The Sun. — London, England, 1844-01-16 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY. (Sittings in Banco.) The Cou r t took the special paper to-day, and was en gaged the whole morning in hearing arguments in cases relating to technical paints of pleading. POLICE lIVIELLIGENCE B OW -STREET.--C THIS DAY.) A prisoner was brought this morning before Mr. Twy ford, and placed at the bar, attired in a complete sailor's Sui t, charged with arisaulting one Mary O'Sullivan. The Clerk (to prisoner —What is your name ? Vrisoner, (in a femi n i ne vo i ce ) H arr i et Wil son, S i r. Mrs. Sullivan then came forward, and stated, that in c ompany with her husband and two female friends, she w was pas s i ng 'along St. Martin's-lane, last night, on th e i r they home, wh en they turned into a public-hous e . Th e y T h re saw the prisoner with a oun woman at the bar. , prisoner came to her (wit y ness) g and said," How do /tn . , do, my dear ?"-- (Laughter.) Witness told him— Clerk—Him ! her, you mean. Witness—How the divil should I know it was a her "'en; she looked man enough to me. The witness went on to say that she told the prisoner that she was a respectable married woman, and was the Mother of a family, and therefore she could not receive the prisoner's advances. Upon this the prisoner fell upon her, an d t ore h er bonnet and cap off, and a pblice- Il lan coming in to see what the row was about, the pri 4oner was given into custody. TWYFORD (to the prisoner)—Well, are you a man ' y r a woman ? Prisoner—A woman, I believe, Sir ! bar ge T WYFORD—WeII, what have you to say to this fL. a rge ? She said s h e was sorry f or w h at s h e h a d d one. f ';'° had b een to W oo l w i c h yester d ay to v i s i t a young l end of 'hers, an officer in the nav, and, for a lark; he asked hv r to put on a suit of his clothes, and she did so. 7ZWYFORD said he should fine the prisoner 10s., d 40 d efault of payment, commit her for seven days. oney was immediately paid. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) I ., 7 'h°lnas Smith, a fashionably-dressed young man , w h o pi' ll sed *to give his address, was charged with bur fitzieus- ly entering the dwelling house of Mr. Charles el n l Q° , of No. 2, Sydney's-alley, Leicester-square, st eat, rei.ta and fi s hi ng -tackle manufacturer, with intent to e%. ait lin appeared that b e t ween e i g ht an d n i ne o ' c l oc k l ast te'''al`) gas Mrs. Holmes was sitting with one of the th servants at needle-work in the parlour behind the th r , e :l), she t h oug h t she heard a noise in the passage of ` :private e n t rance, b ut as i t was not repeated, she took b , W ' larther notice of it ; however, in a short time after s she distinctly- heard th e f oo t s t e p s o f some persons 1 1 , 1 : - %'alking very s , ) f t l y up stairs, and she immediately it s-ned out i n t o t h e passage, demanding to know who was f. e te- No answer - was returned, but a ft er a p ause o f a i_l* seconds, tb. o prisoner and another came running 4si de Stairs fr om t h e fi rs t fl oor l an di ng, an d pushing Airs. vi o l em Holmes and the servant, with considerable it t ee ' °P ened the private door and ran out, slamming 1, to after them. An alarm was instantly given, and e li b ee-sergertnt Valiance, No. 11 of the C division, being tt llt2 sPot at the instant, he pursued the prisoner, and panto srily rt run succeeded in capturing him. His corn wa; na'Anaged to effect his escape. As the prisoner at t rtin -Y ling he was seen to throw a small parcel down ke ar ea , which was found to contain a bunch of skeleton 1 10 Y, 8 > I '2 in number, of very superior make. A regulat* str'-'_seb reaker's jemmy (crow bar) was also found in the i e v 't in the direction he ran. IVA.LTUY (to the prisoner)—Do you wish to say 7'hi any thing. gno w? ,Remanded. risoner—lt is hardly worth my w hil e ;13g 'v .I. IVI A es, RYLEBONE.—(THIS DAY.) thi °44 .stacey and Willi am J ones , t wo we ll-k nown ca rt were charged with havin g s t o l en a b ox f ro m th e shire O f Thomas Slade, carrier to Bovingdon, Hertford from London. two constable constable 59 C, said that he had observed the kre- priso ners following the cart, the distance o f severa l e and he % being in plain clothes, followed them, and ess t tet t hey had, tried the cart several times, without suc , toe,' sp'C ceeded at last in taking the box from it. thi ;• - " 4 WLINSON—Did . you ever mention anything of th 2 .` ° t he. carrier himself ? Constable—No, Sir, not till e 4c the box. Veli t .I .A.WLINSON—Why, I thought you were to pre may r o'bberies ' not wait to see them committed. You tpi like cases at the Old Bailey very well, but my is that you ought to have prevented this. c box was identified by the carrier. eticillother constable repeated the same story, but his notT s en ce was held unnecessar y, an d, the prisoners having j " L ug to say, were fully comm i tte d f or tr i a l . its °a4 N'Dona Id was charged with stealing a till and IT contents from the shop of Mr. Leonard Kelly, 41, Pp Ratbune-place. R I ... G A -lr i ce -const a bl e , 163 E, was on duty in Great Russell into Plain clothes, and observed the prisoner going followed hal shops, wher e he purchased nothing. He Wit er im % and observed him go into Mr. Kelly's shop. arid k ness lor,ked in at the window, and saw him on hands th e behind the counter removing the contents of He was met at the door and taken into custody. liret fvga te pr for ison trial. had nothing to say, and was sent to , U NION HALL.—(THIS DAY.) ~kaalt_EArlizintr. TO SHOOT.—Charles Edmonds, a young respectatie appearance, w as b roug ht b e f ore M r . ,41' o ch arged with a tt em pti ng t o s h oo t M a tild a P u tt er , ..4,ke d aughter of a l arge s h op -k eeper, of Br i dge - house- Vote, Newington -causeway. It app eare d that an acquaintance had subsisted for 11 1 , ° Ine time bet ween th e p ar ti es , and - that the prisoner had : e n paying his addresses to the complainant. Her f l uilY, however, were averse to their marriage ; and of t e th e comp l a i nan t re f use d t o see hi m , an d f or b a d e hi m house. This determination, on the part of the ea u ng lady, a had given the prisoner a good deal of un- si ness • id he was heard to,declare that she should Gey er be the the wife of any other man. On the preceding h i e !'lng he accordingly called at the house of the corn itvTlant, who, on seeing him, requested him to go this Y, saying that she did not want to see him. Upon vi declaration b e i ng ma d e , th e p r i soner b ecame di ' Much excited, and earnestly entreated her not to ag a e ! lr d him. She, however, was inexorable, and having fr o m desired him to leave the place, he drew a pistol „is pocket, and presenting it at her, made an ex taet a "°n, when the complainant's mother, at the mo -4t lit, entered the room, and seeing the weapon pointed lA N ej daughter's head, with great presence of mind, t00 r , 2 , 1 ' down his arm, and a young man entering the whls—z. Wrested the pistol from the prisoner's grasp, 1, Was found to be loaded with powder and balL 11 ° Prisoner was held to bail. ,P,ERKENWELL- ( THIS DAY. ) ittl ) . ,,''', k) ,Wagstuff, a cab-driver, badge 5,517, residing in fitt„ orain-street was charged with attempting to Sarah, hi s wife.' to t ,: l PPeared from the evidence that on Wednesday p1 44 ,, 1t 1g last, betw e en six and seven o'clock, the corn y port Went to the prisoner's residence to ask for sup he had deserted her. Having heard that the to f or was li v i ng w ith another female she attempted 4 1 1 ,1 r ee her way into the room, but the prisoner aimed sei ze at he r , w hi c h s h e avo id e d by s t oo ping ;h e th en hi s her her W i t h b oth h i s h an d s an d , p l ac i ng h er h ea d on for t h ile e, pressed her throat so tightly that were it not hav" e interf erence o f h er s i ster s h e d ec l are d h e wou ld L i e s depriv e d h er o f lif e. vfornnwer to questions from the Magistrate the poor kll o C i l said she had seven children. He had agreed to 44 411 1 11 er nine shillings a week, but paid only one week's Of S7 r , ll ance. It was by direction of the parish officers Alit te. "reorge the Martyr that she went to her husband's t ha l4l. testimony was confirmed by two witnesses, and de, 4 „ P isnner was remanded by Mr. Combe for the atten "e of the parochial authorities. n j u t 'Y ea , aRARLES WETHERELL MESMERISED. —On ti tt ll ,esday evening last Mr. Stone, the " eminent bar % Mesmerised Sir Charles W e th ere ll. Th e l earne d tittlit-set was advocating the cause of a thief, withhi 1 4 ability, when all at once the . Recorder reclined dreg ead, a n d gave evid en t s i gns o f beingin the land of 1 1 , ; 1 . 418 . " Hem !" said Mr. Stone ; hem, hem 1" 14Chlqr. J. G. Smith, but Sir Charles still slept. At hu g c awoke, and his half-opened eyes stared on a hot hen, g audience—the very prisoner smiled—he could . for th.P it. Mr. Stone certainly deserves great credit tig n Is triumphant proof of the truth of legal mesme r-Bristol of,i? WASH WOOLLEN GOODS.—The art of washing clne; i f el t goods so as to prevent them from shrinking is tii k the desid era t a i n d omest i c economy wort h recor d- Zbis aod it i s t h ere f ore w i th satisfaction that we explain t vooil ill lPle process to our read ers . All d escr i pt i ons of kla l) goods should be washed i n very h o t water with e a nc. l as soon as the article is clean se d i mmerse it i n °'ater Llet it then be wrung and hung up t o d r y. tea 1 4 1., VISIT TO WARWICK CASTLE.—We have soyal to believe that her Majesty, accompanied by his t he Highness Prince Albert, fully intends to honour ‘'fieitri and Countess of Warwick with a visit it War aot `dastle. The precise period of the Queen's visit has terl4.4.st_itranspired, from the fact that the day is not de e't on. From the interior of the noble castellated tts er ,"ne being in the most excellent state of repair; and the-Otmodious and splendid apartments having, since t ets cr v, es eot Earl succeeded to the honours of his ances trig; "eeo elaborately decorated and re-embellished, but ke),lg preparati on is necessary to complete any arrange thl.t may be required for the comfort or conve -04 °A the Queen and her august Consort. The Earl ALaiols is one of h er M a j es ty' s Lords in Waiting. %). n . " 4t r riage is on the t a pi s b e t wee n a gallant officer, sister "' a Noble an d Learned Lord, and the accomplished ati of an M.P. f or one of the midland count i es. The tstijorofEnniskillen will be shortly united to Miss Casa Lord Newp ort ' s marr i age w i t h t h e H on . Mi ss li ste r Will t a k e p l ace at the close of the present month. it °7II3ENT CLERKS' MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIA.. Oterat"l) BENEVOLENT FUND.—The third annual , f meeting, of th e mem b ers o f t h e b ene fit depart ;ll.ll t ois Asso c i at i on was held last even i ng at the •Kep o ii` C ommerce ; Mr. Th omas i n th e c h a i r . The Aro gre s poke in highly encouraging terms of the rapid eei s . e , 8 .8 which the Society was making., the amount re hati",i the way of premiums and investments more years.ttoubling the same items of the two preceding ceip ts The debtor side of the accunt showed the re side "ring the year to be 2,3821. 7s 9d. The other 1481. exhibited a balance in the Bank of England of C ents Ss Id. ; 1,1001. stock in the Three -and-a-Half per am. a.. .,.. 4 educed, 1,0984 los. ; and 1,0001 . N ew Three tleeti,:lalf per C ents. Reduced, 1,020/. 15s. Th e re -_n of the managers and other routine business was 14 ` 41 , l and the meeting oeponted, MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31; useful ditto, 3/ 3s to 31 12s ; fine upland ditto, 31 13s to 3/ 16s. Clover Hay, 3/ to 51. Oat Straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 8s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ lOs per load. Although the demand was somewhat improved to-day, no advance was noticed in the quotaticns. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 3135; useful ditto, 31 5s to 31 lOs ; fine upland ditto, 31125 to 41; Clover Hay, 3/ to 41: 15s ; Oat Straw, 11 6s to 11 8s ; Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 11 lOs per load. A short supply and a heavy trade. Prices: about stationary. WIIITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 3/ ; useful ditto, 31 3s to 31 10s ; fine upland ditto, 3/ 12s to 3/ 16s ; Clover Hay, 31 to 513 s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 7s ; Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 11 lOs per load. Supply good and trade very dull, at the above quotations. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation is very firm, and a good business has been done considering the small quantity on show; about 500 hogsheads have been sold at extreme prices. The public sales have only offered 1,875 bags Mauritius, 3,220 bags and 55 casks Bengal, which went off without spirit, but nearly the whole found buyers at about the previous quotations, viz. at 50s to 57s 6d for low to fine brown Mauri tius, 58s to 67s for low to fine yellow ditto ; low to fine white Benares Bengal 63s to 68s 6d, mid to fine soft yellow ditto 57s 6d to 62s 6d, and low to good brown 50s to 545. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 752 hhds, 1 tierce, 27 barrels ; and there were taken for home consumption, 1,514 hhds, 155 tierces, 133 barrels. The stock in the same places is 9,351 hhds, 1,000 tierces, and 1,039 barrels. COFFEE-1,064 bags and 50 casks Ceylon, offered by auction mostly sold at 63s 6d to 68s for fine ord pale to tine ord colory, and good ord pale to fine ord British Plantation kind, at 65s to 775, all of which were higher rates than were expected ; but being generally of a su perior description to the average quality, no material alteration can be quoted. Ruar.—The quantity landed last week at the East and "West India Docks was 74 puns 174 hhds ; and there were taken for home consumption 243 puns 22 hhds ; and exported 110 puns 6 hhds. The stock in the same places was 12,625 puns 2,046 hhds. TALLow.—The 'market is rather dull ; P.Y.C. at 41s to 41s 3d ; and Town Tallow at 43s 6d per cwt. TEA.—The public sales of 50,000 packages com menced to-day, and are going off tolerably well as re gards the quantity finding buyers. COAL M. Ships arrived since s. d. Ord's nedheugh l2 6 West Wylam l9 i Wylam Walls End Clennell l5 0 Walls End Heaton lB 0 Walls End Hilda l7 6 Walls End Hetton Walls End Morrison Walls End Caradoc 2O 3 PRICES OF SEEDS Per Cwt. Per Quarter New English Red C10ver...35s 56s St. Foin .... ....... —s It's 45! Old Ditto Ditto , —s —s —s Rye Grass —s 28s 40s New Foreign Ditto......—s 353 54s Pacey Grass —s —s —s Old Ditto Ditto —s —s —s Linseed, for feedin....—s 54s 56s New White 4 'aver 45s yes COs Ditto, for sowing —s h2s 66 Old Ditto Ditto —s s—s Ditto, for crushing ....—s 505 535 New Trefoil —s 12s 21s Hemp..... .--s 36s 42 , 3 Old Ditto —s —s —s Canary —s 60s 6.'8 I'm folium s —s —s Per Bushel. English Carraway —s 40s 41s White Mustard....los Od to 1210 d Foreign Ditto —s 40s 46s Brown Ditto ...... ~,10s Od to 14s Pr) Coriander —s 14s 20s Tares 4s Cd to I:. it HKET last market.day, 49, s d. Walls Eud Quarrington l9 6 Walls End Hopper' Walls Et, d eek. Howard's W. Netherton )4 9 alls End West kletton Powell's Duffryn Steam , 2O 6 Sidney's Hartley ... . ... 15 0 Walls End Devonshire l7 6 NEAPOLITAN TRADE with INDIA. East India-house, Jan. 11. Sir,—ln reply to your note of the 9th inst., inquiring "If Neapolitan merchant vessels under the Neapolitan flag can take cargoes in the port of Singapore for the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, " I am commanded by the Court of Directors of the East India Company to trans mit to you a copy of " a regulation relating to the trade of foreign ships with India," which was promulgated by the Government of India on the 2d December, 1839. I am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, JAMES MELVILL. To Mr. W. Dobson, Secretary at Lloyd's. Extract from the Calcutta Gazette, Dec. 11, 1839. " Legislative Department, Dec. 2, 1839. " The following regulation made and passed by the Hon. Court of Directors of the East India Company, under the authority given to them by the Act of the 37th George 111., cap. 117, is published for general in formation . by order of the Hon. the President of the Council of India in Council " `A REGULATION RELATING TO THE TRADE OF FOREIGN LITERATURE, his aged parents had been attacked by les Chouans, who had murdered them both and mutilated their bodies. The grief and indignation felt by Broussais cannot be described. Forty years afterwards, says Mignet, he became pale as he spoke of it." ADVENTURES OF MR. LEDBURY. 3 Vols. Bentley, London, 1844. In these volumes we have a re-publication of a tale that appeared last year in successive num bers of Bentley's Miscellany, and which we have more than once noticed in The Sun. The story of Mr. Ledbury, and his numerous mishaps and adventures, is by no means deficient in interest; the details, in particular, of his journey by way of the Rhine to Switzerland, and afterwards to Italy, and of the strange vicissitudes that betel him on the road, exhibit much descriptive ability; and the story possesses the additional re con►mendation of being cleverly illustrated by Leech. GLOSSOLOGY ; or the Additional Means of Diag nosis of Disease to he derived from Indications and Appearances of the Tongue. By Benjamin Ridge , M.R.C.S.L. Churchill, P rznces - street. 1844. This treatise contains the substance of a paper read by Dr. Ridge before the Senior Physical Society of Guy's Hospital on the 4th o f Novem ber last ; and certainly, should the tr u th o f t h e doctrines propounded in it be confirm e d, D r. Ridge has made one of the most vitally import ant discoveries that has been made since the days of Hunter. His discovery is " That certain appearances in parts of the tongue indicate the presence of certain diseases, and that these parts correspond with certain organs of the body." The state of the tongue has always been con sidered as diagnostic of disease, but the amount of information hitherto afforded by it is thus de scribed by Dr. Ridge, who follows up the state ment by an account of the manner in which he made his discovery : " I found the tongue was looked at as an organ of diagnosis, and I looked at it too : but the amount of information I gained from it was trifling; and very little more did I gather from books, or from per sonal instruction. I still thought there must be some• thing more substantial to be learned from it, or other wise it seemed a waste of time to look at it at all. Dissatisfaction on the point led me gradually to re flect on its diversified appearances. As disease came before me, so different observations obtruded them selves, until, after carrying these in my mind for years without being able to arrange them or adopt any regular system, I was led at last to draw the rough form of a tongue, and map out its compartments. I had no Sooner accomplished this than I perceived that the divisions corresponded very closely with its anatomy. " The first observations I made were in 1836-7, during the prevalence of the epidemic influenza. The cases which came before me were numerous; but my own observations differed so widely from those of the writers on that epidemic, that I hesitated in obtrud ing them. I noticed three distinct stages of this dis ease—affecting, first, the stomach ; then the lungs ; and lastly, the brain ; and that three distinct charac teristics of the tongue presented themselves." The work is profusely illustrated by diagrams and plates, showing the divisions of the tongue, according to the views of Dr. Ridge, and the ap portionment of those divisions to the various or gans of the body. The Doctor then goes into a minute anatomical description of the structure of the tongue, for the purpose of showing that these divisions are founded on structure, and that there is a nervous connection between the va rious divisions of the tongue and the organs to which they are appropriated. Should Dr. Ridge's views prove correct, it is impossible to exaggerate the importance of the science of Glossology, not only in the diagnosis of dis ease, but as a means of detecting deception : _ " I must here remark that a thorough knowledge of Glossology will sometimes detect deception. When the tongue is silent, it will tell the truth. The sick tale is not unfrequently an untrue one : those who have had most practice are best acquainted with this fact." This book is well worthy the careful attention of the medical profession. Every practising member of that profession has the power of in vestigating the truth of these doctrines; and it is a duty he owes to himself, to his profession and to his fellow-creatures to do so; for the nearer the approach to certainty in diagnosis, the nearer the approach to certainty in application of remedial agents. In conducting these inves tigations we would earnestly impress upon the minds of the investigators the importance of this, the concluding observation of Dr. Ridge's work : " Important truths are only to be elicited by a great expenditure of time and patience; and he is the wisest man who spends them liberally and ungrudg ingly, when they are paid down for a good purpose— to add to knowledge, and benefit mankind.' OUR INDIAN MAIL.—Our Indian papers contain Indian Ink to the latest moment ; and we have received pickles up to the time of starting. Our Courier, in an: tieipation of the Overland Mail, has arrived in anticipa tion of his pay ; but he will not get it. Among our other Indian arrivals, we have been put in possession of Indian rubber from which we find tha there is a good deal' a elasticity - in the isarkets.—Punch. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EIE FOREIGN QUARTERLY REVIETV,IVo..I I :XIV. Chapman and Hall, London, 1844. Alluding, some few weeks since, to the past and present state of American litera Lure, we took the opportunity of observing that the United States had not yet produced or to single author of eminence of whom it could justly be said that he was original. We remarked that the writings, whether in prose or verse, of the New World, were merely so many faint, feeble copies of those of the Old; and that evert Cooper himself, though supposed to convey a :faithful image of national peculiarities in his works, was often nothing more than an echo of Sir 'Walter Scott, just as Emerson is of Carlyle, and Bryant of 'Wordsworth. An article in the present number of this journal, entitled " Aanerican Anthology," fully bears out our opi Dion, by passing in review a whole tribe of Yankee authors, and pointing out the sources whence they derived some of their best ideas._ Not a few of the poetical specimens quoted. by the Reviewer are of the most grotesque ch aracter it is possible to conceive, and satisfy us that America has yet much to learn, as well as much to unlearn, before she can cultivate the Muses with any prospect of success. The memorable " Congress of Vienna" in 1815, when Europe was coolly partitioned Out by a set of despotic Legitimates, without the slightest regard to any other consideration than their own conve nience, forms the theme of an amusing critical notice, in which occur several whimsical sketches of illustrious individuals who figured prc'minently in that scene of royal tom-foolery. The! portrait of his fat Majesty of Wirtemberg—that " tun of a man," who possessed all the obesity of Falstaff without a tithe of his wit, is, we have no doubt, perfectly accurate ; and the passing glimpse we have of the sentimental Alexander, whom Napo leon justly described as " a Greek of the Lower Empire," gives us a vivid idea of the character of this royal dissembler. In the review of " Mignet's Historical Essays," we find a hasty memoir of the notorious Abbe Sieyes, so well known during the early period of the Re volution for his constitutional theories, as also for the part he played on the occasion of the Eighteenth Brumaire, when Citizen Bonaparte upset the Directorial Government, and under the specious form of the Consulate established a systematic, military despotism. " Sinde, its Arneers and its People" makes no great addition to the stock of knowledge we already possess on this subject, still it is an interesting article; and is put forth at a seasonable juncture, when all eyes are directed with eagerness towards this new conquest of the Indian Government. From the notice of Mignet's " Historical Essays" we quote an anecdote or two respecting the eminent French physician Broussais : " He had not quite finished his studies when the revolution burst out. His family embraced the cause of liberty. His ardent and impetuous imagination was inflamed by it. The time arrived for participa • tion. The Prussians, in 1792, had advanced to Ver dun, and the alarm had roused the patriotism of all France. Broussais, then twenty years of age, enrolled himself in a company of volunteers, of which he was named sergeant. In one of the frequent encounters with les Chouans he signalized his force, his genero sity, and his courage. The company of volunteers had been surprised and beaten. In retreating, one of his comrades was shot, and fell at his side. The war was without quarter, and the enemy were but a few paces in arrear. Yet Broussais, at the peril of being taken himself, stopped, lifted his wounded companion upon his shoulders, and continued his retreat, his pace somewhat slackened by the burden. Les Chouans fired upon him. One ball passed through his hat. But he escaped. Arrived at a place of safety, he de posed his comrade on the ground ; and to his horror found him dead. He had run that risk to save a corpse. He could not long animate the company with his example. Seriously ill, he was obliged to return to his family ; and on his recovery he embraced the paternal profession. His progress in study was rapid; and having attended the hospitals of St. Malo and Brest, he was appointed surgeon to the frigate Laße nominee. On the eve of departure he received a letter from the Mayor of St. Malo, which commenced in these terrible words :—` Tremble in . receiving this letter !' FINE ARTS. __-- We have just seen a portrait of Mr. Charles Phillips, one of the newly-appointed Commis sioners of the Court of Bankruptcy. This por trait is a half-length, and represents the Learned Gentleman, with his right arm stretched forward, and his left resting on a law book, in the act, we presume, of addressing one of the Judges in Bankruptcy. Th e lik eness i s a very striking one ; and as a work of- , art, it deserves great praise for the neatness and skill with which it is finished off. The artist is a gentleman named O'Driscoll, who has painted it from life, and drawn it on stone. STRAND THEATRE. A new one -act farce, from the pen of Peake (we presume an adaptation from the French) was produced at this theatre last evening, under the title of Madelon; or, The Devil of a Dancing -master. The scene is laid in a French village, in the time of Louis XV. Madelon (Mrs. Montgomery) is an orphan girl, living with her aunt, the hostess of the village inn. Monsieur Salathiel (Mr. Alfred Wigan), the Devil of a Dancing-master, is the dancing -master of the village, and has been in days of yore the prineipal dancing devil at the Grand Opera. He makes love both to Madelon and to her aunt, to Madelon for the sake of her beauty, and to the aunt for the sake of her purse. Madden, however, treats him with contempt, for she loves Pierre Paul Placidon (Wilkinson), an honest journeyman -hatter. A carriage drives up to the door of the inn, and Mademoiselle Guimard (Miss Fitzjames), a danseuse from the Grand Opera, accompanied by her lover, rush in to seek for refu g e from th e p ersecu ti on o f t h e P r i nce de Soubise and Madame du Barry. Mademoiselle Gui mard had been, in former days, kind and charitable to Madelin's mother, and the grateful girl determines to render her every assistance. The Prince de Soubise arrives, and Mademoiselle Guimard effects her escape, leaving Madelon disguised in her cloak and bonnet. The devotion of Madelon, however, rouses the jealousy of Placidon ?and Salathiel, who seems to delight in mischief making, lends his assistance to increase the imbroglio. All, however, is cleared np at the conclusion, and Madelon and Placidon are made happy. The quiet humour of Wil -I(inson told excellently in Placidon,and Wigan, as Salathiel, j u:nped about as though hi s li m b s were of Indian rubber. Mrs. Montgomery as Madelon was admirable. This lady thoroughly understands the French character, and de lineates it to the life. Her Madelon had all the vivacity, the elegance, the espieglerie, and the warmheartedness of a genuine French girl. There were several little touches of pathos in the part, which were exquisitely given. Nothing, for instance, could be better than the description of the visit of Mademoiselle Guimard to the distressed family of Madelon's parents. It was beauti ful. We should like much to see this lady in tragedy. , illadelon was preceded by Rodwell's successful drama of Adele, and followed by the " Nigger" songs of Palmer, the banjo player. The Hunter's Bride concluded the , e vening's amusements. The house was exceedingly well filled. SHIPS WITH INDIA. " Preamble.—NVl;ereareiiiTaTion was made and passed by the Court of Directors of the East India Company, and transmitted to India by a dispatch dated the 28th day of July, 1837, and promulgated by the Su preme Government on the 29th day of December, 1837, for rescinding and re-enacting, with modification, cer tain provisions contained in a regulation made and passed by the said Court of Directors on the 12th of August, 1829, for regulating the trade of foreign nations with the ports and settlements of the British nation in the East Indies ; and whereas doubts have arisen as to the true intent and meaning of certain parts of such regula tions, and it is expedient that such doubts should be re moved, the Court of Directors of the said Company, by virtue of the powers granted to them by the Act passed in the 37th year of the reign of his late Majesty King George 111., entitled An Act for regulating the trade to be carried on with the British possessions in India by the ships of nations in amity with his Majesty," have rescinded the whole of the said regulations, and in lieu thereof have framed the following regulations : " Foreign ships belonging to any State or country in Europe, or in America, so long as such States or coun tries respectively remain in amity with her Majesty, may freely enter the British sea-ports and harbours in the East Indies, whether they come directly from their own country, or from any other places, and shall be there hospitably received, and shall have liberty to trade there in imports and exports, conformably to the regulations established, or to be established, in such sea-ports ; pro vided that it shall not be lawful for the said ships to re• ceive goods on board at one British port of India, to be conveyed to another British port of India, on freight or otherwise, but nevertheless the inward cargoes of such ships may be discharged at different British ports, and the outward cargoes of such ships may be laden at dif ferent British ports for their foreign destinations; and pro vided further, that it shall not be lawful for the said ships in time of war between the British Government and any State or Power whatsoever, to export from the said British territories, without the special permission of the British Government, any military or naval stores, salt petre, or grain. " J. P. GRANT, Officiating Secretary of the Government of India.' " DEATH OF SIR ROBERT ANDREWS DOUGLAS, BART. —We have to record the death of Sir Robert An drews Douglas, Bart., of Glenbervie, which took place at the Mauritius on the Ist November last, where he was in command of the reserve battalion 12th Regi ment. Lady Douglas, with her three infant chil dren, arrived from England only two days before the sad event. The deceased Baronet was eldest son of the late General Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, who as sumed the name and arms of Douglas by sign manual, and married the daughter of the late Joshua Rouse, Esq., of Southampton, by whom he has a sun, Robert, born 1837, and two other childern. CORONER'S INQUEST.--DREADFUL DESTITUTION. —Mr. Payne held an inquest yesterday evening at the workhouse of the West London Union, West•street, Smithfield, on view of the body of Dominic Cousins, aged 58. Police-constable Joseph Dunney, No. 258, stated that about three o'clock on Thursday afternoon last, de ceased came to the station-house in Smithfield, just at the time witness was taking in a prisoner. He asked leave to come into the station-house and lie down. Witness told him that could not be allowed, and directed deceased to go the workhouse in West Smithfield. Witness _subsequently took deceased to the work- house. That Was only a few minutes afterwards. He told witness that he had a wife in a madhouse. He said also that he was a cabinet maker and a foreigner. George Henry Davies, a porter at the West London union workhouse, said that he saw deceased on his being brought in, and was with him up to the hour of his death, which took place about seven o'clock the following (Friday) morning. Deceased had some tea and bread and butter, and was put to bed almost as soon as he was brought to the work house. He appeared to be dreadfully ill, and in a very emaciated state. He could hardly speak, and gasped for breath. By Mr. Ray's order, the parish surgeon, he had several glasses of port wine, and also some medicine given him. Mr. Ray attended him several times in the course of Thursday night. At first he ap peared to rally, but he gradually sunk, and every effort to save him proved ineffectual. Deceased evidently died from exhaustion. From a paper found in his hat at the time he was brought to the workhouse, it appeared that he had been a patient of the Royal Free Hospital not long before. After some deliberation, the jury returned a verdict that deceased died a natural death, brought on by want and exhaustion. FALMOUTH, JAN. 14.—A public meeting was held on Friday evening, at Wesley Chapel, in this town, for the purpose of affording an introduction to the deputa tion of the Free Church of Scotland—the Rev. Patrick Fairbairn and the Rev. James MEenzie. A large body of Dissenters assembled on the occasion, but the chapel was not so full as the subject might from its novelty have occasioned, and the exertions which were adopted to get up the meeting. The deputation intend visiting every town in the country ; and, from the large number of Dissenters therein, the contributions are likely to be considerable. BRITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM.—Yesterday, the 33d Annual General Meeting of the subscribers to this Society took place at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate street, Mr. S. B. Brook in the chair. The Report, after congratulating the subscribers on the continued pros perity of the charity, stated that the Society's asylum had lately been enlarged at a cost of 1,7861., about 4881. of which still remained to be paid off. During the past year 13 orphans had been received into the asylum, and 17, of whom 13 had completed their education, had left and obtained situations. The number received since the commencement of the year had been 78, of whom 53 were boys and 21 girls. The Committee had to announce that his Royal Highness the Duke. of Cambridge had become Vice-Patron of the institution, and that the amount subscribed at the last anniversary dinner, at which his Royal Highness presided, was 545/. During the day an election of seven children out of a list of 23 took place. THAMES TUNNEL.—Last week 27,556 persons paid toll at the tunnel. The workmen in every branch of the scissor manu facture in Sheffield have commenced the new year by a general strike for advance Qf wages• .. ~. _ ~ MUSIC OF IRELAND.--CROSBY HALL. It is quite impossible, in the space of a newspaper cri ticism, to do anything like justice to the masterly lecture I delivered last evening, upon the National Music of Ireland, by Mr. F. H. Horncastle, at Crosby Hall. A close note o f the doctrinal and controversial part of Mr. Horncastle's eloquent and simple discourse would fill three or four columns, and even then the report would be inadequate, because we know of no shorthand which would enable us to carry from the concert-room and convey to our readers the peculiar richness of the Lecturer, in his illustrations, or the chaste, sweet, and exact tones of his charming choir, Miss Cubitt and Miss Po r t er . Th e whole credit of the fine effect produced last evening by those faultless illustrations must not be given to those ladies and to the Lecturer, who is the most perfect baritone in England, for Miss Le Roy has completely rid herself of the Italianisms which we have been obliged, on former occasions, to censure, and she played " Fin Al‘Coul's March" with a tenderness of touch and strength of expression which the warrior bard, the author of this glorious melody, might hear with envy. The correctness and truth of the Professor pervaded his entire corps, and the symphonies were executed by Mr. Jolly in a style so faultless that, if they were played as separate pieces, they would have been as eagerly encored, as they were warmly applauded. Mr. Horncastle shed a new light upon the history, as well as the science of music; and he concluded his delightful lecture with a promise that, in the course of his series, he will prove that Ireland—of which he is not a native—merits the appellation of the " Laud of Song." ADELAIDE GALLERY. Last night the orchestra had an unusual accession of talent for the promenade concert, and on account of Covent-garden being otherwise occupied there were more of Jullien's best men enabled to attend in company. Mons. L. Z. Remy officiated as conductor. There were several very pretty features in the concert, but the one upon which had been placed the greatest strain was " Jullien's English Quadrilles ; they were rapturously encored. In the second part of the concert, his " Royal Irish Quadrilles" were equally successful. The entire of the musical performance seemed to elicit the approba tion of the audience, which was numerous. Mr. Green's exhibition of his balloon occupied the attention of the company before the entertainments began, and Mr. Monk Mason's Aerial Machine was suspended from the ceiling throughout the evening. There were other ob jects in succession to employ the minds of the visitors, among which was a lecture in the theatre upon Payne's Patent Process for the Preparation of Wood. The lec turer demonstrated the precess by the operation of the air-pump, by which the vessels of the wood can be im pregnated with iron, and th ere b y ren d ers even common deal incombustible, and imparts to it a durability of wear , so as to make it capable of re tfor o s m oc fi i society c at a h e s n i a d r v te i t n gh g a er hardnessdi t ne h vd e e pnmr.to9iefoss invention preservation brilliant foannn one of fo p bf o ug l i i rl s de h ia . nt gism T op h ro e vr let etas c ns ee u les r e r showed as well as adding to the str engt h o f t i m b er , an d th e adap tation of more ordinary woods for the formation of orna mental furniture. --- ----- COURT CIRCULAR. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting yesterday morning, attended by Major-General Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry in Waiting, Lord Rivers, and Mr. George Edward Anson. The Royal party left Claremont on horseback at eleven o'clock for the preserves, and after remaining near four hours returned to lunch. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken an airing yesterday forenoon in Claremont Park. Archdeacon Wilberforce took his departure from Claremont yesterday morning. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked in the grounds in the vicinity of Claremont on Sunday afternoon. The Marchioness of Douro, and the Hon. Mrs. G. E. Anson, took an airing in a pony phaeton. Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner had the honour of dining with her Majesty at Claremont. A Cabinet Council was held at. three o'clock yester day afternoon, at the Foreign -office. It was attendedby Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Whar nc liff e, t h e E ar l o f Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Ripon, Mr. Gladstone, and other Cabinet Ministers. The Council sat three hours. Sir Frederick Pollock, Attorney-General, visited the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at the Foreign-office. Sir Frederick had also an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir Moses Montefiore had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office. A meeting of the Revenue Inquiry Commission was held yesterday at Gwydyr House, Whitehall. Lord Stanley and the Chancellor of the Exchequer visited Sir Robert Peel yesterday. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an in. terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Gladstone had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday at the Foreign-office. Dispatches from the Governors of Ceylon, Mauritius, and Malta, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were also received from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. The Earl of Ripon arrived in town yesterday morning from a visit to Earl Cowper, at Panshanger. The Marquis of Anglesey arrived at his residence in OM Burlington-street. on Sunday night, from Woburn Abbey. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl of Cardigan, in Portman-square, from Deene Park, Northamptonshire ; Lord and Lady Shrewsbury, at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street, from Brighton ; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. William Best, from a visit to Lord Wynford, at Chiselhurst ; the Hon. Mrs. Horton, in Bolton-street, from Brighton ; the Hon. Charles Gore, from the Marquis of Lansdowne's, Bowood ; Lord Charles Wellesley, at Apsley House, from Strathfield saye ; Sir George Talbot, Bart., and Miss Talbot, from St. Leonard's-on-Sea ; Sir David Davies, from her Ma jesty the Queen Dowager, Witley Court ; the Hon. Captain Francis Villiers, at the Earl of Jersey's, Berke ley-square ; Captain and Mrs. Wilkinson ' at the Glou cester Hotel, Berkeley-street, Piccadilly ; Mr. and Mrs. Stewart, at ditto ; Captain Mainwaring, R.N., at ditto. DEPARTURES. Sir C. Napier, M.P., trom the Gloucester-hotel,Berke ley-street, Piccadilly, for Merchistoun-hall ; J. Ander son, Esq., and Misses Anderson, from ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Stewart, from ditto ; Rev. F. Hewson, from ditto ; the Hon. Miss Eden, for the Queen Dowager's, Witley court, near Worcester ; the Hon. William Edwardes, from Fenton's-hotel, for his seat in Lincolnshire ; the Hon. Berkeley, on a visit to Lord Fitzhardinge, at German Cottage, Cheltenham. WINDSOR; MONDAY. took 1' e rn h place ° u Georges g t h h , is th d e ay G a o ; the new catacombs at St. Go vernor of the Military The funeral of Thef; K te n C ig a h pt t a s i , n Chapel, with full military honours. Mr. Fernyhough, jun., Messrs. Bond, Smith, and Masters (relatives), and Dr. Stanford and Mr. Fowler, the medical attendants of the deceased knight, followed as mourners. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, Lieut. Bruce, Lieut. Lascelles, and Col. Stanhope, of the Grenadier Guards, and the Naval and Military Knights in residence at Windsor, also followed the corpse to the grave. This is the first interment which has taken place in the new catacombs, w hi c h were completed in August last, and are constructed to contain upwards of 200 coffins. TEE NEW GOVERNOR. —Captain Moore, late of the 69th Regiment of kgoot, who received the appointment G, JANUAR V 16, 1844. of a Military Knight of Windsor upon the death of Captain J. J. Cummin, in June last, has been appointed to the Governorship, in the room of the late Captain Fernvhough. Captain Moore entered the 69th in 1800; obtained his Licutenantcy the following year ; was ap pointed to a Captaincy in 1811 ; and retired upon half pay at the close of the war in 1815. The new Go vernor being the junior Knight the appointment has been the cause of surprise and disappointment to many of his seniors. THE CURRENCY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—lt may possibly be correct, as you state, that I am not able to find out when I am beaten. Napoleon brought a similar charge against the English army at Waterloo. lam willing to take my full share of this national obtuseness; but I hope you will allow me to suggest that it is possible that a small portion of it may attach also to yourself. The current circulation of bills of exchange must certainly have been a little older than the reign of Charles 11. ; for I find that James 1., in 1611, appointed a Committee to inquire into the causes of the exportation of gold and silver money, and that the Committee reported that one of the causes was the use of bills of exchange. But I am well content to leave these questions of legal erudition, concerning the ancient circulation of ac knowledgments of debt, upon the footing on which you have placed them. 'Whether the circulation of such in struments has existed only from the reign of Charles 11., or in the more remote periods of our history, when mo netary debts themselves were only of a trifling amount, is a question of very little importance, when compared with the present state of things, in which nearly all the complicated and innumerable transactions of life are effected through the agency of monetary debts, and when the transfer and exchange of acknowledg ments of debt for each other has literally become vital to the existence of society among us. I would say to you, as I said to Mr. Cobbett in my letter pub lished 21 years ago, " Let us leave the dry bones of our ancestors to moulder amidst the errors and the crimes, the effects of which have long since passed away, and let us take care that the present generation of living men is not precipitated to an early tomb, by measures which are far more unjust and infinitely more ruinous than any which the maddest of tyrants have ever attempted or de vised before." In your journal of the 4th instant you are pleased to use a very harsh, and not very gentlemanly term, as applicable to any future reduction of the standard of value. The old proverb of "glass houses" should not be forgotten. The charge of " rascality" should not be preferred upon light or unjust grounds. Surely, you do not mean that the 4 per cent. juggle of 1819 is to be made permently a cent. per cent. fraud upon the people ? The means of the people are cut down to the metallic level ; are their burdens to be kept up at the paper level ? The late Lord Liverpool told the House of Lords that their rents had been doubled and trebled in paper money. The national debt had been quadrupled. All the taxes, salaries, and expenses of the Government, including the pay of the soldiers, have been doubled. Under these doubled oppressions, and under the paralysis of industry consequent upon the con traction of the circulating system, the people are crushed down into worse than Egyptian slavery. Mr. Cobbett's prophecy, that " without an equitable adjustment, 2,000,000 of men would die of hunger before the pre sent standard of value could be carried into full effect," is at this very moment being literally fulfilled. Is there to be HO limit to human cruelty on the one side, or to human endurance on the other ? Let us not deceive ourselves. This giant fraud is too terrible, and too mortal to be successful. 'When the dire agony of the people shall have carried a free trade in corn, which it certainly will do, how long, do you think, it will then be before free trade is carried also in sugar, coffee, tea, tobacco, and in all the other articles the restrictions upon which now provide the revenue by which the national debt is supported ? I can tell you. Under our present monetary system, just six months. Then the national debt comes suddenly tumbling upon our heads. This terrible catastrophe has been postponed for many years, by all manner of tamperings, tricks, and contrivances, which are now drawing to an end. Under our present system we may now almost count the months which precede the breaking up of the tremendous debacle. Something must be done to arrest this mortal ruin. 'What then is best for the fund owners and tax-receivers?—to cut down the standard of value, and thereby to secure safety, justice, prosperity, and contentment to them and to all classes? or to reduce the monetary burdens of the people correspondently with the reduction of their monetary means? or to leave the fundowners and landowners, tax-receivers and tax payers, to perish all under one common ruin? Un doubtedly, the first of these operations is the easiest and the best for all classes. Perhaps you think, that the confiscation of the land will save the national debt. Vain hope. The landowners have yet the main political power of the State in their own hands. They will all become free traders in their own defence; and the mort gagees, a most formidable body of men, will most cer tainly throw their weight into the landowners' scale. Be assured, Sir, that if the Jews and lawyers persist in demanding payment of their " Jewish bond" in a quarter of an ounce of gold for every pound sterling of English tax, rent, debt, and obligation, there is but one way in which nature will allow them to enforce it with- out bringing down ruin upon their own heads. They must substitute totally the use of paper-money in the place of gold and silver coin in England; and they must prevail upon France and America to act upon a similar policy. By these means only can they occasion such a depreciation in the value of gold and silver throughout Europe as will enable them to keep down the market prices of gold and silver at their present level, whilst all other prices rise to that remunerating level which is absolutely necessary to the prosperity of industry, and to the very existence of society in England. Paper money has carried our country through many a trying scene. With wisdom, fortitude, and justice at our head, it may yet carry us through a more formidable scene that has ever yet presented itself in the history of England before.—l am respectfully, Sir, your obedient humble servant, THOMAS ATTWOOD. Birmingham, Jan. 9. CURRENCY-T.HE SILVER COIN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—Two articles have appeared in The Sun re lative to the wonderful profit that would arise by parties purchasing silver bullion at 60s. per pound troy, and having this weight coined into 665. One article appeared on the 21st ult. ; the other on the 13th inst. The gentleman to whom you are in debted for those articles will very much oblige me by favouring me with the date of the Royal Procla mation, authorising the public to demand the coinage of silver bullion at the Mint; and if he can produce such proclamation he will further oblige by stating the authority by which parties can demand of the master of the Mint 665. for each pound weight of silver bullion delivered at the Mint for coinage. I have in vain endeavoured to trace the proclamation to which I have referred. If the public has a right to demand the coinage of silver bullion at the Mint at this time, I consider I have reasonable cause to consider that such a proclamation must be in ex istence, as I find the following enactments in the 56 Geo. 111., cap. 68, sections 9 and 10 :—" From and after such day as shall be appointed by any proclamati on i ssue d by his Majesty, with the advice of his Privy Council, it shall be lawful for any person, native or foreigner, to bring any foreign coin or reputed coi n , pl a t e or b u lli on o f s il ver in mass, molten or alloyed, or any manufacture of silver, and to deliver the same at the Mint in London, to be there melted down and coined into current silver coins of this kingdom ; and such silver so bought shall be assayed, and melted down and coined i n t o silver coins of a standard of eleven ounces, two penny weights of fine silver, and eighteen pennyweights of alloy in the pound troy, and in weight after the rate of 665. to every pound troy, whether coined in crowns, half-crowns, shillings, or sixpences, or pieces of a lower denomination ; and as soon as may be after such silver shall be melted and assayed, there shall be delivered to the person bringing the same a sum in silver coins, after the rate of 625. of the standard fineness before-mentioned for every pound of troy; and for the diminution and charge for assaying, coinage, and waste of all such silver so brought to the Mint, there may be retained at the Mint 4s. for every pound troy brought in, making in the whole after the rate of 665. for every pound troy."—Section 9. " Such sums of 4s. per pound shall be applied to the expense of coinage, and the surplus, if any, car ried to the consolidated fund."—Section 10. If I am not " mistaken," I guess that the withhold ing 4s. out of every 665. by the Master of the Mint, would tend to reduce the profit of 101., which your correspondent states would arise from the operation he has described, and that the buying up all the gold coin and gold bullion, with the silver coin, is not quite so easy a job as he imagines. Is it that I or he is " mistaken ?"—Your's, &c. Ilfracombe, Jan. 15, 1844. GORDIUS. BEIRNIARD AND « A STANDARD OF VALUE." TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. _ _ SlR,—Your Correspondent Beirniard, in your's of the 13th inst., has intended so ably to describe a standard of value, that it is a great pity that it should have been confused—the little word " if," never was, I am certain, intended by him to have been in the place it is ; he either omitted to have erased it in his M.S., or it is a typographical error. Beirniard's definition of a standard of value cannot be quoted too often ; therefore, perhaps you will allow me to do so, marking the word " if,' in a parenthesis. " The fundamental original sin' which lies at the iase of all currency theories (of the usual school) is the mystification about a standard of value,' there is no such standard (if) it means some thing which will always command the same amount of other things which men consider valuable." I fully agree with Beirniard, that not only is there no such standard, but that there never was, nor ever will be,—when the alchymist discovers the philoso pher's stone, and the mechanic perpetual motion, then may the monetarian hope to find " a standard of value."—Your's, &c. G ORDIUS. Ilfracombe, Jan. 15, 1844. General Jackson is in very infirm health. He never loaves his room, and is emaciated to mere skin and bone. He has a severe cough, and pain in the back and side, but his voice and intellect appear unaffected, and the lightning fire of former years yet flashes in his eyee..4.ttieriC“?! Kw. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In my letter to you of the 10th inst., there are some errors in the figures which I wish to correct. For 51. read 51. 11 s. For 228 grains read 204 grains. For 600 grains read 684 grains. Jan. 15, 1844. A WORKING MAN. THE BIRMINGHAM BLACK-HOLE. At the close of the Borough sessions, at Birming ham, on Saturday, two men, named James Smith and John Taylor, were placed in the dock to answer a charge of assault upon police-constable Buckerfield. Mr. Mellor appeared for the prosecution, and stated the case. The Learned Gentleman said he had to request the attention of the Court and jury to that case, which was instituted by the superintendent of police for the protection of his officers, one of whom, the complainant, Buckerfield, had been grossly as. saulted on the 25th of December, whilst in the execu tion of his duty, under the following circumstances : It appeared that on that day Buckerfield was sent to quell some disturbance in a place in this town, which, from all he could hear, was a disgrace, not only to the town of Birmingham, but would be a disgrace to any country or to any age. It was called a prison, con nected with what was termed a Court of Requests. It was a prison, indeed, but the like of which he had never heard of since he read of the celebrated Black hole at Calcutta, or those dark and loathsome dun geons which had disgraced bygone days. It was a prison under ground, in a cellar of the house ; and in this place twenty-three persons were confined for debt. He was told that the situation of these unfor tunate persons was truly intolerable, and that it was really impossible for language to describe the wretched condition in which these beings were detained. He was told its common name in the town was the Louse Hole ; by that it was known, by that it was called ; and he could not refrain from saying, that it was really a disgrace to think that such a prison, such a sink of filth and cruelty, could be permitted to exist in a town like this. Having thus noticed the place of as sault, which he had no doubt would soon undergo a change, he should state the facts of the case he had to prosecute against the prisoners. It appeared that some disturbance arose in this place, in which the assist ance of the police was required. On the 25th Dec. (being Christmas-day), the governor permitted a number of persons, friends of the unfortunate debtors who were confined in this hole, to go into the place, for the purpose of seeing their friends and spending some time with them. A certain time was allowed for them to remain in ; but it appeared that they re mained longer than the time allowed, and under the influence of drink they began to quarrel. In fact, a regular fight ensued, and the governor was in a state of terror and alarm. He was afraid to go near the place, and he in consequence applied for the assistance of the police. The complainant, Buckerfield, was sent to the place, and he entered this cell, where he was immediately seized hold of, the cape of his coat was torn off, his staff was taken from him, he was beaten with a stick upon the head, and grossly ill used by the persons in the room. Mr. Boot was then called, and on being examined by Mr. Mellor, stated that he was keeper of the prison called the Court of Requests. Cross-examined by Mr. Millar—lie had been twenty-six years altogether in his present situation, and the cell of which he had been speaking had been used all that time as a prison. It had been called the Louse Hole from time immemorial. Men women, and children,rwere altogether in one room. He could not refuse to let their wives in, if they came at proper hours. He could not tell the size of the room. It was something larger than the area around that table. Respectable persons were placed in an inner room. Mr. Millar—And what sort of persons, pray, do you put in this glorious pandemonium ? Witness— I put all those there who do not go out under the Insolvent Act. They did not sleep in that room at night ; they slept in a room up stairs. Sometimes they requested to be allowed to sleep down in the room already described. The parties up stairs had straw beds if they paid for them.—(Sensation in Court.) They had no beds when they slept below stairs. He could not tell the size of the place they slept in above stairs. It was more than five yards square. He would not swear it was twenty yards. There were twenty-seven persons sleeping in the room at the time. Mr. Mellor—And dow do they lie ? Mr. Spooner, barrister—They lie down heads and points like a parcel of dogs. The Recorder—Has any person in authority visited the place during your time ? Witness—A person from Loudon visited it two years ago, and since then one came down. The Recorder—What was his name ? Witness— Ido not know. He came and said he was an in spector of prisons, and I showed him all the rooms, and told him the number of prisoners they contained. The Recorder—ls not this Court of Requests pre sided over by Commissioners ? Witness—Yes. The Recorder—Do they ever look over the pri soners ? Witness—They are there every Friday. The Recorder—Do any of them ever go down to look at this place ? Witness—Yes; they have seen it. Evidence was then given of the assault, and the Recorder addressed the jury. Twenty-seven fellow beings—fellow-men, endowed with all the sensibilities of nature, had, it appeared, from time to time, been subject to bodily torture and mental degradation, to the manifest injury of body and soul, in this miser able dungeon—a dungeon existing below the sur face of the earth, although no person ought to be confined below the earth—in a dun geon that recalled to the mind those horrible places which he had hoped had passed away for ever. In his opinion, unless they saw good reason to doubt the evidence they had heard, the two prisoners were clearly guilty of the assault ; and they stood then in a position which he hoped would be long peculiar to themselves in the administration of English laws. They stood in a position in which a verdict of guilty would draw upon them, not, in point of fact, a punish ment, but a reward; for one could readily believe that it would be, after the description they had heard of the place of their confinement, a blessing to them to be removed under almost any circumstances. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty. After which The Recorder, addressing the prisoners, said he was not giving them any pain by pronouncing the sentence upon them, that they be imprisoned in the county gaol, and kept to hard labour for three months. In that gaol they would find cleanliness and humanity, and attention would be paid to their spiritual as, well as temporal wants. The prisoners were then removed. IMPROVEMENTS OF THE MINT IN TIIE BOROUGH. —The long contemplated improvements in that densely populated locale—the Mint in Southwark, are now it would seem at once to take place. The same plan for a new street, which was approved of at a meeting held at the Town Hall, on September 17, 1840, designed by Mr. Attiscocks, the surveyor, is to undergo little or no mo dification or alteration. It runs in a slightly curved line from Blackman-street, St. George the Martyr, and joins Charlotte -street, Christchurch, thus cutting through the very heart of the miserable dens and those hotbeds of crime in the Borough Mint. The line will intersect Harrow-street, Red-cross-street, Duke-street and King-street, embracing Mint-square, and widening Queen-street, Southwark Bridge-road, to upwards of three times its present width. After crossing the South wark Bridge-road it leaves a portion on the north of Norfolk-street standing, and quitting it at Paviour's alley, intersects Prince's-street and crosses Gravel-lane into Charlotte -street, only a corner of which will have to come down. The whole extent is a little more than 6,600 yards. A question naturally suggests itself— beneficial as the vast improvements at present proceed ing must be allowed to be,—what is to become of the poor who have so long inhabited St. Giles's, the Mint, and other localities which are now daily being rased to the ground ? MR. WALLACE, M.P.—lt affords us pleasure to state that the resolution come to by the Town Council of Paisley, some time ago, for presenting the freedom of the burgh to Mr. 'Wallace, is likely soon to be fulfilled. The reason of the somewhat unaccountable delay that has occurred regarding the fulfilling of this duty is, that the members of Council to whom the task of cor responding with Mr. Wallace was allotted, were unanimously of opinion that some appropriate token of respect from the inhabitants in compliment to Mr. Wallace for his valuable services in securing the penny postage, should accompany the freedom voted by the CounciL Many gentlemen unconnected with the Council having concurred in the this view, the most ap propriate accompaniment that occurred to them was a box for the burgess ticket, composed of the Wallace oak and of Queen Mary's yew. On application to both Sir John Maxwell and the Elderslie family, the best selec tions that could be obtained of cuts from these two trees, famous in the history of Scotland, were most cheerfully granted, although considerable difficulty was experienced, and a good deal of search and delay was necessary before a proper piece of the oak could be found. All difficulties of this kind have, however, now been surmounted, and on having obtained a beautiful design from Mr. M'Clure, artist, Glasgow, the design and classical materials alluded to, have been put into the hands of Mr. M'Clure, carver, Exchange-square, who has now got the box in a considerable state of forwardness, and which, when finished, will be a most appropriate gift for the representative of the Wallace family, as well as a splendid and elaborate piece of art. Amongst other devices, the box will be embellished with the arms of Wallace, and with those of the town, placed in conspicuous places.— Glasgow Evening Post. FlRE.—Yesterday morning, shortly before three o'clock, a fire broke out in a private dwelling-house in the occupation of Captain John Shepheard, situate at No. 7, Mansfield-street, Portland-place. The fire origi nated in the upper floor, from, it is supposed, a spark flying out of a lighted candle amongst the bed and bedding. The Brigade, County, and West of England engines were remarkably quick in reaching the spot, but fortunately the fire was extinguished without calling the engines into requisition. One of the domestics, in assisting to get the fire out was burnt about the hands and wrists. Captain Shepheard is understood to be insured in the Imperial. - lU , _ 'e. il r ...,...2\ - i''' 6 ' DEATH OF THE lIIARQ S . °\l ' , ~ -4( :_- .. , , , ;. - 0 , ..A:..4. , .. • HASTINGS. t • -~ pi' - - ......--,),41;v,s It is with f clings of regret we have to nnounce thai-0:•-:1.-, ~ death of the Mar qu i s o f H ast i ngs, t h e mournfu l intellin e ,_. / . 1 4 1." 4 gence of whos e d em i se reac h e d t h e metropolis - yesterda)le;y"./ morning. The m e l anc h o l y event too k p l ace on • S aturclaY . \*., , l›, evening, at Southampton, where, as was only stated bli :4- Az us last wee k, th e M arqu i s, accompan i ed by his amiable Marchioness, had arrived from Bournemouth for the ad vantage of medical advice. Our informant says, that in consequence of indisposition the Marquis early in the past month was, at the recommendation of his physicians, ad vised to leave Dorrington Park, Leicestershire, for the Hampshire coast, in the anticipation that a change of air would prove beneficial to his health. Since then his Lordship has continued more or less unwell, and it was increased symptoms of a serious character that induced his removal from Bournemouth to Southampton. The Marchioness, who has constantly attended the noble in valid throughout his illness, is overwhelmed by her bereavement, and it is feared that the shock given to her feelings may injure her health. The late George Augustus Francis Rawdon Hastings, Marquis of Hast ings, Earl of Rawdon, Viscount Loudoun, and Baron Botreaux, Ilungerford, Molines, Hastings, Moels of Cadbury, Newmarch, Peverill, De Hornet; and Rawdon, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; Earl of Moira, county of Down, and Baron Rawdon of Moira, in the Irish Peerage, was second son of Francis, first Marquis, the distinguished Governor- General and Commander-in-Chief of India, by Flora- Mure Campbell, in her own right Countess of Loudoun, who died in 1841. He was born on the 4th of February, 1808, so that the deceased had not attained at his death his 3Gth year. On the death of his gallant father, Nov. 28, 1826, whose elder son died an infant, he succeeded to the honours of the family. The late Marquis married, August I, 1831, Barbara Yelverton, in her own right Baroness Grey de Ruthyn, by whom his Lordship leaves issue a son, Paulyn Reginald Serlo, Earl of Rawdon, born June 2, 1832. who of course becomes Marquis of Hastings by his father's death, and, we believe, four youthful daughters. The late Marquis has three sisters surviving him, namely Lady Sophia Frederica Christina, born February I, 1809 ; Lady Selina Constance, born April 15, 1810, and mar ried June 25, 1838, Captain Charles Henry, 56th Regi ment ; and Lady Adelaide Augusta Lavinia, born February 25, 1812. The families of Lord and Lady George William Russell, Marquis of Ailesbury, air. Hamilton Fitzgerald, and many other persons of dis• tinction, arc placed in mourning by the Marquis's demise. COLONEL STODDART AND CAPTAIN CONOLLY. The last accounts received from Dr. Wolff are to the 28th of November, on which day he left Trebizond for Erzeroum. Ile arrived at Trebizond the previous day, accompanied by the Sheik of Bokhara, Hajji Mohamed Shereef; to whom he was introduced by the Reis Effendi at Constantinople, and by whom he was immediately re cognised as an old acquaintance. The Sheik has pro mised to use all his influence for obtaining the release of Stoddart and Conolly. On going on board the steam-boat, the Doctor found that Sir Stratford Canning had even paid his passage. One page of the Doctor's journal is taken up with an enumeration of acts of kindness of Sir Strat ford and Lady Canning, and the gentlemen attached to her Majesty's Embassy. On looking at the passengers' book, the first name that met his eye was that of his ftrhie yea r end,A 11 8 1 3 1 . Conolly,AtTrebizond vi' ri withtten the hip English ow c own hand,on Consul opened a subscription, and 4,400 piastres were imme diately raised, of which the Russian Consul contributed 1,000, and the French Consul 400 piastres. A letter has been received from Lieutenant Vincent Eyre, Bengal Artillery, dated Camp Kurnaul, Novem ber 16, which states that the man Barenstein, who said that he had witnessed the execution of Stoddart and Conolly, had been proved to be an impostor. Lieutenant Eyre states that an Affghan had arrived at Hyderabad, from Bokhara, who left Stoddart alive, and at liberty. He could easily escape, if he had but the will. The Affghan says that " Stoddart has scruples about escaping without an order from the English Go vernment, being a man of exceedingly strict notions of duty." Lieutenant Eyre relies upon this intelligence, having seen authentic documents. At Kurnaul 1,200 rupees (1201.) were immediately raised for Dr. Wolff's mission. THE REBECCA RIOTS. (From the Carmarthen Journal.) We find that Shoni Seyborfawr and Dai y Cantwr, the persons who, at the late winter Assizes, were convicted for Rebecca riots and were severally sentenced, the former to transportation for life, and the other for twenty years, have made confessions to 'William Chambers, Esq., jun., of Llanelly. Shoni confessed to him that he was present at the burning of Mr. Chambers's two farms, namely, Mansant and Tynywern. lie also mentioned several nightly meetings which he had attended, where measures were taken to avoid the military, who at that time patrolled the country. He admitted that he was one of a party who pulled down a dozen gates, which he named, and the several nights on which they were demolished. lie further gave the names of several farmers who were pre sent with him in his destructive acts. It appeared from his statement that he and his wicked companions were to be paid a certain sum a day for breaking down gates, and other misdeeds, and that he and many others were paid five shillings each for setting fire to Mansant, from a publican, who acted as treasurer. He further states, that the old woman at heady Gate was shot by a boy unintentionally—in fact, purely accidentally. Dai y Cantwr states that he was present with Shoal in many of his midnight misdoings, and was present when the farms of Mansant and Tynywern were set fire to, and that he saw Mr. Chambers's horse shot. He has mentioned the names of several persons who assisted him and Shoni in the committal of outrages upon property, which have disgraced this and the adjoining counties. Ile further states that the proposition to shoot Mr. Cham bers was not the wish of any one person in particular, but that it was the opinion of the people generally that the younger Mr. Chambers ought to be shot. ALLEGED CASE OF CRIM. CON.—A case of aim. con., which has crused no small sensation in Tyrone, is to undergo investigation at the Omagh assizes. The persons alleged to be guilty are both married ; and the plaintiff has laid his damages at 5,000/.—Derry Journal. DISTRESSING ACCIDENT BY MACIIINERY...-Yes.. terday morning a fine lad, named Edward Mills, twelve years of age, was brought into St. George's Hospital, suffering the:most acute agony, arising from the four fingers, and a portion of the thumb of his right hand having been cut off by a circular saw, at the works of the Wood-pavement Company, near Vauxhall-bridge. It appears that the lad had but just been engaged in • his new employment in the machine-room, and being, therefore, unacquainted with the works thereof, he in cautiously, during the temporary absence of the engineer, placed his right hand among the machinery, and before he could withdraw it his fingers, and a portion of his thumb, were cut oil; as above described. It is expected that, from the jagged manner in which the fingers, &c., were severed by the saw, that amputation of the hand at the wrist will be unavoidable. if, however, this should _ not take place, what remains of the hand of the unfortu nate boy will be of little or no use to him. COFFEE AND EATING -lIOUSE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIA- , TION.—The half-yearly meeting of the members of this Association was held yesterday evening at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet-street ; Mr. Hare presided. From the Report read by the Secretary, Mr. Abbott, it appeared • that the total receipts for the year were 267/. 17s. The subscriptions of members exclusively amounted to - 841. 19s. 9d., being a much larger sum than had been re ceived in any corresponding period since the formation of the Association. Amongst the items alluded to in !. the Report was one of 801. 45., th e pro fi ts o f an excursion - to Sheerness in July last. From an entertainment at the Eagle Tavern, City-road, a sum of 131. 18s. 6d. had been 0 derived. During the h a lf-y ear a sum o f 100 4 , h a d been -., added to the amount of stock, which now makes 1,300/. The Report detailed some other facts of no importance. e Its adoption being agreed to, the usual business was gone through, and the meeting separated. [ADVERTISEMENT.] T DEAT II OF THE MARQUIS OF HASTINGS.—Tne Hampshire Advertiser states :—" We have to record the I demise, this morning, at the Dolphin Hotel, Southamp ton, of the Marquis of Hastings. The Noble Marquis a had been residing at the Hotel for the last month, being an invalid from the gout, which at last reached the heart, and caused his death. The Marquis would have been thirty-six years of age had he lived to the 4th of i. February next." Thus in the meridian of life, has fallen T one of the most amiable of our aristocracy, from a dis- ,3 ease ever known to terminate fatally when the stomach :t or brain are attacked. The loss of this Nobleman is the (, more to be lamented, when he might ha ve b een p re - . served to his friends and to society had he known of that -r simple remedy, Blair's Gout and Rheumatism Pills, which have ever been so successful in restraining the disease from from reaching any vital part. ALARMING FIRES.—Last evening, shortly after 6 ' o'clock, an alarming fire was discovered in a private house belonging to a Mr. Smith, situate at No. 4, Wood -street, 'ft - - Lambeth-walk. The brigade engines from the stations d in Waterloo and Southwark-bridge-roads were imme diately dispatched to the spot, when it was found that it had broke out in a large cellar under the stairs leading to the basement-floor, the latter being entirely consumed. Much damage is done, and it was understood that the occupier was insured. Almost at the same time severe/ , oflthe brigade engines distributed in the c ity were ca ll e d out to another fire in Goswell-street-road, which fortu nately was not of so serious a character. It originated :t in the kitchen. The principal damage done is to a plate- a box, which contained some valuable plate. About noon _1 yesterday much alarm was created in the neighbourhood :1 of Houndsditch, owing to au alarm of fire having been raised at a house situate at No. 4, Fireball-court, and It that a Jewess named Blandfell was burnt to death. On g inquiry as to the fact, it was ascertained that the latter part of the report was not exactly correct, although the poor creature is so seriously injured that her recovery is almost deemed impossible. It appears that she acci dentally fell into the fire, and in her fright, while pulling fn off her wearing apparel,. which was in flames, she fired 1 . 1 the room. The premises being tenanted by a large num ber of persons, abundant help was soon at hand, and the fire was quickly subdued. ecei vofl Oporto, The s official app returns ears b y t h o o f a t c h c e ou s n h t i s pm ju e s n t t r of wines thence,from were 26,400 pipes, of which 21,296 pipes for Brazil, iV pipes for - show the following results, viz., that the ; total werwere shipments for Great Britain, 2,341 pipes destined and 6 pipes to France, whileother loca li ties were George Bandsman and Co., it The principal shippers_ liamlaurgh, 547 pipes fo l r oc thea it s n i f t i e gt figure States, f0r1,131 pits. - Iluet,itoope, and Co., 1,305 pipes • Mar tinez,2,o92 RiPes. pipes ; Fonseca and Co., 1,062 pipes ; and Quarles . rd assiot, and Co., 1,256 pipes ; T. J. Smith ' , 1,112 T il Harris and Co. ? 1,016 pipes. All other shippers figure r for less than 1,000 pipes each. • 13 0 it oil 0 ,ill 1