The Sun. — London, England, 1822-12-10 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOUUNALS. .:, SIXTRAeTS FROM THE DAILY MORNING PAPERS December 10, 1822: • [MORNING HERALD.] The French Ministry .seems to be doing no thing towards accelerating a war.. There is even something which would almost induce one to think that the French Government shrinks from the peril which it so vaingloriously challenged at a distance. It is true, that what are called the Ministerial Papers in Paris call loudly upon the Ministers to commence the attack ; but our re cent experience of those pretended demi-official organs is such as to cure us, as it should our readers, of the infirmity of believing in them. lit is not only in France, but much nearer home,- that they have - proved false oracles. Looking at a Ministerial oracle par excellence, amongst ourselves—during the last two months, - what assurances of • peace one day, and war the next—what taunts of the French Ultras one Clay, and- shuffling apologies to them the next— what assurances of the inviolability of Spain, snow followed by sophisms against her rights and liberties, as odious for their bigotry, as transparent for llimsiness-•--what assurances of the pacific and paternal views of " our Allies"—of their perfect concord with each other, and with us—and what a pitiable retreat at last, in throwing the blame of these sins of self-contradiction and detected error upon the French papers—with the announcement, still in the incorrigible demi-official tone, that our Government used every effort to induce the Continental Powers to preserve peace,—a fact upon which w_e_have al ways insisted, and of which any body must have felt convinced,. who was not slanderously blind to the moral and intellectual character of the Government of the country, or strangely igno rant of the obvious and vital interests of the Empire, as - a member of the community of na tions. Hopes of peace are echoed from various quarters ; some say the French Government can not be sa infatuated as to persist. We hope not. [TH E TIMES.] We this day present the State and the Nation with one of the most important articles that has yet appeared on the subject of the apprehended war between France and Spain ; and which article, so far as authority is attached to it, is de cisive of the question. First, then, the autho rity is that of the Journal des I_V:bats, to which the article has been transmitted ; and next, the question of war or peace is by it decided in favour of peace. This we hold to be as important a com munication as could well be made to the public at any stage of a negociation not absolutely concluded and past. It is superfluous to point attention to the article : it will be read with the keenest and most satisfactory interest from its own importance. It certainly is not a declara tion on the part of the French Government that it will not go to war : but it is a system of rea soning, proving unanswerably the folly of so doing ; and we can hardly conceive that mind so prejudiced, or that intellect so dull, to which it will not carry conviction. To us it affords in conceivable satisfaction to reflect, that we have always viewed the subject in the,same light ; and skimmed, though with more imperfect knowledge, the same ground of argument. Can there he any thing more clear than that the Jacobins --the enemies of well ordered Government throughout Europe—would, above all things, rejoice in their hearts that the King of France should be guilty of the criminal indis cretion of invading Spain, simply for not adopt ing a Constitution 'to his mind ? And it is re markable in this, as in many other cases, how the extremes of parties meet. The Jacobins would wish the King of France to attack Spain, because they well know that he would thereby perform a wicked act, by which he would dis grace himself and the cause of legitimacy. The Ultra or Raving Royalists would wish him to attack Spain, because they are in that perverted state of mind that other men's evil is their good : that which persons of a clear understanding and uncorrupted heart think wrong, appears to them to be right. [NEW TIMES.] The Postscript of the Etoile, a French Minis terial Paper, of Saturday evening, states, that the Cortes have determined to reject any propo sition for modifying their Constitution. If so, there mast be war between France and Spain.-- Our readers should clearly understand that What the Cortes reject with such absolute scorn is an approximation toward the British Constitu tion. Our Parliament of three Estates they hold in derision. Our House of Peers they regard as an usurpation and a wrong. , In place of these institutions, they have set up a monstrous democracy—a system which we have shewn, point by point, and article by article, to be insane, inconsistent, and impracticable— and which never has been and never can be carried into effect in European Spain, much less throughout the whole of the Spanish dominions. Nevertheless, we fully admit that if the Spanish Nation unanimously, or with any thing like una nimity, adopt this visionary and frantic scheme of Government, they have a right to make the ex periment, and no other State or Potentate his a right to say them nay. If, abstaining from all attempt to disturb other countries, and giving no aid or countenance to the disaffected in those places .t tti.e_Y set themselves fairly and honestly to make the best of their own system, they ought not to beimpeded in their exertions. [BRITISH PRESS.] We. have uniformly expressed our conviction that Mr. Canning could never approve or look indifferently on while the Peninsula should be invaded by French troops under the' banners of the Holy Alliance and the monarchical principle.. Mr. Canning's Note to the Portuguese Minister, which we published yesterday, and which, being uncontradicted, now bears the stamp of the Foreign Office, fully confirms our most favourable anticipations, and explicitly avows that Great Britain " will not look on with indifference," , but 44 will afford the protection to be expected from an Ally" in case of an invasion. This is very satisfactory, and every way worthy of an English Minister. [MORNING POST.] The language of the French Papers continues to be pacific, and it is evident that the successes of Mina and the Constitutionalists have produced a favourable effect in Paris, as well as in Spain. In the latter they have put down insurrec tion and restored order, if not unanimity, in the country. In the former they have over awed the real authors of that insurrection, and induced them to shrink from the com pletion of their plans. The appearance of a triumphant Spanish army on the French frontier has produced this unexpected change, by show ing the Ultras that the moment Spain was in vaded in any one quarter, France would be entered in another. They have felt that the experiment would be dangerous, and that a Spanish army in France, marching under the tri-colour flag, and proclaiming a name which still retains its power on the minds of the multitude, would have a much greater chance of being joined by the people, and reaching the French capital, than their own legions would have of penetrating to Madrid, headed by the Cross of the Inquisition, and the banner of Despotism. They have 'therefore he sitated in urging the last step which might, and we are convinced would, involve them and the Bourbon dynasty in one common ruin. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] The Allied Sovereigns, it is well known, left Vienna ostensibly with the most pacific inten tions whatever, at that time, might be the secret views of the Emperor Alexander. The same sentiments apparently prevailed at Verona, and the most marked attentions were paid to the Bri tish Envoy up to the 19th, when a most material change became perceptible,and it was evident that a particular intimacy had been cemented between the Emperor of Russia and M. de Montmorency. The chief agent of this change, and indeed the most active personage in the whole Congress, was M. Pozzo di Forgo, whose zealous exertions were lavished in favour of the French Re presentative, and in support of his schemes. These negotiations displayed the peculiarity of the two French Envoys to the Congress being divided in their opinions, M. Chateau briand expressing himself inclined to peace, not so much from any predilection for those prin ciples, against which his own party were so anxious to make war, as a conviction of the dan gers to which a rupture might lead; and the un certainty, if hostilities were once commenced, where they might end. M. Montmorency, it will be remembered, arrived at Verona after the Congress had assembled, and from the moment of his arrival, every engine was set to work in order to counteract the pacific intentions with which he found the Members actuated ; and it may easily be imagined that the Emperor of Russia lent a willing ear to the war party, as any rupture among the Continental Powers could not fail materially to promote the success of his own machinations on the side of Turkey. SINCLAIR, the vocalist, is .doing wonders in Italy, and will next year return to England, where his talents will be in great request. At the last meeting of the Sheffield Public So ciety, the following interesting facts were mentioned :—UIBBON, who in his celebrated history of the Decline and Fall of the Ro man Empire, has left an imperishable memorial of his enmity to the Gospel, resided many years in Switzerland, where, with the profits of his works, he purchased a considerable estate. This property has descended to a gentleman, who, out of its rents, expends a large sum annually in the promulgation of that very Gospel which his pre decessor insidiously endeavoured to undermine, not having had courage openly to assail it. Vol taire boasted that with one hand he would over throw that edifice of Christianity, which required the hands of twelve Apostles to build up. At this ddy, the press which he employed at Ferny to print his blasphemies, is actually employed at Geneva in printing the Holy Scriptures: Thus the self-same engine, which he set to work to de stroy the credit of. the Bible, is engaged in dis seminating its truths. It is a remarkable circum stance, also, that the first provisional meeting for the re-formation of an Auxiliary Bible Society at Edinburgh, was held in the very room in which Hume died. Between twelve and one this morning, a fire broke 'out in the premises of the University Printing-Office, Villafield, which had at first an alarming appearance, but was happily subdued before doing material damage. It had its origin in the furnace of a steam boiler by Which the house is heated, and from which the flames had somehow communicated to the shed under which it is erected. By the prompt and vigorous ex. ertions of the people in the neighbourhood col lected on the first alarm, and ultimately the ar rival of the fire engines and a butt of water, the flames were prevented from communicating to the buildings on either side. The shed was com pletely consumed, but no other injury was done than what arose from the hasty removal of part of the printed paper. No water could be obtained from the city pipes, and had any part of the main body of the buildings caught fire, the probability is that the greater part of the range must have been consumed. The premises are insured in the Caledonian and North British Fire Offices. Ow ing to the badness of the road in Dobbie's Loan, two of the water carts were .broken, and the engines and carts were with much difficulty brought to the spot.--(Glasgow Courier, Dec. 5.) SUlClDE.—Saturday night a Coroner's Inquest was held at the Gold Chain Tavern, in the Tower, before Mr. k Moars, a Special Coroner, on the body of Eliz. Deighton, a poor girl, aged 15 years . Six or seven witnesses were ex amined, and all their testimony went to the same effect, that the irritable disposition of .the step-mother 'of the deceased had driven her into a fit of despondency, in which she drown ed herself. Verdict—" Insanity." • VORAOITY OF II yiENAs..—ln the Menagerie at Paris was an old hyaena, which broke it, leg by accident.' One night, before the bone was united, the creature bit off his own leg, and it was disco vered in the morning that he had eaten it up' bone and all ! ! . FORMATION OF A NEW SOCIETY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE WATERMEN AND OTHERS OF THE LAMM:MING CLASSES ENGAGED ON THE RIVER THAMES. Yerterday a very numerous and respectable Meeting was held in the Great Room of the City of London Tavern, for the purpose of considering what were the best means of improving the spiritual and temporal condition of the Watermen, Lighter men, Bargemen, Firemen, and others engaged on the River Thames. The room was completely filled, and the platform was crowded with persons connected with the Shipping interests in the River, and a number of Firemen were also conspicuous. Sheriff and Alderman Thompson, M.P. was unanimously called to the Chair, and he, in a neat speech, stated the object of the Meeting, which was to afford those facilities for the pro motion 'of Christian Knowledge amongst a most numerous class, namely, those through whose labours the great commerce of the River had been carried on, that had been given to other classes whose claims could not be placed in competition with those of the labourers on the River, whose deplorable igno rance and irreligion was only equalled by their temporal dis tress, which might be said to be the necessary consequence of their state of darkness. The worthy Alderman spoke of the usefulness of the class, and gave it as his opinion, that the surest means of promoting their temporal welfar e , wo u ld b e by giving their children clothing and education, by dissemi nating the scriptures and religious works amongst the adults, and by promoting their attendance on public worship, and make them sober as well as industrious. An Address to the Meeting was read by a Gentleman ; and the Rev. Mr. SMITH, of Penzance, addressed the Meeting at great length in behalf of the class. The body of men in whose behalf the appeal to the sympathy of the Meeting was made, amounted to upwards of 9000, mostly with large families, and it was greatly to be lamented that no direct means had been em ployed to moralize a set of men, many of whom exhibited de pravity deep and wide spreading as the river they navigated, and who would continue to live and die in wretchedness and ignorance of the Being who created them, unless they were res cued by an effort of benevolence. With the view of advanc ing their interests, and bettering their condition in general, it was proposed to form an institution, called the Thames Rivermen Society, the objects of which would be to pro mote religion and morality amongst them, and to advance their temporal interests by endeavouring to remove the obsta cles which prevent that class from enjoying the advantages they are justly entitled to, and which would in some instances re quire legislative aid. It was proposed to establish a free school for the clothing and education of their children, and, where practicable, to establish an asylum for those of the watermen who were past labour. In particular; it would be an object of the Society to procure the abolition of the practice of letting boats on hire without watermen to accompany them, to young men, whose lives were frequently lost by their ignorance of the , management. If this object were effected, much of that shame ful and systematic violation of the Sabbath on the River would be abolished. A string of Resolutions for the formation of a Society, and the nomination of a Committee, were agreed to, after many entertaining appeals had been made to the Meeting, by speakers chiefly connected with the commerce of the. River, and by ma ritime men. A liberal subscription was made, and about half past 9 o'clock the Meeting separated highly gratified. OLD BAILEY. GANG OF BURGLARS. Yesterday Mark Herds, aged 22; William Watts, aged 25 ; James Brown, aged 33 ; and Thomas Fuller, aged 22 ; were put to the bar, on an indictment, charging them with btr glariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of James Alexander de Reimer, in the county of Middlesex, and steal ing therein 14 silver spoons, value 101. and other property ; and Charlotte Banfield, aged 22, was also put to the bar, charged with being an accessary after the fact, harbouring them, &c. well knowing them to have been guilty of the bur glary. Herd and - Banfield said they went to bed between eleven and twelve o'clock, and that the other three prisoners camo.up in the morning. Watts and Fuller said they went to break fast at Herd's. Brown said he knew nothing whatever of the robbery. —_ _ _ TheßEconnEn summed up the evidence to the Jury, who after a short deliberation, found all the prisoners Guilty. The RECORDER admonished the male prisoners not to lose any part of the short time left them, to prepare for their fate. They were knowh to be most desperate characters,. and it was his duty to hold out no hopes of merc y t o them. The female prisoner, on hearing this doom, went into fits, and was carried out by the officers. A ilentleman, at the close of the trial, stood up and claimed a silver box containing thirty counters, that had been stolen from his house, which had been broken open a few days before the above robbery, and which was found at Herd's lodging. The officer stated, that he had compared the implements found at Herd's, and they corresponded exactly with the marks on the above premises. Herd, we understand, had once before been ordered for execution, hut his life was spared. The whole arc well known to the officers to be most desperate cha ratters. The RECORDER said the country was highly indebted to the Officers, who had been the means of bringing those desperate men to punishment, and The Prosecutor owed entirely to them the recovery of his property. Frederick Middlesex was sentenced to one year's imprison. ment and hard labour for feloniously uttering base silver. Physiok, a pretty girl about twenty years of age, was indicted for robbing Mr. Baker, tallow-chandler, of Foley_ street ' • and Sophie Stephenson w as c h arge d w i t h h av i ng re ceived the stolen property, knowing it to have been illegally come by. _ _ The Prisoner Physick, it appeared, was a house-servant to the prosecutor, and, after a service of three days, she decamped with his cash-box, containing certain writings and papers, two five-pound notes, eight soverei gns , an d a guinea. The evidence against her was conclusive ; she was apprehended at Chatham on the 2d of November, (five days after the robbery,) and con fessed the fact. Stephenson, who was a woman about 40, kept a house of ill-fame in Westminster. It was proved that she had received the property from Physick immediately after the rob bery ; that she had changed one of the 51. notes under circum stances of concealment, and that she had given false accounts as to the manner of her becoming possessed of it. Physick admitted her guilt, but said that Stephenson was innocent: she had not known the property to be stolen. Stephenson said that she understood the property to have been a bequest from Physick's grandfather. The RECORDER charged the jury that the offence of the first prisoner was capital. The Jury, against both, found a verdict of Guilty. Mr. Baker (the prosecutor) then stood up, and begged to re commend Elizabeth Physick to mercy. He had great reason to believe that the whole had been done at the instigation of the prisoner Stephenson ; and that the bulk of the money had fallen Into her hands. When he (Mr. Baker) had apprehended Phy sick at Chatham, he had found her without a shilling ; and he heard she had been sent away from Stephenson's house two dais after the robbery with only eight shillings in her pocket. rhe RECORDER said, that Mr. Baker's recommendation should be attended to, and would doubtless have its weight. For the prisoner Stephenson, he should at once inflict upon her the severest punishment the law would allow; and she might prepare herself, therefore, to be transported for a term of four teen years. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, DEC. 9. SALE OF PLACES UNDER GOVERNMENT. J. C. Clarkson was indicted for obtaining, under the false and fraudulent pretence of selling a place under Government to John Anderson, the sum of 1001. Lord LOWTHER and the Right Hon. N. VANSIT TART were on the bench, subpcened to give evidence on this indict. meat. The defendant was an elderly man, of respectable ap. pearance. _ _ The particulars of this case have been already twice before our readers, and we have now only room for the evidence of two witnesses. The Right Hon. N. Vansittart was examined from the bench. He stated that there were several clerks in the revenue 'depart ments. He never, to his recollection, signed any appointment to Mr. John Anderson, and never saw the defendant before in his life. Viscount Lowther, one of Lords of the Treasury, swore that he never saw the prisoner, and never wrote him a letter in his life, nor did he ever,sign an appointment to Mr. Anderson to be one of the clerks of the revenue-office. The Jury found a verdict Guilty, without a moment's he sitation. The CHAIRMAN, in palsing sentence, observed,. that this was as complete and systematic a fraud as he ever recollected. He only regretted that this was a prosecution upon a statute which deprived the Court of all power of passing a sentence commensurate to the offence. ,The sentence of the Court was, that he be fined 190/., and imprisoned for one year in the House of Correction. THE RING V. JOHN WEBB WESTON. The defendant was this dayCalied iit; - ;eceive the judg ment of the Court. Mr. ALLEY prayed the judgment upon him. The sentence passed upon the defendant was to pay a fine of 100/., and to be imprisoned for one month. CORONER'S INQUEST. Last night, at seven o'clock, an Inquisition was held before THOMAS HIGGS, Esq., Deputy Co roner for the City of Westminster, at the Savoy palace Tavern, Strand, on the body of female named Wilson. Mr. David Laing, of Clare-street, Clare-market, sworn.— Witness had known the deceased about five years; she was a single woman. On Friday last, about five or six o'clock in the evening, she called upon witness ; witness asked her to take some tea, but she declined it ; she appeared to be much agitated, said she was driven to great distress, in proof of which she produced a great quantity of duplicates. She had made no application to witness for assistance. Witness pressed her to take some refreshment, and at length prevailed on her to take a crust .of bread and some gin and water : she said she had had nothing all day. She cried very much. Witness was called down into the shop, and left the deceased up stairs ; she shortly. after came down, and advancing to him shook his hand, and said " God bless you—good bye." She was at times very flighty, and this action did not particularly strike him. About half an hour after, a customer told him that a person, very elegantly attired, had drowned herself n ea r W a t er l oo -b r idge, and that her bonnet and muff had been found, which answered the description of those which witness had seen her wear. Witness sent his boy down to the hridge, and found it was true. When the body was found, witness caused it to be searched, and 64 duplicates were found on her. Witness did not know her Christian name.— She told him she lived in Union-street, Hoxton New Town, but had been there only from Wednesday. Witness had not seen her for near six months until that night. She was a woman of very high spirits and occasionally flighty ; she told witness she was not 28 years of age. She said she had pledged all the clothes but what she stood upright in ; also she had pledged her nephew's clothes. _ Janies Tilt, the toll-keeper of Waterloo-bridge, the Strand side, sworn. About 8 o'clock on Friday evening, the deceased went up to the gate with a Gentleman ; the latter tendered a shilling to pay the toll ; she said " take for two," he said " only one ;" he passed over the bridge, and sh e walked towards the Strand : she asked witness if any watermen were plying, as she wanted to go to London bridge ; he said not at that late hour ; wit ness being called to the gate to let some passengers pass, the de ceased took the opportunity of running down the steps ; witness suspected something amiss, and ran down the steps: near Somer set-house he heard two distinct screams and then a splash in the water ; it was nearly high water. Witness found a bonnet, muff, silk handkerchief, a gold pin, and a laced frill. Wit ness got the drags, and with assistance dragged for three quarters of an hour, but she was not found until next morning. William Storey, waterman, sworn.-11ritness found the de ceased near Mr. Dupree's wharf, on Saturday morning, about eleven o'clock; about two hours after high water, in about four feet water. Witness and his partner laid her on the ca bin of the barge and washed her. There were no m ar k s of violence on the body. The Jury were here informed that a sister of the deceased was in the house, and by their request the Coroner desired her attendance, when a Gentleman stepped forward, and address ing the Jury, begged as a particular favour that they would not call upon her—it would lead to a very distressing disclosure, unpleasant to their feelings and to hers. He declined answer ing any questions. Juror said it was singular that Mr. Laing knew her, and did not give a clearer statement. Mr. Laing, in reply, said the unfortunate woman was kept by a Gentleman, who, in consequence of getting married, had given him 50/. for her, as he then left her. This money was paid her by him, as was also 25/. at a subsequent period : the money was given for her in consequence of an application of his. The gentleman who had before spoken then observed, she had lived with a gentleman, and moved in the first circles as his wife, and was always considered as his wife by every person. The CORONER then called the sister of deceased, who said she was with her lately, and was in extremely low spirits, and from her dejected state and wayward manners, the witness was of opinion she was deranged. Her name was Louisa Moss. After some discussion, the Jury returned the following ver dict—" The deceased was insane when she committed the act of suicide." THEATRICAL NOVELTY.—On Saturday night, during the performance of the new piece, called, " Tom and Jerry in France," at the Coburg Theatre, a new incident was introduced, which the audience were not prepared to expect. In the scene where the Diligence is about to start with five " real horses" for Paris, two men sprang over the Orchestra on the stage, armed with sticks, and, in the most menacing attitude, of fered obstruction to the said horses, and to all who would favour their journey. This being the boldest step that has yet been taken in the " Tom and Jerry" style, excited no small asto nishment, nor was the surprise diminished, when Mr. BARRYMORE and one of the performers were seen to collar the adventurous intruders, and after something more than a mock encounter to force them down stairs, some of the audience thought it was a very ingenious spree, others be lieved-it was an attempt at a legal caption, nut those who sallied out to see the issue, found the assailants in the hands of the Police, who marched them to the watch-house, after which the Dili gence proceeded on its way.—The affair yester day underwent the notice of the Magistrate, and the following is the report : UNion-HALL.—Yesterday Mr. Barrymore, the Stage Ma nager of the,Coburg Theatre, appeared before R. J. CHAMBERS, Esq. and charged Charles Stewart and his son, livery stable keepers, in Blackfriars-road, with having assaulted him, and attempted to create a disturbance in the Theatre. Mr. Arkin stall, who has the management of the Theatre in the absence of Mr. Glossop„, also preferred a similar charge against them. It appeared from the statement of the prosecutors that they hired a diligence and five appropriate horses of the defendant, to perform in a piece called Vice la Bagatelle ! or, Jemmy Green in France. On Saturday he present e d a n enormous bill at the treasury for the use of his horses. The treasurer refused to pay it, unless special directions were given to him for the purpose by Mr. Barrymore ; but the latter gentleman conceived the ob jection of the treasurer to be juK, and refused to sanction the charge. The senior defendant I,zcame quite furious at this re fusal, and conceiving that he could reduce them to compliance by withdrawing the horses at a time when it was not probable that they could be substituted, he accordingly took the animals away on Saturday. They were, however, but with much diffi. culty, replaced in time for the performance by others. The elder defendant became doubly furious on learning the failure of his experiment, but soon resolved upon trying another ; for when the performance had commenced, he went upon the stage and insisted in the most abusive manner that his diligence should not go on. He was at the time in a state of intoxication, and it was soon found absolutely necessary to eject him from the Theatre forcibly. Nothing daunted, he went round, and with his son went into the pit, and just, as the passengers had got on the diligence, and it was proposed to start accros the stage, the two jumped over the orchestra on to the stage, rushed behind the scene, and the senior at once put a chain round the wheel of the diligence, locked it, and swore that it should not go until he was paid.— A serious scuffle ensued, in the course of which, the abuse of the defendants and the whole that passed must have been heard by the audience. The defendants carried their violence so far as to strike both the prosecutors, who assured the Magistrates that the most serious consequences were apprehended at the time to the house and property. The strength of the house assembled upon the stage, and carried the defendants off down to a hall below the latter, still fighting with great desperation ; and in the midst of the confusion the lights were put out, and some of the per- ' formers were sorely pummelled by their own friends in the dark. The defendants were ultimately given into custody. It had been circulated that the uproar had been occasioned by two bailiffs, and the story had been believed.--Defendants were held to bail. The Mayor of Norwich and a party of friends, somewhat " flushed with the juice of the Tuscan grape," having gone to the Theatre a few years ago, to witness the performance of the tragedy of Richard 111., they entered the house just as Richard exclaimed, " A horse! a horse ! my kingdom for a horse !" when one of the Gentle men facetiously replied, " I have not a horse, but (claPping his hand upon the shoulder of the Chief Magistrate) here is a Ma.zir, if that will do for' you !" It is almost superfluous ,to add that this response had a powerful effect on the risible faculties of the audience. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The price of the 41b. Loaf is stated at 74d. by the fall-priced bakers. There are others of the trade who scll at sp., 6d, 6fd, and 7d. IMPORTATIONS OF GRAIN LAST WEEK. English. Irish. Foreign. Wheat - 65 -- Barley - Malt Oats . Rye.. Beans .. 10,566 ---- __-- 19,109 9, 5 75 ---- Peas 2,740 1,6i4 Tares Rapeseed Mustard Sctds. Flour Brank Linseed. 50 _.-. 295 • 16,811 180 3,750 • ..... SEEDS, Dec. 9. Red Clover (Foreign) 22s 36s 38s—fine, 34s 52s per cwt. Ditto English R. 26s 35s 40s—fine new, as 50s ~ White ditto 361 45s—fine, 55s 64s Trefoil .... per cwt.... lOs I4s—fine 15s 18s 20s per cwt. Ribgrass ... .2Bs 36s—fine, 42s 45s Carraway Seeds Coriander do Spring Tares ... 263 Od 3Os Od 32s • Cinque Foin 28s to 34s—fine —s per qr. ' Rye-Grass ... l6s to 25s—new, 28s 30s per yr% Canary per yr —s 35s to 40s Od perqr. • White Mustard Seed 7s to 10s Od Brown ditto Os to 15s Od Winter Tares 24s to 30s Od per qr. Rape Seed .. 221 to 231 105 per Last. Turnip Seeds. Linseed NE'.VGATE AND LEADENHALL 'II.I.RKETS, Dec. 9. By the Carcasc. 8eef........ Is 8d to is 8d Veal 2s 4d to 4s 4 4 Mutton od to 2s Sd I Port; 2s 4d to 3s Sd Lamb, os od to os od. ST. JAMES'S HAY MARKET, Dec. 7. N. Hay 31 5s Od to 41 2s Oil Cloy( r, 31 lOs to 41 4s Od Old Hay 01 Os Od to 01 Os 0(1 I Straw 11 10s Od to I l 19s ° d SMITHFIELD. Old Hay 3l Os od to 41 Os Od — .—Average, 31 los Od St raw Clover tai 17s 6d to 41 17s 6 t l- -Average, 31 15s 0 0 WHITECHAP.EL. Hay 3l Ss Od to 41 4s Od—Average, 31 16s O New ditto... 01 O s Od to 01 Os od—Average, 01 Os O d Straw ll lOs od to 11 19, od-Avera ,, e II 16s O d Clover 3l lOs Od to 4! 6s 0 , 1--Arerage, 41 5s Od PRICE OF HOPS, pct . Cwt., Dec. 7. Pockets. i Bags. Kent .. 21 lOs a3lss a 41 15 s Kent .. 21 2s a2l 18) a4l 1 09 Sussex .. 21 4s a2l 12s a3l Os Sussex 5'21 Os a2l 4s a2l a s Essex .. 21 lOs a 314 s a3l 15s Essex.. 21 2s a2l 16s a3l 0 Farobani, fine, 61 Os to 81 Os—Second, 31 lOs to 61 Os Old Duty laid at 108.:16sl. RAW HIDES. Hest Heifers & Steers, per st. Ordinary .... 2s 4d to ” 6 1 3s Od to 3s 4r Market Calf .. each.. los 0 6 ', Middlings is 8d to 2s Sod Eng. Horse Os Od t o OS Ou SHEEP SKINS. Polled —d to - -41 Downs PRICE OF LEATHER. Butts, 50 to 561bs each per lb 21Ad to 28d Ditto, 56 to 6611. is each Dressing Hides ' 18d to 19d, Coach Hides Crop Hides, 35 to 401bs for cutting 19id to 20d Ditto .... 45 to 50Ibs Calf Skins..o6 to 401bs Ditto 50 to 701bs Ditto 7O to 8011 is . Small Seals (Greenland). Large ditto.. . . Tanned Spanish Horse Hides • 22d to 46d 22d to 26d 24d to 26d • 15. d to 1 8 d ..17d to IBd • l9d to 94d PRICES OF TALLOW, spAP, &c. per 1 l2l6.—Dec. 5' Town Tallow 41s 6d — s od Yellow soap 765 Yellow Russia 42s 6d —s Od (Mottled 846 White ditto .. —s od —s od I Curd I Soap ditto.... 38s od — s Od Graves ii Melting Stuff 3-2 s Od —s ad I Good Dregs 1 0 0" Ditto Rough.. 20s ad —s Od I PRICE OF CANDLES, FROM TALLOW CHANDLER'S HALL" Price of Candles, per dozen, 95 Od—Moulds, 109 6d. 6d per dozen allowed for ready money. ______... PRICE OF RAW FAT, per Stone of 51b.—Dec. 5. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters), 2 5 3" COUNTRY GUILpFORD M Wheat per 1. 71 Os to 101 ; Os New Wheat.. 9; Os to 121 5s Oats, per qr... 01 i 7s to 11 4s New ditto.... 01 Os to 01 Os MARKET. %MET, Dec. 7. Barley, new, 5 6 to 11 15 s Beans, per qr. 11 bs tO 1 110. Pease, per qr. 11 lOs to 1110 Rye, per qr. 01 Os to 01 I°S COA4 MARKET, Dec. 9. Ships at Market. Ships so!d. Price. a 118 4 Newcastle 3 . 2 Sunderland DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE.--TtiE NEW RIAGE ACT.—A young female, of respectable l rents, residing in this town, was beloved a fi demanded in marriage by a y ou th, who, eith e r from poverty or some oth e r ci r c ums t ance , 'v as rejected by the parents. Altercations at vario% times ensued, and the matter terminated, as so c things generally do, with the el o p emen t of th e daughter, and the disappearance of both, it al l ; pears that the fugitives, consid er i ng th e mseive not at liberty to marry according to the constit 6. tion of the New Marriage Act (the girl not b e ; ing more than 18,) determined on living togeth e in all the simplicity of an c i en t ti mes . Th e unf° l ' tunate girl, however, stung very likely with r e .; morse at her conduct, has disappeared, and it naturally expected, according to the e xpressi° of her parents—" she has com e t o no good !', ( Birmingham Chronicle.) the LadY °i On Wednesda' BIRTHS, last, at East Lr the Rev. J. W. Deacon, of . a daughter. On the Bth inst., at Kensington, th e L a dy o f R. W a hnesi e l Esq., of a son. On the Bth inst., in Broad-street, the Lady of Dr. Birkbecl4 of a son. iavanl t R, MARRIED. On Saturday, at St. James's, London, R. S. G00 111, , -- n oe son of the Rev. Mr. Goon, Recto r of Ihamdean, to igari a- ,, e t: daughter of the late John F ox , E sq ., o f P ar li am ent-str Westminster. h 0 Sts p e On Thursday last, at Holkham, J o hn Sp e n cer St i o Esq., of Cannon Hall, Yorkshire, to Elizabeth WiThel ln ' third daughter of Thomas William Coke, Esq. DIED. f Lately, at Wells, John Hollo wa y, E sq ., Admiral t' i e nr Red,—a zealous and correct officer, and a kind, benelc ° i . JD Gentleman. formerly held the appointment of Seen command at this port, and was universally esteemed. f On the 9th inst., Roper Stote Donni son R o p er , Esq., coin's Inn, and of Triindon, in the County of Durham, Ra n at Law. f h et On Sunday, the Bth inst., of apopl e xy, a t the honse I/ 4 01! , nephew, Mr. George Holditch, Ludgate-hill, Mrs; Yew Peirce, formerly of Ruthin, Denbi g h s hi re , i n the 77th r her age. After a short illness, on Friday last, at Keston, near , uric, ley, Kent, of an inflammatory f ever , i n th e p r i me of life, . 1 ' the wife of the Rev. Jos. Wm. Martin. Ro bert On Sunday, in Henrietta-street, Brunswick-square , one of the infant twin sons of Rob er t Stewart Blucke, pdiff. On Thursday night last, at Roath-C ou rt, near josh Glamorganshire, the Rev. 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