The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-30 00:00:00

nothing could have been more appropriate than the scene which was yesterday witnessed in the City of London, namely, her Majesty gracing with her presence the, opening- of the great Mart of British cousenerce the new Rcyai Exchange. Foreigeeers must have been Much struck with the magnificence of the erectacle, which they yesterday , witnessed. They must have painfully felt the con trust which would be presented by any exhibition of national grandeur which their countries could make. There is no other city in the world that could get up suything at all approaching the splendour of yester day's scene. If, then, not only the magnificent dis play which dazzled the eyes of her Majesty's metro politan people, but, as before remarked, our greatness as a nation is mainly to be ascribed to the success of our commercial enterprise, it follows that every ob struction to our trade and commerce ought to be removed, and our national commercial resources be allowed full play. Were this done—were the princi ples of free trade to be adopted in their widest extent, and full scope allowed to the enterprise of our manu facturers and merchants, Great Britain would rapidly rise to an eminence, socially as well as commercially, which has never been attained by any other country, in ancient or modern times. There could be no more suitable, and certainly no more salutary measure, than would be the following up yesterday's opening of the new Royal Exchange, under the auspices of the Sovereign—by the annihilation, in the coming session of Parliament, of those various monopolies which restrict our trade and cripple our commerce. GLOBE.—A system is extensively acted upon by the New ate authorities, under the sanction of the Prison Committee, which, if not firmly re sisted by the attorneys and barristers of the Cen tral Criminal Court, will tend to create a mono poly of practice, at once injurious to the profes sion and to the administration of public justice. The poorer class of prisoners are especially sufferers from the practice alluded to. At the moment of their trial, these unfortunate creatures find them selves destitute of counsel, who, they supposed, had been entrusted with their defence, but who neither appear in person or by proxy. Their absence is not even accounted for or supplied—for this best of all reasons, there is no responsible person, in the character of at torney or agent, to attend to the case, or to see that some gentleman of the bar holds a brief for the prisoner. This has long been a crying evil in the Court alluded to. Judges have frowned, and Aldermen on the rota, with others of the grave and reverend Seigniors of the Civic Bench, have promised to interfere, to see that the case of the unfortunate prisoners, if conducted by counsel, should be properly prepared, and their defence arranged with regard to the grounds on which they proposed to rest their proof of exculpation, or their appeal for the merciful consideration of the court. The cause of the inconvenience and injuries to the prisoners so frequently complained of, on being inquired into, were found to originate in the reception of briefs by counsel from hand, that are not strictly professional. Barristers had not been sufficiently tenacious of etiquette. They had not strictly inquired, before accepting it, whes ther a brief for a prisoner's defence was indorsed by an attorney of her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench. Hence, disreputable persons had found access to prisoners or their friends ; had taken their money, scraped together with difficulty, and at the expense of many sacrifices, and had then, either wholly or par tially, neglected the necessary arrangements for the defence. When their trial came on, the wretched pri soners found that their witnesses had not been got to gether ; and often that counsel had not been instructed. The attorney or agent was either not in court, or some false excuse was trumped up to meet the occa sien. Well, how have these wise and virtuous re formers of abuses in the Court of which they are permitted by the Legislature to be the controllers and directors, proposed to cure these evils ? The obvious course would have been to take effective mea sures for excluding unauthorised practitioners from the Court ; to have kept a properly authenticated list of the practitioners ; copies of which list should be exhibited in some conspicuous place in the pri son of the Court, and instructions given that none but such, or their recognised clerks—except on the special application of a prisoner—should be allowed access to him, to receive instructions for preparing his defence. The same, or somewhat similar, checks, might be provided in the Court. Let a similar list be made out, and supplied to each gentleman of the Bar, among whom an understanding should exist that no brief, except passing from one of these accredited practitioners, shall be received by them. A breach of this understanding should be regarded as an offence against the rules of the Bar, arid subjecting the individual to censure, and, on repeti tion, to be dis-barred. But how have the City func tionaries sought to reform the evils which have existed ? By a plan at once invidious in design, and inefficient in operation. A plan injurious and unjust towards the practitioners of the Court, the majority of whom it excludes from a fair competition, by creating a monopoly ; while it frequently leaves the prisoners, for whose pro tection it professes to provide, positively without the professional aid it promised to secure, and for which they had paid their money to the prison autho rities, for the special purpose of procuring it. We have received complaints from various quarters of the strange interposition of the Newgate authorities, in the way of advice and recommendation to prisoners as to the attorney and counsel they should employ. We were also assured that touting for business—of which so much complaint was made from the civic function aries, as derogatory from the dignity of the profession, and injurious to the interests of the prisoners —was only transferred from the outside to the inside of the prison. We were slow of belief that such practices were permitted, much less sanctioned to any extent, and refused to commit ourselves to statements that were obviously incompatible with the perfect freedom of choice which even a prisoner accused of felony should be allowed to exercise in his choice of an advocate. Under duress , the accused may be supposed to be in fluenced by hope that, if he comply with the sugges tion of his gaoler—in his circumstances possessing the force of a request, if not of a command—some specific or undefined advantage will accrue to him by com pliance, either before trial, or after conviction, if he be found guilty. STANDARD.—We presented, yesterday, to our readers, a pretty full report of the proceedings at the opening of the New, and now " Royal" Exchange, up to the time of our going to press. We add, to day, such particulars as we were yesterday compelled to omit, or as had not reached us in time. Nothing of the kind could pass over in a manner more gratifying than did yesterday's ceremonial. The day was auspi cious—a splendid day for the season. The arrange ments made by the military and police were perfect, and observed, we would say, rather than en forced, with the utmost urbanity and good temper ; and the people were, as they always are when the subordinate functionaries of power will let them, in a high degree of good humour, determined to be pleased, and to welcome their beloved Queen with that hearty welcome which Englishmen know how to offer. The universal enjoyment was heightened by the un• equivocal proofs afforded by her Majesty's gracious smiles, that she fully participated in it; and if poli tical feeling, which so often " mars the fair face of a festal day," was not altogether laid aside, we must count all the hundreds of thousands who witnessed the ceremony as stanch Conservatives, for nothing could be more complimentary than the reception everywhere of the Queen's Ministers, more partial• larlv the reception of Sir Robert Peel. The cere mony of yesterday is, indeed, distinguished in this respect from every form or ceremony of the description—that there was no expression of political sentiment breathed through the day. Much of this no doubt was due to the calming influence of the Queen's presence ; but we question whether that influence, sweet and powerful as it must be, would have produced the effect, had there been any bitter political feelings to agitate any portion of the multitude : for the rest, we are not aware that a single serious accident or the slightest scuffle interrupted the general happiness of the day. Whoever rightly considers the ceremony of yester day will see in it abundant reasons to be grate ful to the Divine Giver of all good, who has so signally favoured this country ; and, in humble submission to that gratitude, ample cause for pride to the progress and prospects of Eng land. The occasion of the fete which has just passed, has reference to commerce ; but while we honour commerce as it merits, we must not deify it, as we see in some a disposition to do. England owes much of her wealth, and power, and intelligence to commerce ; but to what does she owe her commerce ? In the first place, to the favourable position for defence, and for universal communication, in which she has been placed by the Divine Ruler ; next, to the hardy courage and indomitable energy of her people, their high moral instinct, exalted and strengthened by the blessed Reformation; lastly to tha , t , wise system of government called "the constitution ; which, protecting the liberty of all, maintains im partially the balance among all. It is with these ad vantages, and under shelter of this system, that corn merce has grown out of agriculture ; and if the course of progress is to be continued, agriculture must in turn be repaid the debt from the accumulations of com merce. The prosperity of a merely commercial country never has been, and never will be, permanent. When, 2 70 years ago, Elizabeth opened the first Royal Exchange, commerce stood in need of the royal countenanceprotection. The aristocracy looked down upon the richest citizen with about the same sense of superiority that a rich citizen would now look down upon a farmer, a curate, a young lawyer, or an humble professor of literature. Y 'llhes g e wide and insulting distinctions, however, alwaysw tend to enmity and opposition ; and by ve s % sition the resources of a people are dissipated°a their opportunities of wealth and happiness lost. Elizabeth was too wise not to see this, and she, there fore, took every opportunity of conferring dignity upon trade. In our age there is no danger of trade being treated with contempt, as we think yester day's exhibition abundantly testifies ; and, there fore, it is absurd to suppose that the compliment of the Queen's visit was like Elizabeth's, ad dressed principally to the interests of commerce, to the Lord Mayor of London, or to the re spectable gentlemen of the Gresham Committee. It was an occasion fur the Queen to meet all her people —an occasion doubtless deriving much of its interest from the consideration that Elizabeth had been a pro minent actor on a former occasion of the same kind ; but to meet her people—all her people, and to gratify them by her presence, was the true motive of the Queen's visit. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Oct. 29. (Before Sir C. F. WILLIAMS.) IN THE MATTER OF W. BROMLEY. The adjourned examination of the bankrupt, a soli licitor in Gray's Inn, whose case excited great interest on account of the application of certain moneys with which he had been entrusted by various parties, was ap pointed for this day, and long before the hour of sitting the Court was crowded with parties (many of them females) interested in the proceedings. Mr. Humphery appeared to oppose the passing of the bankrupt, and Mr. Sturgeon was retained on his side. Sir C. F. Williams entered, and on the case being called on, Mr. HUMPHREY said that his Honour might remember that the bankruptcy's case was adjourned in July last, and that a very long period was given, in order that he might furnish accounts every way satisfactory to his creditors. That had not been done, and they were then in pre cisely the same condition that they stood at the last examination. Sir C. WILLIAMS said that under such circumstances he coald not think of going into the case. It was dis tinctly understood, and the Learned Gentlemen engaged for the bankrupt seemed to assent, that the creditors should have every opportunity of examining and investi gating the accounts. There were some debts to which there were more than two claimants, and it was, there fore, absolutely necessary that the case should be fully sifted. Mr. STURGEON had no doubt that the bankrupt now that he knew what the wishes of his creditors were, would do everything to satisfy the Court and them if a short adjournment were given him, Mr. HII3IPUREY was quite opposed to any further ad journment. Sir C. AVILLIems thought the only course was to ad journ the matter sine die, allowing the bankrupt to come up again to the Court, when his accounts were in a satis factory state. The bankrupt explained that he had done all he could to give an answer to every inquiry, and to explain every account. If the gentlemen who new raised objections would kindly inform him, or show him what to do, he would with thankfulness do it. The matter was, after a few remarks from Mr. Hum phrey, adjourned sine die. SHERIFFS' COURT, Oct. 29. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff KENNEDY and a Common Jury.) PIERCE AND ANOTHER V. ADAMS. Mr. Sergeant Jones appeared for the plaintiffs ; Mr. Thomas for the defendant. Mr. Sergeant JONES said the action was brought by the plaintiffs, Messrs. Pierce and Coatze, coachmakers in Long-acre, to recover from the defendant, George Adams, the sum of 191. 17s. 6d. In the year 1842 the defendant entered into the possession of a house situated in West-street, St. Martin's-lane, the property of the plaintiffs. The payments of the rent were very irre gular, and the plaintiffs had distrained some time ago. The defendant owed them 331. 2s. 6d., but in order to obviate the expense of bringing their action in one of the superior courts, they had reduced their claim to the amount fur which the action was brought. The defendant pleaded that he never owed the money. Mr. THOMAS produced a deed which had been signed by the plaintiffs, but it was unstamped, and the plaintiffs were nonsuited. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) BOW-STREET. A ROBBERY SINGULARLY DISCOVERED.— William Ed wards, living at 43, Charles •street, Drury-lane, was brought before Mr. TWYFORD, charged with having stolen property in his possession. Policeman Bagnell, F 31, stated that he was on duty in Charles-street, Drury-lane, about one o'clock this morning, and saw the prisoner, in company with three others, standing in the street. Heard one of them say to the prisoner, " Did she halloo?" and then seeing witness they separated and went different ways. Witness went up to the prisoner, took hold of his pockets, which stuck out, and asked him what he had got there. He answered, "It is grub," and witness then pulled out a valuable fur tippet and a cigar case. Witness imme diately took him to the station-house. Mr: TWYFORD—WeII, prisoner, what do you say to having these things in your possession? Prisoner—l found them in the procession, and held them up and cried out, " Does any one own this ?" and no one owned it. Mr. TwYFoRD—I must remand you, to find an owner for the property, as I have no doubt, violence was used in obtaining possession of it. CLERKEAN WELL. Patrick Garcon was charged with cutting and wounding police-constalbe Higgins, 130 of the N division ; also with violently assaulting police-con stable Gooderam, 433 N. Higgins, whose life was at one time despaired of, was present. His voice was so faint, that there was great difficulty in gleaning his testimony. He deposed, that on the night of the 12th inst. he heard the noise of fighting in High-street, Islington, between 11 and 12 o'clock. He went up to them and told them to go away. They used very bad lan guage, but at length dispersed. Abotit an hour after the same party, amongst whom was the prisoner, as sembled in High-street. He again told them to go away. They went down Pansley's•court swearing and using the most violent language. When a few yards down the court, one of them said "If you come down here, we'll Loon do for you." He did not follow them immediately ; but, in a short time after, hearing cries in the court, he went down, and had not advanced more than a few yards when a brick was thrown at him. He saw the man who flung it and arrested him. He was turning round to take him to the station-house, when several of them attacked him. His hat was knocked off, and the prisoner, with a brick firmly clenched in his hand, struck him twice with all his force on the head and knocked him down. One of the party seized his hand, and the prisoner jobbed the sharp edge of the brick into his head twice, and he became insensible ; when he recovered consciousness, he found his collar-bone broken and four deep wounds on his head. He positively identi fied the prisoner as the person who jobbed the brick into his head. Police-constables Gooderam and March confirmed Higgins's testimony. Mr. R. Sample, surgeon to the Islington police force, has examined Higgins, and found four deep wounds on his head, and his clevicle was fractured. Higgins's life had been in great danger. Had known persons to die from much less severe wounds. The prisoner denied his guilt, and was fully com mitted to the Old Bailey for trial. Frederick Webb was charged with violently assaulting police-constable 25 G. It appeared from the evidence that the constable attempted to separate two females who were fighting in the Bagnigge-wells-road on the previous night, when the prisoner rushed upon them. A mob gathered, several of whom pelted the constable. The prisoner rushed upon him and struck him violently on the face, chest, and side, and kicked him in the abdomen. The police at the station hearing the cries of the mob, came to his assistance, and the prisoner was secured. He was sentenced to a month's imprisonment, without the power of releasing himself by the payment of a fine. MARYLEBOAE. CURIOUS CASE.—Joseph Whetten, a middle-aged gen tlemanly man, who hung down his head, and appeared very dejected, was brought before Mr. Rawlinson, this morning, in the custody of Carter, 140 S. Carter stated that when he was on duty this morning, about half-past nine o'clock, inffillsted-street, Somers town, the prisoner came up to him and said, " I wish to give myself up into your custody for embezzlement," at the same time mentioning the name of Mr. Daniel Powell, of Liverpool, as the person whose money he had appropriated to his own use. He gave witness a letter which he (the prisoner) said would explain the particu lars of the transaction. The letter, which appeared to have been written from Liverpool yesterday, was directed to " Mr. Joseph Whetten, the Grapes, Drummond-street, Somers-town." It related to some transaction which was not fully ex plained, but evidently from the tenor of it, related to the very serious charge on which the prisoner had given himself up to the police. Mr. RAWLINSON (to the prisoner)—Do you wish to say anything in addition to what you have stated to the constable? The prisoner—No, your worship. Mr. RAWLINSON said he supposed he must be sent to Liverpool. However, he should remand him until Mon day, and would apprise him if he received a letter before that time, authorising him (Mr. Rawlinson) to send him there. The prisoner was then conveyed to one of the cells and locked up. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE POLICE AT THE PROCESSION.—On Monday three gentlemen, named Phillips, Hodgkin, and Smith, were charged with having obstructed the police in the execution of their duty. The defendants, with some friends, being desirous of seeing the procession to the City, took up their position in Trafalgar-square. The police stationed to keep the line at that place requested the party to stand further back on the pavement. In making a retrograde movement an elderly gentleman was dis placed, and this gave rise to a few words, but the affair was soon adjusted. The defendants and their friends, mostly very young men, began laughing and joking among themselves, and with the police. Their merriment was not very well relished by the police, and a trifling altercation with the inspector resulted. The inspector laid the case before his superintendent, and the superintendent directed the police to remove the party. Th e police promptly obeyed orders, and I as some of the partyrefed ; e us'ily handled without remonstrating, the three defendants were ul timately laid hold of and lodged in the station-house. Two P division police-constables said that when they proceeded to put in force their superintendent's directions Hodgkin struck them and used some offen give lafiguage. A police-constable of the C division said he took Smith into custody in consequence of seeing him try ing to rescue Hodgkin from custody. Inspector Campbell, P division, said the defendants were linked together on the pavement, pushing against persons, and applying the epithet of Peelers to the police. Believing that a disturbance would take place at last, he consulted with his superintendent, and, acting on that officer's order, the police proceeded to disperse the party. Phillips would not go away; on the contrary, he not only tried to excite the mob to interfere, and the defendant Hodgkin to resist, but he struck witness on the body. In defence, Hodgkin said there was no real occa sion for the interference of the police. The fact was that the inspector, an elderly man, felt affronted at the term " grandma" which one of the party applied to him, and he retorted by calling them " puppies." A little " chaffing," but in a good-natured way, oc curred, which, however, did not tend to soothe the ruffled temper of the inspector, who laid his case be fore the superintendent, and the result was a violent attack on the whole party by the police. More than one constable struck at him with his staff, and had he not warded off the blows he must have been seriously injured. He was then seized by the collar and taken to the station-house. He positively denied having struck or menaced any constable. The defendant Smith also denied having used any insulting expressions. On the contrary, his advice to Hodgkin, when in custody, was to go peaceably with the police. The defendant Phillips said, when the police began their rough work, the inspector seized him by the breast, and tore his shirt. He followed him to the station-house, and when at the station-house door he was laid hold of by the inspector, and charged with an assault. A number of witnesses came forward and declared that no assault on the police took place, and that in fact the police acted with more than necessary violence. Mr. MALTBY was at first disposed to inflict a fine of 503. on all the defendants ; but on a representation from the defendant, Phillips, that really no obstruc tion or insult to the police had been for a moment contemplated, and that all parties were sorry for what occurred, and were willing to apologise ; and from the inspector himself handsomely pleading for a miti gated fine, the magistrate reduced the amount to 20s. each, which was immediately paid. WORSHIP-STREET. THE LATE SUSPICIOUS INCIDENT AT BETHNAL GREEN WORRHOUSE.—Mary Todd, the wife of a porter in a City warehouse, who stood charged with having been concerned in concealing the birth of a male infant, the body of which she had surreptitiously in troduced into the Bethnal-green Workhouse, on the admission of its mother, a young woman named Martha Goffee, who is now an inmate of that house, was put to the bar, before Mr. Broughton, for final examination. Rowland, the officer, intimated to the Magistrate that a coroner's inquest had been held on the body of the child, at which the jury had returned a verdict of " Found dead," and that the parish officers had no further evidence to offer in support of the charge against the prisoner. Mr. BROUGHTON, under these circumstances, ordered the prisoner to be discharged. QUEEN-SQUARE. Monday William Stanborough, a tall fashionably dressed person, who drove up to the private entrance of the Court in his gig, was charged with an assault on John Puleston, a boy in the service of Messrs. Rackstraw and Atkinson, fishmongers, Victoria-road, Pimlico. The summons was directed to William and George Stanborough, of 6, Wilton-street, Grosvenor place, but the latter did not appear. Complainant said that he went on Tuesday evening by directionlof his employers to Mr. Stanborough's No. 6, Wilton-street, to ask for a bill they owed. On knocking at the door it was opened by a young gen tleman, and he had no sooner delivered his message than a man from the other side of the street came up to him, and with the assistance of the person who had opened the door, dragged him into the passage, and thence to the parlour. They then asked him what he wanted ? and on his replying the amount that was owing, defendant gave him a smack on the mouth, which sent him backwards. Another of the party then kicked him two or three times in the side, and the third struck him a violent blow on the shoulder with a stick, and hurt him very much. Complainant then ran into the passage and called " Murder," and the three parties then opened the street-door and kicked him out of the house. Mr. BOND (to defendant)—Do you wish to put any question to the complainant ? Defendant—Yes, I wish to ask him whether he did not make a great noise at the door. Complainant—No, I did not. I knocked and it was opened to me directly, when I asked civilly for the bill. Mr. BOND—What answer have you to the charge? Defendant—His account is not true, nor near true. Mr. BOND—Have you no explanation to offer for such conduct ? Defendant—There's no explanation to offer. I don't reside there. Its too improbable, I should think, to be true. Mr. BOND—How is it that the second person who is summoned is not in attendance here ? Defendant —lie is out of town, and had been so for a week be fore this occurred. Mr. BOND—You could have produced the third party here to have contradicted the boy's statement if untrue. Defendant—He is certainly wrong as regards me. From what I understand he was not treated as he de scribes. I am told that he came frequently and knocked and rung violently, and made a noise at the street-door. I deny the assault. Mr. BOND—It seems to be extraordinary conduct on your part. The attack of three persons on a boy like this is very cowardly. You must pay a fine of 4/. Defendant was locked up, but the penalty was sent for and paid before the closing of the Court. Jane Smith, a girl not more than sixteen years of age, was placed at the bar charged with fraud. She went on Saturday evening to Miss Catherine Meyer, a lady residing at 4, Burton-street, Pimlico, and representing that she was the daughter of a re spectable tradesman, named Smith, who was known to the lady, solicited a loan. She stated that her reason for making the application was, that her mother was lying dead, and her father was too unwell to come out, and he wanted thirty shillings, as it would enable him to draw some money out of the funds. As Miss Meyer knew Mr. Smith to be a very re spectable man, and believed the story, she gave the girl thirty shillings, lent her her purse that she might carry it with more safety, and gave her sixpence to ride home in an omnibus. On the following day the lady communicated what had occurred to her land lord, who was in the habit of employing Mr. Smith, and on inquiry, it was ascertained that the whole tale was a tissue of falsehoods, and that Smith knew no thing whatever of the prisoner. Monday the accused again made her appearance to endeavour to obtain some more money, when she was given into custody. Mr. BOND asked her what she had to say ? Pri soner-111 tell the truth, your worship. I met that man (pointing to Mr. Smith) whom I never saw be fore, and he told me to go to the lady, and when I had been, I gave him a sovereign of the money, and he let me keep the rest. Mr. BOND (to Mr. Smith)—You hear what she says. Mr. Smith, who looked very much surprised, ex claimed, " I never saw the girl in my life before." Mr. BOND remanded the prisoner until Thursday. THAMES POLICE. Monday, John Featherstone, a tall, portly, and well-dressed man, aged 32, was brought before Mr. Ballantine, charged, on a peace warrant, with pre senting a pistol at Mrs. Elizabeth Wall, the landlady of the Britannia Tavern, in the New-road, St. George's-in-the-East, and threatening her life. There was another charge against the prisoner of obtaining 10s. by false pretences from Thos. Wilson, a broker, of No. 7, Wilson-street, Drury-lane ; but, owing to the absence of the prosecutor, who was acting as a special constable in the City, the case was adjourned till to-morrow. Mrs. Wall, who was much agitated, said the pri soner came to lodge in her house in May last, and she understood him to be a seaman who had been paid off from a man-of-war, and he represented that he was entitled to considerable wages, and also held a prize ticket for 3001. After staying in her house some time, he began to pay very great attention to her, and proposed himself as a suitor ; but, having ascertained that he was a mere adventurer, and that he had ex pended all his prize money and wages with the excep tion of a few pounds, she refused to encourage his addresses, and frequently requested him to leave her house. He refused to do s o , an d con ti nue d i n th e house until the early part of September, and contracted a debt of 141. f or b oar d an d lodging. Ho then began to assume all the importance of a master, and attempted to control her actions. On the 6th of September she was about to leave home on busi ness, and the prisoner, who appeared t o b e j ea l ous of her, insisted on knowing where she was going to, and on her refusing to satisfy him, and directing him to leave the house, he abused her most shamefully, and took up a carving knife, and threatened to murder her. His conduct was so violent that she gave him into custody, and he was ordered by the magistrate to find bail to keep the peace. After he had been in prison five days he procured bail, which she believed to be hired, and was liberated. He immediately returned to her house, and commenced annoying her again, said he was master, and dealt in the most scandalous insinuations against her reputa tion. One night he refused to leave her house till she gave him a sovereign, for which he handed her his I. O. U. On the following day he molested her . , again, and remained in front of tier bar, shining here! and vilifying her character to the customers until he was again taken into custody and held to hail, himself in 801. and two sureties of 401. each, and in default, he was committed till the sessions ; when Messrs. Wire and Child ? her solicitors, exhibited articles of the peace against him, and he was ordered by the Chair man to enter into sureties to keep the peace towards her for twelve months. He remained in prison till the last Tuesday, when he found bail, and was dis charged. On the afternoon of the same day he again came to the house and created a disturbance, and threatened her life, and he repeated the same conduct on Wednesday and Thursday, and collected a mob about the house, interrupted her business, and alarmed her family and servants. On Friday night he sud denly presented himself in front of the bar, swore loudly at her, and drew a pistol from his pocket, which h• presented at her. She was so alarmed that she fainted, and before she recovered the prisoner rushed out of the house, and made his escape. In the middle of the night stones were thrown against her bedroom window, and on opening it she saw the pri soner below, and he demanded admittance. She called for the police, and he ran away. She had no doubt the prisoner meditated serious mischief against her, because she had refused to marry him, and if she was not effectually:protected she must close her house and be ruined. Blake, 137 K, said he took the prisoner into cus tody on Saturday night on another charge, and he made two attempts to strangle himself in the station house, and his neckerchief, garters, and braces were taken away from him. The prisoner, with great assurance, said that Mrs. Wall had once encouraged his addresses, and that he went to her house on Tuesday night last, to ascertain if his cousin in Warwickshire had forwarded a letter to him. He then made vehement assertions that he never had a pistol, and stated that he met Mrs. 'Wall at the Court on Saturday, and she wanted to speak to him, and because he refused to converse with her, she followed him about the streets for three hours. They ultimately walked and talked for a long time. Mrs. Wall clasped her hands, sobbed loudly, and declared that there was not a word of truth in what the prisoner said. After she obtained the warrant, the prisoner followed her from the Court and abused her till she reached her home. Mr. BALLANTINE said the prisoner was a most worthless fellow, and had no business in Mrs. Wall's house at all. He had already twice bound over the prisoner to keep the peace towards the widow, who he believed, was a most repectable woman of good reputation, and he would not allow her or her chil dren to be annoyed and made uncomfortable. He should on& , more compel the defendant to enter into sureties to keep the peace .towards Mrs. Wall and her family;-himself in Ifo"WaYid two sureties of 401. each until the sessions, - Ailsen MitrWall coulak'xhibit articles of the peace. it was. really monstrous that Mrs. Wall should be' kept in a state of continual alarm. Mrs. Wall--Oh I can't afford to go to the sessions, Sir. It cost me 71. last time. Mr. BALLANTINE—You must do it if you sell your bed from under you. You ought not to be put to the expense of 75., and, the bail entered into before me and at the sessions has become forfeited. Mrs. Wall said the'prisoner :procured ‘.‘ bought bail," and they gave false addresses. The officer Blake sa.i.d. the sureties were straw bail. Mr. BALLANTINE 10)4*, from his long exterience as a magistrate, that m ninety-,nine cases:Out of a hundred, false and artificial bail was given. The Chairman of the session's must be made acquainted with the fraud. Mrs. Wall said she had received a lawyer's letter, demanding 1501. which _the prisoner alleged was due to him, and she was most shamefully persecuted. Mr. BALLANTINE said the magistracy and police would go as far as the law allowed in protecting the widow, and after a strong condemnation of the pri soner's unfeeling and brutal conduct, once more con signed him to Clerkenwell Prison in default of bail. UNION-HALL. Thomas and Micilaelll;la - honey were charged with as saulting two policemen of the N division, one of whom has been so severely injured that he was unable to attend. It appeared that the policemen were on duty in the Grange-road, Bermondsey, the preceding night, about twelve o'clock, and had just met when the defendants came out of a house. One of the defendants had a stick, and without saying a word, struck one of the policemen with such violence on the head, as to knock him down, and render him insensible. The other policeman, in his attempt to take the assailant, was also struck, and knocked down. The policeman who was struck on the head was so badly wounded that he was unable to at tend, until which time the prisoners, who said they got tipsy to commemorate the Queen's visit to the City, were remanded. STEALING WATCHES FROM AN EMPLOYER. CHATHAM, OCT. 28.—0 n Saturday last, at the Guild hall, Rochester, before the mayor of this city, Larkins Allen, Esq., and three other justices, Robert Charlton, who had been captured at Woolwich by one of the me tropolitan police of the R division, was brought up from the station-house, and placed in the dock. The prisoner had a very respectable appearance, and was about thirty-five years of age, and held his face down durinc , the whole time the witnesses were examined. The charge against him was for stealing two valuable silver watches and several working tools, the property of Mr. C. F. Hick, 181, St. Nicholas, Rochester. Mr. Hick, sworn, said—l am a watchmaker. On the 17th instant I missed from my stock two silver watches, value 101. The prisoner came to me and asked for em ployment. On Saturday, the 12th instant, was the first day I employed him, and he continued to work for me in the shop for three days. Suspicion falling on the prisoner, I went with the superintendent of the police of this city to the prisoner's lodgings, and there was told the prisoner was gone into the country the same even ing, the 17th instant. The prisoner's wife and another woman came to my shop with a number of watchmaker's tools, which the prisoner had also stolen. On the 19th inst. I obtained a warrant to apprehend the prisoner. Mr. Charles Hubbard, pawnbroker, Rochester, de posed the prisoner brought a watch to his shop on the 17th inst., and pledged it for 255. George Tindall, watchmaker and jeweller, 110, High street, Woolwich, purchased a watch of the prisoner at his shop, either on the 17th or 18th inst., for which he gave him 31. 3s. He never saw the prisoner before. William Gladwin, 122 R division of the metropolitan police, from information received, went to the last wit ness's shop, and found the watch he now produced. Patrick Burke, police-constable, 310 R division, from information he received, went on Tuesday night, the 22d inst., to the prisoner's father-in-law's house, in Powis street, Woolwich, and after a lengthened search, found the prisoner secreted behind one of the room doors. On searching him witness found several watchmaker's tools. He took the prisoner to the station-house, and next morning before H. Jeremy, Esq., the police-magistrate, who ordered the prisoner to Rochester. The two watches and tools were produced and iden tified by the prosecutor as his property. The prisoner declining to say anything, was fully com mitted for trial at the next Quarter Sessions for this city. By a private letter from her Majesty's ship Col lingwood, 80 (now on her way to the Pacific), bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir George Francis Seymour, C. 8., G.C.H., we find the qualities of that fine ship well spoken of. Although she only holds a third-rate place, yet she is about two feet broader in the beam than either the Caledonia or the St. Vincent, both first rates, and her tonnage is only 127 tons less than the former, and 27 tons less than the latter. She is roomy and commodious, and we have no doubt will be a good sea boat in a gale of wind. The Collingwoud was built in 1841, at Pembroke, by Sir William Symonds.—United Service Gazette. ERRATUM.—In the Summary of Spanish news which appeared in The Sun yesterday, for " Heaven helps only those who themselves," read " Heaven helps only those who help themselves." NEW NAMES FOR STREETS.—As much injury is liable to be inflicted upon tradesmen by any alteration of the names of their respective streets, a Correspondent suggests that wherever such alteration takes place, the old name of the street should be written up under the new one. THE GAME MANIA.—To such a disgusting length do most of the game-preserving gentry carry out their propensity, that if wanted for public business, it may go to the winds rather than they would lose one head of game or a little diversion. But only require their at tendance to stretch the iniquitous game-laws for " pro tection" of their game, and the mania which has long taken hold of them is seen in its full vigour. Public feeling is fast setting in against the game-laws and game preserving.—From a Correspondent. PUSEYISM AT OXFORD.—It Will be seen that Mr. Hadden, Fellow of Trinity College, has been appointed a Public Examiner. This gentleman was some time Mr. Newman's curate, and his sermons as such were characterised as " abominable" for their hostility to the doctrines of the Articles. Mr. Redden was also one of those who attempted to break the force of the condem nation of Dr. Pusey's sermon ; so that within a few days of the victorious convocation we have a Tractarian Pub. lie Examiner officially nominated and approved by con vocation 1 Readers at a distance will ask, how can these things be ? The manner of it is thus :—The Proctors are Tractarians—appointed by the Masters of Arta o f Oriel and Trinity Colleges—one of them at this moment excluded from orders on account of his anti-Protestant opinions. Among other important functions, these Proctors have the nomination of examining masters, and therefore Mr. Hadden is nominated. The nomination is subject to the approval of convocation, and convoc a ti on has approved. We can now only give the facts. It will also be observed, that the Regius Professor of Hebrew, Dr. Pusey, in his notice, recommends undergraduates requiring private assistance, to seek it of Mr. Morris, of Exeter College. Mr. Seager was formerly joined with Mr. Morris in this recommendation, but he —as our readers know—is now in communion with Rome. Mr. Morris is also at Rome, but is yet nominally with Eng land. It is now generally known that the opposition to Dr. Symons, and the manner of it—unexampled in the history of the University for literary ruffianism—is, to a very great extent, referable to Mr. Morris, the re comm beset e the e e d u o u f d e D r a r a i d ' u u a s Ly s . e T u r u e ly; e , ry s n a h r e a s u d a . n_d U Pi x t f fa o li rd s I Chronicle. PRICES OF SHARES L CANALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. LONDON, TUESDAY, OCT. 29. Names of Com panies. Canals. AAtoti and Oldham... Ashby-de-la-Zouch-ay Basingstoke Breckneck Sr Ahergay. Birmingham, 1-I(ithsh. Do. and Liverp. Julie Chelmer & Blackwater Coventry Cromford Dudley Derby ......... Danube and Mayne Ellesmere and Chester Erewash Forth and :::: Grand Junction Grand Union... ....... Grand siurrey Grand Glamorgansh. ay. cost Gloucester & Berkeley- Grantham ..... Huddersdeid ...... ....av Kennet Ind Avon ...av L.incaster av Leeds and Liverpool... Leicester Leicester & Northarnp Loughborough ...... ..ev Monmouthshire Mon tgonierysh ire . Malton Mowbray Mersey and Irwell Macclesfield_ ......... Neath ............... ............... Oxford Peak Forest av Regent's (or London).. Rochdale 3V Shropshire Somerset Coal Do. Lock Funk Stock Stafford and Worcester Shrewsbury Stourbridge Str afford .on.Avon...av Swansea Severn & Wye & Trent & Mersey, ) 2i i sh. Thames & Medway..av Warwick and ]firming. Warwick and Napton... Worcester & Binning. Wilts and Berks av Wisbeach Wey and Docks. Commercial East and West India London Ditto Bonds Bristol ...... .........av Do.Bnds, var. amounts 9t. Katharine Ditto Ditto Binds Southampton Bridges Hammersmith Southwark, new Subs. Ditto New of 7% pr,c Waterloo Ditto Old Ann. of 8! Ditto New ditto of7l Ditto 80nd5....... Vauxhall. av Assurances Albion ••• Alfred Life - ..„............ Alliance Brit. and For Ditto Marine Atlas Birmingham Fire British Commercial Cler. Med. & Gen. Life County Eagle Economic Life ...... European Life Ditto New Freemasons ......... Globe Guardian Hope Life Ditto Fire ....... Imperial Fite Ditto Life.... .. . Indemnity Marine....... Law Life Legal and General Life London Fire Ditto Ship National Loan Fund Neptune Marine Palladium Life Protector Life Provident Lafe Rock Life.... ........... Ityal Exchange Sun Fire Ditto Life......„..„ University Life Universal Life Union Fire and Life Joint Stk Ranks Australasi;.... ...... Ditto New Brit. North American Commercial of London Colonial London & Westminstr Ditto New Landon Joint Stock Metropolitan..... ...... Provincial of Irelamt Ditto New National of Ireland Nat. Provincial Englnil Ditto New Gloucestershire ire. Union of Australia Union of London Gaslight & Coke Bath British Ditto Provincial Birmingham Binning. & Staffordsh Bristol Brighton Ditto General City of London Ditto New Continental Consolid Ditto New Equitable Imperial Isle of Thanet Independent ......... Phcenix Ratcliff South Metropolitan..... United Genera 1..,,.,.... Westmins. Chartered.. Ditto New ........ Water Works Birmingham East London Grand Junction.......av Kent Nw Riv Lon. Bridg An Manchester and Salford Vauxhall, late S. Lond. West Middlesex.....av Yrk lituldgCo.Les:Prop Iron Railways. Birmingham & Derby Birming. & Gloucester Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Eastern Counties Edinburgh ?: Glasgow Grand Junction Great North of Englnd Great Western .... Ditto Half Shares Ditto Fifths ....... ..... Harwich (Braithwaite) Hull and Selby ....... Lancaster and Carlisle Leeds and Selby Liverpool & Manchestr Ditto Half-Shares London and Brighton_ Ditto Loan Notes London and Blackwell London and Greenwich London and Birmingh. Ditto Quarter-Shares Ditto Thirds London and S. Western Loudon and Croydon Manchester and Leeds Ditto New Shares Manch3tr and Birming Midland Counties North British ....„„ Norwich & Brandon Northern and Eastern Ditto Scrip, iss.sl. dis Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Rouen and Havre Stockton & Darlington South East. and Dover Yarmouth and Norwich lork and N. Midland Ditto New Shares Mines. Albion Copper Alten Anglo Mex., iss.sl. p.m Ditto Subscription Bolanos Ditt, Scrip Brazil. Imp. iss.sl. p.m Do. Mocaub. & Coc. U Do. St. John Del Rer British Iron .......... Candonga. Ditto Registered Cobre Copper Copiapo Columbian, h.s. 51. p.m General Mining ... Hibernian ...... Imperial Slate Compy. Mexican ....... Mining Co. of Real del Monte, Unreg Ditto Loan Notes Ith ymney Iron Santiago de Cuba United Mex., iss.2l. pin Ditto Scrip Ditto New Scrip X.it entry. Londn,with Sin. Ticket London University Russell King's College Miscellaneous Anglo Mexican Mint Australian Agricultur Brit. American Land, Canada ...... .. ; Upper Canada Bonds Gen. Steam Navigation Iberian Mercantile Co. Ditto Property Met. Wood Pay., iss. 11. Mex. and S. American New Brunswick (Land) New Zealand ...... Penins. & Orien. Steam Royal Mail Stearn Reversionary Int. Soc 1 South Australian Thames Tunnel Van Diemen's Land I Amount of Paid. Price. Share. X a. d. £ a. al. 97 18 0 113 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 9 15 I 8 0 100 0 0 100 b 0 100 0 0 .- 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 00 1 190 00 1 41 13 4 I 41 13 4 133 0 0 100 0 0— 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 172 13 4 100 0 0 150 0 0 57 6 6 39 18 10 47 6 8 100 0 0 140 0 0 83 10 0 142 17 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 78 0 0 33 16 8 85 0 0 125 0 0 150 0 0 12 10 0 140 0 0 125 0 0 145 0 0 79 9 100 0 0 26 9 3 50 0 0 19 5 8 100 0 0 100 0 0 78 8 0 67 10 8 105 0 0 110 0 0 100 0 0 All paid 100 0 0 Stock Stock Li 7 9 0 Stock 50 7 0 50 0 0 63 2 8 50 0 0 100 0 0 70 10 3 Dividend Per Annum. 61 per cent. 4/. 44 10s. 4 per cent. 41. 401. .15s. 71. I/. M. N 12s. ,d. I:10s. 341. 101. 5/ 701. 171. SOL 3% , 17s. rid. 101. 6 percent. 201. 11. 10.. 151. 321. - 10 s. 104 101. cent. per cent. li per cent. 4 per cent. 31. 10s. 5 per cent. f. per cent. 1% per cent. 4 per cent. 6 per cent. ii per cent. IL Os. Bd. 18s. Id. per cent. 11. 7s. 3t. 10s. percent. 6 per cent. 6 per cent. 3s. 6d. pr sh 54 ss. per share per cent. Si. 6s. per cent./ ke 30s. bs. $3 per cent. S per cent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. per cent. 4s. 2s. 6d. per cent. 19s. 12 be. 11. ss. Ws. 10s. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 1/. ss. 4e. 5 per cent. IN per cent. 11. 4s. 5 per cent. 10% per cent 51 F 4 per cent. 8 per cent. 5 per cent. sper cent. Cper cent. per cent. per cent. S per cent. 6 per cent. us per share is. per share 10 per cent. per cent. 18s. 11.55. 11.75. 5/. and bs. 4%1. and bs. per cent. rcent. 101. 101. SI per sh As per sh 21. 6 per cent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. 5 per cent, 6 per cent. t% per cent. 31. 12e. 21. 10s. 21. 10s. 21. 10s. 15 per cent, 41. 16s. 11. 14s. 21.135. p. ih 11. 4s. per cent. Rs. per sh. 111. ss. perch 10 per cent. zg per cent. Si. ss. per sh 261. per sh. 12s. per sh. per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. 1%1. per sh 104 per sh. 11. 14s. 81. per share 3s4d per sh W.l7s. pr st 1131 per et 11. 11. ss. 15s. U. 1 - Is. 10d. 15 per cent. per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. 11. 11. Si. Ts. 6d. I. 10e. iti per cent. 10e. per eh. 14 104 per Eh. 11.41. 14 151. (per cent. per cent. and £46cl. be. j tper cent. iper cent. IN per cent Viper cent LIST OF SCOTTISH COM OCT. 2,1! Bank of 5c0t1and........ Royal Rank ........ British Linen Compny. Commercial Bank Glasgow Union Bank.. Western Bank Central Pk. of Scotland Caledonian Insurance.. Hercules Insurance North Brit. Insurance Insurance Co. of kkotl. Edinburgh Life Incur. Scottish Union Incur... Standard Life Insur.... Dalkeith Railway ...... Edin. and Glas. Railwy Glasg. and Green. Rail. DunclaeandArbr Rail. 6 per cent. 6 per cent, 8 per cent. 6 per cent. 7 per cent. 6 per cent. Bpor cent. 6 per cent. 7 per cont. J per cent. tper cent. 6per cent. !per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 46 per cent S 3 per cen THE PILCHARD FISHERY.— Sennen, Land's-end, c,n Tuescia' rately large shoal. It is said tl been taken up, and it is suppose remain in the seen.—Cornwall ( 60 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 55 0 0 5 0 0 2 le 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 250 0 0 All paid 2 0 0 3 0 0 36 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 40 0 0 40 0 20 0 25 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 17 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 1(3 0 0 18 0 0 19 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 31 5 0 28 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 39 0 0 SO 0 0 25 0 0 48 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20t 0 0 40 0 50 0 IA 10( 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 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 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 SO 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 6 0 41 13 4 190 0 0 30 0 0 100 00' 63 12 9' 100 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 ltr 100 0 70 9 5 0 3 5 0 0 23 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 12 0 0 2 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 1100 0 0 50 e 0 50 0 0 1 10 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 2U 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 15 13 4 12 15 4 100 0 0 1 100 0 0 2 0 0 32 0 0 32 0 0 41 6 10 13 15 9 100 0 0 50 0 0 70 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 50 20 0 0 20 0 0 2 0 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 0 25 0 0 70 0 0 30 0 0 40 0 0 100 0 0 2 10 0 4 0 0 45 0 0 t;is 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 12 0 0 1100 0 0 50 0 0 18 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 15 0 0 100 0 0 31 0 14 10 0 100 0 V 25 0 I' 150 0 0 1 5•• 7 0 3500 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 20 0 0 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 0 20 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 0 50 0 0 7 0 0 to 0 0 55 0 0 20 8 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 60 0 0 25 0 0 50 . 0 25 0 0 40 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 2 10 0 75 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 - 100 0 0 - 100 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 50 0 0 180 0 0 10 0 0 30 0 0 3.5 10 0 32 10 0 15 0 • 5 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 14 0 0 1 10 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 7 0 0 75 9 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 - 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 ANIES' PRICES. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 9 12 10 9 1 0 0 2 10 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 • 0 qt. Bean was shot at -, and enclosed a mode lat 150 hogsheads have d 200 hogsheads awn Vzette. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON,OCT. 29.—Wind S.E., light breezns and cloudy. DEAL, OCT. 28.—Wind N. to N.N.E., light.—Arrd. George Canning, Sierra Leone ; Biere, etaurie, B dais. Sld. William Carey, Ichaboe and Bombay ; James Cruikshank, Demerara ; Brisk, South Seas ; Albion, Cape of Good Hope ; Islander, Barbadoes. OFF DOVER, OCT. 27.—Leadbitter, Jones, St. An drew's, New Brunswick, for Hull. 28th. Elinore Sophie, Bahia for Hamburgh ; Guadiana, Queb4,:c. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 28.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd, Mar garet Parker, London for Tobago, with bulwarks, sum cheons, rail, and quarter-boat damaged, having been h. contact with the Moscow, of Portland, United States, off Dungeness, last night. Co WES, OCT. 28.—Arrd. Moscow, Carter, Charleston for Hull, with loss of topmasts and other damage, having been in contact with the Margaret Parker. SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 27.—S1d. Port Glasgow, St. John's, New Brunswick. _ _ _ FALMOUTH, OCT. 28.—Wind S.E. strong and squally. —Arrd. Worman, Ichaboe and Barbadoes ; Greenock, Carmichael, Barbadoes. BatsTOL, OcT. 28.—A rrd. Menapia, Miramicbi. SWANSEA, OCT. 27.—Arrd. Circassian, Smith, Cuba. BRIDLINGTON BAY, OCT. 28.—Arrd. Prince of Saxe Coburg, Workwath, for ilamburgh, in want of men and charts. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 28.—Wind E.S.E., moderate.—Off, Patrick, Henry, New York, 7th inst.; Cusan, Halifax; Chieftain, Quebec ; 'tuna, Maid of Athens, and Liffey. Sld. Flora, Shatighae; Ocean Queen, Ichaboe; Nina, Africa; British Qucun, St. Johns, New Brunswick. WHIT/MAVEN, OCT. 27. —Arrd. Swallow, Stell, Antigua and Lancaster ; Hannah, Gregory, St. John's, New Brunswick. CORK, OCT. 26.—Arrd. Six, Bainbridge, St. John's, New Brunswick ; B. N. Parker, Quebec ; C. James, Labrador. LEITH, OCT. 27.—Arrd. Alfred,Thompson, St. John's, New Brunswick. ritri.r., OCT. 27.—Arrd. Sylvanus, Robson, Quebec. Sid. Margaret, Trinidad. LYNN, OCT. 28. A rrd. Reward, Quebec. OFF ST. ALBAN'S HEAD, OCT. 26.—Britannia, Que bec ; Ottelie, New York, for Stettin. GRIMSBY, OCT. 26.—1 t has blown a gale from N.E. for the last two days, but is now more moderate. RAMSAY, ISLE OF MAN, OCT. 26.—A large spar, painted white, supposed to have been the running jibboom of a ship, has been picked up in the bay. LOSS OF THE CELIA LARGE. Foreign-office, Oct : 26, 1844, Sir,—l am directed by the Earl of Aberdeen to transmit to you for the information of the Chairman and Committee at Lloyd's, a copy of a dispatch from the British I'ro-Con.,ul at Santiago de Cuba, reporting the wrec k of the brig Celia Large, of Cork, on the east reef of tha island of islariguana, on the 7th of August last. I am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, To Was. Dobson, Esq. CANNING. Santiago de Cuba, Sept. 14, 1844. . . My Lord,—l have the honour to inform your Lord ship, that on the 21st of last month, the master, crew, and two passengers, of the brig Celia Large, of Cork, were placed under my charge by his Excellency General Don Cayetano de Mebina, Governor of this city, under the following circumstances :—The brig Celia Large, of Cork, owned by several merchants of that city, but under the management of Mr. Seward Large, sailed from Kingston, Jamaica, on the Ist of August, with a cargo consisting principally of coffee, for Cork. On the night of the 9th of the same month the vessel struck on the east reef of the Island of Mariguana, and almost in stantly filled with water. The master, Henry E. Jones, six men, and two passengers, immediately went into the long boat with some provisions, and remained by the vessel until next morning, when finding the sea making a complete breach over her, they set sail before the wind with an old blanket, until the 13th, when they discovered the Island of Cuba, and entered into the Bay of Nisse, where they were most hospitably received by one of the natives, and from thence were conducted on horseback to the city of Holguin. They were also well received there by the Lieut.-Governor of that city, who supplied them with money for their expenses, and sent them to this place, escorted by a lieutenant of the army and two soldiers. I took charge of the nine men, and distributed them between several of the British vessels in this port, bound for Swansea, with the exception of the cook, a coloured man, belonging to Jamaica, whom I sent thither in her Catholic Majesty's schooner Ysabel 11., bound to Kingston tor the mail. (Signed) JAMES FORBES. To the Earl of Aberdeen. MARKET NE W S.-( YESTERDAY ) Bcar ivz.eauinTs. SMITTIFIELD.—Coarse Meadow flay, 31 lOs to 41 108 Useful ditto, 41 123 to 5/ ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 3s to 5/ 8s ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 108 ; Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs to 1/ 12s per load. The best Meadow Hay commanded a steady sale, at full prices ; otherwise the demand ruled heavy. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 15s to 4/ 15s; Useful ditto, 4/ 16s to 5/3s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 45 to lOs ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 5/ 18s; Oat Straw, 119 s to 1/ lls ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 12s to 1/ 14s per load. A fair average supply, and n ready inquiry. WRITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 12s to 4/ 6s; Useful ditto, 41 8s to 51; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 3s to 5/ 8s ; Clover Hay, 4/ 108 to 6/10s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ 9s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs to 11 12s per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. COLONNIS.:S. SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation is without alteration, about 400 hhds having been sold at previous rates. The public sales have consisted chiefly of 720 bags Bengal, 567 bags Madras, and 98 bags Mauritius. The Bengal and Mauritius chiefly found buyers at full) previous prices, but being in small lots, and of infe rior quality, they afford no guide to the market generally ; the Madras sold comparatively very cheap, viz.:—at 42s 6d to 45s 6d for low and mid grainy brown. The quantity of British Plantation bonded last week at the East and West India Docks was 484 hhds 37 tierces 327 barrels, and there were taken for horn( consumption 1,394 hhds 142 tierces 356 barrels. The stock in the same places is 14,905 hhds 2,145 tierces 3,082 barrels. COFFEE.-350 bags Ceylon at auction was all taken in (excepting a few lots) at 51s to Ms 6d for good ord quality, being previous prices, but at which there were not purchasers. Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 336 puns 15 hhds; there were taken for home consumption 177 puns 20 hhds; and ex ported 207 puns 49 hhds. The stock in the same place is 12,830 puns 1,478 RICE.-5,848 bags and 1,106 pockets East India were all disposed of at 11s to 12i for good mid white Bengal, and 89 to 10s 6d for low yellow (cargo) to mid white, but very mixed Madras, being for the latter descriptions about former rates, but the Bengal must be quoted rather lower. SALTPETRE.-976 bags Bengal found buyers at 24s to 268 for 14 to 7 per cent refraction, which are fully pre vious rates. SPICES.-100 bags Pimento were taken in at 4d for good quality. TEA.—The market is steady. TALLow.—P.Y.C. is 41s to 41s 3d per cwt on the spot. (From the London Neu , Price Current, Oct. 29.) SUGAR.—To-day buyers of West India Sugar came forward with more freedom, and for bright 3 elluw sorts there was a good demand; indeed, the quantity on show is not ample for the wants of the trade, and very full rates were paid; in inferior kinds a fair business was transacted, and generally upon former terms; but there is still a large supply. The total purchases are 500 hhds, &c., including a public sale of 144 hhds 6 tres of Barbadoes Sugar. which went upon former terms, excepting for the low sorts, which are rather. cheaper, the whole found purchasers, fine selling at 62s 6d, g , od 59s to 60s 6d, good middling 57s to 58s 6d, middling 56s to 56s 6d, and low middling 55s to 5556 d per cwt. The Sugar on show is that principally worth from 53s to 57s 6d. Raw Sugar is cheaper than at Liverpool, Bristol, or Glasgow, by 2s to 5s per cwt. REFINED.—To-day there was a good business trans ac'ed in Refined Sugar for home consumption; brown grocery lumps fetched 725, and standard lumps 73s per cwt. Bonded crushed Sugar was much sought after, and buyers were compelled to pay 28s 6d per cwt for delivery. For Loaves an extensive demand has sprung up, and the market has been nearly cleared, 400 hhds have been sold, 10Ib at 29s 6d per cwt. MAURlTlUS.—lmporters have shown firmness, and the market has been sparingly supplied with all descrip tions : by private contract some parcels have been dis posed of upon former terms : at public sale 89 bags were disposed of, illiddling yellow at 545, low 51s Gd, mid brown 465, and very low black brown 39s per cwt. The quantity remaining in first hands is reduced to 12,000 bags ; there has been one small arrival since this day week. The stock is rather less than it was last year at this period. EAST INDIA.—TIUS afternoon at public sale 2,296 bags of Bengal Sugar were offered, the principal por- Von consisted of grey brown and inferior yellow, they went off with heaviness, and a part only sold at rather lower rates, brown at 40s to 435, low and middling yel low sus to 53s 6d, good middling 57s 6d, good grey 57s 6d to 58s Gd, low and mid 52s to 565, but the better kinds fetched full rates, middling white 59s 6d to 60s, good mid and good 61s to 63s 6d, fine yellow Dobah 66s to 675, mid to good 61s to 645. Madras, 773 bags, duty paid, and 1,344 bags. in bond, were offered at auction, the former nearly all taken in, low brown 42s to 42s 6d, washed 41s to 41s 6d, damp low to middling 42s to 445, and good 47s to 51s ; the latter sold at lower rates, very common damaged dark brown at 13s 60 to 14s 6d, mid 17s to 19s, better quality 22s Gd to 30s, and good sound bright yellow 30s per cwt. For public sale on Friday 8,100 bags of Bengal Sugar were declared, 1,500 of which consist of fine yellow chrystalised. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar, and little business was transacted privately, but holders would not submit to lower rates. On 'Change a floating cargo of 700 chests of white Bahia was sold, deliverable here, at 22s 6d per cwt, being a full price. MOLASSES.—This afternoon, at public sale, 27 hhds of Bengal Molasses, duty paid, were taken in at 21s, being above the value, and 2 casks of Madras in bond at 7s 6d per cwt. Cocoa.—This afternoon, 21 bags of Grenada Cocoa, at public sale, fetched 42s 6d per cwt, for middling Red, being,the full value. COFFEE.—The lower descriptions of West India Cof fee are abundant, and further reduced rates have been accepted, still the trade purchased with caution ; for the better kinds there are few orders, and prices are still going down. To-day there was little inclination to purchase Ceylon Coffee, and 50s 6d to 51s per cwt is the value of good ordinary. Mocha was in dull demand, and 167 bales 10 cases at auction were only partly sold at low rates—bold rather dull greenish Mysore went at 38s to 40s 6d. yel lowish mixed 395, low broken 18s to 225, and sea danntged 31s to 583 f middling 611411 sound greenish MARRIED. G POI On the 22d inst., at Ampthill, the Rev. Frederic C. ;l i te: Vicar of Wilstead, Beds, to Helen Louisa, only datlB* a the late Philip Deare, Esq. 4 se • el On the 22d inst., at St. Saviour's Church, Bath , th- o tt Whitaker, Vicar of Oakington, near Cambridge, to oi l, Charlotte, only daughter of the late Rev. Richard Th z „, P liti j On the 24th inst., at St. Mary Magdelene, Peckh 3— ' 14 — eldest son of J. Beatson, Esq.. of Peckham, to Eny* e ..f t daughter of J. H. Spurling, Esq., of the same plac e ' PPS, On the 26th inst., at St. Martin's-in-the-F i elds , $ OP e , Barday, jun., Esq., of Buckingham-street, Adelphi , . r to i o t P (laughter of the late D. Smith, Es q ., o f the Commis' s ' . o iit partment. A ll l' e On the 26th inst., at Watford, George Corne7 - __,/ Esq., to Lady Theresa Lister. ______ tli e DIED. , TA tth 00 On the 27th inst., at th e R ec t or y, Overhato, ',„'" io Rev. Thomas Man ners S u tt on , S u bd ean of Linc oln ' 55th year of his age. ,-41•0A 0 1 On the 24th inst., in Oxford-street, Mr. J. AL ''''' 0 1 4 On the 24th inst., at Epsom, Mrs. Mary Pluistoo;4 l 0 of the late G. Pluiston, Esq., of Sevenoaks, Kent , agooO l On the 24th inst., at Cowes, Isle of Wight, 10 Anthony Painter, aed 41. Sherb °'l'6 On the 24th in g st., Thomas Ffooks, Esq., of f Dorsetshire, aged 70. • h o- Il igli' On the 24th inst., Mr. John Smyth F rsatt , ° , tl O th street-pl e ace, Stepney. whero - ' On 25th inst., at Grove-lane, Camber eli, A'. O er youngest child of Charles Harden, Esq. Din e, On the 25th inst., Mr. Joseph Weston, of Long - B%f ,s. , Ar mondsey. ~ of ' On the 25th inst., at Exeter, Letitia, dauP — at, Reid, of Hampstead. „g 0 1 ;re , On the 26th inst., Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Thottli - ; 8 -srlu,b6 of the Army Medical Board-office, and Charterhouf ss o, '' On the 27th inst., at the Vicarage, M a yfield, Su ...../".../ Rev. John Kirby, Incumbent of that parish London: Printed and Published by MURDO - pi No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun OrneebettOV Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Middlesex, Wedueaday, October go, 180. 120 130 11 480 230 360 240 30 495 10 167 122 138,4 115 76 103 VA, 134 59}, 213 124 138 4Yi 118 104% 2754 SW r 4 5 35•3( 103% 31 5% 4 13% 2214 8% 18 21s. 4% 50 mixed with Mocha was taken in at 655, and good ass greenish Mocha at 75s per cwt. The stock of West India Coffee at this port is 147 casks less, but of barrels and bags 3,143 more than last year at this time. Of Mocha it is 890 bales, and of Ceylon 21,696 bags greater than in 1843 at this period, but of other East India sorts it is 15,576 bags less than at that time. TEA.—There has been more activity in the market since this day week. Importers are less inclined to realise, and none has been brought to public sale ; Con gou has been in good request but hollers are unable to obtain any advance iu prices; the rates previously established are, however, sustained, large parcels have been sold at 10d to 104 d for common , stud 10d to lld per lb for good common. Of fine sorts the a.upply at market is small, and they are held for stiff rates. To-day several parcels of Tea were disposed of, an d a t s t,Zer rates for the lower qualities. Common sound Congon cash is with difficulty to be purchased at 10d per lb ; coasts, on yellow leaf Twankay is fetching Is lid to is 2d per lb. FRUIT.—To-day c ur ,,ants met with increased atten tion and prices are firmer to." Old, Zante and Cephalonia fetching 41s to 425, Patras 4%52s to 44s—New Patras are 47s to 50s, and Zante 46s to %! 7 s per cwt. Valenti/ Raisins are much wanted, but the are at present none in the market. Of Turkey Pulled Figs none are left in first hands. Rust, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—ThRre has been * much better demand for Leeward Island I?um, and the rates paid are rather above those formerly quote d —the market for Jamaica has been quiet and only limited business has been transacted by shippers or the I 'l'l trade ; 100 puns have been sold at 4s to 4s 2d for 10 " quality 30 to 32 per cent overproof. DemerSas quality selling at 3s 3d to 3s 6d. For Calcutta RO I 2s 3d proof has been refused for a large parcel. Prices are fully supported for Brandy, and a good demand exists at the following rates, viz. :—Cognac, best brands of t he vintage of 1838, hh ds 5s Id, puns 4s lld ; 1839, hhd e 4s 10d, puns 4s 8d ; 1840, hhds 4s 10d, puns 4s 8d ; 184 1 , hhds 4s 9d, puns 4s 7d ; 1842, hhds 4s 6d, puns 4s 4d, low 3s to 3s 3d, and middling 3s 4d to 3s 10d. Geneva has been taken sparingly; export sort at Is 9d to is 10d• and fine for duty at 2s 6d to 3s 6d. Prices are still sup' ported for English Corn Spirits. Today an increased desire was shown to purchase Brandy, and large parcels were disposed of at firm rates, 4s 4d and 4s 6d paid for Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1842. RICE.—To-day East India Rice was sought after, and some parcels were disposed of privately at full rates 600 bags of Madras at auction were however only pa rtly sold, in consequence of rather higher prices being aske d mid rather dusty and broken went at 9s 6d to 1 0 s, l ot( ditto 9s to 9s 6d, and sea damaged 5s to 8s 6d per cwt . ,SaicEs.—To-day at public sale 80 bags of Bourbni ° Cloven were sold at lower rates, and went at 9d to 91. f or m iddo:sig, 8d to 84dfor low, and 6id to 7d for sea damaged ; 9;;, 9 bags of Malabar Ginger were taken in at 20s per cwt fo: common, being above the valu e ; 13 boxes of Cassia LigZiea were taken in at 50s for broken, large quill, being more than it was worth ; 18 bags °I White Pepper at 5d per lb for middling dngy, being above the value. SAGO.—The demand is on the increase, and prices era looking up. The stock is redtsged to a small ebb : common pearl has been selling at ;4s to 15s, middling 16s to 18s, good 19s to 21s, and fine 22a to 24s per cWts Sago Flour has been taken sparingly, at 18s to 19s pe r cwt. For Arrowroot prices are kept low by the larg e stock. TALLOW.—Although the market has been well or, plied with American Tallow, still prices are support eo . , 252 pipes 22 hhds 5 brls of , South American at pub lie sale fetched 34s to 39s 6d : 224 casks North America° melted 39s to 40s 9d : of 127 casks New South Wales were disposed of at 38s to 41s 3d per ovt* There has been a good business transacted in &l ir e ' sian on the spot, and prices rule firm, new P. Y. Candle at 41s to 41s 6d, and old 40s 6d to 41s 9d P er a cwt but for delivery there are few purchoers , an there are sellers of new to the end of the year a 405 9 4 a to 41s ; Town Tallow is much in request at 42s to 425" per cwt net cash, and the market is still moderately OP' plied. There have been large arrivals of Russian. l b OILS.—The market has been better supplied W Sperm Oil, and a decline in prices has taken place/ at public sale 80 tuns went at 851 to 891 for Oil, a,P,. 1 94115 s per tun for headmatter. For common Fish the demand has been limited, and prices have de; clined 20s to 30s per tun for Southern, 100 tuns I I auction selling at 261 lOs to 331 for low to fin e quality ; for all other sorts prices are drooping, 35/p 3515 s accepted for pale Seal, and 331 per tun for Co°, 1 there is, however, not a large quantity offering fors al and stocks are by no means heavy ; Linseed Oil Bfi 23s 9d to 24s per cwt. Rape Oil Pale selling at 35 5 , 6 0 to 365, and brown 34s 6d to 45s per cwt ; few purcb have been made. Cocoa Nut Oil at 26s 3d per 07 - Palm at 26s to 275. In the value of Olive Oil no vans tion has taken place. INDIGO.—There has been a good home and estp°„l demand for East India since this day week, and 3 tr B chests have been disposed of at prices fully equal to dos of the last quarterly sales prices ; there is nothin g pressing upon; the market. Prices are Is to Is 5d pe r 1 0 lower than they were last year at this time. Spanish held for the former currency. COCHINEAL.—This afternoon 157 bags of Hende e : were ,tiered at public, and two-thirds sold at a dec line on former rates of Id per lb. ; low to good bold sa vees went at 4s 2d to 4s 6d per lb. THE MARBLE BLOCK FOR THE SCOTT STATur• e d On Saturdayi the huge block of marble commissi e° f by our eminent sculptor, Mr. Steell, for his statue ° Sir Walter Scott, to be placed in :the beautiful m opi ment now on the eve of completion, arrived in Lei th , harbour from Italy. This enormous mass of Biauc he o Chiaro marble, as it is described, weighs upwards of !, tons, having been cut from the celebrated quarr i ' e of Carrara. It was expected, we understand, some ti l l ago, but, owing to its almost unprecedented size, gr_,`" difficulty was found at Leghorn for some time to IN; cure a vessel for its conveyance to this country. It o , accident, also, which nearly proved fatal to nut nbe A occurred on the first attempt to place it On WO5 ship. While it was being lowered into a vessel bir for the occasion, the shears gave way with a ' e h mendous crash, and the block went through the 'ges s ,' fourteen persons being employed about it at the ti° 3 o , The noise, however, caused by the breaking of th e a ni e ll chine fortunately warned them of their danger; en, be t escaped with the exception of an old man, who was : 3 `,„ .t . seriously hurt. The vessel being thus rendered tie s ',o viceable, the use of the Government pontoon d ' then applied for, and, after some negotiation, obtains and by this conveyance the marble was brought to t he horn. The block was shipped at Leghorn, on boar d d Gem, of Leith, Captain Hannah, who kindly aii o e . several of the planks to be cut away, in order to e 'e large the hatchway, and admit the " monster " ee • below. We understand it will be removed to • burgh in the course of the week. It is rig ht or adi that no inconsiderable portion of the heavy t rtl be: neeessary in " rough hewing," or shaping the block re • fore it is fit for the sculptor, was done from rness e , t o A ments furnished by the artist before its removal ''be the quarry, and accordingly Mr. Steell will now , n o enabled to proceed with his interesting labours wi t ' fu , ther interruption.—Edinburgh paper. ,1 In presenting to our readers the copious an teresting account of her Majesty's visit to the ‘).1.4: which we have elsewhere published, we deem it buTere tice to ourselves and to such of the managers as ° e a not parties to the partial unfair treatment exper t e e i n• by us, and with a single exception, by all our dailyContfeo poraries, to point attention to the fact, that whilst tici‘or, of admission to the Banqueting-room and the Tbretbet room were refused to the Morning Herald and ° journals, no fewer than three were supplied to g ee d. men connected with a morning paper, who wer e the maitted to the presence of her Majesty, and this je r of teeth of the most earnest asseverations on the P.,,etl the Committee that the daily press had all res et precisely the same facilities.—Herold. tat N io !t_ic Plic ati "s o : 4 110 t, a Co t , 1 b,itP.an3 S OLICI 8 O. F or at Establish Pric e , Itterei *rubli e fully b t ake oh Nvillia4l e4°liely tiP ench g e t } Jei t, dial con t 'n he — ti rt ._ ed th e ;7 0 tw o "ne " her eiegai l‘l 6d. s. w e "C `IX le .s nalu t b . r„„, •4 an( pg I , e e t h r , _ , ect 414 to essre th e ' fr erin' for th Isz ot)il ell. luet h P,i 4 1. 01 Ali c e ' Of T o t hat e very . 1 soldb;°l d BIBTHS. : a l till On the 25th inst., at Portland House, HammerstrAl:b lady of Gilbert Abbott a Beckett, Esq., barrister-at -la a son. S i+ On the 25th inst., at Thornes House, near Wakefiel d , Mimes Gaskell, of a son. We if° On the 25th inst., at Hanger-lane, Stamford-hill, th of John Jerram, Esq., of a daughter. On the 26th inst., at Euston-square, Mrs. M. mons, of a daughter. On the 26th inst., at St. Germain's-place, Blackheath' Ili+ Sutherland, of a daughter. t he On the 26th inst., at Hyde-park-gate, Kensingtoa, wife of Captain Charles Forbes, of a Sill. 131 °" On the 26th inst., in Hereford- street, Mrs. Rushw °r t daughter. f On the 27th inst., Mrs. Frederick Lawrence, of 3 Die d' ° On the 22d inst., at Feltham-hill, Middlesex, t he W. Sheffield, Esq., of a son. 9 44 On the 224 inst., the lady of Charles Metcalfe, ja o " Mayor of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, of a fourteenth sailor,' On the 23d inst., at South-grove, Peckham, W s * o f Edward Swift, of son. • On the 23d inst., a at Ely-place, Holborn, the wife of g H. Newstead, of a son. TIIE SUN, LONDON . ,_ WEDNESDAY MORNING OCTOBER 30, 1844. 72% 19% 6% 5% 400 11.135. 49% 6 NI 189 40s. 121 s. 23X 5 ~~_