The Sun. — London, England, 1850-12-24 00:00:00

[The follow:ng appeared in our Third Edition of la3t night :—] THREATENED STRIKE OF SOME OF THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN DRIVERS. ---~-- LATEST INTELLIGENCE. The London and North-Western trains are work. ing as usual. The drivers have for the present abandoned their resolution to strike at 24 hours' notice ; and though there is every likelihood that a strike will take place, there is reason now to hope that the better sense of the men will, at a n even t s , induce them to give the fourteen days' notice stipu lated for in their regulations. The tone of the resolutions of the Northern Division men is so arbitrary and unseemly, that it is impossible for the directors, if any discipline at all is to be preserved on the line, to submit to demands which are alike pregnant with injury to the men and danger to the public. SPAIN. The Bulletin de Paris annouces that a German diplomatist, who has just arrived from Madrid, is bearer of the intelligence that the Queen of SPAIN 13 enceinte. ITALY. The Senate of Piedmont, in its sitting of the 16th, passed the Bill abolishing the laws on primogeniture by a majority of 34 votes to 19. The Chamber of Deputies ccntinued the discussion on the Bill for the better protection of lunatics, and organization of lunatic asylums. Letters from Florence, in the Concordia of Turin, state that the Tuscan Cabinet contemplates a further reduction in the Tuscan army, but that the Minister of War is strongly opposed to that measure. The Statato of Florence of the 14th states that the police of that capital bad been actively engaged during the three preceding days in searching several book sellers' shops, and that Signor Bianconi, one of the booksellers, has been arrested. lONIAN ISLANDS. The National publishes a letter from the lonian Islands, dated the Bth inst., announcing that the Lord High Commissioner had been again obliged to pro rogue the Some of Representatives, in order to pre• vent the adoption of the following seditious decree by the Asselibly Whereas the independence, soreroigr•ty, and na:ion alify of evory people are natu al and imprescriptible rtflt , ; " Whereaa the people of t!: - .0 Sevel lonian Islands, firming an irisepttranie portion of the Hellenic ration, are now deprived of the enj. - )yeamt and real exercise of those rights; " rem, nalreovcr, the motives f which th , y were placed under British protection, in virtue of a treaty to which thy never ga-re any sort of assent, have totally tli,arplared; Wherc.a, Seelly, r. port on of the liel!enic nation to wl-dah they belong—fhat is, ir.deper.dertt Greece—l:as alret'!y re:tonqaerci its righta of nationality and Bove rei;zety ; "F.:r these reasons the fle.:t Fres , Assembly of the R-pntsontoAi ves of the Se7enlnd; dmkre: That tee unanimous, firm, and unalterable wish of the people of the liev..?n Hellenic Island:; is to recover their indendence and procure their annexation to their own nation—independent Greece. " This eolemn declar;ation shall be forwarded by a message of the Chamber to the protecting Power, with a request to communicate it to the other European Go vernments, in order tbit they may combine means f. , r the speedy execution of the present decree. " Greece (Corfu), 8:h December, 1850." The resolution was signed by the following repre sentatives : . . “ Gerasiroos Livades, Natllaniel Domeneglainis, An geles Dessylos, Francis Domeneghinis, Elias Z” - cos, Joseph Monteferratosjelemachu.s Paisis, Jan Jypaldos, Staniatelos Pylarinos, George Jyptldos, Cristodoulos Polandis." TICKETING FUR SHOPS. At Marlborough-street, on S aturday, Colonel Short, the hon. secretary of the House of Charity, Rose-street, accompanied by Miss Earl, the matron, applied for a summons against a tradesman in Oxford street, under these circumstances : Colonel Short stated that Miss E irl, having been commissioned to select a boa for a young friend, went on Friday into Oxford-street, and entered a fur shop, intending to make a purchase if she found an article to suit her. She was shawn some boas, but none would suit, and, though very much pressed to make a purchase, she persisted in leaving the shop. She walked into another shop, followed, however, by some person from the shop she had just quitted, and made a purchase at the second shop. As she came out, the person from the first shop touched her on the shoulder, and asked her to go back to his shop, as a boa had been missed, which she was suspected to have stolen. The person said there were seven boas placed on the coun ter before her, and six only were found after she had left the place. Miss Earl immediately con sented to return to the shop, and when there sent for the warden, a clergyman, to whom her character was known. The persons belonging to the shop wished ber to go up stairs and be searched by one of the females belonging to the establishment. Miss Earl refused to leave the shop, or to allow herself to be searched until the warden had arrived. As soon as the warden came she said she was quite willing to be searched, and she did undergo some kind of searching operation, hut of course no boa was found. The person belonging to the shop said, in the war den's presence, that eight boas had been placed on the counter, and that only seven were found. Colonel Short said his motive for bringing the case forward was to protect the public, and ladies especi ally, who went into ticketing shops in Oxford-street, from being either imposed upon, treated with rude ness or violence, or subjected to a charge of felony, if they would not make a purchase. Miss Earl was a person of untiemished character; and as he was made acquainted with the facts, he brought her to the court to make an application for a summons. Mr. Hardwick asked Miss Earl whose shop she re ferre I to? Miss Earl replied the name of Stockbridge was over the shop. Mr. Hardwick said the assault was the touch on the shoulder, but, under the circumstances, he hardly thought such a charge could he sustained. The real offence was detaining Miss Earl on a charge of felony. However, if there was evidence enough to make out a case of assault, the penalty which a magistrate could inflict would hardly he a sufficient punishment. He shauld advise the aggrieved party to apply to an at torney, who would, no doubt, recommend an action to be brought in the County Csurt I,r damages. Tne parties thanked the magistrate, and left the court. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, DEC. 21. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. The Rev. C. D. Kebhell, 8.A., formerly of this college, has been sppOiht , d to the curacy of PitLforil, Northamptonshire. Mr. IL R. Watts, Commoner of University Colb , ge, has been elected a Mathematical Exhibitioner of that college. ORIEL COLLEGE.—The Rev. F. M. Edgell, M.A., of this college, has been appointed to the curacy of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, London. NEW COLLEGE.—Mr. W. Ridding, Schrdar of this college, has been admitted an Actual Fellow. BRASENOSE COLLEGE.—The Rev. 11. W. Maddock, ILA., late Fellow of this college, has be?n nominated to the perpetual curacy of All Stints', St. John's wood, London. CHIINT CHURCH.--The Very Rev. the Dean will preach at Christ Church on Christmas-day. The Rev. T. F. H. Bridge, M.A., of Christ Church, rector of St. John's, Newfoundland, has been appointed the first Archdeacon of Newfoundland and Labrador. ST. JOHN'S COLLGE.—The Rev. D. Maplet , m, 8.A., of this College, has been nominated to the perpetual curacy of Meanwood, Leeds. WADHAM COLLEGE.—Tbe Rev. C. C. Doraville, M.A., of this College, has bun instituted to the reciory of Net tleton, Wilts. WORCESTER COLLEGE.—MT. Steele, Commoner of this College, has been elected Bible clerk; and Mr. T. B. Hosken, Commoner, under-librarian. MAGDALEN HALL.—The Rev. C. D. Ready, 8.A., for merly of this hall, has been presented to the vicarage of Stow-Bedon, Norfolk. A NEW MODE OF POACHING. To say nothing of the various systems of wiring, snaring, trapping, and shooting, usually employed by man, there is one mode of netting—although many are practised—that is not much known, and seems to de serve especial notice from its destructive character, and the success with which it is frequently attended. Two or three poachers, disguised in respectable atti re , t rave l a b ou t th e coun t ry i n a gig or dog- cart, accompanied by a single pointer or setter. One of the party alights at the outskirts of a village or country town, and proceeding to the public room of the nearest tavern, loon falls into con versation with some of the unsuspecting inhabitants ; and passing himself off as "an intelligent traveller," to theaveller,'' or keen sportsman, about to pay a visit neighbouring squire, soon obtains sufficient local in formation for his purpose. The other " gentl emen " have in the meantime put up their horse and gig at an inn in a diff3rent quarter, an d while discussing their brandy-and-water at the bar have " pumped the landlord of all the news likely to prove useful to the fraternity. At a certain hour in the evening the trio meet by appointment at some pre-arranged spot out side the and commence operations. After com paring notes, the most promising ground is selected. A dirk night and rough weather are all in their favour. The steady old pointer, with a lantern round his neck, is turned into a stubble field, and a net of fine texture, but tough ml.terials, is produced from a bag in which it has hitherto been closley packed. 'The light passes quickly across the field—now here, now there, like a Will-o' the-Wisp—as the sagacious dog quaeers the ground rapidly, yet with as much care and precision as if he were wurking for a legitimate sportsman in open day. Suddenly it ceases to more, then advances slowly, stops, moves once more,and at lait lxcomes stationary. Two of the men then take the net,and making c circuit until they arrive in front of the dog, shake out the meslies,and place it in a proper position on the ground. Then standing oppo-ite to each other, and holding either End of the string, they draw it slowly and noiselessly over their quadruped ally—whose exact position is indicated by the lantern—frequently clpturing at the same time an unsuspecting covey huddled together within a few inches of his nose. When this operation is carried on by experienced hands, an entire manor may be effec tually stripped of partridges in an incredibly short space of time.—Gloucestcr Journal. GOSPORT. "When doctors disagree who shall decide?" The good and loyal people of the equally good town of Ges• port hays had lots of fcod for gossip provided for them during the past week, at the expense of two medical gentlemen of this town, the friends of whom may justly exclaim, with Shakspere— " A plague on both your flames." It appears from the gatherings and siftings of very con flict-inn testimony, that Mr. Grey having taken offence at the imputations cast upon him by the writer of cer tain letters in this journal (which have been further perpetuated in a pamphlet), to which the names of " Clericus" and Mr. Kealey were severally ap pended, took it into his head that Mr. Kealey's :princi pal, Mr. Butcher, was the real incendiary in the matter of the inflammable missives made use of to his discom fort, and accordingly having demanded from the latter individual cessation from such a'inoyance and reccived no comfort therefrom, he threatened to horsewhip him, at th© AVM time offering him the choice of a " meeting" on the spot so fatal to the duellists who last occupied it— Browndown. As, however, Mr. Botcher did not under stand bring " btVehered" in that way, nor liking the possibiliry of being game for powder instead of powder making game for him at tliis festive season, declined— whether as a matter of principle, or discretion in another sense, we do not wish to know, and the consequence of this was, that an information having - been given before the justices of the warlike intentions of Mr. Grey, a warrant wes issued requesting his attendance hrfore their worships to answer the charge of inviting Mr. Butcher to his own slaughter, and thereby putting that practitioner in " bodily (and mental) fear," as the statute terms it. Mr. Grey was accordingly vvaAo:l upon by Inspector Martin (of the local police) and aisittantl, and in due course lodged in durance, ar.d ultimately bonnd over, himself in 1001., and two stitch': in the arrow ;t of 501. etch, to 1 ..t , -cp the peace for the term of six month towards his brother practitioner. Sc ended the folly of a day." We wonder whet engines of destruction the doughty belligerents in this w ef words would helve use°, hoed their views. of their wrt,ngs coincided to an ext nt to lave deterallned then to face eaten other in hosTo strife,—we ghoul l snzgesr a , nun tars as the most I)4;pm priste; hut it they did not relish that rnode of " con - pounding" I heir grievances, we worit:l give them the e t - tion of " blerding"—by the purse as well as the note. This would bring matte: to a si.-eedy " issue."— forts - meat!, Times. end ,Virat GazAe. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. APiIISnIENTS. end Matters—U:lirles (1S19), to ti e Athol Lteata-Slip); ejrnelill3 Fox (1816), to the Queen, 110, flag,-ship, Me , iierraneqn, vice Youti, promoted, already sae]; Theoph:lus J. Jon€s (1818), to the Amphitrite, 2-1, at Portsmouth. Master; Asiistants—John Reid and W. J. W. Ye.- If;nd, to the Volcano steam-vcs*el, fitting at WoolutV_;; Henry NV. 133rnct, to the Iheate, 6, steam-sloop, rt Portsmouth. _ . The follor;ing eppoiniments have also taken place: — Lieutenant—F. W. Turton (1850), additional to tie Queen. flig-sbip, Mediterranean. Chief Engineer—John Suell, from the Blenheim. Portsmouth, to the Fisgard, Wookich. Surgeon—W. H. Bent (1817), to the Fantome. Chaplain—Rev. J. Jukins (1835), to the Belleroplik n 78. Devonport. Mate7,— W. C. Sullivan, to the Excellent; R. W. Fayrer (1850), late f tho Wellesley, to the Fantome, 12, Portsmouth; A. 0. Sutton (1850), and E. B. 11. Frinliliu (1850), addiAonal to the Victory, dig-ship, Portsmotrh; A. J. Grey (1850), to the 13 , 11erophon. Asiistant Surgeons—G. M. Sidley (1815), to the Fantome; W. F. Noot (1545), additional to the Victory. COST GUARD APPOINTMENTS, Lieutenants D. B. G. Grant, from Port Sutherland to Casemate; station, vice G. J. S. Winthorp, appointed to the Victory; Robert Hopkins, from To Nrishend to Fish ersgato station, in cvAiange with Augustus Cooper, re moving to Mownshend; James Charles Robinson, from Lepe to Burnham-overy-Staitbs, vice Elward liennah, prevheusly removed; J. R. Thompsor, from St. Cathe rine's to Glenrom station, vice William Lyons, appointed inspecting lieutenant, Achil division; C. J. tlippeale j', from Ilaylipg Island to Port Sutherland, vice 1). B. U. Grant. _ _ Mastera—Hugh John Sclater, from Romney to St. Catherine's station, vice Lieutenant J. R. Thompson; George Collier, to command the Lope station, vice Lieut. Jams Charles Robinson; Mr. Henry Saunders, late R.N., to c ,mmand the station at Romney, vice Mr. Hugh John Sclater, master, R.N., instead of Rayleek, as pre viously announced; Mr. George Grtig, from 1315th Haven to Grand R^doubt station, vice Mr. IL S. Gadder, master, RN.. on account of ill health. ROYAL. MARINE CADETS.—The half-yearly cxamina• tion for mates and marine cadets at the Royal Navel Col:eae at Portsmouth took place last week, and con ciud,!el on Saturday, when Mr. John Halliday Care having passed with whole numbirs, hill ho entitled to the lieutenant's commission in the Royal navy. Lieut. F. A. Foster has passed au examination for the Marine Artillery corps, and Messrs. H. E. W. Lane, W. P. S. Dob3on, C. F. Short, F. Dan, J. B. C)1well, T. J. W. 11. Rawlings, and Henry Swale, marine cadets, for com missions in the Royal Marines. IMPORTANT RIIMOUR.—There is a rumour afloAt that it is the intention of the Admiralty, or rather the Go v rnment, to supersede the Order in Council of 1846, fixing the number of captains on the active list to 500, by another Order in Council limiiing the established number to 400, the list to be reduced to that number by promotions of one officer to three vacancies. We are not in a position either to affirm or deny the accuracy ( , f !his report, but we may remark that to alter the terms of the Order in Council of 1846, without enlarging the moans of retirement for senior officers, would be most unfair and moat unjustifiable.—Herald. ROYAL NATAL FEMALE SCHOOL.—Lieut. Tattnall has given an additional donation of thirty guineas to this in aitution. Atholl store-ship, Lieut.-Commander Pearse, is or dered from Sheerness to Deptford, to loaf with itorcs for Ascensi .n. e!ar..nce, 8-1-, was taken out of No. 4 dock at Devon port on Friday morning, and the Foudroyant, 78, has been taken in to be overhauled. _ _ _ Castor, 36, Commodoie Wyvill, it was stated, had ar rived at Simoti's Bay, act. 6. We have reason to bt - Here that this is income, ror we have letters from the Castor at Mauritim, Sept. 28. Desperate screw sloop will be taken out of dock :kt. Sh,erness Eurydice, 26, has bun taken into the basin at Portc mouth, preparatory to Leing docked. She will be brought forward for commission. Far tonne, 12, Cenamandzr Genus, has hauled off into the stream at Portsmou h, to swing her compasses. Indefatigable, 50. Captain Smart, K.H., has been taken into No. 5 dock at Devonport, to be examin(d. Sparrow surveying voisel is at Queenstown. Com - man , ltr Fraser, Lieutenant Aird, and the rea•itcr, Mr. Hosts) n, are engaged in working up and mapping their surveys. Vulcan iron screw I% igate is ordered to be taken into dock, at Sheerness, this day, in which she will remain about three weeks. She is ordered to have Grant's dis tilling galley, and to bo rigged for commission. Waterwitch, 8, Commander Quin, was mustered on Friday last, by Captain Peter Richards, C. 8., Superin tendent of Chatham Yard, and on the f Mowing day was paid off in a most credimble manner. Two of her petty cfficers—R. King and Robert James—were presented with good conduct gratuities; the former with 41. l4i. and the latter with 3!. 14s. Corporal French, R.M., was promoted for his gallantry whilst serving in the boats, under the command of the first lieutenant (Forsyth), at the capture and destruction of a large slaver off Shebar, on July 10, 1849. The Lords of the Admiralty have also promised David Horne, boatswain's mate, who acted with equal gallantry on the same occasion, his promo tion; es also Thomas Moore, B,M. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDLY.—Thp Hogue, 56, steam-ship, Captain M‘Dougall, sailed yesterday for Queenstown. The chief officers of the Turkish ships have been seeing the sights of London during the past week under the escort of Lieutenant Sir Godfrey Webster, who will shortly take them through the manufacturing districts. The Bey and his junior officers have been very hospit ably received at the Foreign office, the Admiralty, and elsewhere, and are much gratified with the courtesy shown them. Lieutenant John Reid, First of the Frolic, has ex changed into the Caledonia with Lieutenant Nelson. Lieutenant Pidcock, late of the Frolic, has joined the Caledonia. Lieutenant E. F. Dent, Second of the Frolic, has be come First of that vessel. -- TheraPiiir&, 24, Captain Frederick, is destined to convey assistance to the Behring's Straits Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin. First Lieutenant K. Wil son and a party of Royal Marines embarked in her for service yesterday. Extract of a letter from Constantinople, dated De cember .3:—Captain Slade, R.N., is now in the Turkish navy, under the name and title of Mooshaver Pacha, with the special rank in addition of rear-admiral. The Turkish navy is in a very low condition, and will re quire much time and perseverance to elevate it. The admiral's ship blew up in the harbour on the 22d ult., a) you know. The cause has been discovered to have been the firing of 35 barrels of gunpowder. Above 500 people perished in her; about 100 were saved. The wreck lies in nineteen fathoms of water, a cable's length from the arsenal. Mr. Levi, who 11 0.3 been the last three years fishing for brass guns at Solo and Tchesmeh, has come to Constantinople with his schooner, provided with good divers and all the necessary apparatus, including air-pumps worked by steam, for submarine operations in deep wage. The ordinary air-pump worked by hand is unequal to supply the divers at a depth of nineteen fa thoms. The Turkish naval authorities are in treaty with I, ire, and are in hopes of corning to terms with him soon. He e ilculates it will es quire two years to dear away th e wreck. The ship is very valuable, having been built and fitted with true I,;as►tern extravagance, without regard to expense. The Government offer him one half of the value of the brass, copper, and wood re covered; SOL for each iron gun, and one-third of the of all other articles recovered. Should Mr. Levi not agree to the proposal, it will be endeavoured to get some p7rty in England to undertake the work, which can be carried on all the year rc , und. In the mea,nw bile M. Levi has Lean creeping at the mouth of the harbour for a bag of money which a Frenchman dropped over board trt.m a calque a few days ego, in the act of step ping on board a steamer. He has not found the money, but his divers have stumbled on three brass guns, one of which has been hove up. It is old. A Turkish line of-battle-ship went down about that spot 150 years since. Orders ere given for the Turkish frigate and brig now in Portsmouth harbour to winter in England. We hauled a Turkish frigate on shore a few days ago; it was a dead haul for 600 feet." PLYMOUTH, SATuaDAY.—Her Majesty's frigate Phae ton, 50, Captain George Elliott, from Portsmouth, came in yesterday for seamen, and will leave, with the Albion, to-morrow, to join the squadron of evolution at Lisbon. Fier Majesty's steam-vessel Locust, Lieutenant-Cow mander Curtis, arrived on Friday from Woolwich, and went up harbour to coal; she. will sail on Tuesday for Rio Janeiro, to be under the command of Rear-Admiral Reynolds, C.B. lier Majesty's steam-vessel Sprightly, Master G. Allen, arrived from Portsmouth on Friday with seamen for the Albion, who were the same day paid advance cf wages at the pay-office in the dockyard. The Sprightly left for Portsmouth to-day. The Express, 6, packet, is fitting like the Penguin for service cn the coast of Africa. _ _ _ A pension of 30/. per annum has been granted by the Admiralty to the widow of Mr. Tub' as Pa'mer, boat swain, found dead on board the Lancaster frigate in Ha motel, on the 24th of November last. Wm. Macey, a policeman, who has been 17 years with an irreproachable character in the dockyard force, was detected on Wednesday evening in the possession of fi ie pieces of copper bolt and some sheet-copper, the pro perty of the Crown. At the exsminstion on Thursdsy he was arlmitted out on bail, himself in 1001. and two sureties of 501. each to take his trial for the offence et the quarter sessions. This evening the merchant brig Solway, of Whitby, 300 tons, Captain Hodgson, took shelter in the port after being out seventy-five days vainly struggling to reach New York from Marseilles, which left on the 7th of October with a light cargo ef general merchandise and seven passengers. After experiencing a succession of gales, the ship, on the 22d of November, when in 58 dug. west lor Optic., and within 700 miles of her desired port, encountered a tremendous sea, which broke bul warks and stanchions, swept away boats, water-casks, bar eess-cat, ks, cookhouse, caboose, spare spars, studding . sail gear, &c., and drowned the cook, an American sub ject, and Anthony Bisset, one of the ship's apprentices. In this disastrous condition, being also short of provisions and Flavin no sufficient cooking apparatus, the crew and passengers refused to proceed, and the brig bore up for Europe. When sent !ding before the gale her steering wheel was damaged by the weather. Those en hoard were reduced to a pint of water each per day until hap pily relieved, on the 17th inst., by the La ty Gough, from Liverpool, t' , e only ship spoken, having seen but few after karine• the Mediterranean. - The Grzok brig Sot'ori, Captain Assoteri, from Odcsan, with wheat for Cork or Falmouth for crams. came in to-clay, leaky. A seven-inch hawser has hero a a - ilied off her dt.ck, and the st , rn-boot from the davi:s, hod her crew have been comrelltd to throW overboard n atleb - )r ani cable to lighten the shit, ir, c7m3equeoce of the st.vaity of the weather. Her cargo is heated and dsr~a;ed, and part at least mint he discharged. The barque, Nestor, Captain Harper, belonging to this port errrivad to-lay with guano from Callao. WOOLWICH, DEC. 21.—The Monkey steam-vessel will leave Woolwich on Monday morning, with number of shipwrights, joiners, and caulkers on hiard, for Qirenhithe, to make good the defects (4 . the Hercules store-ship, at moorings in that part of the river. The Volcano steam-sloop, Commander Rivers, was taken out of the basin to-day, and is now ready to leave for Greenhithe, to have her compasses adjusted and her powder taken on board. PROMOTIONS. -.ADMIRALTY, MONDAY. Lieutenants—George Western (1837), who lately pail off the Spy, 3, briganline, from the coast of Africa, and fermerly commanded the Jackal steam-vessel ; Sir Godfrey Webster, Bart. (1840), formerly in command of the Tartarus, steam-vessel, in the Mediterranean, and now on special service with the Turks at Portsmouth; and Thomas kit and (1840), late first cf the Bellerophon, forece:ly of the Wolf, 18, and b, fore that cf the il..,:inootirt and Samarang, and was the only cfficer wounded in the attack on the pirates of Malunda who isai not promoted, have been advanced to the rank of commander. The claims of the above officers are indisputable, as well on account of their seniority as their good services; and it is only to be regrcCed that three times the num ber of lieutenants who have commanded ships on the coast of Africa, such as the Hon. F. Boyle, the first lieutenants of fl and sea-going and other ships, such as Hedg,kinson, of the Excellent; Barnard, of the Prince Regent; Connolly, of the Phaeton, 50; Dirom, of the A leoin, 90; May, of the WellesL?y, 72; Stevens, of the St. George, 120; and other hard-working officers, have not yet received their richly-earned promotions. Assistant-Surgeons—Dr. Jame; Niven (1841), of the Seagull, Falmouth and Brazil packet, and Dr. W. M•li. Saunders (1841), of the Victory, flag-ship, at Ports mouth, to the rank of surgeons. Clerks—Stuart Watson (January 4, 1843), James 11. Towel! (March, 1843), acting paymaster of the Gorgon steam sloop, Pacific; and Julian A. Messum (April, 1843), in charge of the Sparrow surveying-vetsel, coast of Ireland, have been promoted to the rank of paymaster and purser. These promotions are from the seniors cn tho list. APPOINTMENTS. Surgeon—John Jolliffe (1850), to the Pandora sur ruin:v.-vessel, fitting at Devonport. Assistant-Surgeon—Athm Gordon (1842), to the 60, at Devonport. Midshipman—G. Y. R. Rattray and Charles D. to the Amphitrite, 25, at Portsmouth; John P. Gardiner and W. Richards, to the Fantome, 12, fitting at Ports mouth; Charles Nevin, to the Indefatigable. Naval Cadet—Henry Grey, to the 'Fisgard flag-ship, Woolwich. The First Lord, Sir F. Baring; the senior naval Lord, Rear• Admiral Dundas, C.B. ; and Mr. Parker, M.P., the secretary, have left the Admiralty for the country for the Christmas holidays. Commander James Edward Parlby died on the 20th instant. Albion, 90, Captain Johnstone, received her supernu meraries from the Sprightly and Phaeton, were paid advance, and lefth Plymouth Sound direct fQr Malta on Sunday morning, fully manned. Foudroyant, 80, and Indefatigable, 50, Captain Smart, K.C.H., have been taken into dock at Devonport. Cap tain Smart is in London, on leav:. Locust, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Curtis, is ordered in the packet-list to leave Devonport for It'o, as we have before so many times had reason to state, in contradiction of the statements that her de<ainstioa was the coast of Africa. She is reported ready to leave Devonport this day. Phaeton, 50, Captain Elliot, has a quantity of st)res to take out to the Lisbon squadron, which will not be packed and put on board beforo late on Tuesday; so that she will not leave Plymou h Sound before late on Tuesday owning or on Wednesday morning. Princess Alice, Dover steam-packet, has proree led to Grrenhithe, from Woolwich, en route to Dover. Sprightly steam-tender, Master Commander All-n, sailed trom Devonport, for Portsmouth, on Saturday evening. Vivid, Dover steam-packet, Master Commander SalLhett, is ordered to Wa;lwich to be repaired. Vlee-Admiral Sir George Francis S.ymour, C. 8., G.C.H., will be the new Commander-in-Chief in the West Indies, North American, and Halifax stations, to succeed Vice-Admiral the Earl of Dundonald, G C.D., and it is believed that the Gallant Admiral will hoist his flag on board the Indefatigable, 50, at Devonport, commanded by his old Pacific flag-captain, Captain Smart, K.ll. Sir George is a distinguished officer, and has served 22 years afloat. A sketch of his career we extract from O'Byrne Biography : " Sir George Francis Seymour, born in September, 1787, is eldest son of the late Vice-Admiral George Hugh Seymour, fifth son of Francis, first Marquis et Hertford, K.G., by Anne Horatia, third daughter of James, second Earl of Waidegrave, whose widow mar ried, a second time, his Royal Highness William Henry Duke of Gloucester, brother of King George 111. He is brother of the late Lieut.-Colonel Hugh Henry Sey mour; is uncle of Commander F. P. B. Seymour, R.N.; and is closely connected with the families of the Duke of Grafton, the Marquises of Cholmondeley, Huntley, Bristol, and Londonderry; the Earls of Drogheda, Grandison, and Lincoln; the Viscounts Chetwynd and Torrington, and Lord Southampton. " This officer entered the navy on the 10th of October, 1797, as first-class volunteer, on board the Princess Augusta yacht. Under Captain Paget in the Endymion we find him contributing, on the 18th and 25th Jana, 16th July, and 14th August, 1803, to the capture of La Colombe and La Bacchante, corvettes of 16 and 18 guns, L'Adour store-ship, and Le General Moreau privateer of , 16 guns. In February and March, 1804, he was nominated in succession acting lieutenant of the Madras, 51, and Donegal, 74; and while in the latter ship, to which he was confirmed by a commissien bearing date the 12:h October, 1804, he aided in taking the Spanish frigates Matilda and Am phitrite, the former laden with a cargo of quicksilver worth 200,0001., accompanied Lord Nelson to the West ladies and back, in 1805, in pursuit of the combined squadrons of France and Spain, and participated in the capture of El ;Rayo of 100 guns, one of the ships re cently defeated at Trafalgar. On the 6th February, 1806, a few days after he had joined the Northumber land, 74, flag-ship, of Rear-Admiral Hon. Alexander Cochrane, Lieutenant Seymour fought in the action off St. Domingo, on which occasion a grapeshot penetrated his jaw, and carried away several teeth. Having been advanced, the 22d January preceding, to the rank of commander, he removed as such, on the 9:h February, to the Kingfisher, sloop, in which vessel, is the ensuing May, he took in tow the Pallas, 32, Captain Lord Coch rane, after that ship had been disabled in action under the batteries of Ile d'Aix, with the French frigwe La Mieerve. He was posted, on the 29,h July, 1806, into the Aurora, 28, stationed in the Mediterranean, and was subse quently appc,int• d, on the 15th February, 1808, to the Pallas, 32, in which frigate he took part in Lord Coch rane's celebrated attack on the French shipping in Bi,que Roads. In the Leonidas, which ship he left on the 14th September, 1814, Captain Seymour captured, on the 231 May, 1813, the American privateer Paul Jones, of 16 guns and 85 men, five of whom wen , wounded during V - e chase. He was nominated a C B. on the 4th June, 1815, awarded on the 28th May, 1816, a pension of 2501. per annum for his wound, nominated a K C.H. (accompanied with the honour of knighthood) in 1831, and a G.C.H. on the 9th Dcce•mbe.r, 1834, and ad vanced to flag rank on the 23d Novemb.yr, 1841. lie filled a seat at the Board of Admiralty from beptamber, 1841. until appointed, on the 14th May, 1814, com mandt,r-in-chief in the Pacific. He soiled for that station with his flag in the Coiling wood, 80, and c:)nti nued there until relieved in 1848 by Rear-Admiral Phipps Hornhy. " Sir George married, in March, 1811, Georgina Mary, second daughter of the late Admiral Hon. Sir George CI - at:afield Berkeley, G.C.8., by whom he has issue three sons and five daught.:,Ts." LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec. 23. (Before Mr. Commissioner Houtorn.) THE DARTFORD SAVINGS WANK, IN RE J. JARDINF. The case of this bankrupt has been repeatedly re• ported in our journal. His Honour to-day gave judgment on the question of certificate as follows : This is an application by the bankrupt for his certifi cate. I deferred giving judgment in order to make inquiry as to the particulars of a case of " Ex parte Wakefield" (not vet reported), decided by his lionour Woe-Chancellor Sir J. L. Knight Bruce, on an ap peal from a decision of Mr. Commissioner Balguy. The gentleman who reports the cases in bankruptcy before the Vice-Chancellor informs me that the case of Ex parte Wakefield" was decided solely upon the construction of the words "conduct as a trader," in the 198th section of the Bankrupt Law Consolida tion Act (12 .h and 13th Viet., c. 106), and that the Vice-Chancellor held that the misappropriation of trust money by the bankrupt, by using it in his own trad ing speculations,was not such conduct as the Legislature directed to be regarded by the words " conduct as a trader." The 256th section of the Bankrupt Law Con solidation Act was not brought under the considera tion of the Vice-Chancellor in " Ex parte Wakefield." The Court is required by that section of the Act to refuse or suspend the certificate if it shall appear that the bankrupt has committed any of the offences therein enumerated ; one of these offences (the third) is—" If the bankrupt shall have contracted any of his debts by any manner of fraud." The bankrupt (Jardine) is cherged with having contracted a large amount of debt by fraud; he is further charged with misconduct in having carried on trade and recklessly contracted debts after a series of defalcations and offences which rendered him amenable to the criminal law. The money in respect of which the bankrupt was found to be a defaulter, or a large portion of it, was improperly used by him in his trade; if he had not resorted to those means, he must have stopped much sooner, end the prospect of his ability to repay the money taken by him depended upon his trade. The criminality of the bankrupt's conduct, then, in certain transactions of a pecuniary nature, cannot be denied ; inde sl, some debts originating in his mis conduct have been proved, and one to a large amount claimed under the bankruptcy ; but it is urged that such misconduct was not committed by the bank rupt in his trad s, or as a trader, and that, uson the authority of the case of " Ex parte Wake field," v. hich I have before mentioned, and a pre vious case cf " Ez parte Spicer," reported in the Law Times of November 10, 1849, and decided on the sth and 6th Victoria, cap. 122, sec. 39, such misconduct is not cognisable by the Court. Thus, I hive to consider whether the bankrupt has committed any offence under the 256th section, and, as we have held that this enactment doss not apply to offences committed before the 11th of October, 1849, from which day the Act was to commence acrd take effect, I must look to the time up to which the malpractices of the bankrupt extended; but I have also to determine a point of very great and extensive importance— whether the Court, in reviewing the conduct of the bankrupt as a trader under the authority given by the 198th section, is confined to the considsretion of con duct in the way of having contracted any particular class of debts. This must be determined by the language of the 13 snkrupt Law Consolidation Act, taking the whole Act together, and considering it with reference to the previous state of the law, and no interpretation can be admitted which is inconsis tent with the language candidly understood, nor any which, though consistent with the words used, would not give them a reasonable operation. After quoting various Acts of Parliament and high legal authorities, his Honour proceeded to make the following application of them to the present case :—For the reasons, therefore, which I have given, and, from the general importance of the question, at greater length than I should otherwise have done, I am of opinion that the construction of the 198th section, in conjunction with the 256th sec tion (for, although the letter follows at some distance in the Act, it may be considered as virtually incorpo porated with the power) is this : that the Court is to regard the conduct of the bankrupt as one of a class of persons liable to be so adjudged, before as well as after his bankruptcy, and herein to regard his conduct in any matter concerning which the Court is authorised to call for information and discovery, always bearing in mind that the statute contains provisions expressly , limiting the power of inquiry to such matters as re late to the person, trade, dealings, or estate of the bankrupt, or any act of bankruptcy committed by him ; and if it shall appear on the bearing for the certificate that the bankrupt has committed any of the offences mentioned in the 256:h section, the Court may refuse or suspend the certificate for such time as it shall think fit. In other cases the Court (in the words of the 198th section) is "to judge of any objec tion against allowing such certificate, and either find the bankrupt entitled thereto and allow the same, or refuse or suspend the allowance thereof, or annex such conditions thereto as the justice cf the case may require." This appears to me to be the fair:sound, legitimate construction of the Bankrupt Law Conso lidation Act with respect to the certificate of con formity. Having disposed of the legal objection, I proceed to deal with the case upon its merits. Jardine, the bankrupt, was a draper; he succeeded to the business of his father, which had been carried on in the town of Dertford for half a century. He was also actuary of the savings bank at Dartford for a period of about 30 years—that is, from the first establishment of the bank in 1816. For the first two or three years he acted as the assistant of his father, who was the founder of the bank, and subsequently, the duties becoming onerous he was appointed to act solely at a fixed salary, and he continued to do so up to the time of his bankruptcy. It may be concluded, then, that the bankrupt previous to the discovery of his delin quency, had long enjoyed the respect and esteem of the inhabitants of Dartford and its vicinity. Moreover, he had at different times been selected to fill offices of honour and trust in his native town; in fine, be was regarded in every sense of the term, as an honest trader. The sequel will show how far he abandoned all title to the appellation. In the course of his business the bankrupt had pecuniary difficulties to contend with arising ths state of h u g i from decliningat , i t n hisrad peaonsidol re duced capital ; in as actuary of the savings bank, being in the habit of receiving money from depositore, he was tempted in the year 1844, under a pressure which he says was temporary, to apply the money of the bank to his own uses. 1 ha - fe no doubt that the bankrupt intended and believed that he should be able to replace the money, but one trick often needs a great many more to make it good, and the bankrupt, unhappily for others as well as himself, too readily yielded to this evil suggestion. It is said that he did repay some of the moneys which he had appropriated. I fear, how ever, this was done by the aid of subsequent deposits ; at all events, he goes on misapplying moneys intrusted to him as actuary, and thus had ulently incurs fresh lia bilities. It is urged that he had to struggle against misfortunes—losses by bed debts and stagnation of trade, followed by contagious sickness in his family. It might be hard in such distress to bear up against the storms of fortune, but no change of cir cumstances can absolve a man when he re linquilies truth and faithfulness—" the band that knits together and supports all compacts," and has recourse to a system of fraud, sup ported by artifice and falsehood. The course he pur sued was, when money was brought for investment in the bank, to enter it in the depositors' books, in all instances correctly, but in respect of the moneys which he misapplied, he omitted his next important duty, which was to enter the money so received in the cash-book of the bank, which was kept by himself. The bank ledger was kept by another clerk, and it was the duty of this clerk to post the cash-book, but the bankrupt having withheld entries of various sums from the cash-book, was necessarily the cause of the omission of those amounts in the ledger. The cash book purported to contain entries of all el-posits re ceived by the actuary. It appears, then, that the bankrupt, a trader, who, from his long standing in trade and the public offices he had filled, ought to have been an example to others, as one " having a good conscience—willing to lire honestly in all things " instead of avoiding a repetition of practices constantly coming in competition with the first principles of com mercial life, shows a wretched regardlessness of what is due to himself and society, and scruples not to prop his credit by a scheme of treachery systematically sus tained for about 5 years. With this weight upon him, or during the times of its accumulation, his present trade debts were contracted ; and when he was found to be a defaulter to the savings bank, he made an assign ment of all his property to the trustees of the honk. This act, which was done to benefit the trustees under an apprehension that they were entitled to be paid in lull by virtue of the statute 2d and 4th Will. IV., c. 14, has in truth been the means of securing for the latter a rateable division of the bankrupt's property. If this cssignment could have been carried out the general creditors would have got nothing. Most fortunately, also, for the general creditors, the trustees of the savings bank failed in their attempt to bring their deists against the actuary within the pro vision of the 3 1 and 4th Will. IV., c. 14, sec. 28, which gives to trusters of savings banks a right to be paid in full (and in preference to other creditors, however meritorious their claims may be) all money which any officer of the bank may have received by virtue of his office or employment. I thought (and the Vice-Chancellor confirmed my judgment) that the actuary was not authorised by the rules of this bank to receive deposits. Oae of the managers or committee men ought to have attend( (I, for that purpose. It is not pretended, however, that any,neglect of the managers of the bank can palliate the violation by the bankrupt of the confidence re posed in him. He was in a situation above suspicion ; how humiliating the position in which he now stands. Indeed there is no vice which does so cover a trader with shame as to be found false and perficEous in pe cuniary matters. Mr. Linklater states that the bank rupt has met with cominisseration and sympathy from many quarters. I think it right, therefore, to say a word upon the very serious nature of his offence And misconduct. "The condderation of what is es sential to the security of savings banks is a subject of peculiar delicacy and ex'raordinary importance—one upon which the mere existence of a doubt is a grave and most serious evil. To promote habits of fruga lity and saving among the labouring population, by providing them with a perfectly secure depository, is the object of all legislation upon savings banks. It is iinpossible to conceive a more benevolent purpose, or one which more deeply affects the well being of the saa hole commonwealth; and if there be a public fund more sacred then another, that to which the greatest sanctity should belong, and which should be beyond the reach of all suspicion, is the fund which the poor have been enabled by an almost heroic forbearance to treasure up against future want The poor save—they seek to have _ _ _ . •afe depositories of those savings, and they further hope to be able at any time, if unforeseen want presses upon them, to have power over the monay which they have deposited." The observations which I have just cited are too true to admit of doubt or controversy. The writer goes on to ask, " Haw has Parliament dealt with this fund ?" That is a point upon which it is not my province at the present time to enter; but taking the law as it is, and finding that the bank rupt was debited in his balance-sheet with a sum ex ceeding 2,0001. to one of the institutions to which I have referred, it became my duty to inquire how that amount of debt was contracted, and having so done I must give judgment as on a matter of right or wrong. In awarding punishment (if refusing or suspending the certificate can properly he so called, when the granting of it ought to be deemed a posi tive approbation), the Court should consider the base ness and dangerous tendency of the offence, the deli beration and wilfulness, or the inconsideration, said denness, or surprise with or under which it was com mitted, and any other circumstances which may aggravate or extenuate the guilt, and in the present czse the Court should especially look to the para mount importance of sustaining the confidence of the industrious classes in the officers of savings banks. In conclusion, I would observe, that this is one of the numerous instances which now almost daily occur, exhibiting the want of a public prosecutor. The bankrupt has committed a most grievous public offence, but in respect of that, the public justice of the country has not yet been satisfied. lam to lock at the case, howev r, simply in a commercial point of view, and confining my attention to the conformity of the bankrupt to the law of bankruptcy, and to his condlict es a trader within the meaning of the B inkrupt Law Consolidation Act, I think it would be a monstrous perversion of the spirit and intention of that Act to hold a person entitled to a discharge from civil obligations which he has contracted in the manner and under the circum stances I have pointed out, and whose conduct has been in the last degree reprehensible in having carried on trade nut merely on a fictitiouscredit, in the ordi nary E ense of that term, but upon a credit upheld by bis embezzlement of bank deposits, the small savings of the laborious classes-3 species of fraud heartless in the extreme, and most mischievous in its conse quences. I should add, that I think the bankrupt has committed an offence (No. 3) under the 256th sec tion, in respect of some money received from deposi tors subsequently to the 11th of October, 1849, and which he also appropriated to his own use ; and con sidering the repeated similar acts previously, I deem this offence to have been committed under circum stances of great aggravation. It now, therefore, only remains for me to adjudge that the allowance of the certificate to the bankrupt Jardine must be refused. Mr. LINKLATER, on behalf of the bankrupt, ap plied for copies of the depositions, as it was his client's intention to appeal. His HoNoust said that Mr. Linklater should have every facility to enable him to take the case before a superior tribunal.—Application granted. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. ‘MARYLEBONE. A well- dressed man, named Edward Amos, a car penter, was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, charged, on his own confession, with having set fire to property belonging to Captain Ross, a gentleman of fortune, residing at Clapham, and thereby doing damage to a large amount. Inspector Coleman, of the V division, and Inspector O'Brien, D, were present during the inquiry, which excited a considerable degree of inter, st from the peculiar circumstances connected with the case. Young, 140 D, on being sworn, said—Oa Satur day night last, at eleven o'clock, the prisoner came up to me in the New-road, and asked me if I was the policeman on duty there. I told him that I was, and he then said, " I had better give myself up to you, for if I don't, I am sure to be taken before the morn ing." The prisoner went on to say that some man hid sent a letter to Captain Ross's brother, intimating to him where the party could be met with who had done it (alluding, of course, to the fire). I asked him parti cularly what be delivered himself up for, and his answer was, for setting fire to a workshop belonging to Captain Ross, at Clapham, who was there building a terrace. I conveyed him to the station-house, and he then said voluntarily that he went from Paddington to the Cock public-house, Clapham, where he had something to drink. This was on Friday evening. After quitting the Cock he went to the field where the building was, and having puled off his shoes went to the workshop. He had some lucifers with him, and he set fire to some shavings and some deals, having done which he stayed about ten minutes, until he saw a " blaze up," from the building, and he then went away, as he didn't consider it safe for him to stop any longer. He told me also that he wished he had burnt a great deal more, and that he intended to have gone down the next night to set fire to the whole of the buildings. On the way to this court yesterday morning he said " I know nothing about setting fire to the place. I WAS there about the time the fire happened, but I had nothing to do with it. Captain Ross and I have been upon very good terms, and he was always an excel lent master. I only s sid what I did last night to get something to eat and to obtain a lodging, as I had no money." The prisoner had, it appeared, being employed as a carpenter in the erection of a terrace now being built for Captain Ross, and that about three weeks ago he was discharged, iraproi:erly as he imagined, by Woods, the foreman of the works. A letter, of which the following is a copy, was here handed to the magistrate ; it was address (I to " Mr. Christopher Rosa, Clapham" (brother of Cap tain Ross). It ran thus : . . " Sir,—l have sent these few lines to you to state ab•)ut the :man that set fire to your place, and he is coming on Saturday night to set fire to the whole of your new buillings. 11c has bought two new pistols and some powder, to shoot your brother and you, likewise John Woods. This man's name is Wm. Amos; he has worked for you, and is now living with Mr. Wood's daughter, at 27, Stafford street. I hesrd Mr. Wood's daughter and Mr. Amos talking together about the best way tout firo to all the buildings, and shoot the three, and then go to America. They will both be at the Ncrreys, Stafford-street, at eight o'cllek, if not they will be at Al ley's beer-shop, el )se by. Yuu shall know my name when you have taken him." The prisoner, when asked what he had to say, re pudiated a great deal of the evidence given against him, and said that he wrote the letter himself; he had nothing to do, and being hungry, he acted as he had done in order to obtain food and a lodging. Inspector O'Brien said that the damage done, to the building was estimated at somewhere about 8001. Inspector Coleman (V), who produced the letter above given, expressed his opinion that on a future day he should be prepared with proof positive that the pri soner was seen close to the spot a short time prior to the alarm of fire being given. The prisoner was sent t'.) the House of Detention, Clerkenwell, there to remain until next Friday, upon which day he will be conveyed to Wandsworth Police court, that being the district in which . the alleged in cendiarism occurred. THAMES. A great number of poor individuals came before Mr. Yardley, the presiding magistrate, to complain that the treasurer or manager of the St. James's Rat cliff Provident Society, an off-shoot of an excellent institution, called the Whitcchapel Penny Savings Bank, had neglected to pay them various sums the produce of their savings, and for which they had ap plied on Saturday, when they were informed that the manager was not to be found. The case was one of peculiar hardship, but was not very clearly explained by the parties in attendance. It appeared that during the past year a great number of poor men, women, and children, have d?posited their little savings from time to time in the Ratcliff Penny I3ank, in the ex pectation of receiving back the whole with, interest, in one sum, near the end of the s ear, previous to Christmas. A great many of the depositors received back their savings on Friday, when the manager suddenly left off paying and told the rest of the depo sitors to come next day for their savings from two o'clock till five in the afternoon. The manager did not attend, and under these circumstances the appli cants besought the magistrate to interfere. Mr. YARDLEY asked if the ,society was enrolled ? Mir, the chief usher of the court, Bald the society was not enrolled • it was in the n a t u re o f a p enn y savings bank, and was originally a clothing society a) 43 ad G m . rd al a ';il 0 P:1 P. Colchester IP6 396 1088 -- 30 343 Harwich Leigh 754 18i 4 31 39 Maldon 1749 24 , 183 149 1070 CHELMSFORD, Dec 2l—Prices to-day were as follow: Wheat, white, old 43s to 47s ; new 42s to 475; red, old CHELMSFORD, DEC. 21—Prices to-day were as follow: Wheat, white, old 438 to 478 ; new 42s to 475; red, old 37$ to 425; new, 379 to 425; barley, 21s to 268 ; chevalier 238 to 293; grinding 20s to 215 ; oats 155 to 208; malt 538 to 555 • chevalier 54s to 56s ; peas, partridge, new 28s to 30s; old , —s to ; white, new, 26s to 293; old, —s to —s ; dun, new, 27s to 298; beans, tick new 25s to 27s ; old, 258 to 235; howrow ticks, new 25s to 275; old OW to ON; ma zagan, new 24s to 255 ; old 00! to 008 per qr. _ CO LCII ESTER, DEC. 21.—Wheat, white 44s to 48A ; red 38; to 42s ; barley 24s to 30s ; beans, mazagan 25s to 26s ; middle and small 26s to 30s; peas 28s to 30; per qr. KIRKALDY, DEC. 21.—The following are the quotations for grain : Wheat. Barley. First 453 Od 26i Od second 40; Od 22s Oil Third 353 01 193 01 Oatmeal, per bag of 28011 is HADDINGTON, DEC. 20.—T grain at our market to-day : Wheat. Oats. Beans. 20s Od Od 18s 61 —s Od 163 Od —s 01 imperial, 265 Od to ie following are the Pelt% —3 OJ I—s Od —3 Od 28s Od. prices of "Barley. Oats. leans. First ... ... 44s Od 26s 6d 20s 61 30s Od Second ... ... 39s 81 23s 11,1 19s ld 28s 7d Third ... .. 26s Od 19s Od 178 OJ 25s OJ Total quantity of Wheat in market 699 qrs., 695 sold Do. Barley do. 463 qrs., 412 sold Do. Oats do. 469 qrs., 420 sold Do. Beans do. 109 qrs., 67 sold , GLASGOW, DEC. 18.—Provisions—Cheese, 40s to 473 Od per cwt ; retail, 5d to 6d per lb. Skim milk, 2)sOdto Os per cwt. Country fresh butter, 10d to Od per lb. Jrish pow dered, in lumps, 9d to Sid; country powdered, wholesale, 8d to Od. Country eggs, Is 4d per dozen ; carried hen ditto, Se 6d per 120, or Ild per dozen. liens, 2s 6d per pair; Ducks, 2s Od. -- --- PERTH, DEC. 20.—Wheat, old, 00s Od to 00s Od; ditto, new, 36s to 42s ; barley, new, 2ls Cd to 24s ('d; oats, 14s to 18s ; peas and beans, 25s Od to oth, per quarter. Oatmeal, per sack, 27s to 28s. KELSO, DEC. V.—Wheat, old, COs to 00s Od; ditto, new, 26s to 30s Od ; barley, new, 16s to 17s 6d ; ditto old, OOs to 0 s; potato oats, 003 to 00s ; ditto new, 12s Od to 14s 6d ; common oats 0050 d to o.'s Od ; ditto new, 1 is to 135 Od ; peas, 2 0 s Od to 22s Od ; beans, 20s to 22s per boll of six imperial bushels. STIRLING, Dec. 20.—Wheat, foreign, 20s to 245; ditto, home, 20s to Os; ditto ditto new, ISs Od to 21s 3d; barley, per boll of 6 bushels, 00s Od to Os Od ; ditto new, Ids 3d to 183 Bd. Oats, common, 123 6d to OOs; ditto new, 93 :tt:l to Ils 3d; ditto, Flemish, Os Od to W Od; ditto ditto new, 00s Od; mait, distillers, 31s to 33s 6d ; vitt() brewers, 33s Od to 34s ; beans per boll, 13s 93 to 00s Od; ditto new, 12s 6d to 1 Is Od; pease 1 9 . ed to Os Od; flour, new per sack, 31s Od to 33s 0,1; ditto common ditto, 18s 6d to 20s Od; oatmeal, per load, 25s 0:1 to '2%od ; ditto new 26s Od to 27s Od ; ditto per peck of 71bs, 81c1 to 9d ; fresh butter per lb, 7d to 9d; eggs per dozen, li;d to Is; hay per ton, Os Od to Os ; ditto new, 85s to 9.4 Od. BERWICK, DEC. 13.—Wheat, 37s 4, , d ; barley, '; oats, 17s ; rye, 00s Od ; beans, 26 s 8d ; peas 00s Od average per imperial quarter. new, 303 to 31, Od ; b ar l e y, 11 AW ICK, DEC. 19.—Wheat, new, 14s 6.1 to 16s; ditto old, 006 Od to OOs 03 ; potato oats, 15s Od to 16s Od ; common oats, 11 5 Od t o 14s • ' peas, 20s Cd to 233 Od; beans, 23s Od to 23 s Od per b oll of I six imperial bushels. FALKIRK, DEC. 19. —The supply of grain in this day's market was 548 bolls; wheat at 16s Od to 21s ad per bull ; barley, l6s. 3d to 18s 6d ; oats, 13s 6d to 14s 9d; beans, 1310 d to 14s 6d per boll ; oatmeal, Os to Os per load. GLASGOW, I)Ec 21.—Cotton—Tte continued accounts of a short supply from America, coupled with the an' tivity in trade, has sift:J.(l4d us a bl ilk market during the week. The trade and speculators have operated freeth and prices have advanced nearly 41. per lb. since this day week. Middling Orleans may be quoted fully 81 per lb. In goods and yarns a fair business is doing, arl a the terms looking upwards. Stocks are light, and ans; factucers generally r.orling to order. Gingbams a nd certain heavy classes of power-loom goods are the only kinds which es} o: fence a dull trade, from the difficulty of obtaining for them au adeqoate advance in the Ame rican marker. Pig Iron—Our pig iron market has eILS perienced a slight improvement during the week, s warrants free on board ore now held at 44s—buyers 43s Gd to 435 93 cash. There is not, however, rotten doing. Bars are in fair demand, at 5/ 7s 6d to 51155. COAL MARKET. —TyciTERDAY . Bate's West Hartley 14s O dP em b er ton ..... ••• L 5: 3d i Middle's W. Hartley 14; 6dßi c h m und.. .. ..... .... •ca- i r i Csrr's Hartley ..... lts 6d Russell's Hetton •••••• Chester Main l4s 9d Scarborough .........•• 1: 5 9d , G.N avering's.T &- anlield 13s 6d ewart's ............... 173 6d s 0. , Davison'sWest Hartley 11s 6d Whitwell .... ...... 15 East Adairs basin l2s 9d Bowden .. .... .. . .......... 155 63. 153 0 '` Holy well - .............. 1 3cl Howard's W.ll. Neth. 14s 6e Caradoc .... .- ••• ...... i l l :, Hedley's Hartley l. -s Gd Cassop ..... ..... ....... --- 3 ed d North Percy Hadley l4s Od Hackle; ----•-• ..... 155 0 1 Pelaw brain—• .......... 1 6 ' , Ravensworth'sW.Hart 14s 6d'Kell'oe .............. .... 163 9 ' South Pcareth , ~eld Moor Butes I Nat' Walker's Primrose Wylam Wall's End, Bto 1353 3J Od s So o u ut t h h K IT e a i r i t o l e e ................ .. 116; 6011 15s o.i West Hartlepool...... n s i '', l Whitworth .......... -• 61 Acorn Close .153 Gd Adelaide Tees ......... 163 , d ‘ Baxter .. Brown . I4s 9d Clavering Tees. ..... .• lis Gd 14s 9d Cleveland Tees. ........ 15s 9 , Gosforth 153 9c.' Maclean - 's Tees .......•• it 03' Harton 1 5, ~. Heaton —........ 153 9d Ssymour Tees ...... .. „ L i Lawson Morrison lss Od mouth Durham ......... 1 5 5 ; 7 9,j 15s 60 St. Helen's Tees ..... ~I 1 1 5 6 5 , Od "Poet Original Gibson Eden Main Bell .„_ 6d Belmont 'Nrreeernon...i.e.e.s.... ...... .. .... 1 1 :: 5 3 d ue ' d' 165 Cd i ßegbies Hartley ...... g' . .14 Braddyll - I ' 3 9 135 '. Hetton Haswell l7s 3e Hetton Small ----• 1 5 3 03 Larnbton 14s 0, ,j Lumley . Ships at market. 282. - SEABORNE MAILS ate n PLACES. GeneralW'h e m p a o d s e t .uo Fr portomw d s h Pal London. Africa (West const) • AmericA (via N. York . Jan. 9 by British packet) • .*N January 3.. Liverp oo - • America (via Boston Liverpool .• IJall* 8 27 Liverp by British packet) .. N January 17 America (by United 1 December 27 ool B '. I Dec. States Packet)... ~j • S o uttamPt D o ver Belgium NlDaily • • Daft2s Brazil .. .. 11 9th of the month SouthalnPl• l 'i; oc . 25 Buenos Ayres • hi 9th of the month SoutnanW l ' Ja i. 5 Callforida(viaChagres) 31 17th of month South:it-apt. Cape of Good Hope N January 14 Plymouth • Ilan 6 6. 1 Central America M & 17th of month SouthiunPl • Channel Iles • . lion., Wed., & Fri. Southan3P- IL,. edalv 5 Chili .. 17th of the month SoutharaPt: iv i c France 31 & N Twice daily .. Dover woo s. Sat• Haruburgh N Tuesday & Friday London ,: fo o,Tl lo ' Holland .. • • .. 31 Wednes. & Satur. Loudon ';.'„„. 20 Honduras .. N 17th of the month SouthainPt: Ireland .. 31 & ? Twice daily Holyhead • ee• 29 India (vla Southamp.) at 20th of the month SoutharaPt: a. - ja India (via Marseilles) N 7thSt 24th ofmonth Dover -- Madeira • . • N • Mediterranean (via Dee*" Southampton) •• DI 20th of the month SouthaMpt. NI( diterr.inean (via 11 • 3 Marseilles) . N 7 th 21th of mont h I •• 1 Dover Mediterranean (by French packet via Marseilles) .. • Jan. I Mexico 2d of the month ...SouthamP Dec. :26 Peninsular.. • . .. 31 7th,l7th,27th of moSonlh amPt. pm. 5 Peru .. •. 31 17th of the month 'SoutharaPt• fin. 20 West Indies 31 17th of the month 'SoutharaPt• • West Indies (except Jan - Havanna & Nassau ) 31,2 d of the month .. Southampt• t.egice _ r°b 2d of the month.. l South aMe• 7th,l7th,27thof mo Southampt. 17th of the month SouthamPt• 17th of the month SoutharaPt• 2d of the month .. SouthamPt• t. 0030 mats are sent from the GCIIOIII 1" the morning—dispatch. N signifies that the by the night— and M by igh THE SCREW V. THE PADDLE-WHEELP ---- 10 0. strides that are making in the improved construct of screw steamers, leads to the belief ant i sl l o ste they will alcnost entirely supersede pa tiche o ut °° The Admiral paddle-wheel steamer, of about ti; tons and 300 horse-power, left Green v ied four o'clock on Saturday afternoon. She " 5 fcsii° eoatt shortly af erwarcls by the Arno, a new and Op of 750 tons and 150 horse-power, by Messrs. Wood and Reid at Port Glrglausil l . i s d e signed nn s ea intended for the Mediterranean trade. Tu n rdarinb had a start of from two to three miles, sn'ir ra 10 on the passage down the Clyde gained etweich her adversary, owing to a strong prevailed. On getting into more opehneattvlartirer: little alteration of the course cf each vessel tn e so tlf ample spreid of canvass by the screw boat told g' Ae on her speed, aed she gained considerably on tli s s oin mire!. When off the Isle of Man they were toe d a mile of each other, which . distance was w a h in e oa until they reached the Bell-buoy; and be re . tu e e-1 0 018° to lay-to and take pilots on board, ha vir t e ssaW' the run in sixteen hours and a quarter a "Co; ably short passage. The Aitrologer. 'l°lll oo °I stantinople, hitherto considered the fastest boat - and Liverpool, arrived cff the bar at the same t _ a illie n i the stetted for the port more than e. mile a-hent bing Arno, but she was speedily over hauled before rents the Crosby Ligl - stship. The Arnta'a engine s 'reef W an average of sixty revolutions per mind . 011 0 were made by moan.. Thomson, 0 ' Tb oor Bank Foils:dry, one of whom, Mr. George - 0 38 son, was on board to superintend their workino Arno took a turn up the river, prcoecding ao f ar f Sloyne, her beautiful appearance and symmetry` o f 007 exciting the admiration of those who saw he r ' Of mention, as an important fact in conueeeen ilr above trial, that the Arno Ras very deep, Pa l 1;00 14 ' wards of six hundred tons dead weight of coals on . 0 Mr. John Wood, buildn' of the royal snail steetnerpor Europa, was the constructor of the Arno.--Li Albion. PROPOSED EXTENSION OF COTTON glk °ll ,, e f o la C ed l : : ah Ve tss ear: RIES THE VICINITY OF Liviterooe. — We statement of a rather curious, but interesting, c harael f r uit' ing on the realization of some important cosunereia 00 th! ft om the Rivington Pike Scheme; to the effects ° A .; cool num erot- s oon introduction of water Irons that district, manufactories will be erected around Liverpool e c° , l3 s ioli s 7 employing vast numbers of her poor and youres - - 00 3); classes advantageously to themselves and the coulnioceteur' hitherto, it is stated, such manufactories have no t es s for because of the unfitness of our existing water 5uPPO—; the . secondary process of dyeing goods after I:eing cep of with she . new water this obstacle will disappear, an m ess quently it is expected that capitalists from vati c '', :t, P r ent e r Lancashire, finding thatthey may now " locate te l- to i'f ' s prises in this vicinity without subjecting theroseoltietiri charges arising Irons the transmission of their pro „ s eer to . tee Manchester dye house, will at no very distan t t;eier L i ve rpool in seize on the great advantages offered by respects.— L cverpool 15 131/18 BRIDLINGTON QUAY. —Nearly twenty vase du es% been on the rocks near Flamborough Lighthouses cetes,; the foggy weather, which has prevailed to such O. D ee* since the commencement of the present morale Theiliesfs little wind, and the sea smooth, they were eventually $ off, more or less damage I.—Yorkshire Gazette. goilo v.et EADvrnisEmENT—Scrofula cured bed i° Ointment and Pills.—Extract of a letter publis 4 , Veo f Delhi Gazette, from Mr. Pemberton, of Cape Tew s:-.- ohs el' Wilfred,—During the rove e the stew ' ard of the Te .. s li se d l e 'd seet s i° r ing that I suffere severe! from scrofula' recomrn s s s foss try Holloway's Ointment and Pills, informing passenger had been cured by these invaluable medieinettso you had kindly given me a good supply, conusence°s rn eepro nlen them, and in a few days I found - such an , general health that I continued them steadily s now directed' fe°ll ro I know that you will be pleased to hear that lam O O - O by all druggists, and at Professor a Establishment, 214, Strand, London. THE NEWSPAPER AND TUB RACE•lorcdt°,.: SPORTING PARALLEL.—A newspaper may be coniPe esstri!? reiPsee fine race-horse; a noble animal, possessing power, if properly guided, bat most difficult to 1 0 : paper-makers, typefoundere, and Government 3,,tfothttlio jockeys, though they ride very fast and give little " e ' a ,sd, time. } They get thrown sometimes, but it is when t'7 o Ito% slips round. The newspaper is an expensive het, sa prig ; requiring a great many grooms about the stable 'sets obi animal's corn. The horse is easily stetted, and Ise sire an awful pace, so much so, that the owners almost lose be to e 0 . 1 6. of him, are bewildered with what they Irang in° chance of winning. Well away he goes, but the .i nc e i f f cei ir 'si him in now, and as he gets towards the end of the co very tightly indeed. He wants well spurring a nd c ew e a es . too with gold spurs. Fresh spurs are want ed. r ly r,„ band. The jockeys lash fearfully, till at last thoisrennoT all ire hausted down falls poor newspaper to the surpr , d sok g holders—dead! A post- mortem examination is arisalliet variably the cause is found to be disease of the chervere from languid circulation and want of proper s u p Pnr" —" Very Natural Death." - Sheffield BIRTHS O el° a- OF A SON. On the 21st inst., at New Caventlish-streei, V f C, placo On , Mrs. Lionel Booth. the w ife ° the 20th inst., at Halkin-street 'West, G. Burnett, Etq Ire OF A DAUGHTER. . r , ou ty, On the 18th inst., at Rath-house, county 01 be wi f e Of land, the wife of Robert Egginton, Esq. On the 20th inst., at Westbourne-terrace , t N. Conant, Esq. of MARRIED. On the lfth it:A, at Sittiogbourne, Joseph' eid o es f tr°ll°9 v c : . Mr. Binder, of Park .st ree t, Grosvenor-square, i f 0 1 Wilson, only child of J o h E R. Divers, Esq'' ° 4 0 0 bourne, Kent. On the 18th inst., a t Wit ney Church, Georgernah, Esq., of Dublin, to M ar y, d aug ht er o f John W• a of Witney, Oxon. Gore DIE On the 20th inst., at 13,mrn D e mouth, the 11°P. 0 ,1 17., ter Horace Pitt, eldest son of Lord ; nd Ladv Rivers, 9.001 On the 18th inst., at Wythall, near . Itoss, 11 .,,1 01 elit r y Olivia Mary, daughter of Major Valiant, 49th sesd o lk,: t On the 19th inst., at Hedenham Rectory , - I '` ). - liip dcriek, youngest son of the Rev. J. P. Charnbers,,,t a. On the 19th inst , in Fitzroy-street, aged Dubli qtr Western, third son of the late W. Wood, E! ,( l , , cs i b e Ist ° On the 19th inst., at Dover, Mary, widow oefr Edward Knatchbu, Bart. C 0 1331113 Oa the 20th inst. ll , at Deal, James E. Parl b Y , Royal Navy. 1 3 1i 0 g` On the 21st inst., at Upper Brunswick - te rrace, dt Mr. James Meharey, aged 8/ • toot hg On the 20th inst., at the Oval, Kenning, Lom b youngest dau. , ,liter of the late C Creag, E ,4 1" s street, Cit the y. er e' (in 19th itJ., at Lowness-street, 104fave' - Rosetta, the m% of W. Hawksley, Esq. A d no 'M P ' ? .. 4 ,7 14 , ndon: Printed and Published by lant-.- cirina ,` *k t f'' No. il2, S , :tranfi. Printer, 41 The Sun v— " r- ettil ° 7 Strand, in the Pracir . d of the Savoy, in the lYlidaleaoa i Tuee.ay, DNeitber 24 1850. to receive the small savings of the poor, from ld. to 20s. at a time, and pay them the accumulations at the end of the year to expend in clothing and fuel. The depositors were very poor, hardworking peop!e, and if the money was not returned to the ap licants there would be a great deal of suffering. Mr. YARDLEY hoped the poor people would be paid the whole of their savings. He directed Wit tleton, 152 K, one of the summoning officers attached to the court, to make inquiries. Some time afterwards, Mr. Harris, clerk of St. James's, Ratcliff, came to the court to make some ex planation, 11e was accompanied by a host of persons, who were very indignant, and said they had been tricked of their money. Mr. Yardley basing retired from the bench, and his place having been taken by ' Mr. Ingham, the parish-clerk could not give the ex planation he wished, and he was, moreover, informed that the migistrates had no jurisdiction in the mater at all, and that the officer was merely directed to make inquiries to relieve the minds of the depositors, and to obtain the interposition of the trustees, if any, but none had been found. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THe LATE DARING ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED STRANGuLan ,N IN NORTON-STREET.— William Thomp son, alias the " Black Diamond," was brought before Mr. Bingham for having been concerned with two other men not in custody, in committing ft most daring robbery, accompanied with violence, on the person of Mr. AdA phus Dub:iis, dentist, Prinecs-street, Lebrster-squtre. The pxrticulars of the former examination appeared in this journal on Thursday last. Th-3 prisoner was now defended by Mr. Cross, solicitor, of Surrey-stree - , Tho evidence adduced en the former examination having been read over by Mr. Leadky, the chief clerk, the prisoner's solicitor proceeded to examine the prose ca:or as to his identity of the prisoner, but elicited no'hing whatever to shake the evidence he o.Tered on the previous ocessio,, be (the prosecutor) being confident the prisoner was the man who gagged and robbed him. Several gentlemen who had been robbed by similar means were in court, but could not distinctly swesr that the prisoner was the person who had committed the efface , . The prisoner, who persisted in his innocence, was fully committed for trial. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT SENTENCES. Subjoined is a correct list of all the sentences and other resulta of the past sittings , of the Court : TRANSFORTATION. Twenty Ye ars —Charlea Clinton. Ten Yeara—Patrick needle, Andrew Ednu, William Smith, William Woollsms, Josn liobemon, dauv , s Tru man, John Stevens. S , ren Years—James Barrington, alias Brown, C.the rine Lee, .Tor,htia Lak-, alias Legg, Charles Hinchley, George West, atiav Nicholls, William Et:ever, John In gram, Julia Mu-phy, John Pullen, Alfred Wood, Mary Ann Walker, Catherine Neil, Samuel Rawson, alias Dean, Charles Connell, Thomas Forest, Mary Parker. 11`17RISONDIENT. Eighteen Months—William Simmonds, George Smith, Thomas Costello. Twelve Months—John Williams, John Morris, James Wade, and once whipped, William Fitz;erald, Joseph Smith , John Dear, Alexander Pacifique Gilles, James Kennedy, George Bowler, Ann Seanlaa, George Bain, Samuel Porter, John Inglis, John Taylor, John Moon, Thomas Row, Edward Dean, James Price, Henry Par nell, Mary Ann Pike, Ann Saunders, Ann Morgan, Robert Hodges, William Thomas RAson, Fratcis Hu rvua, James Keeke, James Taylor, Charley Parfitt, Wiliam Sims, Henry Thompson, the mau called Eliza Scott. Ten Months—William White. Nine Months—James Welch, Thonns Miler, John Williams. Eight Months—William Smith. Six Months—James Ward, William Manning, John Adams, Thomas M‘Cr 4 George Smith, John - Hut chins, John Cole, Thomas Charles Liddington, ward Bettel Edge,- John Thompson, Adams. George Elliott, Altred Barrett, Henry Jones; Ellen Karney, John Dandy. Four Months—George Beasly, and whipped; Henry Whitlam, Sarah Simmons, Robert Copley, Sarah Miller, Henry Conk, Charles Walter, George Hope, James Quigley, William Mitchell, George Redman. Three Months—William Sires, Lydia Mortimer, Peggy, Thomas Jaelemn, John Marshall, Mary Faulkener, Sueacnah Gardner, Sarah Pillow. Two Months—Joseph Clarke, Stephen John Presney, William Hunt, Samuel Phillips. Ono Month and Under—Harriet Smith, James Gould, James Knowland. Acquittals—Edward Wetherley, Charles Wilmore, James West, Richard Bowles, Samuel Jones, William Newham, Ch , rles Wilmore, James Wekeham, James West, Arnold Goodwin, Daniel John Shaw, James Bad cock, J. Gardner, Thomas Millard, James Borland, Jas. Waley, Michael Devine, Samuel Wills, George Harrison, Edward Syar, James Turnbull, Hugh Macdonald, Wil liam Sraithers, Francis Barrister, Jane Wicks, James Cunningham, Benjamin Wheeler, Jams Martin, Bridget Martin, Robert Thompson, James Rooke, William Hol loway, Thomas Goodwin, Charles Chapman, Robert Hire:), George end Mary Ann Buncher, Joseph Trum per. William Connolly, John Collins. Bills Ignored—Frances Phillips, Mary Buckley, Re becca Matthews, Susan Richards, Elisha Denton, Charles Coglan, Robert Watts, Thomas Hughes. Judgment Respited—Harriett Glaispove, Eliz .beth Remanded until next Soision—Edward Wood, Wil liam Cully, William Poulton, John Si.enccr, Francis Henry Johnson, Henry Wilson, James Garrett, Timothy Stafford, Samu-1 Poole, Thomas Evans, Richard White head, Edward Newhome. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS LIVEXPOOL, Disc. 23. STOCK E' , :CHANGE.—The share market was very active to-day, and prices are higher. The transactions ware as follow : Caledonian, 11 Chester and Holyhead, Prefer ence, guaranteed 5 I v : per cent., 14 1 ,4—Kendal and Winder mere, 8 tn. Lancashire, and Yorkshire, 1 h Consolidated, 59 Ditto, Fifths, 6 13-16 dis.—Ditto, Fifths (West Riding Union), 5;2 dis.—Lancaster and Carlisle, Thirds, 65x p.— Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, dis. —London and North-Western, 127 1 % - Ditto, New Quarters, 4 1 ,. w p.— Ditto, Fifths, 51 fa p.—Ditto, Quarters (C), 2 7 4 1 p.— London and South-Western, 79 1 ,4—Manchenter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 28—Ditto, Preference, 10 1 / - Midland, 49%—Ditto, Halves, 18', 1 1 1 dis.—Newcastle and Carlisle, 90— North British, Preference, 5% —North Staffordshire, dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 23% c.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Preference (unpaid up), 3 3-16 dis. —York and North Midland, 2354—iielfast and Ballymena, 30 - Newry and Warrenpoint, s—Dutch Rhenish, 4% dis. BLRML.NGHAM, DEC. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE. —We have li tie change to notice in this share market. The amount of business transacted was very limited, being confined to North Staffordshire, 7% dis. —Leeds and Bradford, 96—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 5 3 4 dis.—Ditto (B), dis.—Ditto, Preference, 10-- South Staffordshire, 314 dis.— Shropshire Union (fully paid up, Class A), 42K3 per cent. YORK, DEC. 21. STOCK Excmarcx.-=The transactions to-day were as follow : Caledonian, 10%—North British, Preference, f—. North-Western, Preference. 121. 3s. 9d.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick Extension, 13%. THE COUNTRY MI RKETS. The following is the official statement corn, &c., received in the port of L on - Essex, from the 16th Dec, 1850, to ti both inclusive :-- of the quantities of lon from the ports in le 21st Dec., 1850, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1850. J i A l , ..,,, m 1 w ... a i l Ate lA, th, tit ...