The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-23 00:00:00

trb 12bition THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols . New 3 1 % per Cent Long Annuities to expireJan.lB6o 12 1 / Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 India Stock India Bonds, 1,000/ 76 Ditto under 1,0004 South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities ... 9 9 1 /2 Consols Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., I%d 61 pm. Ditto 5001. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS. Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837...... ... Ditto, Account Ditto Small . _ , 34% 35 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto, Account B5 Ditto, Converted Ditto, Account 6O Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto 1844 . 2 3 12 Ditto, Deferred l7 Ditto 3 per Cent. ...... 40 Ditto Account Belgian Scrip, 2 1 ,6 per Cent 1 Dutch, 2 1 / 2 per Cent . . Ditto, 5 per Cent 99% SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester, 100 paid Ditto New Shares, 17% paid 26 Caledonian, 5 paid Cambridge and Lincoln, 11 / 2 paid Churnet Valley, 2 paid 4 6 1 / rirect Northern, 2 1 ,4 paid Direct Norwich, 1 paid 2S 1 4 Dublin and Mullingar, 2 1 / 2 paid 18 I.s pm . Eastern Counties, 25 paid... Eastern Union, 10 paid ll Great Southern and Western (Ireland), 5 paid 11 1 Great North of England, 100 paid Ditto New, 2 paid Great Western, 75 paid... 1 74 1,4 Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid lOl Hanvich, 1 paid 2 l /2 L anca ster and Carlisle, 15 paid . 24 London and Birmingham (Stock)..... 233 Ditto, New Thirds, 2 paid Ditto, Quarter Shares, 2 paid 2 8 14 London and Brighton, 50 paid s2q London and Greenwich, 12% paid London :111 : South Western, 41i paid — ,Ditto New. 21/2 paid London and Croydon / , 13/. 15s. 9d. raid ..... .... 16 1 4 London and York. 2% paid . 5 Manchester and Birmingham, 40 paid „, 56 Midland, 100 paid Ditto New Shares, 3 paid Bl4 mid;said, Birmingham, and Derby, 100 paid 93 Newcastle aid Darlington:Junction, 24 paid 62 New,astie and Berwick, 1% paid ... .. 10 North British , 7 % pa id Norwich and Brandon, 8 paid 1 4 3 /4 Rugby, 1 paid 3 Shrews., verh., Dudley, and Birm., 2it pd. 3 3 / 4 South Devon, 10 paid ... South Eastern and Dover, 3314 paid 48% Ditto, New Shares 4 paid 2 2 1/ Ditto New, 2 paid St a ines and Richmond , 1 paid 1 A .Sotith Wales, 2% paid Trent Talley, 2 paid lO% 1 ork and North Midland, 50 paid D,l , to, Selby Scrip, 2( paid Diu () ExtensionßEN,CH 114_ pRAILWAYS. aid... ............... ... F Paris and Ti.:0115, 2 Pai d Paris and Oilea..'s , 20 p aid have only to express a hope that a part of it may be sup pressed.' Oh that our enemies would write us such letters ! nem is a nobleman of mature years—of qualities (it is presumable) such as to fit him for precisely the post in her Majesty's Government which requires the most in tuitive tact and habit of keeping in view—when he writes or speaks—all probable consequences—and who yet shows evident irritation at so simple a fact as that an amateur Carlist crusader, whom he favours with long letters (when short snubbing ones would have served every purpose), should set his heart upon printing them, and " shame the fools" who undervalued the momentousness of his mission as Minister Plenipoten tiary from Don Carlos to the Court of Great Britain ! Well, Lord Aberdeen gets angry. But surely he might have kept more wit in his anger than to hazard the "hope" that "no part" of his correspondence would be " suppressed" by a gentleman in publishing it ! Why, if such an unsupposable case should happen, he had his remedy in his own hands. Or are we to understand, as the climax to all this mature states man's unsuspiciousness, that he keeps no copies of letters addressed on such subjects to such parties? The following is the Parthian shot of Lord Rene lagh. We cannot recover from our astonishment that even our expansive Foreign Secretary should not have been "far north" enough to forbear dilating with the pen on a point so obviously open to such an answer : " My Lord—ln acknowledging the receipt of your letter of yesterday, I must beg your Lordship to excuse me from following the example which you have set me, by infusing into this correspondence any portion of per sonal feeling. " I shall merely observe, that, until I had read your Lordship's letter now before me, it never had en tered into my mind that any gentleman would entertain for a moment the notion of garbling a eorrespondence which he felt it to be his duty to give to the public." ENORMOUS FALL OF EARTH IN A MINE. Yesterday an inquest was held at the Coseley Ta vern, at Coseley, on the body of Benjamin Smith, a miner, whose death, with that of two other men, was caused by an enormous fall of earth in a mine in which they were working. The accompanying state ment, given before the coroner by one of the sur vivors, will be perused with deep interest : Joseph Parkes said—l live at Cosely, in this parish, and am a miner. On Friday last I was at work with the deceased Benjamin Smith (who was about thirty two years old, and a miner, living at Cosely), in a coal-pit at the Fox Yards, in the parish of Tipton, in this county, and while we were at work there, about half-past nine o'clock that morning, a quan tity of clod and earth fell in, to the amount of more than a thousand tons, and almost every man in the pit was stopped up. Some few of the men were a distance off, and got clear away; but the de ceased, myself, and four others, were stopped up in one of the hollows. Great exertions were made to get us out ; there was plenty of help, and nearly all the miners from the adjoining collieries came to their assistance. Several tons of stuff were soon removed, and in about an hour one of the six men was got out very badly hurt, but he is still alive. Another was got out soon after without much injury. As fast as the miners got the stuff away more fell in, but in the course of the day all the remaining men, except my self, were got out, but I was not got out t►ll about ten o'clock that night. I was not at all hurt, but was very weak through the damp and confinement, and being without food. I had not had anything to eat from the previous night, so that I was more than twenty-four hours without tasting it. I was quite sensible all the time, and conversed with all the men. I talked with Smith as long as he lived, which was about an hour and a half, as near as I can guess, after the stuff fell in. Two other men were killed. One of them lived about an hour, and the other about an hour and a half. I could hear the miners working to get us out. I believe everything was done that could be done. I was afraid to stir, although I saw my suf fering companions close to me nearly buried in the earth. It was light a part of the time from a candle, but after it went out we were in darkness all the BANK. OF AUSTRALASIA. (THIS DAY.) Au extraordinary general meeting of the Bank of Australasia was held this day at the office of the Company, No. 2, Moorgate-street, for the purpose of electing a Director in the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of W. Brown, Esq - . For this office there have been four candidoster,ates— Mr. Atherstone, Mr. D e Castro, G. H. F Esq., and Captain J. Grover. The CHAIRMAN announced that Mr. Atherstone r ested r. t w ee a had withdrawn, and the election rbe Mr. Foster and Captain Grover. Before peoceeding to the show of hands, Captain GOO, ER briefly addressed the meeting, remarking on the aptitude displayed by military men for public business; he stated, however, that he had but slight hopes rd success, anticipating a more favourable result on another occasion. On the show of hands, 'The CHAIRMAN declared the election to have gone in favour of Mr. Foster, by a large majority. Mr. FOSTER briefly returned thanks, trusting that he should discharge the duties of the office with satis faction to the Proprietors. The CHAIRMAN then said that the business of the extraordinary general meeting had concluded, and they were now convened according to a resolution passed at their last meeting. The Directors were not prepared to submit to them any report, or regular account, but, as it appeared at the last meeting to he the wish of the Proprietors to meet the Directors more frequently, than once a year, they had cheerfully acceded to their wishes, and the present meeting was fixed accordingly. He congra tulated them that , it was accidentally prevented from taking place last December, as they should not then have been so well able to give an explanation of transactions that had taken place in the colony, calculated to remove the apprehensions that had been occasioned by recent advices from that quarW. They were aware that this Ba nk had large pfeuniary claiin• on the Bank of Australia. Since the last meetinga resolution had been come to at a meeting of the Proprietors of the Bank of Aus tralia, held at Sydney, that they would resist the payment of that claim to this bank. Measures had, therefore, been taken by the officers of this bank in the colony, which had also been followed up here with respect to that debt; but as the statement of those measures would involve legal points, he would beg them to hear Mr. Farrer on the subject. Mr. 0. FARRER then went into an explanation of the circumstances of the matter in dispute between the two banks, begging the Proprietors to confine their attention solely to the legality of their claim, and not enter into any discussion on the propriety or expediency of the original transaction. He said that the resolution passed at the meet ing of the Bank of Australia to resist the claim of this Company upon it, was supported only by nineteen gentlemen, though the whole num ber of „Proprietors of that Bank was two hundred. lie then read the questions on the case of this Com pany which had been laid before Sir Thomas Wilde, Mr. Sergeant Gazelee, and Mr. Hugh Hill, and the answers to them, which were every way satisfactory to the Directors, as to the complete liability of the Bank of Australia for the amount of the sum advanced to it by this establishment. A short disussion followed, in which Mr. Sergeant Ga zalee, both as a proprietor and one of the legal gentlemen who had been consulted, expressed his perfect confidence in the recovery of the sum in question. The CHAIRMAN then made a short general state ment of the present condition of the- business of the bank, which he said had partaken of the improved state of the affairs of the colony: A vote of thanks to the Directors was proposed and carried for their able conduct with respect to the dis pute between the two companies, and the meeting se parated. The proceedings appeared to give general satisfaction. time. Some of the men had their arms wedged down, and asked me to remove the clods from their mouths to allow them to breathe, and I did so several world as free from the imputation of any dishonourable or improper action as any man possibly can be. The Benchers, however, with respect to this particular trans action, appear to have entertained a different opinion ; but my character is as unblemished as any character can by possibility be. With regard to these bills I may be allowed to state that I knew nothing about their exist ence until now. times, although it endangered my own life, as the stuff continued falling. The butty was one of those stopped up, and he died. While he was con fined his arms were crushed against his body, and his head was kept bent down. He could scarcely breathe; and when I removed the clod from his mouth he breathed so hard that the candle went out, and we gave ourselves up for lost. I have been a miner from my childhood, and have worked at the pit in question about six weeks, and speaking from my expe rience I think the occurrence was accidental, and could not be prevented. I did nut think there was any danger, or I would not have worked at the pit. There is plenty of timber, and every precaution is taken to ensure the safety of the men. After 'the deceased was got out, his body was, I believe, taken to his house. It is now lying there. The two others who were killed were removed to Dudley. I think the accident took place through there being a hollow above the one where we worked, and the stuff between the two dropping down. Ido not think any one is to blame with reference to it. Other corroborative evidence was given, and the jth.y returned a verdict of " Accidental death."— TVolverhampton Chronicle of yesterday. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Jax. 22. (Before Sir J. WIGRAM.) V.MPERINGHAM V. SHORT. • This case had been before the Court on Saturday and Monday last, and his Honour, on the conclusion of the tatter day, stated that before giving his decision he would read the notes of the common-law judge before whom certain issues directed in the cause had been tried. In February last the case came before the Court on ex ceptions to the Master's report, when the validity of a sale of property, as between father and son, was im peached. On that occasion the two issues above mentioned were directed, to try whether a con- Aideration had been paid, and, if it had, whether the conveyances were executed, on the part of the son, to the purpose and intent to delay, binder, and defraud the plaintiff; also whether certain moneys were receiv able under a sequestration. The issues having been tried, a motion was made for a new trial, and this mo tion was now to be decided. Ills lioxoun, having informed himself of the opinions of the Learned Judge who tried the issues on the various questions then decided, thought that there were no grounds to warrant a new trial ; he therefore refused the motion, with costs. Mr. PETERSDORFF having replied, Mr. Baron ROLFE told the jury the question was one upon which they alone could decide. They would have to say to which of the two witnesses they were inclined to give the greater credence. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. — Damages, 24/. 3s. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. A respectably-attired female, who gave her name as Mary Keele, and stated her age to be thirty-nine years, but whose appearance denoted that she had seen some twenty summers more, was placed at the bar before the Lord Mayor, charged with bigamy. The facts of the case are somewhat novel and curious, the charge being preferred by the mother of the husband by the second marriage, a young man who only at tained his majority in the month of August last. Mrs. Sarah Keele, the prosecutrix, stated that she was the wife of George Keele, who was not in any business, and that she resided at St. Stephen's, near Canterbury. The prisoner at the bar had contracted marriage with her (the witness's) son some time about last Michaelmas. Witness had known the prisoner for about a fortnight before the marriage took place. The prisoner's husband by the first marriage was a man of the name of John Weller, who went to Ans• tralia about three years ago, and there, as the pri soner had stated, died. Weller has a sister living at Canterbury, who had informed the witness that her brother (the husband) was still living, and in perfect health, in Australia, and that a letter had recently been received, which could be proved to be in his handwriting. On learning this, the witness came up to town and gave the prisoner into custody as she was getting out of a Hackney omnibus in Bishops gate-street. The LORD MAYOR—Is there anybody , here to prove the former marriage ? Witness—lt can be proved by the first husband's sister, who resides at Canterbury. William Gurney Keele, who appeared to give his testimony with great reluctance, stated that he lived in Back-lane, Hackney, and was in the service of Messrs. Marnett and Manley, nurserymen. He was married to the prisoner some time in the month of October last (he could not remember the day), at St. George's, Hanover-square, which was the church in which the first marriage was solemnised. He had become acquainted with the prisoner from going to her house on the business of his employers at Canter bury. Witness believed her to be a widow—indeed, he heard about three fir four months ago that her first husband was dead. He heard this from the prisoner whe told him that some person had called upon her and told her that her husband was dead, and that in formation had been corroborated to her by a gentle man, who had stated that he had seen " the last of her husband" in Australia. This the prisoner told witness before the marriage, or he would not have proposed to her a marriage. He had engaged to marry her about a fortnight before the marriage ac tually took place. John Dixon, 619 City Police, proved that he took the prisoner into custody yesterday morning on a charge of bigamy, preferred by the prosecutrix, Mrs. Sarah Keele. He had not had time to obtain a certificate of the first marriage from the register of St. George's, Hanover-square. The prisoner, when called upon for her answer to the charge, and when questioned by the Lord Mayor , manifested the most perfect self-possession, and evinced, both in manner and deportment, that she had moved in a superior station in life to that into which she had descended by her marriage with the son of the prosecutrix. She stated that when she mar ried the young man Keele she fully believed that her first husband, Weller, had died, and her belief had been founded upon the information of a female, four years ago, and also of a seafaring man, who had called upon her about the same time, and stating he did so at the dying request of her husband, of whom he bad seen the last in Australia. She did not know the name of either of these parties, nor could she pro duce them ; the last told her he was going back im mediately on a voyage to Australia, and she had never seen him since. . . The LORD MAYOR—Have you any objection to state when it was you were married to your first hus band ? The prisoner—Not the least, my Lord, as far as I recollect it. I think it was in the month of June, twelve or thirteen years ago. I forget the pre cise day. My maiden name was Mary Frances Witham. The Loan MAYOR'direeted the constable to search the register of St. George's, Hanover-square, for the certificate of the first marriage. The LORD MAYOR intimated that the prisoner must be remanded, in order to procure the attendance of the witness from Canterbury, and inquired from the prisoner if she had any friends in London who would be answerable for her appearance. The prisoner replied that she had been out of London for many years, and she had been so unex pectedly taken into custody that she had not had an opportunity of communicating with any person. She had, however, friends to whom she could send. The husband (Keele) hereupon came forward, and expressed his readiness to be answerable for his wife's appearance on any future day the Lord Mayor might appoint. The LORD MAYOR, addressing the young man, said—Well, as you are the aggrieved party, I will take your recognisance in 501. that the prisoner shall appear here this day week to answer any charge that may be then preferred against her. The parties then withdrew. Sinops Kent, charged with sending a threatening letter to Messrs. Prescott, Grote, and Co., was brought up for re-examination. No further evidence was adduced, but the depositions taken on a former day having been read over to the witnesses, they were bound in recognisances to prosecute, and the pri soner was committed for trial at the next session of the Central Criminal Court. LAMBETH. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jan. 22. (Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Baron ROLES and a Common Jury.) RIZADING V. HOWORTH. This was an action on two bills of exchange for the respective amounts of 16/. 10s. and 5/. ss. The defendant pleaded that she did not accept. Mr. Petersdorff appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Piggott for the defendant. It appeared that the defendant is a very old lady, up wards of 80 years of age, and that some two years since a person of the name of Symonds, the son of the de fendant by her first husband, took the bills in question to the plaintiff to be discounted. This the plaintiff , aft er having made inquiries as to the fact of the acceptances being in the handwriting of the defendant, consented to do, and eventually handed over the money for them. The bills, however, on arriving at maturity, were not duly honoured, and remained unsatisfied down to the present moment. Hence the action. A gentleman of the name of Sayer, who was the managing clerk at a solicitor's in Bedford-row, was called as a witness to prove the handwriting of the ac ceptances to be that of the defendant. He had seen her sign her name to legal instruments. He entertained not the least doubt of these acceptances being in her hand writing. Mr. Pwoorr, on behalf of the defendant, stated that ,he was now upwards of eighty years of age, and was not free from exhibiting the infirmness of a person who had arrived at that advanced period of existence. That lady most positively denied that she had ever accepted these bills.:lt was not a little singular that if the plaintiff had really entertained an opinion, after their dishonour, that they had been accepted by her, he should not have taken any steps upon them for upwards of two years. But such had been the fact ; and on the part of the lady he was there that day, not simply to repeat her declara tion, but also to prove by evidence—evidence of a far mere satisfactory and conclusive character than that which had been offered on the other aide—that the ac ceptance to these two bills was not in her handwriting. Mr. R. Cooke was then exarnined.—He stated that he was a conveyancer, and had known the defendant for several years. She was eighty years of age, and wrote a faet he was well acquainted with, ed her half-year's dividends, a b e very eau s e feeble l e r h e a c n e d iy , for which she not only gave him her receipts, but frequently wrote to him on the subject ot them. These acceptances, he should say, were not written by the defendant. The writing was very much too firm and bold for au old lady like her. She wrote her but then her writing name, as on the bills, at full l en g th; was distinguished by great tremulousness. Were he to receive instructions with such a boldness cf signature, fhar e should not act upon them, because the writing Iwo too firm and bold for a woman at her advanced age, and most certainly for the defendant. =Cross -examined—He did not know were the defendant kited at present. She usually called or wrote for her dividends, and therefore, as be had no other transactions with her, he had no occasion to know where she resided. Mr. PETEUDORFF—May I ask whether you did not belong to another branch of the profesviiDn than that which you have now stated? Witness—Yes; I was, and am, I consider, a member of the bar. Do you mean to say that you believe yourself to be a member of the bar now?—Yes, certainly, Why , have you—l lament at being compelled to put such a question—have you not been disbarred ?—Yes, have been disbarred, but only by the benchers, and an appeal has been lodged against the decision of those gentlemen. What was it for ?—lt was in reference to 8, bill which I had discounted, and the Benchers were of opinion that too much interest had been taken upon it ; but I feel that I have not done so, and that I stand before the James Jennings, Patrick Ford, and Henry Robin son, were charged before Mr. Henry, by police-con stable P 112, with a robbery under the following cir cumstances : The constable stated that on Tuesday night he was on duty at Mill-row, Brixton, when he heard the creaking of a basket, and on putting his lamp over into the garden he saw the three prisoners, and on going up to them, he asked them what they were doing, to which the prisoners replied that they were going to sleep in an open shed ; they had been to Croydon, and had no money, and were quite tired. He took the prisoners to the station-house, and went back to search the garden, when he discovered a basket full of lead ready to be carried away. On examining the premises of No. 8, he found there was a bed-room which projected from the building, and on examining the roof he ascertained that upwards of two cwt. of lead had been cut from the roof, rolled up, and ready to be carried off. The gardener of Mrs. Whittaker stated that yes terday the lead of the roof was all right, and the garden-gate was bolted ; and the prisoners in " have climbed over the fence. Remanded for a week. SOUTH NARK. Cato Fernando, a seaman belonging to the ship Taglioni, lying in the West India Docks, was charged before Mr. Cottingham with stealing three cotton shirts, the property of Joseph Frowski, a Jew crimp, residing in East Smithfield. Complainant stated that the prisoner was in the habit of lodging at his house on his return from sea. About eleven months ago, previous to the last voyage, he sold the prisoner some clothing, and lent him 7s. 6d. After he was gone he missed several shirts, but had no suspicion of the prisoner. Yesterday he heard that the vessel had arrived in the docks, and that the pri soner, instead of coming to his lodgings, had taken up his quarters with a prostitute in Martin-street, Borough. He, however, proceeded on board the vessel yesterday afternoon, to seek payment for the debt due to him, amounting to 1/. 12s. 6d. Although the prisoner had been paid, he refused to settle with him. At a latter part of the evening he came for his chest, when it was searched, and the shirts were found therein. He identified them as his property. The prisoner (a coloured Portuguese) gave quite a different version of the story. He said that the shirts had been placed in his chest without his know ledge ; in fact, he did not discover that they were there until he arrived at sea, when he thought the com plainant, who packed up his chest, had placed them there in return for a quantity of cigars which he gave him. As for the money, he certainly should have paid him, but he was drunk last night. The com plainant had been in the habit of robbing him for many years, which made him quit his lodgings ; and he believed the charge was made through spite. Frowski said he did not think he should have given him in charge if he had paid him and returned to his house as usual. He denied robbing him ; he treated the prisoner as he would one of his children. The prisoner paid the crimp the 1/. 12s. 6d. and was discharged. WORSHIP-STREET. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. ' F 2031 THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. fai-LOBE.—Excessive expansiveness (though no one would have supposed so) is the complexional foible of Lord ,berdeen. "Le garcon epicier" says the French comic novelist, " est emineinment seducteur, quoique cela ne paraisse pus." Lord Aberdeen is not less eminently communicative, though he seems not quitk. equally , seductive, if we may judge b y the final issues of his expansive communications. His Grace of Newcastle, a good many years ago, said he was not accustomed to " dilate with his pen." It would be lust as well if our present Foreign Secre tary would .try to get out of the habit of "dilating with tongue or pen, at least on occasions when eve r y word exposes a weaker and more extended front to a n enemy. The word too much appears invariably the point he has most happiness in hitting. This some limes happens to people who are by no means led into it by excessive warmth of sympathies. On the contrary, carn;r4 about as much for one party addressing them as anotliev s . they do not feel the distinctions of demea nour revired by their tempers or positions. We have thus Lord Aberdeen expanding to Mr. ' Everett on the desirableness of abolishing slavery in America; and now we have him expanding to Lord Ranelagh on the questions which have most divided European opinion in late years. But the -word too much occurs most, emphatically at the close of this curious correspondence. Lord Aberdeen gets out of temper at Lord ltanelagh's intention of publishing it; .though what on earth an amateur diplomatist ever does want but to possess the world with the importance of his opinions and of his over t,cres—or why on earth Lord Aberdeen took pains to 6 4 di . tate with the pen" at such a rate, if he did not mean'to furnish materials fur publicity—are questions his L os lship might have asked himself at the outset. Lord Ab 'trdeen, however, gets out of temper, and this is the way be shows it : '" I shouhf naturally feel much disposed to object to thy publication of letters which, by me at least, had been written with an y such view or expectation; nei bl I t ° a r s my request might be liable to misconstruction, arid as I conjecture that the suppression of the . eorre spa .ndence would be more p ainful to your Lordship than ma,l leave you ito publication woul d be disa g reeable to ao as you think proper. Should your Lordship finally d Wide on giving this correspondence to the public, A LIBELLOUS PL AC ARD.-Mr. Phillip M ee d o n Hewitt, a respectable elderly-looking person, residing in Gloucester-street, St. John-street-road, appeared o n summons b e fore Mr. Broughton, on the c omp l a i n t of Mr. John Stewart Kipling, a solicitor, charged with having, on the 14th instant, caused to ne wr itt e n and published a false and scandalous libel concerning the said John Stewart Kipling, with intent to excite him to a breach of the peace. Mr. Smith, a solicitor, attended for the defence. 'DA compl4inot stated, that in May a stock•job- THE SUN, LONDON, TITURSDA'Y EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1845. bing transaction took place between Mr. ileseltine and the present defendant, and the latter came to con sult complainant, stating that he had deposited Spa nish bonds to the nominal value of 9,0001. in the hands of Heseltine, and could not recover them. Com plainant commenced an action of trover for him against Heseltine, and another action against Messrs. Master man and Co., the bankers, for 841., which had been at tached in their hands, in the Lord Mayor's Court. The result of the latter action was the recovery of the 841., minus Messrs. Masterman's expenses (about 91.), and complainant banded over the proceeds to Mr. Hewitt, the present defendant, his own costs (about 81.) being paid. The action against Heseltine is still pending. It is a special jury cause, and the costs out of pocket in bringing that to trial will amount to about 301. for counsel's fees, fees in court, &c. The plea set up was that the bonds did not belong to Hewitt, and that he did not sell them. The present complaint against his late client, the present defendant, was for publishing an infamous libel in a paper which had been stuck on the wall of the workhouse, and was now produced, and which he said was in the handwriting of the de fendant. The writing on the produced paper was as fol- _ lows : - . " NOTlCE.—Unless Mr. Kipling, solicitor, 8, City road, makes his appearance and give up Mr. Hewitt's property (9,00 01 .), he will' be advertised as a rogue and vagabond, and there will be a reward offered (1001.) for his apprehension. " JOHN HEWITT." Mr. James Whitehouse, a grocer in the City-road, stated that between three and four o'clock in the after noon of the day above-mentioned, he saw a person who appeared to him to be in the act of putting up a paper against the wall of the workhouse, and he had little doubt that the defendant was the person, but he should not like to swear to it. The prisoner went away directly, and the witness went and read the paper that had been posted up, and then knocked at the workhouse lodge and pointed it out to the porter, who also read it and tore it down. Richard Morgan, clerk to Mr. Kipling, the com plainant, said he had seen the defendant write, and he believed the paper now produced to be in the de fendant's handwriting. The complainant being recalled, said that about three weeks ago the defendant came to him in an ex cited state, and told him that if he was an honest man he would, without delay, conduct the cause to trial. Pi,replied, with some anger, that the defendant was already in his debt, and that it would take a consi derable sum out of his pocket to carry the cause to trial. The defendant then said he would never pay him his demand, and would give him an ill name, or words to that effect. All the money he had had of the defendant was 15/., which paid the costs of pro ceedings against Messrs. Masterman, and left about 51. in hand. The solicitor for the defendant said he could say nothing as to the produced document, but he was in structed by his client that the paper had not emanated from him, but from his brother. Mr. BROUGHTON said the evidence left no doubt on his mind that the defendant was the author, who had stuck up and published the libel, and that a breach of the peace was highly probable. The paper contained what was no doubt a most gross and wicked charge against the complainant, accusing him of defrauding defendant of 9,0001., and threatening to offer 1001. reward for his apprehension. He should therefore hold the defendant to bail to answer any indictment at the sessions. Prisoner—l only_wan_t_to test his evidence as to the time ; because I don't recollect a syllable about it. Mr. 13oauEu (to Sergeant Smith, who attended to charge the prisoner)—l suppose you have no reason to believe that the man would have done anything if' he had not been under the influence of liquor? Sergeant Smith—No. Mr. BORRER (to the prisoner)—The sentinel has done nothing more than his duty. He has a cat-o nine tails hanging over his head. What have you to say for yourself ? Prisoner—Why, I'd been having a little, and a little's too much for me. That's a fact. But I can't think how it was. I must have tumbled over some friend.—(Laughter.) Mr. BORRER-I think you have been here before ? Prisoner—Yes, I have, that's a fact. I was taken up drunk, and I was fined ss. Drunk, and drunk I was —there's no denying it. Mr. BEORER (to the sentinel)—l suppose he didn't mean to do you any harm ?—No, Sir; he was only drunk. _ __ _ Prisoner—Do anpr harm to a soldier I Lord bless you, Sir; I wouldn t do any harm to a soldier for the world.—(Laughter.) I love the army, and can shoulder a musket with any of them. Look here, comrade (and prisoner, who is a little spare man, with anything but a soldierly demeanour, went through the imaginary process of shouldering arms, presenting arms, and firing, with a rapidity that would have startled a drill-sergeant). Look at that, comrade, and say whether I'd harm a soldier. Nature intended me for a soldier myself, only father bound me to a shoemaker. Prisoner was running on in this way, when loud sobs were heard in the Court, and, looking round, we saw a neat little body, who, with her hands up to her face, made her way towards the dock, ejaculating in her progress, " Oh, Field—oh, Field ?" This inter ruption put a stop to prisoner's military exercise, and, turning to the female, " Oh, be quiet,' he said, " It's all right now—it's all settled. I'm coming, my dear." Mr. Boaaaa—You must pay ss. for being drunk. Prisoner put his hand in his pocket, and then turned to the little sobbing lady below—" You've got ss. my dear ?"—Yes, I've brought 55." " That's right. Pay the ss. Be quiet. It's over now." The bail required was two sureties in 1501. each, and the defendant's own recognisances for 2001. But the little woman continued to sob until Mr. Field had been let out of the dock, and then, as she took his arm, she gave a little stamp with her foot, and, with an indescribable look at the culprit, who still kept up a little a the military air, she exclaimed, " Oh, Field, how can you make such a fool of yourself ?" " Hush, hush, my dear," responded Mr. Field to this ejaculation, and, with a somewhat crest-fallen look, made the best of. his way out of Court.— Brighton Herald, DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT MAN- CHESTER. TIIAMES POLICE. ShIyGGLING CIGARS.—SEIZURE OF A SHlP.—Yes terday Emmelino de Arrandiago, master of the Spanish ship Doren Victoriana, and Antonio Martinez, a sea man' and one of the crew of the Spanish ship Pepits, both lying in the St. Katherine Docks, were brought before Mr. Broderip, charged with smuggling cigars, by which they had incurred penalties of 1001. each. Mr. Potbury, of the Customs Solicitors'-office, attended on the part of the Crown. The case against Martinez was first heard. He was charged with carrying 28Ibs. of foreign manu factured cigars, which had been unshipped before the Customs duties had been first paid. _ . George Little, a revenue officer, stated that he was stationed on board the Joven Victoriana on Monday night, and hearing a noise on deck he left the cabin, and went up and saw the defendant on board his own vessel, the Pepita alongside. He saw the seaman on board the Joven Victoriana, whose faces he could not distinguish, hand to the defendant several boxes, which appeared to be cigar boxes. They were brought out of the forecastle of one vessel and received by the defendant, who took them into the forecastle of his own. He was unable to obtain any assistance at the time, but, on the following morning, he made a communication to his superior officer, who seized the cigars. Robert Macdonald said he was also a Custom-house officer, and in consequence of what he heard from the last witness, he rummaged the Pepita, and under neath a quantity of canvass and sailcloth he found three boxes, containing cigars, and in a chest belong ing to the prisoner he found two more boxes of cigars and about two pounds of loose tobacco. The pri sor r gave him the key of the box, and admitted it to be his. On searching the fore peak; immediately below the forecastle, he discovered five hundred cigars secreted among the coals, making in all 2ilbs. The defendant admittted the whole of these to be his. - - Thomas Cornell, appraiser of condemned goods in the port of London, said the cigars were real Havan nabs, liable to a duty of 9s. sd. per pound. The value of them was 2/. 17s. 6d., and the duty 13/. 18s. 9d., making in all 16/. 16s. 3d. The evidence having been interpreted to the de fendant, he stated through the same medium that he was innocent, and that, when the officer came on board, he acquainted him with the fact of cigars being concealed, and showed him'every place where they were found. Mr. BRODERIP said he had no alternative but to sentence the prisoner to pay a fine of 100/. to the Queen, and to be imprisoned until it was paid. The Spaniard, with a sorrowful air, said he was in his captain's debt, and not worth a farthing. He was then committed to Clerkenwell prison. Captain Irrandiago was next called upon to answer an information, which charged him with being on board a certain vessel liable to forfeiture, not driven .into this port by stress of weather, or other immediate causes, and having on board divers contra barid goods, viz., 141bs. 8 oz. of cigars, the same being imported in packages less than 3001bs. weight each. Robert Macdonald stated that the Joven Victo riana was alongside the Pepita, and that overhauling the captain's state room he discovered seven boxes of Havannah cigars, secreted under a quantity of bis cuits in a locker. They weighed 141bs. Boz. On asking •the captain what quantity of cigars he had reported, he said he had taken them all out of the locker, and given a true account of all he supposed he had on board. Witness pointed to the seven boxes anti the captain said they belonged to him. The officer said the Joven Victorians had been seized by the Crown, and was now under detention. Mr. Phillips, a professional gentleinan,:who at tended with the brokers of the ship and others, who expressed great anxiety for the captain, asked if it was usual to rummage a ship before she discharged her cargo ? , The officer—Certainly it is ; we rummage ' ships the moment they arrive. Mr. Potbury—Vessels are rummaged at Gravesend, coming up the River. The , officer, in answer to other questions by Mr. Phillips, said the seven boxes of cigars had been put in the locker, and the 3001bs. of biscuits loosely thrown over them to conceal them. Last evening a fire was discovered in the warehouse of Messrs. Smith and Ingle, paper manufacturers, Piccadilly, which spread with a rapidity very similar to that of the conflagration which destroyed the ware house at the corner of New Brown-street, about two years ago, and soon ravaged through every floor of the warehouse, and left merely the shell standing. The alarm was given about twenty-five minutes past nine o'clock, the police constables in the neigh bourhood of the warehouse springing their rattles ; but, from what we could gather, no one seems to have perceived the fire till it was bursting forth from the windows. Mr. Superintendent Sawley, of the borough police, states that he was past the place at a quarter past nine o'clock, at which time there was no appearance or smell of fire. Intimation was given at the police-yard about half-past nine o'clock; and, in ten minutes at . - terwards, the Niagara engine was on the spot, The warehouse of Messrs. Smith and Ingle is a long building, four stories in height, with the end (four windows in breadth) fronting Piccadilly, and one side (ten windows in length), forming one side of the Mosley Arms Yard, which is a narrow yard, open through, from Piccadilly to Back Piccadilly; the other side of this yard being formed by the Mosley Arms Hotel. We believe the upper part of Messrs. Smith and Ingle's warehouse was occupied by Messrs. Taylor, Humphreys, Hurst, and Co., flannel and drugget manufacturers. Adjoining the warehouse, in front, to the west, is the White Bear Inn; and th e aspect of the conflagration, when we reached the spot at twenty minutes to ten o'clock, was truly alarming. The whole of the ware house of Messrs. Smith and Ingle appeared to be in flames, which rushed from the side windows, spread across the yard, and soon communicated to the wood work of the Mosley Arms Hotel, the cornice and window frames of which house were re peatedly on fire. Fortunately, the latter were immediately forced outwards by men stationed in the different chambers ; and the interior was thus preserved, though not without the greatest exertions of the firemen. The heat was so intense that it was impossible for any one to enter the yard, and the chief efforts of the firemen were directed from within the Mosley Arms and from its roof. Meanwhile the White Bear Inn was in the most imminent danger, and many bystanders declared that nothing could save it. Under this impression, the furniture, bed ding, &c., were hurled out of the chamber windows, and much mischief was done by the hasty and thoughtless way in which the property was thrown about in removal. Much of it was conveyed across the street, to the Talbot Inn, for safety. Behind the White Bear is a crooked yard, which also leads through into Back Piccadilly ; and several branchmen were stationed in this yard, and played their jets on the walls and roofs of some low cottages and other tenements and outbuildings, so as to pro tect the White Bear premises from the impead ing peril. In one tenement in this yard was a poor woman confined to her bed by sick ness; she was. hurriedly removed in her night. dress, and conveyed away, seated on a pile of bedding, &c., in a large porter's cart, filled with goods removed from the premises. Some pigs and other animals were also removed from the outhouses. Both the Mosley Arms and the White Bear were re peatedly on fire, both on the roof, the cornices, and the window frames ; and as often the firemen suc ceeded in extinguishing the flames ; not, however, be fore they had penetrated into the bar of the White Bear, and quite destroyed one side of that room. Some idea may be formed of the rapidity with which the flames raged, when we state that in about ten minutes after the alarm of fire was given, a portion of the roof of Messrs. Smith and Ingle's warehouse nearest Piccadilly fell in. But little damage is done by fire to the adjacent inns ; but in both the injury will be considerable, by the removal of furniture, and the floods of water poured from the engines. We have not heard even a speculation as to the cause of the fire. There was a large body of the police promptly on the spot, under the command of their principal officers ; they rendered great service by keeping the streets from being impeded by the curious spectators, who speedily collected in a large concourse ; for the illumination of the atmosphere, from the blazing pre mises, must have been visible for miles around. We did not hear of any personal injury sustained by any one during the, fire.--Manchester Guardian of Wed nesday. MORTALITY in the METROP OLIS The following are the results of "A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes registered in the Week ending Saturday, the 18th of January, 1845." The Table is issued from theOiliC4l of the Registrar-General : The defendant made a long statement in reply to the charge, the substance of which was, that he took the,cigars on board at llavannah, and that he intended to insert an account of them in the ship's manifest, but owing to the neglect of his boy, they were not removed from the locker, where he had deposited them pro terapore. Mr. Potbury said, the presumption was, that the cigars, the subject of the last information, had been smuggled out of the Joven Victoriana into the Pepita. I%lr. BRODERIP said this information was different from the last, and the mere fact of the defendant b e i ng on board a vessel in which tobacco in packages less th a n 3001bs. weight was found rendered him liable to th e penalty. The proof of a guilty knowledge was not at all necessary, nor was any proof required that th e tobacco belonged to the captain. He sentenced th e defendant to pay a fine of 100/. to the Queen. The captain was led away in custody of Roche, th e gaoler, and in about two hours afterwards the inalty was paid, and he was liberated. Weekly Total. Average •t Five Years Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 2'29 184 Diseases of variable or uncertain seat BB 106 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 143 159 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration 325 292 Diseases of the heart and Blood-vessels 37 24 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion .. Diseases of the Kidneys, &c 8 6 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. lO 10 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 5 6 Diseases of the Skin, &c Old Age, or Natural Decay By Violence, Privation, or Intemperance Causes specified lOO7 954 Deaths from all Causes 1010 963 DEATHS FROM THE PRIN'CIPAL DISEASES INCLUDED UNDER CAUSES OF DEATH. BRIGHTON POLICE. MILITARY AMATEUR.—JuIut Field, a shoemaker, wilo has been several times in custody on charges of drunkenness, was on Friday placed at the bar before J.l3orrer, Esq., on a similar charge. L'rivate Druntou, of the Inniskilling's, deposed that Mile on duty as sentinel at the southern entrance of the Palace, opposite the Blue Coach-office, about one o try me by clock th a t morn i ng , the prisoner came up to him in a tt b ite of d run k enness , swore at and abused him, and —; thw said, " your military laws; you can't m proceeded court-In , D n your eyes if I had a artial and give me three hundred for breakf as t." Wit ness took no notice of this, and tht, man pistol I would blow your -- brains out." He then weut away; but in about a quarter of an hour he returned and said, " I will take your piece, and blow your brains out with it." Witness then took him into custody, and called a policeman, who took him to the sergeant. prisoner —What time was this ? T . itness—About one o'clock. l'i:isoner (to night-constable Thohurn)—What time wa, it, I say ? Zir. BORRER—No, no; this won't do. TILE AISOVZ HEADS. ---_ . Total. Weekly Average of live Yeats. Consumption Scarlatina 4.5 36 Pneumonia .- B9 80 Dropsy .. ..• .. ... .......... 'looping Cough ... ........ .. Typhus Small Pox 54 20 Disease of the Heart Measles 37 Apoplexy .. ... .... ... 21 Diseases of the Brain ...... .... 7 Dianliwa.. Sudden Deaths n DISTRICTS. Deaths Weekly Births in Average of la the Week. Five Years. the Week. West North Central East 2OB 209 306 South _ Total ... ......... .... 1010 963 1331 JERSEY.—A meeting of the committee for the defence of the island was held yesterday morning at the residence of his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor. The colonels of the several militia regiments of the island were present. Measures for immediately com pleting the arsenals were resolved upon. The new militia fittings, accoutrements, &c., will l e sent to the island as soon as the Lieutenant-Governor reports that the arsenals are completed, and ready and fit to receive them. They may, therefore, be expected in a few weeks. —Jersey Herald, eittll. 19. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The Tories tell us that they are better men of business than the Whigs. That Sir Robert Peel is a clever man, though a treacherous one to his own party, cannot be denied, and none of his acts prove it more than his adjustment of the timber duties; but the Board of Customs is defeating his object of en couraging the importation of timber in the bulk in preference to that of deals or planks. By a ridiculous :node of measurement, deals or planks above twenty one feet long pay less duty per load than shorter deals, thus sacrificing revenue in a most unnecessary manner. I believe an enormous amount of revenue is wasted by the incompetency of the Board in this, as well as many other matters. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, W. R. FRANCE AND OTAHEITE. ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS. The two following documents have been communi cated to the Chambers by the Minister of Marine. The first relates to the Gambier Islands ; and the second gives some details respecting the intercourse established with the chief of Wallis's Islands : "NOTE ON THE PRESENT STATE OF THE RELATIONS OF FRANCE WITH THE CHIEFS AND POPULATION OF THE GAMBIER ISLANDS. " The French Catholic missionaries, established for the last ten years in this little archipelago, have been fully successful amongst the chiefs and inhabitants, whom they instruct and direct, without hindrance, in a course of moral culture, and by the most pacifie means. This state of things, which was perfectly w ell known at the departure of Captain Bruat for Oceania, has caused those islands to be designated, in the instructions given to that officer, as part of those over which the Protectorate of France could be most easily established. It is in consequence of these in structions, and on the occasion of the frigate Charte anchoring at one of those islands, that the captain of the vessel was present on February 16, 1844, at a formal declaration made by the principal chiefs, of their intention to place themselves and their territory under the protection of the French authority. This act was not followed by any military occupation, nor by the installation of any administrative agent. The French missionary, the Rev. Father Liausie, was recognised by the head of this little society. The instructions addressed by Admiral de /Slacken to Governor Brunt, under date of July 16, 1844, formally recommend him to abstain from all proceedings that might tend to engage the King's Government farther than what was already accomplished. Before deciding on any decisive part with respect to this simple recog nition of the French authority in these islands, it appears indispensable to wait for new reports, and the conclusion, more or less speedy, of the difficulties which have arisen in other points. The group of the Gambier Islands, situated windward of the Society Archipelago, and possessing a good port, is but thinly inhabited. The Methodist missionaries have not attempted to penetrate there, and have left the inha bitants wholly to the influence of the French mis sionaries." " INTERCOURSE ESTABLISHED WITH THE CHIEFS OF THE WALLIS ISLANDS. " In the month of November, 1824, the Embuscade corvette, Captain Mallet, had to put in to the Wallis Islands for some pressing repairs, which kept the vessel for forty days in the principal port of the islands. There the King and the principal chiefs, having de clared that they made a profession of the Catholic faith, in which they had been instructed by the Rev. Father Bataillon, Bishop of Enos, and several other French missionaries residing amongst them, mani fested their intention to place themselves under the protection of our flag. The effects of the great influence exercised over the inhabitants by our missionaries, to whom they are entirely devoted, are manifest in this circumstance. The Rev. Father Bataillon, established amongst them for seven years, has reaped the happiest fruits of his apostolic care ; the public morals have become considerably ameliorated; polygamy has ceased, except with two of the chiefs; the population of the archipelago, composed of 3,000 souls, are re markable for their exemplary habits of order and re gularity. Captain Mallet, perceiving that the state of this young society was so satisfactory, concluded with the King and the chiefs a treaty—a certain harbour regulation, having for its object to assume a general regulation as favourable as possible to the strangers that should visit the islands, and these regulations were decided on with the concurrence of the English and American trading captains, in a meeting held for the purpose. Nothing exclusively applicable to French vessels was stipulated in the clauses of these regulations, and no act of authority to be exer cised in the name of France was amongst the number of the conditions agreed on. Neither was the national flag raised on any point of this little archipelago, and Captain Mallet confined himself to allow the chiefs to display'a mixed flag, chosen by the missionaries, and the colours of which could only call to mind the fact of the participation of an officer of the French navy in the manifestations on the part of the chiefs. The instructions addressed to Captain Bruat by Admiral Roussin, dated July 20, 1843, contained, amongst other instructions on this subject, the following The declarations transmitted by Captain Mallet imply, on the part of the chiefs, no alienation of sovereignty. They must not lead us on to form an establishment in this archipelago, nor even to engage us to keep up there permanently a vessel of the State,' &c. In the new instructions sent to Ad miral Hamelin on July 16th, 1844, by Admiral de Mackau, in reference to those just quoted, the Minis ter prescribed to restrict still more the protection to be exercised at these islands, and confined its action to friendly relations ; to visits which our vessels might be able to pay them from time to time to support the moral influence of our missionaries, but without any active intervention of any kind in the affairs of the country. Such is the situation of our present rela tiens with the chiefs of these islands, and such have been the results that were proved to exist beyond all possibility of conflicts or difficulties from without, when the Bucephale corvette put in and remained there in November and December, 1843." ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDEML—A vast number of workmen have been incessantly employed ever since the close of last season in effecting the most extensive improvements and alterations in all parts of the grounds. Nor has the Zoological department been forgotten. The collection has lately been materially in creased. In fact, the visitors to these delightful gardens will hardly be able to recognise them in their improved and extended state. ENTBRTAINMENT AT THE MANSION-HOUSE.—The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress gave a very ele gant entertainment to his brother Aldermen and their ladies, and to some of the municipal officers and their ladies, on Tuesday. There were amongst those present, Aldermen Lucas, Sir Peter Laurie, Farebrother, Kelly, Wilson, Marshall, Sir John Pirie, Humphery, Sir G. Carrol, Farncemb, Hooper, Wood, Johnson, Challis, Hughes Hughes, Moon, Hunter, Sidney (Sheriffs), the Chamberlain, Win. Masterman, M.P., the City Solicitor, Mr. Secondary James, Mr. Secondary Potter, the Town Clerk, the Comptroller, &c., &c. It was a full-dress party, and all the Aldermen came in their scarlet gowns. The company assembled in the state drawing rooms, and went from thence through the saloon to the long par lour, in which the dinner was laid out in remarkably fine style. All the massive gold and silver plate of the Mansion-house decorated the sideboard, and the great silver epergne, which was presented by the Board of Guardians of the City of London Union to the Lord Mayor, as Chairman of the Board, stood on the middle of the top cross table. The wines, which were most abundantly supplied and freely partaken of, were of the finest description. Tea and coffee were served in the saloon. The company separated at eleven. NEW WoRK ON TURKEY.—We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, has this day published " Three Years in Constantinople ; or, Domestic Manners of the Turks," by Charles White, Esq., 3 vols., with numerous illustrations, price 31s. 6d. bound, which can now be had of all booksellers. Mr. Colburn has also just published the following new works :—Travels in Turkey, Egypt, the Holy Land, Syria, Nubia, &c., in 1843.44, by Ida, Countess Hahn- Ilithn, 3 vols., 31s. 6d. bound.-3. Adventures of an Officer in the Service of Runjeet Singh, by Major Law rence, Bengal Artillery, 2 vols., with portraits, 21s. baund.-4. The Crescent and the Cross ; or, Romance and Realities of Eastern Travels, by Eliot Warburton, Esq., 2 vols., with illustrations, 255. bound.-5. Colonel Maxwell's Adventures, 2 vols., with portraits, 21s. bound. HER MAJESTY'S STEAM-VESSEL THUNDERBOLT, ICHABOE, Nov. 20, 1844.—The island of Ichaboe is dis appearing fast ; there are at this present moment about 380 vessels here, and arriving five or six of a day, one half of which will not get loaded. I should think it will ruin a great many vessels of 1,000 and 1,500 tons, lying here—several vessels have been wrecked on the coast that we have heard of, and been to their assistance, and we suppose a great many that we have had no intelli gence of, except from pieces of wreck and boats having been seen on the coast by vessels arriving here. We leave this for the Cape about the Ist or 2d of December. I hope we may then have a trip to the Mozambique, to make a little more prizesmoney.—Devonpert Telegraph. Mr. Dyke, the son of Sir P. H. Dyke, has been appointed to the lucrative situation of Queen's Proctor, vacant by the demise of Mr. Iltid Nicholl. The annual average of the present fees of office, on a moderate com putation, is 2,oool.—formerly . they were much larger. During the war, when the condemnation of prizes, and other proceedings connected with international law, to which the Crown was a party, occupied the Admiralty Court, the fees of the Crown Proctor have been known to amount to between 30,0001. and 40,0001. NARROW ESCAPE FROM SUFFOCATION IN A SEWER.—On Tuesday three excavators, in the service of the Commissioners of Sewers for the county of Surrey, proceeded down one of the iron gratings facing the Old King's Head public-house, Blackfriars-road, for the pur pose of cleaning out the sewer, and when they had gone about 150 yards, the foul air became so powerful that they were about to return, but found that it was utterly impossible, They accordingly called loudly for help, when a young man named Maris, a blacksmith, residing at No. 17, Surrey-row, Blackfriars-road, hearing their cries for help, very promptly procured 4 crow-bar, and dug up the flooring at the ei4d of his back yard and re. leased the poll* fellows, two of whom were quite insen sible, but recovered after a short time. THE FRENCH CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. If we were not actual witnesses, through our daillYe reports, of the debate which is now going on t Chamber of Deputies, such a proceeding. would ar pear altogether incredible and inipracticable in a gre, Ye e legislative assembly. The avidity of the speeches, t" deficiency of truth or interest in the well-worn the themes, the rambling character of the debate, eTici inconclusive arguments of the speakers sufficien'.- disclose the extraordinary fact that all t his talking p; in reality, about nothing at all. It so hapPen', o 3 the misfortune of aspirants for Parliamentary fatne either side of the Chamber, that there is no one of general policy to be more fully elucidated by nisterial statements, or combated by anti-111inister.iao arguments. The only two events w hich hav e rise to questions of any political interes t since tiled prorogation in August last are long since terminetbe and disposed of; a great deal will unquestionabll said about them, but nothing more can be e ither d c e ei Ll i e ,, or undone. The Government will, of course, be ,„ t mired by one party and applauded by the the questions on which these demonstrations v" be made torest I defunct.l‘ler6 are lanai y the and Otaheite are for the present consigned to and tender keeping of the Annual Register for 1 844 ; n s we trust it will not be in the power of angry factv.)st other; 11 to revive any portion of the irritation produced lust autumn by the occurrences themselves. As t he Petle of Europe survived the reality of that shock, w,,e P sume that it will not be affected by the echo a o f port : and we hold it to be beyond the reac h ,0 eloquence or ingenuity to impart a fresh intereit, the past details of these subjects. To snak e stract character of this discussion still inor e j i he minent, it appears that the only question vyll ic pro is the ee. Chamber professes seriously to entertain and the Colt of what is termed the English h e But, as was very ably put by the Duke de Bros in his temperate and masterly s peech °l i t 0 address in the other Chamber, it happens that there is not at the present .moment any for question of European policy which calls 'f re i g a the aro, military or diplomatic interference Of of Powers —as, in fact, the whole machinery 0 ' 1 : far national relations is at a stand-still, except, as far n o as private interests are concerned, there is, in 1 12. of such thing as an alliance, in the proper so melne 3l ' the word. The experience we have had on on , former occasions of the fidelity of France to the con, Or v ntions in which she has taken a part ma}," not encourage us, whenever an occasion sb a1 :1 1 0 of to seek for her co-operation in preference to other nations, or other nations may think fit Ti l e t ciate themselves with England and France. P , 11 0 call preposterous, at a moment when no human be'el,list predict when such an occasion will occur, or 0 ' :fit nature it will be, to pledge ourselves to the r ee fed nance of an abstract principle, which will be a't o flict in an instant when it is opposed by a positive ti e " ef ea of interests. We are perfectly willing, L a ri c" r ise,' anxious, to remain on the best terms fr t ; and we appreciate at its just value the fortunaloir tion of our own country, which enables it to d i o g taro the relations of an equally good understrotes; with both the great sections of Continental %note f but we esteem ourselves no, less el ' Air that no impending danger or public e°,,re. tion compels us to take par t at the kr, sent moment with the one against th e the As far, then, as the English alliance is c ancer ° Of t conflict in the Chamber of Deputies is a fl' e n r ,. B of shadows ; for the politics of thew orld the 6 eai; governed by general propositions, but h,/ r gencies of each case and the rules of public dutit'niglif, this debate, which will probably last weak f°l% ,t* f be and occupy the Chamber till the fifth 1 - t° session has slipped away, is but the emptY P r !„%tio one act of importance. Is the present Adlninil, to remain at the head of affairs? or is it to int-olofs for a long Ministerial interregnum, filled up 1 " ) a th nd counter-plots of every kind, and t e rinin et i feh° accession to office of a heterogenous ca he will strive to ape the policy of the men theicle tbd defeated ? The vote on the Address will d ec : g ilt matter for the present ; and, although the result still very uncertain, the adherents of the G° ce " nn ea t '' are far more confident of success than its 0 11, - , C Oo' and th 3 balance seems to incline in favour o t . tinuance in office.— Times. GAME FOR THE MILL g s l‘ i (From Punch.) - We have received the following letter fro! who preserves his game for the benefit of h is s ita to t creatures. We think we ought to charge it as tr'of vertisement ; but as we give it free insertion', ele that the Stamp-office will also view it w ith 6- c gti tenderness : a " Mr. Punch,—l address you, as throng" on ° , t ot most readily get at the world at large. I beg , ir tiee,,A"/ the middling and working classes a prime ss r - es olv' et t game, at the following low charges ; having,: vilb,„ B . o l although a peer of the realm—to conine" FP' poulterer, whoever he may be, in the moderated. my articles : £.,, 6 " A prime hare ; 0 " A pheasant rer 2 . 5 0 " Partridges (the brace) " These charges will, I t rus t, b e received - c listO o f whelming eviden ce o f m y d es i re t o meet theioteet of the poor, and to bring game down to th e „,at pacity of pocket. lam h ones tly e nabled t ° .e OO l6 above articles at the prices affixed—as the P i r i fi ciP o st' me scarcely anything for keep—they bein; l l te° fed upon the wheat, oats, and barley, ° I n t) farmers.—l remain your obedient servant , .1 " NORMAI4P.IOS. "P.S.—The highest price given for hare - " 50 0 , - onbd THE CHARGE AGAINST DR. RENFOLP•w;ort;°ir day morning Dr. P u nf o ld t oo k occa sion to hid fr sermon to the recent charge brought agait? s ,.. ae torP Marylebone vestry, which he had so satt : " -- t fitted. He took his text from the 24th clist -e alle,Be: Acts of the Apostles, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19 , t 1 0 verses—" And herein du I exercise ulYse ll A - tf P h riflit ways a conscience void of offence towards u e , to ' ti le wards man. Now, after many y ars, C0112 „ 0 0 cer all alms to my nation, and offerings.e Whereurie, P e A Jews from Asia found me purified in the ten 3 ,,,P br ie with multitude nor with tumult, who ought ' 3 5 011 here before thee, and object, if they had 11 ;:foli: 1 0,1 me. Or else let these here say, if they "„ — n cil: ,trol evil doing in me while I stood before thee " y - fel ibee: j Rev. Gentleman, with great feeling, mad,_ e h - e e 0 ," r allusions to the painful position in which be e placed, and his address appeared to produ ce -8 / ,T 6 upon his hearers. „ r IIP A 011 FATAL ACCIDENT AT ASTLEY'S ace' 0 0 On Monday evening last a fatal accident oec-tope;rd stage of this theatre to one of the sur e ,, r ,, - tofec t iciri named William Blake, aged 38. The f i ' - are , Johnny Gilpin was in the course of perfornbei e re one of its scenes representing a Jew's old e' ° oo e, `` 0 14 number of supernumeraries, deceased bei n g cin! ) be seen making purchases within. As eec 713 4 8 trick was played upon him by the Clown c , i t the Pantaloon (Bradbury) holding a rope , - ho er - f o r l % the door, and which tripped up each pu,re„-iatit o ` , ,1 exit. The deceased did not make his ea le r n ienti t i fort"; easy fall, and in consequence tumbled Th e Is" lu":„i' and fell flat with great force on the stage. -I ,:th e ,olit" the metallic part of a truss that he wore ini.os part of the abdomen, causing internal in.ilq,liepeel,l deceased died yesterday morning at his re st . v iid ° ' sant-place, High-street, Lambeth, leavi n g "fe ote Il e per. seven young children unprovided for. o' l .l Q SUPPOSED SUICIDE FROM DESTIT - rO 5- ' day Mr. Baker held an i nque st at the IleukaoetiPti , East Smithfield, on the body of a man fr bo it twenty years ofd a James Hill, a wat er :, la I t :e about nine o'clock the same morning he /IV ` *- itYi Alderman-stairs, East Smithfield, when be ' of the deceased rise to the surface. Il e te•er of t ashore. Deceased was dressed in a P ai d oliii;e k , trousers and waistcoat, and a blue stripe that laced boots. The summoning officer sa id I ts earanco of the deceased showed that he:',olbe,rf,lo of great destitution, as his clothes were t A " i r e t t his shoes worn out. The jury found a vel . " — drowned." SIR JAMES GRAHAM'S MEDICAL Bt the ing of the medical profession of Brentford tbe bourhood was held on Tuesday evening, PoOieer,o;l Hotel, Brentford, to consider the provisions 000/otiop, Graham's Medical Bill. The meeting w e 'd re s . ° ,,geleo:l attended. Dr. Day was in the chair, j n or egi t il ' e ce,i , .1 were agreed to condemning the Bill, an e rApot, pro c ei ,1 currence in the proposal of the Soci et y for the establishmeut of a college fo r to 0 6 :1 1 f i d' tioners. Some gentlemen objected WlCageinotteittf, any other subject than the obnoxious 131 ,,, they conceived all their efforts ought te be itc,„-11 but they ultimately acceded to the pruP° sl ry , Oer o eret a o f s!,,', Bonny was appointed honorary local .otion be, communication with the Central Assoei.' Practitioners. Thanks having been v° te man, the meeting separated after a v eil cussion. of "- _ l lOl 1 1 0 A BIRTHS. Oa the 17th inst., at the Vicarage , l'att°ll' the the ll'ij o i l i;: Rev. llyde W. Beados, of a son. ;thet c ' e ' 1, On the 18th inst., at Downham, near Cl.- r, to p - . the Rev. S. Houghton Sherard, of a daile te goa• ' 1 of , On the 20th inst., at Roehampton, o ' 3 mai Melville, of a son. 4. sal, th ° v# On the 21st inst ,at the Grove, 131ackue- jorl l ~ Twining, jun., Esq.,. of a dau rhter. o f 0 , On the 21st inst., is Sussex-square , t he 15d1 o' 4 ' Esq., of a son. , 01 -14 r On the 21st inst., in Bernard-street, /09-8 ef , J. Torre, of a son. rol" °l34' '' On the 20th inst., Mrs Ge o rge Franc is 0 liament-street, of a son. . o of l'eolf MABBIED• fo rth On the 21st inst., George Thomas, Hertzlet, Esq., __......., , ---. 3 ldil ie e ,' daughter of Robert Stokes, Esq., of the - ° 1 of 'C'ollege--street, to L' o e i r ue plac DIED. li 1 On the 12th • Esq., late Captain of the Surrey Militia. ari ktl ol. , e it , inst., at Brentford• On the 16t1 inat ,at Bognor, Susse%, g e r opo' Jackson, C.,8., aged . 73. • fling , °. jlil ti On the 18th inst., Mr. William l''Pr flo rid pla.co, Brighton, aged 65. r• ' ''4 l ;' On the 20th inst at Vauxhall-terrace, _,--- - 0 1Jr il ___ ______ ---- it - i t /0 ot e ,„,,a)t , butts, 1.11i$11.1,16$0; London : Printed and Pablished by m s . o t o ,'" No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Vie s _ ; ill Strand, i.A the Precinct of the S ,`,),,,,. klidillsasa l Thursday, JanuArY 23 ' 14"‘' `,.