The Sun. — London, England, 1840-02-06 00:00:00

_E:v ENIN G EDITION. AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR JANUARY. The season is so extraordinary, so anomalous, that we con arrive at no precise conclusions from analogy We have frequently noticed a prevalence of rain and flood in January as usual phenomena of mild winters, but, of late, it has been our painful duty to report, month after month, a continuance of the wettest and most gloomy weather imaginable. Still, as a whole, January has improved, for, in the first place, the month entered with a temperature mild as Spring, the mercury of the barometer progressively rising till the 4th (the new moon), when it receded a few cents., the wind veering by the south from west, to east and north-east, with continued rain throughout the day. Subsequently the mercury rose gradually to 30 in. 38 cents., the air became frosty, and the atmosphere serene. This state of the weather, which continued till the 13th, was very beneficial to the land ; the floods receded, and the fal. lows were thoroughly searched by the keen frost of the 6th, 7th, Bth, and lth, which penetrated to the depth of eight inches. Change of wind to west brought a return of mild temperature, gloom, and rain. The sin gularly silent state of the air (which we might almost style one of dead calm) from the autumnal equinox to ' the middle of January, then gave way for the first time to—first, a brisk south-western current, and then to strong and fitful gales which still recur. These, and some of their consequences, have been noticed in all the capers ; it, therefore, only remains to say that heavy showers, sometimes mixed with hail, have been frequent, And each cloud has been preceded by a powerful gust of .vind. These partial currents have, generally, been !tilled during the intervals of rain, and then the sun has broken forth with brilliancy and power. The character of the weather, after the 15th, was fickle and changea ble, but sufficiently rainy to reproduce many floods. We have made it our business to seek for in formation on the condition of agriculture, after so many unpropitious trials, and we are happy to state that no one has expressed alarm. Our own observations lead us to view things pretty well as they were ; the ground remains saturated with water, and is cold. Wheat is looking green and healthy, but thin in some places—not, however, patchy as in 1838. It is said that slugs or other vermin have destroyed some of the roots ; but the plant is expected to tiller fully, and thus supply every deficiency. Clover does not stir, but turnips are fine and abundant ; the young stubble Dutch continue even to grow. We find no general report for England in the British Farmer's Magazine. From private sources we collect what fol lows ;—" From Derbyshire we hear that the wet wea ther prevented the sowing of fallows with autumnal wheat, and, therefore, the as erage quantity of seed was not then got in. The early sown is looking well, but the latter is scarcely out of the ground. In the wet and ungenial parts of the county, field beet and turnips have proved nearly failures. The (=razing land was never, for the time of the year, lookingl better, and hay is a bundant, thus there is plenty of food for sheep and live stock. They are scarce, however, and fear is enter tained that a considerable portion of the sheep is af fected with the rot, more particularly in the flats of this country." Our respected correspondent is, we are aware, alive to apprehension, and for this we make allowance. He mentions, however, two important facts, which claim local and general attention. First, the farmers, not withstanding the high price of all the produce of the land " do not appear to improve in any way whatever ; and this has always a tendency to impoverish them." It is truly lamentable that the cultivator of the land is ever in the rear of the march, but this truth calls aloud upon the renowned English Agricultural Society to strain every nerve to rouse, by example, the ener fries of those who stand in so much need of a stimulus. When will it, in earnest, think to establish arrricultural schools, wherein experiments upon a wide scale may be carried through, not in one but in a dozen different sittutions ? Nothing will be done effectually till facts and inductions be clearly revealed. Hereby the society would decidedly nationalize itself ; increased produc tiveness would be a far more efficient Corn-law coun ter-agent than recrimination and party abuse. The second point alluded to by our correspondent is spring-sown wheat, which, he siys, is much practised in Nottingham and Yorkshire. Should this answer, as I hope it may, there will open a new field for the pro ell .tion of this staff of lite. The season of the sowing app7oaclies, and therefore the period between the pre sent date and :he Ist of March will be critical. The Spectator, remarking upon a former observation of ours on Spring-wheat, rnis-stated our views. We alluded to the plain fact of the farmer having been unable to get ei all his autumnal seed, and welcomed the good result a widely extended spring sowing. We exp7essed o aarrn whatever, and meant to communicate none. From Hertford we learn, from our correspondent, " That the grain which has been generally sown as usual, is looking as well as can be desired, though, course, on very wet land, the seed has not yet been .!own." He adds, "I am not aware that this is the case in the immediate vicinity ; and in n.ost instances in which the sowing is not. completed, it has been pur pos -ly loft for the Talavera and other fine kinds of .. ;rain. On the whole, the reports are favourable. Stock remains about the same as for some months past, and the lambing season has progressed tolerably well, though - - the wet weather has not been propitious to sheep. \ Butchers' meat fetches about the same price as it did at this time last year, and bread is cheaper—we are now paying 9d. the quarters loaf." Floods have not been high, considering the protraction of wet weather. The frost of the Bth January was 19 degrees, i. e., 13 de grees of Fahrenheit. The gales commenced about the period before alluded to, and had then continued a week. From all that we have said and quoted, it is mani fest that the prospects are not discouraging, but may be rendered so, unless the rains speedily decrease. Itnprovernent is indicated by facts not to be misunder stood or neglected. Drainage will effect much, because it includes, first, the detection of imperfections in the subsoil ; second, the regular remov a l o f a ll super fl uous water ; and, finally, the deep comminution and im provement of the staple soil, whereby permanent ferti lity is greatly secured, and equability of moisture and temperature promoted. We hope, ere long (on the authority of Mr. Pusey's excellent essay), to lay before our readers the Flemish method of tillage. It is very instructive, and will convey much matter for reflection. LAW INTELLIGENCE. SHERIFFS COURT, Fin. 4. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL and a Common Jury.) A NOBLE SMOKER.—This was an action brought by Mr. Joseph Hudson, of Oxford-street, to recover the sum of 1471. 3s. against the Right Hon. Richard Wal ter Viscount Chetwynd, being the balance of an ac cout for cigars. The plaintiff's attorney stated that from the 25th of April, 183.5, to the 6th of September, 1886, the noble defendant was supplied with cigars to the amount of 1361. 16s. Subsequently to the latter date Lord Chet wynd had cigars of the value of 261. Ils. forwarded to his mansion at Bicester, in Oxfordshire, making in all 1631. 7s. From this amount a sum of 161. 4s. was deducted for cigars, which his Lordship re turned, leaving a balance of 1471. 3s. A copy of the account had been sent to the defendant, and his solicitors had been served with notice to produce it in Court. Several applications were also made to Lord Chetwynd for payment, and on the 6th of November, 1837, he wrote the plaintiff a letter, wherein he stated that he had made arrangements to settle his account, and he expected to be in town in a week for that purpose. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN MIND. The philosophy of the human mind (and this is not the least of its excellencies) will fill the soul with charity and keep the sacred flame always alive, and always bright. His equable and complaisant feelings who un derstands it, will seldom be interrupted, and but for a moment. The errors of his fellow-mortals, will not lever the link which binds him to all of human kind. Willing to sacrifice on the altar of truth all that is dear in life and life itself, he will deeply lament whatever obstructs his progress, and will exert himself to the utmost of his ability to remove it ; but even the grossest and most pernicious errors will excite in his bosom no resentment. He will bear in mind that mens opinions result from circumstances over which they have themselves little or no control ; that if they are really and conscientiously believers in any doctrine, they have such evidence of its truth, as appears to them solidland conclusive ; that they cannot believe it without such evidence, and with it, if their discernment enable them to detect no fallacy in it, they cannot avoid believing it ; that it is not in the power of the mind to adopt or reject what opinions it pleases ; that the men sure of knowledge possessed by the individual deter mines entirely, independent of volition, the conclusion on which he rests ; and that to regard him with aver sion because he rejects or receives a particular doctrine, is as absurd as to resent his thinking the colour of an object red which is black, or which, from some defect in his organ of vision, or some deception in the medium through which he views it, appears to him to be so. If be perceives that his own mind is better informed than those around him, he will avail himself of every means in his power to impart the light of which they are des titute ; but that he should regard them with for this which is their misfortune, that he should exclude thorn from his society and heart, torture their bodies and enchain, as far as he can enchain, their minds, is as impossible as that he should seriously propose to am putate their hands or their feet in order to remedy a de fect of their sight. Not even on account of their crimes does he cherish the least degree of bitterness against them. Viewing them as placed in unfavourable circumstances for the cultivation of the better principle of their na ture, either not knowing or not considering in what their true dignity, honour, and happiness consist, and accustomed to confound their immediate gratification with their ultimate felicity, and their direct gain with their final well-being, he regards them with unfeigned com passion ; and because these errors are productive of a deeper misery than any bodily maladies, he feels on their account a more profound sorrow. Never does he think of the prison, or the manacle, or the lash, or of the infliction of punishment in any shape, but as it may be the means of correcting their evil propensities, and of establishing better views and forming better dispo sitions. And the influence of these enlightened and generous principles extends to the closest and dearest connexions in life, imparting to the father, the husband, the friend, the master, a benignity, which can be pro duced so fully and sustained so equally by no other means.—Dr. Southwood Smith. FATAL COAL-PIT ACCIDENT. —Last week two of those distressing accidents, explosions of fire damp, so tfrequently fatal to human life, took place at the Victoria mal p t, on nothwell Haigh, near Leeds, whereby six persons were 'idled, and several others severely burnt. The men had safety l a mps with them lighted, but were using naked candles, feeling perfectly secure. No blame attaches to the masters or their agents, who had used every precautionary mean s i n t h eir power 1 for the workmen'c safety. lhe first explosion happened within ! little more than 100 yards from the shaft. It appears to have I been one of the fatal misfortunes to which the miners are ex_ posed, which no human ingenuity can prevent or knowledge foresee, and has entailed on three unfortunate families lasting wretchedness and misery, which can only be partially alleviated b public sympathy and b. nevolenee.—Leeds Intelli9encer. WATSON V. GILBERT. This was an action brought against William Gilbert, a tailor, of Oxford-street, to recover 161. 125., under the following circumstances The defendant had been for some time separated from his wife, and allowed her no maintenance. She ac cordingly opened a coffee-shop in Islington, and the plaintiff supplied her with gas fittings for her shop, and placed a gas lamp over her shop door, the value of which he now sought to recover from the husband, on the ground that they were necessaries. After the examination of the witnesses to show that the work was done, The Foreman said that he and his brother Jurors were of opinion that the gas fittings were not necessaries. The plaintiff was accordingly nonsuited. BILLS V. REMNANT. This action was brought to recover 101. 6s. 3d., for the disposing of and letting by the plaintiff, as the agent for the defendant, a house called the Ship and Star. The plaintiff claimed 2i per cent. as commission on the purchase-money of 4121. 165., for which sum the defendant disposed of the public•house in question, which is situate in Sparrow-corner, Tower-hill. John Leikson, the present landlord of the Ship and Star, stated that it was through the plaintiff he pur chased the house of the defendant. The Jury returned a verdict for the defendant. INSOLVENT DEBTOR'S' COURT, FEB 5. IN THE MATTER OF JOHN JOSEPH STOCKDALE. The rule obtained in this case at the instance of Mr. Samuel Chamberlain, a coach-builder in Great New port-street, Long-acre (relating to the 6001. damages against Mqssrs. Hansard) was enlarged a fortnight ago until to-day, and after the cases had been heard, it was brought before the Court. Mr. CooKE appeared in support of the rule, and Mr. NICHOLS (with whom was Mr. NA , ooDROFFE) showed cause on the part of Stockdale. The rule was granted under the 89th section of the present Act of Parliament. Stockdale was discharged under the Act in January, 1831, and the 6001. damages in the hands of the Sheriffs, or a portion. was sought to be obtained for the creditors as subsequently acquired pro perty. A rule on the application of Mr. Samuel Cham berlain an admitted creditor in the schedule had been issued, calling on the Sheriffs to held and retain the money, and on Stock tale to show cause why it should not. be paid to the creditors. Mr. Nichols took a preliminary objection to the rule, on the ground that the affidavit made by Mr. Cham berlain, on which it had been granted, did not state whether he was a creditor. The objection was held good by the Court, and the rule was consequently discharged. This decision will not prevent any creditor in the schedule from applying for another rule. KISGSTON PETTY SESSIONS. TIIE TIIAMES FISHEItY.—IMPORTANT DECISION.— John Stokes, Thomas Dear, and John Armitage, three fishermen, appeared before the Banch to answer an in formation, framed under an Act of the 30th Geo. 11., charging them with having unlawful!) , obstructed Thos. Webb, a duly appointed bailiff, in the execution of his duty, in the parish of Richmond, whereby they had in curred penalties amounting to 301. The Magistrates were unanimously of opinion that the information must be dismissed. BOROUGH COURT OF REQUESTS. What with the Reform Bill, and the cheap knowledge system, a race of illiterate politicians has sprung up during the last few years in the shape of carpenters, cobblers, tinkers, tailors, &c., whn possess such exalted notions of their own abilities and importance, that they are continually neglecting their trade and half starving their families, in order to spout sedition in a taproom, or listen to the inflammatory brawling of some levelling de magogue in an " institute." A Slipshod old cobbler, named Burt, was the plaintiff in this case, and one Benjamin Holloway, a political carpenter, defendant. The debt sought to be recovered by the cobbler was 9s. 6d., for sundry repairs to a pair of boots belonging to the defendant. " I has to ax pardon, your vorship," said the cobbler, " but this here's a werry hard case on an old man wot has to work like a nigger for his liveliwood as I does, and I hopes as you gen'lemen will give me a werdick. This here covy, wot I've knowed iver sin he was a babby, corned to me vith a pair of boots arout aither soles or heels. How much 'ull you renowate these here pickling tubs for, Bill ?' says he. Carnt tell afore I looks at 'em,' says I. Your vorship, I then examined the bar tides, and found 'cm in a werry queer condition. Carat do justice to 'em under 45., Ben,' says I ; but as he kept bating me down, and as I had knowed him from a kid, I agrees to do 'm for three hog and a tanner (3s. 6d.). Two days arterwards he comes for 'em, jist as I was nailing on 'ern, so he tuck a cheer and sot down while I finished 'cm. Jist to pass the time away, he gets up a conversation about polyticks—Dan O'Connell, the vigs, and other rubbish, and said as I ought to be a Chartist. COMMISSIONER—What did h• wish you to become a Chartist for ? Cobbler—Oh, he said the Chartists would take the duty off beer and backer (tobacco), cos he knowed I liked a pipe and half a pint.—(Laughter.) COMMISSIONER—WeII, what did you say to him ? Cobbler—l told him I wouldn't have nothin' wotsum ever to do with 'm, cos I thought the Chartists vos a howdacious bad lot, and vonted to kick up a row. COMMISSIONER—That was a very patriotic and cre ditable determination on your part ; depend upon it there is nothing like leather.—(Laughter.) Cobbler—That's jist wot I told Ben, and that if he would look more atter • his saw-dust and bread and cheese, it he'd be all the better for him. COMMISSIONER—No doubt of it. But you have not told us why be refused to pay for repairing of his boots. Cobbler—Vy, your vorship, arter I'd done 'em he axed me to trust him till Saturday night, when he called on me and asked me to go with him to hear some chap hold forth about banniwal Parliaments, or summat o' that sort, but I liked a pipe and half-a-pint better nor any sich gammon. He kept on promising to pay, but that's all he did, and so I summoned him. COMMISSIONER—Pray what reason do you assign for not paying this poor man ? Defendant—l will pay him, Sir, as soon as I can, but I have been out of work late 4. lam very much distressed. COMMISSIONER—Persoas of your description alwa3s complain of distress. You neglect your business, and then expect other people are to be the sufferers. How soon can you pay this ? Defendant—l will endeavour to pay it in a month. COMMISSIONER—That is too long ; you will only be allowed a fortnight. Order made, and parties withdrew. THE GOLD DUST ROBBERY. DECISION OF THE JUDGES ON THE POINT OF LAW. At five o'clock last evening the prisoners, who were convict e d i n J une last of the a b ove ro bb ery , were placed at the b ar to h ear the judgment of the Court upon the points of law raised in their favour. The prisoners, Lewin Caspar, Ellis Caspar, Emanuel Moses, and Ali ce Abrahams, having been placed at the bar, Mr. Justice WILLiAms addressed them, and said that, after a full inquiry into the objections raised in their behalf, the Judges bad come to the conclusion that the judgment upon Lewin Caspar m ust be arrested, and that with regard to the other prisoners, they had been properly convicted. The Learned Judge then sentenced Ellis Caspar and Samuel Moses to be transported for fourteen years, and Ali;;. Abrahams to four months' imprisonment. Upon the application of Mr. CLARKSON, Lewin Co s _ par was ordered to be detained. The Court was densely crowded during the p7o cocdings. An instance of the uncertain tenure of life oc curred at Oakbank factory, on the afternoon of Tuesday last. One of the workmen, named James Allan, while engaged at his vocation, suddenly felt himself unwell, and vomited a quantity of blood; upon which he put on his coat with the in tention of going home, but he had not proceeded many yards when he was observed to sink down, and take hold of the rail ing in.front of the mill. He was immediately lifted up and carried into the warehouse, but before he reached the place the vital spark had fled. Glasgow Chronicle. There are said to be upwards of 27,000 com mercial travellers in various parts of the kingdom. Lord Dunraven left the Burlington Hotel, on I ""daY, for his seat, Adare Abbey, near Limerick. TH IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Ppm. 5. The Earl of SNAFTESBURY, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor, took his seat on the Woolsack shortly after Five o'Clock. Lord CLARENDON presented several petitions, praying for a total repeal of the Corn-laws. PRINCE ALBERT'S ANNUITY BILL. Mr. BUENAL and others from the Commons, brought up a Bill enabling her Majesty to grant an an nuity to Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. On the motion of Lord MELBOURNE the Stand ing Orders were ordered to be suspended as regarded this Bill. Their Lordships then adjourned at Half-past Five. ROUSE OF COMMONS Fa. 5. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. Mr. WILSON PATTEN and Mr. AGLIONBY brought up Reports upon Private Bills, of which the names were not heard in the Gallery. THE CASE OF FROST. Mr. LEADER said he had a petition to present from John Frost ; but as he had a motion to bring forward on the subject to which the petition referred, he thought it would be advisable not to present the petition in the absence of her Majesty's Ministers and the law officers of the Crown. Mr. HUME subsequently stated that he had a peti tion to present from Jones, who, with Frost and Wil liams, had been sentenced to death, and were about to undergo the commuted punishment of transportation for life. But as none of her Majesty's Ministers were present, he thought it more advisable to give notice that he would present the petition tomorrow, in order that the discussion upon it might take place at the same time with that upon the petitions of Frost and Williams, which Hon. Friends of his had to present. SOCIALISM. Mr. HUTT presented a petition from certain So cialists of Hull, praying for inquiry into the principles of their Association. CASE OF JOHN THOROGOOD. The HON. MEMBER also presented a petition from a Society of Friends of Religious Freedom, praying for inquiry into the case of John Thorogood. Mr. BAINES presented several petitions from places in Yorkshire to the same effect, and also one against the jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (IRELAND.) Colonel BUTLER presented several petitions from places in the county of Londonderry, praying for an extension of the elective franchise, and for the Reform of Municipal Corporations in Ireland. Mr. Serjeant JACKSON presented a petition, which he said was signed by persons holding three-fourths of the property of the town of Clonmell against the pro posed measure of Municipal Reform in Ireland. SHORT-HAND WRITERS' DEPARTMENT. Mr. MACLEAN presented a petition from Edward Morton, of 25, Craven-street, and Francis N. Walsh, of 8, Duke-street, Westminster, complaining of the monopoly of the Parliamentary and other business en joyed b) Mr. Gurney, from the double appointment of shorthand writer to the Houses of Lords and Com mons, which he had held ever since the year 1803 ; and pointing out the injury arising from it to the profession, and to the public business, by excluding competition, and thus keep ing down efficiency and keeping up a high scale of charges. The petition stated that in 1803 the busi ness of Parliament was very small—that it had now increased to such an extent that two-thirds of it were done by short-hand writers, not in Mr. Gurney's own establishment, those persons receiving only such share of the business, and such proportion of the fees, as Mr. Gurney thought proper to give them—that the number of persons skilled in the art of writing short hand had also very much increased of late years, and that many attic gentlemen employed as Mr. Gurney's deputies were as competent in all respects as the mem bers of his own establishment, but that Mr. Gurney had, ever since his appointment, exercised the exclusive right of attending by himself or deputy all Select and other Committees, all examinations at the Bar of the House, &c., so that for a period of thirty-seven years no ether short-hand writer had been allowed to attend any Committee, except as Mr. Gurney's Deputy, the par ties to private Bills not being allowed to employ their own short-hand writer, even to take the speeches of counsel. It also stated that Mr. Gurney was short hand writer to the House of Lords, where he exercised the same exclusive privileges ; and to the Privy Coun cil, where he claimed the right to take minutes of the evidence in patent cases at the expense of the parties. The petitioners went on to state that the effect of this monopoly was to lower the character of the profession ; and that under the present system the public business could not be well done. Mr. Gurney had always acted upon the right to keep his own establishment fully occupied at all times, the consequences of which were, that the gentlemen employed as his deputies were not called upon till the last moment, when it was found that their services could not be done without, and that they were constantly, and as a matter of course, displaced from Committees, on which they had performed their du ties satisfactorily, to make way for one of Mr. Gurney's own establishment. The petition further stated, that previous to the Session of 1837 Mr. Gurney had allowed to his deputies about three-fifths of the lees received by him ; that since that time - they had received three fourths, Mr. Gurney retaining one-fourth of the tees paid for business done by others as a remuneration for his superintendence of the department. The petitioners concluded by stating that they were pre pared to point out a mode by which the public bu siness alight be much better done, and at a cheaper rate, and that they confidently believed that the result would be not only to raise the character of the profes sion, which was acknowledged to be one of public uti lity, but to facilitate and give an increased value to the labours of Committees, at the same time that it would effect a considerable saving in point of expense. They therefore prayed that the House would appoint a Select Committee to inquire into the subject. COPYRIGHT BILL. Mr. MARK PHILLIPS presented a petition from Messrs. Hoyle and Walsh of Manchester, in favour of the Copyright of Designs Bill. CHURCH EXTENSION. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET and several other Members, presented petitions in favour of Church Extension. CHURCH PREFERMENT—(SCOTLAND.) Mr. FOX MAULE presented numerous petitions from Forfarshire, against the promotion of ministers of the Church of Scotland, without the consent of the congregations. LOCAL TAXATION. Mr. HUME presented petitions from places in the county of Norfolk, complaining of the burden of local taxation. The Hon. Member also presented a peti tion from a place in Norfolk, against the employment of Clergymen as Justices of the Peace. ♦nd also a petition from Great Yarmouth, praying for inquiry into the principles of Socialism. CORN-LAWS. Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND presented a peti tion from the West Riding of Yorkshire, for the total abolition of the Corn-laws. Mr. HUMN presented a petition from the county of Down, in Ireland, stating that the petitioners had suffered the fell tyranny of persecution for centuries, during which their rights had been trampled on, and that they looked to the House for equal rights with the people of England and Scotland, and prayed for corporate reform, extension of the elective franchise, and protection against Tory despots. Lord J. RUSSELL presented a petition in favour of John Thorogood. CASE OF FROST AND OTHERS. Mr. LEADER said he had to present a petition from John Frost, setting forth the circumstances (which ws:re known to the House) of his trial, and the objec tions taken by his Counsel ; but there was one very strong point in the petition to which be would call the attention of the House. The petition stated that the three Judges who tried them expressly declared that he should have the same benefit, with respect to the ob jection, as if it bad been decided at the time of his trial, and that two of those Judges had since declared their opinion that the objection was a good and valid one, and that therefore the prisoner ought to be acquitted. The petitioner, therefore, prayed for a free pardon. He (Mr. Leader) had been informed that it was the intention of Hon. Gentlemen opposite to apply flr copies of the short-hand notes taken at the trial, when it would be seen what had passed on the part of the Judges and the Counsel for the prisoner. As the matter was of vital importance to the priso ner who was now on his way to Van Diemen's Land, be should submit to the House a motion on the petition of which he had given notice yesterday, and should move that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that her Majesty would be gra• ciously pleased, under the special circumstances of the ease, to grant a free pardon to Frost, Williams, and Jones. Mr. HUME said he had a similar petition to pre sent from William Jones, who stated that he had relied on the truth, faith, and unimpeuched justice and inte grity of the Judges, and that two of them having de cided that the prisoners ought to be acquitted, the peti tioner humbly craved the performance of their promise. Mr. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from Z- phaniah Williams, to the same effect as that presented by th e H on . Members for Westmins ter and Kilkenny. It wag signed by 18,420 individuals, all pray inc,' for the pardon of the unfortunat e individuals. H.: had another petition from Finsbury to the same effect, signed by 460 individuals. He had another from the parish of St. Luke's with 298 signa tures, and another signed by 6,000 persons in the vicinity of London : it, had been signed within the last 24 hours, in consequence of the intention of the Minis ters to commute the sentence to transportation for life being known. They all prayed the interference of Ow House in behalf of Frost, Williams. and Jones—first, because a majority of the Judges thought the objection was a good one; secondly, because three Special Juries recommended them to mercy ; thirdly, because 200,000 petitioners had prayed the Crown for mercy ; fourthly, because the opinion of the Judges rendered the trial in valid ; fifthly, because no power of the Constitution could award a punishment without first granting a new legal trial ; sixthly, because the legal officers of the Crown bad no right to punish the prisoners with a commuted punishment more severe than that to which they were sentenced. They therefore prayed for a free pardon. Colonel SAL WEY presented a petition to the same effect from certain inhabitants of Finsbury ; from cer tain inhabitants of Whitechapel ; from St. George's in the East ; and one to the same effect from Westmin ster. He had also one signed by 6,320 inhabitants of London. On the petitions being ordered to lie on the table, Mr. KELLY suggested that the Hon. Member for Westminster would postpone his motion for a short period. It might have occurred to the Hon. Member that the House at that moment was not in a situation to entertain the question. They had nothing now to stand upon but the unsupported allegations of the pe titioners. He thought that some measures would be taken for bringing the facts of the case before the House, when they could decide whether they ought to address the Crown or not. He therefore suggested that the Hon. Member would postpone his motion until that information had been laid before the House. Mr. LEADER said—Considering the position of that Learned Gentleman with regard to the prisoners, he would agree to his suggestion for postponement. After presenting some other petitions to the same effect the Hon. Member said he hoped the Government would not deal with the prisoners while the matter was yet pending. • Lord J. RUSSELL—Of course I cannot presume to doubt the discretion of the Hon. Gentlemen, but as they seem to presume that further information will be laid on the table, I think it neces sary to state that so far as the Government are concerned, they are not prepared to lay any further information before the House.--(Hear.) Mr. LEADER (after a pause of a few minutes) said, after that declaration, unless the Learned Gentle man declared that he might be in a better position hereafter to forward his object, he should persist in bringing forward his motion now. Mr. F. KELLY said he did not feel himself now called upon to answer the observation of the Noble Lord. The Government could not certainly have made up their minds to refuse papers, of the nature of which they were not aware. No Member would be stopped or precluded by what had fallen from the Noble Lord.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. LEADER would then postpone his motion till further papers were produced, or further opportu nity of discussion were presented. Mr. EWA RT presented a petition from Birming ham, signed by several thousands, in favour of the prisoners, and he would call the attention of the House to it on Tuesday next. • SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1840. IRISH CORPORATIONS. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON gave notice that on the second reading of the Municipal Corporation Bill for Ireland, he should call the attention of the House to the petition from Clonmell, praying for exemption from the Bill. RAILWAYS. Mr. BARNABY gave notice that on Tuesday he would move a resolution with regard to the insertion in all future canal or railway bills of a clause relative to the formation of bridges over, or tunnels under, turn pike-roads. Mr. CRIPPS moved that he be exempted from serving on Election Committees, on the plea of his age being above 60. The SPEAKER said he felt some doubt upon the joint, as the Act required that the exemption should be claimed when the names were called over. Sir R. PEEL was afraid the claim was now too late. Mr. F. SHAW did not read the Act so severely. Sir I. k REEMANTLE and Mr. WARBURTON n ere for the strict construction. Mr. CRIPPS said he did not wish to involve the House in a discussion on his case, and he would waive the exemption. Mr. F. FRENCH moved for leave of absence for tLree weeks for Major Macnamara, who was attending tic Grand Jury at the Assizes at Clare, which was granted. _ Mr. HUME observed that it ought to be understood whether every Gentleman who would choose to attend !he Grand Jury would have leave of absence. Mr. SHAW moved for leave of absence for one month for Mr. Lefroy, which was granted. Captain POLHILL asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when it was likely the returns would be laid before the House, which he had moved for some time .q . - o respecting the King of the Belgians, and he wished to know whether it would be before the Royal marriage. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said if notice of the question hod been given to him he would have been prepared to answer it, which he was lint nor able to do. Captain PULL-TILL then gave notice that he should lsk the question to-morrow. Mr. VERCEVAL said he wished to ask the Noble Lord the Secretary for Ireland, whether it was his in tention to introduce an Irish Absentee Bill this Session. Lord MORPETH said that it was his intention to do so in the course of the Session, but he could not say Gruen. PRINCE ALBERT'S ANNUITY BILL. This Bill was then read a third time and passed. DESIGNS COPPYRIGHT BILL. Mr. o'CoNNECL — presented petitions from mer chants aad others of Dublin interested in the trade in lavour of this Bill. Sir R. PEEL said he had been intrusted with three petitions from respectable houses in Manchester, in favour of the Bill, which he should present before the House went into Committee upon it. Mr. E. TENNEN'I' then rose to move the second reading of the Bill, but was almost inaudible in the gallery. We understood him to say that so far back as 1787 protection was given to designs copy-right which had been renewed in 1794, but the protection then given was very ineffectual. He thought that the short protection of three months afforded by tba exist ing Bill, would be found to be totally inoperative. He thought that the introduction of the measure was called for, and that they should accommodate them selves to the course of time and circumstances. He believed that the parties whose interest he was advo cating were fairly e n titl e d t o th e protection whi c h th e y sought ' for. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by beg ging that the Bill should then be read a second time. Mr. M ACKINNON rose for the purpose of sup porting the motion of his Hon. Friend. He would strongly recommend to her Majesty's Government the advantages of introducing a general and comprehensive measure on the present subject. He would re commend to them to bring in a Bill for the purpose of having designs and patterns registered at a small expense, and for having them afterwards exposed in a national gallery erected for the purpose. This would be a great advantage both to the public and to mo dellers of design, who would have an opportunity of seeing those works in the gallery. He believed, too, that the small sums paid for registering these works would meet the expenses of erecting the building. He should support the Bill on the principle, that " half a loaf was better than no bread"—(A laugh)—although it did not go to the extent which he desired. Mr. WILLIAMS (of Coventry) thought that any interference with trade on the part of the Legis lature, without strong reason, was very dangerous. —(Hear.) The speeches which he had heard in fivour of this Bill convinced him how dangerous it was for persons, unconnected with business, to intro duce measures of that kind. The law at present in force had existed for more than twenty years, and during that period the printing business had flourished ; and no one acquainted with its wants and interests would recommend such an alteration of that law as was now proposed, The very enactments introduced by the Hon. Member for Belfast, were expressly excluded from a Bill which had been introduced into the House in two successive Sessions, with the support of the re presentative of Manchester, Mr. P. Thompson, then President of th e Board of Trade. But that gentle man was in a situation in which he could have ascer tained whether such enactments were desired by persons connected with the trade, or would be advantageous to them ; and if they were so, he surely would not have taken rare to exclude them from the Bill which he supported. It had been said that new patterns would be copied in eight days. If the Hon. Gentleman had known any thing about the law, or the practice of the trade, he would have known that this was impossible, without in curring the severest penalties. As the law now stood, the inventor of a pattern had a clear three months exclusive sale, and if that sale were infringed upon by any person, that party could instantly be stopped by an injunction out of Chancery. As to the West India trade, the extent of it was insignificant, and was the law upon a great and general subject to be altered merely for the convenience of some particular interest ? Some years ago a Bill of this kind had been introduced into the other House of Parliament, which, at the (ear, hear.) It was re quest of numer ous p et iti ons , had been referred to a Se lect Committ ee , an d on the recommendation of that Committee had b een g i ve n up.--H surprising that Gentlemen who called themselves the friends of free trade should come forward and ask for further restrictions, as though they wanted all other trades to b e f ree b ut their own. Thinking that the House ought no t to i n t er fere upon the subject without stronger ground th an had as yet been made out, he begged to move that this Bill be read a second time this day six months. Mr. LABOUC HERE said that undoubtedly this question was one of great importance to the manufac turing interests. In the first place, he begged to call the attention of the House to, the existing law, and he must complain that the Hon. Member in his statement had omitted mentioning it. '1 he old law of the land was, that there was protection for three months to calico printers and linen-printers alone, which could only be en forced by obtaining an injunction from the Courtof Chan cery. Last year Mr. P. Thomson brought in two Bills extendirk the provisions of the old law to other fabrics. He proposed by one of those Bills to give a protection of three years to those articles that were made out of metallic substances, but rendered it compulsory on the parties who wished to avail themselves of that extended period of protection to submit to a system of registration. Some of the manufacturers said it was not worth their while to incur the expense of registration, and there fore did not consent to the extended term under that condition. He (Mr. Labouchere) wished to point out to the House what evils they were likely to fall into if they protracted the period of pro tection, and at the same time did not compel them to adopt a system of registration.—(Hear.) He certainly apprehended that it would be almost im possible to apply a system of that kind without a regis tration. It would, in fact be establishing a restriction to one of the branches of our manufactures. Unless a system of registration were adopted, he believed it would be impossible for the Chan cellor to decide upon the questions which would come before him. One great question"; which it was always exceedingly difficult to decide in such cases, was the question of priority of invention. The same idea frequently struck different individuals nearly at the same time, and it was in stitch cases exceedingly difficult to determine who was entitled to the priority, but with a system of registration this was perfectly easy. He had been told by the Registrar that persons frequently came to look at the register, and seeing the patterns registered, the idea of which had previously struck them, had gone away saying that they perceived they were on that occasion unfortunately too late. But if all these questions were to be left to the determination of the Judges, they would be involved in law suits and difficulties without end. He thought it right to make this statement, because he thought the statement of the Right Hon. Gentleman to the House would be calculated to make them adopt measures which he thought ought not to be adopted. In fact he considered the question now before the House to be merely a question of time, the House had agreed to the prin ciple that it was necessary to afford protection to de signs, and whether that protection should be for a period of three, six, or twelve months, was merely a question of time. He thought the present proposi tion would interfere too much with the trade, although he was bound to confess that the result of the commu nications he had received had been to produce an im pression on his mind that the period of three months was somewhat too short, but he could not help saying he thought the House would act inadvisedly if it were to extend the period to twelve months. He would, therefore, support the second reading of the Bill, reserv ing to himself the right of moving in the Committee that the protection should be extended to a period of tix months instead of twelve. He thought the House would act unprecedently in giving a large period of protection, as it would in fact be granting a monopoly of any favourite pattern for too long a period, and raising the price to the consumer, thereby tending to injure the sale, both in the home and in the foreign markets. He should, therefore, allow the Bill to be read a second time, on the understanding that in Com mittee be should move the substitution of a period of six for one of twelve months. Mr. WARBURTON said that he thought if the House were put in possession of the different views that were entertained on the petition before the Bill sent into Committee, it would greatly facilitate their coming to a correct conclusion. Ile was happy to hear the observations that had been made as to the ill effects resulting to the public from the monopoly, and the interests of the various parties concerned ought to be attended to. He wished to know in what respect these finished patterns came from the inventor in a dif ferent way than printed works did. The Right Hon. Baronet opposite, in some observations he made when adverting to petitions placed in his hands, appeared to take some interest in the matter, and he hoped when the subject of granting a term of copyright for literary property came under discussion, they should be honoured with his presence, which he did not rememberhad been given on former occa sions. He thought if the Right Hon. Baronet gave his attendance on a matter of minor consequence, such as calico printing, he would also give it to the greater matter of literary property, and if so, the House would be more likely to come to a just conclusion on the sub ject than otherwise. Mr. LABOUC HERE made an observation which was inaudible. Sir ROBERT PEEL said that he was not at all certain that he quite agreed with the petitioners, who had not sent their petitions to him, in consequence of any intimation that he was favourable to their views, for he had great doubts upon the subject. He thought it would be extremely inconvenient to carry the protec tion to so great a length, though he thought the present protection very limited. He also thought that it would be very difficult to effect registration on matters so transi tory. He thought this was exactly a case in which it would ' be irnposible to form a judgment without three or four gentlemen before aCommittee, in order to learn from them what were the opposite views entertained upon the subject by the trade itself. In those practical mat ters the House could not undertake to decide without having the opinions of practical men.—(Hear.) It would not tend to a very extensive inquiry to ascertain what the effects would be of an extension from three months to twelve months,or what would be the effect of the registration. He would support the second reading, without pledging himself to the course which be might take upon the future stages of the Bill. The sole reason for his not taking part in the discussion at pre sent was, that he really did not understand it. It was easy to say that it was the duty of every Member to ' read every thing connected with every subject that came before the House—(A laugh)—but he pledged himself upon his honour to make himself acquainted with this subject in the course of the Session, so as to come to a satisfactory judgment. Mr. O'CONNELL observed that it had often been complained of by Flon. Friends near him, that the artists of this country were inferior to those of the Con tinent, owing to the opportunity which the Continental artists had of viewing and studying the finest works of art in existence. The Irish youths had displayed so much ingenuity that the patterns were greatly in re quest. He thought there should be an extension, if not to twelve, to six months. Mr. M. PHILLIPS said he could not help observ ing that if a single pattern had a good run, the effect of the extension of the copyright would be to establish a monopoly of oae pattern for twelve months ; during which time all other pattern designers would be out of employment ; whereas, if the copyright were shorter, there might be a greater variety of pat terns.—(Hear, hear.) Again, he thought that a long term would be exceedingly prejudicial on this ground, that such was the facility of transmission, and such the rapidity with which patterns were were copied by the French and Swiss (if, indeed, as was often the case, the patterns were not theirs originally), that the Continental manufacturers would speedily copy our designs, and anticipate many of our markets.—(Hear, hear.) Thus the effect would be, the injury, and not the advantage of the trade.—(Hear.) With respect to the motion of the Hon. Gentleman opposite, it appeared to him that this question was not one that was generally taken up by the trade. He was therefore bound to say that he did not think there was any very strong feeling on this subject among the calico printers of Manchester. He should not, however, like to decide the question hastily :but he was in hopes before the Bill got into Com mittee, from the inquiry he should make, to be able to satisfy himself as to the course he thought he ought to pursue. Mr. HUME thought the House ought to have fur ther information on this subject before they allowed the Bill to go to a further stage ; he therefore thought the subject ought to be referred to a Select Committee. Mr. E. TENNENT thought that the claims of the parties in question were not unreasonable. Some of their works were even of so permanent a nature that three years would be necessary to afford them a suffi cient protection. The Hon. Member then moved that the Bill should be read a second time, and referred to a Select Committee. Mr. WILLIAMS here said he begged leave to withdraw his amendment. The Bill was then read a second time, and referred to a Select Committee. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (IRE LAND.) Sergeant JACKSON said that before he moved the second reading of this Bill, he wished to ascertain the course which the Governmeht proposed to pursue in the matter. Mr. PIGOTT said that he concurred in the principle of the Bill, and so much so, that it was his intention to introduce a measure of the kind extending to Ireland the several provisions of the English Bill on the subject. There were, however, in the present measure some provisions which he could not agree to ; and he could not give his concurrence to them without further consideration, and till he had consulted other Members of the Govern ment on the matter. In the course of a month, however, he would be able to make up his mind on the question. The object of the present Bill was to assi milate the institutions of England and of Ireland, and on these grounds he would be prepared to bring a Bill within the period mentioned. Mr. SHAW wished that the Bill should be allowed to pass a second time. He thought that at a further stage his Hon. Friend the Solicitor-General for Ire land might propose his amendments, and that would be the more regular proceeding, as he did not object to the principle of the measure. Mr. PIGOTT again expressed his objection to some details of the measure, and said he should be ready, as he had before said, to bring in a Bill of his own on the subject. Sergeant JACKSON said that his Hon. Friend the Solicitor-Gener a l for Ireland had not assigned any rea son for postponing the second reading of the Bill, as he merely objected to some of its clauses, and not to the principle on which it was founded. After a few words from Mr. PIGOTT, Mr. TEN NEN T postponed the further considera tion of the Bill to this day fortnight. EJECTMENT AND REPLEVIN BILL (IRE- LAND). Mr. TENNENT then moved the second reading of the Ejectment and Replevin Bill (Ireland), and re ferred to several cases to show the inconsistencies and inconveniencies arising from the present state of the law. Mr. PIGOTT said he had hoped that this Bill also would have been postponed, in order to give an oppor tunity to those Gentlemen who were acquainted with the law of property in England, to consider how this Bill would be suited to the United Kingdom. From his own experience he was unwilling to adopt any mea sure which would widen the few d:fferences that re mained in the laws of this country and Ireland. Land had been let in Ireland with a view to the existing law, and contracts had been entered into to ensure a protection against the very remedy which the Bill would introduce. The change in the law would be unjust to persons who had property on the faith of the present law ; and with respect to future contracts the Bill would be perfectly useless. He looked with jealousy to any change which would make the law of property in Ire land different from that of England.—( Hear, hear.) In his judgment the object of the Legislature ought to be to asimilate the institutions of both countries as much as possible. On those grounds if a second read ing were pressed he should move as an amendment that theßill be postponed for two months. Mr. O'CONNELL said he rose to second the amendment. He wished it to be understood that the Bill in its present state gave an advantage to the landlords in Ireland, which they had not at present, and took away from the tenants of Ireland an advantage which they now bad. The effect of it would be to set aside contracts which had existed, many of them, for centu ries. By this Bill if the tenant in any one single year should allow his rent to go in arrear he might be evicted and his family made destitute ; lie might have a remedy to be sure by filing a bill in equity, but why should he be put to this ? and what right had the House to alter bygone contracts? Now, he would submit to the Hon. Gentleman, whom he was sure had no other motive than that of doing his duty, whether there was any one thing so likely to create bad feeling in Ireland as the insecurity and the eviction of tenants, and he begged him to recollect that it was not only the capital tenant who would be evicted, but also the under -tenants, persons to whom the right of filing a bill in equity would be no protection. Why should this be done ? Who was calling for it ? He did not know that the landlords were, and he was sure the tenants were not. He would submit therofore to the Hon. Gentleman that it would be better to agree to this post ponement. As to future contracts this Bill was unne cessary, because the parties would know what the law was and could guard against it in their contracts, and if on the contrary they chose to have a different law for themselves, they could do so by shaping their contracts accordingly. He did hope, therefore, the Hon. Gentle man would not press his motion. Sergeant JACKSON said it appeared to him ex tremely desirable that the law should be settled in this respect. His Friend had correctly stated the anomalous state of the law in Ireland. The first case referred to was not one of ejectment but of replevin, and the House of Lords in England had reversed the judgment of the Irish Courts, and the second case that had been re ferred to was not one of avowrie, but of ejectment, and the Judges before whom that case came thought themselves bound by the judgment of the former case. And what happened afterwards ? The Judges of the Court of Exchequer took a different view of it to the Judges of the Court of King's Bench. NN , hat, he asked, was the hardship complained of to the tenantry of Ireland? If a person had great interest in land and would not pay his rent, why should he not be ejected ? The necessity for this Bill arose from the fact that the law was not settled in Ireland ; for his part he could not see why it should not be extended to England. He quite agreed with his Hon. Friend that there was no reason why there should not be a perfect assimilation of the law between the two countries, nor why an Act should not be passed to get rid of this, which was nothing more than a technical objection. All the Judges, and also the Bar of Ireland were agreed on the importance of the Bill. He therefore much regretted its postponement. The amendment having been withdrawn, Mr. E. TEN NENT said that he should postpone the reading of the Bill for a fortnight. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. The House then resolved itself into a Committee of Supply. Mr. HERRIES complained that last year the Bud get had been brought on at a very unusual period ; and at a time when it might be supposed the financial state ments of the year had been closed, the Chancellor of the Exchequer had proposed a new and considerable operation, which was nothing less than that of funding four millions of Exchequer Bills. When the Budget had been completed, the then Chancellor of the Ex chequer had made provision among other articles of supply for the discharge of twenty-four millions of Ex chequer Bills then outstanding. It was not, however, the regular course, that when it was not intended to diminish the amount of the unfunded debt, the Cnan cellor of the Exchequer should make a provision to issue Exchequer Bills, as ways and means, to supply the deficiency of those which had been voted as a supply. Last year a provision had been made in ways and means for twenty-five millions of Exchequer Bills, being a mil lion more than had been voted. The reason of that was the unfortunate state of the finances, in which there was a deficiency. He (Mr. Herries) complained that Government should have funded four millions in the Savings Banks, which had made them liable for four millions more than if they had been rested in Exchequer Bills. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he was not prepared to enter into the discussion of the subject, as he had not been aware of the point which the Hon. Member intended to bring forward, and as be had no opportunity of directing his attention to it. The operation, in question, had besides taken place under the late Chancellor of the Exchequer, and he begged leave that time should be given him to consider the matter before he offered any explanation on it. Mr. HUME wished to know (as we understood) whether last year any addition had been made to the funded debt by refunding money out of the Savings' Bank ? He wou ld t a k e th e o pp o rtunity of saying that the operation would be a most unwarrantable one. Tl;e CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the operation in question had taken place. Mr. HUME could only say that it was a most irre gular mode of proceeding ' and he would take another opportunity of directinc , the attention of the House to it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was understood to say, that the result of the operations alluded to had been a great reduction of the unfunded debt. Mr. HERRIES objected to the mode which had been adopted of funding, that it was not permanent, and sufficiently secured by the Government. Mr. HUME said if his suggestions had been adopted, these complaints would not have arisen. Mr. WARBURTON wished to throw out a hint, whether the Joint-stock Banks did not in some way supersede the necessity of Savings' Banks. The resolution was then reported. On the motion of Mr. AGLIONBY there were ordered returns of the total amount of the fees received by or on account of the six clerks of the High Court of Chancery, during the year 1838, distinguishing how much of such fees were received on account of their office of six clerks, and how much as clerks of the in rolments and comptroller of the Hanaper respectively : Of the total amount of the fees and sums of money which were received by or became payable to each of the sworn clerks of the Court of Chancery during the year 1838 ; distinguishing how much of such fees were accounted for to the six clerks of the said Court, or to any other and what persons : Of the number of term fees which were received by or became pay able to each of the said sworn clerks during the year 1838, and the number of causes -in re spect of which such term fees accrued : Of the amount of the fees which were received by or became payable to each of such sworn clerks during the year 1838, on account of the taxation of costs, and in respect of how many bills of costs such fees became payable ; specifying the ten largest amounts received by each of the said sworn clerks for any one bill of costs : Of the total amount which was received by or became payable to each of the said sworn clerks for office copies during the year 1838. Similar returns during the year 1839. Return of the number of warrants on leaving bills of costs, and the number of warrants for taxing bills of costs, issued by each of the Masters of the High Court of Chancery during the yearlB3B. Similar return during the year 1839. The House then adjourned. BEVERLEY ELECTION.—THE PARSONS.-- We are much gratified to learn that Lord Wenlock has been appointed Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding. No man is better qualified—both from his acquaintance with the Riding and his large possessions in it—for this post than the Noble Lord. We trust that now we shall have the bench of justices purged of those clerical members who pervert their calling and degrade their office into mere political partisanship. Especially should some of those reverend gentlemen in the commission, who last week interfered with the freedom of election at Be_ verley, be informed by the Lord Lieutenant that such practices are at variance with the duties they are sworn to perform. We have not forgotten, either, their Sunday crusade against the independence of the Riding at the last county election, and trust that a repetition of such flagrant conduct will be prevented. A number of sound Liberals might with advantage be at once put into the commission.—Hull Observer. Wednesday afternoon, about six o'clock, while the workmen near the east end of the Sneddon-bridge were at their employment, the apparatus for hoisting stones and lime to the upper part of the building broke down, by which a labourer of the name of Patrick Donochy was crushed to the ground. He was conveyed to the house of Mr. David Mid dleton, where every attention was paid to him, m edical aid was promptly procured, but h e di e d in the course of ten minutes. Another fellow-labourer was at the same time precipitated from the top of the building, but fortunately alighted on a heap of furnace ashes, and escaped with only some slight bruises. — Glasgow Chronicle. Mr. Guild, the ornithologist, arrived safe at Sydney on the 3(1 of September, and was about to p roceed into the interior. He has sent home some of his discoveries, and Government have liberally allowed the spec•mens to pass the Custom House unopened. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS• CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. TIMES._. Consols opened to-day at 91i to forMoneh but afterwards rose to 914 to The price for the Ac count was similarly affected, and advanced from 914 to to 91-1 to Money has been in no particular de mand, but Exchequer Bills remain at 10e. to 12s. prem. In the Foreign House the chief transactions have been in Spanish Active, which at one time of the day rose as high as 26k. This is attributed to the ad vanced quotation in the Paris Papers, and also to ac counts that the Spanish elections are going on favour ably to the present Ministers. A slight reaction after wards took place, and Spanish left off at 26i to 1. Por tuguese remained steady all day, the Five per Cents. at 344 to 5 ; and the Three per Cents. at 234 to 4. Private letters from Dover state the wind has con tinued these 16 or 17 days, and that it has stopped up the harbour, by accumulating such a quantity of shingle. that her Majesty's packets have not been able to come in for these 10 or 12 days. It is even expected that this stoppage will prevent Prince Albert from landing at Dover, which will be a great disappointment to the inhabitants, as the council of the borough have prepared an address for the occasion. The quantity of silver shipped from the port of Do ver from January 28 to February 3 is 736,000 ounces of coin and bullion. The recent notice of the fraudulent adulteration of tobacco has drawn forth letters from various correspon dents, according to which it appears that the fraud is openly avowed by parties committing it t o the Commissioners of Excise, that a demand has been put forward for an allowance of 30 per cent, to cover and protect it, and that this scheme of giving up one third of the revenue has actually been for eight months under the consideration of Government. As the price of tobacco is on an average 4d. per lb., and the duty 3s. par lb., it is contended that the necessity for so immo derate a rate of taxation should call forth a proportionate vigilance on the part of Government to guard against evasion. Nevertheless, so extraordinary is the systems that it seems the Commissioners of Customs, on a ver dict obtained against them, were compelled to give up a large quantity of tobacco on payment of five farthings per pound duty, while their opponent charged the public with the whole 35., and thus put in his own pocket what was due to the Exchequer. So many anomalies appear to be connected w.th this important branch of th.r revenue, that it is high time to give it $ thorough revision. SUN.—The commercial markets were generally steady this afternoon, but Tea was rather heavy. The attention of the speculators is now directed to the re• ceipt of the next over-land mail from India, which, it is hoped, will bring later news from China. Money has been scarce all day in the Stock Ex change, and the consequence has been a continued heavy market for the Public Securities. Consols have been quoted 91i to for present trans fer, and 911 to 1 for time, the latter of these. prices, which are a shade higher than yesterday, being obtained just before the close of business. Ex c h equer Bills con tinued at 10s. to 12s. premium, and India Bonds at par. to 3s. premium. Bank Stock was at 1784, and the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. at 99. The improvement which occurred in Spanish Bonds in the morning was tolerably well supported up to the close of the market ; the Actives remaining at 264 to i; Columbian Stock was heavy at 27i to , and Mexican at 29 to -I ; Dutch Two.and-a-half per Cents. brought .52i, and Portuguese were the same as in the morning. 7 .l'he Share Market was not so steady, and prices were generally lower. The Great Western Railway Shares left off at 2 ; the Birmingham at 66 ; the Quarter at 19 ; the New at 19 ; and the New North Midland at .51 prem. The New Great Western were at par ; and the Brighton at 10 dis. The Banking Shares were rather brisk, but at about previous rates EVENING EDITION. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRIES F SH CORN, , Aor the Week ended Jan. 31, 840 C made O up BRI from the Returns °! the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England an d Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat 6ss. 52d Oats Barley 399. ed. Rye IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERA GES OF THE P .. .11x w 3B9 E I E :: ICS S9 I i PRECEDING. Wheat f Ets. 10d. I Oats I Barley 3l+s. 7d, Rye Igs. sd. Pease 41s. 11 " . DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat 9.ls. Bd. I Oats Barley ::s. 4d. Rye THE MARKETS. COAL Zr ARKET. s, d Buddies' West Hartley l9 0 Original Windsor's Pontop 19 0 Ord's ltedhugh Pontop Windsor l6 6 Tanfield Moor 22 0 Tanflect Moor Butes l9 0 Wylam Walls End Brown's 2O 0 Walls r'nd Heaton Walls End Hotspur Walls End Riddell's Eden Main 2O 6 Walls Endßraddyll'sHetton 24 6 Walls End Helton ships arrived sinec 11. 474 di; Wars End Lambton -3 0 Walls End Stewart's ' is W.. 113 End Adel a ide: Walls End Harrington Tees 0 Walls End Brown's Deanery 0 walls End Coundon 24 0 : W ills End Gordon 2l 0 Wa Is Endßichardson's Teeta2 A %Nall:- End Seymour Tees 2l so Walls End South Dp r h ana 22 Walls End Tees Hetton W 9 Staveiy Main lO Walls End Killingworth 20 last market day, 4. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. IWheat. i Barley. 1 Oats. 1 Beans. re age. - Per Quarter. s, t o s . s . to ~ s. to s. a. to s. i 8 t° ji . Boston Brighton Braintree 64 74 36 48 28 34 38 44 40 rn Biighton 64 76 44 47 26 29 44 46 "- Cambridge — 66 45 40 26 35 A. 2 Chichester 65 72 38 44 28 29 43 44 41 , Dunmow 6O 70 38 51 26 33 36 44 42 " -... Grantham Grimsby 5B 70 34 39 22 26 42 44 --.. Hailsham 6O 72 26 32 40 22 29 46 Hitchin 64 70 34 46 24 32 25 30 A l Ipswich 62 70 36 22 24 28 38 40 38 ' Lewes 64 71 43 22 29 34 40 Lynn 6O 68 28 46 25 31 38 44 ...,.**. Maidstone P9 76 36 39 26 32 40 50 "- Norwich I'etworth 45 Ro,nford 54 74 38 48 24 32 34 42 39 40 Sandwich 56 77 34 43 27 34 33 45 38 A u Thetford 67 69 39 42 24 30 40 42 38 " Wisbech - li Witham 64 '75 34 47 28 34 38 46 44 4 4 Yarmouth 62 70 33 35 28 32 38 40 4 0 LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—Feb. 4. 4cl. WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b. ---- •Red Scotch, Welch, and Manx Irish, White 8 0 9 Red ~ 8 -- 6 o 0 , Foreign 9 12 2 5 OATS, English, Welsh, and S co t c h , per 451 b Irish 38 - a 34 42 33 45 40 42 44 45 38 46 38 40 Feb. 4. l "." 9 104 1,0 8.1. to 11 13. 1 4 c1i 8 o 9 7 8 6 0 0 9 l2 3 8 3 0 0 0 44 0 0 46 6 5 0 5 6 4 4 6 0 0 541 "" g 42 0 47 „ 44 0 48 % 44 0 46 ', 420 44 • 58 0 62 `6l ▪ 44 0 on 6 33 6 3 5 0 42 0 44 „ ,••• 31, 3 6 ' o ' 64 C 75 Forei, OATS, English, Irish Foreign BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter Scotch and Irish, pet 601bs. Feeding BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter Irish, &c. Foreign PEASE, Englisn, per Imperial quarter Foreign FLOUR, English, per 2801 b. Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2401bs , INDIAN CORN, per 4601 b. ....„. RYE, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter HULL CORN MARKET. Wheat, White (per Quarter) Red sos. 60s. 645. Foreign Barley, Malting —s. —B. — B . Grinding 3os. 325. 348. Oats, British Foreign (in bond) Beans 4os 438. 46 9 Pease, Grey Blue and Whito —s. —l4. - - s• Linseed Flour (per sack) —s. 50s. 555, Rapeseed (per 10 quarters) 221. 241. 251. CHELTENHAM MARKETS. Per Bushel, £. d. to s.d.i Per lb. Wheat 7 3 9 0 barley Oats 3 6 5 6 Beans.. 5O 68 Pease 5 0 9 0 Beef - -- Mutton Vral Pork Lamb d. to 8' 6 6 4 7 7 0 Hay 31.105. to 51. Os. Od. per ton. CANTERBURY MARKET. Wheat, white— 61s. to 7 Cs. —... Old —5. to ---l• red-- 565. to f Bs. Old 68s. to --, Barley, Malting 355, to 455........ Grinding.. —a. to --11 * Oats .---,.........—.... 9.55. to 30s. Old —5. to --a. Beans— ......s.--- 42s to 445.....,. Old-- 439. to -16 Pease ......—............... 38s. to —s..-..., Grey.,...,..,. 40s. to 425. CHELMSFORD MARKET. 25 to SO Wheat, White 7O to 75 Oats a 4 1 Red Barley Chevalier - Grinding ; MARKETS. AIN. Barley, Mecklenburgh 70 to Vs ; --- Magdeburgh „ 77 t ° 82 - Holstein 7O to 76 -- Summer 74 to 4 8 Oats, Eider ..... -- Mecklenburg -- Holst e i n 54 to E - it -- Elst Friesland 46 to 0 Pease, Mecklenburg Beans B6 to ' 6 6 Buck Wheat 6O 0 9 0 Rapeseed, Hanover Malt - Tares 'ON. M aranham 8 4 t ° i s i B4 Madras 6 lj n,, Surats ' 7 ' IYO Domingo ...... 7 FEE. 0 544 Domingo La Guayra SSI 6* , Porto Rico 6 6* Havannah 11 8% Discount.) 131 - ua, White ........ Brown .......... 1 ,7 Pernambuco, White ..." 57. Brown ...5 'n, 5% to HAMBUR GR. Wheat, Marks 142 to 152 ---- Magdeburg 138 to It 6 Anhalt, white 140 to 156 -.- rad ----- Brunswick 142 to 156 Mecklenburg 132 to 137 Polish -- Holstein Rye, Mecklenburg 76 to 92 -- Dantzic Elbing and Ko- --- nigs'burg -- Upland --- Riga 0%1 Carolina and Tennessee 74to c 9% n Georgia, Ist 50rt.......,, 2 d 144 3d and 4th M0cha....., COFI 13 to 134 Batavia Sumatra Rio 4% SU Bahia V sim SUGAR.—(Wits Havannah, White 6Nto 131 4 Brown 5!4 63 Ai Rio, White s'g 6y4 Brown Manilla, Brom wr ain umagoo lli PLATE SUITED FOR I'RESZNTATIOL•'s is Committees or private individuals requirsrg splendid or s i articles of PLATE for presentation, may, by addresOpft ra paid letter as under, have drawings s ent for their approvsl'ho I 3 desirable letters should state about the sum intended expended. 1. COX SAVORY, 41 1 ' Silversmith, &c.,47, Cornitill ( Seven door from Graeeeu street), London. BIR Tit -V. St+ On the 3d inst., at Crawford-street, Mary-le-bone' Robert East, of a daughter. On the 2d inst., at Everingham-park, the lady of Constable Maxwell, Esq., of a daughter. .JlhD. On the 30th ult., a t D enmark-hill, Surrey, Mary, I. oict William Child, Esq. On the 30th ult., at Wootleote House, Epsom, llerbett'' • youngest ECM of E. R. Northey, Esq., age 14 months. ---- - off 1 riN London : Print e d an d Publishedby MURDO YO- in ill r No. 112, Str an d, at The Sun Ofice, No. 112, Strap county of Middlesex,— Thursday, February 6, r