The Sun. — London, England, 1839-01-31 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLI JOURNALS. Anti-Corn-law meetings continue to crowd our columns. Yesterday the Chartists at the Finsbury meeting suc ceeded in obtaining the substitution of their panacea for the resolutions against the Corn-laws. The St. Pancras meeting displayed more sense, the Chartists having been there defeated by an over-whelming majority. The idea of aggravating every grievance, in order that when oppres sion becomes insupportable, all classes may unite in de manding Universal Suffrage, which was gravely propounded at Birmin g h am , an d seems to b e acted on b y the Chartists, is. with all deference to them, any thing but rational. The Corn-laws ought not to be considered as a political ques tion—it is a question between the nation and a class of men who would sacrifice its industry, and steep the people in poverty. Many persons condemn the Corn-laws, and would exert themselves strenuously for their repeal, who are opposed to any Extension of the Suffrage. To be consis tentthe Chartistsought to contribute all they can to prevent the execution of the law, in order that murder and blood shed may he secure of impunity, whence confusion may become general. If England could be converted into one great Pandemonium, the Chartists might then say to those who had hung back—" Your only chance of regaining comfort is to support the Charter, and as you shall not be suffered to know happiness till then, the sooner you become Chartists the better." This is only carrying out the prin ciples of the Chartists to their legitimate consequences. " I am for Universal Suffrage," said Mr. Ebenezer Elliott, at the Sheffield meeting on Monday last, " but I am not to be starved till that measure be carried." At Greenock there was an Anti-Corn-law m eting on Saturday last, which though, says the Glasgow Chronicle, " it took place at one o'clock, in the very midst of business hours, was crowded to excess, and attended by Terie3, Whigs, Radi cals, and Chartists, who passed resolutions for repeal una nimously, and all evinced a spirit hostile to the longer con tinuance of the Corn-laws."—Mornin g Chronicle. From our report of yesterday's proceedings in the Court of Queen's Bench it will be perceived that Mr. Lawson, the printer and responsible publisher of this Journal, has been sentenced to pay a fine of 2001., and to suffer an im- . prisonment of one m on th, i n consequence o f a ver di ct o f guilty found against him on the -20th day of last month (December), for an alleged libel upon Sir John Conroy, of whom we do not by any means exaggerate or misdc scribe the merits in representing him to have been, for seve ral years past, a very notorious individual, reputed to bear not merely delicate but curious relations towards personages in a rank far higher than his own, but the " libel" upon whom consisted of these words—that he had bought an estate in Wales, and " who so capable of answering as Sir i John Conr o y, w h ence came th e means o f p a yi ng f or t?" Such was the alleged libel for which a respectable Englishman has been punished by a heavy fine, and by incarceration in a felon's prison. We say nothing now as to the motives wh ic i i could have induced any man, conscio us of his own integrity, or feeling the least confidence in his own general character with society, to prosecute a public Journal for such words, had they been really libellous, which our able advocate the Attorney-General insisted that they were not, and to which opinion respecting them we, at least, humbly subscribe. Had Sir J. Conroy sustained any injury in his reputation from the above sentence in the Times Journal, why did ho not attempt to establish such wrong before a Jury, where the charge, if charge there were, might have been dis proved by the examination of witnesses in open Court, where the defendant might have cross-examined such witnesses—where also he might have brought forward witnesses of his own, to justify the truth of any state ment he had male, or to explain and extenuate its errors, and where such witnesses would have been right fully subjected to cross-examination by the plaintiff ? But what was the nature of the proceeding resorted to by Sir John Conroy ? It was this :—He went before an officer of the Court of Queen's Bench, and made an affidavit swearing that a certain passage in the Tarns newspaper, which he construed into an accusation of dishonesty, was untrue. 'What next ! On the strength of his solitary denial of this charge he instituted a prosecu tion in th e C ourt o f Q ueen ' s Bench, according to a certain form of a most cruel and disgraceful law—viz., the law of criminal libel. A Jury was impanelled ostensibly to try whether Sir John Conroy had been libelled or not-- whether the Times had inserted a malicious libel or not— which Jury, as it turned out, had nothing to try, but whe ther certain wor d s a d mitted on all hands to have been pub lished in the Times, signified that Sir John Conroy had been guilty of certain conduct, and, without even a show or shadow of inquiry, whether the Times in so doing had published a downright falsehood or a strict and unquestionable truth respecting a man who had official duties to perform, and the purity of whose life the country had a certain interest in ascertaining, the Jury being charged to that effect by the Judge, found the defendant guilty. Then let us ask what attribute or cha racteristic of justice between man and man, as recognised by all the general principles and analogies of the law of England belongs to such a proceeding ? Blackstone, in his chapter on Trial by Jury, says that the " compulsory pro cess (of subpoena) to bring in unwilling witnesses, and the additional terrors of an attachment in case of disobedience, are of excellent use in the thorough investigation of truth." But here there was no use in subpoenas, nor in witnesses either ; for there was no attempt at " ari investigation of truth," nor was the defendant suffered to say a single word in his own justification. The Judge and Sir John Conroy had it all to themselves. The case was one sided—the maxim of universal justice throughout the whole earth was forgotten. " Audi alteram partena" belongs not to the law of prosecution for libel. The Jury was a cumbersome formality, and the verdict followed literatint the course which the twelve gentlemen on their oaths imagined that the charge of the Learned Chief Jus tice prescribed to them. Again, says Blackstone, in the same chapter, " when the evidence is gone through on both sides, the Judge, in the presence of the parties, the counsel, and all others, sums up the whole to the Jury." But what evidence on " both sides" was " gone through" here ! None. There was not a particle of evidence received by the Court, beyond that which went to the single fact that such and such a paragraph had appeared in the Times—a fact which, by the defendant, was entirely undisputed. How, then, were the merits of the question disposed of? Why, not at all ; they were all quietly settled by Sir John Conroy's affirmation in his own case, which nobody was permitted to impugn or meddle with. The Jury didnothing throughout the whole business but register the impres sion of Lord Denman. The case, in fact, was not gone into by the Jury. It had been tried and determined by the Judges on the Bench, when they made the rule for a criminal information absolute, and which was granted on no other authority or assurance but the unsupported affi davit of Sir John Conroy, uncontradicted by any other evi dence, because the defendant had no legal power to compel third parties to swear to the truth of his allegations, or to maintain the falsehood of those uttered by Sir John Conroy. Then, let us ask, what has that personage achieved by his criminal prosecution of the Times ? Has he cleared his character by it ? Assuredly not ; for no human being that gave credit to the imputed charge has had his faith in it impaired or shaken by the testimony of Sir John Conroy —the only testimony offered to his own exculpation. In fact, the worst man in society—the adulterer, the thief, the assassin—is he who has the deepest interest in the perma nence of this atrocious law, for such is he against whpm the greatest number of accusations are likely to be launched by the press, and he it is to whom the conclusiveness of his own evidence to his own innocence must ever be most in dispensable. The effort in certain quarters to disparage the importance of the precedent set by the Duke of Cumber land, and to represent the brave readiness with which he offered himself' to the cross-examinatio n of the adverse counsei in a prosecution instituted by him for libel, as an " idle parade," and a " mock issue," neither succeeded in lowering the respect with which such manly bearing on the part of a Prince was regarded by the public, nor in raising the Judge who spoke thus slightingly of an example which Sir John Conroy did not dare to imitate above his previous level. Let us ask any man of common candour w h e th er i t was p ure magnanimity that induced Sir John Conroy to shun the witness-box in his own person, when he prosecuted the Times for a li bel ? There is little doubt that with whatever punish ment we have been visited on this occasion, the liberty of the Press of England, in whose cause we suffer, must eventually, ay, and promptly, be more than proportionably benefited. This country will not stand much longer such an " idle parade" of judicial forms, such a pendantic " mockery" of justice, as that which the existing law of libel would impose upon the patience of the people. Better at once let judges throw off the mask—supersede by their own authority, in name as well as substance, the functions of a Jury, which are rendered ridiculous as well as useless-- and, robbing the British subject of that inheritance which the patriotic exertions of Mr. Fox, and of the great ad vocate of civil liberty, the late Lord Erskine, bequeathed to him, lay it down as the future law of England, that, instead of its being the privilege of the Jury to decide upon law as well as fact, the question of fact as well as law shall be left exclusively to the Judges.—Times. Our readers will perceive from our columns this day, that they are mainly occupied with meetings of the people in boroughs and parishes, respecting the abolition of the Corn laws. So many of them press upon us, that we are either obliged to abridge them to an extent which is painful to us, or to omit th em a lt o gether. The meetin gs h ave no t, in every respect, been unanimous in point of opinion ; one, for example, voting for the total repeal of the Corn-laws— another, for the adoption of the National Charter—and a third, for a modification of the Corn-laws ; but upon one point they have all agreed, namely, that the Corn-laws are a great oppression, that they destroy our foreign trade— that they enc ourage f ore i gn compet i t i on, and that if not speedily abolished England will lose the mainstay f her strength. We cannot but express our regret that the Chartists should have interposed the shield of their power, by attempting the discussion of a theoretical question, in preference to one which is in every respect practical. The people are starving for food, because corn cannot be bought except at an extravagant price ; but they are not groaning under any political grievance which cannot be borne until a fair opportunity occurs for discussing it. We say there fore to the people, stick by the Corn-laws, and let the National Charter be the consideration for the next year. To mix up the two questions is to burke them, in every sense of the word.--Morning Advertiser. We point the special attention of our readers to an address, which appears in another column, from Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey to his constituents. This document, like all the Honourable Gentleman's speeches, and like every thing else which has ever proceeded from his pen, is clear in its statements, and manly and independent in its tone. It will be seen that, desirable and important as the salary of 8001. a-year, annexed to the office of Registrar of Hackney-coaches, must have been to one whose pecu niary resources are but slender, the Hon. Gentleman has deliberately determined to relinquish the office, with its emoluments, rather than forego the pleasure of serving his constituents and his country in Parliament. In corning to this resolution, Mr. Harvey has given a proof of his patriotism, which is worth a thousand mere verbal professions and pro testations of being actuated by disinterested motives in the performance of public duties. Professions and protesta tions of this kind arc ea,ily made, and are profusely given by all who aspire to the distinction of a seat in Parliament ; but how many, we should like to know, of the 658 gentle men who glory in the appendage of an " M. P." to their names, would furnish the practical proof of patriotism which Mr. Harvey has here afforded, were they placed in precisely similar circumstances? We grievously mistake the character of the constituency of Southwark, if they suf fer Mr. Harvey to be a loser by the pecuniary sacrifice he has made in the ardour of his anxiety to serve them in the Commons' House of Parliament. So remarkable a proof of disinterestedness on his part cannot fail to be duly appre ciated by them. Not less certain are we that they will give a practical exemplification of their sense of his de votedness to their interests, by forthwith meeting to gether for the purpose of taking into consideration the best means of raising such a sum as shall, when sunk in an annuity, produce a yearly amount equal to that which he would have received from , lie appointment which he has relinquished. Mr. Harvey. it is to be re membered, is not an every-day or common-place man. His talents as a public speaker are not surpassed by those of any man in the House of Commons. There he shines as a star of extraordinary brilliancy. Nor must it be forgotten that in his political principles he is one of the most inde pendent men that ever appeared on the stage of public af. fairs. Of such a man, therefore, the constituency of any town or county in the kingdatn might well be proud. The electors of Southwark have peculiar reason to glory in hav ing Mr. Harvey as their Representative ; for it is well known that he gave them a preference over the more weal thy and populous borough of Marylebone, when its re presentation was virtually offered to him. Never, we hesitate not to say, had any Member of Parlia ment stronger claims on the gratitude and some thing more of his constituents, than has Mr. Harvey in the case of the electors of Southwark. Most confi dently, therefore, do we hope, indeed we feel perfectly as• sured, that those gentlemen who are accustomed to take the lead in the political affairs of the borough, will not lose a day, nay not an hour, in taking measures to call a meet ing of the electors, with the view of raising such a sum as shall compensate Mr. Harvey for the pecuniary sacrifice he has made on their account, in resigning the lucrative office which he recently held. Let such a meeting be only once called, and from what we know of the public spirit of the constituency of Southwark, we pledge ourselves that before tho meeting breaks up there will be a keen competi- tion among those present as to who shall be the earliest and most liberal in subscribing their money to such an object.—Morning Advertiser. MONEY AND CITY NEWS. CFROM TZB MORNING PAPERS ON TUDI DAT.) HERALD.—The private letters which have been re ceived from our Canadian settlements to-day by the Roscoe do not add in any important manner to the information already given by this Journal, neither do the commercial advice, 'from the United States. We may, however, state that the com merce of the Federal Union fully maintained the position to which we have already adverted, and the projected plan of cal culating the rate of exchange according to the Federal money calculation, in preference to that of the per tentage on the given sum sterling, appears to have obtained very con siderable practice. Beyond this there does not appear to be any point of importance excepting the fact that the specula tion in cotton at New Orleans for this market had not at all abated. We have slightly adverted to the fact of the Bank of England Direction having raised the price of gold bullion in bars to 31. 18s. per ounce, which, though but a trifling advance upon the fixed standard of the currency, is sufficiently indicative of a progressive restriction at the great source of money power ; and the operation is so significant as to its intended results, that we conceive an explanation of the causes which have brought about this indirect and silent, but eventually sure, restriction, or, in other terms, this precursor of a more definite operation on the part of the Bank of Eng land, with a view to its probable results upon the commerce of the country during the coming spring, will prove interesting to the majority of our readers. We must premise our remarks by stating that we believe the late and still-continued drain for bullion has not created any alarm in the Bank parlour, and that this advance is considered to be a salutary precautionary measure. To this time the greater portion of the bullion shipped to France and the Low Coun tries has been of silver, the extreme northern ports of Europe taking more gold in proportion, which on the opening of the navigation will probably be extended, although it is still going in a considerable degree through a more circuitous route. Indeed practical men fully expect that gold must find its way to the north of Europe after the lapse of a few weeks to liqui date the claims of the merchants who have been permitted by the sound policy of the Emperor of Russia to purchase cora from the public granaries of that empire, under bond to return the same quantity at the coming harvest—an operation which, whilst it ensures to the merchant a good profit, is certain of replenishing the Imperial coffers with gold more readily than the transmission of any other produce. It here should be re marked that, if our manufacturers are buoying themselves up with the hope that the late extensive importations of, and contracts for, foreign corn, will create a further demand for their fabrics in the spring, they will find themselves much dis appointed, as the most experienced monetary men and ex change dealers anticipate that, though the balance for this new and forced trade in foreign corn may be settled partly in goods, a most undue and unhealthy portion of it will have to be ad justed in the precious metals : and as the operations in the ex changes still continue, and are likely for some time to be profitable, we shall, for a considerable period, probably, have more foreign bills in our Money Market than orders in our manufacturing districts. The stoppage of the Bank of Bel gium has had a very important effect in checking the amount of paper credit upon the Continent, and, in fact, has thrown much discredit upon the floating paper money of that por tion of Europe. The consequence has been that the Bank of France, the Bank Laffitte, and the National Bank of Austria, have determined to curtail their discounts. We might enumerate other continental establishments which have followed this example; but it ;would merely be a superero gatory task. These facts, however, prove that the continental credit system is undergoing a positive and severe, though, perhaps, salutary restriction. The brunt of these operations must be borne by the Bank of England, who will have to supply the vacuum occasioned by this sadden withdrawal of paper credit money from circulation on the Continent, and so far they have been justified in their late proceedings. These circumstances will, however, cripple the operations of the continental merchants, who usually take our manufac tured fabrics, and thus prevent our manufacturers obtaining re munerating profits in proportion to the prices they must pay for the raw produce in consequence of the late undue specula tions ; at the same time it will afford them a most opportune and wholesome lesson that the abolition of the Corn-laws is not exactly the panacea for the prosperity of the cotton lords and their compeer manufacturers, who now appear to be so desirous of extracting from their walking human machines an amount of labour totally unproportionate to the means they give in exchange of that labour for obtaining a healthy human existence. TIME S.—The exporters of gold, who avail themselves of the facilities at the Bank of England for that purpose, com plain that if they decide on taking sovereigns rather than bar gold, those they are supplied with are the greater portion of them under full w e i g h t . Th e f act i tse lf w ill hardly adm i t of doubt, since the se i gn i orage on t hi s co i n was originally so small, that they are pretty generally reduced, by wear, below standard; but that there is any motive on the part of the Bank in making over the light ones to importers, rather than to bankers, and others for circulation at home, is a very dis putable matter. Their natural and proper course would be, to select those coins of full weight, by preference, for expor tation, since there is no more effectual mode of lowering the exchange with foreign countries than to circulate among them coins deficient either in weight or in purity, and a great source of reproach it would become, in time, to this country. Their late advance in the price of bar gold may be said to have exactly the same effect as representing, in another form, the deficient weight of the sovereign. It would have been wiser for the Directors, without doubt, to have abstained from the latter measure, unless they will adopt at once the French practice of fixing a premium on gold, for all tampering with the exchanges, as it is a departure from their legitimate functions, is to a certain extent injurious to them, and to the commerce of the country also. It appears by a circular which has been distributed this morning by Messrs. Bell and Son, the American stockbrokers, that a dividend of 4 per cent. for the last six months has been declared at Philadelphia by the United States Bank. Tho bitter feelings excited against all foreigners by the tyrannical proceedings of the French in all parts of Spanish America, lately alluded to as likely to endanger the personal safety of British subjects, had, it appears, actually produced that result. These papers contain copies of two communica tions, which had passed between Mr. Wilson, the British THE "MN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1839. Charge d'Affaires, and the Peruvian Government, on occasion of certain outrages committed on the person of one Dr. Mac lean, an English resident. The tone, however, of these notes, was entirely friendly, and the affair had been carried before the regular courts of justice. The application of Mr. Wilson was to the effect, that a material, because an eye witness, in favour of Dr. Maclean, a Peruvian, had intimated the strong est disinclination to come forward to give evidence, because of the risk he ran of assassination or violence from the irritation of his countrymen and the Chilians, should he personally ap pear against the guilty parties. Mr. Wilson requested that means might be taken to have the man's evidence taken pri vately, so as to avoid exposure and danger to him ; and at the same time ho took occasion to remark, that the aversion of natives to declare the truth in behalf of foreigners in such cases wasisufficiently notorious. The Government, however, declared these ap p rehensions to he without f oun d a ti on , an d that the witn esses had all been informed that they must be prepared to speak the truth without fear or reserve. The affiir was ordered to be brought forward summarily, and these steps were all, as the Peruvian Minister observed, which ac cording to the laws the Government could do. CHRONICLE.—This was another rather slack day at the Stock Exchange. Consols continue firm, but without any alteration in the quotations. They were 922- to for Money, and 9 9 1 to a for the Account ; Exchequer Bills 64 to 66 prem. ; Bank Stock 2021 to 203 ; and Indian Stock, 2541 to 2551. In the Foreign Funds Portuguese and Brazilian Securities have each i m p rove d -+ per cent.; but Dut c h S toc k i s a little lower. Sp an i s h Active Bonds closed a t 20 to ; Defe rre d, 8;1- to 9; Passive .5 to ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 35 tto ;,+; ditto Three per Cents., 22+ to ; Dutch Five per Cents., 102+ to 1 ; ditto Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 54a to ; Brazilian, 791 to ; Belgian, 98 to 99+ ; Col om bi an, 28+ 4; Mexican 24 to :1-; and Peruvian, 17 to 18. Southampton Railway Shares were 10i. higher, but the others are almost wholly without alter a ti on. L ondon and Great W estern, to 3i di s. ; B lackwall, 9/i- to k r ; new), 23 to 24 sh gham, dis. to prem. ; an d T B , n ; g h s a o r i n 2 t h w a • e m r e p t i o i n t 4 03 t 9 O p 4 r 4 e 3 m p . r to are d t i o s. l ; 2 I% P l r a c c m hes ; teßrr a i Brighton, o r n 4t, i n ditto Extension, dis. to par. The exportation of bullion, as appears by the Custom house returns which were published this morning, has been rapidly diminishing for some days past, and it is now believed that the exchanges will be again favourabl e to this country, arid not only tvill no more gold be exported to the Continent, but a great portion of that which has recently gone out in payment for corn may be confidently expected to return. There is, consequently, not the s!ightest reason for antici pating a scarcity of money, and should the Speech from the Throne be considered satisfactory, and the stability of Minis ters be considered to be secured, there is a strong probability that speculative business will be extremely active in the course of the spring. LAZY INTELLIGENCE. LEICESTER. The ATTORNEI-GENERAL (with whom was Mr. MELLOR) showed cause against a rule for quashing a return to a man damus which had been issued to the Select Vestry of the pa rish of St. Margaret, Leicester, commanding them to make a Church-rate. Lord DENNAN—If we thought that there was strong evi. dente of vexation and wilful delay, we should certainly inter fere}; but if persons give us a good reason for not making a rate, and we think that there is truth in the statement of that rea son, we must refuse to decide a case of this kind in the manner in which it is now presented to us. This mode of trying 'a mandamus on affidavit is very inconvenient.-- Rule discharged. THE QUEEN V. THE STRAND UNION. Mr. CRESWELL moved for a rule to show cause why a cer tiorari should nut issue for bringing up an order of the Poor law Commissioners for the consideration of the Court. He said that the object which he had in making this motion was to bring forward the question of the validity of an order made by ths Poor-law Commissioners which had for its effect the sepa ration of husband and wife in workhouses, and which was one of their general orders, having been made under the general provisions of the Poor-law Amendment Act.—Rule refused. IN THE CASES OF THE CANADIAN PRISONERS, Mr. HILL applied to the Court in the case of the rule which he had obtained on Saturday last, and which was to have come on on Tuesday for argument, and upon which he was anxious to have the pleasure of the Court, whether he shouldiproceed at once with the argument, or whether it should be postponed for consideration hereafter. Since he had last mentioned the case to their Lordships, the Court of Exchequer had granted rules for writs of habeas corpus in reference to the same pri soners as those on whose behalf he had moved, and the ques tion which was to be argued before the Learned Judges of that Court was as to the sufficiency of the return, upon which this Court had also to decide. The Learned Barons had ad journed the determination of the rule until next term, and the question "was whether, under these circumstances, the Court would - deem it advisable that he should proceed to argue the matter here. Lord DENMAN said that it was reasonable to wait until the Court of Exchequer had given their decision upon the ques tion, and it was fit, therefore, that the rule in this Court should not only be postponed until next term, but until that Court should have given their opinion upon the question be fore them. SCOTTER V. THE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL OF NORWICH. Sir W. FousTr showed cause against a rule obtained by Mr. Kelly for a certiorari to bring up an order of the Town Council of Norwich to pay to their clerk the sum of 5761., in respect of certain bills of cost delivered by him for pro ceedings in which he bad been employed in defending an ap peal carried up to the House of Lords, which was now pending, upon the subject of the appointment of trustees for certain funds under the Municipal Corporation Act. Lord DENMAN said that the Court would consider whether Mr. Kelly would be entitled to have his rule„or whether filo) , would require him to address them, and would let him know the result at a future sitting of the Court. ARCHES' COURT, J. 29. BECKE U. MARSHALL AND PAGE.-JUDGMENT. This is a proceeding instituted by Mr. Becke, an inhabitant of Northampton, against the churchwardens of the parish of All Saints, in that borough, calling en them to show cause why proper accommodation had not been provided for him in the Church. It has been alleged, on behalf of the church wardens, that seats capable of containing Mr. Becke and his family, in a good situation, were offered to that gentleman, but were by him refused, and a pew, which belonged to the Vicar by a faculty, was claimed by him. This demand was resisted, and proceedings were commenced in the Consistorial Court of Peterborough, and the proraovent condemned in two thirds of the costs. From this decision an appeal has been en tered, and the arguments on it were delivered during the course of last Term. The Learned JUDGE gave his decision this day, pronoun cing against:the appeal, confirming the sentence of the Court below, and condemning Mr. Becke in the costs. CHESTERTON AND HUTCHINGS V. FARLAR. A motion as to th e co s t s was ma d e in this case, which was originally a suit for substraction of Church -rate, promoted by the churchwardens of St. Mary Abbot, Kensington, against Mr. Farlar, an inhabitant of that parish. The case was ori ginally brought in the Consistory Court of London, an d the rate was disp u t e d on t h e grounds o f inequality, and also that it was retrospective, and made to reimburse the church wardens. The Judge of the Consistory Court rejected the defensive allegation of the churchwardens, who appealed to this Court, which reversed the sentence of the Court below, and admitted the allegation. Mr. Farlar appealed to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, which held the alle gation to be admissible in part as to the inequality of the rate, but rejected the other part, virtually pronouncing the rate, being retrospective, to be invalid. The churchwardens, on the remission of the cause, abandoned proceedings. Her MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE applied on behalf of Mr. Farlar, that the churchwardens might be condemned in all the costs of the suit. Dr. ADDAMS, contra, contended that the expenses had been considerably increased by the conduct of Mr. Farlar, and that justice demanded that he should share the expenses. The Court awarded 401. nomine expensarium. SCRIVRNER V. SCRIVENIR. This is a question as to the reduction of alimony, in conse quence of the diminished income of the husband. The Court allotted 1001. per annum, in lieu of 1201. and decided that in consequence of the unnecessary delay in the pro secution of the wife's suit, its payment should only commence from the date of the return of the inhibition. MORGAN V. MORGAN. This is a question as to the validity of the will of the late Mr. John Morgan, of Appleford, in the county of Devon, who died on the 2d of February, 18 37, at the age of sixty-four years. The will, which b ears the date of the 2d of February, 1835, benefits the widow of the deceased, and appoints her sole executrix and universal legatee. It is opposed by Mr. T. French Morgan, a son of the testator by a former wife, who has been admitted to defend the suit in forma pauperis, on the grounds of testamentary incapacity, and of undue influence exercised over the mind of the testator. The cause is appealed from the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Exeter, the wfil COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—JAN. 30. THE QUEEN V. MARSHAM. Lord DENMAN delivered judgment in this case. The ques tion here was, whether the Recorder of a borough had been right in refusing to admit the evidence of a Churchwarden in an appeal brought by the parish of which he was Church_ warden. The only object of his evidence was to prove the service of a notice, but the Court thought that there was no distinction between the preliminary matter and others, and therefore, the Recorder was right. The rule for setting aside his judgment must therefore be discharged. THE QUEEN V. THE LORD MAYOR OF YORK. Sir F. PoLLocK and Mr. CRESWELL showed cause against a rule for a quo warranto to be directed to the defendant, call ing on him to show by what authority he claimed to exercise his present office. The ground of objection was, that when the day arrived for the Aldermen to go out of office, and for their successors to be elected, those successors had been elected before the Mayor, though one of the sections of the Statute required that the election of the Mayor should be the first business proceeded with. The Learned Counsel having argued the case on the construction of the various Acts relating to municipal corporations, The COURT said that, as there were many other cases de pending on the same point, and as the question was one of such nicety, it must be decided in the most solemn manner. The writ must, therefore, go, and the case could then be heard in the most satisfactory manner. In all the other cases in which similar applications were made to the Court, and which depended on similar questions, the Rules were likewise made absolute. THE QUEEN V. THE TESTRYMEN Or ST. MARGARET'S POLICE IN TELLI GENCE. Mr. RAWLINSON said, that if 10,0001. bail were offered he could not take it. It was a melancholy case; but he had no odicr alternative than to commit her forthwith to Newgate for trial. Mr. Flower—Porhaps, then, as a favour, you will allow the prisoner to be conveyed to prison in a hackney-coach, instead of the common prison van, and permit her husband to accom pany her ?_ To this Mr. RAWLINSON acceded, and Jones, an officer be longing to the establishment, was commissioned to proceed with them, and to take cart that no communication was held between the husband and his wife. WORSHIP -STREET. , THE HORRIBLE MURDER OF AN INFANT AT HOXTON.—Yes terday Jane Reeves, a female about 22 years of age, of dimi nutive stature, was placed at the bar before Messrs. Grove and Broughton, charged with the wilful murder of Ler infant child. It will be recollected that on Thursday afternoon last the head and body of a female infant was found in a ditch in Shepherd and Shepherdess-fields, and that the left arm was missing. An inquest was held on the remains on Tuesday last before Mr. Baker, alien a verdict was returned of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown. Yesterday on the charge against the prisoner being made, it was stated by Robinson, the Inspector of the G Division, that a left arm had been found. Tl)e discovery caused a great sensation in the office, and the woman had only been in custody a short time, when the report got abroad, the effect of which was to cause the office to be crowded. Inspector Robinson stated that about twelve o'clock that day he was informed that the left arm of an infant had been found in the dust-bin on the premises of Messrs. Jones and Chatfield, linendrapers, Nos. 2 and 3, City-road. He pro ceeded there, and was told that while the porter was looking among the ashes for something he had lost, he found the arm. Witness, in consequence made inquiries, when, from what he heard of the situation that the prisoner, who is cook in the family, had been in, he charged her with the murder of the infant. She then admitted that she had given birth to an infant, the remainder of which she said was in the bin. He therefore searched 'it, but did not succeed in finding any other part of the child. The Inspector produced the arm, which belonged to the left side. The blade-bone was with it. That which had been cut off from the body which was found, had the blade-bone removed. The inspector, ,in answer to Mr. Broughton, said that nei ther the prisoner nor any one in the house was aware that any inquest had been held upon the body of an infant, which was without a head or arm. • Mr. BROUGHTON read the report of the inquest, as given in the paper of yesterday, in which it was stated by a witness that tho body was found wrapped up in the Weekly Dispatch newspaper ; the same witness, whose name is Wise, observ ing that the preceding night he saw a female, apparently a servant, near the spot with a basket and bundle. Mr. Chatfield said that the prisoner bad been with them five months. She had been suspected, and was charged with being pregnant, but she denied it. They always take in the Weekly Dispatch, many numbers of which are lying about. Mr. BsouciiTori said that it would be necessary to see if a Dispatch, of the date of that in which the body was found was missing; and the witness Wise ought to be brought forward to see if he could identify the prisoner as the person be saw. The Inspector added that the prisoner also stated to him that if the child was then alive it would be three weeks old. There was a young woman present who slept with the prisoner, and who informed him that when the child was born the prisoner went earlier to bed than usual. She, in the course of that night, heard the noise of an infant, and she saw such symptoms as satisfied her that an infant had been born ; but she bad never seen it, nor was she aware what had become of it. Sergeant Grove, an officer of the establishment, said that when the prisoner was in the waiting-room, he observed to her, " Are you the woman that committed such a horrible act ?" She then said that she did not cut off the child's head, but that when she plac?d the infant in the ditch its head was then on. Mr. BROUGHTON remarked, that from the state of the arm the birth of the infant must have been more recent. It would be necessary to have the body, and compare the arm with the part amputated ; and a medical gentleman ought to be engaged. The inspector said that Mr. Leeson had examined the arm, and that the prisoner also stated to him that the body was in the dust-bin. The Bench consulted together, when Mr. GROVE said that it would be necessary for them to hear what the prisoner's follow-servant had to communicate, but he was not then prepared to state whether she would appear as a witness. She might be considered as an accessory before the fact. He then asked her if she could procure bail. Mr. Chatfield said that she had a father, who mi , sl,t bail her. She was about to leave his service. She was then ordered to be detained by the Inspector, who was to inform her father of the situation she was in. Mr. GROVZ asked the prisoner what she had to say ? The prisoner, in a very mild tone, denied what the officer Grove said, and stated that she was never allowed to go out. She then said that she put the body in the dust-bin, and did not know what had become of it. She did not appear at all af fected at her awful situation. She was remanded till Friday next on the charge of having wilfully murdered her own child. UNION-HALL. Istrostartox ON THE POOR BY RETAIL COAL-DEALERS.--Yg g . terday a poor woman made an application to the sitting Ma gistrate relative to an alleged imposition practised upon her in the sale of coals. The applicant stated that she went to a coal-dealer in Gay wood•street, Lambeth, and ordered a half-hundred weight of coals, the price for which was the same as prior to the ex posure of the coal monopoly before the Lord Mayor. When the article came home, suspecting that the dealer had sent her short weight, she had the coat weighed over again, and discovered that the half-hundred was exactly seven pounds and a half deficient. The applicant added that she as well as many of her neighbours felt severely the present high price of coals, and although they had heard the Lord Mayor did so much in reducing the price, yet they did not know where to go to get the article as cheap and good as those with which the Mansion-house fires were lighted. If she could be put in the right way of getting good and cheap coals, she should be ever obliged to her informant, as also would be her poor neighbours. The MAotsTRATE told the applicant that he could not give her the information by whom the coals wert supplied to the Mansion -house ; but with respect to her complaint of the de ficiency in the weight of those which she had purchased of the coal-dealer, the way she must proceed was this—she should call on the inspector of weights and measures for that dis trict, and give him notice of what had occurred, and he had the power of not only seizing all the weights in the coal. dealer's possession, deficient in measure, but the latter had also subjected himself to a heavy penalty. The applicant having thanked the Magistrate, intimated her determination to act upon his advice. - _.iISS ARDOE'S NEW WORK.—We are requested o state that the new work entitled " The Romance of the Harem," by Miss Pardoe, author of " The City of the Sultan," The River and the Desart," &c., in 3 vols. post Bvo., was published this day by Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough street, and may now be had at all the libraries. Mr. Colburn has also just published " Pictures of the World at Home and Abroad," by the author of " Tremaine," and " De Vere," 3 vole.—" Horace Vernon ; or, Life in the West," a new tale of Fashionable Life, 3 vols.—Mr. Theodore Hook's " Gurney Married," a sequel to " Gilbert Gurney," 3 vols.—Captain Chamier's new naval novel " Jack Adams, the Mutineer," 3 vols.—and " The Only Daughter," a domestic story, edited by the author of " The Subaltern," 3 vols. FEBRUARY.—The second month in our calendar, like January, was added by Numa Pompilius, called by the Saxons, Sol Monath, signifying the return of the sun This month is represented by a man in a dark sky-coloured dress, bearing in his hand the astronomical sign of the zodiac called Pisces. The Saxon pictural characters appear to have been different, as their representation was a vine• dresser pruning trees ; or, sometimes, a man with his jacket buttoned, warming his hands by beating them against his body, in token of the inclemency of the season. having been declared by the Learned Judge invalid, and the widow condemned in costs. The Learned JUDGE, was of opinion that there was no ground for the sentence of the Court below, which he reversed; and pronounced in favour of the will. BO TV-STREET. On Monday Mr. J. Ruywood, of the Horse and Groom public-house, in Bedfordbury, attended with his solicitor, Mr. Barton, before Mr. TWYFORD and a Bench of Magistrates, at this office, to answer the complaint of Inspector Musgrove, of the F division—" for that he, Ray wood, being a person licensed to keep the said ale-house, did, on the 19th day of January instant, unlawfully and knowingly permit and suffer gaming in the said house—to wit, the game called bagatelle, against the tenor of his license, &c." Mr. TwYFora) dismissed the complaint, in the absence of proof that the play was for money or money's worth. 1I1A1?Y 4EB 0 IV E. Yesterday William Reed, aged nineteen, and John Drishel, a young man about thirty, were placed at the bar More Mr. RA wuNsoN, the former charged with stealing a silver watch and a quantity of linen and silk goods, the property of his master, Mr. Charles Burch, mercer, of 17, Vere-street, Ox ford-stret, and the latter with receiving the same with a guilty knowledge. The younger prisoner acknowledged his guilt, and his com panion admitted purchasin g the shirts and other property, nut, as he said, knowing them to have been stulee. They were both remanded till Tuesday. On Tuesday a well-dressed young married female, far ad vanced in pregnancy, arid whose friends are highly respect able, was placed at the bar before Mr. RAWLINSON, charged with the following felonies : The prisoner's husband, who holds a confidential situation at Messrs. Broadwood's pianoforte manufactory, was in attend ance, and appeared overwhelmed in grief at his wife's siltation. Mr. Flower was engaged in her behalf, The charge against her was, that she had stolen from a peg in the passage of the house in which she lodged, a cloak longing to the landlord. She confessed her guilt to a policeman. The evidence being finished against the prisoner, who wept incessantly, but said nothing, Mr. Flower begged that his client's situation would be taken into consideration, and that she might be released on putting in good bail. ADDRESS OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE CHURCH-RATE ABOLITION SOCIETY I TO THE PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN. Fellow- Countrymen I—More than two }ears have elapsed since we first addressed you upon the subject of Church-rates. Nobly did you respond to our appeal I In a vast number of narishes you resisted the imposition of the odious tax ; you held 74 -rest public meetings in almost every district of the coun try ; you appointed 419 delegates to represent you in the general meeting convened two years ago in the metropolis; }on sent up to the House of Commons 2,328 petitions, with 674,719 signatures, praying for the complete extinction of Church-rates Again we appeal to you I Church-rates are not abolished. Whether they will ever be abolished depends mainly upon yourselves —upon your union and vigour, and perseverance in opposing them. What is the present state of the question? Look at it in reference to Parliament. Two years kick the House of Com mons declared, after a discussion of almost unexampled dura tion, that Church-rates ought to cease. The majority by which this resolution was carried we.; thought insufficient to enable the Government to prosecute their measure for the abolition of Church-rates with a prospect of success. A Se lect Committee was then appointed to inquire into, and report upon, the plan of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. That Committee reported the evidence adduced before it, and has asked to be re-appointed to receive further evidence. It is the intention of the Government to move fur its re-appointment. There can be very little doubt that the Select Committee will be re appointed ; or that, considering the nature of the evidence already adduced, the Report of that Committ, e will substantiate the calculations of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. If, turning from Parliament, you direct !your attention to the country generally, you sec Cbureb-rates everywhere op posed. You see strife and bitterness engendered by the im post. You see ministers of religion in fierce conflict with their parishioners. You see the terrors of the Ecclesiastical Courts arrayed against religious, peace-loving men. You see goods seized under warrants of distress, and sold to buy the elements of the holy sacrament. You see your friends and neighbours =kW in enormous costs, am!, for conscience sake, immured in common jails 1 Fellow Countrymen pay long is this state of things to continue ? Shall another Session of Parliament pass away, and no remedy be applied ? You have been patient, forbearing. You had petitioned for the extinction of Church-rates. Your claim was founded injus tice, and sanctioned by religion. The House of Commous ad mitted the validity of your claim, but it has not yet been conceded. It was considered necessary to discover some fund out of which the expenses hitherto defrayed by Church- rates should be dis charged. You did not oppose the interposition of that in quiry, although you might have done so with perfect con sistency. Your patience and forbearance ought to have se cured the respect and good-will of the supporters of Church rates, and yet, from the time of the appointment of the Select Committee, Church-rates have been exacted with increased severity ! We would now most respectfully, but most urgently, im press upon you these three considerations : First. All parties are anxious that the question should be settled without further delay. Secondly. The surplus to arise from an improved system of managing Church property must be applied to the expenses hitherto defrayed by Church-rates, or else to some national purpose. And, Thirdly. Any attempt to settle this question by draw ing upon the land-tax, the consolidated fund, or any other branch of the national revenue, would be an incalculable aggravation of the evil. Brethren of the Church of England !—We wish not to in terfere with the worship or the discipline of your Church. In all the good which she effects as a religious communion, we do rejoice, and will rejoice. It is our desire to be on terms of gocd fellowship with all her members, and to unite with them in all high and holy enterprises for spreading the Gospel of peace. But your Church, by her secular power, oppresses us, and we ask for relief. We consider the imposition of Church -rates as a burden and a grievance. Your Church is rich, and does not require these rates. Then why exact them from conscientious Dissenters from her communion ? You believe she is founded upon scriptural authority. Then why distrust the provisions of the Divine founder? You have con fidence in the affection of her disciples. Then why employ force to maintain her worship and her buildings ? Is not your Church dishonoured when she employs the broker, and in vokes the aid of the 'Ecclesiastical Courts? Can you, with quiet consciences and holy feelings, partake of the memorials of the death of Him who is our common Lord, when they are purchased with unwilling or forced contributions? Protestant Dissenters I Upon you the circumstances of the present times have devolved responsibilities of no ordinary character, and which demand from you decision, energy, and perseverance If you believe your principles to be true; if you believe that compulsion for the support of religion, or of religious establishments, is opposed to Scripture, and injuri ous to the highest and best interests of man ; it is your solemn duty, by every means which religion sanctions, to oppose a system which is abhorrent to the principles you maintain, and the religion you revere. Fellow Countrymen I Members of the Church of England, and Protestant Dissenters ! We call upon you to unite in re sisting the imposition of this unrighteous burden, the exaction of this unjust impost, in every parish in the land I Combine for this purpose. Urge upon your representatives the necessity of an immediate and satisfactory settlement of this vital, this vexatious, this agitating question 1 RICHARD PEEK, Chairman. T. H. BOYKETT, Secretary. Patriot Office, London, Jan. 20, 1839. TS DURIN Wheat. I Barley. Oats. Per Quarter, Abingd0n.,,.,,,.,,, s to s. j s. to a. S. to s. 64 SO 30 34 22 30 74 52 1 29 31 25 63 80 59 40 16 22 73 441 132 36 26 30 61 sl i ::7 32 20 25 115 SO 26 30 26 30 118 B'l 28 35 20 30 72 73 26 32 1 23 26 63 88 26 32 22 29 6) 70 j 32 42 128 34 63 751 24 36 1 20 26 64 74 132 34 122 29 3 25 35 20 27 61 74 130 34 20 28 6 - ) 75 33 40 28 32 1 , 3 74 123 35 20 24 8. :15 22 32 70 71 28 32 17 28 63 72 24 114 20 25 117 70 27 34 '2'2 26 76 21 22 65 70 132 36 30 32 CHELTENHAM MARKET: s. d. to s. ii P:r 96 10 9 i Beef 4 3 5 0 Motion 3 9 6biV; al ...... ..• 4 6 il , I Pork ... ...... 5 0 61 .n4ll. • 10,. 01 per ton. HULL MARKET.—Jai Wheat, Old 683 'AI., $3 Ne ..,..., 635. 70s. 80s. -- Foreign —s. —s. ln 30nd... —s. —s. —s. Oats, Poland . s 20s. 225. L —s. 234.245. -- Small or Feed.... —.. 17s. 18s ........ —s. —s. 20s. Foreign —s. 6 S. —5. Barley, Nor f. & Suf 3os 325. 338. Line. Wold —s. 30s. 333. Foreign Beans 42: 465. 4'9 ;Foreign. Pease, White_.,. 36s. 388.4 - Grey.., Tare , : „. Rapeseed. in bond none Free, pus last 501. Os. 33'. a. to 38 42,1 Ando;er dirmingham.-..». Bridport ...—...,,—,. Cirencester.,,, Guildford 32 40 - 99 - 43 Hereford Hi ghwort h Maidenhead Monmouth— Reading 34 44 34 40 33 , 42 4.1 46 42 Salisbuiy Southampton —, Stroud ---. I",wkesbury Uxbridge .---. Wantage-- Warminster Windsor ----. - 40 33 42 36 40 W rcester I . S. 1 h. Per Bushel. Wheat Oarley Oat s Beans . r..a Hay.. Within the last few - weeks a gang of fellows have made what is called a "dead set" at the property . of publi cans in the neighbourhood of the Strand, by carrying off a large number of wine and ale glasses, measures, &c. One landlord has lost within the last five weeks, no fewer than three dozen glasses, and about half the number of pint pots. The thefts are usually committed in the parlours of the respective houses, about mid-day, when the number of visitors is smallest. To avoid suspicion, the same parties do not return to the scene , of their depredations except at long intervals, their confede rates succeeding them in regular rotation. On Saturday or,e of the gang was apprehended and taken to Bow-street Police Office, from which be was committed to the House of Correc tion and hard labour for a month. There is a society for paying re war d s i n cases o f d etection to : the party who gives the information. GooDwooD PART[.—Preparations are already be ing made for the festivities attendant on the Earl of March attaining his majority on the 27th of the ensuing month. A grand ball will be given by the Duke and Duchess -of Rich mond on that day to about 700 of the Nobility, and on the Friday (Ist of March) a grand dinner will be given to t he tenants on the family estate in this county. All the labourers THE WEATHER IN LONDON.—The weather during the last few days has undergone most rapid and ex traordinary changes. On Sunday and Monday it froze sharply, the thermometer varying from 26 to 32 degrees, with a strong northerly wind. On Tuesday morning the frost still conti nued, but during the forenoon the wind suddenly shifted to the west, and towards evening to the south, thn thermometer rising to 42 degrees. Between five and six o'clock it com menced raining very fast, and about seven o'clock it poured in torrents. About half-past seven o'clock it suddenly ceased raining, and soon afterwards the mercury sunk to 26 degrees, and by nine o'clock the pavement of the fashionable squares and other open parts of town were coated with ice. Soon after ten o'clock large drops of rain began to fall, which, in about ten minutes afterwards, changed to large particles of ice, and the wind suddenly veering to the north, a storm of wind, frozen rain, and snow ensued, which lasted about an hour. So severe was it on the Great Western road that the horses of some of the outward coaches re fused to face it. From half-past eleven o'clock until one it was a gradual frost, but about the latter hour it rained for a few minutes, after which the clouds cleared away and a most severe frost set in, the moon shining brightly, and the mercury falling rapidly, until, at six o'clock, it stood a only sixteen degrees. About that time the heavens becam again overcast, and there was a fall of snow for near half an hour, during which the mercury fell to 14 degrees above zero. From daylight yesterday morning the roads round town were one sheet of ice, and most dangerous for the various vehicles proceeding towards the City. Westward several of the om nibuses were unable to get up the hill from Wilton-place to Hyde-park-corner, and were compelled to turn back, while others, whose horses had been " roughed," found the hill in Piccadilly and Ludgate -hill insurmountable. Many accidents occurred from horses falling down, but we have not heard of any of a fatal nature. During the forenoon the frost was very intense, and from two to four o'clock there was a very heavy fall of snow. The Round Pond and that portion of the Serpentine in Kensington Gardens was completely frozen over, and there, as well as in the ornamental garden of St. James's Park, men belonging to the Royal Humane Society were stationed with hand-lines, to prevent fool-hardy persons from venturing on the ice. In the afternoon ice was brought to many of the pastry-cooks shops full two inches thick. At seven o'clock last evening the thermometer stood at 22 de grees, with every prospect of the frost continuing. ACCIDENTS FROM THE FROST YESTERDAY Monaural. —Between seven and eight o'clock an elderly gen tleman named Bowling, residing at No. 14, Bird -street, Dock-bead, Bermondsey, was stepping from his own door, when he slipped in consequence of treading on a slide on the footway, and, falling on his back, he broke his hip thigh just below the hip joint. A girl named Hannah Barton, aged 11 years, was proceeding along Cannon-street, Cheapside, when she slipped down, and in falling struck her head with such violence against the railings, that she sustained a concussion of the brain. She was taken to the hospital. As Miss Har- DIR D. nett Felton, a y oung l a dy, 18 years o f age, res idi ng i n Cro- On January t inst., he 30th, at Bridgewater. M rs . Scraggs, aged 73. mer-street, B runswic k- square, was wa lki ng a l ong the foot- On the 30th o f erysipela s , Mr. Frederick Roope, of Loin bard-street, age d 56 years. pavement in R usse ll- square , s h e s li ppe d on a slide, and On the 28th inst Hamilton-place, Elizabeth Duchess-Coun fractured her thigh bone. Mr. Richard Smitherson, a milk- toss of Sutherland, aged 74. • man, residing in Park-street, Dorset-square, was carrying At Pau, Basses Pyrenees, on the 16th ult., Caroline, fourth two pails of milk al ong Baker -street, Portman -square, when daughter of the late James Pearce, Esq., of Lydbrook, Glouces his foot slipped, arid he fell wiih tremendous violence. Some bershire. men assisted him up, wh en it was found that his leg and jOn the 23d inst., in Bryanston-street, Portman-square, aged 53, elbow were fractured. Another accident also occurred, j the Rev. James Harris, 8.D., Fellow of St. John's, Oxford, and which nearly p rove d f ata l t o a h uc k ster, of the name of ;Domestic Chapl a i n t o th e l a t e E ar l o f Winterton. the 26th inst., a t H o lly-hill, H ants, aged 15 months, Emma Carter, residing in Ch e l sea , w h o was d r i v i ng his cart along Caroline, yongest daughter of Lord and Lady Henry Cholmondeley the King's-road, when the horse slipped and fell, throwing On then , th inst at Hooley House, near Croydon, Surrey. him with great violence on the ground, and he has received a John Lawson son of ; kr. Thomas Green, aged 6. frightful wound over his left temple. As a repectable wo- On the 26th inst., at Woodford. aged 26, Frances Ellen, daugh man, named Turner, was walking along th e vaueeall.road, ter of the late John Wood, Esq., of Walthamstow, Essex. carrying an infant about a yea r and a half old, when opposite jOn the 27th inst., in Percy-street, Bedford-square, Thomas Regent -street she trod upon a slide and fell, her infant child Heron, Esq., surgeon R.N. being under her. Several pers ons immediately ran to her lOn the 27th inst., in Westmoreland-place, City-road, aged 34, assistance, when it was found that the infant was in a strong i John, eldest son of Mr. Nathaniel Cowles, of the St oc k E xc h ange. fit, having b een near l y suffocated by the weight of the mother, On the 27th inst., i n St. James's-square, Bath, P. R. Cazalet, who was u na bl e to move, having b ro k en h er left leg and Esq., late o f th e H on . E as t I n di a C ompany ' s Madras Civil Ser severely sprai ne d h er r i g h t wr i st. Ab out a quarter to ten vice d aeed 57. o'clock, a s M r . G eorge B ratt, w h o res id es i n S tamford -street, n the 28th inst., at Putney-heath, J ames Ri ce, Esq., aged 71. On the 28th inst., at Blackheath. J. Hartshorne, Esq , aged 77. Blackfriars-road, was crossing Blackfriars-bridge he slipped On the 28th inst., in Meeklenburgh-street, Mrs. Isabella and fell off the foot-pavement into the road, by which he dis- Waugh, the eldest daughter of the late Joseph Waugh, Esq., of located his shoulder, and the wheel of a cart which was Turnwheel- lane, Cannon-street, City. passing at the moment p a ssed over and fractured his leg. The On the 29th inst., at Eton College, aged 14, Augustus, eldest unfortunate gentleman was instantly removed in a cab to his son of Robert Verschoyle, Esq., of Eaton-square, London. residence. On the 24th inst., at Bri s t o l, age d 83, Joseph Smith, Esq., STATE OF TRADE.—There was anot h er excee d- barrister-at-law, one of the B ene h ers of the Society of Gray's-inn, ceedingly dull and fl a t mar k e t yester d ay; and no sales either jand Assessor of the Bristol C our t o f Requests.On the 9 7th inst., Richard Losack, Esq., of The Abbey, West of yarn or goods could be matie to any extent without a reduc- Mailing, Kent. tion of prices, to which the holders were not (senerally in- On the 25th inst., Mary, the wife of Wm. F. Burton, Esq., of dined to submit, and consequently very little ' business was Burton Hall, County Carlow. done. —Manchester Guardian. On the 27th inst., at Tunbridge Wells, aged 67, Mr. J. Beane, Between n i ne an d ten o ' c l oc k yesterday morning as foromnatnhyey2eBat7 a in st., J o h n Ch r i st i an E ggbrecht, aged 66. an inhabit an t o f B an b ury. William Hedg es , b e t ween 13 and 14 years of age, of respect- O the 28th inst., a t H ampstead, Sir William Beechey, B.A. omnibuses belonging able parents, res idi ng at K ens i ngton, was crossing the road a , ed 86. near the end of New- tostreet when Mr. Cloud , he was run over by one fore o and hind f the city On the 25th i nst., at Clifton, Mary, the widow of the Rew. , wheels on th e off-side passed ov er hi s b o dy. H e wa s removed Charles Eki ng . to St. George's Hospital, where he was found to have sus- London: Printed and Published by 111URDO YOUNG, of No. tamed a severe injury of the spine. His recovery is considered 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the county to be very doubtful. of Middlesex.—Thurselay, January 31, 1839. SIZE FOR LADIES. Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, in engine-turned gold . cases and gold dials, warranted Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double-backed' engine -turned gold cases and gold dials, warranted, 12 12 0 Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes, with double-backed gold cases and gold dials, war ranted DESSERT FRUIT KNIVES AND FORKS. Plated on Silver Plain ivory handl es , s il ver f errules Steel Blades. Blades , per dozen pair.. Z 3 3 0 £8 18 6 Carved ivory handl es , s il ver ferrules, per dozen pair 316 6 9 9 0 Plain pearl handles, silver ferrules, per dozen pair... 4 4 0 11 11 0 Carved pearl handles, silver ferrules, per dozen pair S 8 0 12 12 0 King's pattern or Queen's pattern, silver handles ... 616 6 14 14 0 T. COX - . SAVORY, Working Gold and Silversmith, 47, Cornhill, London. (Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street. ) N.B. A Pamphlet containing a list, of the prices of Silver Plate, Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, &c., may be had gratis, or will be forwarded in answer to a post-paid application. BIRTHS. On the 21st inst., at Pau, in the South of France, the lady of Charles Noel Welman, Esq., of a daughter. On the 27th inst., in Glocester-place, New-road, the lady of Henry Pigot, Esq., of a son. On the 29th inst., at Brixton-place, Mrs. Richard Kettlewell, of a son. On the 29th inst., the wife of Mr. Thomas Sherlock, of King street, Covent-garden, of a daughter. On the 29th inst., Mrs. Stalman, of Somerset-street, Portman square, of a son. MARRIED. On the 29th inst., at St. Margaret's, Westminster, Mr. Charles Rogers, of Manchester-buildings, to Ann, eldest daughter of the late Mr. William Haward, of Nine Elms. On the 29th inst., at Streatham Church, William Cripps, Esq., of the Inner Temple, fourth son of Joseph Cripps, Esq., M.P., for Cirencester, to Mar Anne, eldest daughter of Benjamin Harri son,Y Esq., of Clapham-common. QUACKERY IN AMERICA.—An American phy sician, Dr. Ticknor, has published a work on quackery, from which we extract the following anecdote in illustration of the spread of quackery in America t —ale of the quacks w ho infest that part of the world used to tell his patients that some particular substance was lodged in the alimentary canal-- apple-pips, for instance; or, if the patio nt was a► sportsman, his complaint might arise from his having accidentally swal loWed a few shot, and this was generally found to be the case. A lady who applied to him was informed the cause of her ill ness wai the existence in her inside of lemon seeds which she had swallowed, to which she replied that she had not tested a lemon for six years. The quack persisted, the pills were taken, and, wonder of wonders, lemon seeds were passed. A second dose was given, and the same result en sued. The lady, who was still sceptical, cut open one of the pills, when, behold I a lemon-seed wns concealed in its interior. Such was the secret of the Doctor's wisdom and success in practice. LORD ANSON.—He was a ma./1 of great modesty and simplicity of manners, and so reserved in general society. as to give some truth to the point of Willie m's bon mot, " that he had been round the world, but never in it." Walpole, also. is not far from the truth in calling him " the silent son-in,..law of the Chancellor." His silence and reserve, however, we re not the offspring of any deficiency of knowledge or vsant of ability, either on general or professional acquirements, but from that natural diffidence of his own merit, and a reluctance of speaking in public, which very many men of cons aderable talents have not been able to overcome ; while others, with a parsimony of intellect, are by no means deficient in volubility of speech.—Barrow's Life ofAnson. are to have a we ek 's wages presented to ithem. On the Duke's estates in Scotland, public dinners will be given at the expense of his Or: ce. SUPERIOR GOLD WATC H E LONDON AI ADE. A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Watchmakers, No. 9, Cornhill , London ( o pp os i te t h e B ank of England), submit : for largese l ect i on a very STOCK of GOLD W A T CHES, thew hale of which are made and finished under the careful inspection ol a experienced workmen on their own premises, and each is warrante d for correct performance. 14 14 0 SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN. Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes, seconds, and double-backed gold cases, warranted. 14 14 0 Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in six holes, seconds, double-backed gold caves and enamel dials, warranted Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in six holes, seconds, double-backed gold cases .and gold dials, warranted Either of the Gentlemen's Watches may be had ire gold hunting cases for 3/. 3s. each extra. N.B. Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange. THE MARKETS COAL '‘l A it• Fee Ton. s. ... Aa4irs ! go Bensham Carr's Hartley advwelliMinn Ord's Re min h Pontop Windsoi Plinth Hartley l9 b l'anfield Moor 24 0 Townley lB u Wylam Walls End ('lark and Co 2O 0 Walls End Heaton ., 1 Walls End Newmarch 2l 9 Walls End Northumberland Ships arnvea since t. , OUNTRY CORN MARK: ~ ..T Jan. 30. Yet Ton $ . 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