The Sun. — London, England, 1821-12-18 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOUItNALS. DAILY• EXVIACTS FIIOM THE MORNING - P.I.PERS December IS. [NEW TIMES.] We are' not of opinion that the foreign policy of France will be much varied by a mere change of the individuals who occupy seats in the Ca binet. If Russia, in the pUrsult of a mad and - wicked ambition, or at the instigation of a fana tical bigotry, determines to attempt making her self mistress of Constantinople, the Continental PoWers 'must be involved in warfare ; and France, whoever are her'Ministers, must take part in the general conflict. We should lament this consequence ; but we' do .not believe that any French Minister could do much to retard, or even to alter the direction of hostilities. France 'Would probably side with Russia against Aus tria, and the more readily if the • latter power were. supposed to act in union with'England.— We conceive, howeVer, that the nature of the, contest, and our insular position together, would enable us safely to abstain from interference illoCh longer than any other great power ; and, 0:ould we eventually be involved in the contest, the party to which the French Ministers might happen to belong, would be a matter of very secondary consideration. [THE TIMES.] We have still to record the continuance of the djsorders by which Ireland is desolated ; and as yet can see nothing of the effect which should, have been produced by the application of cor rective measures. All is still plunder, menace, and mitrder. Any one on.seeing the Irish Jour nals might forget for a moment that he was read ing the acts of a people so near our own hearths, and subject to the same Government with our selves; and would suppose, if the narrative were iiot fabulous, that it related events which had taken place amidst barbarous tribes in the heart of Africa. That some falsehoods and ekaggerations may adorn the tale, is far from improbable; but enough of truth still remains to affect the mind with sorrow and shame. The incessant demand for arms, constantly repeated, would indicate the ap proach of yet greater disorders, were it not almost certain that Government must at least be forward enough to suppress evils, the preparations for which are only now organizing. All that we would caution the public against supposing, is that the mischief is terminated, merely because its ebullitions are suppressed by force. If tran quillity were at this moment restored, still the causes which have provoked the tumult would remain complete and undiminished ; and it is to the removal of these that a provident and wise Administration should point its attention. The country seems to expect much from the talents and experience of Lord Wellesley, and there is enough in the present - state of Ireland to exercise the greatest abilities. [MORNING POST.) The long expected explosion has taken place, and the French Ministry is dissolved. The boast and threat of the late Keeper of the Seals I , 'lave not been realised. He had opposed the enjoyment of the King's confidence to the di.'4lpprobation manifested by the Chamber, and had menaced the Deputies with political dissolution, if they did not speedily alter heir conduct. Repeated defeats having shewn that they were not to be intimidated, and that the union formed between the Ultras and the Liberals was of 'a more lasting nature than had been anticipated, the Ministers learned at last that in a free country something more than Royal favour is necessary to support an Administration, and that when it has lost the confidence of the nation and of its representatives, it has lost the only basis on which a Government can or ought to stand. How the change which ensued was effected, whether by voluntary resignation on the pa:t of the Ministers, or at the express command of the King, has not yet been clearly ascertained, The former is the more probable, as his Majesty Mime his return in 1815, had clung to the men of the revolution with a degree of attachment which betrayed no small fear and distrust of the Royal ists; The importance of the mode, however, is ,nothing. when compared with that of the' change itself. The Ultras are for the first time in the full enjoyment of power in the land of their forefathers. For them, the Revolution- is at last finished, and the Mo narchy completely restored. Hitherto all was dark before them: they had returned from the lard of exile, but the mark of banishment was still upon . them. They were admitted near the Throne, but the Throne trusted them not. 'They Lad seats in the" Legislature,- but it was to make thei t loyalty , subservient to the purposes of - the Revolution. Caressed and trodden down by turns,...they were holden - up, to the people rather as enemies who had stolen into their bosom, than as • persecuted men restored to the soil and the air,:of;their, country, the only blessings which they were allowed to enjoy. They were repre sented as . dangerous' because they had 'been in jured, and the ear of the peasant and the King was poisoned against them. These days of trouble and of injustice are passed, and that of trial .and of proofis arrived. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] " • The King of Franeehas at•length found, him self under the necessity of dismissing his• Minis ters. A new AdMiniStration his- been' formed, taken, as our readers will perceive, from the party -of the:,'Ultra. Royalists, This. event has been 'very generallyanticipated as the. necessary result of- the Address "of - the Chambers ;_ for no one could supposo-• that an overwhelming majo rity, produded“ by •the union of •the two great parties which.divide.France between them, could be:redecod-Ao a minority by the ordinary means, or:thaVa •new Election under•the existing law would.have altered , the matter; and the attempt to ,overttgn the. Constitution, and bsubstitute ano ther- by Royal Ordonnarree,..with . a different plan of aleetionj through threatened bythe late Minis tersovos evidently too -hazardous An .experiment, pax-tie - Wally:lathe present posture of affairs in Eu- %: 7 ;'; rope. This change 'will soon probably lead lei most important consequences. in the first place the Ultras are pledged to a foreign policy more suit able to the national glory and reputation. To be consistent they must let the power of France be immediately felt in Italy and in Greece. They are pledged to this, and it is clearly their interest to 'make good their pledge. They are opposed to a party which even The Courier allows to con sist of " nine tenths of the people," and with such fearful odds against them, it would be mad ness to run counter to the national feeling. if they do not appeal powerfully to this feeling, and endeavour to gain for France her old as cendancy in Europe, their rivals will obtain an easy victory over them. [MORNING HERALD.] We do not think the fall of the late French Ministry is to be lamented. They were mere manceuvrers, with no real national support, hay ing at their back in the Chamber, for the most part, actual or expectant Placemen, playing the right and left against each other, until the two adverse parties, like the English and French armies in Shakspeare's King John, formed a mo mentary junction, in order to take the Ministerial benches by storm from their actual occupants, and afterwards determine who should be the ultimate possessors. One important good is likely to be the result. The Ultra party is pledged to discontinue the Censorship of the Press. It is true that promises made in oppo sition are frequently retracted, or eluded, when the parties change places. But we believe the Ultra Members will not violate their pledge.— They possess several political writers of great zeal and talent, and they exaggerate the in fluence which they will be able to exercise over opinion. The question respectin g the Censor ship will soon come before the Chamber, and resolve this important point. The Commission of Members to which the projel of the late Ministers for continuing the Censorship was referred, has unanimously rejected it. For some time the new Ministers will probably have majorities in the Chamber—whilst they propose, as no doubt they will, some popu lar measures. But as soon as they enter upon the system of bringing back France to what she was before the Revolution—a plan entertained by them in I)Mo—the Chamber and the nation will take the alarm, and the freedom of the Press, should they permit it, as they have promised, will be itself a main cause of their overthrow.. [BRITISH PRESS.] , It would, we think, be too mach to expect that because the present Ministers of France have, condemned their predecessors for certain acts of foreign policy, they are therefore bound, on assuming the reins of Government, to disturb the harmony now subsisting between France and Austria, by requiring the latter withdraw her armies from Italy. With regard to Turkey, in deed, there is still ample time to prove the power and policy of France. A foreign war, no matter for what object, would, we believe, be popular in France, and there is no doubt that the Ministers would'' win golden opinions" of the multitude by giving the French armies an opportunity of win ning new laurels upon the great theatre of Eu rope. But it would be lamentable if the peace, which has but just given a breathing time to the world, should be endangered by the rashness of inexperienced Ministers, or the ambition of mi litary adventurers ; or that a party having, by a dexterous manceuvre, succeeded in removing their political rivals, should, without having one national cause for quarrel, or one principle to contend for that required a sacrifice, think it incumbent upon them, for the consisten cy of their characters, to plunge their coun try into the dangers of an unnecessary war. It is probable that they who have helped them to place expect to witness a great change in the foreign relations of the French Go vernment, and possible that the Ministers may be unwilling to disappoint their friends, and thereby endanger the continuance of their au thority. There is certainly something to be ap prehended, and the juncture will demand the utmost firmness on the part of the other Govern ments of Europe. It is said that the law lately proposed for•continuing the Censorship of the Press will be abandoned. We hear that the mail coach from London to Manchester is to perform the journey in twenty hours; consequently the mail from Loudon will arrive in Macclesfield at two o'clock, and in Manchester at four. This alteration is, we hear, likely to take place in -the cot:rse of a week or two. Lighter coaches have been built for the purpose, and.it is said that the Post-office is to make some additional allowance for this extra speed.—( Liverpool Mercurj.) Mn. AND AIRS. TowEas.—Since our last, we have received a few more particcaars of the me lancholy catastrophe at Kendal. It appears that Dr. TOWERS, his wife, and his wife's mother, Mrs. Gore, had spent the evening at a friend's house, where some angry words passed.— On corning home, they went into the, kitchen (the parlour fire, probably, having gone out), and there Dr. TOWERS saw one of his books lying on the table. Ile immediately observ ed, that the servant had been to his book case and taken out the book. Mrs. Towers re plied, that it was she herself who bad taken the book out of the case and had left it on the table. The Doctor, with a wildness which indicated ,insanity, said, 44 I'll stop your prate, madam," and went up stairs for a brace of loaded pistols, with one •of which he shot his amiable lady through the head, before the face of her mother, and then attempted to shoot himself in a similar manner : ' he fell, but the ball only grazedhis ear and the side of his head. The servant ran out for assistance, and when some friends arrived, there lay Mrs. TOWERS, dead ; her husband wounded, senseless, and bleeding ; and Mrs. Gore under the influence of a fainting fit—a : most distressing scene. The un happy man has since= been lodged in Appleby gaol, under the coroner's warrant, on acharge of wilful murder, . where he is at present watched, bbth night•and. day, to prevent suicide.—(C ar ale Patriot.) LAIIT lIITELLICIENCt VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Dcc. 17• ORD V. NOEL. The Vic E-CIIANVELL na gave judgment this morning upon the petition of thy plaintiff in this case, praying for leave to file a bill oftreview. The plaintiff had betonie PurChaSer of lands 'sold by the trus. tees of the defendant, but having failed to obtain performance of the contract of sale, he filed his bill in Chancery. His Ho.. nour refused to give relief, on the ground that the sale had been improvident on the part of the trustees, who had sold in one lot, instead of several lots , as advertised • and who had sold in the face a a declaration by Sir Gerard ! Noel, that the title would not be made good. The plaintiff having purchased with the knowledge of those acts of improvidence, had no title to relief from a court of equity. Application was afterwards made by petition for leave to file a bill of review, on the ground that Mr. Middleton Noel had confirmed the sale by acts to which he was cognizant. Those acts were endeavoured to be proved by bonds and deeds which were executed in the transactions with the house of Coutts . and Co. The VICE-CHANCELLOR said those documents did not in the least alter his view of the question. He dismissed the"pe. tition with costs. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DEC. 17.. Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury. HOUSE OF COMMONS PROSECUTIONS. TEE KING V. GEO. PATRICK DUNN. This was an ex officio information for perjury. At the last general election, in the year 1818, Mr. Evelyn, Mr. Graham, and Sir Walter Stirling, were candidates, for the borough of St. Ives. Mr. Evelyn and Mr. Graham were the Members re turned, and a petition, charging bribery and undue influence, was presented on behalf of Sir Walter Stirling. The petition so presented was duly referred to a Committee, and the defend ant,_ in his evidence before that Committee, was guilty of the perjury in question. The gist, of the assignment was this :—The defendant swore that, on a certain day, to wit, on the Ist March, 1818, one Mr. Ilalse, an agent to the fortunate candidates, told several voters " that there was no time to be lost, and that if they did not vote soon, they would not get any thing;" and further that, upon the same day, at or after a dinner given by Mr. Ilalseat Ins house, certain voters applied for tickets, entitling them to liquor at different public-houses in town, and received such tickets. There were other points, also, as to certain expressions said by the defendant to have been used by Mi. Graham. To negative the above quoted assertions of the defendant, witnesses were examined at very considerable length. The evi dence for the prosecution lasted nearly eight hours ; but its de tail was wholly uninteresting. Mr. lIARRisoH, at half-past five in the evening, addressed the Jury on the part of the defendant. The Learned Gentle man spoke for a period of two hours, and insisted that his client, however mistaken as to dates, places, and precise expressions, had not substantially deviated from ie truth : he might have erred as to immaterial points, but there was no ground for charging him with wilful perjury. Witnesses were then called on behalf of the defendant, whose evidence - lasted until half-past ten at night. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL took an hour in reply. The LORD-CHIEF JUSTICE summed up the evidence, which in many points wascontradictory. The Jury, after a few moments' consideration, found the de fendant—Guilty. The trial altogether occupied the Court from 9 in the morn ing until half-past 12 at night. The ATTORNEY-GENEUAL, the SOLICITOR-GENERAL, Mr. LUNE, Mr. GURNEY, Mr. LITTLEDALE, Mr. AL DERSON, and Mr. SHEPITARD, were Counsel for the Crown; Mr. Hmtitisoz; and Mr: PAIIEE appeared for the defendant. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DEC. 17. POLICY OF INSURANCE. LUCKOCK AND OTHERS V. ELACKWALL. Mr. Sergeant LENS said, that this was an action brought by the owners of the ship Oramoctoo, upon a policy of insurance to the amount of 6,0001. upon the vessel in her homeward voy age from Bombay to any port in the United Kingdom. He in formed the jury that the ship was a New Brunswicker, had been insured as such, but, owing to the heavy effects of tern. pestuous weather, which compelled the Captain to steer for Maranham, it was found that the ship could not be adequately repaired there, and the Captain liad'no alternative but to trans nut an abandonment, and sell the ship. Being at a loss to an. ticipate the defence to this action, he should merely proceed to call his evidence, and reserve hiins2lf for a reply. Captain Richard Strickland deposed, that he was master of the ship. She was built at - 11rwel3rtinseitick, and was 400 tons burden, made of black birch, pine, and another kind of wood. She had been repaired and put in good condition at Liverpool, and he sailed with her then to Bombay, which voyage she per formed very well. She stood at Lloyd's in A. 1. He returned with he equally well to London in 1818; she was then char tered from Cork to St. Helena, with troops. Previous to that voyage she was surveyed, and found in good condition. She sailed quite well on the St. Helena voyage, and back again to London in 1819. She was put into dock then in London, and 300 sheets of copper put on her. He then went with a • cargo to the Cape of Good Hope and Isle of France : on that voyage she made some water in the stem, going out; it was in the end of September, 1819; he had her calked and re paired at the Isle of France, in consequence; she was found sound, and he carried her on to Bombay, where he arrived in April, P 4 1 ., She was then much in the same state as in the Isle of France; and had made a little water. There was no time at Bombay to do any thing for her; nor was it necessary, as they sailed from thence to Rio de Janeiro in May, in ballast.— They met very bad weather near the Cape on the voyage from Bombay to Rio, and the vessel laboured much, and still made water; they reached Rio at the end of August. The weather they encountered was such as to strain a sound vessel. At Rio they stopped for two months, andstripped off about five sheets of copper on each side, and calked her very sound ; they did not examine her timbers then. They left Rio on the 4th of November, with a cargo of sugar, coffee, and cotton: they met bad weather on the 2d day after sailing, and it lasted then for 24 hours. They had subsequently a recurrence of bad weather, and the ship made considerable water. About the 11th or 12th of December, the leak increased from the severity of the wea ther, with a heavy sea, and the ship became so steamed, that he was obliged to bear up on the 12th' to • Maranham, and arrived there on the 25th. Going into Maranham, after they had a pi lot on board, the ship struck several times, the pumps were kept going, and some of them because damaged. He called a survey of the ship - at Maranham, before the British Consul and agent of Lloyd's ; she was surveyed twice, and declared to be injured, so that it became necessary to take out her cargo, to survey her a thitd time to ascertain if the planks were sound : they were sound, and the leak discovered to be under the star. board fore-chains, near the surface of the water, which would necessarily be under the water when the ship was laden. The leak was at a place where two planks met. There were no planks found unsound, except one above the water consider ably, and abaft the fore-chains on the starboard side, which was taken out. The leak could not have been occasioned by the unsound place of which he spoke. The vessel could not be re. paired at Alaranhame for she required to be heaved down. Cross-examined.e.erks log was in Court with his owners ; he had not read it of la* ,He knew the ship in 1817. Troops to St. Helena were- a 14/S,V , loacl_fer a vessel. They had a fine , outward voyage to litfenbity, notwithstanding winch they had to pump the ship for a number of days : she made water every day while lying at the Cape, perhaps eighteen inches When at anchor in the bay. At the Isle of France her cop per was slipped down at• each. side about ten feet, and the ship calked, during the fortnight they remained there ; she made a little water after her cargo was discharged. When he arrived at Bombay, thought she made water, he had no re-., pairs done. On the voyage back from Bombay to Rio, the weather was very fine, but nevera;less the ship made above 1J inches water, and they were obliged to pump ; they had, how ever; some heavy gales off the coast of Malabar : there was not a single day from Rio to alaranhant in which they did not pump, in good or bad weather.. It was because the leak in creased fast. that lie bore up to Maranham, though it was re commended by persons there, Who wished the ship careened, and her keel examined: he did not say then " that her timbers were as rotten as muck, and that if he kicked them they would smother him with dust ;" but he did see some timbers rotten, and had he ascertained that to be their state before, he should 'not have considered the ship seaworthy. Black birch was good timber under the water, anst . not so above. Ile could not ' say that the ship without her cargo ould have reached England : it was,"howevere possible she might .have, made the voyage in ballast. • • Re-examined.-=Where the ship made the leak, the injury was not material; the lower timbers were sound. It might have been worth while to bring the shin home in ballast : it might or might not have been effected in safety without repairs. • Wm. Hooper said, he was second mate on board the ship In 1819 and 1820. According to appearance, he thought her sea worthy ; in the outward voyage to India, she made a little more water than ships ought to do, but not at all dangerously. Ife 'then described,• as the former witness -had done, the sort of weather the ship encountered on ; the outward and. homeward . voyages. _ • Cross-examined.—He admitted that the ship made water every day, but not dangerously. - On being shewn the log-book; lie said it was very probable the ship did make 28 'inches of water in a quarter of an .hour, . after they a ailed . from Rio, but It was when the storms compelled than 16 bear up la Ma ranham. Wm. Tom had assisted in examining the 'ship at Maranham; 'he found decayed timbers in her, but quite above water. He did not think there was timber at Maranhp.na fit to repair her. 'He thought they took, in the result, under all the circumstances, the best - course with the ship in selling her. He should have "done so with a vessel of his under similar circumstances. Cross'-examined.—The 'vessel was lying, when last he saw her, at Niaranham, without her masts. ' Probably 'she might haVe been brought home without a cargo, but lie thought it ra ther dubious ; he spoke without reference to the insurance. He did not inquire at the place whether there was any such wood as wouldsepair the ship so as to insure her voyage home. Mr. Mitchell, the surveyor for rating ships at Lloyd's, said, the ship Oramoctoo deserved the character A 1, in the books. He surveyed her in November, 1818, and she deserved the character he gave her for a year. Mr. William Walker surveyed her for Lloyd's in 1817, and put her in A I, which she would be entitled to hold for about two years. Mr. Hawk& examined her at Deptford, in November, 1813, to see if she was fit to convey troops to St. Helena, and found her to be a sound ship. William Iles, of Blackwall; proved the calking of the ship in 1819, and the fitting on some new copper. Cross-examined.—There were no orders to examine the ship generally, for a substantial repair. . The repairs of the vessel in Liverpool, in 1817, were also proved ; and different depositions put in and read, respecting the condition of the ship both at Rio and Maranham ; and let ters from the Captain to his owners, describing the water which the ship admitted while sailing in ballast from Bombay to Rio, and intimating his intention to repair at the latter place. Mr. Serjeant LENS, for the defendant, contended the vessel was obviously not seaworthy when she sailed from Bombay ; for by the 19g-book, and the Captain's own account, lie effected no repairs at that port before he sailed from India, though his ship had been leaky throughout her outward bound voyage in very fine weather, and in a smooth sea. He also ridiculed the idea that the hip could not have been brought home from Maran ham, if the parties did not prefer availing themselves, if possi ble, of the 6,0001. insurance. The Learned Serjeant concluded 'by stating, that he should call a witness to chew that the re pairs might have been made at Maranham. Capt. Daniel Wilmott said, that he .neVer saw better conve niences for repairing ships than at NI aranham : lie had repeat edly seen vessels repaired there, and hove 'down : he had done so to his own ship there,. and seen a sloop of war also refitted. Mr. Serjeant LENS, in reply, contended that no part of the evidence went to establish unseaworthiness when the ship act out upon her voyage from Bombay. If, then, she were not liable to the operation of such , an objection, the policy was 'valid, and the plaintiff entitled to recover. . Lord Chief Justice DALLAS commenced his charge to the jury at half-past five o'clock. He observed, that the only main question here for the jury was, whether or not the ship was sea worthy when she sailed from. Bombay ; and upon that point, late as the hour was, he should have to read over the evidence to the jury. The Learned Judge then detailed the evidence, and left it entirely to the jury to say whether they considered a vessel, which took in water so unusually, could be deemed sea worthy; and whether the captain had done every thing which ought to have been expected from him, under the circumstances in which he arrived at Maranham. The Jury, after a few minutes' consultation, returned a ver dict for the defendants. PRICK OF HOPS, per Cwt., Dec. 15. ` Pockets. I Bags - . - Kent.. 21 UN a3l 18s a5l Os Kent .. 21 los a3l 10s a4l 13s Sussex.. 2i 4s a3l Os aSi 8s Sussex 21 Os a2l lOs a2l 135 Esscx .. 21 145 a3l lOs a4l 4s Essex.. 21 10s 'a 81 Gs aSi Ifis - Farnham, fine, 71 to 101 os—Seconds. 41 10s to 71 is • Old Daty'laid at 154;6(191. Ins. - Bid. SEEDS. Dec. 17. .. . Red Clover (Foreign) 305 4-1. , 4. 55, 603 64 . s.per cwt. Ditto English White ditto 5.1% 66s ;as to 64, Rye-Gross ... —s 25, to 30s per qr. Turnip Seeds. —; Oil 32s 40s to 44s pr. 611)0. White Mustard Seed u s 5, 9;10s Brown ditto B, 10, 124 i 5s Od • Bed and Green ... =--s (Id to —4 cid Carraway Seeds 64s to 66s—fine, ti7s Coriander do los 13s 155 His Cinque loin (NJ 385 tO 4is 041 per 9 r. Trefoil • per cwt.... lOs Itis to iis 9.4 i per cwt. Ringrass ........ Canary ' per yr 45; 50s to 52s Odperqr. Linseed 271 tcp 191 per Last. , Rape seed .. Winter Tares 3s 4s to is Gd v e r qr. SMITHFIELD ALARKET.—Dec. 15. (To sink the Offal—per Stolle of albs.) • Beef 2s Od to 3s ad Veal Mutton .... 4s 0(1 to 3s 4d I Pork is 13d to 4s od Lamb Os od to Us od HEAD OF CATTLE TIIIS DAY. • 4,143 I Caives 20,610 I Pigs l5O Beasts . Sheep NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL AIAtiANETS. By the Carcase. Beef is 8d to Ys 8d Vral 2s od to 4s 4,1 Mutt0n....... 2s Oct - to is 8d Pork ls 8d to 3s sd Lamb, Os od to Os od. _s'l'.-JAMES'S HAY MARKEI', Dec. 15. • Hay.... 31 Os Od to 41 4s Oti Clover, .... 411.5 s to 41 .101: 4s Od to 11 14s Gd • SMITHFIELD. Hay .. 31 5s Od to 41 oi Oii--Average, 31 lfis Od Straw Clover 21 lOs Od to 41 10s 00--Avvrage, 41 us Od Wl4 IT Et.: AP EL. Hay 3i 8s Od to 41 4s.od--Averagr, 41 6s od - Nrw 01 Os 041 to 01 Os od-Arerage, ()I Os Od Straw Clover 4l Os 04 to 5! Os 011--Averagv, 41 10s u 4 • RAW HIDES. . . hest Heifers& Steers, per st. Oroinarr ..‘,9s 8d to 4s lOa Ss 411 to 3s 64 Market Calf .. each .. 9s ud Middlings 3s Od to 3s 2d Eog. Horse Us Od to Us Od SHEEP Polled Dowin SKINS, Sheep ...., ad od .to .od - od Os Old to God PKIUE OF LEALiita. Units, 50 to si;lhs - each per lo 21,1 to 22a. Ditto, bti to 6611 s each WA to i4O Dressing Hi6s l7d to toil i Fine Coach Hides • liiid to 21,1 Crop Hides, 35 to 401bs for cutting i 7 /d to 134 d Ditto 45 to 501bs Colt tikins..:Xt to 40Ibs 24d to 30d • Ditto 5O to' 701bs esd to 35d Ditto• 7O to 801 b; . 26AI to 294" - ' Small Seats (Greenland) ISd to 20d • Large ditto 'fanned Horse Hides l6d to t 3 1 ,1 Spanish Hone Hidei • 19,1 to 22d PRICES OF TALLOW Town 'fallow 41's Ot; —s Od Yellow Russia 50s Od —s llliite ditto .. •;--s 04! Soap ditto,— 454 Oil —s Od Melting Stull . 39s tut —s oil Ditto Rough. . 25s Od —s Od PRICE OF CANDLES, ' , nom TALLOW CHANDLER'S HALL. Price of Candles, per dozen, 9s Gil—Moulds, lls Od. Gd per dozen allowed for ready money. Sc. pot 1121 b 'fellow Soap iktottled • Curd Graves Good Drogs 805 9(i 94s 14i AGRICULTURE. CHICTIEsTEn, DEc. 15.--A great influx of company poured into this City on Wednesday, attracted by the Market and Prize Shew of Cattle and Sheep; among which, were to be seen, not only the principal Agriculturists of this County, but many Gentlemen from considerable distances.— After a complete investigation of the various stock exhibited, the company, to the number of 150, partook of an excellent dinner at the Swan Inn. The Right Hoh. WM. HuskissoN presided on the occasion • and the , general topics consonant to the spirit of the Meeting had this day frank discussion,' a.td the most loyal and patriotic toasts free circulation. The Right Hon. Chairman, in a luminous and interesting speech (in which the state of Agriculture - bore a prominent feature), descanted on the object of the meeting, and pledgedhiniself to support the best interests of the city to the utmost of his power. Ile concluded by giving the truly liberal toast, cc Live and let live," which was druhk with enthusiasm. On the Mayor and Corporation of Arundel being given, Mr. Hind rose, and in returning thanks, made an allusion to the rivalry of the two markets, claiming the precedence for Arundel. This drew a reply from the Right Hon. Chairman, who said it had precedence as to the day on which it- was held (Tuesday), but in no *other point of view , could it be admitted that a juvenile market otTlearely4Tec years standing should have pfecedence or preference over the market of this city, which had been established 300 years. The day wax spent in the happiest manner, and the company did not separate till a late hour. Subscriptions for an annual fund of prizes are carrying on with the most praise-worthy spirit. The declaration of the successful candidates was received with accla mations, and gave universal satisfaction, as follows: Finer Ciase.—A silver cup, value ten guineas, for the best fat ox, Mr. J. Hasler—purchased •by Mr. J. Gates, of this city.—A silver cupp, value six guineas, for the best steer under five years old, to M r. R. Collins—purchased by Mr. N. llard ham.—A silver cup, value ten guineas, for the best Welch runt; to Mr. Neal—not sold.—A .silver cup, value six guineas for the next best ox, steer, or runt, to Lord Egremont—pur chased by Mr. Pepperell, of Poitsea. . SECOND CLASS.—X silver cup, value eight guineas, for the best fat cow or heifer, to Mr. Cutiield--purchased by Mr. .1. Gates.—A silver cup, value five guineas, for the secon - d.bestfat cow or heifer, to the Duke of Richmond—purchased by Mr. White, Halnaker. THIRD CLASS.—A silver cup, value ten guineas, for the ten best full-mouthed, or six , tooth wethers; to Mr. Halsted—pur chased by Mr. J. Gates.—A silver cup, value eight guineas, for the ten best four tooth wethers, to Mr. Upton—purchased by Mr. W. N. Hardham.—A silver cup, value eight guineas, for the ten best two-tooth wethers, to Mr. Andrews—purchased by Mr. W. Wickham, jun. of this eity.—A silver cup, value six guineas, for the ten best fat ewes, to Mr. J. Lawrence— purchased by Mr. J. Gates. The umpires were Mr. Hope, of Epsom; Mr. Harmer, Brighton ; and. Mr. Maydwell, Dorking. ARUNDEL CHRISTMAS CATTLE SIIEW was held on Tuesday, when the following prizes were distributed cup of the value of 101. to Mr. William Newland, ,tor an ox ; a cup of the value of 101. to Mr. H. Penfold, for a steer; a cup of the value of 101. to his Grace the Duke of Norfolk, for an ox ; 61. to Mr. Neale, for a runt ; 61. to Mr. Halstead, for a cow; 61. to Mr. Henty, for a Scotch runt; 61. to Mr... Kinle side, for ten wethers ; 61. to Mr. Corney, for ten 14-ethers ; 61. to- Mr. Coote, for ten ewes.—The Judges were, Mr. Hope, Mr. Harmer,. and Mr. Maydwell. After the chew, which was most respectably attended, a numerous company sat down to an excellent dinner at the Norfolk. Arms. The Stewards were, Mr.. Watkins, Mr. Tompkins, and Mr.-Allison. DREADFUL SUICIDE.—An Inquest was held j last week at Linwood, by Mr, BUN YAN, Coroner, upon the body of Thomas Bean, aged 57, who cut his throat in a fit of insanity. The cause was represented to be an apprehension on the part of the poor fellow, that he should be turned out of a house which he and his son had bUilt at a consi derable expellee of labour and money on the parish waste. Having suffered the quit-rent .to fall into arrear, the parish officer had peremp torily called upon him to pay it, together ,with a sum which he owed him . individUally ; and the inability to meet this demand risibly affected the man's mind. From the agitated symptoms, charge was given to two of his children not to suffer him to go from them, and they, therefore slept in the same room with him. He got up about four o'clock in the morning, and 'in answer to a question, said he was not Well, and went down stairs. Soon after, a noise of something filling being heard, - the elder child ran down, and found- her father lying on The floor with his throat cut, and dead. Verdict—" Insanity." ' The deceased was parish-clerk and pinder, a su pericirlabourer,and bore a very excellent character. Saturday morning, almost suddenly, expired Mr. PROVIS, upwards of twenty years Yeoman Porter at Whitehall _Chapel : he had, a week previous, been struck with an apoplectic fit, and a relapse of the same malady, it is imagined, caused his demise. The Bishop , of London- has the appointment of the person to succeed him. DIED. On Saturday evening in Devonshire -street, Portland-pla ce l:i aged 27 years, of smallpox, Ann, the wife of Lieut.-Colonilby. On the 9th inst., at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in the Nth Ye 4t of his age, greatly and justly respected, Jonathan Sorsbi e, Esq., the oldest 111erchant.in. that town. 'Yesterday rnorrning ' in Guildford-street, Anna Elizabeth, the infant daughter of J. H. Booth, Esq. At Brighton, on the 16th inst., Susannah, wife of the fl Henry Dodwell, of Maidenhead. Printed and Published, for the PROPRIETORS, at therSlll4' OFFICE, 112, Strand, by J. B. CARSTAIRS. LONDON MARKETS. • ,„. MICE 01 4 BREAD THIS WEEK. Ttlit 141 test price of the best Wheaten Biead tiNeittihotii the,Metropolis . ; i 3 stated by the principal' Bakers to-b:e-10fd. the Quartertt L0af... , -%•Some Bakers sell iiid• Quarterit , Lidi from one penny to ttvo pence lower. lb. oz. Ib'.ol. Peek Loaf to weigh . a 17 6 i Quarter n Loa tto weigh , 4 , 5 i Half ditto.. ditto .... 8 11 f Half Quarterts ditto .. IMPORTATIONS OF GRAIN LAST WEEK. English. Irish. Foreign. Wheat - - 1,170 Barley - 535 Malt - -: Oats Rye .. t;,697 1,500 3 Beans . 2,462 Peas Tares Rapeseed Mustard-. - Seeds Flour . Brack Linseed. 1,5G3 61 175 69 e 94 7;614 133:3 1035 PRICE OF RAW FAT, per Stone of 811).—Dec. 8. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Nlelters;, 1c jd FOREIGN .W Span. Sleep. s. d. B. d. d. Leune.va 3 6 a 4 6 Saximy, 5 6 a i Segovia 3 0 a 3 9 - 2d .. 4 0 a 5 0 Soria 2 9 a 3 3 Ist 4 9 a-7 3 Seville - 3 a 3 0 j 2(1 6 a 4 6 OULS, lour lb. PRICE 0 SCGAIt. RA W. .Tainaica, Brown 551 a 60s 1 Middling (4.41 Antiitua, Brown s3s a 53s Middling (hind REFINED, Single Loarcs.... sos a ails Dutibie Jo lo6s a JOS* 83ss - a 84k Bastards Mola:,ses Candy, Blown lld a 12,1 COAL MARNE'', Dec. 17. Ships at Mar lief. Ships scald. Price. 40 Newcastle 4i Sunderland - 1 couNtit y GuituFflan NIA Wheat per I. W 1 0s to 161 10; New Wheat .. el OS to' 151 Oc, Oats, per qr. 01 153 to 11 7s New ditto.... 01 Oslo 01 Os Mk ET. Du c. 15. Barlvy, ollBs to, 1T7 3 fletTill,. per ;v.ll 4s tu 11 1 94 Peasv, per qr. 11 6s-to 11 109 rtyk.,tiew pettl.ol Os, to 01 0' BIRTHS. On Sunday last, at 'Woburn Abbey, the Duchess of Bedfor 3 s •of a son. On Sunday morning last, k his house, in BroMpton, the wife of William Iloraley,-111us. Bar. (,)xon,: of twins.'- - On the 13th inst. at. Han worth , 2,liddiesex, the Lady of the - Hon. and Rev. W. L. Addington, of a daughter, which'sa* vived its birth only a few hours. MARRIED. On the 14th inst. at Penrice, Glarnorganshire, John Marl!' Esq. of Merthyrmawr, only son of the Right 'HOn. Sir joh l ! Nicholl, to Jane Harnote t second daughter of the late Thoinsf . Mansell Talbot, Esq. of Margan and Penrice Castle; in the same County. On Thursday, at Osmaston, Samuel Ellis Bristowe, Esc!: Beesthorpe Hall,' near Newark, Notts, to Mary Anni el ef t daughter of Samuel Fox, Esq. of Osmaston Hall. . _