .. a. 41. .... 00 00 2.5 25 1 6 SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROST THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—There yet remain two months before the meeting of Parliament. The interval may be well _ employed in the discussion of those practical ques- Pri tions of national finan ce , an d t h e nature and opera tion of those fiscal imposts, which not merely affect '---• the public interests, but involve the comfort and 70 health of the great mass of the community. The 70 flourishing state of the public revenue —presenting, 5 as it does, a large surplus of income over the 0 16 ° expenditure—will enabl e th e G overnment to remove , 13% or diminish some of the items of taxation. The 25 2 °5 specific mode of reli e f h as, pro b ably, not yet been 0 as decided on. The Pr em i er, w i th his characteristic -' I °s caution, is waiting f or an i ndication of popular 13 4 314 88 feeling. To this he h as b een wont to yield. By 440 o 0 110 consulting it at the p resent moment he may win 1 18116 back a portion of hi s l ost popularity. When 25 ex pediency promised to serve his purpose, the claims ! 20 o 0 1 of principle, and the regard which consistency de - 1 210 mends from public men, gave little trouble to s iss Sir Robert Peel. With a dexterity which alter - 21 nately amuses and di sgus t s, — the Right H on . B arone t lox so breaks such bonds asunder, and divests himself of the = 7 4 4 incumbrance. With him, pledges and promises are •-•. 71 but the current coin of th e pass i ng hour. The tax 1140 --• 160 which presses most eev ere l y on the community—at ll7 98 once a heavy impost ;an i rr it at i ng i nsult ; an unequal, and therefore unjust, distrib u ti on of the burden, by 360 it paid 15 which those least abl e are made to bear the greatest 385 proportion is, we n ee d scarcely say, the pro .s 4 50 0 perty and income-tax. To obtain the immediate ... . 0 25 removal of the latter porti on o f t hi s tax, should be th e 7. 120 object of every man who i s capa bl e of discerning the -1?: , distinction which obviously exists between them. The - 4 45 former should be equitably graduated ; the latter - 230 should be wholly removed. This is the main object. so To attain this desirable relief to the wages of labour 40and the profits of trade, every l eg i t i mate means should 496 be employed. A tax upon property regulated by an 167 equitable scale, is just and be ne fi c i al i n principle. The 129 revenue it would supply would enable the Minister se to reduce the taxation which p resses 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 138 80 least able to b ear th e l oa d ; and inquisitorial, for it u s subjects the affairs of the merchant and trader to so an investigation by, and exposure to, the eyes of those 1 from whom it is essential they should be concealed. 117 It is also, as has been well observed, "a premium on Fe% 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 2 1 save half the amount by fraudulent returns, and 16 defy every attempt to prove their inaccuracy." The 26 3 objections whi c h app l y t o t h e tax on i ncome are not se , applicable to a t ax on rea l or f un d e d property. The in facilities for c o ll ec ti ng th e l atter are great--involving 264 neither trouble nor expense. "In the case of houses e • e 7 19 4 % or land, it is c o ll ec t e d f rom th e occupy i ng tenant, who pays it cheerfully, because he is authorised to deduct • o lei it from his landlord's rent. The landlord, in turn, • 6 5 0 16 when his estat e i s mor t gage d, d e d ucts i t from the o interest due to the mortgagee. There is no in -7 l a e o 6% quisition into his resources, or incumbrances ; and 0 6 0 5% yet no opport un ity i s g i ven hi m o f evading 0 I 0 0 400 a fraction o f th e l ega l d eman d . " When ever the promis e d genera l rev i s i on o f t h e fiscal 1 pald 2 0 o is . is e policy of th e coun t ry b e entere d upon — and we think 0 0 141 the coming sess i on th e b est f or t h e purpose which has 1040% been pres en t e d i n th e hi story o f t h e country for many % 0 0 ( 0 1 6). years—it i s o b v i ous th at t h e pr i nc i p l e o f di rect taxa o 'in tion must be seriously entertained. No sound and 13 0 o • 16 advantageous cha nge can b e e ff ec t e d i n th e general tax -opli • 45% ation of the country which is not based on this prin • 10 0 16 5 % ciple. Th e id ea , th ere f ore, o f g i v i ng up that part of 0 10 0 16 the property-tax which is derived from tangible opro lo e 2 % perty, whether it h e i n l an d s, h ouses , or i n t h e funds, 0 O 0 40S. is founded on the inequitable policy of throwing an : n o 2 0 , 1 8- unequal portion of taxation on the shoulders of 0 e -- ir industry —an error, or rather a vice, which has per - 122205 vaded the fis ca l l eg i s l a ti on o f t h e coun t ry. T o apply 42 the same rule to fluctuating sources of income as to _ e 0 0 „, those which are fi xe d, i s no t mere ly a b sur d , i t i s ine -1: 1:, ( 5 3 -4 quitable and injurious. Even if the tax on income, as contradistinguished from the tax on property, • o 44 were to be retained at a diminished rate, the odious 0 46 feature would remain. The private affairs of indivi- I ; 0 duals would be subjected to inquisitorial inquiry and 0 1841 injurious exposure and publicity; and this in a free o 0 26% 0 0 ' country is intolerable, and will not be endured longer 10 0 o o J 33( than imperiou s necess it y compe l s . 0 0 434 STANDARD .—The meeting for the protection 10 : 1 6% and relief of needlewomen, held yesterday at Willis's • 0 0 as Rooms, and pr es id e d over b y L or d Ashley, is one of 0 0 0 25 the signs of the times, and in all respects an auspicious 0 0 26% sign. Th e a ssoc i a ti on, s till i n i ts i nfancy, we may say 8 o but just born, has provided work, at 9s. a-week, for o 0 nearly one th ousan d i n d ustr i ous women, and what 22 0 0 20 is perhaps still more gratifying, has conciliated o e 130 many extensive de a l ers t o t h e pr i nc i ple of fair 25 • A 141 wages. There is not the least reason to doubt that :RI if the public do it s d u ty f a i r l y, t h e bl ess i ng may be o e 2 7 5 % extended ten-fold or one hundred-fold even in a few • 0 150 months. Let pur c h asers reso l ve to d eal only with • 5 0 73 those who give fair wages, and not grudge to pay in 0 0 70 proportion, low wages, now the r u l e , will become o o se 0 0 84 the exception ; th e y will not long be an exception 0 0 20 until they disapp ear , an d th us the good work 0 0 4C C 0 will be compl e t e d w ith ou t i n j ury to any one. 0 0 O 0 76 Following the Noble Chairman (need we name • S o 23 him who is ever most for war d i n every good 34 0 0 13 es work, Lord Ashley), we must, h owever, refer to % two classes of employers, over whom the public has a 0 0 more direct control than over any o th ers, b ut who are 28 the agents of more mischief to the poor needlewomen 225 00 than any others—the managers of workhouses and of _ 60 56 female schools and asylums. The low prices at which ..... 57 persons supported by other resources, can afford to 12'7 55 work, is the main cause why the p r i ces of female la - -- 36 bour generally are so miserably depressed. As regards workhouses, there is no excuse for their inmates being 0 81% at all sent into the mark e t. The law makes 0 0 I 0 o r 54 for them a provision, such as it is, irrespective of the e 8 ) 4% value of their labour ; and, let th em ` abour never so 0 0 ise 8 ' 53 i industriously, the law does no t a ll ow them to parti- O , e o 212sa cipate in the fruit of their -toil. U pon what conceiv -0 0 1134 % able just principle, then, ca n th ey be thrown into 0 • 142% competition with those for whom the law does nothing. if they please, g i ve rider th e i r c h arge; b ut 0 : 0 : 1,:;4 employment Let managers to the o f workhouses, persensu o o 67 0 0 12% let them sell the produce of th e l a b our thus cheaply 0 o obtained at a ininz'llzum price, somewhat above what 0 0 209 is sufficient to maintain decently, independent a n d 0 • ~,, o 0 47% unassisted, labourers in the same line—common jus -0 e 11% tice demands this at the ver 6 y least. The case o f _ —9% female schools and asylu ms di ffers from the case o o es % ° 9 82 ° of workhouses in this, th a t t h ese are voluntary o 0 37% establishments. The mischief to the independent, 83 unassisted labourer is, ho wever, precisely the same, 16% — e o 114 whether under-bidding is effected by funds o 6 51% voluntarily or compulso r il y collected. If the poor 0 !3 o 0 108 sempstress is compelled to make for lid. a shirt, for making which she ought to receive a shil l() 0 5 5734 tho.ngherto whetherenable h th e e r ptoricelivies, hiteamteahttedreswnnothhyinga 0 12% .. O 0 o 35 O 0 41% O 0 3e rival workhouse or a rival school. It may o o esss • 0 285% be useful to warn many benevolent persons who are o 0 Se not aware of the effect of their kind exertions in o 0 25 O 1 104 patronising schools, of the evil that necessarily o 0 I 51% follows cheap school work —an evil immeasurably overbalancing the good. This warning may be, i 0 3% perhaps, best supplied by a short calculation. to • 3 0(1 3 Let us suppose , th en, a school containing a 0 s 4 hundred girl s , th e d aug h ters, say, of half that 0 0 ' 7 k number of m o th ers w h o are sempstresses. The 5 — 0 0 5 ag mothers receiv e , sa y n i ne s hilli ngs a week each 0 • 11% 0 0 for their l a b onr ; t h e l a b our of the girls affords 10 O 0 0 no pecuniary re t urn . Ni ne s hil l i ngs a-week is 10 0 20 a poor pittance for the maintenance of three per -0 0 26 sons, but unhappily experience proves it to be 0 o e 0 4 6 comparative affl uence t o t h e c l ass o f w hi ch we are 10 a • it) speaking. M a tt ers proceed as we have described o e o Fi them, until s ome per h aps tru l y generous, b ut short- O 0 4 sighted persons think that the labour of the children 0 e 4% ought to be empl oye d to some pro fi ta bl e use—ques • 0 118 tionless with a purpose to extend the charity—work ° • 17 is taken in for the children accordingly, and it is not 0 0 24 O 9% extravagant to suppose that the work of one hundred _ 10 e 3 43, 5 girls may be equal to the work of twenty-five women, that is half the work of the fifty mo - ic there. But, supp ose i t equal to t h e wor k o f 0 • es only ten wom en ; now, accord i ng to Adam _ t, 0 18 5 4 Smith, who drew hi s i n f erence f rom a l arge an d care ful induction, this would reduce the receipts of the • e 15 mothers one-half, vi z ., f rom 9 s. to 4s . 6d. and even this ss . • 0 83% i s too favourable a v i ew; f or S m i t h' as -10 0 0 11 sumes that the int ru d ers mus t b e se lf- suppor t e d , 10 42 105 which is not the ca se o f s hypothesis the school-girls. How o 0 27 ever, let us take the most favourable view ; let w o wen us assume that the labour of the daughters robs 0 3 0 i the mothers of only one -h a lf th e i r earn i ngs . I s thi s O o real charity ? You d e p r i ve th e mo th er o f • 0 O 0 20 two orphan girls of half her means of supporting o o sa herself and them—for what ? In order to prose• . • • 1(3 , 38 cute the sam e s y s t em on a more extens i ve scale. 0 o 0 0 „si b ' But then it w ill b e sa id , g i r l s must be taught to 5 % oo I 4 work with the needle. No doubt it is very proper to teach them; but do not teach them to the loss of 'RICES, themselves and of their mothers. Let them ._ work ; but, as i n t h e case of workhouses, _- u,,; let a minimum price above the average of a de ... eess cent m a i n t enance b e eharged for the labour. All 1 that is n ecessary i s some uniform regulation TN upon th e su bj ect. L et the poor-law guardians come — 4 , • 2 3 3 8 to an agreement upon the point; let the patronesses o 0 o 1 113% of the m u ltit u d e o f the different female schools o • 0 9% ° I 24 and asylum s o f th e metropolis have a meeting , 10 9 is 218 upon the subj ec t. E ng li sh women never meet 0 . 10 0 4% without some generous resolution and a happy 0 0 50 result. Let it, in s h or t, b e determined universally 0 o 0 ° 66 1 I that no charitable or quas i c h ar i table establishment 971 . 2 shall perform any work at a less rate than will afford 9s. a week to an industrious sempstress—let this be done, and we dare almost predict that before the end of 1845 every sempstress in London will. I.e so her 9s. a-week or more, The matter is hap pily such as is completely within the power of the public ; it is perfectly elastic, for the value of the female labour that enters into the expenditure —• • of each of us is really so trifling that almost the poorest amongst us can double, treble, or quadruple the price without inconvenience. Our readers will see that the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Queen Dowager have warmly encouraged, and most libe rally aided, Lord Ashley in this, perhaps the most interesting, as in all the other branches of his glo rious enterprise. We will not praise them for it. The Royal persons in question cannot help being kind and good any more than Lord Ashley can. We may love and honour them for being what they are, but we will not affront them by praise. What a position is that occupied by Lord Ashley at this moment ? How must Queen Victoria exult in the possession of such a subject and servant to represent to her people the graces of her personal kind-heartedness, with a fitness and dignity beyond the reach of any other man ? MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Dec. 3.) SUGAR.-To-day there was little 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; in all, only 260 hhds and tierces were disposed of, i nelud ing a public sale of 100 hhds 6 trcs of Barbadoes Sugar, which went off quietly upon former terms, fine yellow fetched 66s 6d, good 62s 6d, good middling 60s to 61s, middling 57s 6d 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 brown, and 73s 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 fetch e d 63 8 t o 66 s 6 d , goo d 59s to 625, good mid 58s to 58s Gd, mid 55s 6d to 575, low 54s to 54s 6d, fine brown 525, good 503 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, and very low 38s. Of Madras, 47 casks were disposed of at 46s 6d for damp, being about the former value. FOREIGN.-The market has presented a brisker 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 chests of white at 21s to 235-a floating cargo of white Pernambuco, of soft quality, at 22s for Trieste ; a cargo of Bahia of good quality consisting of 220 chests of brown at 18s, and 190 chests of white at 22s per cwt. Yellow Havannah at auction were readily disposed of ; middling and good quality at 105 6d to 21s 6d, low 18s to 18s 6d, damaged low to middling 18s Gil to 20s, and very low wet 14s per cwt. By private contract 400 chests have been sold at 20s to 23s for sound quality. White at public sale went at 27s 6d to 28s for good middling washed, 26s to 27s for middling ditto, and at 25s to 25s 6d for low quality. The demand has been brisk for other sorts. By private contract Cuba Muscovado sold at 19s to 19s 6d, and 500 hhds Porto Rico of old quality fur refining in bond at 19s to 19s 611 per cwt. FRUIT.-This afternoon at public sale 122 butts of Patras Currants, partly damaged, were sold at 44s to 49s ; 77 caroteels ditto 47s to 50s, 117 barrels ditto 47s to 51s ; • 116 boxes 55 drums of Malaga Figs 35s to 363 ; 3.621 drums 40 boxes Turkey Figs partly damaged 39s to 60s, 11 casks of old Greek Figs 30s ; 62 cartons of new Imperial French Plums 51 10s, 618 hf•ditto 515 s to 6/10s, 1.008 qr-ditto, 5/ 15s to 615 s ; 720 sixteenth ditto, 6/ ; 500 eighth-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. CoFFEE-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 Ceylon 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 50s 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 Gd to 85s, low mid 74s to 754 6d, fine ord 53s 6d to 60s, good ordinary 46s 6d, ordinary unclean 37s 6d, Triage 34s to 39s 6d, and infereor 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. T„_ day several purchases were made in Tea; Congou, com mon at 1* to I Id; Twankay Is 3d to Is 31a1; Hyson, ordinary 2s 6d to 2s 8d; of Young Hyson a large parcel of low quality was sold at Is 10d, being rather higher. Ofeeesrarnon Congou the supply at market is scanty. AcoLassEs.-In West India a good business has been triene+ted at the former currency; the purchases amount to 3Thl puns-Antigua at 245, St. Kitt's 21s 6d, and St. Vincent's 21s to 21s 6d per cwt. SPICES.-This afternoon Pimento was sought after, and 11 bags at public sale were sold at aid 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 few lots of sea damaged were sold at aid to 9d. 21 bags of fine pod Pepper f e t c h e d 81 17 s G d to 11155, and 3casks of Cayenne 2s 2d to 2s 3d per lb. RICE.-There has been an increased demand for Bengal, and the rates paid are rather above those pro vionsly quoted. This afternoon several inquiries ex isted for Bengal Lice, and for mid white buyers were compelled to pay 1 Is 6d per cwt by private contract. RUM, BRANDY, AND lIOLLANDS._Leewards have been in much better request, and several parcels have been disposed of at firm rates, proof fetching 2s 4id to 2s 5(1 per gallon ; Calcutta, 2s 3d for proof with certificate ; Detnerara, 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 brands, however, have been in brisk request, prices are firm :-Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds 5s 2d, puns 5s ; ditto 1839, hhds 4s I Id, puns 4s 9d : ditto 1840, hhds 4s I Id, puns 4s 9d ; ditto 1841, hhds 4s 10d, puns 4s 8d ; ditto, 1842, hhds 4s 7d, puns 4s 5(1; ditto 1843, hhds 4s sd, puns 4s 3d; common 2s 9(1 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 is 10d, fine for duty is fetching 2s 4d to 3s 6d. English I 2 s d la p n e d r R ga u l m lon w . as in good d eman d , at Co T rn o- S d p ay iri L ts ee a n t ,a lc d s 2s 4d to 2s 4id proof, and for Calcutta there were seve ral inquiries at 2s 2,id to 2s 3d proof, with certificate. In Jamaica there was rather more business transacted upon former terms. Holders of Rum manifest firm ness. The stock of all sorts is 4,700 casks less than last year at this time. COCHINEAL.-This afternoon a good demand existed for Cochineal, and 37 bags of Honduras at public sale were sold at full rates, low to mid silvers at 4s 3d to 4s 6d, good mid 4s 7d to 4s Bd, and 3 bags of common black 5s Id to 5s 3d per lb. INDIGO.-We have no improvement to notice in the demand for East India. Madras is still fetching previous rates, and is in tair request. The purchases made in Spanish have been extremely limited. 011.8.-There has been more activity in the market for common descriptions of Fish Oils since this day week. Southern has fetched stiffer rates ; Cod has been selling by private treaty at 321 to 321 lOs ; pale Seal 3415 s to 354 straw and yellow 301 t o 331, brown 291 to 291105, and, at auction, 60 tuns of Southern, of foreign fishing, in bond, were disposed of at 31/ 10e to 331 15s per tun. Sperm isnot so much in request, and prices are not so firm -the stock is on the increase. Of 70 tens of American at auction, a part only found buyers at 781 10s to 861 15s for common to fine quality. Linseed Oil at 22s 6d to 22s 9d per cwt. For Pale Rape 355, and 34s for brown. Olive 41/ to 421, Gallipoli 391 to 401 for Spanish, and at 381 to 381 lOs per tun for Barbary and Levant. Cocoa Nut is not much wanted at pre sent, but no further decline has occurred in prices a part only of 99 casks of Ceylon at auction found buyers at 24s to 28s 6d per cwt for low to fine quality. Palm has been taken sparingly, and prices are looking down ; 26s is the value of fine quality. TALLow.-Several parcels have been offered at public sale, and nearly the whole found purchasers. For pulic sale on Friday 200 casks South American, 323 casks of yellow candle stranded, 21 casks of African, 92 casks of New South Wales, 191 pkgs of Cape, 25 nkgs of North American, and 100 casks of damaged Odessa are declared. iIiSCOVERY OF AN ANCIENT ROAD. A singular discovery has recently been made in Back-lane, at the back of Derby-road. During the last few weeks, the board for the repair of highways have been engaged in laying soughs from the bottom of Back-lane to the top of Derby -road. One clay at the latter end of last week, the excavaters engaged in cutting the line for the sough, suddenly came to, a hollow in the rock, which appeared to be a cave. Upon making a hole large enough for the light to be admitted, they observed that the cave was a kind of narrow passage, running in the direction of the forest on one side, and pointing towards the castle on the other. On the side of the castle, about four yards down, the passage has been bricked up, apparently for the pur pose of forming a cellar to one of Mr. Goodhead's houses, near the top of the lane, and the Derby -road side. In the direction of the forest, the road runs under the first house upon going lip the hill. During Sunday the passage remained open, and parties explored it in the direction of the forest several hundred yards, and then re • turned, lest they should fall into some well or pit, or meet with foul gasses. We are sorry the mouth of the passage was closed ere we heard of its existence, or we should have diligently examined it, for the purpose of describing it to our readers. We are told that there is another and very similar passage a few yards higher up the road, which was opened some years ago. We are not aware that these passages have ever yet been described, and an examination would render considerable service to local historians, and would probably be of some use to anti quarians. It is worthy of remark that the opening into the passage above described is full half a mile from the c astle.—Nottingha m Review. THE. OFFERTORY.—This peculiar plan of collect ing money for the poor, is now adopted at All Saints' Church in this town. Immediately after the sermon, when the audience are expecting the usual dismissory blessing, the clergyman descends from the pulpit, returns to the communion -table, and reads twenty long texts, whilst every pew and every person in the church is visited by ecclesiastical tax-gatherers with a bowl fixed to the end of :1 long stick. When the searcl;hugs of pockets, the borrowings, and !Endings, the chinking of silver and copper, and the tread of the aforesaid tax gatherers, are all over, then at last comes the final prayer, and the painfully protracted departure.—Hamp. shire Inckpendfm4 LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 3. Before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a Special Jury.) REVENUE FRAUDS.—THE ATTORNEY GENERAL V. B 11YA.NT• 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 was founded were nearly identical with those which were submitted to theconsideration of the jury yesterday in the case of the Attorney-General v.Westcott, and notwithstanding the result of that inquiry, he felt bound 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 o' 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 1131., more than double the previous average ; in the second round it was 113 L, and in the third, 1301. 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. CHAMBERS 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 damp ; nor could that described by Mr. Mullett, for it was hand made. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL having replied, 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 Sth, in one day and one ream. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, Dec. 2. Jeremiah Swallow and Michael Noon were indicted for unlawfully having in their possession a die, made of plaster of Paris, for the purpose of coining sixpences. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against both the prisoners. His LORDSHIP, in passing sentence, said he thought the facts of the case justified a difference in the amount of punishment. Swallow was apparently the most active party, and the one by whom the manufacture was carried on. On Noon, whose share in the transaction was rather a connivance than otherwise, the punishment would not be so severe ; but sufficiently so to warn persons in such occupations as that of the prisoner that they could not connive at such transactions on their premises, without rendering themselves amenable to the law. Swallow to be transported for 15 years ; Noon to be imprisoned for 12 calendar months. Two persons, of the names of Phillips and M'Lean, were indicted for unlawfully having in their possession a die for coining shillings. Mr. Hall and Mr. Hill conducted the prosecution. The prisoners were not defended by counsel. The principal witness was a person of the name of Elliott, a die sinker, in the employment of a firm in Sheffield. He stated that, in the month of July last, the prisoners came to him at his house, and after some conversation they introduced the subject of dies for coining. Phillips said he wished to procure articles of that kind for coining shillings and half-crowns. The witness told him that those were dangerous things to meddle with, and that there would be a great risk to run. Phillips said there would be no danger, and that M'Lean, who had come over from Ire land, and was working as a printer, would manage it. The witness said he could not undertake it, and Phillips then asked if he could refer them to any die sinker who could do the job. The witness replied there were many who coulal do it, hut they would not. H e i nqu i re d w h o had recommended the prisoners to him, and they said it was a person in Snow-lane, Sheffield, that M'Lean would take the dies away as soon as they were completed, that he would pour some plaster of Paris over them, and then imbed them in a block of lead, in which they would be taken to Ireland. Mr. Elliott finally said he would con sider of it until the next day, and on the prisoners leaving, he communicated what had taken place to his father, and the next morning to one of his employers. The next day Phillips came again, and asked if witness had made up his mind. He replied that he had, but must know who were the parties by whom they had been referred to him and must have an advance of money. Phillips objected, and said he had been taken in by a fellow in Dublin about some copper dies before. Witness said it would cost nearly 2/. to procure the blank dies and letter punches for a shilling die. Phillips said he would pro cure the blanks and punches himself, and would give 121. for the two pair of dies. The witness said he must have 101. for the half-crowns, and U. for the shilling dies. Phillips said that he could make a metal, the weight and jingle of which would be so much like gold, it could not be detected without aquafortis ; that the man who was with him could make German silver which could scarcely be distinguished from real silver, and that it was their intention to make their coin of this material, plated with real silver. Witness said he thought with so hard a metal it would be hardly possible to strike up the impres sion. Phillips said that they had arranged to get a powerful press at Drogheda for that purpose. On the 3d of August witness got the blanks from Phillips, and Is. as a pattern. The letter punches, Phillips said he had got at Mr. Osborne's, in Snow-lane. He had pre tended that he wanted them for a medal of O'Connell, to be sent to Ireland. The inscription on one side was to be h One gift we seek." On the other " Our voices will resound for repeal through the length of the land." The phrases included all the letters necessary for a Is. die. During the month of July, witness had received several sums of 10s. in part payment, and had made for Phillips a turning scale for half-a-crown, from which he said he was going to have blank dies made. Saw Phil lips many times before the dies were completed. When they were nearly ready, Phillips called to see an impres sion. He asked witness whether he would have any objec tion to meet him (Phillips) and his man with clay impres sions from the dies. Witness declined, and Phillips then said he would call, with his man, to see them, and would then pay the money and take them away. He after wards called with M'Lean. M'Lean sat down at the table, and asked for an eye-glass to look at them. He said they were very good on the whole ; but there was a scratch on the nose which he wished should be removed. He said they were a few shillings short. Mr. M'Lean pulled out his purse, and said he had got 31., and would send the remainder as soon as he got to Ireland. The witness said he could not agree to that, but if they would bring 4/. he would have them ready to be taken away. Phillips stated that there was a large company engaged in the business, one of whom was a captain of a ship, and that it was intended to circulate the coin in America •, and that they should want a dozen one shilling dies and a dozen half-crown dies, and that they would be able to keep witness fully employed. The next time they called they did not bring the money, but stated they would have to write to Ireland for some more. M'Lean said he did not like to have the dies longer in his possession than he could help, and that he would fetch them away on the Wednesday following, at ten o'clock, so as to get away by the eleven o'clock coach to Manchester. They came again on the Monday to get witness to make them another turning scale for half-a-crown, and said they would be able to let him know on the Wednesday evening whether they could fetch the dies on the Thursday. Did not see them till the Friday. That was the 28th of November. M'Lean called witness out of the house, and said they would be prepared to take the dies away by nine o'clock the following morning, and would pay besides 12s. towards the letter punches for a new half crown. They came on the Saturday morning, and asked for the dies. ; Witness said they were up-stairs. He went up to fetch them, and drew the window-blind half-way up as a signal to the police, who were on the watch, that the prisoners were there. He came down stairs again, re ceived; the money, and delivered the dies, which were wrapped in a cloth, and taken away by Phillips. Wit ness then ran up stairs and pulled the blind up the whole' way as a signal they had got the dies. The police, who were watching in the back room of as ad joining public-house, then came up and took the parties into custody. Verdict—Guilty. Phillips to:be transported for fifteen years, and M'Lean for twenty-one years. Joseph Scott was indicted for a burglary in the house of Joseph Brownrigg, the Palace Inn, at Leeds. Verdict—Guilty. To be tran s p orte d for fifteen years. One or two other cases were disposed of during the day, of no public interest. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucester, Dec. 2. (Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.) His LORDSHIP sat until twelve o'clock on Saturday night, and disposed of a variety of unimportant cases, leaving only six or seven, of a very trivial character, for adjudication to-day. This being the day appointed for opening the commission at Worcester, his Lordship will proceed thither in the course of the afternoon, upon the close of the business here. On the assembling of the jury at nine o'clock this morning, they expressed considerable dissatisfaction at the inconvenience and detention they had experienced on Saturday, in consequence of the unnecessary length to which many of the speeches of counsel were, in their opinion, protracted, adding, as they did, in no slight degree by their prolixity to the tedium and irksomeness ordinarily attendant upon the duty of jurymen; it is to be hoped, therefore, that this hint may nut be lost upon the gentlemen of the bar, for there is no doubt but that in very many cases their cross-examinations, as well as their addresses, might often be curtailed with equal ad vantage to themselves, their clients, and their auditory, and, of course, the time of the judges and of the country would be materially saved by carrying into effect so desirable an abridgment. We understand that Col. Hodder and party shot, at Hoddersfield, yesterdiv, a 2 couple of woodcock,, besides a qu - antity of other ga:tv-.—cork Lord and Lady Portman and family left Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-street yesterday, for their seat, Bry unston Lime, Divot*lure. SO 0 0 Bridges Harninorsra 1 t h Southwark, new Subs. Ditto New of 7% pr c Waterloo Ditto Old Ann. et di, Ditto New ditto of 71 Ditto Bonds ....... 711 IA S 50 0 0 69 2 8 59 0 0 100 9 0 Assurances. Albion 509 0 0 50 Alfred Life - 25 0 0 5 Alliance Brit. and For 100 II 0 It Ditto Marine .....« lOO 0 0 5 Atlas 5O 0 0 5 Birmingham Fire 250 0 0 55 British Commercial 5O 0 0 5 Cler. Med. & Gen. 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Chartered: 50 0 0 Ditto New ..... 500 0 10 Water Works. Birmingham 25 0 0 25 East London lOO • 0 Grand Junction...Ay 41 13 4 Kent l9O 0 0 Nw Riv Lon. Bridg An Manchester andSalford 30 Vauxhall, late S. Lend. 10 0 0 0 West Middlesex .av (13 12 9 Yrk BuldgCo.Les.Prop 100 0 0 Iron Railways. Birmingham & Derby 100 0 0 100 Birming. & Gloucester 100 0 • 100 Bristol and Exeter lOO 0 0 76 Caledonian ..... l 5O 0 0 9 Chester and Holyhead 5 Eastern Counties 25 0 0 23 Edinburgh & Glasgow 50 0 0 50 Grand Junction_ . .. 1011 • 0 100 Great North of Junction„„,,,,,, 100 0 0 1(10 Great Western Ditto Half Shares 5O 0 0 50 Ditto Fifths ....... Harwich (Braithwaite) 20 0 0 Hull and Selby ....... 50 0 • 50 Lancaster and Carlisle 50 0 • 10 Leeds and Selby ... . . 100 0 0 100 Liverpool & Manchestr 100 0 0 1100 Ditto Half-Shares 5O 0 0 50 Lyndon and Brighton 5O 0 0 50 Ditto Loan Notes lO 0 0 10 London and Blackwall 18 13 4 London and Greenwich 12 15 4 London and Birmingh. 100 0 0 100 Ditto Quarter-Shares 2 Ditto London and S. Western 41 tt 10 London and Croydon l3 15 9 Manchester and Leeds 100 0 0 70 Ditto New Shares 5O 0 0 30 Manchatr and Birming 70 0 0 40 Midland Counties lOO 0 0 100 North British 0 0 0 2 Norwich & Brajon 20 0 0 8 Northern and Eastern 50 0 0j 45 Ditto Scrip, iss.s/. dig 5O 9 0 Paris and Orleans 2O 0 0 Paris and Rouen 2O 0 0 Rouen and Havre 2O 0 0 Stockton & Darlington 100 0 0 South East. and Dover 50 0 0 Yarmouth and Norwich 20 0 0 1 ork and N. Midland 5O 0 0 Ditto New Shares..., I 250 0 Mines. 6 per cent. 5 percent. 5 per cent. 6per cent. per cent. per cent. 8 per cent. 6 per cent. 21 s per share is. per share '0 per cent, per coat, 16s. 1/. 58. 1/. 7s. fd. and bs. 04/. and bs. per cent. scent. 10!. 104 b/ per eh Zs per sh 2/. 6 per Cent. 5 per cent. (3 per cant. 5 per cent 6 per cent. 134 per cent. 31- 1 2s. ?I. 108. 21. Uts. 21. 108. Iper cent, 41. 18s. 11. 14s. 21.138. p. sh. 11. 4:. per cent. as. per sh. 21. 5& perch 10 per cent 1 per cent. 31.55. per Ids 1541. per sh. 12s. per t per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. 1/. per at, fel. per sh. 11.145. 81. per share 3s4d per sh 91.175. pr el 1133 per et U. sg. 15s. IL Ili. 10c1. 15 per cent. per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. Albion Copper 5 0 0 f Alten l5 0 0 , 14 Anglo Mex., iss.s/. p.m lOO 0 0 Xl6O Ditto Subscription..., Bolanoe Ditto Scrip Brazil. Imp. i5ll. 51.p.m 35 0 0 21 Do. Mocaub. & Coc. U 25 0 0 25 Do. St. John Del Rey 20 0 0 15 British Iron ..«........», 1 00 0 75 Candonga. 2O 0 0 7 Ditto Registered 7 Cobre Copper 4O Copiapo 2O 0 0 . 13 Columbian, iss. 51. p.m 55 0 0 55 General Mining ... 20 0 0 20 Hibernian Imperial Slate Compy. 10 0 0 3 Mexican Mining Co. of Ireland 25 0 0 7 Real del Monte, Unreg Ditto Loan Notes — 150 Rhymney Iron ...... 50 • 0 50 Santiago de 25 • 0 j II United Mex.,iss.2l. pm. 40 0 0 1 40 Ditto Scrip . ..... Ditto New Scrip 2 Literary. Londn,with Sin. Ticket 73 0 0 London University , 100 0 0 100 Russell King's College lOO 71 XiseeHaneons. Anglo Mexican Mint. 10 0 •j 10 Australian Agricultur. 100 0 ) 111) Brit. American Land,. 50 • 0 35 Canada Oen. Steam Navigation 15 0 • 14 Iberian Mercantile Co. 5• 0 1 Ditto Property 50 0 5 Met. Wood Pay., iss. U. 10 0 • 3 Mex. and S. American 10 0 C 7 New Brunswick (Land) — 'r s New Zealand .... Penins. & Orien. Steam 50 0 I 50 Royal Mail Steams Reversionary Int. Soc lOO 0 0 South Australian Thames Tunnel 5O 9 0 Van Dienaen's Lan 14 11. 31. Is. 6d. 151 0 o 150 I. 10s. Japer cent. We. per sh. 11. 104 per sh. COTTISH COMPANIES' P NOV. 23, 1844. Bank of Scotland Royal Bank .., • British Linen Compny - Commercial Bank Glasgow Union Bank - Western Bank 1 Central Bk. of Scotland - Caledonian Insurance - Hercules Insurance - North Brit. Insurance • - Insurance Co. of Scotl. - Edinburgh Life Incur. - Scottish L'nion Incur... - Standard Life Incur.... ' - Dalkeith Railway - Edin. and Glas.Railwy - Glasg. and Green. Rail. - Dundeoand Artir Rail.' ••• FOX-HUNTING IN WALES. — Notwithstanding the " distressed state of agriculture," there are, in and about Carmarthenahire, no less then nine packs of hounds. in the immediate neighbourhood of the town of Carmarthen alone, there are the Broniudd, the Maesgwynne, the Tregib, the Pantykendy, and the Carmarthen pack of fezitounda—Cerniriafs, Paid. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. UNION-HALL. STEALING WATCHES AT THE SUAREY THEATRE.--- Two well dressed young fellows, named Johnson an d Macarthy, suspected to belong to the "swell mob," were placed at the bar before Mr.Traill, charged with stealing two watches from the persons of Mr. Thomas Wm. Bat' tam and Mr. James Cheaffers, in the pit of the Surrey Theatre. The first gentleman stated that he was in the pit of the Surrey Theatre on Monday. About nine o'clock be was standing near the boxes, when he felt a tug at his watch, and heard the guard-chain snap. He imp's' diately missed his watch. The prisoner Macarthy was. standing near him at the time, but when he discovered his loss he missed him. About eleven o'clock he was in formed that two men were in custody for robbing s gentleman of his watch. He identified Macarthy as the man who stood near him. A watch was found on the prisoner, which belonged to him. Mr. James Cheaffers stated that he was also in the pit of the above theatre on Monday; while standing at the back of the pit, about eleven o'clo c k, he was muc h crowded by several parties, who he believed belonged to the " swell mob." He then Mt a snatch at his watch, and immediately missed it. The prisoners, who had been near him at the time, were walking out of the theatre' when he pursued them and gave them into custody. Selwood, the officer belonging to the theatre, appr r hended the prisoners; he found a watch on Macarthy, which was identified by Mr. Battam. The latter pr i ' soner said that the watch belonged to him, he harl n g purchased it in Rag lair on the previous day, for tee guineas. In answer to the charge, Johnson said that he wet unacquainted with Macarthy, and had no knowledge ei the robberies. Macarthy said that he picked the wale': up in the pit, and not bein g a bl e t o fi n d an owner he pu t it in his own pocket. He denied saying that he pa' chased it in Rag Fair. Mr. Thalia, inquired whether there was any 1 3 r„. that the prisoners were conc e r ne d i n th e ro bb ery officer replied in the negative. Mr. TRAILL said he should commit Macarthy for trial , and remand Johnson until Monday next, to give the offic er an opportunity of making inquiries rest acting him. IMPORTANT TO THE SHIPPING INTEREST d THE RIVER PARAMA OPENED TO VESSEL' UNDER THE BUENOS AYREAN FLAG. Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade' Whitehall, Dec. 3, 1844. Sir,—l am directed by the Lords of the Committee' Privy Council for Trade to acquaint you, for the formation of the merchants trading to Buenos Ayre* that her Majesty's Government have received inforniA; tion that the Government of Buenos Ayres has opened the River Parama to vessels under the Buenos Ayres!' flag, upon security being given against their touching I I any place in the Province of Corrientes. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) J. MAC GREGO% W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's. SMUGGLING,—On Saturday a Parliamentary refill ° was issued, moved for by Mr. Hume, affording a g° 64 deal of information of the several establishments main; tained for the prev e nti on o f smugg li ng i n t h e 'Unite' Kingdom, in each of the years of 1842 and 1843. VI sum of 344,136/. 13s. 11d, was p a id f or wages salaries of persons employed for the prevention smuggling in 1842, and 347,8091. Is. 4d. in 1843. The expense of the equipments of the persons so employ' A and for repairs, was, in 1842, 168,6081. 4 s. 10d .; and in 1843, 164,358/. 14s. Id. The amount of to e produce of goods seized and sold was, in 1842, bi the Customs 2,2011. 19s. 7d., and by the Excise 78 5 , Is. 6d. ; and in 1843, the p ro d uce was b y t h e Custom s 7,6361. I Is. ld., and by the Excise 5204 12s. sd. The rewards paid to persons employed for the prevention °f smuggling were, in 1842, 6,8174 3s. 10d., and in the for lowing year, 11,2814 15s. 9d. In 1842, 11,048 ga11°,,.. of spirits and 19,6671b 5 . o f t o b acco were se i zed, and I"' 1843, 10,676 gallons of spirits, and 62,8881b5. of tobacco' The proceeds not being sufficient to pay the rewards, th e difference was taken from the Consolidated Customs. Th e expenses of prosecutions by the Excise in 1842 wer e ,„,., 5,657/. 14s. 3d., a nd i n 1843, 8 , 7 60 / . 9s. 2d. The produce of fines and seizures by the same depert r ment was in 1842, 27,0031. 6 s . I Id., and in 18 400 36.8391. 19s. The share paid to Excise officers in 18 43 was 11,256/. 10s. 10d., and in 1843, 15,034/. 7s. 4d.; th e amount remaining to the Crown was in 1842, 11,03 1 45. 4d., and in 1843, 15.157/. 10s. 6d. The other t penses of establishments belonging to the Excise amounted in 1842 to 5,7601. 12s. 3d., and in 1843 t° 8.757/. 16s. Bd.; and with respect to the coast service' cruizers, and revenue police, the expenses are consider able. The revenue police of the Excise in 1842 cost.'" in wages and victualling, 33,216/. IBs. Id. ; for inslario and allowances, 1,640/.; in vessels, 9891 . 7s. 7d.; and i n horses and barracks, 1.029/. 18s. 2d. ; and in 1843 the police cost in the various departments mentioned 35,42214 1,640/., 1,760/. 195., and 1,233/. Os. 10d. The fir e ‘ branch of the return relates to the Customs, and the three others to the Excise. HoasEßAcEs.—From the evidence taken before the Select Committee of the House of Lords appointed to in quire into the laws respecting gaming (and which evi dence is just printed), the following extracts are wa de ' with respect to the popularity, expenses, &c., of borne racing. Mr. C. Weatherby, the keeper of the matchbook to the jockey-club, states that this public amusement has increased very much of late years, and that larger sums have been given by the public, not race-horse own ers, during the last year than in former years." He then estimates the amount so subscribed by others than race horse owners as at least 34,0004, given by gentlemen for plates and to add money to stakes in the last year. This includes the amount contributed by gentlemen hay' ing no race-horses, who subscribe to stakes to support the amusement ; but does not include the Queen's plates" of which thirty-six of IN guineas each are annually given—thus making the whole amount (as Mr Weatherby believed) 3,600 guineas, 1,0501. of which le paid from the privy purse. The witness then contend' that it is evident that horse racing is an amusement which ill classes, from the labouring class up to the highest the country, enjoy. With respect to betting, the same individual stated before the Committee that an immense deal of it takes place at the races ; and that, at the pre sent moment, it is understood by some that a man taking a bet fur above 10/. on a horse race subjects himself to * qui tam action ; but, according to his opinion, two race' horse owners might stake 10,000/. upon a horse, and he liable to no penalty, if they paid the money down. Again' Mr. Weatherby states that " the laws at the present too' ment with respect to betting protect the rogue more then they do the honest man ; and they enable any man wh°, does not choose to pay, t o re f use to pay. " He bel i eve d that if the statutes r es p ec ti ng b ett i ng were repealed, an d the whole subject left to the common law, it would de' crease betting. HEROISM.—The following act of heroism on the part of a ti male has just been brought tinder the notice of the Committee of the Royal Humane Society. short time since, as Miss Sarah Wilkinson, governess in the family of the Rev. L. C. Booth, of Burshead Lodge' Twickenham-common, accompanied by Miss Emma Collinson, a visitor at Mr. Booth's, were sitting with two of Mr. Booth's c hild ren , reading on the banks of the powder-mill river, which is a very rapid stream, the youngest of the children, about six years of age, climbed unseen on a tree which grew over the river, and sad" denly fell in. Miss Collinson, on seeing the accident , hurried round the stem of the tree, and seeing the child struggling in the water, was so unnerved as to be unable to assist it ; but Miss Wilkinson immediately jumped into the stream, without a moment's hesitation, at a spot where the depth of th e water was to h er unknown, and with great difficulty, from the rapidity of the strealn, and the water being four or five feet deep, caught hold of the child's foot, and continued to hold it fast for two or three minutes, until Miss Collins o n c ame t o h er aseist ance, when y great exertions the child was rescued. Another moment's delay on the part of Miss Wilkinson in jumping in would have been fatal to the child, se it would have been floated by the rapidity of the stream to a thick hedge on the bank, which it would have been ire," possible for Mis s Wilki nson to h ave passed. Miss Boo t h fainted instantly on being taken out of the water, and was afterwards confined to her bed with high fever for three weeks. Miss Wilkinson has been recommended for the Royal Society's honorary silver medallion at th e next general court. BIRTHS. On the 20th ult., at Rome, the lady of Charles Oldbanl, Esq., of a daughter. On the 29th ult., at Mecklenburgh-square, the wife of S. Lush, Esq., of a daughter. 0 04 On the 2d inst., at Wellington-terrace, St. John's-Tr Mrs. bacchant, of a daughter. • On the 2d inst., at Greenham Lodge, Berks, the wi fe of A • J. Croft, Esq., of a daughter. On the 2d inst., at College-terrace, Islington, Mrs. Adams, of a daughter. On the 2d inst., at Slades-place, Deptford, Mrs. Sandom, of a daughter. Oa the 3d inst., in Tavistock-square, Mrs. James Pluc k ' nett, of a daughter. On the 3d inst., in Old Burlington- street, the lady of T. J. H. E. Stubbs, of a son. MAR IllEb On the 30th ult., a t St. P au l' s, Li verpoo l , Willi am NV° 4 ' Esq., of Threadneedle-street, to Marv, relict of the late G. Jones, Esq., Trinity College, Dublin. On the 30th ult., at Brighton, Nathan Lowenthal, Esq ., of Brighton, t o S ara h, second daughter of the late J. Seelig, Esq., of the Exchequer. DIED. On the 25th ult,, Mr. William Williams, aged 56. On the 25th ult., Ch ar l es M ann, E sq., o f Cloudealay-Etr eat ' Islington, aged 66. On the 27th u lt : , John Brooke, Esq., of Shepley Hall, nea r Manchester. On the 27th u lt., a t S y d ney-p l ace, B at h , William ge nii Hough, Esq., aged 66. • On the 28th u lt. Martha, Martha, wife of David Price, Balhe.m Harrison, On aged 4 28th ult.., at the Green Park, Bath, Mrs. Cat herine On the 29th ult., Captain Thomas Wallace, of the Mad ras Army. u.rtiott On the 29th ult. at Comte Raleigh, Devon, 4 " --- Louisa, wife of the Hey. Charles Edward Band. are, On the 29th ult., at Bath, the Hon. Robert OtweY C a ve ' M P., of Stanford Hall, Leicestershire. Castle, ill On the 29th ult., George Durant, Esq of Tong the county of Salop. Can' Oa the 30th ult., John Crichton, Esq., of Bush-lane' no trseet, aged 82. On the Ist inst., at Teddiegton, Mary Anne, the w ife of Rear-Admiral Collard. On the Ist inst., at Elm Lodge, Denmark-hill, Surrel' Samuel Slolpse:, Esq. market , On the t inst., Mr. John Heath, of Shepherds,- Mafair, Ist inst.in wine-merchant. N'icholl. O y- n the Beaumont-street, Mrs. MerY - sy On the 2d inst., Mr. Benjamin Baldry Ferro(' Tower -street, aged 70. -60li, of Lo.lElor.: 'Printed and Published by 1111711D 0 YOZi o. 112, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Th 4 thos of Strand, in the Preciact of the SaToh As 1110 8 14-11 The )4oors AN t "c l 14ti, —tor The arr; „ levera Letdence ant M ut , ()Pe!! from Iv- A Capital Most ..e R io The kight Th e RI ht SMIT LHOMAs. .• M. A] ILLIA ount, %ti t w. ittfol ` 44 . 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