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Court, has come out with an offer of two shillings in the pound to his creditors. The hearing of his petition is adjourned to the 6th of January. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. PROM THE EVENING PAPERS OT YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The old proverb that you cannot eat Pour cake and have it too, seems reversed by Mr. resident Tyler, in favour of American foreign policy. He appears resolved to " have" the credit of cultivating peace and eschewing warlike conquest, and to " eat" the fruits of avowed hostile provocation to Mexico—a State which had offered none. It is curious to trace the self-contradictions in this lengthy manifesto of self-aggra ndisement. It is stated to be unreasonable, because impracticable, on the part of Mexico, to persist in her efforts to repossess herself of Texas. This would appear an argument for letting the Texians alone to deal with her; but no —the exhaustion of both the combatants would in duce the interference of other Powers ; " which, with out the interposition of this Government, might even tuate in the most serious injury to the United States," ' Presently it appears that it is not the exhaustion of both the combatants, but the excessive vigour of one of them, that is the object of legitimate apprehension —and this apprehension, strange to say, proceeds solely from a tender interest for Mexico : "Mexico requires a permanent boundary between that young republic and herself. Texas, at no distant day, if she continues separate and detached from tho United States, will ineviti bly seek to consolidate her , strength, by adding to her domai n th e cont i guous pro - winces of Mexico. The spit.t of revolt from the control of the Central Government ha a heretofore manifested itself in some of those provinces, and it is fair to infer that they would be inclined to take the first favourable op portunity to proclaim their independence, and to form close alliances with Texas. The war would thus be endless ; or, if cessation: of hostilities should occur, they would only endure for a season. The interests of Mexico, therefore, could in nothing be better consulted than in a peace with her neighbours, which would result in the establishment of a permanent boundary." It is impossible that Mexico should not be sensible of this tender care for her interest ; and that she should not feel that the United States, whose Execu tive would annex Texas with so little ceremony, are likely to form much safer and less encroaching neigh bours than Texas, single-handed ! Particularly, when—throwing off the thin veil of concern for either party—President Tyler comes to the real motive fur this attempted crowning meastu e of his : " American interest would seem to require it. Tha extension of our coastwise and foreign trade, to an amount almost incalculable—the enlargement of the market for our manufactures—a constantly growing market for our agricultural productions—safety to our frontiers, and ad ditional strength and stability to the Union ; these are the results which would rapidly develop themselves upon the consummation of the measure of annexation." Presently, the moral fAce is put on the whole trans action : "We seek no conquest made by war. No intrigue will have been resorted to, or arts of diplomacy essayed to accomplish the annexation of Texas. _Free and inde- pendent herself, she asks to 'he received into our Union. It is a question for our own decision, whether she shall be received or not." No intrigue resorted to, nor arts of diplomacy es sayed ! This is really too good, in the face of the testimony of successive observers of those arts and of those intrigues. Read any traveller in those regions, from Featherstonhaugh to M rs. Houston. The latter writer gives a story on this head, so good that it should be true, whether it is or no. "We were privately informed by a person worthy of credit, that a negotiation for the sale of Texas, and to which he had been a party, had been on the point of being concluded between America and Mexico. The latter were to make over Texas, for a stipulated sum, to the United States. The transaction, as he assured us, was all but concluded, and the pipers required only the signatures of the respective Presidents, when the person charged, on the part of the Americans, with the necessary documents, thought he might fint as well do a little busine.s on his own account. In stead, therefore, of proceeding direct to Mexico, he betook himself to Texas to purchase land ; be ing induced to do so by the knowledge of the value to which land would rise, inunediately on the con clusion of the sale. This detour._ was the cause of con siderable delay, and in the interim events occurred which rendered the projected compact impossible, and altered entirely the aspect of affairs." President Tyler's involved narrative gives it to be supposed that more than one slip has occurred, between cup and lip, in this matter of Texas. Mrs. Houstoun reporta the talk of Texian politicians on the pro bable destiny of the country. " The future fate of the country, and its probable annexation to some other Power, was discussed ; but what Power was it to be ? that was the question. France, they declared, had bean most anxious to obtain possession of them, but her propositions had not exactly suited them, and the affair had ended. England,• they seemed to think, would be the most eligible country o,► which to lean, but it was doubtei, and that very generally, whether that Power would have anything to say to them." All - this is loose enough talk ; but talk which was heard on the spot in question. The objects of the American annexation party (besides Mr. Tyler's ten derness for Mexico and for peace) lie on the surface. The Southern States see in Texas a superior soil and climate to their own, superior advantages for the pro duction, and superior outlets for the disposal of their own staple products. The present Anti-Commercial Tariff of the United States could not stand a day in the face of a liberal commercial tariff of the indepen dent republic of Texas. But it is not merely a tariff question. All communities depending on slave-labour —depend on perpetual migration to, or annexation of, new and fertile fields for its working. It is becoming unprofitable in the States. Texas offers an apparently inexhaustible field for its further operations ; and the parties who have already inoculated that new region with the taint, pretend that the labour of blacks alone is available—owing to the climate. There is probably about as much truth in this as in other such allegations ; but what is very certain is, that the older States may, for some time longer, reap profit as slave-breeders and slave-dealers, which they are in great measure ceasing to reap as slave-cultivators. To the slave-interest— the interest of that great domestic institution which —by force of combination, and acting en masse, domineers over all others in the United States—it cannot be indifferent whether this new territory is peopled by independent producers—commercial rivals, under better commercial auspices —and per haps even abolitionists of slavery—or by subjects of the same tariff as themselves—sure customers for their surplus slaves, and fresh recruits to their already predominant cause in the Union. STANDARD.—We had laid aside our first pur pose of alluding to the Bishop of Exeter's reply to Mr. M. Phillipps, in the determination not to be par ties to the continuance of a painful and dangerous controversy. We have been compelled, however, to resume our original intention by information that 'Doctor Pusey has been since invited and per mitted to preach at Clifton... _Clifton is not, indeed, we believe, in the diocese of Exeter,. but in that of Bristol. As the Bishop of Exeter's argument, how ever, justifying the permission to Dr. Pusey to preach at Ilfracombe, probably led to the invitation to the Rev. Professor to preach at Clifton. The duty of a Bishop, as laid down by St. Paul, requires before all things that they who are to teach be men of sound doctrine. [See 1 Timothy, i. 3, &c. ; 1 Titus, 11, &c.] The Bishop must not only preach sound doctrine himself —he is required to " stop the mouths of those who teach what they ought not." This is, we say it re spectfully, the most peremptory, and . incom parably the most e - jellified and useful of the episcopal fanctions. • Now, Doctor Pusey has been convicted by competent authority of preaching unsound doc trine ; and it necessarily follows that it is the duty of every bishop to "stop his mouth" as a preacher ; not, certainly, to invite him, or to connive at inviting him to preach. The Bishop of Exeter, indeed, intimates that Dr. Pusey's conviction is void, because in his opinion, the Re ve r en d Pr o fessor was not fairly heard ; this, however, is a reason that will not stand in law—still less in substantial equity. With a pro test that Dr. Pusey was fairly and statutahly tried, that he had a fair hearing for his own defence, though not for the defence of his heresy in a formal thesis, and that he was statutably condemned—with this protest, we say, that with the order of the trial at Oxford the Bishop of Exeter had nothing to dti. It is a rule of law, admitting of no exception, that the judg ment of a court of competent authority is, until reversed by a higher court, universally conclusive. Until lately there were, and perhaps still there are, some offences which rendered a man incompetent as a witness. But was it ever heard that a judge permitted the re - cord of conviction, produced to prove the party's in competency to he questioned, on the ground that he had not been fairly tried ; or, in one of those cases in which a second conviction leads to a heavier punishment, was it ever heard that the record of the first conviction was allowed to be impeached upon such grounds ? No, the law presumes that whatever is done by competent authority is done ri g htf u lly ; and upon the principl e o f law, the Bishop of Exeter was officially hound to consider Dr-Pusey as a preacher of unsound doctrine. Bishops, however, it will be said, are not bound by th e s t r i c t legal prin ciple. We cheerfully admit that they have a much wider discretion, but with the enlarge ment of their discretionary power unquestionably extends their responsibility. ' We contend that the Bishop of Exeter needed not the au thority of Dr. Pusey's conviction to own the dtity and to exercise the power of "stopping the mouth," in his Lordship's diocese, of the author of Dr. Pusey's sermon. Ills Lordship, it .appeara, paid some attention to the proceedings against the sermon at Oxford. It cannot be doubted that a man so truly zealous of justice, and so pious, as the Bishop of Exeter, carefully read and candidly considered the, composition which *xi the subject of these proceedings. As little .ARE SUN", LON i:=ON, EDNESDAY 'MORN t NG, JANUAR:ir , -'l, 1348 can it be doubted that a man of the Bishop of Exeter's characteristic generosity and courage, having applied his powerful mind to the discourse, and having come to the conclusion that it is not unsound in doctrine, would openly avow that conclusion in vindication of a man, whom, upon the hypothesis, he must suppose to be treated not merely with formal but with substantial injustice. These considerations conduct to the un pleasant conclusion that the Bishop of Exeter was aware of Dr. Pusey's unsoundness in doctrine when he permitted him to preach at Ilfracombe. Indeed, the caution which he says he gave upon the occasion, proves that the Bishop was aware of Dr. Pusey's un soundness, or, which is nearly as strong an objection as unsoundness—the uncertainty whether he was sound in doctrine. But the character of Dr. Pusey's doc trine, surely, did not depend upon the single sermon upon which issue was taken at Oxford—because it was most convenient to take issue upon a single publication. Doctor Pusey has been a principal contributor to those " Tracts for the Times" against which the Bishop of Exeter protested with so much eloquence and vigour : he is now occupied in preparing for the press no less than 17 Roman Catholic religious works in contempt of his engagement to the Bishop of Oxford—he is so notoriously the leader of the Ito • manising sect, that he has given to it his name. How then would any Bishop who held the doctrine of that sect to be a heresy, or even the occasion of a schism, consider Dr. Pusey a person sound in doctrine ? SHIPPING GAZETTE.—A writer in the Friend of China has taken upon him to show that, not with standing we are bound by treaty to give up posses sion of the island of Chusan to the Chinese authori • ties in a very brief period, it would be very desirable if we could, somehow or other, contrive to keep possession of that island. The Friend of China seems to us to be talking in a strain of very equivocal friendship. Ile says, " From its insular position, excellent harbour, healthy climate, and proximity to the main land of China, Chusan possesses advantages which pecu• liarly fit it for the, headquarters, in this part of the world, of a great maritime and commercial people. In all this the Friend of China fixes his eye on the interests exclusively of a great maritime and commercial people; which manifestly does not form an integrant part of the population of the Celestial Empire. He is addressing himself, lo t to the Chinese, but to us outside barbarians; evi dently with a feeling to persuade us that it would be very much to our interest to retain possession of a piece of foreign territory, which we hold mo• mentsrily under solemn stipulation to restore to the rightful-owner at a prescribed period. Upon the face of the proposition there is spread too glaring& Machiavel lian colouring, too palpable a tinge of the Thiess mo rality on the restitution of Ancona, for us to adopt the thing at first showing, as self-evident and unquestion able. The very first consideration with us as a people, the paramount duty of our Government in its relations with that of China, are to show an unhesitating resolve to abide strictly, even to our detriment, to the very letter of a treaty. Is it for us to let in a limping morality, in our public dealings with a people which has been taught hereditarily to regard us nationally as inferior to its own population in knowledge and in civilization ? No ! shame be upon the base mind which could drop a word that would leave Chinamen ground to suppose, that we were less scrupulous about the fulfilment of an engage ment, than we were jealous in the vindication of an asserted right. In our diplomacy with this singular people a much higher obligation rests upon us than . that of a pertinacious pursuit of our own i n t eres t ; we have to convince a nation new to us in the freedom of commercial intercourse, that we are a people whose public pledge is sacred. Give up Chusan at the very moment that you have stipulated so to do, and thee, if mutual interests of the two nations indicate the fitness of a permanent British settlement upon that point of the Chinese territory, institute new negotiations with the view to bring about such an arrangement ; but above all things, let us not hear of retai n i ng it permanent l y as a colonial possession, on account of its pecu liar fitness to be the head-quarters, in that part of the world, of a great maritime and commercial people. We are, it is true, a great maritime and commercial people ; and therefore the more imperative is the obligation on our Government to show, while it manifests on fitting occasions the greatness of our power, that we are a nation jealous of our good faith. 'Whatever further facilities for the extension of our commercial dealings with the : people of China beyond those obtained by the recent treaty may seem requisite, we must look for them only by the free concession of the Chinese authorities, which, it is to be presumed, will only be led to concede them on a fair showing of reciprocal advantages to result from the new grant. As to the supe rior eligibility for commercial purposes of Chusati above Hong-Kong, it is possible that experience and more deliberate observation may have dis covered it; yet we are still inclined to hold to the opinion that the judgment of the eminent individual who managed the entire negotiation, and gave his as sent to the various stipulations, was more mature, and confirmed by more comprehensive views, than we are warranted in considering that of the present writer in' the Friend of China. There are some indications in the writing before us of a capacity which we should say was not fully competent to embrace a wide scope of national, or even commercial policy. The docu ment in question does not impress upon us the emanation of a master-mind. It speculates too ad venturously on political improbabilities, draws deduc tions from superficial views of existing necessities, and calculates too freely on the possible rupture of esta blished relations, and on the subversion of accustomed order. And moreover the writer shows that his specu lations are not more firmly fixed upon the channels through which the cash of the Celestials may here after be made to flow, than they are upon the creed which they may be asked to adopt. We warn the writer from indulging in the moinanical halluci nation, that traders in tea and hardware are infallible doctors in speculative divinity. Ne sutor ultra crepi dam. It is possible, that as a trading station, Chusan may be somewhat more commodious for intercourse with the eastern and northern ports of China than Bong-Kong; but Hong-Kong is more on the line of established trade ; it is better adapted to that which is, than to that which may be. Then, the harbour of. Hong-Kong is safe, commodious, and of easy access ; whilst that of Chusan, according to the. reports of nautical men of sound judgment and of long experience, who have well examined the localities, is one of the most difficult of approach. The show chow waters of the entrance to Chusan harbour are notorious to the navigators of those seas ; and have impressed on the minds of sailors a wish to avoid them a little more strongly than they appear to have operated upon the nautical judgment of the Friend of China. Of the insalubrity of Chusan for European residents, we have not forgotten the dismal reports of our first possession. Other proofs than those adduced by the Friend of China of the super-eminent desirableness of Chusan as a permanent commercial British, station, must be adduced, before we can think it expe dient for our authorities to petition the Chinese Government for leave to have a factory perhaps in the island. In the very recent settlement of disputes, we have solemnly acceded to certain conditions, among which was the acceptance of Hong- Kong as a trading station, conceded to us by the Emperor. It would be little becoming our national dignity, and as little con sistent with respect to ourselves or to the parties with whom we have been treating, for us to break out now and say, " We won't have that, and we will have this." Such is not the conduct of adult and cultivated minds. Immense interests, in both countries, are now de pendent on the amicable prosecution of a recipro cally beneficial- commerce between Great Britain and China; and the diplomatic intercourse between the countries will demand the most ample demonstration of mutual respect, and on our side the most marked observance of national rights. 'We have latterly put, forth our strength rather rudely towards an un warlike people, as a demonstration of our power till then un known to them. We must not henceforth presume to bluster with them as superiors ; but use our best endeavours to show them that we consider them our equals in civilisation, and entitled to the like consi deration with ourselves in the community of nations. Our intercourse must he based on a reciprocity of interests, and be cultivated under a sedulous regard for each other's independence. LA ‘V INTELLIGENCE. SHERIFFS' COURT. Dec. 31. RYLESV. GARDNER AND ANOTHER. There were this morning two actions under this name, in one of which Henry Ryles, in the other Charles Ryles, was the plaintiff. In both cases the ground of action was the same, and in both the defendants were Win. Gisrdner and James Thompson. In the first cage, in which Henry Ryles was the plaia tiff, the principal witness was Charles Ryles, the plain tiff's father, from whose evidence it appears that he (witness) and his son, the plaintiff in this action, have been for some time in the employ of Mr. Ellis, a painter, plumber, &c., in Tavistoek-street, Covent-garden, and that on the 30th of October, 1640, they (witness and plaintiff) had to carry two cans of linseed oil to the stall of a salesman in Covent-garden Market, to whose father they had - been sold. They were directed to place them in one of the cellars under the market, and having done so, they were accosted by the defendant (Gardner), who is one of the clerks of the market, and whose duty it is to take the tolls of the salesmen in the market, and to see that the various rules of the market are obeyed. The defendant thought that the witness and his son had entered the cellar with some sinister design; and not being satisfied with their exnla nation, he desired the defendant, Thompson, to take them into custody ; and he, Thompson, being the beadle of the market, took them accordingly to Bow 7 street Police office. Having been confined fur some time in the yard at Bow -street, they were taken before a magistrate, and , charged by Thompson with being found in one of the cellars of the market, being unable to give any satisfac tur,y account of themselves. On their explaining the circumstance, they were at once discharged, and the de fendant, Thompson, admitted - that their explanation was satisfactory. On being cross examined, the witness ad mitted that on leaving the police-office he went with the defendant, Thompson, to a public-house, and they had some beer together. • I•r• , • Policeman Carter, F 5, produced, and swore to, the police-sheet of Oct. 30, 1840, which contained the names of witness and plaintilr This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. PETERSDORF, on the part of the defendants, briefly addressed the jury, and pointed out to them the fact that the plaintiff's father (the plaintiff in the 'next case) had been on friendly terms with the beadle (Thompson) after the assault and false imprisonment, which farmed the ground of action. He (Mr. Peterederf ) thought that it had not been proved that either of the defendants had exceeded their duty, but even if they had, the action, should have been brought against only one of them, and a second action might have been brought against the other. Then Thompson could have been brought for ward as a witness for. Gardner, and Gardner for Thompson. There was no one'. present but Gardner, Thompson, and the two Ryles. They had taken care that they should be able to appear. on behalf of one another by bringing separate actions, but he thought that the circumstance of the friendly conduct of Ryles tow wards Thompson, taken together with, this fact, showed that they did not consider that they had a just ground of action. The UNDER•SIUMITF having summed up, the jury, without retiring, found a verdict . for the plaintiff— Damages, 101. CHARLES RYLES V. GARDNER AND ANOTHER. Mr. PETERSDORF, who appeared for the defendants in this action also, proposed that the jury should not he troubled with a repetition of the facts, but that a verdict should be entered for the plaintiff, damages 101., as in the previous action. Mr. WILKINS, oa the part of the plaintiff, assented to this proposition, and the jury found a verdict accord ingly. ."1 COURT OF BANKRUPTCY," nee. 31 (Befo-e Mr. Commissioner lioLaovn.) IN RE CHARLES CASH. In this case the bankrupt, lately an ironmonger in Whitechapel, whose affairs hive been frequently re manded, on the ground of the unsatisfactory nature .of his accounts, was again put back till the 11th February, for a similar reason. The official assignee said that the bankrupt himself . was convinced that the statements in his balance-sheet were not sufficiently- explanatory, and therefore craved a little time to amend them. His HONOUR, under these circumstances, ordered that the accounts, satisfactorily . made out, should be in the hands of creditors before that time. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, D«.;0. IN RE ALEMANDIR EIRTWIIIIITLE MACKIE. This insolvent, who has been before the Court se veral times, appeared today for final judgment. He had been connected with Mr. ,Stead, the,pat4ntee ,of wood pavement, and a question, was raised on the character of those relations, himself claiming to have been licensee of Mr. Stead, and the latter gentleman asserting that the insolvent was only his agent ; and a debtor to him. • • The whole matter had been referred to the Exa miner of the Court, who had held numerous meetings, but had not been able to arrive at anything like a conclusion. It was then agreed that the insolvent should give an undertaking to attend before the Examiner after the release. Another opposition was gone into, but being merely an inquiry into accounts, was not, as may easily be conceived, of the remotest interest to the public. The insolvent was then discharged. IN RE ANN , FOWLER. In this case Mr. WOODRUTFE sought to make ab solute a rule to vacate a vesting order taken obt by a creditor who had since taken his debt, and discharged the insolvent. 'Mr. COOKE opposed:' the rule ; and submitted, th a t as there were oth er creditors the vesting order ought not to be discharged until their claims were satisfied. Mr, Commissioner PoLLocx thought that no good could be derived from maintaining a vesting order after the insolvetat's release from custody. The fact of the detaining credit or rece ivi ng payment of his debt was a consent to the discharge within the mean ing of the Act of Parliament, and, consequently, he could have no right now to complain of the vacation. The rule ,was made absolute. r , ' f. SURREY S I:iiSION S. (Before Mr. Puctur'iiid a full bench of Magistrates,) The general• Quarter-cessions for the county of Surrey commenced yesterday, at the Court-house, St. Mary Newington. There was a very numerous attendance of magistrates upon the bench, amongst when; we noticed the county Members.. • ...• , , The calendar, although containing the names of only 33 prisoners since the last session for this county, was, in point of the nature of the crimes With, vihich the se veral prisoners were charged, what might be. termed a heavy one The various prisoners were classified in such a manner as to present the respective degrees of education possessed by each. Out of the 33 prisoners so classified, only four could read and write well, •14 could read and write , very. .imperfectly, and the remainder were Wholly unable to 'either read er write. Thirty-one of the prisoners for trial were charged with felony, the other two being misdemeanants. The grand jury having been sworn, The CMAIRMAN briefly addressed them. After the grand jury bad retired the Court entered upon the usual county business. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. A boy, named Rickard Mumford, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged, with having most cruelly ill-used a donkey. William Harris, a labourer, residing in Castle street, Bethnal-green:stated that on Friday, last the prisoner borrowed his donkey. In the evening, in consequence of information which he received, he ran home, and found the donkey lying in the yard as if dead. He, however, got it upon its legs, and, upon examining the hinder parts, he found the skin tern off the thighs, and the flesh lacerated and bleeding. He then ran after the prisoner, who, he had been given to understand, had been beating the poor animal, over took him in Norton Folgate, and gave. him into the custody of a policeman. The donkey had been per fectly well when the primmer took it away in the morning. A boy, named Benjamin Bryant, stated that he saw the prisoner about four o'clock in the afternoon a. Friday thrust a stick into the donkey, beat it Y) an most severely. • Mr. May, Assistant Secretary to thelCatioeal Animals' Friend Society, stated that on Monday he went to the residence of the owner of the donkey and examined the animal, which was greatly lacerated about the thighs, and appeared to be suffering se verely. There was, a discharge ~of purulent matter froin the wounded parts. The LORD Ma.voa asked the prisoner what he had to say in answer to such a charge of brutality ? The prisoner merely said that he gave the. donkey no more than moderate-chastisement for its obstinacy, and that the injury it sustained had been inflicted by a crowd of boys. The Loan NATOR said he was determined to punish such brutal cruelty as heavily as possible. The case was not one which he could for a moment think of summarily disposing of, as the authority of the magistrate, under such circumstances, could not avail in at all proportioning the : punishment to the offence. He should, therefore, commit the prisoner to New gate, to be tried 'at the Central Criminal Court for the misdemeanour, which could be punished by trans portation, imprisonment, and severe whipping. The prisoner, who evidently expected to get off with a slight correction, was shocked at hearing the decision of his Lordship, and was committed for trial. Thomas Fletcher, a carman in the service of Messrs. Chaplin and 'Horne, of Hamburgh-wharf, Thtimes street, carriers, was charged with embezzlement. Thomas Gill, a clerk in the house, produced a book, from the entries in which it appeared that the pri soner had received several sums of money from par ties for his employers, and never accounted for them. The prisoner was committed for trial. BOW-STREET. Monday, Mr. W. Newton, sen.,• of the firm o. Newton and Son, civil engineers, &c., charged an itinerant musician, named .Joseph Rolani, with an noying him by playing near his residence. The complainant stated "that, being a person of studious habits, and engaged in, a profession of great importance, involving mental calculations of the most . intricate nature,.it was necessary that 'he should not be disturbed by the organ-grinders and other music players who infested• the streets • of London. His servants had been repeatedly directed to drive them away from the door, and the prisoner had on several occasions refused to 'go. Last week, he (the com plainant) had remonstrated with him personally, but to no purpose, as' he had taken up his position again that morning, and continued to grind his instrument in spite of him. In. .a fit of exasperation, he went out and kicked. at the fellow's "music machine;' and he believed he bad broken it, which probably he was not justified in doing. For the damage done, how ever, he should not object to compensate the man, as he wished to do him no injury, but merely sought the interference of the magistrates to protect him from those perpetual annoyances in future. He believed there was a gentleman present, residing in the same neighbourhood, who had encouraged these men, and who had attended with the view of getting the question of privilege settled one way or the other. Mr. J. Towgood, barrister (the neighbour alluded to), stepped into the witness-box, and informed the magistrate that there was no foundation for the state ment of the complainant, that he had encouraged these men to annoy the gentleman (whom he had . never known till that morning) by inducing them to play in the street. On the contrary, during the last month orso the locality had been very rarely fr - e- I v Monda y y ed , o n l onl y r q e u rn en a t i e n d ed by th tl e f r e e m and the t fi h v e e p lie morning. R e usua ll y h a d ld. f ro m one of hi s ser vants, r r i f i o n n u e t r e s h e e e v b e e r and was standing on the steps of his (Mr. I Towgood's) door when assailed by the complainant. Witness had attended the . Court because, finding that a neighbour had ordered tile man from .hik,door and assaulted him, he was anxious to know how far such an interference was justifiable. • _ _ The prisoner—He did not say words to me, but he bruk me instrument. He kick me and he kick the plow. He sent me away last week, and I did not go to his house. lie came and rap at the gentleman's door,and he kick me. The instrument was here , produced, and proved to be the ordinary self-acting piano carried by. the Italian and other street musicians. 11r. HALL said, the words of the Act could not be strained to meet the present , case, as they only pro hibited these men from playing in the street, "on 'account of illness or some other reasonable cause." If the annoyance felt by unmusical or studious pt.- sons was to be held as a "reasonable" cause within the meaning of the Act, he feared that all these poor people would be ruined, and every prison would soon be full of them. ['he complainant—l am often occupied in drawing up specifications and patterns which, when enrolled, stand as acts of rarliament to he legislated upon. I could refer you, Sir, to all the law lords, who know 'me well, who could speak to the importance or my engagements, and to the necessity of my being pro tected from nuisances of this kind. If yod will only give it as your dictum that the Act does not authorise the playing of music to the annoyance of other per -eons I shall be satisfied. I do not wish to punish the . . Mr. HAr.r.;—But I cannot go so far as that. lam often annoyed myself, when .engaged in study, by these visits opposite my own residence, but I never thought of giving the men into custody, nor do I believe the Act would justify me in doing so, un less I was persuaded that the annoyance, by being unreasonably prolonged, was intentional. Mr. Newton said he thought a different construc tion would be. put upon the word in a court of law. He had no feeling of antipathy towards the poor, and he begged the- Court to accept a trifle for the poor-box ' 'as a proof to the•contrary.: (A. sovereign was handed over to the chief clerk.)• The Prisoner—Me instrument is bruk. The gen tleman bruk it. fie kick it. • • • Mr. HALL—WeII, the gentleman said he would compensate you for the damage done to your insint , meet. • - , • The prisoner ~ t hanked the magistrate, and then .followed the complainant out of court, no doubt with the view of reminding him of his promise, but we did not hear with what success. . . QUERN-SQUARE. Monday Elizabeth Wilson, a middle-aged woman, • with 'a sun-burnt countenance, and large staring dark eyes, was charged with having fraudulently obtained 125 . . (Id. by pretending to tell fortunes. Elizabeth Jerdon, a respectable-looking young woman, servant at the Old Swan, Paradise-roe 4 Chelsea, stated that on Friday' morning the 'prisoner came to . the house, and having called for half a pint of beer, asked th e b ar - ma id if she would have her fortune told. The g i r l at first declined, when prisoner, after waiting for question btarly an hour, put a 'similar to witness, who said she did'nt .mind if it did not come to more than 6d. Prisoner observed that she did not do it for any. one under is. or 10s., and after informin g i nem, that she lived in Mark-lane, Gravesend, added in i low tone, that she did a great deal of business about Chelsea, and that she had a young lady and several servants in Cheyne-walk to see. She then Said she would write for witness and the bar-paid, and it would be casting their . nativity, and she then went away. ' About four in the afterfiria she re turned, and bringing two 'piper parceli demanded 12s. 63. She said that one "was for witness, and the other for the bar-maid, hut they were not to look at them for one hour after she, was gone. •They paid her the money clemanded and . she went away. • Mr. Bonin--What did the *eels contain ? Wit ness (after 'some hesitation)Nothing but blank paper. She told 'me that the odd threepence • was fot writing paper, as it had taken six sheets to write mf destiny, it was so very long. '• Mr. BOND, as witness was . about leaving the box,' said, " Have you ever been to school ?" Witness re plied, " Yes, Sir ?" The bar-maid confirmed the other's account. Mr. BOND observed that it did seem, in these days of intelligence and and education, extraordinary that any' per son s h ou ld b e wea k enough to be defrauded in this m anner . lie s h ou ld commit the prisoner for one month to hard labour.--Committed accordingly. CLERKEIV WELL. Caroline Sullivan, of No . 1, George's-yard, St. Luke's, was fined 251., or three months' imprisonment, for hawking spirits without a license. _Elizabeth Philips, a comely looking person, aged eighteen, who described herself as silkwinder, was charged with stealing a watch, . the property of a re spectable tradesman living in Clerkenwely named Fenwick. • Mr. Fenwick deposed that on Friday night last, he with his wife went to Sadler's Wells Theatre, and whilst standing at the door waiting for admission the prisoner came up, and two or three times pushed against him. Prisoner. (crying, and with great earnestness)— tou are mistaken. Sir. I declare solemnly • you are mistaken. I was at home the whole of that night. The pro=ecutor,' however, was: positive as to her identity, and went on to say, that when he went into the theatre he missed his watch. Last night he saw her at the door of the theatre again, and she, seemed anxious to avoid him ;he gave h-r into custody. Mrs. Fenwick corroborated her husband's testimony. Prisoner—Why, my God! several peodle will come forward to prove I was at home all Friday evening. At the time this gentleman and lady speak of I was fetching a pint of beer for my father from the Swan public-house, in Koate-street. Send for Mr. Fryer, the-landlord. Oh, do pray, Sir, do, for Fall innocent. Police-sergeant Allen said that the girl who was 'apprehended at the door of the theatre on Saturday evening was searched at the station-house, but nothing was found on her. She begged of Mr. Fenwiek not to press the charge. Prisoner—l did ask him, for I never wis locked up before, and I was frightened. There is a witness at the door. A decent-looking man, named Smith, was called in, whom the girl said would.swear she was at home the whole of Friday evening. He was not examined. The girl was remanded until past tw o'clock for the 'attendance of Reynolds, - the' constable of the tleatre, but when that officer came he said he never saw her before. The police .knew nothing to her prejudice, and said she had lived with her father in the same place fot the last seven years. " Mr. GREENWOOD discharged the- girl, telling her to be cautious how she visited theatres in future. William Benny was charged with attempting to stab hi s w if e . Th e prisoner, on the previous evening, asked his wife to give him some money ; she declared she had given him all she had. She left the house, and went into a grocer's shop, and was standing by, the counter when . , she felt a thrust at her side,. and, on turning . round, saw the blade of a knife projecting from her. husband's hand. The prisoner was held to bail for tha sessions. SOUTHIVARX. • ifiza4th Hawes was charged with robbing 'a very , sanctified-looking man, named Edward Davis, of a purse, containing a quantity of silver. • The complainant said he was 'walking home Steadily the preceding night; when he was accosted by the pri soner, who persuaded 'him to take her into a a wine vau l ts and treat her to some liquor. It wits entirely out of good nature that he consented to her entreaties. "And," added he, 'with a solemn shake of the head, " she after wards had the ingratitude to thrust her hand into my pocket, and rob me of my purse and money." Mr. TaalLL—Was the money found on her? The policeman said that he went to the spot on hear ing the noise, hut he found neither money nor purse on the prisoner. The complainant was fuddled.--(Laughter.) Mr. Twariit, "(to complainant)—You 'forgot to state you were 'intoxicated. Complainant—Oh, yes, I fotgot• that ; bat I felt the band la my pocket. Mr. Timm, said that he should not commit such a ase-for . trial, for if h e did h e k new h e wou ld b e entail ing an-expense on the county, and that she would get acquitted. 'rhe complainant, who appeared very much disap pointed at the ~result,' Left the court very much chap-fallen. ' • S4A.ICITY or Cost..,4=Seriouf apprehensions are beginning to Le entertained by 'the poor, in consequence of the short supply of this necessary article, and the high price at which it i s o bt a i na bl e . Coals are now selling at ls. led. a cwt. We understand that so much wood was never before burned at Whitstable as during the Oast few weeks, and it is said that the meechants of itanisgate have not a ton ,each in store. This serious deficiency is,attributable to the Adverse winds, many of the colliers, which have been for months ou their, voyage, being unable to ,get up from the north. Potatoes and other articles have also risen in prioe, much to the unhappiness of the poor, whose means prevent their obtaining in abundant supply when they are at a low priee.—Canterbury Journal. 113f,ANC1101.11 ACCIDENT.--A , fatal accident took place on Tuesday morning last, on the property of Kin corth, parish of Nigg, belonging 'to John Yeats, Esq., advocate. William St• Donald, the bindle of the church of Nigg, who had contracted for blasting the stones ne cessary to the trenching and improving of that property, was engaged in his work, when, from condensed air ix the part bored, or a spark of fire from concussion igniting the powder, an explosion took place, whereby the crowbar with which he was priming the blast was driven into his cheek, and pa'ssed through the back part of his head, scattering the brains, and killing him on the spot. A deep gloom was Cast ever the whole parish the moment the accident was made known, for he was universally respected for the excellency of his character, and many was the tear of sympathy shed for his orphan family. Never has a death taken place in the parish, where all, without exception, so mourned the loss of one in the prime of life, and so endeared by the kindness of his manners--the strict morality of his , con duct—and.the singular integrity which marked his ever dealing. What heightens the melancholy of the trig- , e 4 occurrence is th e f ac t t h at h e was a w id ower , are% ha s left" eight orphan childr en t o b e wail hi s : sudden 5 , 4 1112 : timely chi ---Aerdon Herald. • PRICES OF SHARES i,ANALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. lONtioN, TUESDAY, Dividend _ per Arr.ount Names of Qom. j or panics. Share. JIN Paid. !Price. timunL ttt. t : e. 97 18 o 113 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 8 15 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 22/. 16/. 44 106. NRt cent, 401. .15. 71. 1/. ss. 41 13 4 ieo 0 o lob at 1 1 , 1 . t. dd. 121. .55 1.10.. 34r. 104 701. 30L 3;si i7s, 6 pi reext. 98 ROL 11 101. 154 x. art. 104 10a. 11. 1. 44. cent. a, per cent per cent. Ser Ptht. St. 10s. S per cent. per cent. t% per cent. 4 per cent. 4 percent. % per cost. 1/.os. M.. 18s. Id. per cent. 11. 7s. I. 6 pet ettht. 6 per cent. 6 per cent. 3s. 6d. pr sh 51. 58. et share per cent. 111. per cent. Q3os. bs.s I% per cent. 54 per cent. 5 per cent. 6per cent. ' , per cent. 50 0 0 1000 0 0 2000 2000 20 0 0 intitk 100 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 11 0 0 5000 25 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 (; 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 (' Stock 21. Rd. per cell t. 12 ih. dz b.. I/.5.. to. 'Os. 5 per cent. :percent. 5 per cent. per cent. Is. 5 per cent. I per cent. It. 4i. 5 pe' cent. 104 per cent 31' 100 0 0 100 0 0 tOo 0 0 M per cent. 40 0 0 percent. 5 per cent. • sper cent. (per cent. per cent. 150 0 f• 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 e 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 • 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 e 0 50 0 0 per cent. d per cent. per cent. .Is per share is. per shire 10 per cent. per cent. 16g. 17.5.. U. 7s. 2000 40 0 0 2000 77 10 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 7500 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 SO 0 0 50 0 0 100 9 0 30 0 0 59 0 0 50 9 0 30 0 0 'Z. and ba. 441. and bs. per cent. rcent. 104 101. 61 per eh las per ih 0 per cent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. 5 pet( cent ' , per cent. 4 per cent, 31. 19.. Y 5 0 0 100 e 0 41 13 4 160 6 e It: 10g. 21. I. 21. 10g. , per cent. 41. Hie. 11. 14e. 100 0 ti 3 12 9 100 0 0 21.135. p. sh. 31. 5;. 100 0 0 1011 0 e 100 0 0 60 0 Q S per cent. es. per sh. Si. ss. perch 10 per cent. per cent. 71. Os. per sh 041. per sh. 12s. per eh. per cent. 26 0 0 SO 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 A 0 0000 9000 20 0 0 50 0 0 5000 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 16 13 4 12 15 4 100 0 0 10 per cent. 10 pet cent. 1%4 per ih CM per oh. 11. 141. Utter share 7a4d per sh 11 171. pr it 1131 Per it 32 0 41 6 10 13 15 9 100 0 0 50 0 0 70 I 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 . 50 50 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 U. 511. 15s. U. 1 - 17. 10d. per Dent per cent. 10 per cent. 10 percent 5 0 0 15 0 0 100 0 0 1111. 1 0 0 35 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 20 0 0 '2O 0 0 55 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 60 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 40.0 0 75 • 0 100 0 • 95 0 • 100 o - 100 I 0 IL 4s. IL 15s. 10 0 0 100 0 ) 50 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 30 0 0 35 10 311 10 0 r per cont. per cent. 4184. and/ aked. bs. 15 0 • 5 9 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 14 0 0 1 10 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 tpet 7 cent. :per cent. to per cent S per cent 700 1175 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 5000 100 6 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 01 20 0 0 'ANTES' PRICES. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 10 0 1 0 0 2 10 0 50 0 0 50 0 ' 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 V , Mifkrk Is,. J and Oldham Ashby-de. la-Zotich.av Basingstoke ' Breckneck & Ahergay Birmingham, l-16th sh Do. and Liver!). Jut,c Cheliner & Blackwater Coventry ........ .4.11111111 CrOrnirbrd klhiiiiili . iiiaire• ' Oddity ,;.:.::::::•...::.;:. qei 4 y. „ ,...........,, LaViube and Mayne ' Ellesmere and Cheater Erewash ..... Forth and Crysle„ Grand Junction ..... Grand Union Grand Sltrrey ..u.uuti rmit r l niettAl:lll lektßi3ikiiiish. L ay. cost Gloucester & Berkeley Grantham Huddersfield ..... n .....av Kennet :.nd Avo ...ay Lancaster., at Leeds mi uvermoin. Leicester 1..410 ioicetter & Northainp. ughbOroUgh .:tv.:.st , dnindklibliti-46 MU... litottietyshire....... MoUnn Mowbray....... Mersey and Irwell Macclesfield.... ..... Neath..... .......... 4tiNbikk CO/fdret Pock Fottgt, k i“ • iii Itegtht's (di Londi,ii),: ,tt Ochdalt . ...... ... it IhrOtliiib . .iiititus.iii.. Botliefsa Coal • Da. Lock Fund Stock Stafford and Worcester Shrewsbury Stourbridge... ...... Stratford .on-A tonliatv Potatittaluk),lir.i.m.t.''' WiVa & Wye & nail Trent & Mersey, ;Oh Thames & Medway..ar Warwick and Birming. Warwick and Napt on Worcester & Birmlng Wilts arid It*.±HtP„,..fit Wey and Arun.... Docks. Commercial ..... East and West Indiis.4 liittO Bonds 8ri5t01......„............av Do.Bnds, var. amounts Bt. Katharine. Ditto Ditto Bonds . . Sotith tU . ..... Bridges Southwark, new ,Stitis: j)itto 1.4 j E. .WitHine ' Ditto 011 Ann. of all. Ditto New ditto 01 . 71 Ditto Bonds VauxhalL...... ....... ...a, Assuraneem. ABACI. Alfred Life Alliance Brit. and For Ditto Marine Atlas Birmingham Fite., British Commercial tier. Med. k Gen. Life tnnhty asimuut. Eagle ....... ....... Economic Life ...... .... • European Life ..... Ditto New Freemasons ll6 1110 be ...... ntlartilAh . • nape Life Ditto Fire ........... Imperial Fie .Ditto Life......... Indemnity Mariiih n s., LaW Life Legal and General Life London Fire... ....... Ditto Ship National Loan Fund Neptune Marine Palladium r#liiPht ock Life It yat Sun Fire ..... ..... Ditto Life University Life Universal ... . Union Vitt and Life Sant Stk flanks Australani- Ditto New Brit. North American. Commercial 01 London Colonial London & Westminstr Ditto New. London. Joint Stock Metropolitan Provincial of Ireland Ditto New.. National of Nat. Provincial Englnd • Ditto New Gloucestershire.......,... Union of Australia Union of London Gaslight dr. Coke Bath. British Ditto Provincial Birmingham. Binning. & StaffOrdsh Bristol Brighten Ditto General City of London Ditto New Continental Cons°lid Ditto New Equitable Imperial Isle of Thanet Independent Phoenix ............. ....... South Metropolitan United Genera 1..,.. ,.,,, Westmins. Chartered Ditto New..........., Water Works. Birmingham East London (Irand Kent .. . .... ..••• Nee itiv 'Len. Bridg An. Manchester and SaltOrd Vauxhall, late S. Lond. o. 52CIBLVSrirBirke Grand m Caledonians nt a ßtentbo t iidrennuuls N nrgilijar: ionCaudgrhandd°tCmah Holyheadd ixot:el o f V7oienee E ut. ssperPegY:rr-1 Glasgowt lanBvPdy:. Great Western .... Ditto Halt Shares Ditto Fifths ...... Harwich (Braithwaite) Hull and Selby . ..... . . Lancaster and Carlisle Leeds and 5e1by...... .,,. Liverpool & Manchestr Ditto lialt.Sh ares London and Brighten Ditto Loan Notes Londen and BI •ckwall Londen and Greenwich' London and Birmlngh. Ditto Quarter-Shares Ditto Thirds London and S. Western London and Croydon .Manchester and Lees Ditto New Shares Manchstr and "ilirming 'Midland Counties North British Norwi h & Brand .... . Brandon Northern and Eastern 'Ditto Scrip, iss. die 'Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Rouen and Havre Stockton & Darlington South East. and Dover Yarmouth and Norwich lork and N. Midland Ditt. New Shares • Mines. Albion Copper Alten ....... Anglo Mex., iss. M. p.m Ditto Subscription , Bolances Ditt.• Scrip Brazil. Imp. iss..sl. p.m Do. Mocaub. & Coc. U Do. St. John Del Rev British Iron Candonga. Ditto Registered Cobre Copper ...... Columbian,Coapo ins. 51, p.m General Mining Hibernian Imperial Slate Compy, Mexican Mining Co. of Ireland Real del Monte, Unreg. Ditto Loan Notes,.,, Rhymney Iron Santiago de Cuba United Max., iss.2l. pm. Ditto Scrip Ditto New Scrip." Literary. .i. 6d. I. io.. - _ Pper cent. We. per IC 11. 104 pet eh. 4.16 30 All pild tie 0 0 40 0 -0 50 0 0 Londn,with Sin:Ticket London Unirersity Russell Icing's Col/ ege miscevalaneims Anglo )1 exicin Mint Austral an Agricaltur Brit. A . , nerican Land, Canae:a ..... Uppe r Canada Bonds Gen..Stiam Navigation abet lan Mercantile Co. Ditto Property 1044 Wood Pay., iss . U. Mex.. and S. Alnerican NewßrAnsv.ck (Land) Wee :Geal7.nd .. Piins. Orien. Steam ito yal Mail Steam . eversionary Int. Soc. Jouth Australian Thames Tunnel i Van Diemen's Land LIST' o:.a SCOTTISH COM DEC, 7, 1 Bank of Scotland...." Royal Ilrit'.sh Linen Compny. !-'..tnmercial Bank ollasgow Union Bank National Pank Western Bank Caledonian Insurance Hercules. Insurance. North Brit. Insurance Insurance Co. of Scott. Edinburgh Lite Incur. Scottish Union Incur Standard Life Incur Dalkeith Rail way Eden. and Glas. Railw Glasg. and Green. Rai l. Dundoe.and Arar 6 per c eni 6 per E. 6 per pu t. 6 per pal t. 71 per peat. 6 Pei a:Rt. 100 0 0 2 0 0 32 0 0 70 0 0 30 0 0 40 0 0 MO 0 0 7 10 0 8 0 0 45 0 0 , 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 12 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 81 0 14 10 0 100 0 tr 25 0 f 150 0 0 21 e e 2500 15 0 0 75 0 7 10 0 7 10 0 40 0 0 13 0 0 55 0 0 20 0 10 10 0 3 0 0 59 0 0 7 0 0 15s e 0 50 0 0 10 0 • ,40 0 0 2 10 • 180 1534 31% 63 440 110 1&) Ipor 10 Pe c Lent. I 7 P foatu t. VT ler mat. . ier ter, t. per ent. tiler: cent. r cent. lier cent. mi per cent. A • 910 8 185 31 If . 4 1 193 H 00 130 31i0 101% 21 3 16 261! 24 120 1 ex 5 400 111 49% ( ” 6 189 2% 40s. 21R. 24 15N Ito 113 99k 5214 12% 9S 229 20 6 454 10 4 4% 118 IC 714 5)4 18 27q Us pm 5 20 48% 37% Iftsyi 31 4 176 17 290 .70 18, bps. 50 12% ID bELTII OF SIR MICHAEL APTURIC-Sir Michael, w h o . received the honour of Knighthood, by patent, in 18 3 pi died se at George Town, Demerara, on the 17th ult., severe illness. He was a native of Samnock, aftef 4 ‘ti ty i es., hire. . .. . Vd I 41 13 4 133 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 IM g 172 13 4 100 0 0 150 0 0 57 6 6 1; 16i o 0 140 Q 0 83 ID 0 1 41 17 I 00 0 0 ioo a ii 100 0 0 no 0 0 8 106 11 9 11 1 33 0 t 16 t itt l 0 6 150 0 0 12 10 0 140 0 125 0 0 145 0 0 26 9 3 50 0 0 19 5 8 100 0 0 100 0 0 ig 105 0 0 110 0 U 100 0 0 Stork /11.aelt 147 9 0 Stock aoI • 50 0 0 DO 0 0 1.0 0 0 7e 10 9 500 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 250 0 0 50 0 0 iN LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, DEC. 31.—Wind N. to N.E., fresh breeze, and hazy. DEAL, DEC. 30.—Wind N.r.., hazy and foggy—Arrd. itatuti Cato, Ducks, and Orion, Vanderlenden, both from Batavia, fot botAfecht i Courier, Cape of Good Hope ; Norden, Kruse, Havanna!), for Harnburgh. Sld. General p a i me i• tranTort, Ascension. RAMSOATE, DEC. 30.- -- Arrd. Emma, Edgar, Bahl m4e Bi'Ential; 'with to wll , - Ls carried away, &c., having struck the pier coming i;l. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 30.—Wind steamer Styx, Fayal. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 30.--Arrde Eleanor, Fayals - Std. Dart, Madeira. FAlttouttt, DEI - 2, SO.—Wind E., fresh gales.—Arni. ti o ttidfi t i ; ti et t ; spttn dps: CAPE OF GOOD 110PE.—Atid. Tdvlof; frntdOill CLYDE, DEC. 28.—SId. ft fines, Gilmour, New dileann Coax, DEC. 28.—Arrd. Ann, Story, Supply, Mackey, and Euclid, Davidson, Ichaboe ; Cumberland, Power, Pernambuco; Isabella, Parker, Newfoundland. Lf4.gai;66l., Df!c. ,E , light thick fog.— Arrd. Ambassador, and Catherine 'Vr !Marne.) Jchaboe (left Nov. 5, and St. Helena, 15) ; 'Margaret Elizabeth, M'lver, Bahia (Oct. 25) ; John Campbell, Old Calabar (left Sept. 27, and Fernando Po. Oct. 12) ; Serafin, Calder, llavannah ; Jan lidwattl, Webster, Charles ton ; Nancy, Miramichi, not Quebec ; Pulmerstos, Coster, Montreal. Off, Susan, Flood, Bonny (left Oct. 14, mid Penland° Po, 22d). Put back, Independence and Southenior, for New York, both leaky. ST. HELENA (previous to Nor.ls).—Arrd. Elisabeth, St. Gtloro, Oeean, Sfertotin, Aran& ta, and Alfred, Ichaboe; Caribbean, Ripley, and Gentoo, Calcutta. BRIDLINGTON, DEC. 30.—The Harmony, from Sups derland to London, struck on the rocks nearFlamberough Elf+mtti; last night, and has since fallen over and become a complete wtedit YARMOUTH ROADS, DEC. 30.—Arrd. Lifotdo, of Clay, from Shields for London, having been on the Cockle' Sand. CROOKUAVEN, DEC. 27.—Arrd. James Prowse, Dun- Vpipar9iso, for Liverpool, out 123 days, put in from stress of-IVeatiier. LIVERPOOL. DEc. 30.—The Meteof, for dill port ] was half loaded at Tampico, 21st ult., but was unable to pro ceed on her voyage. her crew being sick on shore. The brig from St. John's, New Brunswick, to England, with cleats, WaS driVeii ashare near pigby Rock, 2d inst.; two men drowned. OFF Tusxlß, DEC. 24.—Englishman, Africa, for Bristol. G UANO.—ICITA.IIOE, OCT. 1.-Arrd. Princess Victoria and - Union ; half loaded; Commerce and London, third loaded; Laurel and Arrow, not commenced; Ambassa dor, Sims, and Leonard Dobbin, to sail in a week; Clan. dine, Apprentice, Orwell, Nova, Idris, and Waterwitch. LivEuroot, DEC. 30.—The Lotus was lost seven miles to the southward of Ichahoe, previous to Nov. 5, and the gate about eikht miles to the northward. LOSS of the ORION :and SYRIAN. The following was received at Lloyd's yesterday " Admiralty,llec. 27,.1844. " am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, to send you herewith, for the informa tion of the Committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's, an extract of a letter from Captain Sir John Marshall, of her Majesty's ship Isis, dated Icbaboe, 16th October last, reporting the loss and rescue of the crew of the barque Orion, Almond master, of Scar borough, bound to Ichaboe, wrecked on the 20th July, 150 miles north of lehaboe ; and also of the stores of the Syrian brig, belonging to Peterhead, which vessel was lost about twelve miles north of Ichaboe, on the 28th September—crew saved. (Signed) "JOHN BARROW. " To W. Dobson, Esq., Lloyd's." (Extract.) "Lieutenant Trollope, whom I had dispatched in a small cutter to the rescue of the crew of the Orion barque, Caultas Almond master, of Scarborough, of . 315 tons, bound to lehaboe, and wrecked on the 20th July, about 150 miles north of Ichaboe, returned to this ship on the 13th instant, having happily succeeded, though with great peril to himself and his little crew of six men, in bringing away her entire crew of 16 persons, after patiently and perseveringly hovering at the, back of an exceedingly heavy surf during ten days, watching for a smooth sea. I have, however, to lament the loss of two excellent seamen of her Majesty's ship under my command, who were unfortunately drowned by the up setting of the cutter's boat in the surf ; one of them, it is feared, was bitten by a shark. " Lieut. 'rrollope's conduct in carrying out my orders amidst appalling difficulties claims my acknowledgments, and I have much pleasure in deferentially submitting this officer's merits to their Lordships' notice. " The boats of the Isis also succeeded in saving the stores of the Syrian brig, James Law master, of 184 tons, belonging to Peterhead, which vessel was wrecked about 12 miles north of this on the 28th ult. ; crew saved." THE LATE FIRE IN GUILFORD STREET. DISCOVERY OF ANOTHER BODY. The firemen o' the London Brigade, under the direc tions of Morris, the foreman of the Holborn Station, completed their task yesterday of turning over the immense mass of burnt ruins, and on examining a pile of embers, in the north-western corner of the back parlour, they discovered the perfect skeleton of a human foot, and in the course of the morning they fuand the shin and part of the thigh-hone, as well as what spears to be an arm-bone and part of a scalp. The finding of these re• mains has strengthened the rumours that there had been improper conduct on the part of some parties, who' had been plundering Mr. Fairey's wine-cellar. The discovery has also given rise to the supposition, that a fifth party must have been in the house fir some improper purpose, although at present it is impossible to conjecture who the ill-fated person could have been. INQUEST ON MR. MAY OW, SOLI- CITOR OF EXCISE. Yesterday morning, at eleven, Mr. Mills, the De puty Coroner, held an inquest at the Friend in Hand public-house, Colonnade-mews, Russell-square, on the bady of Mr. Philip Weynell Mayow, aged 73, the well known and respected solicitor of Excise, of No. 54, Guil ford-street. The jury haring viewed the body, Susan Guy stated that she was housemaid to the de ceased. On Monday week he had a cold, and had since remained at home. He was attended by Dr. Latham. On Friday evening, at nine o'clock, she last saw him alive in his bed-room, and he k‘ as then more cheerful than usual ; and on Saturday morning she entered the room for the purpose of lighting the fire, and became alarmed at her master not speaking to her. She went .and looked at him, and thought he was dead, and im mediately alarmed the house, and sent for medical a siStance Dr. Latham, of Grovenor-street, stated that lie at tended the deceased from . Monday week for influenza Witness had examined the body this morning, and found the heart of ;he deceased very small, and soft. He would not say that the late fire did not make any impression upon the mind of the deceased, as he was a kind-hearted man, although possessing great force of character.— Verdict, " Natural Death." MARKET NEWS.-(YESTERDAY.) HAT 111.5.2.Z.E1.13. SMITHFIELD.—Course Meadow llay, 3/ lOs tH 41/ 15v Useful ditto, 4/ 16s to 5/ 4s ; fine Upland ditto, 51 5s to 51 lOs ; Clover Hay, 41 los to 6/ ; Oat Straw, I/ 16s to 1/ 18s ; Wheat Straw, 11 18s to 1/ 19s per load. A fair average supply, and a steady inquiry. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 12s to 4/ 16s: Useful ditto, 4/ 17s to 5 / 5 s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ Gs to 51 12s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 5/ 18s ; Oat Straw, 11 16s' to 1/ I8s; Wheat Straw, 1118 s to 21 per load. Supply moderate, and trade steady. W nrrEcnArom.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 lOs to 4110 s; Useful ditto, 41 12s to 5/ 4s ; tine Upland ditto, 5/ 5s to Si 10s ; Clover Bay, 4/ lOs to 61 4s; Oat Straw, 1/ 15s to 1/ 16s; Wheat Straw, 1/ 17s to 11 18s per load. Both Hay and Straw sold freely, at late rates. COLONIAL , The Colonial Markets re-open to-morrow, and it is expected prices will rule firm, although there will be very little doing till next week. SUGAIL—The stock of British Plantation, landed last week at the East, and West India Docks, was 539 hhds, 41 barrels ; and there were taken for home consumption 643 hhds 75 tierces 34 barrels. The stock in the same places is 8,969 hhds 1,048 tierces 1,673 brls. Russ.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 95 puns 4 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 122 puns 45 hhds, and ex ported 115 puns 20 hhds. The stock in the same places is 10,61$ puns 1,218 hhds. Tus.—The market is very firm, and for Pouchong there has been a speculative demand, owing to the di minished imports this year. The stock of Tea in the Dotted Kingdom is estimated at 39,500,0001b5. against 37,500,0001b5. at this time last year • and the consump tion of the year is considered to be year; 41,000,0001b5. The importation has been rather above 46,000,0001b5. Common Congou is about lid per lb. TALLOW.--P.Y.C. is 40s 3d to 40s 6d per cwt on the spot, and Town 43s 6d. (From the London New Price Current of Dec. 31.) SUGIAII.—The importation of West India has as ceedcd that of the former year by 1,752 hhds and tierces and 2,870 barrels. Of Mauritius the quantity received has been large, exceeding that of the former season by 55,091 bags and 1,000 casks. The home consumption has been very good, the deliveries exceeding those of 1843 by upwards of 50,000 bags and 800 casks. The quantity of Bengal imported has been excessive, ex ceeding that of 1843 by 81,535 bags and 868 casks. For home consumption the quantity taken was 2,850 bags less, but of casks 484 more than last season. REFINED.—The m•trket has a firm appearance for Refined Goods; the home trade are disposed to increase their stocks, and the supply is small, especially of the low and middling descriptions ; Brown Lumps are 72s to 72s 6d, Standard Lumps 73s to 73s 6d; Tittlers, ordinary to middling 72s to 73s 6d, good 74s to 755, fine 76s to 83s; Hamburgh Loaves 73s to 82s, double 83a to 90s, and wet Lumps 70s to 715; fine yellow West India Sugar is worth 68s, whereas Standard Lumps are only fetching 73s to 73s 6d per cwt. Bastards are not much wanted. Pieces are in good demand, and prices rule firm. Treacle is wanted ; boiled from West India Molasses has been fetching ltbi 6d to 20s, patent 21s to 22s 6d, and golden syrup 23s to 27s per cwt. In bonded Crushed Sugar many contracts have been entered into for forward de livery at 30s 3d to 30s fid per cwt, even at which rates the refiners are not free sellers. The market has a firm appearance for Loaves. MAIIRITIUS.—There has not been much inquiry by private contract, but previous rates are supported ; on Thursday, however, price§ will be put to the test by public sale of 5,000 bags. Arrivals are on the increase The quality of the Sugar is superior to that of last year... EAST. INDlA.—Former prices ar e su pp or t e d for 1 1 1 4 descriptions of Bengal, and several purchases have bee n made by private treaty ; the cheapest descriptions are middling yellow. For public competition 4,000 bags 11 , 1 1 e announced. There have been f u rth er arr i va l s . market is firm for Foreign Free-labour Sugar, and it still the che a p es t su it a bl e f or s hi pp i ng or refining her e under bond. FOREIG market has been in a quiet state, tts is usually the case at this period of the season, bi ll holders are firm, and none of any description is pressig for sale. There are some purchasers of yellow 1 18- Hannah rather under previous quotations, but holder' • to sell thereat, there has in consequence be en ( refusing • • ' , less done. The supp!y is scanty scarcely any . brown 43razit Whiten. been taken sparingly, but th e .. offers of lower rates are Isjee, valise 'if other kinds of F gnSub. : • sarthere is scl by holders. In .thi. Foreign alteration to notices ^near. TEA.—The market lies presented a healthy a l . ance. The trade are still increasing their stocks of and green Tea, and none has been submitted to publw competition. Congou has been in excellent request. common fetching lid to 1 lid, and good common Ilia to, is per lb. Of Pouchong there is only a small quantity remaining in first hands, and the eon' , sumption continues to be very large. Twankeff is much wasted ' • sales of common have been made aI is 3d to le 3p,brightish leaf is 4d to Is 9d, and Hysort kind Is 10d to 2s sd. Hyson, common selling at 29 f'd to 2i 7d ; middling 2s 8d to 2s 9d • good 2s 10d to St ' C fine and very fine 3s id to 4s 6d. Young Hytion has been in excellent request at previous rates. Scented Orang e Pekoe has met with ready purchasers at 3s' 4d to 3s 51 ‘ per lb, The parcels of Gunpowder disposed of 119 " been at firm rates, Imperial is firm in price, and in el,;, cellent request. Other deocriptions. of Tea are in demand at firm rates, and very few parcels are afferi° 6 fcr sale. Rier.--e - -The market is still sparingly supplied 1 Bengal low wtifte fetching lls to Its 3d, mid to lis 9d, better 12s to 12s 6d ; the sorts most in re' quest are those from listo 1 ls 9d. For yellow Ddb a good demand exists at 8s to 8s 6d ; for ,the betto r kiuds of Java there are not many purchasers. ' s COFFEE.—There has been more inclination manifestO by the home trade to purchase West India Coffee. fro ! East India little variation has occurred. 'CO' Ceyl o _ previous improved rates are sustained, and by pri vate contract several purchases made in good ordinary at' t 4 25 to 53s per cwt. In Plantation kinds the operations are upon a more extended scale, at former terms. Web s has been little called for, but at present it cannot be nor; chesed upon lower terms. In Java very little doing, o ' 3 ' Company's prices are little better than nominal, Th: business done in this kind of Coffee has been very' for some weeks. The value of Singapore, according' i ll , quality, is 30s to 42s per cwt. Holders of other Do' India sorts are not inclined to press sales, prices very low, Sumatra being worth only 20s to 245, an" Padang 24s to 29s per cwt. Rum, BRANDY, AND HoeLaNnaseseSince our last repfr ; holders of Leeward Island Rum have shown firmneisi and at previous rates there has been a good buaissel transacted ; sales of proof made. at 2s 3d Ma 2s 3id, o. l w five per cent overproof at 2s 4d per gallon. Done' rara 3s to 3s 4d per gallon is the value of strong descrir tions. The market has a dull appearance for Jamaica! I 3s 6d to 3s 9d is the worth of low and middling:, 3s 10° to 4s 4d for good, and 4s 6d to 5s 6d per gallon for G' and superior. Calcutta at 2s 2d to 2s 2id per galloOr proof with certificate. s'sk. favourable opinion is ;en' tertained towards Brandy : Cog; ac, best brandsssflth e vintage of 1838, hhds 5s 2d, puns 5s ; ditto, 183 9 : hhds 4s ltd, puns 4s 9d ; ditto, 1840, 4s 11 0 ' puns 4s 9d ; ditto, 1841, hill's 4s 10d, puns 4s 8d ; ditto 1642, hhds 4s id, puns 4s 5d ; ditto, 1343, hhds 4s :51 ,, puns 4s 3d, comm en 2s 8d to 2s I Id, and middling tu good middling 3s to 3s 10d ; Bordeaux common 2s 611 to 2s 8d per gallon. Geneva for exportation at is 1011 Is lid, and fine fit for duty, 2s 41 to 3s 6d per gsllo o ' English Corn Spirits at les 2d per gallon, cash. SPICES.—BIack Pepper is held for the previous cur' rency, and a fair demand has existed. Sumatra has been fetching 21d to 21d, Penang 21d to 2-ad, and l'Slalelo f 2 i ld to 3ed per lb. The market has a firm appearao for Lignea, and the purchases made by priSre a ° contract have been at fully former rates: ord fetchini 52s to 53.4, good and fine ord 54s to 55s 6d, low mid 5 6 ' to 58s, mid 59s to 60s, good mid to good 61e to 645, an d fine 65s to 66s per cwt. In some cases there are gene of Ciunamon rather under the rates of the last quarterly sale, but few purchasers are to be met with. SALTPETRE.—The market has a firm appearance fo t rough, and the parcels disposed off privately have been very full prices, common fetching 24s to 24s 6d, mid VI to 25s 6d, good 26s to 26s 6d, and fine 27s to Vs 6 1 per cwt. The consumption has not been so mat', as it was last year, and which is to be attribUt e ,' to the low rates that have prevailed for trate of Soda. English Refined has secured a fair sal e at 29.e s to 29s 6d ; prices at the end of December, 18 0 ' were 30s to 30s Gd. NITRATE OP S')DA.—Holders are firmer, and requir! 12s to 13s per cwt in bond, but at present there has bee little doing. The market is in a dull state for Guall° and prices for African are going down. CocnlNEAL.—There has been a good demand by pr.i r : vale contract for Honduras, and the rates paid are some cases rather above those previously quoted for bille t., and silvers ; low and mid kinds are _the most in requel i and speculators are still turning their attention towel' the article. Immoo.—Speculators are still turning their attenril towards East India. There has been a good busin ess transacted in Bengal, in consequence of the Inerchall y , accepting pric e s 2d to 4d per lb under those of ,t'! l / October sale ; low and mid qualities are, however, O A the most preferred. Other kinds of East India sell nro r ; freely at a small discount on the rates of the last ql llll terly sal.. TALLow.—Holders of Russian manifest firmness a fair business has been transacted on the spot; 'r Of Candle of first quality has been selling currently 40s 3d to 40s Gd per cwt ; but for forward delivery the o arc few purchasers. In Town Tallow there has beer good deal doing, but at the moderate rates of 40s Gd 4is per cwt, nett cash ; the market has been well sot; plied. In the value of other kinds of Tallow there' scarcely any alteration to notice. RISE TN THE PRICE OF TimßEß.,—We are infornl e ,' that the advance in the price of AMerican timb e r within the last twelve months, has been "nearly 50 P .i g i cent. This extraordinary rise is attributed, to the stetyl l demand and the diminished stocks, caused by the gr e j $ amount of shipping employed in the e guano trade." Gh.cgow Gout ier. SUPPOSED MURDER.—Monday, at the conclus i° , of the general business at Worship-street, several , spectable-looking persons attended before Mr. Broti ; ton, the sitting Magistrate, to make a statement to uch , ing the mysterious disappearance of Mr. William 3 1 N, a silk-manufacturer on a minor scale, resident in tie . '.3 King-street, near Bonner's Hall, Bethnal-green. who Prj been missing since the 9th instant under circUmstances which induced his friends to believe that he had4 e ; murdered. A large printed bill, offering ten guin: reward for discovery, and which had already beeP e c,; tensively circulated in the district, was handed t o t l Magistrate. In this it was stated that Mr. May was lU seen on the night of the 9th instant, between the 1" 0 ,j, of ten and eleven, near the police-station in Chapel-Y ",4 , Spitalfields, by some person who knew him, and the $ l ow ing morning his hat and handkerchief were foond 5 j geld near the Twig Folly - bridges near the Angel our, Crown, at Twig Folly. From that time nothing ther could be ascertained respecting him, and it added, that he was therefore supposed to have teen Or e l dered. Ile WAS described as about 44 years of rge, 5 3 inches high, of fair complexion, marked with the ogi‘e fo pox, was dressed in a brown Taglioni coat, black 5° , 1 3 waistcoat, black trousers, with black satin stock, bt his linen marked ,‘ W. M.," and he had about hirl i il e and a pair of blue steel spectacles in green case, mou nt - with silver, [ADVERTISEMENT,I—A BAD LEG, AND ''„iy EXTRAORDINARY, DT HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND O P 3 - 0 --A NEST !l rs. J a ckson, a monthly nurse, residing a t %, Stanhope-street, Clare-niarket, had a bad leg, of w e ji r i desperate and a larming ri.dure. 'lndependent a e v e .; other bad symptom attending the limb, it swelled ° 45 1 alarmingly, and was likewise accompanied with P e e inflammation, which made her case one of e% tr ipd , danger. She was taken to King's College 1-P 6 P se r, where they could do nothing with it. The leg, bow ° like " thousands of others" which are given up f ° „ t curable at the hospitals, was soundly healed in abch-pot, fortnight, by the use of Holloway's Pills and Oi ntol o - Sold at ProtessorHolloway's Establishment 244, S tr , 0 1/ where advice may be had gratis), and .by alt o respectable vendors of medicine throughout the eivi world. A 7 IRTHS At Woolwich, on Chrigt mas-day, the lady of Captai n chell, Royal Artillery, of a chioghter. o ' AO' On the 26th of December, At the Rectory, Doniog dalPt°,,tAyo R Baine, Lincolnshire, the lady of the M.A., of a son. b$ On December 27, the lady of the Rev. Thomas Arc Houblon, of a daughter. On December 27, at Buckland Court, near Reiga te ' lady of the Rev. Henry S. Eyre, of twin sons. On December 28, at Portobello, the n lady of Captain van Scots Gre, o a aughter. On December 28, f at d Hilgav Rectory, Norfolk, the /6re the Rev. 'lliam 9, at Eases J. Park, oi* a son. On Dec Wi mber 2t Mailing, Kent, the wife of g elid Smith, Esq.. of a daughter. - a r ts Na ti ' On December 30, at Gloucester House, Kew , • megen, of a sou, ;ev. -Alexan, MARRIED. e l. On December 28, Mr. J. L. Smith, to Sophia, 3'°`l° daughter of Henry Banner, F.sq.. of Cripplegate. Joi l/(1 On December 28, at All Saints', Norwood, Surrey' Livermore, Esq., of Norwood, to Eliza, eldest our wo otio daughter of Thomas Pascall, Esq., of Rose Cottage. DIED. 3fide /a On the let of N ov emb er , J o hn Fodder, Esq., tithe - Temple, aged " 4- the W. On December 23, at Clifton, Elizabeth, wife of • W. T. Clarke. f C. fl. On December 24, at Glasgow, Agnes, the wife ',- Noble, Esq., of Oporto. chatl ee On December 24, at Dalston, Hannah, relict of -- Hutchins, Esq. Ve i' , be On December 25, a t Wadhurst Vicarage Sussex, t tv f 0 Frederic Gardiner, A.M , Rector of Llanvetherine, caul' Monmouth. A.M. let s On December 26, at Hampstead, Howell Davies, Esq' of Noble-street, City, aged 84. Wel' ' On December 27, M rs . S m ithers, of Doughty-stree t, lenburgh-square, ag 8 ed 1. ~..fielai On December 27, at Bath, Richard Hippisley Tu ' Esq., of Shobroke-park, Devon. goo' On December 28, Anne, the wife of Mr. Christoph er - ---di lands, of Regent-street. 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