The Sun. — London, England, 1839-01-10 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Nothing can be more amusing than the pertness and in solence displayed by the liveried lackies of the Treasury, when they get upon ground which they think safe_ from attack, and especially into that stronghold, which may be termed the master-work of Mr. Rice's thimble-riggery-- the revenue returns. We do not at all wonder at the vivacity they display at our recent assault on the last pro duced of these precious documents, to which the disturb ance of a nest of hornets would be a weak comparison, for they evidently believed themselves on this occasion to be quite secure, and that no eye could be found sufficiently penetrating to pierce through the mystifications by which the public accounts are surrounded. They and their master, the head conjuror, concluded that they would be able to go to Parliament with such a financial state ment as would encourage their adherents, silence their opponents, and prepare the way for a smooth and har monious Session. Hence a rage and fury on all sides which is without parallel in controversies of this na ture. It may be laid down as a rule applicable to the production of all accounts, whether public or private, that the information furnished shall be complete in itself, and not referable to other matters, to which the parties to whom the accounts are. submitted cannot have easy access ; and if the accounts produced are, moreover, defective in that kind of information, no man can be permitted to turn round upon his auditors and say—You have overlooked such or such an item in a former account, when it ought to have been displayed upon that which was then before them. Our experience cannot furnish anything more trickey, aed mean, and base than the conduct of the Treasury in this and former instances of the kind, which ought to be in itself a convincing proof that the " master mind" is at work, and prompting his puppets from behind the scenes. His approved method, which is common to all his craft, is to avoid al the reelly strong points of the argument against him, and to furnish to his myr mrlons some isolated fact, known only to himself; are. picable to those of minor importance ; then, by raising a great clatter abort it, to confound the understandings of the public, and lead them away from Me real object of (he attack. Every one who has read our former article on (he Revenu e will recollect that we stated, when adverting to the " Crown lands," that, whether justly set down as in come or not, they were a new irgredient in the account, and ought to be excluded from any comparison with the state of our resources at a period when they were not in troduced. This alone, as far as it went, was enough to overthrow that part of it ; but in order to divert public attention, we are told, that under a particular statute, which is presumed to be as notorious as Mr. Spring Rice's ledgenlemain, the produce of the sales of " Crown lands" must be invested ; but the men of business who look over his account are not bound to see this, or to know anything more than is set before them ; and if he had used the term " Crown-land rents," instead of " Cro vn lands," there would have been no ambiguity in the matter. But, whichever mode is adopted, the account is in that respect fallacious, and breaks away from under him. To meet the question fairly would not answer his purpose. Our ar gument relative to the " Stamps" is grossly perverted, and that, too, for no possible motive except that of making a false glare to mislead his dupes ; for, to a certain extent, we were disposed to give him all the benefit of this branch of revenue. We are told, as gravely as if the fact were be fore at! the world, though only Mr. Rice and his clerks can know it, that the produce of mercantile stamps is not more than 500,0001., out of a general income from that source of 6,700,0001. We never availed ourselves of the stamp returns, as one of his retainers insinuates we did, to draw from them conclusions of the ruin of the ari.tocracy and of commercial distress. We gave up that article of revenue as ambiguous, and referred to the " Customs" as a mueli safer guide, if the real prosperity of the mercantile interest were to be attested. Our assailant knew well enough that his figures were of no consequence, but his instructions Were to psrvert and mislead, and he has obeyed them, The real truth is, we believe, with respect to the " Stamps," that, as a source of revenue, it cannot be maintained in its ',re sent state, and that it has been swelled out by the gambling in, and transfer of, railway and other shares in joint-stock companies, which must seen come to an end ; they must subside, more or less. into permanent investments, or disap pear altogether. We are next told, after consulting the oracle, that the Corn duties have produced 588,0001. in 1837, and only 183,0001. in 1838, and that, consequently, all the reasoning upon the comparative state of the " Cus toms" fails, or is turned in the other direction. Of this we do not believe one word, for foreign Corn was not wanted in the autumn of 1837, while in the fall of list year it has been unfortunately in notorious and extensive demand. The rate of duty has been lower, but the quan tity required must have made up together a pretty large sum. But if true, the fact only serves to exhibit Mr. Spring Rice in trickery of another description, and assures us ho,v much more disastrous for the commercial state of the country than he made it out to be was the " disastrous" annual return of January, 1838. But will he not go a step further, and present us with a " true account" in all re spects of the national income and expenditure, and intelli gible moreover to any man acquainted with figures ? What is the use of such periodical returns, if they are not in a form perfectly comprehensible, and complete in them selees ? Until this is done, he has no right to complain of the distrust and suspicion to which they give rise on all sides. The neat juggle of carrying the repayment of " ad vances" to an account of income does not seem to have found even a solitary defender. Yet that constitutes a round sum of 325,0001. in the annual return! It was far better policy in the Treasury and its Swiss band to let this question alone ; but for the public, the more they agitate it the better. They will be tortured at last into the intro duction of something better than these worse than false pe riodical accounts. Perhaps the best practical commentary which can be made en the recent return is the notice which appears in Tuesday's Gazette, by which we are informed that there will be no purchases on account of the sinking fund in this quarter, though a surplus of revenue was shown, araounting to 1,075,000/. ; and moreover that the actual expenditure of the United Kingdom of England and Ire land " exceeding the actual income thereof for the year ending the 10th of October, 1838, by the sum of seven hun dred and ninety-five thousand eight hundred and thirty-five pounds, nineteen shillings, and sixpence farthing!" How exact these Treasury clerks can be when exactness is a matter of no consequence ! The real cause of the sore ness at the rough treatment the revenue tables have met with is now apparent enough. It might have assisted Mr. Rice to explain away the effect of the awful announcement he was about to make, which now he cannot do. Our wish is, that he may be tempted to break a lance in this way a little more frequently. We shall know how to deal with him.—Times. There is this difference between taxing landholders in the shape of protecting duties in favour of manufactures, and taxing the manufacturers in the shape of protecting duties in favour of agricultural produce—that manufac tures create a demand for bulky articles of food for which there would not otherwise be a market, and add to the va lue of the land ; whereas a protecting duty in favour of food not only burdens manufactures, but offers a bounty to the manufacturers of other countries, and creates rivals in the foreign market. It was stated, for instance, on Thursday week by Mr. Elliot, the Chairman of the meeting at which Mr. Paulton delivered his first lecture on the Corn laws in Sheffield, " that on about six hundred acres of land, not oriinally worth three-halfpence (the ground on which that town is built), live about 120,000 human bei:ies, who not only maintain themselves, but the agricultu turists, as Chandos and Co. will find, if they destroy the trade of England ; for instead of getting 50s. per quarter for wheat here, as with a free trade they might honestly do, they will have to sell it at Amsterdam for 285., pay 10s. expenses, and sack 18s." Of what enormous value is this town of Sheffield to the landholders in its neighbourhood ? How grateful ought the landholders of England to be, that their lot has been cast in a country in which land, which elsewhere would be of no value, is a source of great rev:- nu ! The landowner of a country without manufactures can only export corn, tallow, and hiees, &c. ; and being vfi hout the means of manuring the land, he cultivates a portion: till it is exhausted, and then suffers it to remain waste till it recovers its fertility. Mr. Paulton, who has delivered. lectures on the Corn-laws in Bolton, Manches ter, Birunngham, Leeds, Stockport, Nottingham, &c., with great success, observed " that the question of the Corn laws was not one between Whigs and Tories and Radi cals,but one between the aristocracy and the nation— betweeil 30,000 landowners and 26 millions of men." It is truly as he stated. And how is it that the landowners of. England, who are so much better off than the land owners of all other countries, who have a constant pro tection in the higher price of food in England than in any other part of the world, while they obtain all the produc tions of industry cheaper than they can be purchased abroad, are suffered to continue in the possession of the tax they most unquestionably wring from industry under the Corn-law monopoly ? Flow is it that the people of Eng land have patiently submitted to this foul injustice ? Englishmen boast of their spirit, and yet 30,000 individuali have been suffered to make prey of twenty-six millions ! When the Corn Bill of 1815 passed the House of Lords, a spirited protest against it was subscribed by Lord Grenville and Lord - Grey. "We think," said these Noble Lords, " that the expectations of ulti mate benefit from this measure are founded on a delusive theory. We cannot persuade ourselves that this law will ever contribute to produce plenty, cheapness, or -steadiness of price. So long as it operates at all, its effects must be the opposite of these. Monopoly is the pinta of scarcity, of dearness, and of uncertainty. To cut off any of the sources of supply can only tend to lessen its abundance ; to close against ourselves the cheapest market for any commodity must enhance the price at which we purchase it ; and to confine the consumer of corn to 1 the produce of his own country is to refuse to ourselves the benefit of that provision which Providence itself has made for equalizing to man the variations of season and climate." It is impossible to describe more happily than these Noble Lords here describe the disastrous effects of the attempt then made by the landowners to tax the rest of the community for their own separate benefit. We are now reaping the fruits of the monopoly with a venge ance. The English manufacturer, as we have again and again stated, cannot at will raise his prices. His prices at home are necessarily determined by the prices he obtains in the foreign market ; and there he has to compete with rivals who, thanks to the monopoly of the Corn-laws, purchase food at less than half the price of food in this country. The consequence is, that in the case of all goods in which we have not a great advantage over foreigners in point of skill, the diffi culty can only be overcome by tasking the English work man beyond his strength. Our reporter was struck with the wretched appearance of the operatives of Manchester the other day; but who are the authors of pale and em ..- ciated looks, which no stranger could behold without pain ? ." Double work and half wages," observed Mr. Paulton, "is the direct result of the Coro-laws ; and neither master nor men—neither a Ten Hours' Bill nor an Eight Hours' Bill—can eff'ct any im provement in the condition of the working classes, until this infamous, unjust, and tyrannical measure be torn to tatters by the common sense of the people." Tee profits of manufacturers are at present low, and masters have no alternative but to abandon their business, or to subject the workmen to tasks at which humanity revolt. The landowners are the real authors of the long hours and the excessive toil of the workmen. It is true some of them affect to compassionate the poor creatures immured S 9 long in factories ; but this is only adding hypocrisy to injustice. The splendid establishment of the Lord, his numerous servants decked in fine liveries, his sumptuous tare, his exquisite wines, are all wrung from the pale-faced mechanic. If the days of the latter be shortened—if the close of his life be embittered by diseases caused by disproportionate exertion—he owes all this to the landowner. The master manufaetur.T is comnelled to to exact the amount of labour necessary to enable him to conduct his operations on terms which will yield bun the ordinary return on capital. He has no alternative but to exact this amount of labour, or to withdraw his captal to other lands. The landowner is the driver of the intst, r manufacturer. He it is who imposes the conditions. lie it is who says to the workman,' You must toil a dispru portiouata number of hours—you must exhaust your health and strength, in order that in addition to the ad vantages I enjoy beyond all other landowners in the cir cumstance of this being a country which exports manufac tures—l may also luxuriate on what I can wring from you." Surely there - is sense and spirit enough in this country to put an end to this state of things. The reign of injustice cannot be for ever.—illo:rning Chronicle. In recurring to the subject of Corn Laws we feel much gratification in again directing attention to the admira►j!e pamphlet which we lately noticed, entitled " Corn Law Fallacies with their Answers," in which will be found, in the refutation of " 365" fallacies, a text of discussion for every day in the year. Still greater gratification do we feel in announcing the fact that some thousand copies have been applied for by the in inufacturing districts, where their distribution cannot fail to strike on the minds of the work ing population a conviction of their wrongs commensurate with the evils inflicted on them by the atrocious operation of the landlords' monopoly—the Corn-laws. And that the Labouring or industrious agriculturists participate not in the benefits thus claimed for what is called the landed interest, is conclusively proved by the following extracts : " So in spite of the Corn-laws the agricultural interest has retrograded, and has been distressed; and if it is not so at this moment, it is something to have achieved even this. A strong hint to the agriculturists, as well as the classes who complain of the Corn-laws, that the Corn-laws are, from be ginning to end, a blunder for the advantage of a few. If men put their own prices on their wares, and cannot prosper after all, can anything be wanted to prove, that there is some inhe rent source of retribution, which makes the injury to others impolitic as well as cruel? ‘4 What would the farmers say of the fairness to all classes of a law which taxed home-grown earn for the sake of increas ing the sales of the manufacturing interest ; and what would they think of an interest which declared that nothing but the maintenance of such a tax could preserve it from destruction ? Would not they think that, like vermin in a core-stack, the sooner it was destroyed the better? But the grand argument with the farmers should be, that they have been retrograding and distressed themselves. Who made bread rise to the price it was at before ? If the dealers in London did not sell the corn that came into their hands under the shilling duty, it was because they doubted whether the demand for corn would not be greater; and it is doubtful yet. Do the farmers sell corn, when they expect prices will be higher; and is anybody such a dunce as to say they ought ?" _ _ - In further exposure of the monstrous injustice of claim ing for the landowners, or even for ti.e cultivators of the soil, exclusive privileges at the expense of the manufac turers, it is forcibly remarked— "lf a manufacturer were to write, The making of huck aback is the great art which every Government ought to pro tect; every proprietor of machinery to practice; and every inquirer into nature to improve ;' it would be exactly as true as the other, though not quite so sentimentzl. The fact is, we can neither do without corn nor without huckaback; the reasonable inference from which is, that we should try to have as much as we can of both. The same of all the other puffs of agriculture, ancient and modern." The hypothesis here assumed would, no doubt, excite the most unmeasured denunciation of landowners, yet the monopoly of corn is not a whit more justifiable in the ab stract, and infinitely more atrocious in its operation, than would be the monopoly of huckaback. To enumerate, much more expatiate on, the evils to the manufacturing in terests contingent on the operation of the Corn-laws, would be a task far too extensive for our limits. Suffice it, there fore, to say that our manufactures and commerce, to which all our prosperity is attributable—for it would be folly to suppose that England could ever become what she is by her agricultural exertions or capabilities —are gradually un dermined by foreign exertions, owing to the incubus laid upon our domestic labours by this abhorred and atro cious monopoly. Our science and industry have hi therto enabled us to maintain an unequal contest ; but even these, oppressed as they are by the starvation prices of food, are unable to bear us up against the efforts of other countries, which are all called into action solely by restrictions thus imposed on the manufacturing industry of Great Britain. Reserving the further consideration of the subject, we shall for the present conclude with the following extract : _ _ " The landowners, then, stand only on the inequality of their taxation, and give up the rest. And here there is no doubt the men of Manchester will be as ready to meet them as before. Let there be a revision of taxation and all other charges ; and it will be odd if it turns out, that the object of the landowners in excluding ever)body else from the making of the laws, was to damage themselves. The manu facturers are ready to agree to all that is fair ; only let there be an end of burning the house to roast the landlord's pig. They have lost the country the amount of the national debt over and over, sent the labourers into the poor-house, the merchants into the Gazette, and finally thrown the trade of the world into the hands of foreigners ; and now they tell us, they did it all as compensation for the extra taxation they choose to lay upon themselves. The sixteen hours of toil, and the infant slavery, if such things are, are only the direct consequences of the Corn laws. Nothing else could lay the labouring population under the temptation of submitting to such evils. The policy of the landowners is to take advantage of their own wrong, and throw the results of their own injustice into the faces of the classes they oppress. " Lay tax enough on home-grown corn, and see if sonic of the landlords do not talk of selling up and settling themselves abroad. The feudal cow-stealers complain they arc to be utterly sacrificed, to enable the owners to make a prafit to suit their estimate of the fitness of things. " The people may or may not know what hurts them. But as it is certain they know they are hurt, it would be the part of wise doctors to take down the mischief if they can, without waiting too _ long for the paticet's opinion of his disease."— Morning Advertiser. HoRAcE VERNON.—The fashionable roues of the day will do well to look about them ; for, if we are not mis informed, there has been " A chiel amang 'cm taking notes, And faith he'll print them," with the laudable and salutary object of showing up in its true colours the prevalent sy:tem of " victimising" the wealthy parvenu, which is pursued even by the most high born and high bred of our young nobility. The tale" Horace Vernon" is said to expose, in all its hideous forms, this fatal blot on our national manners ; and its author has, we un derstand, laid aside all scruples of false delicacy, and pointed at the living objects of his unsparing satire in a way that cannot fail to fix the public eye upon them. TILE NEW PEERAGE.—Mr. Lodge, the Claren cieux, has just presented the public with his beautiful an nual edition of his Peerage ; we believe that a more accurate, useful, and well arranged publicat'on never issued from the press, and it is with real Pleasure that we confirm the many high testimonials it has received from the whole of the contemporary press. Tho editor derives great ad vantage not only from his high office in the Herald's Col lege, but also from the immense number of communications received annually, direct from the nobility, who appear de sirous, by their co-operation, to render this the most authen- tic and correct work on the subject extant. It is not generally known that it contains a mass of family history, under the head of Collateral Branches of the Peerage, which could have been collected only by one to whom the highest sources of information were open. To professional men, merchants, and others, it must prove a very important and useful publication. TUE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1839 MONEY AND CITY NEWS. (FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.) HERALD.—The blustering elation by which the Go vernment organs have so much distinguished themselves within the past few days, in consequence of the quarterly returns for the public revenue having shown such a mighty increase as compared with the like period last year, has in effect turned out to be " the baseless fabric of a vision," in asmuch as we find that the Lords of the Treasury have been compelled to announce through their Comptroller, Mr. Higham, that the public expenditure for the past quarter has exceeded the actual revenue ; in consequence, there fore, the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund will have no thing to do until the sth of April, and then only if they have the means. This result has, however, been no matter of alarm, either on the Stock Exchange, or amongst the monetary inte rests, because it has been fully anticipated by well-informed parties. The opinion is still on the increase that the Government cannot go on during the present year without a loan, or some contingent aid. But doubts arc entertained by some, whether the present men in office possess sufficient of tIn J confidence of the monocracy of the country to obtain a roan, if wanted, on very easy terms ; in that case it is anticipated, prctited Mc present partics remain in power, that they will fall back upon the accumulations of the Savings Banks for •t.heir temporary aid ; a project which no honest financier would attempt, and which no House of Commons ought to tolerate, inasmuch as it is fraught with mischief, whilst it must tend to shake the confidence of the industrious contri butors in an institution which has hitherto been sanctified by the impression that Savings banks were in a great degree the best resource for the provident members of the industrial com munity, and that literally and essentially, under the law, they were the poor man's banks. We, however, can scarcely believe that any set of men pretending to be the advisers of th e British Crown, would dare to adopt such shutfi.n • ; me Ins of meeting the anticipated increase in the public ex pen- lit ore. It m ►y he as well to state that the purchases which have for some time past been made in the Three per Cent. Re duced Stook by the Government Commissioners, have been made, for C.c., most part, for account of the savings banks, and a portion for Government investments against grants of Long Annuities. Considerable sums, however, have lately been drawn from the savings banks and invested in public Securities by depositors direct. POST.—There %vas no materill, if any, change in the value of the English Securities to-day. Consols for Money closed at 92i to 4 ex-dividend, and 94i to -I for the open ing en the 16th inst. Exchequer Bills left off at 66 to 68s. premium, and Bank Stock at :103. Colombian, Portuguese, and most other descriptions of stock were rather more favourably quoted in the Foreign Market. There was, however, nothing new from the Con tinent, or from ally other part of the world to influence prices. The Five per Cent. Dutch Bands were last marked . _ 102 to 1 ; T.vo-enif;a-Half per Cent. ditto 54e to ; 13razdian 77i to 8 ; Mexican 241 to ; Columbian 28 to * ; Five per Cent. .Portuguese 328 to 338 ; and Active Spaiii;ll, with the overdue dividend Coupons, 178 to 8. The only new feature observable in the - Share Market was an advance which took place in the course of the after noon in the value of Great Western Railway. A meeting of the shareholders was held during the day at the London Tavern for the purpose of taking into consideration the statements of Mr. Wood and the other scientific gentlemen appointed to examine, and to report upon, the merits of this great undertaking, the result of which was expected to be favourable to the chief engineer, Mr. Brunel, and the Board of Directors. A ballot would, however, be taken. After the meeting broke up, the shares rose in the market to 13 to 14 prem., and we understood that scarcely any quantity was to be obtained, even at those prices. London and Brighton were done at 31 to 3 dis., London and Black wall at 14 to dis., London and Croydon at 7i to 7 dis., and Nora). Midland at 3i to 4 prem. per share. The damage done to the shipping by the late terrific gales as reported from different parts of the country, has necessarily caused much anxiety in the city, more particu larly at Lloyd's. The extent of the loss has been variously estimated, but some are of opinion, from all that has trans pired, that it can, in the aggregate,be but little short of half a million. The American packets which have suffered so severely are supposed to be covered by time policies princi pally in the United States, but the goods on board of them have, we believe, been ensured almost entitaly in London and Liverpool, and the amount, we are sorry to hear, is very heavy. The Pennsylvania had a full and extremely valuable cargo, none of which will be saved. No letter was received from the Lloyd's agent at Liverpool by either delivery to-day, and the fate of the St. Andrew, which sailed for New York subseqUently to the Pennsylvania is in the meanwhile undetermined. There is no reason whatever to conclude that she is lost. The Orford, which arrived from that port but three days ago, and which has bean dismasted, with six feet of water in her hold, had not time to discharge her cargo. This will, therefore, it is appre hended, turn out a very bad case. The Cambridge, which was loaded, and on the point of sailing for New York, was insured here yesterday evening at a very high rate of premium (35 guineas per cent.) ; but this vessel with her valuable cargo seems to have escaped the effects of the gale through the excellent seamanship of her Commander, who was on board, and his crew. It has been stated that Captain Burseley offered one thousand pounds for the use of a steam-vessel to tow the Cambridge out, as, from her situation, it was feared that she might ground and break her back on the ebbing of the tide. The less of the Brighton, from Bombay, will be very heavy. A gentleman who had taken his passage by the Pennsylvania, and had actually gone on board, but who, from sonic cause or other, had changed his intention and returned to town, gives the following as the list of passengers who did sail with Captain Smyth ; namely, Messrs. Parsons, Thomson, and Douglas, of New York ; and Mr. Souter, of Cartha gena, New Granada. For the satisfaction of our readers, we subjoin a list of vessels, every one of which were ready to put to sea for different parts of the world, but which had for several days been detained in the docks at Liverpool by contrary winds. They were all loaded and cleared, and it is gratifying to know that 'so much valuable property is safe : Cambridge, for New York Enterprise—ditto Liverpool—Boston I Duan—Batavia Minstrel—Philadelphia Black Swan—C. of G. Hope Algonquin—ditto Marmion—Canton Mathew Bell—Charlekon May Flower—Lisbon Fanny—ditto Superior—ditto Ruby—Savannah Ann Paley—ditto Queen Victoria—ditto Lynx—ditto Majestic—New Orleans Mary—ditto Chas. Humberton—ditto Cordelia—ditto North Britain—ditto Hardware—ditto Russia--ditto Wave—ditto Helena—ditto Active—ditto Wakefield—St. John's, N. B. Oporto—Oporto Clio—liallifax, N. S. Swift—Gibraltar John Scott—Rio de Janeiro Monkey—ditto Messenger—ditto C. Columbus—ditto Priscilla—ditto Vestal--Barcelona Chalco—Monte Video Lavinia—Bilboa Lucretia—ditto Princess Victoria—Malta Cabotia—Bahia Judith—Messina Guiana—ditto Clementine—Naples Chilton—Maranham Grecian—Trieste Calieta—Honduras Mary Ann—Genoa Sisters—Trinidad Favourite—ditto Little Catherine—Demerara Idontein—ditto Garrow—ditto Challenger—Constantinopl e Josephine—Barbadoes Eleven—ditto J ,, s. Wheeler—ditto Brenda—ditto Arethusa—ditto Science—ditto Ocean Queen—Jamaica I Intrepid--Leghorn Emtrald—fiavannah Huddersfieldi-Africa Harvest Home—St. Thomas's Stanley—ditto Lapwing—ditto 'Phomas Dempsey—ditto Eliza Killeo—ditto Damon—Jersey Venus—Valparaiso Speedy—Gijon John Scott—ditto Edward & Maria—St. Valcry Winscales_Sierra Leone La Clarisse—Rochellc Amelia—M3deir a fielligene— Havre Crusader—Bombay Actit—Ostend Broad Oak—ditto St. Antoines—Ant%lcrp Barbara—ditto Thalia—Calcutta Martin Johann—Amsterdam ,Hellichina—Rotterdarn Yesterday, about half-p as t twelve o'clock, a fi re broke out o n th e p rem i ses o f M r . H. Husk, chemi ca l dis tiller, situat e i n L ower F oie - street, Lambeth. Th e par i s h engine was first on the spot, and was speedily fol!owed by an engine of the London Fire Establishment from the Water 100-road stiktion, and several o thers, when the flames were soon got u n d er . The tin; a rose in consequence o f the overflowing of th e b o il er, w hi c h c ontained liquid o f a very inflammable nature, and wh i c h coming in c on t ac t with the fire was s oon i n a state of co nfla.,Aration. A per- . tion of the premises with the machinery connected with the boiler was entirely destroyed, and the amount of damage is about 150/. EXTENSIVE SYSTEMOF PLUNDER..—Yesterday Thomas French, a tniddle..aired man, was brought b e f ore at the NThames Police-office, on a ch arge of f lr sie ßa alhlllangatingre, great of mines and brandies from the quantity St. Ki:therin's Dock. Th e Superinten d ent o f th e D oc k police having stated the inculpatory facts on which the charge was grounded, Sir J. Hall, on the part of the St. Ka therine's Dock Company, applied for a remand. Mr. Ballan fne—What do you charg e him w ith ? Sir John Hall— With felony, most certainly. The 'misdemeanour is made out, according to the Act of Parliament, for he had the brandy unlawfully in his possession ; but we shall prove a series of felonies against him, I have no doubt. Mr. Rd ltintine—l shall certainly commit the prisoner for re-exami nation, for this is a case which demands a searching in quiry. The investigation excited a good deal of interest. THE COAL TRADE. Yesterday the Lord Mayor, upon entering the Justice room, said that he was obliged to avail himself of the oppor tunity his situation as Chief Magistrate supplied him with, to answer a great many respectable persons connected with the coal trade, who had written to him on the subject. " I have," said his Lordship, " been favoured with a great variety of correspondence, some of which strongly approves of the course I have determined to follow up; and some condemn that course, as well as the observations I have made on the subject as Chief Magistrate. One of those gentlemen who oppose my views has, in a spit it of candour and fairness, countered the arguments of defence of the system which 1 have denounced, and I shall take. an early opportunity of re plying to him in detail. Others who defend the combination amuse themselves by general abuse of the spirit with which I have taken up the question, while great numbers who sieve the matter as I do, encourage me to a still more vigorous attack upon the existing monopoly. I assure all parties that lem not asleep on the subject. I have been in frequent communication with coal-merchants of high respectability, who have expressed the most fervent wish to see the mono poly crushed, and to be permitted to purchase the commodity without being compelled to go to thy factors. These coal. merchants have stated to me that they consider it a very great hardship that they cannot deal in the article without the useless and cumbersome and expensive intervention of the factor. They say that they sustain great injury in this way. They are in the habit of entering into contracts to bring and deliver coals by a certain time, but they are compelled by the factors to wait for their turns, and by such detention as often takes place they frequently lose the sale. They are then obliged to apply to the factors to sell for them, and the factor disposes of them as he pleases. They cannot he!p, they say, yielding to the arrangements fur feeding the market, because, if they were to attempt to violat., them, their ships would have no business to go to Newcastle at all. Now, can any one doubt that such a system ought not to be destroyed ? The newspapers of the North are attacking me with all their spleen and violence, and the parties send me the articles in the expectation, I suppose, that I am to be deterred by their trash from adhering to my determination to oppose the monopoly. They will find themselves disappointed. The virulence of their attacks only convinces me the more that I knew where the shoe pinches. It is proper that I should men tion that I have received from Mr. Hume the evidence and reports of two Committees of the [louse of Commons, and oiler pipers relative to the trade. The Committee recom mend that a 13i11 should be brought in to abolish the monopoly which the evidence plainly proved to exist. They thought that no man's trade should be interfered with ; that everybi:dy should be at liberty to sell his coals when and where he pleased, and to demand any price he pleased ; but they also thought that coal-merchants should not be allowed to combine to prevent other's of the trade from selling when and where and at what price they pleased, and Mr. Hume proposed a Bill against combinations of the kind, as is the case with woikm-n. who are very properly interdicted from an injurious course r f a precisely similar character. I cannot see why on earth a coal- merchant is to be prevented from selling' his commodity to ths public at the price that suits his purpose. I know multi tudes who long fur the opportunity of doing so, arid all tlia , I can do shad be done to enable them to carry so great a public oi,ject into effect. But I shall by-and-by more completely expose the systein. I have to return my thanks to Sir John flail for an important communication on the subject ; and I also thank other gentlemen for many suggestions. If the ob ject I have in view caunot be obtained through the medium of the Government, it can be accomplished by the public them selves; and I am convinced that the public will support me in the effort to put an end for ever to a combination, certainly the most injurious to the public interests that ever was entered into. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF FELONY AND FORGERY. Mr. Rhodes, solicitor, Davies-street, Berkeley-square, caused Mr. Campbell, a medical man, No. 23, Wilton-place, to be brought befure Mr. D)er, Mr. Conant, and Mr. Cum ;,t Marlborough-street; yesterday, on the following charge :7.- M. Rhodes, some time ago, missed from his office a nmp of a Berkshire parish, and having reason to suspect it had been purloined by the defendant, he applied for and obtained a van-ant to search the suspecte4 party's house. The map has found, as also were a number of copies of title-deeds re lating to a large property in Berkshire, which Mr. Rhodes caused the officer to take possession of, and to produce to the Magistrates. Mr. Rhodt s having explained the ci rcumstances un d er which the stolen map had been found, said that he had made a discovery that the defendant was in league with a clerk named Butcher, ra in his office, and thr oug h hi s instruentalit, be had obtained possession of the deeds of the estate of Mr;Palmer, of Mime Park, Berkshire, which he had caused to be copied by a law stationer, for the purpose of concocting one of the blackest cases of fraud ever attempted. The copies of the deeds in question had been made with the view of extorting money from the present possessor of the estates, and notice had already been sent round to Mr. Palmer, to the effect that his property was in jeopardy : _ . - The defendant said he had dune nothing except in the fur therance of the irterest of his friend, a Mr. Cook, who laid claim to the estatcs. Mr. Dyer asked who Mr. Cuok was? Mr. Rhodes replied he was a mere puppet, put forward by the defendant. He would show to the Bench the clumsy man ner in which a document bad been forged by the pretended claimants of the property. - A deed was produced, purporting to bear the date of 1779, in which a provision regarding wi dows' dowers appeared, which was founded on an Act relating to fines and recoveries passed only two years ago. Mr. Dyer said it was a singular detection. It was the same as proving a will to be a forgery by showing that, though pur porting to be made twenty years back, it had been drawn up according to the provisions of the Act passed last Session. Mr. Rhodes said he charged Mr. Campbell with feloniously receiving or stealing the plan which the °nicer had produced. Mr. Campbell asserted that no felony had been intended. There was no attempt to evade the ends of justice, nor was it taken for any improper purpose._ . . Mr. Dyer—But you denied that you had the map? Mr. Campbell—l did so. Mr. Rhodes—Yon also gave me the most solemn assurance that a gentleman could make that it was not in your possession. It has been stolen within 18 months or two years. Mr. Dyer—The course of proceeding is quite clear. Some body comes hei e and swears that he believes a map or plan of Mr. Palmer's estate, which has been stolen, is concealed in Mr. Campbell's house. A search-warrant is grouted in the ordinary way,' and when the officer goes to execute it, he is told the map is not there. Mr. Rhodes—Not only this estate, but there are fifty others laid claim to in the same fraudulent way. Mr. Campbell—Not fifty—only three others. Mr. Rhodes—The Grand Jury have already found a true bill against Mr. Campbell and Butcher. The case, however, is even stronger if it is one of felony. Mr. Campbell—l have no objection to give up all further proceedings against Mr. Palmer on behalf of Mr. Cook. As far as Mr. Palmer is concerned, lam sure Mr. Cook will give up all title to the property rather than get me into trouWe. He has brought actions of ejectment, and Lord Tenterden, when he tried one case, said if he could prove possession of even a piece of land as big as his hand he was sure of a verdict. Mr. Rhodes—To all this I have a complete answer —the forged deed. This is the blackest case ever concocted by mortal man. _ Mr. Dyer ultimately said he should require Mr. Campbell to find two sureties of 1001. each, and hiMself in 2001. Mr. Campbell said he could not conveniently provide more than one surety. Mr. Dyer replied, if this surety was a person of undeniable respectability, he bad no objection to take him in the double sum. Mr. Campbell said he was in large practice, and he would pledge his honour to appear at any future time. Mr. Rhodes said, I am satisfied, from the smallness of the bail, that this case ia beaten.—The case for the present closed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. The mother of the widow of Edmonds, the chief mate of the Earl Moira, which was found water-logged at sea, and on board of which the bodies of some of the crew were found, together with part of the body of a boy, which had been cut to pieces, no doubt, to sustain the unfortunate men, applied to the LORD MAYOR for advice. She was now, with her children, actually in a state of starvation, having had no more than half a quartern loaf since Friday. The people of the house, too, in which she lodged, being poor, had threatened to turn her out on account of ar rears of rent ; so that her condition, with the child at her breast, which had no milk, was wretched in the extreme. The LORD MAYOR—Has application been made to the owners ? The applicant said that she had not received a fr.rthing, and that the last of fourteen pounds of coals which she had purchased had been burned. The LORD MAYOR and Alderman PIkIE directed Brand, the Marsha Nan, to visit the poor woman, and supply her with necessaries, observing at the same time that the case was one that could not be allowed to wait for an indolent or whimsical humanity. A gentleman requested the Lord Mayor's attention to the case of an impostor who was raising money about town by fraudulently getting subscriptions by means of an old sub scription list. The Lonn MAYOR said that he was every day making new diseo%eries of the genius of the clever fellows of the metropolis who lived by their wits. So boundless was the inventive faculty as regarded schemes fur picking people's pockets that if a man happened to be able to evade one stratagem he was almost sure to be caught by another. The plan just exposed was one that was calculated to lull suspicion completely, and be did not know how to protect the public against it except through the instrumentality of the Press. A notice of some geological and philosophical map-work had been left for him with one of bis servant., and he found that another had been transmitted to the Lady Mayoress, but a book of subscriptions would never conjure the money out of the pockets of either of them. _ A cab.drtver, the owner of No. 4,690, was brought before the Loin Mwvore, charged with having in a state of drunken ness driven his cab through the most populous streets on the preceding night, to the great hazard of the lives of the people. The cab was broken by coming in contact with other vehicles, and was taken to the green-yard by the officers, who carried the driver to the station-house. The cabman said that a customer had given him a little too much brandy, but he Ilas the only sufferer himself, for the cab which was knocked to pieces was his own. The LORD MAYOR fined him 55., which, with the expenses were paid. MARYLEBONE. TATTOOING BY MEDICAL STUDENTS.—Yesterday two pup : 1 s of a surgeon in the Edgware-road, appeared before the Magi trates, on a warrant, to answer the following charge, pte!err,:d against them by G. Weak, a boy between eleven and twel,e years oF age : It appeared from the evidence, that on Saturday afternoon last complainant went, as was his custom, for orders for bottles, when a thought suddenly came across the minds of the defendants that there would be no great difficulty in marking him - (complainant) in such a way as to leave 1:0 doubt with regard to his friends mistaking him for a thorough bred native of New Zealand. After some little con-ultation they determined upon carrying their project into executi , m, and accordingly Gill in, one of the lads, held complainant tightly down in a chair while Godwin, the other culprit; im printed on his cheeks with caustic the initial letters of his name. flaying performed this exploit, Callan wound up the matter by ‘• starring" him on the ear and rose, after which be got up, and made the best of his way home. The defendants made compensation in the sum of 51., and the alf.ir was thus settled. MA RLB OR( ILIG Ft - STREET. Helen Farrar, a young woman of dashi ng a pp earance , was brought before Mr. Dyer, charged with swindling. The prisoner, on Tuesday, went into the shop of an artificial flower-maker, named Webb, and represented herself to be Lady Like, of No, 9, Portman-square. She selected a quantity of flower.crnaments. The prisoner contrived to avert the atten - titan of the person who wmited upon her, and she secreted some wreaths and flowers. The prisoner went away ; and imme diately proceeded to the shop of Mr. 011ivere, music -seller, Burlington Arcade, and asked to see some new music. She handed the flowers to the person who attended upon her, with a request to have them put in paper. Having succeeded in withdrawing attention from herself, she stole three pieces of music, and then left the shop. The music having been missed the prisoner was followed, and she was found in the shop o' a jewelkr in the Quadrant, on whom she was about to practise the same fraud. She was remanded till Fiiday. UEEN. SQ UA RE. James Robinson, was yesterday charged with stealing a quartern of flour from Mr. Thompson, a baker, in Bond. street. The accused, in reply to the charge, said he was hu , gry. Mr. WurrE said he could not have intended to make a meal off raw flour, and therefore committed him for trial. [Raw flour being evidently convertible, with no great diffi • culty, into food, the worthy Magi-trate's reason for com mitting the hungry man, must have leen misunderstood by the Reporter.] On Tuesday, an adjourned inquest was held on the body of Ann Davis, a Jewess, aged fifty years. On the pro ions evening several witnesses were examined at very great length, from whose evidence it appeared that on the night of Thursday last the deceased was seen apparently in excellent health at her house. The following morning, at eleven o'clock, she was found dead in her bed. On the Coroner and jury viewing the body they were greatly sur prised at finding the bottom of both ears cut off. It was at first surmised that the earrings had been stolen, but it was stated by the deceased's sister that she never wore ar.y. The extraordinary mutilation of the body, coupled with the fact that a :sovereign and five shillings in silver, which had been seen in a pocket belonging to the deceased on the pravious evening, were missing, and two lodgers in the house found in a state of intoxication, the jury wished that the body should undergo a post ',torten& examination, when the Coroner issued his warrant for that purpose to Mr. Jones, surgeon, of Jewry-street. Last night that gentleman made his report to the jury, which was to the effect that the deceased's death had been caused from disease of the lungs. Verdict —" Natural death." The case has created consi derable sensation in the neighbourhood. " INSUBORDINATION" IN A WORKHOUSE.-- At the last meeting of Wandsworth Magistrates a pauper was committed for seven days to the House of Correction for " insubordinate conduct in the workhouse." The master of the workhouse deposed that, having received in formation that the prisoner had sold a pennyworth of bread to another pauper in the house, he went to him for the purpose of interrogating him upon the subject, but when he mentioned the matter the prisoner put his hands in his pockets and laughed at him. He then put himself into an attitude of defiance, and turned round to the other paupers with a gesture evidently intended to incite them to disobe dience and disrespect. In this case it appears the laugher was the loser. THE TIGER ESCAPE FROM WOMBWELL'S MENAGERIE.—On Tuesday G. Frederick Young, Esq , of Church-lane, Limehouse; late M.P. for Teignmouth, and a Middlesex Magistrate, waited on Messrs. Combe and Hardwick, at Lambeth-street office to consult with them as to the best means to be adopted to prevent a recur rence of what took place in his neighbourhood on Sun day night, and on a previous occasion, and to protect the inhabitants of the vicinity from the extreme danger and alarm to which they had been put on two different occasions by the escape of wild beasts from the mena gerie of Mr. Wombwell, which is situated on the north side of the Commercial-road, and quite close to the Regent's Canal-bridge. It was stated that, a few months ago, ft huge Polar bear made his escape from the yard of Mr. Wombwell, and its appearance abroad and unrestrained had not only created the greatest alarm among the inhabitants of that densely-populated neighbourhood, but an individual whom it attacked had most narrowly escaped with his life. The Magistrates, after consulting dif ferent law authorities on the subject, thought the shortest and best course for the inhabitants to pursue was to prefer a bill of indictment against Mr. Wombwell at the Sessions fora public nuisance. The Bench direCted at the same time that Mr. Inspector Simmonds, of the . K division of police, should call on Mr. Wombwell to caution him and his ser vants to be more careful in the interim as to the security and proper restraint of the animals. EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPT AT MURDER.— On Monday last Mr. Thomas, of Maccliynlleth, a solicitor, and Clerk to the Board of Guardians at that place, left t.t four o'clock in the afternoon for the purpose, as he stated, of seeing Captain Thurston, a Magistrate, and Chairman of the Board, who lives at Pennel, on business. On the road he drank to excess, and on arriving at the house, rode through a narrow passage into the kitchen, and asked for Captain Thurston. The coachman replied that he was in the dining-room, and that he must go to the front door, and took hold of the horse's head to push it out of the house as well as its rider. Thomas told hLn that if he did not immediately leave hold of the bridle he would shoot him. The coachman persisted, and even tnally closed the door, and instantly Thomas fired through the panel, and the ball lodged in the fleshy part of the coachman's arm. He then discharged another pistol without effect, and riding to the dining-room windows used most siolent language to Captain Thurston. The Captain fired a gun loaded with shot twice at the horse's legs, which made it gallop away, and Thomas was soon after secured by a constable, after he had been to two houses for the purpose of obtaining more powder. He had five balls in his pockets. On Thursday he was taken be fore a numerous bench of Magistrates, and committed to Dolgelly Gaol to await his trial on this serious charge, He has hitherto borne the character of a very peaceable man, and his hatred towards Captain Thurston is supposed to have originated in his opposition to his election, and since corresponding with the Commissioners to obtain his dis missal. The coachman is in no danger, and the ball has been extracted by Mr. Loyd, of Aberdevey.—Leeds In telligencer. A case came before the Magistrates at Worship street on Monday, in which a man named Strong was charged with assaulting a policeman. It appeared that Strong having suspected his spouse of being improperly acquainted with the constable, and determined to have sa tisfaction, invited the latter to supper, in-order, as he him self confessed, that he might make the policeman, who was a more powerful man than himself, drunk, so that he might have his revenge ! It turned out, however, that the police man got the better of it, as far as fighting went ; but wife, husband, and he having been locked for the night in the station-house, the female was fined by the magistrates 405., the policeman 10s., with orders to pay his share of the breakage occasioned during the fray ; while the husband was discharged, as it was considered he had received some provocation, although his wife and her supposed paramour stoutly maintained the contrary. DREADFUL EXPLOSION.-The immense tank, for holding a supply of water for the Gas Company, burst this (Saturday) morning about half-past twelve, carrying with it the whole of the walls by which it was surrounded. Fortunately there was only one man near the tank when it gave way (Alexander Angus). He had just left off pumping water into the tank, and was leaving the gate the moment the explosion happened. He is severely b ut not dangerously hurt. The tank was erected only a few weeks ago. It was circular, and measured sixty feet in diameter, by twenty-five feet deep. The water, at the Cute it burst, was within fifteen inches of the top. So terrible was the explosion that the whole of the walls were in one moment levelled to the ground and some of the stones thrown a distance of forty yards. The noise was heard in Union-street, and in the immediate neighbourhood of the works the inhabitants thought an earthquake had taken place. The cause of the accident is said to be the thinness of the plates, but at this late hour we can give no farther particulars.—Aberdeen Herald. John Nutt, coachman to Frederick Burmistcr, Esq., of Upper Wimpole-street, was on Monday cha:•ged, at Marylebone Police-office, with having caused the death of a cabman, named Hunt, by driving, while in a state of intoxication, his master's barouche against the vehicle of deceased, whereby the latter was thrown into the road, and the wheels of a third carriage passed over his body. The evidence was conclusive, but the prisoner was remanded, to await the result of a Coroner's inquest on the body. A person who was on the box with the accused at the time of the occurrence, and who also was drunk, was liberated on his own recognizances. SPORTIMN INTELLIGENCE EXTRA NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, 15.%) TUESDAY. The Hopeful Stakes of 40 sous. ft., for two yrs old. Last half of Ab; M. Duke of Grafton's ch. c. by St. Patrick, out of Problem ; Duke of Grafton's ch. f. by Vanish, out of Legend; Duke of Richmond's br. f. Sherbet, Lord Jersey's ch. f. by Plenipotentiary, out of Joanna; Mr. Howe's b. c. by Recovery, out of The Nun; Mr. Wreford's b. c. by Glencoe, out of ; Mr. \Vreford's b. f. by Glencoe, out Victoria; Lord G. Bentinck's gr. c. Grey Milton, Lord G. lentinck's ch. c. Capote, Lord G. Bentinck's b. c. Marinot, Lord G. Bentinck's b. 1. Crucifix, Lord G. Bentinak's ch. f. Rosa-Blanca, Lord G. Bentinck's br.' f. Caudle, Lord Exe— ter's c. by Mulatto, out of Agnes; Lord. Exeter's br. c. Helles— pont, Lord Lichfield's Sister to Phosphorus, Captain Gardnor's b f. Remorse, Mr. Greville's ch. f. Trojana, Mr. Greville's ch. c. Protons, Mr. Greville's ch. c. Perseus, Lord Chesterfield's f. Ka leidescope, Mr. Rayner's br. t. Ten Pound Notes, Mr. Thornhill's. b. c. St. Preux, Mr. Thornhill's b. f. Lantern, Mr. W. Edvtards's b. f. African Sal, Lord Lynedoch's b. c. by Jerry, dam Mandane, by Sultan ; Colonel Peel's b. f. by The Colonel, out of Mary Anne ; Colonel Peel's ch. f. by Velocipede, out of Malibran ; Mr. Watt's b. f. Sister to Carl. WEDNESDAY. The St. Leger Stakes of 25 sovs. each, for three years old ; colts, Bst. 71b ; and fillies, Bst. 41b. DJ. _ _ Duke of Rutland's Flambeau, Duke of Grafton's Montreal, Duke of Grafton's b. c. /Ether, by St. Patrick, out of Pastille ; Duke of Richmond's ch. c. Bulwark, Duke of Richmond's b. f. Mr. Bowes's b. c. Epidaurus, Lord Jersey's b. c. by Reveller, out of Joanna, Lord Jersey's b. c. by Cain, out of Sister to Cobweb ; Lord Exeter's br. c. by Sultan, out of Velveteen ; Lord Exeter's br c. Phosphorus, Lord Exeter's Tyrius, Mr. Forth's ch. f. by Taurus, out of Tontine ; Lord Suffield's Vernon, Mr. Watt's Cara. SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1839.-TUESDAY. The Clearwell Stakes of 30 30T3. each, 20 ft., for two yrs old; colts, Bst. /lb ; and fillies, fist. 51b. The winner of the July Stakes 71b. extra. T. Y. C. Lord Albemarlec Spangle, Duke of Grafton's ch. c. Ottoman, Duke of Grafton's oh. f. Currency, own Sister to• Courier ; Duke of Richmond's lir. f. Sherbet, Lord G. Bentinek's gr. c. Grey Milton, Lord G. Bentinck's ch. c. Capote, Lord G. Bentinck's b. c. Marmot, Lord G. Bentinck's hr. f. Crucifix, Lord G. Bentinck's Dreadnought, Lord G. Bentimek's ch. f. Rosa-Blanca, Mr. Sadler's Protector, Mr. Wrcford's b. c. by Glencoe, out of Margellima ; Lord Exeter' s b. c . b y R eve ll er , ou t o f Gal a ta ; Lord Exeter's Hellespont, Lord Exeter's ch. c. by Sultan, out of Marinello.; Lord. Exeter's oh. c. by Sultan, out of Ramona ; Lord Lichfield's Sister to Phosphorus, Mr. Bland, jun.'s, Miss Betsey, Mr. Wadeson's c. by Buzzard, cut of Margaret; Mr. Greville's Trojans, Mr. Gre ville's Proteus, Mr. Greville's Perseus, Mr. W. Edwards's b. f. African Sal, Lord Orford's gr. c. by Clearwell, out of Angelica; Colonel Peel's b. 1. by The Colonel, out of Mary Anne ; General Yates's b. c. Gibraltar, Colonel Peel's ro. c. by Augustus. out of Constaiftia, Mr. Worrall's Reindeer, Mr. Watt's Sister to Cara. lIOUGHTON MEETING, 1839.— MONDAY. The Cri`erion Stakes £f 30 sons. each, 20 ft., for two 'years From the Turn of the Lane in. Mr. S. Stanley's Crazy Boy . , Duke of Grafton's Ottoman, Duke of Richmond's Sherbet, Lord G. Bentiuck's Grey Milton, Capote, Marmot, Crucifix, Dreadnought, and ch. f. Rosa- Blanca ; Mr. Bowes's Black Beck and b. c. lUiddleham ; ' Lord Lichfield's e. by Belzoni, out of Zillah ; Lord Lichfield's sister to Phosphorus, Lord Jersey's Muley Ishmael, Lord Jersey's ch. f. by Glencoe, o ut of Sister to Cobweb; Mr. note's b. c. by Recovery, out of The Nun ; Mr. Sadler's Defendant, Mr. Wreford's b. 1. by Glencoe, out of Victoria ; Lord Exeter's c. by Reveller, out of Galata; Lord Exeter's Hellespont, Lord Exeter's Brother to Alemdar, Lord Exeter's ch. by Mulatto, out of Agnes; Mr. H. J. Smith's Somer. ford, General Grosvenor's b. f. Bounty, Mr. Greatrex's b. f. Po cahontas, Mr. Bland, jun.'s, Miss Betsey, Mr. Wadeson's c. by Buzzard, our of Margaret; Mr. Greville's Trojans, Proteus, and Perseus ; Mr. Harris's b. c. Mariner, Mr. Thornhill's St. Preux, Mr. Thornhill's Elphina, Mr. W. Edwards's c. Assassin, Mr. W. Ridsdale's gr. c. Florist, Mr. W. Ridesdale's b. c. Diderot, Lord Orford's gr. c. by Clearwell, out of Angelica ; Lord Orford's gr. C. Foundling, Colonel Peel's b. f. by The Colonel, out of Mary Anne ; Colonel Peel's ro. c. by Augustus, Out of Constantia ; General Yates's Gibraltar, Mr. Worrall's Reindeer, Mr. Watt's b. f. Sister to Cara. THURSDAY. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, for two yrs old. Ab. M. Mr. S. Stanley's Scintilla, Lord Albemarle's ch. c. The Orphan , Duke of Richmond's Sherbet, Lord G. Bentin;:k's Grey Milton, Capote, Marmot, Crucifix, Dreadnought, and Rosa-Blanca ; Mr. Bowes's Middleham, Lord Lichfield's Sister to Phosphorus, Mr' Sadler's Defendant, Mr. Wreford's b. f. by Glencoe, .out of Victo ria; Duke of Grafton's Ottoman, Lord Exeter's ch. e. . by SultaOr out of Datura ; Lord Exeter's Hellespont, Mr. Wadeson's e. by Buz zard, out of Margaret ; Mr. Greville's Proteus, and ch. c.. Perseus. THE MARKETS COAL MAR Per Ton. L d. Ad.iir's it) 6 Evirr's Hartley • 0 0 rii , ster 61,,rn Dean's Primrose ;8 6 Holy well Ma.n West Hartle). 2l 0 Wylie . .. Wills End Clark and Co lO 6 alls l' is d Gosforth 23 0 Walls End Heat in 2) 3 ;Ai:, emu uttioa Walls End Killingwortti vv..lls End Riddel's .., 21 0 Walls End Belmont vs ails End Braddyll's fietton 24 u , Ships arriveg since li :KE!. Jsn. P. Per Ton. .. 4 Walls Ecd ',1r. , . ell • 4 e n . WallaE m Helton ••••••••••••••• 2 4 g,'' Wall. En.. - ; Lambt.n 24 Walls End Buuers:Hetton., 24 , Walls End Stewart's 2l 9 Will, End Hartlepool 24 9, N., ails End Barrington Tees 22 Walls End Cragwood 22 g 9 Walls End South Durham..., 13 " Walls End 'l',.•,- Walls End Tennant ,, .3 v Walls;Enn West Helton Walls End West Tees ... 2 Brampton Main l7 9 Blythe l7 9 ;at marKet-itty, I COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURINI Vviieat. bariey. I Oats. Per Quarter Andover --.... s. to s. 22 '3O 5. to R. 25 16 22 2t; 31) 20 25 26 30 20 30 23 26 22 29 28 31 20 26 22 29 20 27 20 28 28 32 20 24 2'2 32 17 28 20 25 22 26 ; 21 22 65 70 132 361Z0 32 CHELTENHAM MARKET: a. O. to s. d.; Per 9 6 I 1 6; Beef 3 9 4 9 Mutton 2 9 4 0 Veal 4 6 5 9 Pork 9 5 6 Lamb • 31.105. to 41. 15d. per tun. HULL MARKET.—Jan. 8. Wheat, Old 68s. 703. 7:.s New (Ps. Foreign s —s bond... —s +4. Oats, Poland s 20s. 225.......01d. 23s. 21 , . Small or Feed —s. I7s. 18s I s -- Foreign —s. s. s —B„ b A Barley, Norf. & Suf Boa. 323. 335. Linc. & Wold —s. 20s. ;:t3; --Foreign Beans - 6s. 38s. 425. Foreign 263. 281 30'. Pease, White.... '3(a. 38s. 40s. Grey 203. 28s. Tares 3S- . 41s. 42a Foreign s Rapeseed. In bond none. Free, per last 2.V. Os 33' rtirmingttam---- Bridport Cirencester -- Faringdon...--- Guildford - 33 32 40 - 4g - Hereford --. Highwerth Maidenhead Monmouth...- iv Reading 34 44 34 40 33 42 41 4R Salisbury...* Southampton Stroud Tewkesbury Uxbridge --..... Wantage-. 23 4 ..... 70 74 63 72 67 70 - 40 26 32 24 34 27 34 Warminster ....--. Wind50r.........—. 33 42 36 40 -- 35 Worcester.--......... Per Bushel Wheat dinky ()ate Beans . Cease Hay PLATED CORNER DISHES, SEVEN GUINEAS the SET.—A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Mann" facturing Silversmiths, N o . 14, C orn hill, Lo n d on (opposite the Bank of England), submit for choice in their Plate Rooms, man/ patterns of strongly Plated Corner Dishes, with Silver Handle and Shields, for Engraving, from 7 Guineas to 10 Guineas the S of four ; by removing the handles from the covers, eight dish , " are formed when required. N.B. A Pamphlet of the Prices of Plate may be had on application. GENTLEMEN'S ELEGANT FLAT GOLD WATCHES are offered, price Nine Guineas each, of a size, suited to wear in the waistcoat pocket, engine turned cases, ham enamel dial, and hand to mark the seconds. 4 .The movements are on the celebrated horizontal construction, with going fuzee to con' tinue going while winding, jewelled, &c., and warranted, at ' l. • COX SAVORY'S, Watchmaker, &c., No. 47, Cornhill (seven doors from Gracechurch-street ), London. N.B. Second-hand Watches, Plate, &c. purchased in exchangei. Ti TR THS. On the 7th inst., in Camden-place, Bath, the lady of Myna* Baskerville, Esq., of Clyro-court, Radnorshire, of a son and heir- On the 7th inst., in Bryanston-square, the lady of Samuel Jau don, Esq., of a daughter. In Endsleigh-street, on the 7th inst., the lady of J. Ramsey , Esq., of the General Post Office, of a son. . _ On the 7th inst., at Muswell Hill, Hornsey, Mn. E. L. Mot-. gan, of a (laughter. On the 7th inst., at Hawford, the lady of Captain Charles Pear' son, of a daughter. On the 6th inst., the Countess of Arran, of a son. MARRIED. On the sth of January, at St. Mary's Church, Cheltenham, by the Rev. C. Otway, A.M., the Rev. F. A. Murray Patten, of Eastham, in the county of Meath, to Elizabeth, eldest surviving daughter of the late Lieut.-General Laye, of the Royal Artillery. At St. James's, Westminster, Henry, second son of James Stan brough- Esq., of Isleworth, to Manley Emily Isabella Mathildep youngest daughter of Henry Frederick de Wolmar, Esq., Bombay. On the Bth inst., at St. George's, Bloomsbury, W. Henri Smith, Esq., of Woburn-square, to Anne Frances, eldest daughter of the late Thomas Irwin, Esq., of Swansea, Glamorganshire. At Clondon, Surrey, on the 4th inst., William Kerrison, jun. , Esq., to Caroline, youngest (laughter of the late Jas. Cowan, Esq• D It I) On the 29th ult., in Park-place, Stoke, aged 90, the Rev. John Strode Foot, of Thor, near Plymouth, and Vicar of Liskeard , Cornwall. On the 3d inst., in Coburg-street, Leeds, aged 75, George Whitehead, Esq. On the 3d inst., George Taylor, Esq., of Beaufort-row, Chelsea. At Kendal, on the 4th inst., Mrs. Thomasin Richardson, relict of the late William Richardson, Esq., aged 82. On the 7th inst., aged 31, Emma, the wife of Thomas Gooch► Esq., Stockwell, Surrey. On the Bth inst., in Wharton-street, Rosa Brent, aged one year and five months. On the Bth inst., in Chester• place, Kennington, bliss Sophia Exeter, aged 70. On tbe'4th inst., Isabella, the wife of Henry John Gore, Esq., surgeon, of the Steyne, Worthing, Sussex. On the 4th inst., Elizabeth, relict of the late Richard Williams, Esq., of West-street, Hackney, aged 4. On the 4th inst., &rah, the wife of Caleb Harvey Brook, of Claremont-place, Pentonville. At Bath, Jane Nicolson, second daughter of Mr. Lionel Lee. At Florence, on the 22(.1 of Uccembee, the Rev. Hugh James Rose, Principal ui King's C.,ilege. On the 12th of November, at St. George's, Grenada, Fe lis Palmer, Esq., many years a resident in that island. On the 6th inst., in George-street, Hanover-square, Miss Wing field, aged 86. On the 7th inst., aged ii 6, James West, Esq. On the 7th inst., in Kensington-square, Bathsheba, the widow of Henry Penny, Esq., late of the SPIT(' place, aged 89. London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of N• 112 Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the mud of Middlesex.—Thursday, January 10, IV3O. THE WEEK Beano. I'ta~z• 6. to L. ...... .... -.--- - 7 34m i 35 -" .0 0 .0.... 42 3 - 3 48 ..... - 46 41 d. to d 61 9 7 7 6 0 S 0 0 r i flo ut the bush vrhie fault they will a% ti whie wker aceol detai betel Dire, is or in of and t prop, In th panic recta right in p ai and i the sl De finder I ope n of lift but . 1 %ra n , lady, tends notict arauso held i Git Elder Port, N.] allovr4 exteo I. 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